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Learning about ancient myths and religions was one of our favorite times in high school and college. It was like being taught history, except it’s full of minotaurs, fertility gods, and people with cat heads. When the more sterile, history-based series...
Smooth graphics in battles, Deep strategy elements in battle, Lots of extras to play through...
Boring and overdone plot, Confusing camera angle on the field, Some roadblocks in difficulty...
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A fully-equipped RTS on the DS? Oh, yes! You wouldn’t think something like Starcraft could fit onto a tiny little DS game card, but Age of Empires: Mythologies gives you all the real-time strategy you could want and more in a handy portable format. It...
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Another PC game on the DS. Meh. Age of Empires: Mythologies is a turn-based strategy game based on the PC game Age of Mythology by Majesco. I should preface by saying Im not much of a PC gamer (for one, I use a Mac) and I also am not a big fan of wes...
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With my thumbs and senses still numb from the recent onslaught of hyped holiday releases, I recently found myself happily engaged in an unexpected, more subdued interactive experience. Released way under the radar last month, you wouldn’t know Age of...
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This is a great strategy game for the DS, and one that strategy fans won’t want to miss. It’s fun to play, pretty to see and nice to hear. All the different modes add a good bit of content. The single-player campaign could be longer, but overall this i...
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Updated: 2013-11-02 03:03:46
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Those of you familiar with the Age of Empires series on PC but unfamiliar with the DS conversion need to know that Age of Empires: Mythologies is not, I repeat, not a strategy game, real-time or otherwise. It's a straightforward tactics title, similar...
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Strategy returns to the DS with positive results.The follow-up to 2006's Age of Empires: Age of Kings, Mythologies joins the growing library of turn-based strategy titles for the DS. New developer Griptonite Games delivers a title tailor-made for the g...
Depth of gameplay, Ample content, Multiplayer...
Hohum graphics, Unintuitive interface...
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Age of Empires (AoE) is a classic RTS franchise almost all gamers have at least a passing knowledge of. It was one of my favorite PC experiences in the early 90s and, even today, I'll spew out occasionally catch phrases such as "Rogan," "Habadakus," or...
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So how do you spice up a turn-based strategy game previously based on classical figures and historical battles? According to THQ, you add mythological monsters and make the battles more fictitious, because if there's one thing school has taught us, it'...
Its depth creates longevity; the graphics look good; great presentation...
It feels too similar to the previous title; long battles get repetitious...
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