Garcia
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Age of Mythology coming to steam?
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If we all dream together then our wish might come true!!
I only remember the Egyptians being pretty terrible to play in general when the expansion launched. The Atlanteans had a unit (I think it was a mounted anti-archer) that they had zero counter for until the Heroic Age.
^THIS!!!!111111oneoneoneoneone
PandaPandaPanda
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assuming this is the same team/group that brought over AOE2, I hope they take more time in releasing it as AOE2 was a trainwreck when it launched.
Gamesadict
Member
Noooooo! My wallet!
No, but really, this is awesome! I have my Gold Editions of AoE2 and AoM right here, and still pre-purchased AoE2 HD. This one will be getting my money too, hopefully they won't come across all the issues they had with AoE2 HD again.
I only played online for a while, since I loved the campaign and the skirmishes so much. Does anyone know the name of that map where one player with lots of mythological creatures had to hunt down enemy villagers in a maze? That one was FUN! If this too gets Workshop, it's gonna be incredible.
If they keep this up with bringing their big games to Steam (Never gave the Halos a fair chance, Gears of War pls), they will have all my love and respect.
No, but really, this is awesome! I have my Gold Editions of AoE2 and AoM right here, and still pre-purchased AoE2 HD. This one will be getting my money too, hopefully they won't come across all the issues they had with AoE2 HD again.
I only played online for a while, since I loved the campaign and the skirmishes so much. Does anyone know the name of that map where one player with lots of mythological creatures had to hunt down enemy villagers in a maze? That one was FUN! If this too gets Workshop, it's gonna be incredible.
If they keep this up with bringing their big games to Steam (Never gave the Halos a fair chance, Gears of War pls), they will have all my love and respect.
Agreed. There's plenty of bitch about, but the biggest downer for me is that thematically the Atlanteans were just Greeks that played differently.
PastorOfMuppets
Banned
Despite Microsoft's many transgressions against PC gaming they actually used to be a very good PC gaming publisher believe it or not. Some of the following games they need to re-release:
- Starlancer
- Freelancer
- Close Combat series
- Mechwarrior series - might be tied up to Activision as well though
- Mechcommander
DracoBlade
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One of my favorite games of all time coming to steam....YES PLEASE!
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WUV WOO
I bought AoE2 HD for the sole intent of parting with my money as an act of goodwill to ensure AoM HD would happen, and I'm glad it paid off. I actually reinstalled the game recently, and despite the muddy graphics and how poorly it transitions to a 1080p screen, the gameplay is still top notch.
I look forward to its release with bated breath.
I look forward to its release with bated breath.
oh yes. Ohhhh yeeeeeeeeeessssssssssssssss
god, I need to get slaughtered by Nuclear weapons again. My poor guys always got outpaced by the enemy, but it was funny
I spent so much time thinking of what amazing 4th civ they could add. Would it be the Persians with their fire worship? Aztecs with their blood-letting rituals? Carthage and their Pantheon? The Mongols and their nature worship? Druidic peoples of Britain? Sumerians? Babylonians?
Nope. Fucking made-up Atlanteans. And zero new units for existing civs (besides the building/unit Titan.) Such a waste.
I'm curious as to whether or not new content will be included. "Extended Edition" could very well just mean that the base game and expansion pack are rolled into the one Steam app, but there's also a possibility that it refers to content beyond that which is included in the aforementioned games.
Wiktor
Member
Closer and closer to Halo Trilogy...
Who cares about Halo trilogy? I mean, sure, some people do, but it's much smaller and less important on PC than damn Age of Mythology annoucement.
Rodney McKay
Member
Having AoM availability on Steam with improvements is no doubt awesome, but I'd definitely be more excited about seeing a port of my favorite Halo game that hasn't been on PC before (Halo 3) especially if it had similar improvements like Steamworks for multiplayer.
It's definitely a bit bothersome to see some people care more about a slow-paced FPS than a deep, honest-to-goodness PC game, but I imagine not everyone in here has played AoM and they don't understand just how great of an announcement this is.
I hope this new release brings a lot of new fans in. It's by far my favorite RTS of all time, despite the disappointing expansion.
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Wouldn't count on it, and without Ensemble around to make it, certainly for the best.
Wouldn't count on it, and without Ensemble around to make it, certainly for the best.
Can't say I agree here. Ensemble is not necessary for a good AoE/M game. Besides, they gave us The Titans and AoE3. They weren't perfect
Syphon Filter
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isnt this a AoE spinoff or separate?also what type of rts?starcraft economy style?
It's a spin-off. It's basically an AoE 2 type game, but with way more interesting units, civilizations and god abilities.
Wiktor
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Which is fine, but many people act like AoM is just a stepping stone towards Halo, while in reality Ensemble games are far bigger among pc community than Halo ones are.
Twin Tails
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next up
Tevious
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Agreed. Maybe they should just release AoM vanilla?
DownWithTheShip
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I just found my copy of AoM.
Hope it installs ok on Win7
Hope it installs ok on Win7
I'm amazed at how easy it is to install AoM on modern systems. Never once had a problem.
SpacePirate Ridley
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Three pages of Age of Mythology without mentioning one of the best main themes ever with the best name ever?
A Cat Named Mittens
GAF, im dissapointed.
A Cat Named Mittens
GAF, im dissapointed.
I remember how I visited my grandparents. I had a shitty Dell notebook which overheated every 30 minutes - an hour. I played the whole time this game with a framerate <20 and periodically freezes. When my grandmother asked me to stop playing, I used to answer: "Yes, soon, wait."
After I went home, I had played the shit out of the story mode & bot skirmish. It was the last time for years I vistited my grandparents. I behaved like shit, but I was a kid with a notebook and the greatest RTS of all time.
First day buy.
After I went home, I had played the shit out of the story mode & bot skirmish. It was the last time for years I vistited my grandparents. I behaved like shit, but I was a kid with a notebook and the greatest RTS of all time.
First day buy.
Seriously? I loved the expansion pack
The Atlanteans were not only a boring pick for a new civ, but they were pretty broken when it launched.
It doesn't matter so much 10 years later, but it was really disappointing to a lot of people at the time.
The Atlanteans were insanely unbalanced and ahistorical, and the other civs got NOTHING (OK, titans, but they are not used in 99.9% of games). What did you like about it?
Lone_Prodigy
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Yeah Atlanteans were like easy mode (villagers that require no drop sites). Games didn't last long enough for Titans to be used.
Guerrillas in the Mist
Member
It's like MS's PC efforts automatically got better after they finally ditched GFWL.
AzureSkies
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Hell, the only reason why I really played Titans was because the entire online community of the game practically swapped over to it when it was released. Atlanteans ruined the balance of the game and titans turned matches into races. Didn't also help that Europe had to wait a whole extra month for the expansion that practically killed vanilla AoM's online.
Succinct Verbosity
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I only ever played Age of Empires. Is AoM radically different from Empires?
AzureSkies
Member
It's more of an expanded Empires, you'll be right at home.