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Myth: The Total Codex

Myth: The Total Codex

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A Demo Is The Best Way To Decide: Look For A Demo
Review: ... This game has superb graphics, gameplay, story,multiplayer, sound, editors, and everything in between.

It is simplythe BEST GAME OF ALL TIME. Period. Spend a bit of time learning the interface (and basic tactics), and you will find a deep, satisfying game...

I'll put it this way: Myth is not for everyone. If you are so obsessed with "tank rushes," or rely solely on reflexes to beat a game, Myth's depth of play will likely disappoint you. For everyone else, this is the game that will keep you going for ever.

This concludes my review.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: How could anyone give this game 1 star?
Review: ... This game has superb graphics, gameplay, story,multiplayer, sound, editors, and everything in between.

It is simplythe BEST GAME OF ALL TIME. Period. Spend a bit of time learning the interface (and basic tactics), and you will find a deep, satisfying game...

I'll put it this way: Myth is not for everyone. If you are so obsessed with "tank rushes," or rely solely on reflexes to beat a game, Myth's depth of play will likely disappoint you. For everyone else, this is the game that will keep you going for ever.

This concludes my review.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: An Adult Game
Review: Apparently not everyone sees the ultimate coolness of this game. I can only assume they're suffering from Quake-think - that a game should be first-person, and all you've got to do is kill stuff, collect keys, and open doors.

I like that there's no "me" there - I can only make suggestions to my troops. They'll run away if they want to, they'll screw up and lob bombs at their buddies (or maybe gnomes are just easily offended and are taking offense at their teammates' short-jokes). This game is rated for adults not only because of the splattering blood, but it takes an adult sense of patience and strategy. Have fun.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The orginal Collection from Bungie
Review: Comes with 2 classic games:
1) Myth The Fallen Lords
2) Myth 2 Soulblighter

Also includes various expansion packs and strategy guides for both Myth games.

This is one of the best deals I ever picked up. The games may be dated, but they are still awesome nonetheless. BTW - the cutscenes in these games rival anthing that Blizzard has even produced, so I highly recommend this bundle from Bungie.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Colorful Frisbee
Review: Do not, under any circumstances, buy this game. I wish there had been someone like me to stop me when I bought it. It gets one star for not blowing up my computer when I put it in the drive. I want my money back.

First of all, the game much too hard when you're first starting out. Be prepared to die a thousand deaths. The camera controls are horrible, and really just a bad idea. Its almost like driving a car, and the action is through the windshield. Very annoying, stick to classic scrolling. You start with a set amount of soldiers/archers/etc, all which die extremely easily. The storyline is weak and uninteresting, bearly tied to the story. If you actually manage to beat this game without destroying the cd the ending is as unsatisfying as the rest of the game. Save your money for... just about anything else.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Colorful Frisbee
Review: Do not, under any circumstances, buy this game. I wish there had been someone like me to stop me when I bought it. It gets one star for not blowing up my computer when I put it in the drive. I want my money back.

First of all, the game much too hard when you're first starting out. Be prepared to die a thousand deaths. The camera controls are horrible, and really just a bad idea. Its almost like driving a car, and the action is through the windshield. Very annoying, stick to classic scrolling. You start with a set amount of soldiers/archers/etc, all which die extremely easily. The storyline is weak and uninteresting, bearly tied to the story. If you actually manage to beat this game without destroying the cd the ending is as unsatisfying as the rest of the game. Save your money for... just about anything else.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Not bad at all
Review: First, the bad news. This game can be extremely hard on the beginner, but practice the unit controls and camera movements, and it should get easier. Myth II is easier to navigate because you can use the mouse for camera movements.

Now the good part. In almost every strategy game I've played, I had to worry about resources constantly. Myth doesn't have that problem. The tactical aspects of the game are amazing; if you hope to survive, you need to know exactly how to use each of your units. You can't rely on "tank rush" tactics like in traditional strategy games, because in most cases you are completely outnumbered. Finally, the music is just stunning, and I recommend you buy the soundtrack from Bungie Software. These games may frustrate the beginner, but the persistant gamer will find a lot to enjoy here.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: A good series, but for a few flaws
Review: First, the camera system. What the hell were they thinking, having the scrolling direction dependent on the camera's current angle? That's the most messed-up control I've ever seen. Second, the lack of any sort of mechanism for morale. While your dwarves and bowmen will flee a melee, every soldier whose primary purpose is hand-to-hand combat will always fight to the death. This is completely unrealistic. Third, your units never grow fatigued. A soldier who's just lopped the heads off a dozen zombies will run as fast and swing more effectively (thanks to the veteran unit mechanism) than one who's been hiding since the battle started.

While it does have these gaping flaws, the good points of the game are numerous as well. It frees the player who enjoys the tactical aspects of a battle from the hideous specter of resource management that consumes 80% of your time in other RTS games. The mechanism for veteran units is great, if a bit overpowered; the physics model for archers and dwarves is great as well; and the 3-D battlefields are a great improvement over the standard flat-terrain-with-impassable-decorations field of most RTS games.

Myth was a great pioneer in the field of real-time strategy without resource management, but it's since been superceded by games such as Sid Meier's Antietam and the forthcoming Shogun: Total War.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Better late than never
Review: Having an interest in creative writing, I'm most interested in those kinds of games that provide great graphics in conjunction with a well constructed plot or premise. Myth is one such game. Actually, I'm a relative late-comer to the Myth scene, but I'm extremely happy that I stumbled onto a demo of the game several weeks ago. When it comes to RTS titles, Myth is probably the most ingenious and ranks among the most challenging I've seen. The ability to view the battlefield in 3D obviously sets this game apart from others, such as StarCraft, but the computer AI in the single player levels is quite challenging, especially to the player, like myself, who is in the early stages of his Myth development. Combine this with the ability to play multiplayer games on Bungie's top-notch site, and you've got a winner on every front.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: a personal favorite
Review: I started playing Myth:TFL when the demo came out in 1997 and I have been playing both Myth:TFL and MythII multiplayer on a regular basis ever since. Never before has a game, or a series of games, kept my attention for such a long period of time.

In addition to great gameplay, graphics and excellent storyline (a Bungie trademark), the multiplayer community is one of the most fun, devoted and interesting group of people I have ever met. Something like this is hard to market, but playing on Bungie.Net (the free multiplayer service) is a lot of fun because the people make it so.

My only complaint is that the ranking system on Bungie.Net is inherently flawed, which makes it (somewhat) easy for people to cheat and alter their scoring. But if you stick to unranked games, you'll find a much better breed of player.


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