Talk:Age of Mythology

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[edit] Campaign

I was wondering if someone with more memory than I could exlplain the campaign section why Poseidon favors Garagrensis. I think it had something to do with being his son? If someone doesnt, Ill go and play it again, but I'd rather not.I  (said) (did) 21:54, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Sorry for the last response here. I don't think it's because of a relation of any kind, if I recall correctly it was just because Poseiden didn't like Atlantis, and kinda defaulted towards its enemy; Gargarensis. But by all means, play it again anyway :D Giggy UCP 06:48, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
Actually, Poseidon was the principal god of Atlantis in AoM's storyline. Gargarensis's great-grandmother was "seduced" (raped?) by Poseidon, which angered Gargarensis, and rather than seeking revenge he only wanted Poseidon to help him become a god. Since Poseidon had already been tempted by Kronos into betraying the Olympians, Kronos promised Gargarensis that he would become a god if the Titan was freed by him, and that Poseidon would help him along the way as their goals were the same. Poseidon couldn't just free Kronos by himself, BTW, since the gods were prevented from opening the gates that sealed the Titans in Tartarus. Hope this helps. :) 70.146.31.251 18:07, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
Ah. I knew it was something like that! Thanks much. Feel free to add that into the campaign portion of the article. i said 18:09, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
You do it, I, it was your question :P Giggy Talk 22:33, 8 August 2007 (UTC)


I have completed the campaign several times, and I heard nothing of Gargarensis's great-grandmother. Where did you learn this? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.141.13.187 (talk) 04:31:58, August 19, 2007 (UTC)

It is in the description. Click on Gargarensis, then right-click his icon. In the infobox, you will find all your answers. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.42.180.114 (talk) 18:32, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Deleted track listing

I deleted the soundtrack's track listing because I thought it was non-notable information, and only people who already have the soundtrack will even know which songs are which. Not very useful. - furrykef (Talk at me) 22:32, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

Track listings are maintained for all soundtracks and album pages, as they are considered notable to the soundtrack/album. I'll try and find some policy or something concerning that. Dihydrogen Monoxide (H2O) 23:15, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
The soundtrack received many great reviews and a lot of different artists featured on it. Just for the record, notability only applies to article topics, and not the content itself. I suggest you re-read WP:N. Sebi [talk] 23:23, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
Sebi -- point taken. Dihydrogen Monoxide -- there's the saying "a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds". In other words, just because other soundtracks do it doesn't mean it's the right choice here. What does the track listing bring to the article? What does it tell the reader? I still don't think the track listing has any use at all unless you already have the album, in which case you don't need it. - furrykef (Talk at me) 02:15, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Link: Age of Mythology Heaven

Added link to Age of Mythology heaven. It has loads more info than can ever be described on one wiki page. Also, is a place to go for support for the game, as developers have abandoned it. James 02:05, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

Removed it. Per WP:EL, links to fansites are rarely needed, especially when the article is well referenced in its own right. Dihydrogen Monoxide (H2O) 08:09, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Age of Mythology experiment

Some Austrian scientists have used Age of Mythology in an AI experiment (slides, summary). Perhaps it could be mentioned in the article. JACOPLANE • 2007-10-9 18:00

Ooh, nice find. Thanks Jacoplane :) Dihydrogen Monoxide (H2O) 06:50, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Featured Article.

Congratulations to Dihydrogen Monoxide, and everyone else who helped with this article. :) · AndonicO Talk 12:14, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Aww, thanks mate. You didn't do too bad yourself. Dihydrogen Monoxide (H2O) 07:39, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
Thank you. · AndonicO Talk 11:54, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Lazer Bear, Bella, Flying Purple Hippo, Fork Boy, etc.

There is nothing concerning the cheat units of AoM anywhere on Wikipedia. They are notable, and some of them (Lazer Bear in particular) have very interesting descriptions.

As Wikipedia is not a game guide, we don't cover cheats etc. around here. Sorry, Dihydrogen Monoxide ♫ 08:01, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
I said the cheat UNITS, not the codes used to obtain them. Also, under further research, I have found that Wikipedia does not cover the AOEIII cheat units either. 67.42.180.114 03:03, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
Units, cheats, same diff. We don't cover any of them - we're not a game guide, with the broadest possible definition. Dihydrogen Monoxide ♫ 06:21, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Picture

Is it perhaps worth menioning that the civilisation in the picture (the one with the town centre, three villagers etc) is the Greek civilisation as people who have never played the game would not know. TheTrojanHought (talk) 12:12, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

Done. [1] Dihydrogen Monoxide (party) 00:30, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Board Game

This article needs something (or maybe it deserves it's own article) on the Board game version: [[2]] Just found it today, never knew it existed! --dotDarkCloud (talk) 18:32, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

You can create a new article if you like...the board game isn't that notable though. Not sure if it's worth mentioning (can you find more than one source?) dihydrogen monoxide (H20) 01:00, 8 March 2008 (UTC)