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Summary: The most strategic R.T.S. game I have played
Review: I recently bought this game after getting bored of Warcraft 3 due to its lack of choices and strategy. Though in this game you can't do things in Warcraft 3 like level up your hero, this game has a much greater replay value than warcraft 3 thanks to its amazing amount of strategic choices.Pro: Great depth and strategy involved
Extremely well balanced
Lots of fun
The best single player campaign ever
Amazing computer A.I. in custom games
Great choice of units
No unit is too powerful (unlike in Warcraft 3)
Great replay value
Amazing God powers Con: Multiplayer not as good as Battle.net
A bit confusing at first
Graphics not amazing
You can't level your hero Bottom Line: Great choice for anyone who played Warcraft 3 and is looking for more of both action and strategy, but may be a bit too challenging and confusing for complete beginners to R.T.S. games.
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Summary: Beware: Administrator Privileges Required!!!
Review: Because this game requires "Administrator Privileges" to run (not just install) I can not recommend this game if you share a computer with others -> especially younger others who may inadvertently do damage as "administrators". You would think Microsoft would have the brains to figure this out! Their game, their OS, why the handcuffs???
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Summary: WoW this game is pretty fun
Review: I play alot of trategy games but this one i have to say is one of the best. This game has many new advancements over the old age of empires 2. It has outstanding graphics and real easy to learn upgrades. One big part of this game thats real fun are the mythlogical creatures and god powers.Bassicaly it is age of empires 2 on steroids. There are really only a couple of flaws i can say about the game. It is really annoying when you have to build multiple town squares to make it to you can have more population. By the time you save up for another town square someone else has already taken it. Still by all means a fun game but with some flaws.
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Summary: Age of Mythology kicks...
Review: 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!
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Summary: Age of Mythology
Review: Age Of Mythology is a very exciting game. The graphics are extremly good, mugh better than Age Of Empires. The soundtrack and music is very good to. They have a varity of types of music. There are levels of diffuculty for when you play Age of Mythology. This comes in handy. Age Of Mythology is a learning experience and is very fun. I recomennd this game for kids ages 10 to 15.
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Summary: The end of an era.
Review: When is comes to RTS, it doesn't get much better. Unfortunately, I think this format has run it's course. The designers of Empire Earth tried to put a new twist on things, but it was still just a glamorized version of Age of Empires. AOM pushes the graphical detail about as far as noticeable, and threw in a few extras for gameplay, but after all is said and done, it's just another glamorized version of AOE. If you're a die-hard AOE fan, you'll enjoy the eye-candy of a very familiar game. If you're looking for something totally new in the RTS genre, you'll probably have to keep looking.
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Summary: The revolutionizing RTS game
Review: I was never really a big fan of RTS games just becuase they were the same things over and over. But this game has changed my mind completly. One of my favorite games and TOTALLY addicting....oh yeah one more thing if your still reading this review STOP and drive to you nearest store NOW.
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Summary: Ensemble Drops the Ball
Review: I am a veteran player of Age of Kings (AOK), the previous version of this game and looked forward to the release of Age of Mythology (AOM) with anticipation. AOK was historically educational, extremely addictive and graphically beautiful. Unfortunately--as it happens with many products that achieve near perfection--the upgrade turned out to be a disappointment. A ton of cheesy supernatural characters and special effects have been added without improving gameplay. Unlike AOK, this game will appeal mostly to those 14 and under. Here is my take in a nutshell. PROS: 1. Amazing graphics when it comes to the depiction of water and special effects. CONS: 1. Maps have gotten smaller. 2. Units are out of proportion and often bigger than temples and buildings. 3. No controls for unit formations or finding idle workers. 4. Fantasy characters and effects lend a cheesy look and feel to the whole package. 5. Overall poor gaming experience. 6. 3D capacity is limited to a single camera setting. Should you buy this game? If you are very young, it may be a good bet. It has many cool monsters and stuff in it. If you are over 15 and would like a more intellectually engaging experience, there is Medieval Total War, Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin and of course, AOK. AOK is now a real bargain. I don't think I will get bored with it until Age of Saddam Hussein comes out-possibly next year???
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Summary: good game... bad online play
Review: The game itself is pretty good. The graphics are very nice and detailed and the singleplayer campaign is pretty good and lan play is good too. But i rate it 3 stars because the "Ensemble Online" network for online play is terrible! the community is very small (compared to battlenet/wc3) and you can't even join any online games at all if you are behind a shared internet connection (ICS, NAT, proxy/router) !!... even with the latest patches i still cannot join any online games. this is the case not only on my pc, but my family's pcs (all behind shared internet) and my friends computers that are also behind shared internet access. Hopefully they will fix this with a patch (although from the reading the readmes in the latest patches it seems like they are avoiding the problem). So overall its a good solid game if you like playing alone or on the lan, otherwise expect trouble if you access the internet behind a router/nat and wish to play online.
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Summary: This is a GREAT game!
Review: This is a great game! I've just gone through the entire tutorial and wow, even IT'S great. The tutorial is more of a series of stories, based on Greek mythology, which take you through a learning process without being patronizing. Nor do you even notice that it's a tutorial ... you get so immersed in the game itself. It is similar to the other war strategy games out there -- Civilization III and Empire Earth, but it's different -- from the mythic creatures you get to use in battle (medusa to cyclops to hydras), to the mini-movies in between that give voice to the characters you're using. The tutorial gets progressively more challenging and more detailed -- it, in itself, can make you lose about 8 hours -- and incorporates the plot from the previous lesson you've learned. It furthers the storyline, in other words. This game is huge. The tutorial is but one tiny part of its whole. You can then go on to play different combat scenarios; play as Greek, Egyptian or Norse fighters, and explore various worlds of mythology and its creatures. The graphics are nice. Nothing like you'd get on Two Towers for XBOX, but with great detail and fluid motion, seamless design. This particular collector's set comes with mythic posters, a little plastic minotaur, a dvd on how the game was made, along with a music CD and heirarchical settings map for the various cultural "teams" (Norse, Greek or Egyptian). I personally could have done without the extras, but for the keen game player, this might be the set for you. But it also comes with a pretty neat little book about mythology. The beauty of this game is not only the ease of play and the increasing challenges, but the fact that it's expansive ... HUGE ... you'll be playing it for a long time, as opposed to other war strategy games out there that have a finite playability. Check it out. It's a great game.
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