This game is rated ESRB: Everyone 10+ for Mild Violence.
Age of Empires: Mythologies is a turn-based strategy game developed by Griptonite Games for the Nintendo DS, released in 2008. Built on the engine powering Age of Empires: Age of Kings, it translates the mythological Age of Empires framework into a portable, grid-based format. Players command one of three civilizations — Egyptian, Greek, or Norse — guiding their forces through a fantasy setting populated by legendary monsters, powerful heroes, and divine entities. Core gameplay involves assembling armies, claiming territory, and progressing through three distinct technological ages, each unlocking new unit types and abilities. A notable mechanic allows players to invoke god powers such as lightning storms, earthquakes, and plagues to turn the tide of battle. The game features a campaign built around the destinies of its three cultures alongside multiplayer support, contributing to considerable replayability.
Like the original Age of Mythology, there are three civilizations available – Greek, Egyptian and Norse – each with their own unique units, buildings, powers and method of obtaining favor. Each has three "major gods" to choose from before each game – Zeus, Hades and Poseidon for the Greeks; Ra, Isis and Set for the Egyptians, and Odin, Thor and Loki for the Norse. Additionally, each has "minor gods" to select from every time the player advances an age, with all deities granting the player unique technologies, perks, myth units and God powers that are used to damage or benefit players. There are three types of base unit – humans, heroes and myth units, the latter two being mythical figures or creatures from the historical civilization's mythology and legends. A rock-paper-scissors model governs which units are best suited against others; for example, humans are good against heroes but weak against myth units. Every unit also has a sub-category such as heavy infantry or archers, again with each being better suited against certain others. Human units include hoplites or chariot archers, heroes include Odysseus and Ramesses, and myth units include Cyclopes and giants. The Campaign is divided into 8 scenarios for all three civilizations, set into separate campaigns, the first one, the Egyptian one focuses of Hatshepsut and her father Thutmose defeating Set's son Setekh, after investigating bandit raids near Memphis.
