THQ flaunts Age of Empires DS sequel

[Shrygue]

via Eurogamer


THQ has whipped the wrappers off an autumn-bound Age of Empires sequel for DS.

Dubbed Mythologies, it's based less on factual history and more on giant beasties and tales of old.

You'll be able to play as one of three civilisations, spanning four environments: Greece, Egypt, the frozen north and one other.

Developer Griptonite will be taking the lead this time, and is a sister company to original team Backbone so will do plenty of sharing and maybe wife-swapping.

Mythologies is being built from scratch and boasts much more detailed graphics that are said to avoid the cluttered and problems with often-indistinguishable units of the first.

To our eyes the first shots appear crisper and more vibrant, if similar in style, plus we're promised more impressive Animations and AI this time around.

On top of this, Griptonite is going to let you take on your friends either locally or using Wi-Fi, which - we can tell you from this morning's experience - is better than someone scraping a shovel along concrete right outside your window.

Age of Empires: Age of Kings appeared on DS back in 2006. It served more as a promising sign of things to come, as it managed to admirably force the renowned series onto the small screen with only minor niggles.

[wiggy fuzz]

please be 2d - advance wars style

t6he original didn't exactly have blistering gameplay

[masterchief929]

i liked the other one immensely. i just hope it's an rts.

[mr game porter]

what? i think this is age of mythology. a great age of empires like game, but you don't "advance" from stone age to iron age. instead, you choose gods to favor. and every god has it's own special abilities.

[masterchief929]

no, trust me, this is age of empires. Look

[cas2007]

This sounds crap the first one sucked its nothing like the pc version it ruined the Age of Empire name.

[vicious1988]

EE and RoN are better. AoE is just a farm simulator. Seriously, that's all you get done doing is rebuilding farms.

[Penguinator]

Age of Empires has never been nearly as good as other RTS.
And the DS version was even worse with it's turn based gameplay.
C&C. Rules.
And RoN:RoL is nice, too.

[wiggy fuzz]

hey, i liked playing the roman one multiplayer (LAN), it was fun. i once got massacared by rogue elephants - my whole army.

[Cerepol]

AoM is defintely better then AoE. But the best rts out there is SC.