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Amazingly Addictive

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 20, 2008
Author: Amazon User

As my title says this game is ridiculously fun! As a long time Age of Empires fan I was excited to see that this game was basically Age of Empires with some new tricks up it's sleeves and some interesting change sin game play. The graphics are surprisingly good. Some people have said that the campaign is too short but playing it through on hard it's by no means a short game, as far as I can remember the AOM campaign is longer than those from any of the AOE 3 and expansions packs. If you are a fan of Age of Empires this is definitely a game worth buying!

The good and the bad

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 21, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This is a must have for gamers that love RTS (real time strategy)

The Good:
Long, interesting, and challenging campaign
Good Graphics (not great graphics)
Lots of tie-ins to real mythology in 3 major regions
Good powers and mythological creatures add an interesting twist to the Age of Empires World
Many revolutionary ideas about strategy games are introduced in this game

The Bad:
AI (outside of campaign) is a mindless death machine that just lumbers around the map
limited "random map" choices
The "Titans" expansion pack is not available on mac

Over all it is a fun game that anybody that loves strategy or mythology will enjoy. Although it has a few problems, the good out ways the bad. I have had countless fun games with friends fighting the computers on the hardest setting. Even though the AI is pretty stupid, they are still very deadly.

This game is well worth the money.

Excellent game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: September 26, 2007
Author: Amazon User

We bought this game for my son's birthday. It was not expensive and sort of a whim purchase. The game out of the box requires Rosetta (it's not a Universal binary), but if you apply the free patch from their website, it will upgrade the game to a Universal binary. This makes the game much more stable and enjoyable to play.

We had purchased Civ IV: Warlords and this game; my son has hardly even touched Civ IV since we bought this.

Very good simulation, very fun

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: May 14, 2007
Author: Amazon User

A good simulation in the typical build and achieve goals mode. Some fun mythological beasts, soldiers, etc., Gods to pray to. Gives a bit of a history lesson as well.

Age of Mythology

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: May 06, 2007
Author: Amazon User

We have two kids (age 8 and 10) who really like this game. They have other friends their ages that own it and like it also. Despite it's teen rating, we have felt the game was fine for our kids to play, and it familiarizes them with aspects of mythological beings. While there is warring that goes on, it does not involve guns and thus doesn't seem quite as violent as many of the other teen rated games.

The second mac game I ever played, and I absolutely loved it.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: April 12, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I think I'm what's known as a 'casual gamer'. I grew up (18 now) on pc games like Caesar 3 and the original Sims. Recently I received a macbook and bought this game. It's very fun. In the campaign mode you control a group of fighters and heroes who travel from place to place, building up towns and armies to defeat great civilizations throughout mythological history. It's real-time strategy, so it can really test your nerves, but you can choose from four levels of difficulty to work at your own pace. I would recommend this to anyone who likes rts games or who likes city-building games and is willing to try something new.

Not much of an expansion pack, only exacerbates what was wrong with the first one

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 4 / 10
Date: February 01, 2007
Author: Amazon User

See my review of Age of Mythology for further depth.

When compared to such expansion packs as the tiny Starcraft: Brood War, the even tinier Warcraft II expansion, the hearty Diablo II: Lord of Destruction, and the massive Command and Conquer: Red Alert 2: Yuri's Revenge, this one is more within the realm of Starcraft: Brood War.

While Brood War only introduced some new maps, a new campaign, and some new units, this expansion pack introduces a whole new race fully playable in both skirmishes and the campaign. This race is reminiscent of the Greeks, only with more ancient units such as Myrmidons (think Troy) and more Cretan/Minoan looking architecture. This is Atlantis.

While the new race has its own new system of units, and a very unique form of worker which doesn't need to return to a drop-off point, this isn't enough to deter from the problem plaguing the original game. With the existence of all-powerful myth units and god powers, what is the point of having a human army?

This is only further exacerbated by the presence of Titans...

Rather than be restricted, a new ability is open to any race with enough resources to reach it first---they upgrade to some new "Age" above Mythic (I forget its name, I think it is called Titan Age) in which rather than change anything, they get a mound of rocks to place anywhere on the map. Then they send as many villagers as possible to work on it, and when it is done, a Titan springs up, different depending on your race and what Major God you have chosen.

While the Titan is not invincible, he may as well be, because with the short population cap you have, you're not likely to build enough units to withstand a Titan with an army to back it up. Titans are super effective against most all infantry, other myth units, and buildings.

Sort of changing a small problem from the first, God powers can be reused depending on what they are. For example, while meteor strike and earthquake and tornado and such an only be used once, the more base god powers like Trees of Gaia can be used up to four or five times (though not all at once)

And so the expansion pack not only doesn't change the flaws of the original, but exacerbates them with more super units, and the grossly overpowered Titans.

Age of Empires with a HUGE twist

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: December 30, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Whether you're a fan of RTS games or perhaps just interested in a different type of game, then I highly recommend Age of Mythology. It really is part of the Age of Empires family except with a great big twist:

Positive:
1.) Graphics: The realism of the characters, buildings, and units is just great in this game because they all move and act realistically. I also have to mention that the water is incredible because you even watch the ships sink down into it as it glistens all around it.
2.) Music: Great as always, I wouldn't expect anything less from Ensemble. It's very unique to this game and puts you in that mythic mood.
3.) Characters: They're all very unique and have their own special powers that, when used, will do nothing less then blow you away.
4.) Campaigns: From the moment you start the first one until the very last one that you finish, you're glued to your screen.
5.) Unique character abilities: In AOM you can get heroes that all have their own special abilities. Some will charge into battles, others will leap to get a jump start. Either way they're all unique and fun.

Negative:
1.) Saving: At times it can take a little bit longer to save your game but it's nothing that really gets on your nerves.

Summary: If you're an RTS fan or simply curious about AOM, I recommend this game because it's one of the most addicting games I've ever played. Many compare to Rise of Nations or Civilization, but I feel that it's in its own category. Fresh, new, and dare I say it, an addiction.

This game is a major high!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 7
Date: August 26, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I think it's a great game, and you can play online with other people around the world. It's good your're able to play online, because after awhile the easy level, gets to be boring. There are different levels to keep your intrest. The campains are really awsom. They never become boreing. The Mythology in it is real. This game is a real high, easily gets addictive. Days of fun.

WHY IS IT A GOOD GAME?

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 12
Date: June 18, 2006
Author: Amazon User

There are alot of reasons so you dumb people that rtae it low probably never played it heres why i think its great.

WHY ITS GREAT:

-fun in editor to just mess around (no need to test map to have people fight)

-many units that can make diffrent stratadgies

-god powers are great

-many mythical units that make the game unique

-the Titans are crazzzzy

-you beat the campaign? well download the new free one online go to the main website of AOM =D =D =D

-beat every campagin that exsists? You can still play online make many skirmish wars and even make your own campaigns

-many fun maps

-can be easy or hard depending what difficulty's you choose so its great for everyone

-new armies/gods/powers all that good stuff =]

So basically this games greta buy it actually better yet buy the gold edition which has this expansion and the original which you need to use the expansion.

HAVE FUN

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