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Great game! Buy it.
5
Rating: 5,
Useful: 1 / 2
Date: June 16, 2004
Author: Amazon User
I love this game. The online experience is great! Plus there is brand new stuff for Create-A-Scenario! But it would awesome if you could Create a Hero! That would be AWESOME!!!!! (As if they'd really create that option). But other than that the game is great!
this game is tight
5
Rating: 5,
Useful: 1 / 2
Date: May 02, 2004
Author: Amazon User
im not really into any computer game but this one is an exeption. most rts games leave me bored with lots of thinking involved. but this game is action packed. 5 out of 5
Hours of great entertainment
4
Rating: 4,
Useful: 1 / 2
Date: March 20, 2004
Author: Amazon User
I bought this game when it first came out. I love fantasy strategy games and this one is one of the best. Great art, great storyline, great characters, weapons, and scenarios.
This Game is Awesome!
5
Rating: 5,
Useful: 2 / 9
Date: December 04, 2004
Author: Amazon User
This is one of my favorite games! I hate people who don't have a taste for strategy and criticize this game. THe god powers can be game-breakers and the myth units look cool. The Greeks have the best and second-most user friendly civilization, next to the Atlanteans. The Norse guys are by far the hardest to play. The gods are a nice feature and I love the campaigns. The titan unit really helped me win the games and is a tatal game breaker. Even if you defeat it, you'll probably lose. THe one drawback is if you only want to play historical games this game is NOT for you. At first, I hated it because it didn't have total historical accuracy. This is THE game that you will play for months on end.
This is a great game, but not worth $30.00
5
Rating: 5,
Useful: 1 / 3
Date: November 03, 2003
Author: Amazon User
Age of Mythology is a good game, but it is not worth $30.00. The game play is a lot of fun. The trees fall over when villagers havest wood, and the mythical monsters are cool. There are short movies in between parts of the campaign that add suspense and help to keep you updated on the games happenings. The only problem with the game as far as I can tell is the campaign's length. It includes all the civilizations, but is two short. One other problem is the editor. I enjoyed creating campaigns of my own in Age of Empires, but it is harder in Age of Mythology
Great Game, But Not A Religious Study of Paganism
5
Rating: 5,
Useful: 1 / 3
Date: December 02, 2003
Author: Amazon User
This is a great game, but not a study of Paganism. Many hours of game play. Part III of Age of Empires. I like the fact that the Norse appease the Gods not through temple building but heroism.
Wyatt Kaldenberg
Fun but lacking
3
Rating: 3,
Useful: 1 / 3
Date: October 14, 2005
Author: Amazon User
This game lacks the features I came to expect from Age of Kings. I used t be an avid Age of Kings and Conquerors player and when I heard about Age of Mythology, I was ecstatic. But, when I got it, the luster wore off. The campaign has not much of an interllectual value and is truly a waste of time in the original and I thought that they were improving it so, I got the expansion. To my dismay, the expansion's campaign was even more pointless and groundless. Let me give you a lttle detail in case you didn't play Age of Kings or Conquerors. The Age of Kings campaigns (Barbarosa, etc.) were very difficult and I stress that point. They would usually take at least 45 minutes. The Conquerors scenarios were varied but still kept the interllectual focal point. The new campaigns lack this facet which I would normall expect. The new AOE III seems better as the demo came out prior to this review. But, the in-game multiplayer feature is better than the zone way of old. The onine features are fun as is playing with people of different cultures. In my opinion the only excellen part is the multiplayer. Word to the wise, do get the game and see, the Atlantean culture isn't all it's cracked up to be.
AGE OF MYTHOLOGY
4
Rating: 4,
Useful: 1 / 3
Date: November 12, 2002
Author: Amazon User
GAME IS VERY GOOD, BUT COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER. NOT ENOUGH RANDOM MAPS. GAME IS BEAUTIFUL, BUT NOT ENOUGH FEATURES. IF YOU ENJOYED WARCRAFT III YOU WILL ENJOY THIS GAME. MAPS ARE TOO SMALL I PERFER THE LARGER MAPS IN AGE OF KINGS II. EVEN WITH MY COMPLAINS THE GAME IS STILL VERY GOOD.
Hard Play
4
Rating: 4,
Useful: 1 / 3
Date: November 24, 2002
Author: Amazon User
I have had my AOM for one week now. Definetly addictive game play, good graphics. I had no problem loading the game.
I play Single Player/Random Map. The Easy setting is a piece of cake. Your enemies don't attack you, and from my AOE experience, I was able to defeat the Easy level, no problem.
Move up to medium, and I have no chance. The computer play is very tough, but I guess you wouldn't want it easy.
The graphics/playing characters are great, but smaller than I am used to.
Very satisfied with the game, I just wish I can find the proper computer level to compete at.
Just a great RTS game
5
Rating: 5,
Useful: 1 / 3
Date: April 10, 2003
Author: Amazon User
I thought that this game kept true to many of the better aspects of RTS gaming, while still keeping it fresh with new ideas, creatures, and strategies. Just a great game, with great replay value.
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