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  • Age of Mythology Review If you are a fan of real time strategy games

  • and you haven't heard of Age Of Mythology, I'm sorry but something is wrong. Released

  • back in 2002 Age of Mythology brought to life the ancient cultures of the Greek, Norse and

  • Egyptian gods. The goal in Age of Mythology is to build up your civilization to conquer

  • all the other civilizations on the map. Each of the three cultures is given their

  • own unique gods each with their own unique bonuses added to gameplay.

  • That's nine major gods and nine unique bonuses and stuff that you can play with. For so much

  • choice I am amazed at how balanced this game is. Yes, each have their different strengths

  • and weaknesses, but they all seem to work out to make a pretty even gameplay experience.

  • You can worship each of these gods and they will grant you favor that you can use to purchase

  • powerful myth units that you can send to wreak havoc on your enemies. This was my personal

  • favourite part of the game. Gaining favor and getting a powerful army of myth units

  • like the Greek colossus to go and bash down buildings, or the Norse giants, who can pick

  • people up and just toss them like they are nothing.

  • In each game, as your culture progresses you will go throughout the ages and each age progression

  • you will select a minor god that you want to follow. These will give you access to new

  • technology, new units, new buildings, all sorts of cool stuff as you progress through,

  • as you advance to win the game. There is so much depth and strategy to Age

  • of Mythology. Selecting what types of units to build and what types of armies to send

  • at your enemies is like a mini game of rock paper scissors, archers cavalry and infantry.

  • Each beating one another. This makes for incredibly deep gameplay. Selecting the type of armies

  • quickly to try to counteract what your opponent is sending your way is really fun and incredibly

  • strategic. The campaign in Age of Mythology follows our

  • hero Arkantos on his journey through the three major cultures and their historical context.

  • You can hop in the Trojan horse to sneak through the walls of Troy to take them out from the

  • inside, battle against the rampaging armies of the god Set, or help Thor get back his

  • hammer. "A horse, yes, a great wooden horse!

  • I don't understand, will it fight?" This campaign mode is done with a surprising

  • amount of accuracy to the lore of these gods. Taken straight from the historical context

  • and put into this game for you to play and enjoy. It's a lot of fun.

  • There is a ton of content here for you, so many missions for you to go through. Each

  • of them with varied map type or enemy type, or different objectives that you need to accomplish

  • to keep things fresh. And if you are having trouble, you can just

  • use one of the cheats! My personal favourite is if you type in O CANADA you'll get crazy,

  • sweet lazer bear with a Canadian flag on it's back to go and rampage take out everybody.

  • Fun fact, we actually have bears like this back in Canada Eh?

  • As much fun as the campaign is, the multiplayer is really where this game shines. In multiplayer

  • online combat balance is so key to making sure that everybody is playing on a level

  • playing field and that is why Age of Mythology works so well! Each of the nine gods are incredibly

  • balanced so depending on your favourite choices, it doesn't matter you can just pick your favourite

  • and play against your friends or play online. Different races lend themselves better to

  • different play styles. The Norse are a lot better at quick fast attacks, and the Greek

  • are a lot more defensive with their fortresses and high walls. But also it really doesn't

  • matter if you want to use a different play style with a different culture. The balance

  • works so well that you can use any type of play style with any of the gods or cultures

  • and you can still work it out pretty well. I have had hours of fun just playing against

  • friends or teaming up with a friend and playing against of AI controlled opponents. This is

  • where Age of Mythology really comes to life. Seeing all the different scenarios that you

  • can come up with, you can have some epic, epic battles. I know I've had a few.

  • Age of Mythology also has a major expansion called the Titans expansion. This added the

  • culture the Atlanteans and their campaign, as well as the ability to summon massive titans

  • to do battle against your enemies. These titans are huge creatures with a ton

  • of health and can do a ton of damage, almost take down buildings in one shot. They are

  • huge behemoths that are a lot to deal with. The Atlantean campaign follows along the same

  • lines as the original campaign. The same style with the varied map types and enemies as you

  • progress through the story. Very similar. As well the Atlantean culture is equally balanced

  • to the other cultures, even though I did notice a few times in AI games the Atlanteans would

  • always end up being the best, not sure why that is though.

  • The

  • addition of the titans adds a huge strategical element into Age of Mythology. Deciding when

  • to summon your titan and where to deploy them and also defending against titans, is a huge

  • deal. It is so fun. It can swing games that you thought were going to go one way, all

  • of a sudden they get a titan, and they swing the complete opposite direction. Loads of

  • fun and can make even more hilarious situations. Yes, this game was released in 2002, but it

  • got a recent re-release or revamp on steam with the extended edition. This cleans some

  • of the graphics up, includes the titans expansion, makes online play a lot easier. You can even

  • buy a new expansion that they have added to this game 14 years after the original release

  • and this game has an expansion come out. Just incredible.

  • With the sweet campaign and incredibly smooth gameplay, Age of Mythology makes for hours

  • of fun in Age of Mythology. It is easy for me to say that my final verdict for Age of

  • Mythology Review is a nine out of ten. An excellent game. If you are a fan of real time

  • strategy games you better go out and get this game right now that is if you don't have it

  • already, and if you do have it, go back and play is a bit more, this game deserves your

  • time. Well that's it for Age of Mythology Review,

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Age of Mythology Review If you are a fan of real time strategy games

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