It's like a History book except you can be able to change history and see what if the natives pwned the colonist! :D
Rise of Nations: Thorns & Patriots is a version of Rise of Nations that people might enjoy if you are into RTS games.
Rise of Nations basically has each country to pick from. Heck, they even have the Aztecs and the Mayans to pick from! You can pick countries like the USA, England, Germany, Italy, Mongolia, India, China, Korea, Japan, etc. Each has it's own uniqueness like Spain has he power of wealth, Japan has the power of military (I think?), Brazil has the power of heart (Note: Brazil isn't a selected country to pick from), together...I AM cAPtAiN PLAneTz!!! Ok...sorry for that bad joke....
The gameplay is cool, the graphics (well, at the time it was released) is cool, it was a type of game that would be considred a classical RTS game years from now.
BTW, an edited version of this review is on Epinions. If you are wondering, this is the same person who owns the account of Gendoman231.