Age of Mythology: Greek Culture

Age of Mythology is a real time strategy game brought to you by the creators of Age of Empires. It is set in ancient times with a twist- the gods you worship will actually step in and grant you mythical creatures, supernatural advancements and miracles.

There are three civilisations you can select from when playing: Greek, Egyptian and Norse. Each civilisation is different in the way it advances, which gods it can worship and how it gains recourses. This article will explain the basics of XXXXXXXX culture.

Greek culture is very similar to other Age of Empire games and will be very familiar to anyone playing them. They use villagers to gather all recourses, including praying at the temple for favour, and for constructing buildings. They build separate buildings to train their associated troops: the academy, archery range and stable. Greek cultures can summon familiar heroes from their town centre, including Theseus, Hercules, the Argo etc, but only one of each hero at a time. A new hero will become available to train with each Age. Greek players begin with a scout, which they can use to quickly explore the map. Once the scout is destroyed, they cannot build another one, but after building a temple they will be able to create a Pegasus to scout instead. .

Greek culture gives you the options of three primary Gods to Worship: Zeus, Poseidon and Hades. Each Primary God will grant your civilisation special abilities and access to different secondary Gods which you choose when you upgrade to the next age. Zeus grants you a Lightning Bolt power at the start of the game, which you can use to slay any single enemy. He also enhances your infantry and allows your villagers to gain favour faster, and have a higher maximum favour limit. Poseidon grants you the Lure power, which creates a stone on the map which attracts nearby animals for villagers to hunt. He also enhances your cavalry and provides you with a respawning hippocampus(water horse) which appears at the dock to scout the waters. If you are playing Poseidon then if your buildings are destroyed, militia will appear from them. Hades grants you the Sentinel power, which summons four statues around your town centre, which fire arrows at enemies. Hades enhances your archers and buildings, and when your human soldiers are slain they return as shades to continue to fight.