u/Aiseadai

(Yes I just finished the game so I'm slightly spamming the sub since I'm kinda obsessed right now)

I searched the sub but couldn't find anyone talking about them so I thought maybe a lot of you aren't familiar with them.

While playing the game I kept thinking about all the similarities. The magical girl from an ancient civilisation coming from the sky on a quest carrying a magical item. The magic stone that awakens ancient warmachines resembling giant beats. The empire seeking to use these war machines. These machines having destroyed the world in the distant past. A focus on traveling through the air with airships and airpirates. A forgotten floating continent that once houses an advanced civilisation. There's way too many to name. Obviously these movies didn't invent any of these tropes, but the way they all come together I'd be very shocked if they weren't a major influence during development.

Have you seen them and if so do you think there's a connection? And if you haven't seen them, enjoy some of the best movies ever made 😄

I just got the Delphinus which seems to be about the halfway point and I'm really enjoying it! (I'm playing Legends on the GC)

The initial experience is pretty bad though. The world map navigation is really clunky and confusing. The first dungeon has to be one of the worst introductions to an RPG I've seen. What an RPG should generally do is first explain the combat system to you and then make you go through an easy dungeon so you can get a handle on the mechanics. In this however the first dungeon is by far the hardest dungeon in the entire game. Literally the very first random encounter I had was against these robot enemies that easily wiped my entire part out in a few hits, then one of the next fights I got into was against this giant fish enemy that felt like a boss fight since it had a lot of HP and had a multi target attack. Have mercy on a new player! At this point you have only 2 party members, almost no useful skills and are new to the combat system. After that you go to the Valuan Capital and it got better, but I still wasn't that invested. I was considering dropping the game since I didn't want to continue playing a 50 hour RPG that didn't seem like my thing. It's when I got to Nasr that it all suddenly clicked with me and it felt like the game really started with everything before then being the intro.

This game just screams adventure! Sailing through the skies exploring different continents. The story is fairly simple: Good guys, bad guys, evil empire, collect the mcguffins. But I like that, the game is clearly going for a more classic adventure story with highly expressive characters and optimistic main characters who don't have time for moping around. The adventurous music only reinforces that vibe, I especially enjoy the theme music of Horteka. Actually all the villages are fun to explore. The characters are fun, I love Vyse's and Aika's friendship. The dungeons are progressively getting more complex, gotta love puzzle dungeons. The gigas are cool, I like how Grendel is just straight up a God Warrior from Nausicaa. Just a great adventure all around, not sure how else to say it. I'm excited to see where the game takes me next, especially now that with the Delphinus it seems like another chapter has started.

The combat system is still the weakest point though. Magic seems kinda useless compared to the far superior S Moves. The elemental system feels tacked on, it doesn't add to the strategic depth at all and nothing would have changed if it hadn't been included. Juggling focus points can be fun though.

You guys seem to enjoy it when a new person discovers on of your favourite niche games so I figured I'd make a post here sharing my thoughts from the perspective of someone who has no history with this game whatsoever. Anyway, back to playing the game!

I've been playing this game since I was a kid in 2002 so its sound effects are burned into my brain. Especially the thunder strike and cow sound effect I'm always hearing in movies and tv shows. Anyone else who finds themselves going "Hey, that's from Age of Mythology!" every so often?

Hey everyone!

I play D&D and I thought it would be fun to immersive myself more in the setting. (Our campaign takes place in the Forgotten Realms setting, so I guess that's my preference but any is fine) The problem is that there's approximately 5 gorillian D&D books and I have no idea which ones are any good. I'm not expecting anything life changing, I'm just looking for a fun fantasy adventure romp. Has anyone here read any and which ones would you recommend?

"Dagon was created to be a prince of good, and was imbued with Oblivion's most precious asset, hope. The Prince began a revolution, "threw down Lyg", and "cracked his face" He let the lowly slaves know free will, and stirred them to violence against their masters. His "red legion" overthrew the tyrant dreughs, toppled the towers of CHIM-EL GHARJYG, destroyed great cities, and slaughtered the templars of the Upstart. Hope spread like a "brush-fire" as the world was set Free, hence his title of the Sea's Flame Redeemer."

He is the god of revolution, liberator of slaves and overthrows the monarchy in Oblivion (even if another monarchy replaces it.) Not perfect by any means obviously but better than the aedra which exist to uphold the empire.

The Mythic Dawn are wack though.