Earlier today, I received my copy of PCGamer magazine, with which I am sure you are all familiar. As their cover story, AOM was reviewed. This I read with much eagerness. I discovered that the review was based almost entirely upon the campaign! This warranted that AOM receive a measly 86%, THREE PERCENT LESS THAN EMPIRE EARTH!!!!
I was outraged. PCGamer normally does a very fair and well-rounded job of examining every minute facade of a game. This time, however, PCGamer failed. I suppose, that in an effort to get their review of a long-awaited game out quickly, the magazine simply omitted some of the more important aspects of RTS's, such as multiplayer. AOM was compared infavorably with WarCraft 3, but there really isn't a reason to do this. Both games have their strengths and shortcomings. But, for some reason, PCGamer only saw the latter for Age of Mythology.
What makes AOM so great as a Third-Dimension RTS is its ability to create replayable games on random maps that aren't boring and horribly predictable. WarCraft 3 was a fun game to play- for a while. Then one day you realize, "I have seen it all," and just quit. Ensemble Studios just does not do that to you, and hopefully it never will. With luck, PCGamer might see that too.
I was outraged. PCGamer normally does a very fair and well-rounded job of examining every minute facade of a game. This time, however, PCGamer failed. I suppose, that in an effort to get their review of a long-awaited game out quickly, the magazine simply omitted some of the more important aspects of RTS's, such as multiplayer. AOM was compared infavorably with WarCraft 3, but there really isn't a reason to do this. Both games have their strengths and shortcomings. But, for some reason, PCGamer only saw the latter for Age of Mythology.
What makes AOM so great as a Third-Dimension RTS is its ability to create replayable games on random maps that aren't boring and horribly predictable. WarCraft 3 was a fun game to play- for a while. Then one day you realize, "I have seen it all," and just quit. Ensemble Studios just does not do that to you, and hopefully it never will. With luck, PCGamer might see that too.