AAUG Reviews

by Chris Tofteberg, AAUG Member

This was my first foray into a strategy-style game and I must say I quickly learned what the draw is to these games.

Age of Mythology, from the same folks that brought us Age of Civiliation, is a game that involves commanding armies of soldiers, villagers and, best of all, mythological creatures and gods.

The game included an installer which performed fine. There was an update available for AOM, but unfortunately it was not a Universal patch as I had hoped. System requirements are fairly modest, requiring only OS X 10.2.6 or later, a 16 MB video card, 450 MHz processor, and of course a CD drive. That’s not to say the graphics were anything to sneeze at. Perhaps not as rich as today’s games like World of Warcraft (AOM was released on the Mac in 2004), but certainly respectable.

The Age of Mythology install disc included GameRanger, a program that allows the player to test their skills against other players online. I did not test this feature, I chose to review the game only as one player. One downside to games that use GameRanger is that one can only play against other Macintosh players. Windows players can not be in your game as they can in a game like World of Warcraft.

Fortunately for beginners like me, there was a tutorial level for beginners. The tutorial guides you through the various tools, weapons and features of the game with a female voice describing what you are seeing or doing. (more…)