What people search:
 | Title : Age of Mythology
Author : Microsoft
Release Date : 20021031
Binding : CD-ROM
Regular Price : $49.99
Amazon.com Price : $29.75
(40
%)
VISIT AMAZON.COM'S PAGE |
Editorial Reviews :
From the makers of Age of Empires comes a strategy game where the line between history and mythology has been blurred. In Age of Mythology heroes do battle with monsters of legend, and the gods intervene in the affairs of mortal men.
Age of Mythology players wage war as leaders of a Greek, Norse, or Egyptian civilization with a customized pantheon. Players use human armies and diplomacy, progress through development ages, enhance military and economic performance with improvements, and manage economics through resource gathering and trade. Mythology enters the mix when players call upon the gods to act on their behalf or reinforce their armies with more than 20 mythological creatures such as jackal-headed Egyptian warriors or mighty minotaurs.
Age of Mythology's revolutionary 3-D engine provides the game with gorgeous environments featuring lifelike rolling terrain, beautiful waves and water, realistic sunlight, and lush forests. The units roaming these environments are incredibly detailed, move naturally over the terrain, and come to life through hundreds of fluid animations. Amazing special effects change the look of this beautiful world when the gods get involved: all grows dark as an eclipse takes effect, funnel clouds twist and grow as a tornado sends buildings spinning toward the heavens, and meteors streak in from the heavens to send people and armies flying.
An entertaining tutorial, an intuitive interface, and logical game rules allow anyone to quickly and easily learn to play. Once started, there is a lot to explore: an epic 36 scenario single player campaign, easy-to-use multiplayer gaming online, single player games against the challenging Age of Mythology AI opponents, more than 15 different random map types that help make the game infinitely replayable, nine highly differentiated civilizations, multiple difficulty levels to allow players of any skill level to have an enjoyable game, and a fully functional scenario editor. Age of Mythology offers something for everyone: a fun game for any playing style or skill level.
Buyer Reviews :
To start off, i have been an avid player of the other Age of Empires titles, i have played for over 3 years and hoped to continue the series by picking up this title.
To start off, the graphics are amazing, sometimes ill just stare at the ocean waves lapping for a bit, the special effects are wondrous, i still get chill seeing gigantic meteors crash into the ground.
Yet, as an AoE fan, this game has let me down a bit. Featuring only 3 civilizations (though each one has 3 diff. gods to chose from so maybe about 9 diff civs) just didnt give me the choices i was looking for and had come to know and love so much in AoE. Ensemble seems to be a little more controlling in this, there is a strict population limit, (a max of 10 houses, giving 10 pop each, though you can get more pop with town centers, though town centers can be only built on settlements, so there are some great battles, but never of the massive armies you would have in AoE,) The focus of the battles is more on countering than full scale attacks.
Multiplayer has dissapointed me in some ways, because it takes away alot of the choices. You cant pick the age you start in, you can add more population (which is a big thing for me)
Another (not critical) but thing that irked me was the scenario editor. A very well done one, a little more complicated than the last it left out alot of the Triggers that were crucial to some extremely fun Custom Scenarios.
For hardcore AoE fans, this game may fall up short, but i still reccomend it to them. The myth units are excellent, a great thing to bolster an army with. the god powers are amazing, and the graphics (i say again) are rich and wonderful. The campaign, boasting over 30 missions have a good story line, and though i havent quite finished it yet, i get frustrated, because it seems like almost every mission requires you to establish a base, build an army and destroy/recapture/kill X person/thing.
All in all, a great game with wonderful graphics, very well balanced, each civilization is a new gameplay experience, and i recomend this to everyone.
(by Mike)
Features/Technical Specs :
* Age of Empires strategy combined with ancient mythology
* Lead a Greek, Norse, or Egyptian civilization with a customized pantheon
* Mythological units, each with a unique special ability, change the character of your fighting force
* Epic 36-scenario singleplayer campaign and easy-to-use multiplayer gaming
* Dynamic 3D game engine beautifully renders battles, creatures, and the miracles of the gods
back
What people search:
|
|
