Teen
ESRB Rating
Genre
Perspective
Non-Sport
89
MobyRank
100 point score based on reviews from various critics.
4.1
MobyScore
5 point score based on user ratings.

Description

After battling through the Age of Empires, it is time to go deeper into the history of mankind, and play in the Ancient cities of the true gods.

Choose your scenario from three, the ancient Greeks, the Norse or the Egyptians, and build your new world into a true kingdom fitting for the Gods that you follow. But be wary of the evil that lives around your kingdom, as they wish to destroy you and your God.

Many elements of the Age of Empires series feature here, including the many economic options, an epic battle system and random maps. New to the series is a full 3D graphics engine, increasing the level of detail to include certain weather effects and the ability to play during any time of the day or night.

During battle, you have the ability to not only lead an army full of hundreds of warriors and mythological creatures of all types, but you can also call on your God to lend a helping hand for a short period of time.

Multiplayer maps are also included, allowing all-on-all or ally battles.

Alternate Titles

  • "神话时代" -- Chinese spelling (simplified)
  • "神話世紀" -- Chinese spelling (traditional)
  • "RTS 3" -- Working title
  • "AOM" -- Abbreviated title

Part of the Following Groups


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Age of Mythology Windows $4.00  
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User Reviews

A great game in its own right, but also where everything started to go wrong Maw (849) 3.6 Stars3.6 Stars3.6 Stars3.6 Stars3.6 Stars
The undisputed Age of Empires III Indra was here Bronze Star Contributing Member (15038) 4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars
It has the base of a great RTS, but it's too flawed to recommend. kbmb Bronze Star Contributing Member (399) unrated
The true successor to Age of Empires! James Kirk (159) unrated
A well polished RTS featuring a crossover of several ancient mythologies Cadorna (190) 3.8 Stars3.8 Stars3.8 Stars3.8 Stars3.8 Stars
Been there, done that. Dan Spencer (12) 1.8 Stars1.8 Stars1.8 Stars1.8 Stars1.8 Stars

The Press Says

Gameplanet Nov 21, 2002 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars 100
The Age Oct 10, 2002 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars 100
Just RPG 2002 97 out of 100 97
GameZone Nov 01, 2002 9.7 out of 10 97
Gamesmania Nov 18, 2002 93 out of 100 93
Gamers.at Nov 13, 2002 93 out of 100 93
Game Captain Nov 17, 2002 92 out of 100 92
CanadianGamer Apr 30, 2003 89 out of 100 89
Factornews Dec 28, 2002 8 out of 10 80
Eurogamer.net (UK) Dec 10, 2002 8 out of 10 80

Forums

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Trivia

Board game

The game was adapted into a 2003 boardgame of the same name published by Eagle Games.

Code

Age of Mythology has over three million lines of code.

Engine

This is the first game in the Age series, developed by Ensemble, to use a 3D engine.

Mountain giant

The mountain giant unit has a unique, little-known special attack – it can kick dwarves like soccer balls.

Sales

In 2003, Age of Mythology won the Gold-Award from the German VUD (Verband der Unterhaltungssoftware Deutschland - Entertainment Software Association Germany) for selling more then 100,000 (but less then 200,000) units in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Awards

  • Computer Games
    • March 2003 (No. 148) - #4 in the 10 Best Games of 2002 list
  • Verband der Unterhaltungssoftware Deutschland (Entertainment Software Association Germany)
    • 2003 - Gold Award
Information also contributed by Maw, PCGamer77, Pseudo_Intellectual and Xoleras.


This entry was contributed by Corn Popper (69582) and Kartanym Bronze Star Contributing Member (10796)
 

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