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A good third for the series

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 24, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Great fun, engaging story like the previous two games. Controls can be a little clunky but overall it continues the Myth series with all the same style that the old games had. Just watch out for friendly fire, as in all the Myth games, it's alive and well here.

A shadow of greatness

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 23, 2007
Author: Amazon User

As a fan of the Myth series produced by Bungie Software, I was excited to hear the news of Myth III: The Wolf Age. I found it interesting that it would be a prologue to the other two games, and was excited to finally have some of the history of the Myth world revealed. While it did accomplish this, the game fell short in a number of key areas.

Gameplay
The gameplay is reminiscent of the previous Myth games. It is a tactical game wherein you control all of your troop's actions: formations, retreats, rushes for high ground, etc. It is decently paced most of the time, and some of the new units are an absolute blast to play around with. Problems arise, however, in the campaign itself. To run the game on Windows XP, I first had to get a number of patches from various sources in order for it to run without the video or sound going berserk. Secondly, the mission objectives are not always clearly stated in the breifing. This may not seem like a big deal, but it helps players if they know what they're getting into. Thirdly, some of the tactical advantages of certain units seem to be removed (such as the archer's range,) giving the game less of a sense of "tactics first" mentality.

Sound
The sound in this game was fairly good. Some of the music was grating, at times, however, and the little quips from the narrator on the mission success or mission failure screen were rather asinine. Telling a player in a few sentences what they just did and assuming they can't tell by the stats and screen background that they won or lost was simply nonsensical. The voices of the units seem...misplaced at times, due to the fact that the previous Myth games used all the same voice actors. This won't be a big deal to some, but it is a little jarring for those who have played the previous games in the series. Finally, the units themselves have a very limited vocabulary in comparison to the previous titles.

Graphics
The graphics in Myth 3 shine. The character models are fairly well detailed, and the special effects are great. It's hard to beat watching zombified Thrall bits fly everywhere from a dwarven molotov, or Wight chunks splashing everywhere.

Story
The story is decent, but seems disjointed in areas, and parts almost contradictory to some of the precendents set by Myth and Myth II. (Connacht entombing the Trow, etc.) However, it stays true to some very important events set down by its predecessors. All in all, the story is decent, but not spell-binding.

Conclusion
Myth III is a fairly good game. It provides a good deal of tactical fun, but not as much so, in my opinion, as its predecessors. The sound is passable, the graphics good, and the story is tolerable. All in all, a pretty good game that deserved better.

Myth I was much better

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 12, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Myth 3 has too many characters per army. In Myth 1, the relatively small size of your army allowed for manageable and effective tactics. Myth 3's armies are huge and unmanageable. For instance, at the beginning of any scenario there is time to select sub-divisions of your army and associate each with a hot key pattern. In Myth 1, I could do this in seconds. In Myth 3, there are so many characters, spread over such a large area, that I have yet to satisfactorily complete my sub-selections before the scenario begins. And then, as the battle progresses, I have a hard time managing my numerous forces over the large area of the map.

humm ok nice story nice music umm yaa

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 04, 2008
Author: Amazon User

i never bought myth III when it first came out for my puter was broken, now i have a new one but never got around to buying it cause 1. forgot i was made, and 2. herd it sucked a lot.

i finaly played it yesterday and to my amazement it was good and anoying at the same time. the developers were fired befor they could finish it and that is easy seen as the graphics were not polished neather were the sound effects. but the story and the music rocks. the 1.3.1 updats fond on http://www.mariusnet.com/ smooths it out a bit and makes the vids viewabule so that makes it 1 star better then what i was going to give it (2 orignaly) moveing the units is a pain in the but and the camra is anoying and the lighting makes it very hard to see for it is way to dark. other then that it is a great game with fave units and new ones, and made old ones look better like armored trow look super cool.

the story takes place 1,000 years befor the first war of the fallen and all of the famouse generals: Soulblighter, Shiver, Deciver, and the Watcher are all good guys and humen. so as a story point it is important in the myth world.

i would say if you are a myht fan and love the world and the story then buy it for it IS a myth game but it has no candle towards myth II but it has a lot of fun things to watch like a armord trow killing 4 men with 1 swing of his hammer.

Game Released too early, too many bugs

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: November 07, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Fans of Myth TFL and Myth 2 are better off passing on this title for now. Mumbo Jumbo GameSpy and Take 2 have ruined one of the greatest RTS titles ever. The 3D conversion makes even the fastest computers drop frames and ruins gameplay. The online multiplayer doesn't work properly, thanks to GameSpy, and results in many crashes. When you consider the fact that Bungie had the same multiplayer working well in 2 previous releases of Myth, it makes GameSpy look pathetic.

Take 2 has already failed to deliver the Mac Version of this game as promised, and I have low expectations for this game ever being properly patched.

Lot of bugs! And no other patches will come!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 6
Date: January 17, 2002
Author: Amazon User

If you buy this game, probably it won't work on your computer because of the several bugs it has and you will return it, after a bad waste of time. This game has lot of problems and the patch has fixed nearly half of them and probably no other patches will come, because the developers are not longer supporting this game. This lack of support is really bad and bad again...BR>If you guys are new at the myth series just buy myth2, it's much better and it still has an enjoyble community.

this game is a must

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 8
Date: October 26, 2001
Author: Amazon User

hey guys, this game is the best RPG ever seen. Trust me and get it immediatly, we are making a very nice online players community and we'd like to have lot of people in it in order of having a great fun!

Myth has Fallen to the wolves

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 6
Date: January 15, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I was so looking forward to Myth 3. Then it arrived. I never have been so let down. The quality of theis game has collapsed into a sad poor shadow of it's previous two versions. Myths previous versions are still on my best tactical games ever but this version is going into the biggest waste of money. Everything you loved about myth is gone and replaced with tiny doom figues and lame reality engine.
Avoid this one or suffer through the biggest let down in game history.

Certainly not up to Myth II standards . . .

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: January 05, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I am extremely disappointed with Myth III. As another reviewer wrote, this is simply not a Bungie game and does not live up to the quality of Myth II. The production seems shoddy and incomplete. I had problems getting the sound to work on my system. Some levels take forever to load, etc.

The single player scenarios I've played so far are boring and the scenario descriptions seem lacking (i.e., it's often not clear what you're supposed to do on any given level). Seems like you have to do more running away from the enemy to get through the early levels than actual fighting -- I owe this to the fact the player units seem much weaker compared to the enemy than Myth II and overall the play isn't well balanced.

Haven't played the multiplayer mode. Maybe it's worth it for that, but as far as the single player game goes, I definitely don't recommend this. You're better off sticking with Myth II.

Come in the great myth on-line community

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 9
Date: October 29, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Hey guys, i recommend you to get this game, because it's the best rpg ever seen and because, after myth1 and myth2, we are making all together a very nice on-line community. Come with us and enjoy, we want hundreds people playing myth3 on-line at every hour!

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