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Summary: A bargain!
Review: Having played Myth 2 (and the original Myth - The Fallen Lords) since it's release back in 1998 I still find few games today who can match the fun and mayhem that Myth 2 offers. The solo levels are fun, well designed and the story interesting and well thought out. But it's online where Myth II really shines. A wide variety of maps and game types make for intense multiplayer carnage that remains addictive even today. On top of that this game has one of the most dedicated and mature gaming communities I've ever encountered. Considering how [inexpensive] you can get Myth II for nowadays this game is a real bargain. Stay tuned for the upcoming installment in this series: Myth 3 - The Wolf Age.
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Summary: Confusing Camera? HARDLY!!!!
Review: I am amazed at how some people hate the camera control in this game. When I first played Myth I, I was sure that the freedom of the camera would become standard in every Real-Time Strategy game. Sadly, only Myth II took advantage of this cool camera. Sadly, almost every RTS these days has a stationary camera, locked above with no way to zoom in or out, or get better angles. For me, this ruined Warcraft III. I hated being a static observer, not able to enjoy the game because of the lack of camera control. Warcraft III is still a fun game, but Myth II still stands above all. P.S. - Try playing the tutorial three or four times. It should help you acclimate to the camera's controls
P.P.S. - If you liked Myth II, don't bother with Myth III. It's a lot worse
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Summary: Confusing Camera? HARDLY!!!!
Review: I am amazed at how some people hate the camera control in this game. When I first played Myth I, I was sure that the freedom of the camera would become standard in every Real-Time Strategy game. Sadly, only Myth II took advantage of this cool camera. Sadly, almost every RTS these days has a stationary camera, locked above with no way to zoom in or out, or get better angles. For me, this ruined Warcraft III. I hated being a static observer, not able to enjoy the game because of the lack of camera control. Warcraft III is still a fun game, but Myth II still stands above all. P.S. - Try playing the tutorial three or four times. It should help you acclimate to the camera's controls
P.P.S. - If you liked Myth II, don't bother with Myth III. It's a lot worse
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Summary: Strategy , lots of strategy!
Review: Myth 2 is a great real-time strategy game. It has a good story line and challenging solo player levels, and a large number of multi-player (competitive) playing options. The game is set in a quasi-medieval human-centric world familar to anyone who has ever played dungeons and dragons or read Tolkien or any other sword and sorcery fantasy literature. The story is a little less coherent or immersive than Myth: The fallen lords, but there are a number of features added to Myth 2 which make it just as (or more) enjoyable. In the solo levels you battle the forces of evil in an epic campaign. The different missions occur in a variety of settings each with it's own goal. You get to control human soldiers and archers, berzerkers (think braveheart), dwarfs (who throw explosives), and warlocks. Your enemies include zombies, spear throwing flying souless, exploding pus corpses, tough pig beasts, giants, ghols (kind of a cross between monkeys and dogs), and other creatures. What makes Myth so fun? Maybe the answer to that is to identify how Myth is different from the other combat & strategy games. Firstly Myth is a "Real-Time" strategy game. There are no turns where one player makes a turn then the next player responds, everything happens in real-time - simultaneously. The battles are what Dungeons and Dragons battles would be like if you didn't have to keep rolling the dice, consulting charts and calculating numbers. Unlike first person shooter games like Quake or Unreal, Myth puts you in charge of several units/troops at a time. You can give your troops orders independantly or have them work together, but you have to think about more than just one character, as you can have dozens of troops under your command at any one time. Unlike combination resource building/strategy games that emphasize long-term planning and in which a single decision made early on can have disastrous consequences much later on - so that battles are more the result of how many and what types of weapons you have accumulated rather than on how good a commander you are, in Myth, the focus is on a player's strategy _in battle_ and immediately before battle. When playing competitively against other players each player has (generally) the same mix and numbers of troops so that winning a game is not determined by who has accumulated the most toys, winning depends on using various types of units effectively, using terrain to your advantage, knowing when to fight and when to retreat, how to use troop formations, set traps, etc. Although Bungie no longer provides the free bungie.net game server for Myth players to play with/against each other, you can still play Myth on a local network, directly with another player over the internet, or through use of one of the newer free Myth Game Servers (mariusnet.com or www.playmyth.net). Myth 2 is very addictive fun. Myth is an old game at this point, but I would still recommend it. Die-hard fans still play the game regularly online and fans still create new competitive maps and solo missions which keep the game fresh. If you do get this game and want to play it online, you will need to download the latest update to the game which is available for free at www.versiontracker.com. [You still need to BUY the game, the free update only updates the game, it does not work on it's own] You can also find lots of Myth related info and strategy guides at the Myth Graveyard - mythgraveyard.mything.org
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Summary: aw yeah
Review: This game kicks azz Your army fights evil armies up and down terrain. 360 pan of the action allow many angles. The controlls are simple 2 button to rotate view and mouse to select troops. Some throw bombs some shoot arrow some chop with sword. This game is one of finesse, since you troops move at different rates and can be separated[bad for slow moving troops] Enemies are numerous and results of chopping and gerandes is bloody. learn what a yrkridia and a trow are :)
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Summary: aw yeah
Review: This game kicks azz Your army fights evil armies up and down terrain. 360 pan of the action allow many angles. The controlls are simple 2 button to rotate view and mouse to select troops. Some throw bombs some shoot arrow some chop with sword. This game is one of finesse, since you troops move at different rates and can be separated[bad for slow moving troops] Enemies are numerous and results of chopping and gerandes is bloody. learn what a yrkridia and a trow are :)
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Summary: Best game ive ever played
Review: This is definetley one of the best PC games out there still to date. It involves tons of war stragety. It didnt go big beacuse it was confused with Myst and Myst 2. but give it a shot you wont be disapointed.
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Summary: Controlling the camera is impossible
Review: This was the very first PC I bought. At the time, I thught it was really cool, what with the graphics and all the blood. And since it was the very first game I played and had nothing to compare it to, I thought it was a good game. But a few years later I went back and played it and realized how horrible the controls were. You have to use 8 different keyboard buttons just to move the camera around - you couldn't just click with your mouse. How many times did I play where my party would be fighting and I would desperately be trying to zero in on them with all the confusing camera-angle buttons, and all the while I could hear the screams of my party as they died horrible deaths because, I, their commander, could not locate them and direct them properly against the enemy? Usually by the time I did find them, it was much to late. Half my party would be lying dead in pools of gore, while the others still alive would soon be dead.
Utterly frustrating! I really wanted to like this game, but I couldn't.
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Summary: A nice game in general
Review: When i bought it back in 1999 it was one of the best RTS avalible and it impress pepole even today. In the begining it was quite amazing (COOL grphicks, nice style, good story line) but fter a time it began to be boring becouse you dont have one of th most basic elements of an RTS game: BUILDINGS. You cant build anything you can only move and attack. So if you like that style of games than go ahead and buy it but trust me evntually ou will get board of it.
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