


Quite what the Tale of the Dragon will involve, we don't know at this point. An island of unexpected continuity within the sea of uncertainty. In this digital age, I half-expect all of my games to vanish overnight because somebody mucked up a licensing agreement, so the ongoing development and expansion of the Age series is a pleasing occurrence. I find the idea of games receiving updates and additions more than a decade after release reassuring.

It's oddly, lackadaisically-paced compared to today's gogogo real-time strategy, though you can very much see the seeds of the intensive multi-tasking that has increasingly come to the fore." "It's a happy mix of good, old-fashioned, getting-on-with-it building and surprisingly large-scale battles with varied armies. Thirteen years since the original release and twelve years since the previous expansion, Titans, this announcement marks a New Age of Mythology, although presumably with fewer crystals and astrological cycles.Īlec enjoyed his time with Age of Mythology: Extended Edition, up to a point: Not content with creating a new expansion for Age of Empires 2 HD, developers Forgotten Empires have announced that they'll be releasing Tale of the Dragon, a Chinese mythology-themed expansion for the Extended Edition of Age of Mythology.
