I just recently downloaded the demo to The Settlers: Rise of an Empire and I got done playing through it the other night. So, I thought I would come on here and comment on it and let anyone that happens to pass by my profile see what I thought about it.

The game play felt slow and I wish there was a magic button to speed things up.

I felt there was a little too much to micro-manage for a game of this type. I wish a some of it could have been toned down a bit, but I just might feel this way because I only played through a demo of it for about 45-60 minutes. Perhaps I just need more time to get used to it all?

The graphics were pretty good - there were some scrolling issues (couldn't get the screen to scroll sometimes and it moves too slow for my taste). I didn't come across any bugs that I noticed...

The game seemed to run fairly well on my PC.

Overall, I figure I'd score it a 7.5. It's worth playing if you're looking for something to do with your spare time and you don't have any other games you feel like playing...though, I would personally pay a full $50 for it. I might grab a copy when the price drops to $20-25.