Age of Mythology Gold Edition Description:

Age of Mythology Gold Edition review:4 stars (Hours of fun with just a touch of educational value) - OK... so the comment of educational value might be a little much if you aren't interested in mythology and choose not to look at any of the context sensitive help, however if you do you'll be surprised at the amount of effort that went into the background that was documented for this game.

The game itself is a blast having grown from the same mold as Age of Empires and it's predecessors. The inability to zoom in closer to the action or rotate the camera does make it difficult to control at times. The campaigns that are included are fun, but have little replay value. This is more than made up for with the ability to play online and/or create new scenarios (can sometimes be a time consuming experience if you want to create something large) or generate them randomly (to get back playing quickly)5 stars (Extreme Gaming: Massively Multiplayer, stunningly strategic, stupendous storyline, gourgeos graphics!!!) - Have you played Starcraft, Age of Empires, Age of Kings, Rise of Rome, or Star Wars Battlefield?

If you have, you should know what this is like... Create your civilization, decide what units to concentrate on, pick which god to worship, prioritize your defenses and your offensives, thats exactly what this is like.

Differences for AoE, AoK, etc, are that they have converted the game into 3-D, creating stunning effects of biuldings, units, rivers, and forests. Also it has a twist with the gods, so you may worship the gods of your choice, and become different advantags. There are three main cultures, each with different gods and sub-gods. They are Greek, Egyptian, and Norse. Each has unique advantages and dissadvantages, offering many hours of play.

After you are tired of the single-player and campaigns (that is, if you ever do) there is more!!! You can now easily log on to a server with hundreds of other players ready for a fight. And if you win, your rank raises. This lets you easily find the right person to play with.

Okay if you EVER get tired with those, just go to aom.heavengames.com, and over 100 more campaigns, maps, units, recorded games, and mods are ready of your use. Now with all of this can you ever get bored? Every preson will have a different style of play and there are SOOOOOOOOO many styles...

Now with all of this, THIS GAME ROCKS!!!

GET THE GOLD EDITION TODAY!!! SOOO CHEAP!!!5 stars (A very well designed game, stellar in its class.) - Age of Mythology (AOM) is yet another game by microsoft. You can make 4 types of units:
* buliders/workers: These guys get you recources for you (to make other things) and build buildings to defend your town and to make other units.
*Heros: Good against myth units, is supposed to be bad against human units, but I think they are pretty good against humans too.
*Myth units: definatly the coolest units, these guys sport being good fighterswith effective secial attacks, but fail against heros (especialy my favorite, Arkantos.)
*human fighters: a run of the mill sort who fight okay and entertain you as they are slaughtered by myth units. (my favorite myth unit special attack is the ogar's throw attack, which I call "ogar air"

The main problem is, for some reason, the single player mode is not as fun as Age of empires 2's single player mode was. But the campaigns are much more fun than Age of Empire's was.