Age of Mythology: Retold [PC, XGP, PS5, Switch 2?].

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Age of Mythology: Retold's developers are going 'way beyond' the definitive editions for Age of Empires: 'We want to build the game in your head'

Revamped graphics, changes to unit numbers and mythological powers are set to make Retold a huge update to the 2002 RTS.
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Day one for me. When I purchased the original, I had a Celeron 300MHz CPU and a Voodoo 3 2000 PCI 16MB GPU which could barely run the game and it wasn't a good experience, 'cos the framerate was slow and the textures disappeared in some places, among other glitches. Over time I got the newest version on Steam, but I want this one version on the Windows Store, which also adds many improvements.

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From the creators of the award-winning Age of Empires franchise, Age of Mythology: Retold goes beyond history to a mythical age where gods, monsters, and humans collide.
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some more info:

Call Upon the Gods
Choose your gods from the Greek, Norse, Egyptian, and Atlantean pantheons. Devastate your enemies by summoning powerful lightning storms, earth-shattering quakes, and even the famed Nidhogg dragon. Or call upon nourishing rains and protective Dryads to help your people grow & prosper.

Unleash the Monsters
Unleash Centaurs, Trolls, Mummies, and more. From bejeweled crocodiles who harness the power of the sun to the mighty one-eyed Cyclops, command diverse units inspired by the world's great mythologies.

An Epic Mythological Universe
Embark on a 50-mission campaign that takes you across a vast, mythical world: besiege the mighty walls of Troy, battle Giants in the frozen wastes of Midgard, and discover the mysteries of Osiris in the shifting sands of Egypt. Become a hero of myth—or even a god.

Arena of the Gods
Challenge the Labyrinth in the all-new Trials of the Gods for single-player and co-op. Collect powerful Blessings, join your friends, and take on new challenges to overcome the Arena where the gods themselves do battle.

Better with Friends
Play with up to 11 of your friends, either head-to-head or against the advanced AI on dozens of randomly-generated maps and scenarios for limitless re-playability
 
the game can be pre-installed (which I did) on PC Gamepass. 82 days to go before it's actually released.
 
Initial reviews are out, and the scores are good.

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Age of Mythology: Retold critic reviews

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the game seems to be doing well at all levels. I got the premium dlc for future expansions and there is a new chinese mithology add-on on which they are working and I can't wait to play it. Chinese mythology creatures are so original, imho -though my gf tells me that she is very superstitious and some of them scare her, but the art is lovely-.

Btw, I am playing the campaign and having a blast. As a game it is a AoE2 on steroids and with some extra imagination. Buildings aren't that important -like placing a castle in AoE 2 can decide a battle- and the engine allows for extra features

 
Fall of the Trident campaign, which has 30 something scenarios, completed. Without even realising it, I've put 50 hours into the game already.

This is the most fun Age of Empires game, imho. Not as surgical and "precise" as AoE2 where to make it so "balanced" the civs have little, but important, differences in which units are available to them and so on, but it's much more fun to play and you don't depend on buildings as much as AoE2.
 
after about 70 hours, I finally completed the main campaigns of the game. It was quite fun. They aren't without flaws, but I am proud I've beaten the game. I like how each faction plays differently and the units' design. The lowest points of the campaign to me were some cringeworthy moments like..., i.e., at certain point of a campaign someone in a very flat tone and voice says when talking about the tragedy that fact entails: "Kronos walks the earth!".

The scene is totally anti-climatic. I didn't feel any urgent need to fight that, in fact it made me chuckle in an ironic way. Now there are a few mythical battles to complete, but I think I am going to give the game a rest, and keep playing other games, mostly strategy games but turn-based instead of realtime. Something along the lines of Heroes of Might & Magic games, I have all of them, on GoG and Ubisoft Store.
 
PS5 version trailer published. I got 50 hours out of this game's original campaign, and I have pre-ordered the DLC when the game was launched so I'll play it when it comes out.

 
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