Age of Empires: Mythologies

Story

As in the original Age of Mythology, there are three civilizations - Greek, Egyptian and Norse - each with its own unique units, buildings, powers and methods of gaining favor. Each has three "main gods" to choose from before each game - Zeus, Hades and Poseidon for the Greeks, Ra, Isis and Set for the Egyptians, and Odin, Thor and Loki for the Norse. In addition, for each deity there are "minor gods" that the player can choose from as he moves up an age. All gods grant the player unique technologies, perks, myth units, and divine powers that are used to harm or benefit the player. There are three types of base units - humans, heroes, and myth units, the latter two being mythical figures or creatures from the mythology and legends of historical civilization. A rock-paper-scissors model determines which units are best against others; for example, humans are good against heroes but weak against myth units. Each unit also has a subcategory, such as heavy infantry or archers, which in turn are better against certain others. Human units include hoplites or chariot archers, heroes include Odysseus and Ramses, and myth units include cyclops and giants. The campaign is divided into 8 scenarios for all three civilizations. The first, the Egyptian one, revolves around Hatshepsut and her father Thutmose, who defeat Seth's son Setekh after investigating bandit raids near Memphis.