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Summary: Another copy from microsoft
Review: Age of empires was a bad copy of Warcraft II and Age of Mythology is a bad copy of Warcraft III. If one has played too much the original games and wants something new can try Microsoft's copies, otherwise they do not worth.
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Summary: Thanks to this game, I now actually like RTS!
Review: Having never played any of the other 'Age' games, and the only other RTS in my resume is Warcraft I, II, and C&C, it definitely will take alot to get me to like an RTS game (Warcraft III...only went half way before I got uninspired).I bought this game on impulse, like so many things I buy. Having read several positive reviews online I was hopeful. Having spent 16 hours straight after getting this game, I was hooked. There really isn't much variety in units and buildings, but that's a good thing. Following in the veins of WCIII, you don't get to choose which civilization you can take on the Single Players campaign. You play through the boots of Arkantos (there are 3 missions where he is absent, though), a greek hero, but you spend around 10 missions each on Egypt and the Norse region, with the different gods and units of each. Each mission you play is different then the ones you've already played, keeping the game fresh til the very end. The difficulty level, however, is very daunting. Never played easy mode, but the difficult mode is hardly fair. Although the God powers seem awesome, I played through the game using them only once in a while. But I found that if in a tough situation, using those God powers helped shift the tide of battle. Enjoyed, and now on the look-out for other great RTS.
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Summary: Great Game
Review: This is a great game, the grahics are top-quality and the LAN play is smooth and excellent. The only problem is the manual, missing the stats that SHOULD have been in it. I give it five stars anyway, because it's excellent.
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Summary: whats wrong with you people!?!?!?!??!?!??????
Review: ...the game has a rich story, cool units (even the "mundane" non myth units are cool!) and excellent online play. it might not be as good as warcraft 3 but it is still a wonderful game
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Summary: If you liked Age of Empires 1/2 this is a nice twist
Review: I have been a big fan of the Age of Empires/Age of Kings/Age of Empires 2 series by Microsoft. This is a decent variation of AOE2 with some interesting differences. In AOM you get god powers/favor depending on the mythos path/tech tree you follow, there are Greek (Zeus, Posseidon, Hades), Norse (Odin, Thor, Loki), and Egyptian (Set, Ra, Isis). Each civilization has a set of special MYTH units based on favor points you gain from your god. Greeks worship at the temples you build for god favor, Egyptians build monuments to gain favor, and the Norse wage war/battle to gain god favor points. The more favor points you accumulate the more special myth units you can create. Greeks get Pegasus, Cyclops, Minotaurs, Collosus' for example. The MYTH units change depending on the sub-deities you decide to worship at the begining of each new age you acheive. You are given a choice of 2 minor gods at each level you go up, which will award you special units and powers. To combat myth units, there is also a HERO class of unit which are best suited to take down myth units. The God powers are fun, Zeus can strike down an enemy unit with a lightning bolt for example and kill one unit dead. The Norse can sic a pack of wolves to attack 4 town centers with one of their god powers. Egyptians can summon a tornado to devaste a town center. Another Greek minor god can give you a single use Earthquake power to devastate an enemy camp. It's fun playing god. The AOE2 combat style has not changed much. The Greeks are pretty much like any standard AOE2 civ with archers, calvary and infantry. The Norse and Egyptian civs have units appropriate to their culture (asps and enforcers for example for Egypt, Ulthsark and Dwarfs for Norse). Mix in some Norse Fire Giants, an Egyptian Enforcer and Scarb beetle, and a few Greek 50 ft. iron collosus' and you have a battle to watch for sure. There are seige weapons for each civ. Greeks get the standards like catapults, specialized archers, and a new heliopolis seige tower unit. Norse get battering rams, fire giants, battle boars. Egyptians get decent enchanted siege weapons as well (scarabs beetles, crocodiles). The civ you pick can also affect the game play. A norse civ would be considered a "rushing civ" while the greeks are more of a "building civ" - the egyptians somewhere in between the two others. The multiplayer is pretty good, but I have had a few crashes in game play when the game goes out of sync (:(). If you want to play like you did on the microsoft zone, you may be disappointed as you can only play MP through the game's GUI which is ok. Advanced game setup lets you pick multiplayer games (2-10 players) and the standard quick start will match you up with a single opponent with a comparable rating score. Your ratings score is based on how many games you win/lose - you start ar 1600 points (I'm 1520.62 now for example). All in all, it's a nice twist on AOE2, but people wanting a completely new and original gaming experience may be disappointed if they were not a fan of the original AOE series of games. I give it 4 out of 5 stars - it's a lot of fun to play.
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Summary: Crashed the most stable computer on my network
Review: It's long seemed that when it comes to system requirements of Microsoft products, there's what the box says you need and what you really need. Kinda like Kramer from Seinfeld, they come into your house, grab a beer from the fridge, plop down on the couch and start complaining that the chips are stale.
The most stable computer (Win2K pro, etc.) on my network had never crashed until I installed AOM and ran the tutorial campaign. Haven't been able to run more than a minute or so of the tutorial and I'm guessing that it's overwhelming my video.
Take a good hard look at AOM's stated requirements and compare it critically to your machine's capabilities, especially the video card.
We'll try it on a few other machines, but if it looks like it's going to require a hardware upgrade cycle you'll be finding my copy in Amazon's used section.
Amazon's bundle is a compelling value. Not only do you get AOM for decent price, but you get a free AOE cd to replace that one that you've worn to pieces.
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Summary: Great game impressive graphics
Review: First off this game is great the cinematics are awesome. This also comes along with a few downfalls, if you do not have a substantial video card it is not worth getting. If you do not have a decent computer with at least 20 gigabytes of memory left on your computer I do not reccomend this. Plan to get a better video card if you do not have a good one with the game or else you might be seeing Age of Empires the first graphics.
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Summary: Getting fed up.
Review: I think all senior game developers have been tranferred to the Xbox department and left the PC games to interns. Three of my favorite series came out from Microsoft this year CFS3, Mechwarrior Mercs and now this - AOM. I am disappointed with ALL of them. AOM is not a bad game, it's just that this is the third time for me this year that Microsoft made a few minor changes in a series, and has sold it to me as a "new" game. There's not a single MAJOR improvement or change in AOM. Myth units? So what? They don't do anything special and you get used to them very fast. God Powers? They are not significant enough to matter and can only be used once. How can one lightning bolt (kills one unit) affect the game at all, even on the tactical level? Snakes produced by the "Serpent power" can be easily killed off by a couple of melee units. Variety of regular units is also very poor, although it's good to see that different civ's have all different units, that are not just the same hoplite in different color mantle. Also, as another reviewer mentioned, the civ's are NOT evenly matched. Egyptians are VERY weak. And why are there no priests? At least like the ones we knew in AOE and AOK? Conversion and healing were major parts of this game. Dear Microsoft, Please start doing things right, because if you don't someone else will (just as it happened with IL-2 Sturmovik game, vs CFS3). It's a lot easier to lose leadership then to build up a following.
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Summary: if playable...
Review: the game was great, if it would play for more than five minutes without freezing. i even downloaded the patch from microsoft to deal with the constant freezing and nothing. the few minutes i had were great but if its unplayable what's the point.
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Summary: Great game, highly recommended!
Review: If you really liked AOE and AOK and you like Mythology than you will like this game. It is cool how you advance to each age by worshipping a minor god. The story is well done for the single player campaign. Some minor gods that you worship have more than one mythological unit even as much as three. If you do not like Mythology than stay away from this game because it would not interest you at all. There is only minor problems with the game but nothing serious. My favorite group to play with is the Greeks. I gave it five stars and wait for an expansion to come out for it. People who thinks this game is not good should re-check their thinking because it is a really great game and because others did not like it does not mean that others will not. Not everyone shares the same opinion but at least stop whining about how bad the game was because it makes it look bad for others that may think it is a great game.
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