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Summary: If its not broken, don't fix it.
Review: If you are a Age of empire loyalist, do not waste your money on this stinker. After installing it and trying it once, I uninstalled it and went back to Age 1 and 2. Its nothing like the originals. I'm a little shocked MSFT could blow a sure thing so badly.
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Summary: Age of Addiction
Review: I thought I was addicted when one year I played Resident Evil on Playstation for an entire Christmas holiday. Now I have discovered Age of Mythology.Oh, there was a couple of frustrated hours spent working out why I couldn't run the game. But after finding the answer buried away in the help text and downloading a new video adapter from a manufacturers website, I was in and everything was forgiven. But the game really comes to life when you go on-line and play against other people. I have played against some nice people and some rather rude people. The game allows players to message each other on-screen and even sent audio taunts. Last night's "Now, you die" text from my opponent just before I beat the player was particularly satisfying. It's fun too coming up against players from other countries, one night I played against people from Spain, Canada and France. At any one time there seems to be between 2000 and 3000 players, so waiting for someone to play with you is not a problem. This was the best money I have spent on a game in a long while and one of the few that have kept me awake until 2am. I recommend it.
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Summary: Not as Impressive as it Probably Should Be....
Review: I rate games based on the quality of their single-player campaigns and skirmishes. I was a huge fan of AOE I&II. Ensemble Studios was really onto something with those games.
However, the fact of the matter is, Ensemble has been working on Age of Mythology for some years now. Some of us have come to expect a little more bang for our buck...and I'm dissapointed to say that they've fallen short with their latest endeavor. Age of Mythology features beautiful graphics and ease of play. However, there's nothing really innovative here. It's too much like its siblings AOE I&II. Simply put, the game gets old fast. Ensemble still fails to implement the good ideas other studios have used in their RTS games (such as a unit explore button). The BIG problem is the single player "skirmishes". If you set the computer opponent to 'easy' it simply does nothing to attack you. The AI will never send a single unit to attack you. Set it one notch higher to 'moderate' and the AI assaults you with wave after wave of units until you give up. I can't beat the computer on 'moderate' yet I've beat it several times playing 'titan'. Hmm? Ensemble obviously could have spent a lot more time working on their AI.
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Summary: they just keep getting better
Review: theres been age of empires and age of empires 2 but now, theres age of empires THREE!...kinda the graphics are awesome and the myth warrior type people are cool the problem is that its such an immense game that my computer restarts every time i play for a while! >=O (or mabye my computer is just an idiot) but its THE BEST GAME EVER and like... yeah
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Summary: GREAT!!!
Review: Love this game, although if you are a teacher, you'll want to buy the collecters edition. The levels are lots of fun, and MS put a LOT of thought into them. Lots of replay value and I can't wait to try the multiplayer. You may want to upgrade the drivers for your graphics card before playing.
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Summary: Fun campaign, but no replay value
Review: I enjoyed AOE and AOK (the predecessors to this game). AOK was really fun, with a variety of single player campaigns and some variation in how one-off games could be won. AOM includes ONE campaign. It is fun and long and it increases in difficulty with each stage so there is mostly some challenge. It is a little too easy in the first several rounds, but even then it plays with mythological stories in an engaging way. The package would have been better if more campaigns had been included. The real problem is the one-off ("random map") games available to single players. These are what make or break an RTS game like this one because they decide whether or not the game is replayable in the absence of campaigns. In AOM, random map games require no real strategic or tactical innovativeness. They are about one thing only: build more troops more quickly than your opponent can and rush his base ASAP. If you don't the AI will do it to you, so there's no choice. As a result, AOM ceases to be playable when you have finished the campaign.
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Summary: disappointment
Review: The first thing I noticed was that the units, buildings, and interface were almost identical to AOE. Though Micrsoft claims that it is 3D for some unknown reason you can't rotate the camera. Nothing is 3D except for some of the units which are kinda 3D. Same boring tactics that are used in Aoe. Just more rushing. Not much when compared to Ground control or Earth 2150. It is better than Starcraft but not by much. Microsoft has donea very bad job at their first attempt to create a 3D game. Also the sides are very similar. Hardly any strategy involved. Por lighting and speciial effects.
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Summary: Will Not Run on Non-Administrator Accounts
Review: Beware: This program, like many other recent games, will ONLY run on an account that has administrator privileges on Windows XP or 2000. That means that in most common home settings, school settings, or in public facilities with shared computers most users will not be able to play this game. If you have configured your home PC, for example, so that only you can perform potentially damaging administrative operations and have protected it from accidental damage by your kids by giving them "limited" accounts (a recommended "best practice" you should certainly be following), your kids will not be able to play this game. Similarly, if you have configured computers in a school in the obvious way, with only certain staff given administrative access and all others limited to "user-level" access, then only the administrators will be able to play the game. Note that although I agree with the general consensus that Age of Mythology is a good game, my feeling is that it this limitation is a fatal one that should have been noted on the box (it is not) and thus I cannot give this product more than a single star, because it simply does not work in scenarios that it should be expected to work, and there are no warnings to this effect anywhere on the box or in the documentation...
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Summary: A step backwards
Review: I've bought all of the "Age of..." games and have enjoyed them more and more with each new release. However, Age of Mythology has broken this trend and taken a step backwards in many ways. The only positive thing is the improved graphics. Everything else is worse. The number of possible opponents is fewer, the world (playing field) sizes are fewer and smaller, the number of levels of difficulty is fewer. In the last regard especially it suffers. The step in difficulty from easy to moderate is too large, from too passive to too aggresive opponents in one step. The game also lacks any feeling of strategy other than "build as fast as you can and then throw everything at your opponent". The small world sizes are a part of the reason for this as well and make anything other than 1 on 1 matches too crowded. Save your money and wait for the next one.
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Summary: Fun game
Review: I generally avoid strategy games as they're generally mind-numbingly difficult, and I get frustrated easily.
This said, I find Age of Mythology fun, challenging and just eyecandyish in general. The graphics are beautiful, the background history (though generally glossy) is interesting, and the units are great and varied.
I disagree that this game is very much like Age of Empires, a game I found difficult and overly uniform. In AOM, the units and buildings vary significantly - both by function and looks. All 3 races are unique and interesting.
Overall, a great game.
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