The original Age of Mythology used to have over 10k players at its peak! The game slowly died off over time as the ESO server was not maintained at the level it needed, there was a lot of bug abuse, map hacks, drop tricking for points and even "Ajax spawns" - The spawn hack used to still cost resources but the campaign Ajax was free, so they could spawn like 50 of them at the start of the game lol. Up until the release of Retold, there were still a good 300ish dedicated players in Voobly, as well as a lot of split gamers in other streams such as Gameranger.
Most important one is that the population gain is giving you MAX population. If you have 3 settlements the enemy 2 you have 15 more MAX population than the enemy
@@RizZRizZ- You cannot build houses in AoM past a certain point, which leads you to a max pop of 100 (let's say that). So both players can just build 100 units. If you build a Town Center on a settlement, you gain +15 max population. So the player which have that extra TC can now build 115 units while his opponent stays at 100 units.
@@RizZRizZ- Sort of, it doesn't really change how houses work, but it does for TCs. They always added max pop when now it's not the TC itself but the settlement. You may choose a better TC location at the cost of max pop, if it makes sense for the match.
Hades' TC with 15 Sentinels around it, lol Athena in the new game sounds just like any other human. In the original it sounded more godlike, like her voice was coming from outside the mortal world. I suppose they did something to the sound in the original to make it so.
25:39 basically both AOM and AOM:X had a big problem with release dates. If I recall correctly, AOM launched very close to Warcraft 3 and AOMX launched close to a blizzard expansion of some sort so the sales suffered as a result.
why do i see a new aom ? XD holy my childhood using the editor to make big wars .... edit: 17:53 LMFAO - Hera ? uuuuh .... XDDDDDDDDDDDDD, also seeing a AOM tournament would be so cool to see professionals play and see what they can do and ofc. having fun with it, think in terms of an RTS its alot of fun to play
12:58 and was in AoE 3 in 2005. This feature has been part of the design in the 'family' for quite some time, and it's a super fun layer of customizability and added depth.
I loved the original AOM from 2002, and even bought the HD version a few years back with widescreen support and some remastering, but this new one is amazing and takes it to a new level.
Can't wait for more AoM content from you! :OOO Your campaign playthrough was golden, would love to see some games between you and other AoE2 pros aswell.
I wish AoE4 would have proper arrows, flight arcs and non homing projectiles. They also made the massive UI at the top smaller. Kudos to the developers for actually listening to feedback only a few weeks before release, rare these days. What i really want to see again, are corpses/blood and slowly decaying rather than sinking into the ground.
I think those different displays of costs of god powers are because the actual cost is not an integer (whole number) and one display is rounded up and one is rounded down for some reason. At least I've seen many visualisations of technologies where this was the case and I've personally accidentaly did that a few times too.
I have to agree with the ones complaining about the voice acting especially for Athena she sounds way to "modern" in her voice if that makes sense I've heard they are going to address the voice acting before release so they might fix that. But it's also one of those things that never needed to be improved for a remake so it's a strange decision to even make new voice acting.
@@lukasr1166 Could be, or as some others have suggested in the past, how about the Aztecs? The groundwork is already there, modders essentially made the civ already.
Age of Mythology and Rise of Nations were my favorite RTS games growing up!! Throw in a little Command and Conquer: Generals and Halo Wars for some spice, and youve got hours and hours and hours of fun!
All the new voices are baaaaaaad. I understood what they were going for but there is a reason they got Gerald Butler to play King Leonidous back in the day. He might not have been “authentic” but he could act less act.
You should try Stars Galactic Battleground Saga. Age of empires meets star wars. It can get kind of wild especially with the addition of flying elements
Lol did not expect the Hera PTSD... nice touch. Glad you enjoyed it! Hopefully it gets good marketing and player reception, as I personally think devs have been putting passion into this release (even if it needs more refinement).
the voices for the campaigns seem to have improved since the beta. glad to see the devs listened to everyone who were upset about the voices in the beta
The original Athena sounded more ethereal, maybe it is just nostalgia.. It still isn't a game changer but I have always thought it is pretty bizarre when games/media do the half ***** approach and have an accented voice actor/actor but don't just go all the way and have them speak in the actual language with English subtitles. Right? Just have English ethereal voice in English version...
Very nice! I am happy for you. I won't play the game, but I can feel the nostalgia just looking at your happy face. I have the same nostalgia right now. Maybe in some future I'll try it.
That arkantos voice doesn't sound bad, but his animation of hitting feels like a hollywood actor swinging a spear rather than a heroic warrior swinging the spear it just feels so weightless an perfunctory. I'm not a big fan of the thick accents and lack of effects in the voices like the new athena sounds like someone talking to mic while the old one sounds like someone spiritual talking to you in a dream.
I have to say that they changed Arkantos's voice in Retold, his old Retold voice was PURE GARBAGE! This one is much better! Nothing tops the original though! And no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, would replace Carole Ruggier as Athena! She's Athena is the original Age of Mythology AND God of War! You can say that she was BORN to play Athena!
@@MarkusHauthaler The official ones are already out, and they are bad. The first voices from the first gameplay showcases were placeholders, but they already showed the new ones and they are pretty bad compared to the original ones. They have Arkantos forcing a greek accent.
I think remasters should brush up the graphics, and add quality of life improvements to gameplay.. but, I think nostalgia is closely tied to the voice lines.
i Think AoE2 took off . first because it was launched at the right time of PC home usage and internet boom. Second AoE2 diffe for M and even 3 because those have far more differences per Civilization and that adds much more complexity. AoE2 its a RTS complex but right on the treshold of dificulty. While on AoE3 you need to build card decks. control points on the maps. choose different Age up bonus. AoM its the same choose different Age up bonus. gods gameplay vary much.
Titans are in Retold. They actually work quite similar to God powers - after building a Titan, there is a cooldown until you can build one again, and Wonder age increases stats for the Titan, and decreases the cooldown period.
One major advantage Age of Mythology Retold had over Warcraft 3 Reforged, they redid the Cutscenes and used different perspectives and they felt more "Cinematic". So much for that mind blowing Reforged Cutscene. lol
@@Klautsche Nope, Viper didn't build one here. :D You research "Secrets of the Titans" in the Town Center and then build a Titan Gate to spawn one. It costs 600 Wood, Food, Gold and 50 Favor
sweet!! 100% gonna buy this.. one of the few games i played that actually exceeded my expectations by far. AoE rocked my world (wasn't hard since i was like 9). in my early teens i've been looking for something similair.. discovered empire earth wich was pretty sick a good runner up but then i discovered AoE but with monsters.. and it was over. This is it!!
*Sliding horse. "I'll let that one slide for now" LOL
LOLO
you can see he wanted to laugh at his own joke xD
12:21 god-tier pun indeed 😅
I missed that, thank you. It was actually hilarious xD
17:54 lmfao
Top comment!
Idd
20:48 Village Centers are a new Retold-thing. They didn't exist in either og aom/titans or EE.
Age of Mythology is a classic, you should also check out Age of Empires, another classic game by Ensemble Studios.
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Yeah, he definitely haven't played that
yeap, Viper would love to try Age of Empires and play his 50000'th game of it .
The original Age of Mythology used to have over 10k players at its peak!
The game slowly died off over time as the ESO server was not maintained at the level it needed, there was a lot of bug abuse, map hacks, drop tricking for points and even "Ajax spawns" - The spawn hack used to still cost resources but the campaign Ajax was free, so they could spawn like 50 of them at the start of the game lol.
Up until the release of Retold, there were still a good 300ish dedicated players in Voobly, as well as a lot of split gamers in other streams such as Gameranger.
12:16 "I'll let that one slide for now" xD
I don't know if he intended that but still funny
Most important one is that the population gain is giving you MAX population. If you have 3 settlements the enemy 2 you have 15 more MAX population than the enemy
Tf you mean
@@RizZRizZ- You cannot build houses in AoM past a certain point, which leads you to a max pop of 100 (let's say that). So both players can just build 100 units. If you build a Town Center on a settlement, you gain +15 max population. So the player which have that extra TC can now build 115 units while his opponent stays at 100 units.
@@Agachack yeah, wasn’t it likes this since forever?
@@RizZRizZ- Sort of, it doesn't really change how houses work, but it does for TCs. They always added max pop when now it's not the TC itself but the settlement.
You may choose a better TC location at the cost of max pop, if it makes sense for the match.
@@gagegogo so now every settlement gives different max pop?
12:15 I'll let that one slide is such a good joke :D
glad to see it's still an age game lmao
He's just drafting, it's a race car thing 😂
😂
They fixed the Arkantos voice since the beta it seems - thank the Gods!
which one
is it the original again for all languages again? O_O
Hades' TC with 15 Sentinels around it, lol
Athena in the new game sounds just like any other human. In the original it sounded more godlike, like her voice was coming from outside the mortal world. I suppose they did something to the sound in the original to make it so.
25:39 basically both AOM and AOM:X had a big problem with release dates. If I recall correctly, AOM launched very close to Warcraft 3 and AOMX launched close to a blizzard expansion of some sort so the sales suffered as a result.
why do i see a new aom ? XD holy my childhood using the editor to make big wars ....
edit: 17:53 LMFAO - Hera ? uuuuh .... XDDDDDDDDDDDDD, also seeing a AOM tournament would be so cool to see professionals play and see what they can do and ofc. having fun with it, think in terms of an RTS its alot of fun to play
Redbull wololo is hosting a AOM tournament too!!
1:28 The Freyr pack is included in the Premium version, along with the first 2 expansions and the old god portraits.
Athena voice is better on the original tough.
Yeah I don't like that fake greek/hispanic accent they gave her. In the original she sounds majestic.
@@abstractfactory8068 I'm sure someone will mod her older voice in the new game.
12:58 and was in AoE 3 in 2005. This feature has been part of the design in the 'family' for quite some time, and it's a super fun layer of customizability and added depth.
AoM was released before AoE 3 though!
They definitely improved the campaign voices compared to the Beta version. The Beta version of Arkantos sounded terrible.
He was smirking when talking about the ladder because his smurf account has been dominating multiplayer so far
What’s his Smurf name
@@jameslindsay2950 'not-theViper'
I loved the original AOM from 2002, and even bought the HD version a few years back with widescreen support and some remastering, but this new one is amazing and takes it to a new level.
Can't wait for more AoM content from you! :OOO Your campaign playthrough was golden, would love to see some games between you and other AoE2 pros aswell.
I’m glad they kept the music. I may get to upgrade.
19:10 everything is improved indeed
I wish AoE4 would have proper arrows, flight arcs and non homing projectiles.
They also made the massive UI at the top smaller. Kudos to the developers for actually listening to feedback only a few weeks before release, rare these days.
What i really want to see again, are corpses/blood and slowly decaying rather than sinking into the ground.
I think those different displays of costs of god powers are because the actual cost is not an integer (whole number) and one display is rounded up and one is rounded down for some reason.
At least I've seen many visualisations of technologies where this was the case and I've personally accidentaly did that a few times too.
2:35 new poseidon looking sexy
12:22 "I'll let that one slide for now" XD
The dad jokes are kicking in.
I have to agree with the ones complaining about the voice acting especially for Athena she sounds way to "modern" in her voice if that makes sense I've heard they are going to address the voice acting before release so they might fix that. But it's also one of those things that never needed to be improved for a remake so it's a strange decision to even make new voice acting.
I hope they have a Sun-Tzu campaign equivalent just for the giggles
Probably, when they release the Chinese Rework
@@icetina117 some things ain't worth saving, the Chinese civ and campaign probably being one of them.
It would have to be implemented much better.
@@et34t34fdfif it's a rework from the ground up it can be saved.
@@lukasr1166 Could be, or as some others have suggested in the past, how about the Aztecs? The groundwork is already there, modders essentially made the civ already.
Age of Mythology and Rise of Nations were my favorite RTS games growing up!! Throw in a little Command and Conquer: Generals and Halo Wars for some spice, and youve got hours and hours and hours of fun!
12:20 "I'll let that one slide for now"
Well, he clearly doesn't need your permission 11
I love how Viper did the exact same thing I did when I played for the first time in decades, make hydras and have them destroy a city.
The music in Age Of mythology is epic...ah the memories
The destruction physics is just WOW!
Prostagma is back! The most awaited game of the year for me, cant await to play this beautiful game
I will watch your series about age of mythology: Retold, but only if you sing along in every intro xD
Agreed!
28:36 Athena's voice is really bad. But you see her only couple of times. I like Arcantos voice. It's not as good as original one but still not bad.
They changed it back to the original voice actor.
They got the original Arkantos VA back after complaints
All the new voices are baaaaaaad.
I understood what they were going for but there is a reason they got Gerald Butler to play King Leonidous back in the day. He might not have been “authentic” but he could act less act.
They should've brought back the og VAs from the start and just told them to give their deliveries in a greek accent and everything would've been fine.
Mods have come out, and more will, to place back the old voices, so it will be fine.
6:06 - and enable Ray Tracing (which you didn't xD)
This game is amazing and tons of expansions coming!
2:48 Viper God of the Sea
The wonder age addition looks SICK
That Hera discovery moment, and silent pause, was legendary.
You should try Stars Galactic Battleground Saga. Age of empires meets star wars. It can get kind of wild especially with the addition of flying elements
Hey Orjan, how is Marco (Jordan) doing? Havent heard from him a long time. Will he play AoE2 competitions again?
17:28 Hydra fight upcoming 🎉
I freaking love the game and the fact that there are 3 campaigns is awesome
Lol did not expect the Hera PTSD... nice touch. Glad you enjoyed it! Hopefully it gets good marketing and player reception, as I personally think devs have been putting passion into this release (even if it needs more refinement).
00:00 - instant nostalgy goosebumb
the voices for the campaigns seem to have improved since the beta. glad to see the devs listened to everyone who were upset about the voices in the beta
4:08 Anubites are 9 feet tall!?
They are praying to get the faith... this game is beautiful. As a lifelong fan of AoE2, I gotta try this out
Have they changed the God portraits too?
Sadly this is a remake and I hoped for at least a new proper campaign with it after that many years.
I think they brought the old voice actor back after the complaints
The original Athena sounded more ethereal, maybe it is just nostalgia.. It still isn't a game changer but I have always thought it is pretty bizarre when games/media do the half ***** approach and have an accented voice actor/actor but don't just go all the way and have them speak in the actual language with English subtitles. Right? Just have English ethereal voice in English version...
Fuck yes you and Hera should enter the Tournament also play against IAmMagic
I'm calling it, as Greeks the meta will be sniping the enemy scout asap
15:20 that satisfaction smile made my day
Thx Viper to play this game, we love aom and the retold version look good.
advanced access starts in 8 hours only, but TheViper is here with a gameplay video already.
what a legend
Very nice! I am happy for you. I won't play the game, but I can feel the nostalgia just looking at your happy face. I have the same nostalgia right now. Maybe in some future I'll try it.
I played a little of the beta, it really was a lot of fun . Some questionable choices here and there, but they got the feel right on.
I tried the console demo at Gamescom. It was really weird. But the waiting time was way shorter than for PC
LETS GO! HOPE YOU GIVE PRO AOM A GO !!
first mod to download, the old voiceovers. so worth it
Does anyone know if you'll be able to play with a friend and just play together against the AI? not sure how the Co Op works in this game.
That arkantos voice doesn't sound bad, but his animation of hitting feels like a hollywood actor swinging a spear rather than a heroic warrior swinging the spear it just feels so weightless an perfunctory. I'm not a big fan of the thick accents and lack of effects in the voices like the new athena sounds like someone talking to mic while the old one sounds like someone spiritual talking to you in a dream.
Thanks for the summary in the title (it was descriptive)
Multiplayer looks sick at least but I’m still upset they bungled the voice lines for the campaign so badly
I have to say that they changed Arkantos's voice in Retold, his old Retold voice was PURE GARBAGE! This one is much better!
Nothing tops the original though!
And no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, would replace Carole Ruggier as Athena!
She's Athena is the original Age of Mythology AND God of War! You can say that she was BORN to play Athena!
It was Beta. Chill
@@MarkusHauthaler The official ones are already out, and they are bad. The first voices from the first gameplay showcases were placeholders, but they already showed the new ones and they are pretty bad compared to the original ones. They have Arkantos forcing a greek accent.
@@MateusVIII They changed some of the voice work for the full release; Arkantos sounds like the old one now.
I think remasters should brush up the graphics, and add quality of life improvements to gameplay.. but, I think nostalgia is closely tied to the voice lines.
Game of my childhood.
11 Herakels! Yup, Hera kells sneks especially in tourney finals.
i Think AoE2 took off . first because it was launched at the right time of PC home usage and internet boom. Second AoE2 diffe for M and even 3 because those have far more differences per Civilization and that adds much more complexity. AoE2 its a RTS complex but right on the treshold of dificulty. While on AoE3 you need to build card decks. control points on the maps. choose different Age up bonus. AoM its the same choose different Age up bonus. gods gameplay vary much.
That Hera joke was amazing lmao
First time I've heard someone pronounce the name correctly 1:15
It's not that haRRRd to RRRRoll the RRR
I can't roll Rs 😢
@@liambishop9888 It's odd to me that some can't do that. Try relaxing the tip of tounge on your palate and blowing air. Hope that helps.
I am pretty sure i could re-use my godpowers in the old age of mythology as well.
This looks very similar to AOE 3
It's made using the same game engine as AoE3DE.
graphics looks too blurry... they should make it more crisp.... with less lighting
I'm curious, Age 5 used to be the Titan Age.
Since they've replaced it with the Wonder Age, does that mean that Titans aren't in Retold?
The Titans are still in Retold. I think it's just a name change.
Titans are in Retold. They actually work quite similar to God powers - after building a Titan, there is a cooldown until you can build one again, and Wonder age increases stats for the Titan, and decreases the cooldown period.
One major advantage Age of Mythology Retold had over Warcraft 3 Reforged, they redid the Cutscenes and used different perspectives and they felt more "Cinematic".
So much for that mind blowing Reforged Cutscene. lol
I see a very promising future for the AOM.
never played AoM but can't you make a Titan or something huge in the wonder Age?
You can make Titans in the 4th Age. Wonder Age allows you to build new Titans every 10 minutes.
@@FloosWorld_AoE alright thanks! Did he have a titan there? Where do you make them and are they like super expensive or something?
@@Klautsche Nope, Viper didn't build one here. :D You research "Secrets of the Titans" in the Town Center and then build a Titan Gate to spawn one. It costs 600 Wood, Food, Gold and 50 Favor
As soon as you install the game, you can install the original voices mod
that's how you do a remake
Viper not selecting Hera being the most Viper thing haha.
huh...looks like the cost of using the lightning bolt went up after each use as well (by 5)... I like that.
Correct. He said as much at the beginning but I think it’s a good way of balancing it.
Let's gooo!! I've been waiting to see some aoe 2 pros checking out AoM: Retold. 🥳
Can't wait to watch multilayer matches
Viper! Can you try to play an Egyptian skirmish and see if Priests are still overpowered in groups of 5+? (From the beta) Great vid! I love AOM.
I was not hyped for aoe4, but I'm hyped for this, even though i never played it before
Oh they changed the art! That's a lot better! Although I'll still need to see a closer look
12:23 Let that one slide.. pun intended?
Original voice acting is much better, for Athena especially. New Arkantos is passable.
Does it have an Active Pause?
Learn screen is spirit of the law's paradise
I wasn't impressed with Age 4, but this looks great and feels really good. I like the mechanics and the focus on strats and aggression
still cant zoom out far enough like aoe2 i think?
Yay AOM is always welcome
Prostagma
Coop missions?
prostagma
Did they put treaty mode in online games?
sweet!! 100% gonna buy this.. one of the few games i played that actually exceeded my expectations by far. AoE rocked my world (wasn't hard since i was like 9). in my early teens i've been looking for something similair.. discovered empire earth wich was pretty sick a good runner up but then i discovered AoE but with monsters.. and it was over. This is it!!
Thank you viper🎉🎉