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Shinobi-san said:
I've never tried Age of Mythology - not sure if I should wait for the remake or go try the original... I'm also planning on giving Stormgate a try - seems to be a half-decent Starcraft clone lol |
It's a lot of fun! There is the Extended Edition on Steam that will probably be like $5 when the summer sale goes live today if you wanna try it out as I don't think that version is on PC GP. The Extended Edition includes the Chinese pantheon, but I never played that version.
But it's fundamentally the same to Age of Empires in terms of raw gameplay that you'll experience most of the match. Where Mythology separates itself from Empires is in god choosing. Before you start a game, you choose one of the major gods (faction basically) Ra, Zeus, Odin, or Kronos for example. Each major god gives you a one time "god power" that you can use based on the major god you chose, an additional technology trait, a unique military unit, and a few additional bonuses.
Each time you level up, you get to choose a minor god that adds a few additional benefits based on the pantheon you chose. So if you chose Zeus as your major god, minor gods such as Apollo or Athena will be selectable when you age up that might give you a 10% defense buff or something like that. Each age also adds Hero Units. Such as Hercules if you're playing as the Greek pantheon. They add a lot of new variety to the match.
Of course there is unique buildings, units, and abilities for every pantheon, so playing as the Egyptians will be very different over playing as the Norse. Unfortunately, you never actually see the gods lol. That's the one downside. Hopefully if a sequel is made, they can incorporate something like that.
EDIT: I actually forgot, you can summon Titans! Those are really cool to see, but you can't begin to summon them until you're in the last age.
I'm also looking forward to Stormgate! I backed it on Kickstarter. If Blizzard doesn't want anything to do with StarCraft, then at least the OG StarCraft devs are doing something about it lol
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