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Ensemble Studios has long since made a name for itself with its
extremely popular Age of Empires series of real-time strategy
games, so the company's latest game, Age of Mythology, seems
risky. Not only is this the first Ensemble product to feature a
fully 3D graphics engine, but it's also the first to stray from
the purely historical context of Age of Empires and delve into
fiction. In the game, you'll still find the sort of realistic
armies of cavalry, spearmen, and archers you'd find in Age of
Empires, but they'll be fighting alongside the likes of medusas,
minotaurs, sphinxes, mummies, frost giants, trolls, and more. So
don't expect Age of Mythology to help you ace any history tests.
And yet, much like with the Age of Empires games, you still
could easily end up learning a thing or two while playing Age of
Mythology. While the game may not be a simulation of any battles
that ever actually took place, it offers great insight into
three core histor