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AGE OF MYTHOLOGY: A REVIEW

This is the entertainment for fans of mythology. Play with the powers that give you great advantage over your opponents, choosing Egyptian, Greek or Norse gods. Norse is the Viking gods.

Like other strategy games, you have to balance resources meted out to soldiers and civilians. I was hooked just watching people farm fish, dig gold and cut trees in idyllic music. They help you to relax as if you were on holiday.

The hardest civilization to manage is the Norse who need to increase their prayer points by fighting. In the beginning, there will be extra heavy casualties to your army. I hardly manage to win. But the pluspoint is the formidable Goddess of winter, sometimes fire, Freya. She grants you ice monsters that are incredibly hardy. Another plus is the healing fountain so your men can heal when they are injured, thus saving effort and cost of replacing your dead.

Powers

There are many to choose from---- earthquakes (by Ra), meteorites (by Zeus), typhoons (also Ra) and lightning storms (Hera). These are the strongest magical elements. To ensure you get these, type Wrath of the Gods.

Other powers you wield help you to buy time, or change the weather like make snow to freeze the civilians or sending a plague. The code Pandoras Box toggles among different abilities. Without the cheats, you could still get the strong powers but you will need to upgrade to Age four after building the market. So using the cheats make it less tedious. You can win your opponent(s) by unleashing storms alone. Saves on manpower and casualties.

Heroes

Players can use heroes from any of the three countries. There is Perseus, Arkantos and Chiron from Greek. Egyptian heroes are the pharaoh and the priests. Norse have two kinds of heroes only, the dwarf warriors and the Hersirs. You got to take care, because the latter two heroes cannot heal and return to life. Norse heroes double up as building units. Great losses if you get them in the frontline!

Myth Units

Minotaurs, centaurs shooting arrows, raging wolves, ice and fire monsters are just some of the mix. Most interesting are the Norse creatures, they are more powerful than greek. Greek myth units are suitable for long distance defence only. Nemean lions and chimera, fire fish, are better but you must choose wisely.

Campaigns and random map

Definitely there will be experimental after you finish the campaigns. The heroes journey from Greece to Egypt, in order to fight the enemy at Hades. That is a very short campaign. Some heroes, like Chiron gave up their lives to save their friends. The plot is moving and thrilling. The new one is the Golden Gift, the Norse campaign. That was only 3 levels, which I was not done with.

The random maps offer spice and action. You can opt for larger maps, toggle and choose your god and the others’ gods. If you want a more challenging time, put that as an option. In hard level, the enemies rush you. The formats are conquest, lightning wars, deathmatch. Lightning wars mean you need to build resources quickly and defend your territory before the enemy sends his troops. For deathmatch, you just fight and not worry about the gold, food and wood. Use the cheats if they run low. Villagers can just be a backup supply and building unit.

Melee cannot be cut down as fast as archers. I discovered siege machines were useful, but fragile. Guard them or they will be destroyed very quickly. Usually I prefer to make myth units than sieges.

Funny tips

Some of the codes call out bears(O Canada), Walking berry bushes, goat- turning and get forkboy. They make weird animals to help you.

I played age of empires too, which was the brother to this game. But this one is close to my heart, because I love fantasy and have always loved the many deities and religions of the ancient times. The sequel, the Titans expansion pack, has released in the States. I can’t wait for it to come out here.

Qotw10: playing for credit-secondlife

Fox! NCmon Jewell is my name here. I put monica but there were already many taking this name. So I combined my chinese and english names.

Before I reached that section of appearance, i already mustered how to fly, hover and take objects.

I changed my appearance of the avatar. I made her skirt spoof, make heels and edit the skin color.

But I love the teleporting. I went to butterfly island which is all pink. The outside garden is so beautiful.

On butterfly island in the main building

Does the character resemble myself?

1) It kind of does, because I love animals. This was the only avatar of animal so I chose it. I have experimented with the clothing, shoes and eye color.

I drove a jeep on Orientation island. It went too slow for normal driving. I would like a fast race car if I could afford it! flying is more exciting.

2) I would like to be a brave explorer and that is what I am doing here. Genderwise it is the same, female. I like to dress with unusual wear. These boots are cool. Although I look mild on the outside, I actually like doing new and exciting things.

I took some hellfire clothes. They were free, so I took the bundle and put it on.

I tried to create things on the lawn, but the notice said ‘owner does not allow it’. A structure gold wire came out. I realize that people can earn money by lying by the pool. When I logged out to stop the comp lagging, I was sitting by the pool.

I hope to earn more money by making objects. That is the primary objective I usually aim for when I game. Money is the resource, just like in reality. You need it for basic clothes and food etc.

Problems I faced

I am a gamer but I think Secondlife is hard to navigate. Today I could not see the usual big map.

I did not know how to read the map and could not find my way around. That is why I took a long time to go around Orientation and finish the exercise. The menus are too wordy. I noticed my friends were only stuck editing their appearance. Perhaps these features can be modified?

I found it so tedious to read everything before I could proceed.

I think the cooler features are making things (yet to succeed in doing), building, flying and teleporting. Secondlife is not really a game. Games are exciting and much easier to do. Instead I think it is a simulation of real places. Malls, fields, casinoes, discos are where humans hang out.

I look forward to meeting familiar people and see Lion City and SIM. I do not know how to go there yet.

In the next mission, I will talk about why secondlife is not a game.