For those who don't know about this game, it's a strategy type game almost exactly like Age of Empires (mainly because the same company built Age of Mythology). It's a really good game and I'd recommend it to everyone, especially if you enjoy ancient mythology such as Greek mythology. What's better is the expansion pack Age of Mythology: The Titans. It isn't that much different to the original but controlling a titan is a lot of fun and the new campaigns are pretty cool too.
Believe it or not, I didn't post this in order to advertise. I was wondering if anyone owns either Age of Mythology and/or the expansion pack and would like to play an online multi player game?
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 Feb 14 2006, 4:00 pm
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Feb 14 2006, 8:56 pm
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Acebloke
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Sadly not, AoE1 and 2, and Rise of Nations, no AoM or AoE3. I dunno, I got put off buying AoM, maybe someone can convince me, but I dont like the whole "Mythology" thing.
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It's sort of like AoE, where you take control over civilisations. Only in AoM, you get the civilisation AND a touch of religion. But their religion is mythology to us, you can fight using heros like Heracles (Hercules) or Jason. And you get God powers like starting a meteor shower or starting a lightning storm (Zeus's lightning storm (Zeus weapon of fighting was lightning bolts in mythology)).
I don't know, I really like it because I'm really into the whole Greek mythology thing. I love fighting pretending like I have some divine purpose and that certain Gods are favouring me while others are not. And interlinking Greek mythology with Egyptian mythology is also fun, although I don't know much about Egyptian mythology. And you get Norse mythology, famous Gods like Thor. The mythology part plays a relatively small part in non-campaigns. And even in campaigns, it doesn't count for much minus what's happening in the story (which is like an RPG with cut-scenes now, with of course the classic Age of Empires fighting style). | |
I liked the mythology aspect - I mean, you got to use giant scarab beetles as siege weapons! How cool is that?
I do own a copy of the game (no expansion though - I was pretty tired of RTS games by the time it came out). I suck too much to play online, though; I haven't been playing it for years because I'm sick of the genre (blame oversaturation), and as a result I am totally out of practice. Not that I was ever much good at it to begin with. | |
DeathAwaitsU wrote:
I was wondering if anyone owns either Age of Mythology and/or the expansion pack and would like to play an online multi player game? I need to buy it. I played it some where else before and I thought it was fun. | |
I haven't played it since it first came out and I was never that good either! All I do is build a wall around my city and hope the enemy gets scared of invading >_>.
Would you like to play sometime? I've added you to my pager, let me know. | |
DeathAwaitsU wrote:
I haven't played it since it first came out and I was never that good either! All I do is build a wall around my city and hope the enemy gets scared of invading >_>. Dude, have you been spying on my tactics or something? =P Would you like to play sometime? I've added you to my pager, let me know. Meh, I guess one game can't hurt. =) If I see you online then we'll talk. | |
Crispy wrote:
DeathAwaitsU wrote: Are you kidding? I'd say that's a bad tactic, in my opinion. I've not played Mythology, but if it's anything like Empires 2 then the same should be applicable. Now I'm not the kind of player who can drum up an army in 2 minutes and rush my opponent- infact, I can hardly beat a computer player on "moderate" setting. =p I figure it's best to be dynamic- like a liquid, slipping through the enemies' hands. If you build walls and such, you're a target. Stuck in one place and the enemy can continually just wear away at you. From the start of the game I tend to establish 3 bases in different locations. From there I can strike my opponent's walls from different directions- simultaenously is ideal. It makes it look like you have a bigger army than you do, and is more 1336. I mean, 1337. Plus, if they trample one of your cities, you have 2+ others to retaliate/rebuild from! | |