Age of Mythology

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How does Retold compare to the original? (lemm.ee)

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Yes yes I know, I could Google it or watch a YouTube video. But no, I want honest opinions from other people on what is, in my opinion, one of the last bastions of the old school Internet, where you'd get real opinions from real people.

I loved the original, but never really played multiplayer - mostly because as a young'un I had no money, so I pirated it, but also because I just loved the campaign as well as experimenting with stuff that was never going to work as a multiplayer strategy.

Do you guys feel it's worth the 30something euros it costs on Steam? That's not a lot of money, but more importantly, games take time to play and I have very little of it these days. And once I buy a game, I feel committed to play it.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

The base game comes with Fall of the Trident, The Golden Gift, and The New Atlantis campaigns, which all existed previously but have been remastered in terms of balance. The Freyr expansion additionally comes with "Reginleif's Rally", which I haven't done yet but from its description I think is set in the middle of Fall of the Trident, as an explanation for why the Norse party was sent down to Egypt.

If you're someone who mainly likes to play single player, one specific change you might really like is that you can now build 16 houses, up from the previous limit of 10 (8 manors for Atlanteans, up from 5), and Fortified Town Centres now provide 25 population (up from 20). That, plus myth units getting automatic bonuses when you age up (so Classical Age MUs are still relevant in Mythic Age), and the reusability of god powers (for a Favour cost) mean you can get some big armies doing big dramatic battles, way more than you ever could before.