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Age of Mythology is an RTS in which you take control of four different civilizations (Greek, Egyptian, Norse and Atlantean) and battle on a map to eradicate your enemies be it alone or with allies. Each civilization has three different Gods you may choose from and each has their own strengths and weaknesses.

In order to get this game working so you can play with Borecase and I, you must follow these easy steps.

One: Download Dameon Tools Lite at it's website.

Two: Download a torrent client if you don't have one.

Three: Download the AoM torrent located at Age of Mythology › isoHunt › the BitTorrent & P2P search engine

Four: Mount AOM_D1.VCD and use the CD key located in the torrent. When it asks for disc two mount AOM_D2.VCD and keep going.

Five: Mount AOMX.VCD and install the Titans expansion.

Six: Next, get the updates from Microsoft. Titans and AoM itself.

Seven: Get suitcase's cracked executables here. and copy them into the main AoM folder. Back up the old executables.

Eight: Download Game Ranger and add Suitcase.

There you have it, brain dead morons (JB I AM LOOKING AT YOU). Now, to cover a little bit of what you do in Age of Mythology:

There are four civilizations and each depend on different things and materials to effectively mass armies. You are required to select a God to worship and build a temple. If your God favors you, you may get Myth units such as a Minotaur or Shade or Anubis. These spawn at your temple. The bareback of the game is the Villager and you rely on them to gather food, chop wood, mine gold and build structures.

Civilizations

Each Civilization is different in it's own respects but all need three common things: Food for the creation of people and building, wood for building and units, and gold for pretty much anything. Later in the game you can build a market to sell your excess materials for gold. Each God also grants different God powers which may be attacks or helpful to you.

Egyptian

Egypt retains their fancy style and can choose from 3 ancient Egyptian gods. Ra, Isis, and Set I believe. Their houses are free and made from mudbricks and they rely heavily on gold to build things. Their soldiers are pretty much like everyone else's with the exception of cavalry. Instead, they have chariots. Instead of worshiping at temples like the Greeks, they gain favor by building monuments. The Egyptians also can hire mercenaries for a short period of time in a pinch.



Norse

The Norse are a Gnommish race and their major Gods are Loki, Thor, and Odin. Their villagers are Gnomes which gather material faster than humans but are weaker. The Norse also get the bonus of Ox Carts which serve as drop off points for resources that are mobile instead of taking them to storehouses/the town center. The Norse gain favor by killing and their have several iconic Myth creatures such as the Valkyries. They lack archers and instead have "axemen" who toss the weapons and the infantry build in place of the villagers. They rely heavily on wood.



Greeks

The Greeks' main Gods are Zeus, Hades and Poseidon. The Greeks rely on all materials in place of one heavily as far as I know and their army contains expensive but powerful units, but not as overpowered as the Atlanteans. Another nice attribute to the Greeks is the fact all of their heroes are personally named, such as Ajax or Heracles.

There is no proper video for them as you play them in the tutorial. Try it out.

Atlanteans

Atlanteans focus on Quality over Quantity. All of their units are heavily expensive but are much better than their other enemies. The prime example is their citizen: It is the most expensive "villager" but gathers and builds at three times the normal rate. They also have personal donkeys and drop off their supplies at them so they bring in a constant stream of supplies to support their economy. Their main Gods are Kronos, Gaia and Oronos.



Lastly, the game offers a Scenario editor in which you may sculpt a map to your liking and then play upon it. It is fun to toy around with and I suggest you try it. The very first thing you should do is play the tutorial and get a hang of things. It is difficult and I suggest you check out the game itself for any further questions as it offers an "in-game encyclopedia" of everything you can train or upgrade.

It's a fun game and I recommend it to anyone who likes RTSes.

This post has been edited by Susan: 28 November 2010 - 11:56 PM

Ooh, I have had some fun with this (it is one of the few computer games I have ever played). Never played much online, though, although I am fairly sure my legal CD copy would work well. ^_^

My main occupation with it has been the scenario editor, however. But yes, I would recommend this, too.

Ahhh, Microsoft's Age of Empires and Mythology games. Doesn't that bring back memories. AoE2 Conquerors Expansion was probably my favourite.

Why don't you join in some of the games we have, ILB?

i like age of empires 2 better but i liked this game

I might, Suit, but not right now. Exams are coming up, and I better not be distracted by AoM as well. ^_^

Hey woah I'm not a brain dead moron, these computer downloads just confuse and scare me

Dat Titan.

Already have the game, with a disk and everything.

Ah yes, I remember this game. I was grade 6 when this boomed in our school. They even organized a tournament. Me and my friends joined. Made it to the semi-finals beating the 4th graders and got completely schooled when we were pitted against the 7th graders. Freaking titans.

Oh? I am fairly sure I am the only person within the schools I have attended that played it even remotely, with the exception of one person that started playing after we both left the school. That would have been a fun tournament. ^_^

I don't have this, but my cousin does, and I have played it before. Pretty good game actually.

The whole titans part is fairly pointless, by the time I can build it why haven't I already won?

I always seemed to end up fighting titans with titans. ^_^

No, but it is no less pointless than building a Wonder.

I bought two copies of this today. Wonder what I'll do with the other one...

This is one of the coolest game I ever played, I always choose Greeks or Atlanteans...
Oranos is a bit OP in my opinion... The Sky Passages are a cheap way to assault an enemy outpost while defensless :asd: (obviously it was the main way I dealt with my brother when I used to play with him).

Ubertoast: probably not much, if the keys are the same non-ESO-eligible ones that I got!

I think the most fun I had with that game was turning cheats on and ushering in a whirling apocalypse of meteor strikes and tornadoes.
On land animals.
Good times.

Edit::
Also Laser bears! From Canada!

This post has been edited by Seg: 01 December 2010 - 05:55 AM

holy shit! this game has online?!?!? lol, in that case, ill get right to it... eventually...

whats gameranger? im assuming its a network of some sort... correct?

This post has been edited by GoldenArbiter01: 01 December 2010 - 11:46 AM

Damn I am surprized at how freeminded this forum is. I am so used to people shunning Piracy. I am not very good at RTS'es though sadly. I would love to play.

Mister Nikel, on 01 December 2010 - 11:53 AM, said:

its not piracy. were just "salvaging from the depths of cyberspace" yah... that's it...

Suuuuuuuure.

and if you dont like that one, "re-purposing for the greater good"

that one is nice to.

Or if you want to, a "free download". No lies at all there. ^_^

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Lazer Bears.

Crap.I used to have the game but lost it. My favorite was Hades.

ILB, on 29 November 2010 - 02:18 PM, said:

Eh, we were young and the game was installed in every PC in our lab so whenever it was free time (which was almost always because activities were easy), we got to play through LAN.

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Hee. Our school did that with Counter-Strike. Never liked that particularly much. ^_^

This game it's not bad, have to try the multiplayer mode sometime.

ILB, on 01 December 2010 - 03:12 PM, said:

my school has locks on everything, so, we grabbed a copy of starcraft, cracked it, and play that lan. the school was so pissed when they found it... and how it kept popping up...
we also have counter strike...

I remember when I used to play it...

I might try it again sometime

I love this game, I really like the campaign, both of them. I like to mass myth units.


P.S. If you ever have problems playing single player against computers, type in TITANOMACHY in caps to really bring on the hurt.

This game is freakin amazing. I use to play it all the time.

Dotzrus, on 01 December 2010 - 10:52 PM, said:

cheaters never prosper...

and ive always been a fan of "WRATH OF THE GODS".

Pff~

WUV WOO beats anything you toss at it. ^_^

I do not cheat until I beat the game fairly,

"O CANADA" = Laser Bear with Monkeys and a Cape.


My favorite unit is the Niddhog

the nidhogg is pretty badass...
but, archers are the way to go... especially if you Atlantiean archer-spam

@Susan and those who follow her:



(shamelessly stolen from jorje)

On topic, I have played this game a few times, but it was so laggy on my friend's computer I could not really enjoy it.

I was actually given a free copy of the gold Edition. Never even got around to opening the damn thing. So this might get me to actually play it.

This post has been edited by CaptainBaconMan: 03 December 2010 - 04:37 AM

I suddenly remembered this topic and just finished installing the game, so I'm ready to be ass-kicked.

Hehe, I played this game for about a year, got bored with it, anubite spamming was getting old ^_^

I find it hard to get into RTS games most of the time.

suitcase TD and I are going to be playing laser crocs

Susan, on 07 January 2011 - 06:30 AM, said:

susan, what time zone are you in?

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What is that? ^_^

Man I used to Love that game... then my computer crashed from like 42 viruses... CURSE YOU INTERNET!

Ark, on 13 January 2011 - 04:23 PM, said:

too much porn i take it?