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Good but not great

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: November 13, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Noone awaited the release of AOM more than me. I've played AOE and AOK for years now, and still my favorite game to play online is AOK with the expansion pack. But this game, however, left me a little disappointed. If I could rate half-stars, I'd give this a 3 1/2.

Don't get me wrong, it's still a *good* game. But it's not worlds better than AOK, and might not even be a better game at all. Indeed, after wading through each campaign mission I find myself putting back the AOK Conquerors CD to play a game or three.
What's not to like ? Well, let's start with the single player campaign. The campaign plays out a LOT like Warcraft III's campaign, down to the whole routine about 3 civilizations (races) somehow intertwining to defeat this one super-evil power. But the cut-scenes in AOM are poor compared to W3, and the voice-acting is awful. And the campaign missions are trivially easy - I'd almost say boring, even on the harder settings.

I found a number of bugs - for instance, when setting a patrol path it seems my waypoints are NOT where I click them, but somewhat displaced.

Contrary to what someone else here wrote, the keyboard commands are NOT the same as AOE/K. If there's a way to enable compatibility mode, someone please tell me. But the hotkeys are not the same. In AOM, to build a temple, it's "T". In AOK, it's "B-T". Small, but different, and I can't help but wonder why they'd do that to seasoned vets of their previous games. We should be rewarded, not punished.

Also, there seems to be no way to shortcut units' formations and stances. It seems that you have to mouse-click to get your units to, say, "stand ground", for instance, which is BRUTAL and nigh impossible when there's a lot of action going on. I KNOW the AOK shortcuts don't work here, and the icon for each stance does NOT suggest a shortcut. As it stands, most of my units run around willy nilly because it's prohibitively difficult to control their stances and formations. This may be an unintended boon to the beginning player but seriously screws up the advanced player.

The manual provided is pathetic. There are lots and lots of units you can build, but you can't read about them in the manual - you have to poke through the online guides. Consequently, I find myself faced with units I don't know that much about and can't look up quickly in my manual - sometimes in the heat of battle. Guys, I paid good money for this game. Please give me the things I need to play the game properly.

Now, maybe I'm just oblivious and there's a way to overcome the keyboard shortcut shortcomings. But I looked hard and could not find them, and the absence of a real manual means I can't look it up there. I think the removal of a huge number of keyboard shortcuts will in the long wrong leave the best strategy gamers still playing AOK with the expansion pack.

I wrote a review, but it wasn;t shown.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 24
Date: December 04, 2002
Author: Amazon User

As you can see from my star rating I didn't like it.

I will not write another review..

Save your money, its AOE all over but worse.

This game is awesome!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: November 07, 2002
Author: Amazon User

If you want to buy it try Circuit city. I got it for [$] seriously.
Great graphics.

Gamer

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: June 13, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I play this game online over eso and it is awsom. If you loved the Age of Empire Series you will love this game. Better graphics and changes. Now instead of civilizations you will be a god, ... as Zeus, Hades, Thor, Ra, Isis and others... I give it a perfect 5 and would give it a 10 if could!!!

Atlantis

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: October 11, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This version adds a fouth race to the game. There were Greeks, Egyptians, and the Norse. The new race are Atlantians. Atlantians are very unique to the rest: they are faster yet more expensive.

Enticing, Realtime strategy gamers choice.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: January 21, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I was one that liked the Age of Empires Series I & II. This has the same great game play with some nice add ons that realy twist the game into sheer fun. It has great balance. It has excellent graphics and a highly addictive story that keeps even the most tired gamer wanting more before admitting the need to sleep.
Highly recommended for any gaming library.

Fell short of an "Age" game.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: September 10, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I love PC strategy games. I have to say that "Age of Mythology" was a let-down from the progression of the "Age of Empires" titles. I think "Age of Mythology" was probably being used by Ensemble Studios as stop-gap money earner, and also a building block for the next game in their AOE series.

The Good: In Age of Mythology, Ensemble made the jump to a 3-D graphics engine, which is now expected from all RTS games by the gaming community. It also has that same "feel" of an "Age" game, and the same style and ease of use through the User-Interface. The cultural specialization of the games civilizations is also very well done.

The Bad: One word - "scale". While the rest of the RTS genre was going "Epic" - massive battles, huge fortifications, very large maps, complicated economies, yada, yada... Ensemble went small scale with "Age of Mythology". Don't expect to see more than around 120 units in any single army in this game. Also... the whole "Mytholgy" aspect may be a bit of a turn-off to those who are accustomed to the more "historical/real-world" background of the "Empires" series.

The ugly: Graphics - Even when "Age of Mythology" was released, the detail was lack-luster, and obtuse, even with all the graphic bells 'n' whistles turned on. Note to Ensemble - if your going to go small scale when building a game, you need to make the graphics spectacular.

My advice - if you are a big fan of the "Age of Empires" series, skip "Age of Mytholgy" altogether... hold out for "AOE III".

Expansion is very disapointing

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 6
Date: July 23, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Well the first one was very nice, making difrent types of units to counter or lead atackes waching the great graphics or using gods powers to shmash your enemiews to bits or to restor or units or even your economy, but the canpaingne way way way to short. unlike the other age of ****** games that ive played over the year this campaigne focuses on the same story over and over again i mean come on (at first, you must please posident and kill troy) ok ive done that movign on (now revive the egyptian god ) ok finished (rebuild thors hammer to revive his strength ) im not sure about you but i see a patern there, REVIVE THE GODS i mean ya its cool but over and over and over again??? it gets alitle boring! just a bit, also what i noticed is that you make them to easy even in titan mode i made when i had to renunit the pieces of osiris or re-awake the gaurdian i didnt even need osiris or the gaurdian to finish the army that came after sure lets give them cheap units that can kill anything that freaking has less then 14000 hp in one hit! Or when i had to survive norse atack for 15 minuts lol that was the funiest one ever i just went and destroyed there citeis from the start and then i see a army actualy bigger than mine so i think finaly i get to use startagy no just watch units fight each other but tell them what to atucally do and kill him eventho i have a smaller army but no! you just have to let me win after i break a stone wall down? i mean come on were not new to these games we have all played at least of age of **** game before in our lives! in the other age of ******* games we had to actualy destroy the army at the end we had to use our brains to think how we can use our smaller armies aginst that huge one in a small amout of time and you made sure we coudnt get a bigger army then there with population limits now that was fun. no moving on to the expasion...IM VEry DISAPOINTED! the atleantians are wwwwaaaaayyyyyy to over powered i mean come on so what the they have a jackass carring there food.gold/wood for them that blody basket sould get full some time soon all the units came become hereos and reusable god powers? sure that may sound good but its get boring smashing the poeple online that are true to the oldies and wana win the old FUN way but alway encounter noobs that never played this game before and somehow manage to beat them with atleantians i mean i can just send an army of 20-70 men into my enemy base and contuniu ordering my vilager knowing il win the fight but in the old game you had to comand you armies t use there advantages over other units not just go and start smashing a castle when the are 35 units hakking away at you! over all you guys reuind the game, maby im just to good at it and i need a chaleng that why i beat all you campaignes in titan mode in 5 hours time and the expansion in 2 hours time when on age of conqurers i keept tasting defate at i didnt sleep all night for i was thinking of a new way to put my ennemies in there place!

Remember the old ways poeple sometimes there funner

Thinking of buying it

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 7
Date: November 07, 2002
Author: Amazon User

After I read the reviews and saw the screenshots I knew that this game is the best. But i still didnt buy it the thing thats keeping me from buying it is....u guessed right THE PRICE.

Age of Mythology by far surpases other rts's of today

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: April 26, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I must say this is one of the best expansion packs to one of the best games I have ever played! The story line is exciting and moves along well, the game play is superb and the graphics and phenomenal. If you like Age of Empires then these are the games for you

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