This update touches up the graphics, has much better water effects and also allows for higher graphical resolution and widescreen modes. Although the game was overshadowed somewhat by the close release of the superficially similar WarCraft III: Reign of Chaos, it was successful and ultimately sold over a million copies, an impressive feat for a real-time strategy at a time when the genre was starting to decline in popularity.Ī few years ago the game was dusted down and re-issued as an 'Extended Edition'. The first game in the series to use a fully 3D engine (albeit one cleverly modelled to resemble the 2D engine of the earlier games), it was a step forward in graphics and UI customisability at the time. Age of Mythology was released in 2002 as a stand-alone spin-off from the successful, mega-selling Age of Empires series.
