What went wrong with Age Of Empires?

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thetonestarr said:

richardhutnik said:

Also didn't Age of Mythology give players 3 different gods for each of the 3 nations, in order to cause it so there would be like 9 different civs based on which god the players picked with each of the 3 base nations.  Ok, this might of gone up to 12 civs with the expansion.

You got to pick one of three different "major" gods, yes, and then as you progressed, you would select from two different "minor" gods, four times. So you effectively had (*does the math*) I think 36 different potential combos per civilization. So it had 108 possibilities total pre-expansion, and 144 with it.

Not exactly.

There were actually only three minor gods per era, and you were given a choice of two of these based on which major God you chose.

For example, if you chose Zeus, you can choose Athena or Hermes in the Classical Age. If you chose Poseidon, you can choose Ares or Hermes, and Hades lets you choose between Athena and Ares.

So three civilizations, three major gods and two gods in each of three eras. That's 72.