09-19-2005, 07:05 AM
Myth: The Fallen Lords, and Myth II: Soulblighter. Myth III is also worth picking up (all three games are availabe cheap if you can still find them), but doesn't have nearly the lure of the first two.
Tough to get into, due mostly to the very different camera angle. For those who haven't played them, Myth looks at first glance like a warcraft style game, but with several major differences. First and foremost, you can never construct buildings or train new units - you use what you've got and that's it. Secondly, combat is far more realistic than warcraft - archers miss and can hit your own units if you're not careful; units struck must 'recover' before being able to strike back; explosions hurt your own troops as well as the enemy; units who have survived several levels and picked up a few kills become faster and more accurate. Finally, while the first two games use 2 D sprites for the units, the environment is fully 3D and the camera can orbit, turn and zoom freely.
The thing that really proves to me how amazing this game is has always been the community. Nearly a decade after Bungie stopped supporting the series, there have been several major patches - giving the game support for modern graphics cards and operating systems, for example, as well as significant improvemnts to gameplay and bugfixes. New maps are released constantly by the community, and several dedicated, free servers exist - again, long after the official Bungie servers were shut down.
The single player missions are challenging, varried and fun; the multiplayer experience is even better. Multiplayer games can range from Body Count (most damage wins) to Territories (control the most of a number of flags scattered throughout the map after time expires) to Hunting (kill as much wildlife as possible - including some maps featuring exploding deer).
Playmyth.net is the site for the largest of the multiplayer servers, and has links to download the updates to all three games. I highly recomend checking it out if you can find the games.
gekko
Tough to get into, due mostly to the very different camera angle. For those who haven't played them, Myth looks at first glance like a warcraft style game, but with several major differences. First and foremost, you can never construct buildings or train new units - you use what you've got and that's it. Secondly, combat is far more realistic than warcraft - archers miss and can hit your own units if you're not careful; units struck must 'recover' before being able to strike back; explosions hurt your own troops as well as the enemy; units who have survived several levels and picked up a few kills become faster and more accurate. Finally, while the first two games use 2 D sprites for the units, the environment is fully 3D and the camera can orbit, turn and zoom freely.
The thing that really proves to me how amazing this game is has always been the community. Nearly a decade after Bungie stopped supporting the series, there have been several major patches - giving the game support for modern graphics cards and operating systems, for example, as well as significant improvemnts to gameplay and bugfixes. New maps are released constantly by the community, and several dedicated, free servers exist - again, long after the official Bungie servers were shut down.
The single player missions are challenging, varried and fun; the multiplayer experience is even better. Multiplayer games can range from Body Count (most damage wins) to Territories (control the most of a number of flags scattered throughout the map after time expires) to Hunting (kill as much wildlife as possible - including some maps featuring exploding deer).
Playmyth.net is the site for the largest of the multiplayer servers, and has links to download the updates to all three games. I highly recomend checking it out if you can find the games.
gekko
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-Michael Ventura, "Letters@3AM"