Not as great as I had hoped. Still decent, though.
The Bad: Some aspects of the combat system don't work well, some controls are confusing, awkward, and are a nuisance, some noticeable glitches, some of the visuals and sound ugly, a rather unimpressive single-player campaign that can become very boring, and frame rate issues. Rise and Fall: Civilization at War had potential, but it was unfortunately messed up. In Rise and Fall. It is a rather limited game--there are only 4 factions to choose from (include Romans and Greeks), though each faction has 2 of their own special heroes. Well, actually, I'm not gonna talk about this anymore--I'll talk about the battles. The battles/combat in R&F is impressive to some extent, but it could've been more improved and polished up. Sometimes, the combat is glitchy and unrealistic at the same time, courtesy of some mediocre sound, and some bad animation. I must say that Hero Mode, a mode in which you become one of your faction's heroes in 1st person is really the only truly fun part of the combat. The rest of it is just a rather big mish-mash and troops repeatedly slashing their swords on their enemies. Rise and Fall was a good try, but It'll need to be a bit better in order to be a satisfying game.