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Wonderful game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: April 11, 2005
Author: Amazon User

For the longest time, Age of Empires and Age of Empires II have been real-time strategy (RTS) mainstays for the Mac platform. Between those two titles and the WarCraft series, Mac gamers' RTS needs were taken care of nicely, thank you very much. But it's been a long time since the last installment of the Age of... series, and all over, Mac gamers were beginning to get restless. You could see it in their hollow, darkened eyes as they looked longingly at PC gamers with their Age of Mythology boxes held smugly under their arms. That time is over. Mac gamers can rejoice, finally, since MacSoft and Westlake Interactive have teamed together to bring Age of Mythology to the Mac. A deep gaming environment; stunning, rich graphics; and solid game play combine for a RTS experience that should keep Mac gamers satisfied for a long time to come.

So, with the arrival of Age of Mythology, do Mac gamers finally have an RTS to match up with the latest PC offerings? The answer is a resounding "yes." Age of Mythology offers players a wonderful blend of the standard RTS play we've associated with the Age of... series with the addition of new tactical and strategic elements brought about by the inclusion of mythical units and the new resource, Favor. Even with these new elements, the overall game play remains well-balanced between players and the new elements broaden the game's appeal far beyond the historically accurate titles that came before it in the series.

Also, with a long, engaging single-player mode and a nearly endless variety of ways to play online or in the game's random map mode, Age of Mythology offers players limitless replayability. Truly, this is a game title for the Mac that should be placed high in the pantheon of RTS games, right there in between Zeus and Apollo.

I like it!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: March 18, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This was a game I really enjoyed. In fact I would say I was very addicted to it. In fact I keep it on my computer.

If you played Age of Empires, you should enjoy the bonus god powers and myth units. Now you can rain death on your enemies with metors and lightning storms. You can collapse their defenses with earth quakes. There are also powers to help you such as rain for your farms or mass healing of your troops.

Probably the most fun are the myth units which come from temples.
You will get to use a wide range of units such as minotaurs, cyclops, centaurs, giants, trolls, sphinxes....

The ones I liked best were the Giants. The Frost Giant can freeze units and the Hill Giants can toss them. They are very useful to attack structures as well.

As with AofE, you still build your cities, food, mines, and wood. You upgrade your units while defending your bases and trying to deny resouces from the enemy.

Overall I really don't have major complaints with the game. Well maybe the random map could be improved. It's easy to scout out. The AI might stand a touch up as well. There are noticable patterns in attack.

Finally, the storyline is good and the graphics are good! You can't go wrong with this one.

Wow! This Game Changes the world of Gaming

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 10
Date: November 06, 2002
Author: Amazon User

If you are a fan of any RTS then this game will blow you away. Stunning graphics, awsome sound, and gameplay like never before. If you havent picked up this game, then you missing out on a thrill of a life time!

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.

Fun family game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 7
Date: November 19, 2004
Author: Amazon User

As a huge fan of this type of game, I was excited to play something that dealt with mythological creatures and magical powers. While not as robust a product as Empire Earth, or even Age of Empires, the game is a lot of fun. The real test is how my kids respond to it -- given the choice between Age of Mythology, Empire Earth, and Rise of Nations, they prefer AoM.

Age of Mythology kicks...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: February 17, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I am very suprised with age of mythology! The graphics are supreme. You can see every unit and building very clearly. The choice of animals is exclent. They have the approate animals for the approiate landscape. The sound track and music is awesome. when you click on a building you hear the approiate sounds. For instance if you click on a forge you hear a clang of metal. The units even say a few things if you click on them. skipon! overall Age of Mythology is very impressive. I am happy to have it. 5 stars for sure!

Best of it's kind!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: March 28, 2003
Author: Amazon User

If you've played both Age Of Empire games then you will get a sense of what this game is like. It's the same type of game play with a twist, and it's much more difficult than Age Of Empires 1&2, which I could defeat in my sleep.
You basically spend most of your time gathering resources. Food does not feed your people but is used to fund villagers, military, and various improvements. Wood and gold is for buildings, etc. and to pay for items and improvements.
The best thing about this game are the Gods, God powers, and myth units. You first choose a culture(Norse, Greek, or Egyptian) then choose a God to worship. Each God comes with his own special power and set of improvements. Be careful invoking God powers, you can only use them once! But the myth units are the most fun to use. If there was no population cap, I would have my entire army made up of myth units. Ahhhh, there's nothing quite like the sound of your giant octopus crushing the docks and ships of your enemies!
Some of the cons about this game are the lack of more cultures(there are only three), and how many population slots some of the myth units take up( some take five slots!). The game also slows down quite a bit after you reach the Mythic Age and no longer have any improvements to research. It would also be great if some of the resources(trees and gold mines)could regenerate instead of slowly disappearing one by one. They made the schools of fish inexhaustible, why can't they do that with other resources?
Despite these problems, Age Of Mythology is a really great game and I would recommend it to anyone.

Next Home Run From Ensemble Studios

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: November 08, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This is an amazing game. There's the similar gameplay to the Age of Empires series that has sold 100,000s of copies with more appeal and advancements. New, more realistic graphics such as falling snow and accurate attack movements make this game even more exciting than the Age series games before it. Getting to choose exactly how you advance through the game gives a whole new level of complexity. There are endless ways to play by simply picking different maps, opponents, ways to win, civilizations, and how to play those civilizations. The detail and gameplay is an enhanced version of the Age series that I still play though it has been out for years. This is a must by for anyone with an interest in strategy games. Also, it has a great deal of history, good for students like me.

Well worth your money & time

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: August 18, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game was originally for my brother for his birthday, but i think i've played it more than him!!! It's so much fun! I've spent hours on this wonderful game, marveling at it's great graphics and many twists and turns. I have always been a big fan of ancient mythology and my favorite computer game was Zues, which came close to my myth satisfaction, but Age of Mythology is far better. One minute, I could be storming my enemie's lands with an army of Medusa archers in the Greek world, and the next, destroying enemy docks with a mighty water Krakken in the Norse world. If you're not into all the extra stuff(like my brother and I) I suggest not getting the collector's version. It's a lot of money for things that we just weren't interested in (for example, the movie poster and the DVD) so if you want an excellent game with a high replay value, get this game, you'll be sorry if you don't!

RTS Games get better and better, and this is no exception!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: August 05, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I am a huge fan of RTS games. (Age of Empires II, Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds, Age of Mythology, Empire Earth, and all the expansion packs in between) This is in the top of my favorites! This is like Age of Empires, only it has a mythological twist to it. You can call on god powers, create mythological units, get favor etc. Here are some Pros and Cons to it.

Pros:

Amazing Graphics
Detailed Gameplay
Great RTS
Call on more than 30 God Powers, which are awesomely detailed
Pretty much everything is real Greek, Egyptian, and Norse Mythology

Special Attacks (Throwing, jumping, etc)
Nice selection of maps
Great 32-level single player campaign
Good Cinematics
Good Tutorial

Cons:

Limit 10 houses

A couple of tiny glitches (one time I had a Mountain Giant, he was walking and suddenly he just started walking horizontally

And then in the campaign, it tells you to get 1000 wood, then build the Trojan Horse, I did that, then I got 1000 more wood and then the objective screen comes up again telling me to build the Trojan Horse again. Wierd huh?)
But both of them only happened once.

Well the game is awesome, so if ur an RTS fan, get this game now!

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