This game is waaay more fun that AoE in my opinion. Being able to use mythological units like Egyptian sphinxes and Nordic dragons is dope. I mainly bought it to play skirmishes against the AI as i do with every other strategy game.
I never played this before so playing Retold now in my 30s is like finding a gem I skipped over as a kid. This game is incredible and if it wasn't for this remaster I'd never have known.
For those new players, check the learning tab in the main menu 😁 it really helps, besides we have a good amount of MODS already for you to customize your games... The gamr is really good for its genre guys, dont get influenced by those bad commemts 😅 most of them are kust jelous fanboys from other RTSs.
Genuinely excited for them to add the Chinese pack. The old one was severely undercooked but this is a really good opportunity for them to completely revive it.
I wish the next project in line is Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds 2. Already uses Aoe engine but licensing stuff can get in the way… but if SW Bounty Hunter was re-release - we can dream right?
Normaly i dont buy some advanced access packs like here. But AoM was different case. Additional MS did a great job to the of the AoE Franchise. Buy it, over your money to Hades!😊 And i can confirm its worth! By the gods they did it again :D They have also a included mod manager and there are mods to Bring the legacy voice lines in different languages by different modders. Was very happy be able play with old german ones :3 And they fit very well 😊
Same dude, i grew up with this game, it was the game that introduce me to pc gaming. But my biggest down side about the game is that the campaign is the exact same has the original game, and i dont know if i wanna spend money on the same story when i can play it in the old. : /
It was never going to be different. There have also been plenty of qol changes and even some mechanics have been cleaned up and improved. Also controller support for portable playing.
Some Of the maps are changed, I had the early access and played through and there are some minor changes* plus mythical battles are semi campaign mission additions.
I think this time it's about the promise of more content and extended support. they're planning on making right on the Chinese civ plus expanding the roster even further with other mythologies. I myself won't be getting it immediately, as I have the Extended Edition, but I think once the expansions start coming out, that will be the perfect time to get it.
The reuseable god powers are really fun too, i used to dislike one time god powers before. Feel like get game for graphics, quality of life updates. Not really if wanting different story. Plus can just play skirmishes.
Imho if you’ve played any AoE part, you’ll get into AoM quite quickly. The basics are the same. I personally think it is much more fun than any other AoE instalment. If you like ancient mythology and AoE, you can’t go wring with this.
It’s got the same fundamental foundation as AoE, collect resources, build stuff and make units, the only difference is god powers and mythic units. I’ll still prefer AoE2 over anything else but AoM is pretty fun as well.
Pretty sure I've still got the original disc for this in my basement. Any chance they'll let me trade that in for the new version? No? Well, I guess I'll buy it again.
The voice actors took me out at once! I heard Arkantos was the same at once and was like holy shit?!I SO COOL!!! And then Athena started speaking.... AND all the atlanteans.... with this wierd accent.... Realy!? The voice accting went down hill from there.... And I was so looking forward to the intro cinematic... please say they did'nt forget it.... Oh well......
Rise of Nations in today graphics would be absolutely awesome! If done right! Would be awesome if they expanded the nuke counter to not just end the game instantly, but have the map crumble appart over like 30 seconds or something.
I played the original for hundreds of hours. Picking up this new version and hering from people who have tried it that it's just as good, there was no question whether or not I was going to buy it.
One wierd thing that I hope gets fixed is that this game does not have a Full Screen mode. I have 2 monitors and when I want to drag the map to left my cursor jumps to the second monitor and can get awkward bringing it back.
I'm glad people are enjoying this game again, but it's really just the exact same as the old game with better graphics. I tried playing it but I played the old game so much that it's not new or fun to me, I played it to death and I've lost all enthusiasm for it now. If they had new campaigns or new monsters, gods, powers, stories etc I'd be more interested.
Same for me, I might get it on sale one day, but being how I just beat the original for the umpteenth time not so long ago I got no interest in buying better visuals for what is essentially the same game. I know some of the multiplayer people gotta be happy that it’s got more people playing it, it was pretty much a dead multiplayer game with original since it’s so old. Hope it lasts for them but I assume eventually everyone will go back to age of empires 2.
I've been having the time of my life for the past week playing AoM. Long time player, and this could be the nostalgic feeling but this genuinely just the most fun I've had on a game probably all year long. Brings me back to 2008, nothing like waking up sick on a school day knowing I get to play AoM for like 10 hours straight as a kid hahah, loving every second of gameplay. I'm at 50 hours already!
I don't understand how doest it work ? If we just take the game pass standard game we can't play with others players who have the premium version with Freyr for ranked games ? Or we can play with them but we can't pick Freyr ?
I believe it is like Age of Empires 2, you can play vs Freyr but you just can't pick him yourself. I have bought the game and I can pick Freyr so I guess he's included when buying
I laughed when you mention that AOM was the least played/favorite of the whole franchise bc it was MY most played game when i was 8 LMAO I got into AOE bc of my stepdad and he bought AOM on whim. It later became my go to I screamed when I found out about the retold. I already owned EE so it was a no brainer
ive played it i love it but it reallly does feel like a game from 2012 graphically and motion wise but i dont care BUT WHAT I REALLY WANT AND THE PEOPLE YEARN FOR IS EMPIRE EARTH. I LOVED EMPIRE EARTH.
i wish i could play the game. But lag makes it fully unplayable for me. Even on low settings, which is surprising, as low settings look hideous compared to the original game.
Eh kind of but not really. It was an experiment with a new 3d engine, and the idea about asymmetric civs that a lot of aoe II purists and simpletons were not on board. AoM was kind of a precursor to AoE III with that engine and the assymetric style of civs where you still have your explorer and his abilities, but also cards and decks. It was TOO BIG OF A CHANGE with these two games for them..OOH MY GAWD NAWWR DURR. Somewhere on the web, probably even here on youtube, u can find the devlogs about AoM. For me, AoM and AoE III are the best of them all. ES experimented, had a vision with AOM, and made it SUPREME; Learned from AoM and made AoE III.
I don't get why people say AoE was better / more well known. While they were the originals, this is way better in my opinion. I never played them and never felt the urge to because Age of Mythology is just outright superior.
I couldn't tell from this video, can anyone tell me if I can actually zoom out to a reasonable difference? I couldn't even play the new AoE because It barely lets you zoom out.
& Sumerian, Canaanite, & Celtic as well; I'd suggest a lot more too, but I'm trying to keep it within the space spanned by the combined original extended edition & the Chinese DLC pack, as well as avoiding any *redundant* ones like the Romans (who'd basically be a combination between Greeks & Atlanteans, the latter of whom fill many of their aesthetics anyway), & the Germanics (who'd be functionally & largely aesthetically *identical* to the Norse).
This is like one of the rare modern game remakes that are actually reasonably priced at $30 instead of $60 or $70 and this is the game you decide to pirate? I mean if your life situation is bad and you need to save money I respect that but dang ideally support this business practice if possible.
This game is waaay more fun that AoE in my opinion. Being able to use mythological units like Egyptian sphinxes and Nordic dragons is dope.
I mainly bought it to play skirmishes against the AI as i do with every other strategy game.
Lets play together bro! Im trying to find somebody to play with!
@@joaomariacastelobranco7376Im down to join as well!!
@@joaomariacastelobranco7376 hey, if u wanna play some aom lmk
It really is. Give it a shot people!!
@@joaomariacastelobranco7376 I'll play with you! :) lets do some co-op together and what is your game name so i can invite you in a match?
I'm just happy to hear that Arkantos has the old voice actor!
Really he sounded different to me ? What about Athena does she have original voice actor?
Well it has been 20 years, but yeah same va
He doesn't, voice acting is garbage
this youtuber cant talk normal to save his life jesus fkn christ so annoying lol
@@zombieGIdude💀 play the game before talking bullshit
This looks brilliant, whiplashes me straight back to my childhood
It really does! Looking forward to this! I still have the old version on my pc😁🤙
It’s genuinely so much fun
It is amazing! The campaign is great, but online ranked play is even better!
Same 10 year old me nostalgia
I never played this before so playing Retold now in my 30s is like finding a gem I skipped over as a kid. This game is incredible and if it wasn't for this remaster I'd never have known.
I never got to play this as a kid so I am super psyched
Oh that sucks! I hope you like it. I remember being 13 and playing this at 6 am because my parents would be asleep.
The games great
Make sure to install the Original Voice Mod for the proper experience!
For those new players, check the learning tab in the main menu 😁 it really helps, besides we have a good amount of MODS already for you to customize your games... The gamr is really good for its genre guys, dont get influenced by those bad commemts 😅 most of them are kust jelous fanboys from other RTSs.
Genuinely excited for them to add the Chinese pack. The old one was severely undercooked but this is a really good opportunity for them to completely revive it.
I wish the next project in line is Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds 2. Already uses Aoe engine but licensing stuff can get in the way… but if SW Bounty Hunter was re-release - we can dream right?
YES PLEASE!!!
star wars is dead... old school kotor and battlefront is better than anything post-Disney Star Wars… prove me wrong
Huge AoE and civilization fan as a kid and coming back to rts games as a kid. This really is one of the most fun ive ever played.
Tiny Map was a game mode on the OG online multiplayer, loved that add
Normaly i dont buy some advanced access packs like here. But AoM was different case. Additional MS did a great job to the of the AoE Franchise.
Buy it, over your money to Hades!😊
And i can confirm its worth! By the gods they did it again :D
They have also a included mod manager and there are mods to Bring the legacy voice lines in different languages by different modders. Was very happy be able play with old german ones :3 And they fit very well 😊
together with Resident Evil series is one of the really good made Remakes, they really put a lot of work, still bit overpriced for me
Gamepass Xbox and pc
it's literally £20.............
I don’t think 20-30 quid (depending on the currency) is a lot for this game
It's lasts forever though.
20 bucks is absolutely fair for this level of overhaul
I love seeing this type of videos after playing 40 hours already
Age of Mythology was extremely popular when it came out.
It really wasnt. Look at the sales, esp compared to AoK
Warcraft 3 had no chance.
@@willywonka6487 Okay willy wanka
Age of Empires was more popular
It was good but warcraft 3 kinda wrecked all the others rts of the time, not to mention it had to compete vs command and conquer generals too .
This game has its own cult ✨
If you like original or aoe 4 then you'll love it like me!
if we can get empire earth back id cry
Great review man, liked the video! Love this game!!!
Just finished the Trident campaign on Titan and was amazing experience.
i so excited to play it. going back to my first ever game.
the game looks good and interesting,only one thing i wished there were bigger armies like in aoe2 but i guess maybe fps would be the problem xD
Same dude, i grew up with this game, it was the game that introduce me to pc gaming. But my biggest down side about the game is that the campaign is the exact same has the original game, and i dont know if i wanna spend money on the same story when i can play it in the old. : /
It was never going to be different. There have also been plenty of qol changes and even some mechanics have been cleaned up and improved. Also controller support for portable playing.
Some
Of the maps are changed, I had the early access and played through and there are some minor changes* plus mythical battles are semi campaign mission additions.
I think this time it's about the promise of more content and extended support. they're planning on making right on the Chinese civ plus expanding the roster even further with other mythologies. I myself won't be getting it immediately, as I have the Extended Edition, but I think once the expansions start coming out, that will be the perfect time to get it.
The reuseable god powers are really fun too, i used to dislike one time god powers before. Feel like get game for graphics, quality of life updates. Not really if wanting different story.
Plus can just play skirmishes.
Completed the capaign its not exactly exactly the same the Ai is much more difficult and smarter.. They also change alot of missions
I love Age of Empires IV and its the only one in the series I have played so far. Do you think I would like this game too? Is it similar to AoE?
Imho if you’ve played any AoE part, you’ll get into AoM quite quickly. The basics are the same. I personally think it is much more fun than any other AoE instalment. If you like ancient mythology and AoE, you can’t go wring with this.
The gameplay is mostly similar, but it's a lot more fun imo. I get bored with AOE due to no fantasy aspects. AOM is amazing.
It’s got the same fundamental foundation as AoE, collect resources, build stuff and make units, the only difference is god powers and mythic units. I’ll still prefer AoE2 over anything else but AoM is pretty fun as well.
Pretty sure I've still got the original disc for this in my basement. Any chance they'll let me trade that in for the new version? No? Well, I guess I'll buy it again.
i played the story to death its so stupid fun
i literally threw out my old windows xp laptop away today. the only thing making me keep it was AOM CD lmao! im downloading AOM Retold rn
The voice actors took me out at once! I heard Arkantos was the same at once and was like holy shit?!I SO COOL!!! And then Athena started speaking.... AND all the atlanteans.... with this wierd accent.... Realy!? The voice accting went down hill from there.... And I was so looking forward to the intro cinematic... please say they did'nt forget it.... Oh well......
There's a mod that let's you bring back the original voice actors. But yes, the new ones are just awful.
Now hopefully Rise of Nations
omg yeah I forgot about Rise of Nations .. Age of Mythology + Rise of Nations = Childhood nostalgia
Rise of Nations in today graphics would be absolutely awesome! If done right! Would be awesome if they expanded the nuke counter to not just end the game instantly, but have the map crumble appart over like 30 seconds or something.
empire earth above all
@@tonymante8759 unfortunately that franchise was abandoned basically. Definitely enjoy those games though.
@@KingSetherd someone should by the rights or licensing to it and bring it back aliveeeeee
Damn I grew up on this game
I played the original for hundreds of hours. Picking up this new version and hering from people who have tried it that it's just as good, there was no question whether or not I was going to buy it.
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One wierd thing that I hope gets fixed is that this game does not have a Full Screen mode.
I have 2 monitors and when I want to drag the map to left my cursor jumps to the second monitor and can get awkward bringing it back.
I'm glad people are enjoying this game again, but it's really just the exact same as the old game with better graphics. I tried playing it but I played the old game so much that it's not new or fun to me, I played it to death and I've lost all enthusiasm for it now. If they had new campaigns or new monsters, gods, powers, stories etc I'd be more interested.
Same for me, I might get it on sale one day, but being how I just beat the original for the umpteenth time not so long ago I got no interest in buying better visuals for what is essentially the same game.
I know some of the multiplayer people gotta be happy that it’s got more people playing it, it was pretty much a dead multiplayer game with original since it’s so old. Hope it lasts for them but I assume eventually everyone will go back to age of empires 2.
I've been having the time of my life for the past week playing AoM. Long time player, and this could be the nostalgic feeling but this genuinely just the most fun I've had on a game probably all year long.
Brings me back to 2008, nothing like waking up sick on a school day knowing I get to play AoM for like 10 hours straight as a kid hahah, loving every second of gameplay. I'm at 50 hours already!
Can you change the team colours from blue and red? I hate being blue. So garish on the eyes
what's they Added on EXTENDED edition ? Differences plz 🤔 ! !
Xbox has kbm support so there’s that 🤷♂️ 5:58
This Looks Dope.
But I bought the game before watching this video...what to do now?
Had this pre ordered since it was available
I LOVE this game. Plus the Delux edition was only $60 AUD which is amazing now days.
can you play freyr against standard edition users?
I don't understand how doest it work ? If we just take the game pass standard game we can't play with others players who have the premium version with Freyr for ranked games ? Or we can play with them but we can't pick Freyr ?
I believe it is like Age of Empires 2, you can play vs Freyr but you just can't pick him yourself. I have bought the game and I can pick Freyr so I guess he's included when buying
@@Piet-d1j Did you buy the standard or the premium?
I laughed when you mention that AOM was the least played/favorite of the whole franchise bc it was MY most played game when i was 8 LMAO I got into AOE bc of my stepdad and he bought AOM on whim. It later became my go to I screamed when I found out about the retold. I already owned EE so it was a no brainer
the memories...
ive played it i love it but it reallly does feel like a game from 2012 graphically and motion wise but i dont care
BUT WHAT I REALLY WANT AND THE PEOPLE YEARN FOR IS EMPIRE EARTH. I LOVED EMPIRE EARTH.
i wish i could play the game. But lag makes it fully unplayable for me. Even on low settings, which is surprising, as low settings look hideous compared to the original game.
didnt hear you mention if they upgraded the population limit or not
AOM was ensemble studios take on warcraft 3 with heros and other units have special abilitys
Eh kind of but not really. It was an experiment with a new 3d engine, and the idea about asymmetric civs that a lot of aoe II purists and simpletons were not on board. AoM was kind of a precursor to AoE III with that engine and the assymetric style of civs where you still have your explorer and his abilities, but also cards and decks. It was TOO BIG OF A CHANGE with these two games for them..OOH MY GAWD NAWWR DURR. Somewhere on the web, probably even here on youtube, u can find the devlogs about AoM. For me, AoM and AoE III are the best of them all. ES experimented, had a vision with AOM, and made it SUPREME; Learned from AoM and made AoE III.
it came out...
I don't get why people say AoE was better / more well known. While they were the originals, this is way better in my opinion. I never played them and never felt the urge to because Age of Mythology is just outright superior.
A lot of players gave bad reviews on Steam because of how bad the AI is in skirmishes.
Can anyone confirm?
I bought this game a few days after it came out and now it crashes 😢.
it is playable on windows 11 thanks sir have a good day
My ai games they never move
I couldn't tell from this video, can anyone tell me if I can actually zoom out to a reasonable difference? I couldn't even play the new AoE because It barely lets you zoom out.
Oh you can definitely zoom out
Lord of the Rings Mods please , or please Remake Battle for Middle Earth 2 i would buy it too - Day one .
Unfortunately it crashes on multilayer console version atm
I've spent so much time, just reading the ingame-encyclopedia entries...
Why hasn’t anyone noticed that I’m neurodiverse? xD
Xbox supports mouse and keyboard. I can't see why any RTS on Xbox wouldn't enable it.
Does anyone know how to play the Egypt single player canpeing as I can’t find it on the single player campaign menu
The best game ever
I hope they add Persian and Indian mythology packs too.
& Sumerian, Canaanite, & Celtic as well; I'd suggest a lot more too, but I'm trying to keep it within the space spanned by the combined original extended edition & the Chinese DLC pack, as well as avoiding any *redundant* ones like the Romans (who'd basically be a combination between Greeks & Atlanteans, the latter of whom fill many of their aesthetics anyway), & the Germanics (who'd be functionally & largely aesthetically *identical* to the Norse).
How do make maps on xbox?
My buddy on xbox can't play a full game he lags out almost every game
you are playing as a blue on 8.46 and pretending its the enemy ???
i go buy
Kessler Parkways
Balistreri Way
8155 Orval Crossing
Aoe2 is way over rated compared to AoM and AoE4
Does anyone have anymore info on the Lord of the rings mod for AOE2?
my poor laptop
PC Console Cross Play with an RTS? That doesn't sound fair at all. lol
You can use KnM on console
I like puddin
Prostagma?
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fullo me
isvoli!
No need to buy when it’s on gamepass
The OG voice actor being back is exactly why I will buy this game. Loved these games as a kid
Childhood favorite. But holy shit is this buggy. Very disappointing.
This level is too ramped
what is wrong with your voice lol
Crap game , ive played about 7 games all froze..hours of building fighting freeze 2 hrs in ,every single game..
Clearly must have a wack setup
The Campaign makes no damn sense and I've been playing since the OG days
The voices are no where near as good as the original
Yea but there’s mods for that…
I pirated it to remind good old times of 2000s Era... love the game so far and they added new cheats as well
This is like one of the rare modern game remakes that are actually reasonably priced at $30 instead of $60 or $70 and this is the game you decide to pirate? I mean if your life situation is bad and you need to save money I respect that but dang ideally support this business practice if possible.
Buying? LMAO
Gamepass baby!!! 🤌🏽🍷
Game pass downloaded and instantly deleted.. impossible on console and I like playing with controller. Looks fun but putting this on Xbox was dumb
Prostagma?