Age of Mythology
From Age of Empires
Age of Mythology (commonly abbreviated as AoM), is a spin-off of the main AoE series, was produced by Ensemble Studios and featured gameplay mechanics similar to AoE. Unlike other Age of Empires games, which are based on history, Age of Mythology has mythology as its theme. It was released on November 1, 2002 in North America and a week later in European nations.
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[edit] Overview
Age of Mythology works similarly to other Age of Empires games, but is based on Greek, Egyptian and Norse myths. Thus mythological heroes and monsters are featured as units and players can request divine intervention in the form of god powers, special abilities which can only be used once per game. Summoning monsters and researching mythical technologies costs the resource Favor, which is gained in different ways for all civilizations and has a fixed limit of 100.
There are three playable civilizations, the Greeks, Egyptians and Norse. The expansion adds a fourth, the Atlanteans. In addition to that, there are three Major Gods for every faction, for a grand total of twelve different civilizations to play. Each of the four major civilizations are unique in nearly every facet of gameplay, such as units, economic strength, and resource collection. Each major god has distinctive advantages as well. For example, Greeks who worship Zeus have double the normal favor limit.
[edit] Single Player
The single-player campaign boasts 32 missions and follows the legend of the Atlantean hero Arkantos on his journey to stop the Cyclops Gargarensis freeing the Titans. He encounters several other heroes, both good and evil, as well as travels the globe fielding units from all three factions.
The Random Map system contains many different maps to choose from, such as Erebus (the underworld), Alfhiem (a lush Norse land) and Anatolia (a steppe area in perpetual sunset) etc.
[edit] Multiplayer
Unlike Age of Empires and II (which used the MSN Gaming Zone for matchmaking), multiplayer is fully supported in-game, using Ensemble Studios Online (ESO) servers. It includes one free multiplayer account on ESO. However, all three games (AoE, AoE II, and AoM) support LAN or direct IP play.
[edit] Titans Expansion
It has an official expansion known as Age of Mythology: The Titans Expansion, or just The Titans for short. It introduced a new faction, the Atlantean and a 12 mission campaign featuring Arkantos's son Kastor as he and the surviving Atlanteans struggle to regain glory by following the ancient Titans.
