Age of Empires: Mythologies
Inspired by the hit PC title and built on the game engine behind the critically acclaimed Age of Empires: Age of Kings, Age of Empires: Mythologies will be the ultimate portable tactical strategy game with its…
Age of Empires: Mythologies is a strategy developed by Griptonite Games, released 24 November 2008 on Nintendo DS.
What Age of Empires: Mythologies is
Age of Empires: Mythologies is a strategy game developed by Griptonite Games and released in 2008. It was published by THQ. It is available on Nintendo DS only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Like the original Age of Mythology, there are three civilizations available – Greek, Egyptian and Norse – each with their own unique units, buildings, powers and method of obtaining favor. Each has three "major 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. Additionally, each has "minor gods" to select from every time the player advances an age, with all deities granting the player unique technologies, perks, myth units and God powers that are used to damage or benefit players. There are three types of base unit – humans, heroes and myth units, the latter two being mythical figures…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
How it was received
Age of Empires: Mythologies holds a critic score of 60 out of 100. That places it above 14% of the 3,250 rated strategy games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2008 averaged 65, so it scored 5 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Age of Empires: Mythologies launched on 24 November 2008, within three weeks of World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, Gears of War 2, Left 4 Dead and Call of Duty: World at War. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, Gears of War 2, Left 4 Dead, Call of Duty: World at War.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Age of Empires: Mythologies yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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