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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.

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.

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.

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.

Tedious

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: November 25, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I've been a huge fan of the Myth series. I was a huge fan of Marathon as well (another ground-breaking Bungie game series). So, I was really looking forward to Myth III.

Unfortunately, I found that while the graphics were somewhat upgraded, the gameplay suffered tremendously with the transfer of the game to Mumbo Jumbo. It was just no fun.

Everything is a slog-fest. Keep playing the levels over and over and you'll eventually get through, but there is no subtlety, no style, no real interest. No fun. I quit after level 5.

Everything runs ponderously on my machine, too, even though I have decent hardware. I think the move to a fully 3D engine cost more than it benefitted the game.

I hope Bungie does great things for XBox. It would be a real shame if their light is gone from the world of gaming.

Not like the first two by Bungie

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: June 12, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This one is not much of a comparison to the previous two Myth games released by Bungie. The Graphics are good but sound is inferior. Weapon and arrow hits are barely audible. A good sound track is over 50% percent of the game. It can be the deciding factor in the success or failure of a game.

What happened to the terrain mesh deformation when a wight exploded. That wasn't included in Myth III. Maybe the original programmers decided to not release that with the engine. Its not that difficult to do. Why didn't the Myth III programmers include it and other surprises.

I have only gotten to the 3rd map and am not very impressed. Maybe it will get better but I anticipate not. The first two maps were very dark and the camera controls under those circumstance made play less to be desired.

I gave this game 3 stars as opposed to one becuase the grphics are very good. Play is not as fun as the first two and multiplay is none existent. Lucky to find 12 players on Gamespy. What happened to Bungie's servers? Did they completely dump the game? It was easy to get a game on their server but that was a few years ago.

Fun, and awesome graphics!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 8
Date: March 19, 2002
Author: Amazon User

The graphics are really beautiful, there is no question about it. The human figures look like they have real skeletons, rather than the bloblike humanoid forms you see in other inferior game graphics. The programming team should be commended for doing such a good job on visuals.

In addition to looking awesome, it is really fun to play. What more could a gamer want?

Better, but not enough improvements

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 12 / 15
Date: February 14, 2002
Author: Amazon User

The release date of Myth III: When I came out of school I rushed to the local gamesshop. I had been waiting for this third part of my favorite game all time for so long...

I was glad to pay the $40 for the game... I would've payed the double amount too. I had always been a big fan of Bungie's first two parts of the game, which were my favorite games that time.

So I came home, and read the manual while installing the game. Not much new. I already knew Take2 and Mumbo Jumbo had taken care of this game instead of Bungie. It was too sad to see Bungie go down, taken over by Microsoft. When this happened, the Myth II community died. No more patches for SoulBlighter. (Myth II)
The Myth community has always been very strong. Patches, MODs, and A LOT of third party maps... that made the game so great and never boring.

The game was installed. I started up, and chose a 1024x768 resolution with all eyecandy turned on. It didn't run very badly, but not very smooth either. I switched to 800x600, still with all the extra options at max. On my Pentium III 500 with 128 mb of ram and a poor-performing GFX card: A TnT2 M64 (which was a really bad version of the TnT) that was not really unexpectable. The game is not for the low-end computers any more though. That's a pity. Also a bit weird, because actually, when I started playing, I did not really see a lot of differences with Myth II, which DID run on a much lower-end machine back in those days.

Anyway, I played whole day. I sure did like the game, but the gameplay didn't feel perfect... The units respond a bit late, and don't always do what you want. The controls haven't changed much, but that's good because they were perfect. Why change the winning formula, eh?

I am a spoiled gamer. I buy a lot of games. I am never satisfied with a game, and I think not much games of the last 5 years really have a good, addicting gameplay. I even quit playing Max Payne after an hour of 10 of playing... Never touched it again :)

I wasn't totally satisfied on this point with Myth III either, although it certainly isn't bad. After 2 weeks, I quit playing, but installed it again 2 weeks ago. Playing now, my opinion about the game is totally different.

In that first week, I tried online play, but not a lot of people online. This is not weird, because I bought the game at the release date, which might be a bit early so there just were no online players yet. :)

When I went online those 2 weeks ago, there were not much players either. The community of Myth III is still too small, but increasing slowly. Reasons why people didn't play online: GameSpy server is too laggy, they said. Nonsense. You host your own games, GameSpy is only for chat and NOT laggy at all. In game, I played games with 6 people with ping 50. It's just the person serving the game... not GameSpy.

Second point: Bugs, especially online.
Ok, they were there. The patch, which has recently come out fixes most of them though. The game really improved after the patch! So most people can now play bug-free.

Third point: No ranking system. True, but it's going to come! Yes people, it WILL be there soon... the ranked rooms are even up already but not yet in use...

Looking better, I must say the graphics DID increase a lot... Nice shadows, lotsa limbs, more polygons and details, more colors, bigger maps and more blood. Effects like wind and snow really show their results: snowy maps, waving trees, molotovs who are blown away by the wind, and slower moving units when it snows.

The gameplay is still not totally satisfying, but it feels more comfortable now. I got used to the game again (Myth II was long ago for me :)) and I like it now, and I can play quite a nice game right now online with my skills... The gameplay just needs getting used to, but after that it'll feel like you used it for your whole life.

About singleplayer. The campaign is great, with varied missions, a nice plot and nice "big bosses". (giant units which you have to fight) Some missions seem a bit rushed though.

Nice thing about Myth is, you really focus on strategy. Your unit count is always less than the enemy's, so you really need to use tactics to overcome them. Sneaking, surprise attacks, high-ground-placed bowmen, etc.

I can write a lot more about the game, but I'll stop after a list of pros/cons:

Pros:

* The graphics have improved a lot
* The campaign/plot is great
* Great 3rd party development because editor is included
* A lot of bugs were fixed with the patch
* A lot of online maps and units for much variation
* Game is really difficult, even on the easiest level
* Myth III is addictive, just like the other Myths
* All the units have their own taunt :)

Cons:

* Still some nasty bugs left, especially with Windows XP
* You need a higher-end system now if you want the graphics settings turned high.
* Campaign still has some rushed maps.
* The future of the game is unsure because Mumbo Jumbo is gone
* The game is addictive, but not as addictive as the old parts
* The game is not more than an improved version of Myth II (just like Myth II was an improved version of Myth I)

My advice: buy it, and play it. You'll love it! It's really not like some people who are just Myth haters say, the game is great. It's also really cheap on this site, only 25 bucks I believe? That's a shame... it should cost 50...

Now let's blow up some limbs!

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.

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.

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