Same Old name.. Same old game
But Alas This game falls short of filling the expectations i had about it. For starters The game company that created settlers seem not to learn much about the problems they had in the previous settler games. For example in almost every mission you have to build your city from scratch and this means wasting several hours of game play just getting your city up and running. The combat is as lame as it has ever been. Although a few new concepts and units have been added the game still lacks the intercity of combat that you would like it to have. The focus of the game should have been resource management but again the game falls short of providing a challenging enough environment for gamers to really engage into. The graphics, animations and sound are all better than the previous settlers. But its the game play that really puts this game down. What is most surprising is that these errors were clearly visible in the previous settler games and have not been corrected.
All other aspects of the game are pretty much average leading to a score of 6.5. All in all if you have been a fan of the settlers series then you should definitely try it out. Else its better off trying out the demo first before launching your self into this game.
http://gamezopinion.blogspot.com/2009/05/settlers-rise-of-empire.html