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Raithed
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
China7078 Posts
April 03 2009 00:03 GMT
#1
so recently a friend got me into AoM, he keeps talking about the game is balanced and is good and well, i decided to try it. honestly, im not one to complain about graphics but HOLY HELL, its a bitch to see your units. ctrl # works but what about shift attack and whatnot? gah. and whoever has played this game, dont you find it hard to even MICRO your units? anyone played it/tried it?

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Elric
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United Kingdom1327 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-04-03 00:34:50
April 03 2009 00:28 GMT
#2
AoM was pretty awesome until the expansion came... (They introduced super units for each race called Titans... kind of as imba as the Terratron... the only way to kill it is with another Titan basically)...

Its like SC in the way that there are three distinct races which are pretty balanced. The playstyles aren't as crazily different as SC's but there are further sub-races to choose from to make play more varied...

Sadly, AoM was destined to be completely fucked from the start... This was because it came with AoM's version of Battle.net called ESO. (Ensemble Studios Online). This was the biggest piece of multiplayer match-up software shit I have ever seen. Seriously. Incredibly retarded and clunky interface, terrible friends system... match up was horrible... it was actually a huge step back from AoE2 (predecessor to AoM)'s web-based match up system.

Being an AoE style game, I liked AoM for its clear rock-paper-scissors system.. (hard counters if you like). E.g. Archers > Spearmen > Knights > Archers

What I found impressive tho was they had an extra dimension of rock-paper-scissors by introducing hero units (not like w3 they dont level up) and 'myth' units.
So on top of the basic counter system, you have:
Normal units (value-wise) > heroes > myth units > normal units

I really liked the universe of AoM and its my personal favourite out of all the AoEs... although having said that SC is superior ofc!

@OP.. If you're any good at SC (which I'm not).. I imagine you can dominate normal players after a couple of weeks. You just need to learn what counters what and the tech tree. Good luck finding any decent games tho.
Atrioc
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States1865 Posts
April 03 2009 00:29 GMT
#3
yeah i own it

it was fun i guess?
I always beat my friends by playing greeks and massing collossus but if your friend is talking about balance then he is probably more advanced in the game than i was
Writerman what
Raithed
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
China7078 Posts
April 03 2009 00:50 GMT
#4
im playing the titan but basically when you "summon" a titan, one, it takes forever to build. and two, doesnt it ping when youre building a titan so basically its like OMFG KILL HIM NOW.
dragonmax
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States131 Posts
April 03 2009 00:55 GMT
#5
titans are a bitch to kill but they need like 100 heros to kill one
freelander
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
Hungary4707 Posts
April 03 2009 01:01 GMT
#6
CROCODILES WITH LAZER
PEW PEW
And all is illuminated.
MONSTEr2
Profile Joined February 2009
United States43 Posts
April 03 2009 01:18 GMT
#7
its pretty fun agesanutary.com is the main site to look at for help isis is pretty lame with her 742 hp war elephants
Fontong
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States6454 Posts
April 03 2009 02:34 GMT
#8
On April 03 2009 10:01 freelander wrote:
CROCODILES WITH LAZER
PEW PEW

ya massing those is the shit
[SECRET FONT] "Dragoon bunker"
rredtooth
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
5459 Posts
April 03 2009 02:36 GMT
#9
On April 03 2009 10:01 freelander wrote:
CROCODILES WITH LAZER
PEW PEW

dude. type 'o canada' and you get super fast bears with canadian flag capes and whole monkeys for hands and shoot lazerz out of your eyes. its a cheat of course. but man was it fun. and anubis (anubi plural?) are the coolest things ever.
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GGQ
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Canada2653 Posts
April 03 2009 02:46 GMT
#10
When you are good at the game it's mostly a macrofest. It's fun game though
Drium
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States888 Posts
April 03 2009 03:00 GMT
#11
I loved using cheats in single player AoM. Making swarms of monkeys and flying hippos and shit.
KwanROLLLLLLLED
SilverSkyLark
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Philippines8437 Posts
April 03 2009 05:26 GMT
#12
I never microed my units, haha. Lol I can't imagine the Greeks and Romans microing themselves during wars. Most of the time I A-move and steamroll the opponent but if they got those kick ass myth units I retreat.

It's also fun when there's a Titan slugfest.
"If i lost an arm, I would play w3." -IntoTheWow || "Member of Hyuk Hyuk Hyuk cafe. He's the next Jaedong, baby!"
d(O.o)a
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Canada5066 Posts
April 03 2009 05:42 GMT
#13
On April 03 2009 11:36 redtooth wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 03 2009 10:01 freelander wrote:
CROCODILES WITH LAZER
PEW PEW

dude. type 'o canada' and you get super fast bears with canadian flag capes and whole monkeys for hands and shoot lazerz out of your eyes. its a cheat of course. but man was it fun. and anubis (anubi plural?) are the coolest things ever.


Joke? Anubis is an egyption god.
Hi.
McCrank
Profile Joined March 2008
204 Posts
April 03 2009 06:44 GMT
#14
Played it when it came out. Owned all my friends at it. Man that's a long time ago.
mrgerry
Profile Joined September 2008
United States1508 Posts
April 03 2009 06:58 GMT
#15
I recall wasting way too much time creating epic battles in the map editor. Good game =)
SilverSkyLark
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Philippines8437 Posts
April 03 2009 07:49 GMT
#16
I remember doing ghost busters with that game..

There's an Egyptian unit that strikes lightning with his staff and a group of those looks like ghost busters in Egyptian clothes.
"If i lost an arm, I would play w3." -IntoTheWow || "Member of Hyuk Hyuk Hyuk cafe. He's the next Jaedong, baby!"
Zoler
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Sweden6339 Posts
April 03 2009 12:28 GMT
#17
On April 03 2009 14:42 d(O.o)a wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 03 2009 11:36 redtooth wrote:
On April 03 2009 10:01 freelander wrote:
CROCODILES WITH LAZER
PEW PEW

dude. type 'o canada' and you get super fast bears with canadian flag capes and whole monkeys for hands and shoot lazerz out of your eyes. its a cheat of course. but man was it fun. and anubis (anubi plural?) are the coolest things ever.


Joke? Anubis is an egyption god.


It's an american
Lim Yo Hwan forever!
disciple
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
9070 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-04-03 12:40:30
April 03 2009 12:35 GMT
#18
The game was great, and as somebody already pointed the expansion totally screwed it up. I found it quite balanced as well, but the vikings were harder to play due to their odd mana mechanics, they remind me of the zerg in some way. And yeah, basically just like AoE 2 the game becomes a macrofest at some point
But unlike AoE where it comes to taking out your opponents in the 3rd age with the Huns, AoM is quite suitable for long games. I think both of them are more fun to play in 2v2 or 3v3
Administrator"I'm a big deal." - ixmike88
KlaCkoN
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Sweden1661 Posts
April 03 2009 12:54 GMT
#19
It's a fairly good game, albeit it's been more or less dead since aoe3 came out. The expansion is better in my oppinion.
Isis is way overpowered at high levels (in the original as well afaik), below that anything goes even though the atlatian guy who starts with "O" (Oros??, don't remember) is by far the easiest dude to start with.
Odin might suit you if you like muta harass in bw, iirc it's just mass light cav with one valkyrie throught midgame, harass like a madman.
Micro comes with practice, there is always stuff to micro if you have the apm to spare, building/balancing ecconomy is the most important thing though.
"Voice or no voice the people can always be brought to the bidding of their leaders ... All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger."
Raithed
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
China7078 Posts
April 03 2009 17:11 GMT
#20
apm isnt hard because its so weird, the units are so skinny/tight that its hard to actually manage them, like theres no 12player thing, theres just a stack of them together.
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