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'''''Age of Mythology''''' is a spin-off from the ''[[Age of Empires]]'' series. It had similar town-building structure, and similar units, but veered away from the traditional realism of the ''Age of Empires'' series. Rather, it was based in ancient Earth, where there were real Gods, and followed consistent, original storylines through characters and in-game cinematics. Also, while it shared some Tropes with ''[[Age of Empires]]'', it contained many which weren't applicable to the mother series.
The plot of the original game follows Arkantos, an Atlantean Admiral who battled monsters in his time but is getting old, and since no one's really attacking Atlantis, he doesn't have much to do. That is, until Atlantis is attacked by strange monsters and men in black ships, prompting Arkantos to go off to Troy and help Agamemnon finish the Trojan War to curry favor with Poseidon. After taking Troy and sailing to Greece for repairs, they stumble on a plot by Gargarensis, a cyclops demigod who is trying to help Poseidon release [[Sealed Evil in a Can|Kronos]] from [[Fire and Brimstone Hell|Tartarus]]. Naturally, Arkantos needs to stop him, and to do that, he journeys from Atlantis, to Greece, through the Underworld, to Egypt, up to Scandanavia, then back to Atlantis.
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In 2014, after Ensemble Studios itself had since closed down, the original and expansion were given an [[Updated Rerelease]] as ''Age of Mythology: Extended Edition''. A second expansion meanwhile, ''Tale of the Dragon'' was released in 2016, which introduces Chinese mythology into the mix with their own civilization and campaign.
There's also a much lesser-known tabletop game made by Eagle Games.
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* [[Age of Titles]]: Continues the trend from ''Age of Empires'', obviously.
* [[A God Am I]]:▼
** The [[Big Bad]]'s motivation for releasing the [[Sealed Evil in a Can]] in the first game.▼
** Also {{spoiler|Arkantos}} at the end of the campaign.▼
* [[A Kind of One]]: Many unique creatures from mythology became standard unit types that you can train any number of.▼
* [[Altum Videtur]]: It's impressive how they make scientific names for myth units without resorting to [[Canis Latinicus]].
* [[Arbitrary Headcount Limit]]: There is a [[Cap|Population Limit]], and Mythology added "each unit uses X people"
* [[Army of the Dead]]: The "Ancestors" god power, and the mechanic whereby the Hades-worshiping Greeks recieve free "shade" units (exempt from the [[Arbitrary Headcount Limit]]) whenever they lose a normal soldier.
* [[Arrows on Fire]]: Burning Pitch upgrade for archers. Does bonus damage against buildings, but does nothing against units. Still looks awesome.
* [[Artistic License]]: They ''did'' do the research. They, however, decided to ignore the results of it where necessary.
* [[Ascended Extra]]: Kastor was merely a minor character in ''Fall of the Trident''
* [[Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence]]: {{spoiler|Arkantos drowns after the sinking of Atlantis, but is raised to immortality by Athena as a reward for [[Save the World|saving the world]]
▲* [[Ascended Extra]]: Kastor was merely a minor character in ''Fall of the Trident'', in ''the Titans'' he becomes [[The Hero]].
* [[Awesome but Impractical]]: The Titan Units. The time and resources spent summoning one could easily go into fighting the enemy with normal units
* [[Baleful Polymorph]]: During a Campaign mission in which you [[Odyssey|visit the isle of Circe]], Arkantos and Ajax get turned into pigs. Thankfully, whilst [[Red Shirt|ordinary soldiers]] turn into ordinary piggies, heroes become boars, [[Badass|for some reason]].
* [[Big Bad]]: Gargarensis in the original, Kronos and his [[Shapeshifting|shape-shifting]] servant in the expansion.
* [[Big Badass Bird of Prey]]: The Rok is an aversion, as he simply act as a transport. There are also the Egyptian Phoenixes, which are on fire and the Atlantenean Stymphalian birds.
* [[Bigger Is Better]]: The really big myth units such as Cyclops, Colossi, Mountain Giants, Scarabs, etc
* [[The Big Guy]]: Ajax in the original campaign. He was even bigger in the original myths.
{{quote|[[Shut UP, Hannibal|"Maybe you'll feel less like fighting after I pull off your head!"]]}}
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** When witnessing the rebirth of Osiris.
** After Thor seals the gate to Tartarus right before his nose.
** Right before
* [[Bilingual Bonus]]: The Greeks, Egyptians and Norse speak their respective languages.
* [[Blob Monster]]: The Argo creatures from the sequel are clearly described as floating amoebas with tentacles and many eyes. [[One-Hit Kill|That can cry a stream of acidic tears as his special attack
▲* [[Bigger Is Better]]: The really big myth units such as Cyclops, Colossi, Mountain Giants, Scarabs, etc. destroy buildings in a jiffy. And of course, the really really huge Titan [[Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever|can raze entire cities to the ground]] (unless, perhaps, you make him [[Death of a Thousand Cuts|face the endless waves of armies the]] [[Zerg Rush|enemy might send against him in the process]]).
▲* [[Blob Monster]]: The Argo creatures from the sequel are clearly described as floating amoebas with tentacles and many eyes.[[One-Hit Kill|That can cry a stream of acidic tears as his special attack.]]
* [[Catch Phrase]]: Ajax's comments about pulling off his enemy's head border on this.
* [[Celestial Bureaucracy]]: Compared to the other pantheons, the Chinese one operates like this.
* [[Chinese Mythology]]
* [[Classical Mythology]]
* [[Color Coded for Your Convenience]]: Blue for the good guys, and red for the bad. This is a plot point in a scenario that takes place in Arkantos's dreams where {{spoiler|he unwittingly destroys Atlantis
* [[Construct Additional Pylons]]: Building a base is essential.
{{quote|''"You need to build more houses!"''}}
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* [[Crippling Overspecialization]]: Most units only have one ability, though some have a special ability.
* [[Critical Existence Failure]]: Everything, though buildings will appear to be burning as they are more and more damaged. It's purely cosmetic.
* [[Crossover Cosmology]]: The Game.
* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: The opening cinematic seesaws between this for the humans and then for the mythological creatures.
* [[Damn You, Muscle Memory!]]: The two ''Age of Empires'' have one and two-button interfaces... Mythology had only the two-button option.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Most people get their moments, especially Ajax.
{{quote|'''Arkantos''': A giant fortress in the middle of the countryside, protecting a huge pits which leads... ''[[The Underworld|here]]
* [[
* [[The Dragon]]: Kamos and Kemsyt. {{spoiler|The [[Living Statue|statue of Poseidon]] on the final mission}}.
** In the expansion campaign,
** The campaign of the second expansion
* [[Drop the Hammer]]: The campaign requires you to build Thor's hammer Mjolnir.
* [[Dual-Wielding]]:
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** Two Egyptian myth units, Anubis' Anubites and Horus' Avengers, also dual-wield their weapons.
* [[Easy Logistics]]
* [[Egyptian Mythology]]▼
* [[Eleventh-Hour Superpower]]:
* [[The End of the World as We Know It]]: What will happen if the heroes can't stop [[God of Evil|Kronos]] getting loose.
* [[Enemy Exchange Program]]: The 'Traitor' god power can convert units.
* [[Everybody Hates Hades]]: In the first campaign, most bad guys either were aligned with Hades, Set and Loki (the last two being less assholish in earlier versions of their mythologies). Subverted that the real bad guys are
▲* [[Egyptian Mythology]]
▲* [[Eleventh-Hour Superpower]]: {{spoiler|The Blessing of Zeus, which transforms Arkantos into a demigod capable of fighting the [[Living Statue|Poseidon statue.]]}}
▲* [[Everybody Hates Hades]]: In the first campaign, most bad guys either were aligned with Hades, Set and Loki (the last two being less assholish in earlier versions of their mythologies). Subverted that the real bad guys are {{spoiler|working for Poseidon and Kronos}}, while Hades himself is not evil (in fact, he ''never shows up'').
** Hades actually helps the heroes a bit in the campaign.
** Also pretty much in line with the actual mythology, as Hades, while not exactly ''good'', was [[Dark Is Not Evil|generally a far nicer and more fair guy]] than most of his fellow gods, while Poseidon was, even among [[Jerkass Gods|total douchebags]], among the absolute worst.
* [[Everything's Worse with Bears]]: Besides the ones you hunt for food (use many villagers, at least one will get killed!), a cheat gives you a "Lazer Bear", which has monkeys and the Lazer Bear is described as making demands from world governments, and the only way to kill the Canadian Ultimate Bear is to spam it to death using cheap military units or use the Traitor god power. Titans will be obliterated slowly without the slow regeneration of Hecate versus the hyperspeed regeneration of Lazer Bear, Prometheous, Gaea and anything healing or repair post-hyperspeed building cheat.▼
* [[Everything's Squishier with Cephalopods]]: The Kraken. Therefore, the sound anything with a large amount of crushing damage over piercing or slash damage on anything that isn't explicitly non-fleshy with a high crush resistance. You hear the squishing.
▲* [[Everything's Worse with Bears]]: Besides the ones you hunt for food (use many villagers, at least one will get killed!), a cheat gives you a "Lazer Bear", which has monkeys and the Lazer Bear is described as making demands from world governments, and the only way to kill the Canadian Ultimate Bear is to spam it to death using cheap military units or use the Traitor god power. Titans will be obliterated slowly without the slow regeneration of Hecate versus the hyperspeed regeneration of Lazer Bear, Prometheous, Gaea and anything healing or repair post-hyperspeed building cheat.
* [[Expy]]: Many of the myth units look like they were modeled after Harryhausen's miniatures. The Colossus and the cyclops are good examples.
* [[Face Palm]]: Arkantos indulges occasionally, usually during [[Dumb Muscle|Ajax's]] more spectacular [[Comically Missing the Point]] moments.
* [[Faction Calculus]]:
** Taking into account the Titans expansion: Greeks (Balanced), Egyptians
** Alternatively, each faction has an area of specialty: Greeks - Balanced, Egyptians - Human Soldiers, Norse - Myth Units, Atlanteans - Heroes.
* [[Fan Service]]: Is it necessary for the drawing of most of females within the game to have [[Buxom Is Better|large breasts]]? Or the goddesses to be [[Stripperiffic]]? And it's not just the girls
** It makes a sort of sense that the gods, being "perfect" beings, would be astonishingly attractive.
** At one point in the Norse campaign Amanra, the Egyptian girl, [[Lampshade Hanging|complains of the cold]] due to her [http://hakojo.deviantart.com/art/Amanra-139860879?q=sort:time+favby:Hakkari&qo=30 outfit]. This is never mentioned again, however.
* [[Fantasy Counterpart Culture]]: The Atlanteans can be described as a melange of Greek, Roman and Mesoamerican influences. Their units include inspirations from, among others, gladiators, legionaries, Byzantine Greek Fire and
* [[Finish Him!]]: When Arkantos's army defeat "Gargarensis"'s in the Norselands, the heroes manage to capture "Gargarensis" (take note of the quotation marks); he's actually {{spoiler|Kemesyt, but transfigured into the form of Gargarensis via Loki's trickery magic}}. In the end, Ajax even resorts to asking Arkantos whether or not {{spoiler|to put him in a cage somewhere in Atlantis}}, rather than {{spoiler|cutting off his head}}. Arkantos refuses, saying {{spoiler|he has done too much against the Atlanteans, and orders to kill him}}. Ajax {{spoiler|chops off his head with a ''large axe'', with no remorse}}.▼
* [[Fire and Brimstone Hell]]: Erebus. Tartarus - the part where the Titans are imprisoned - is never shown, but presumably it's much the same. Interestingly, the Norse refer to it as Niflheim, which in actual myth was more like a Frost And Icicles Hell.▼
▲* [[Finish Him!]]: When Arkantos's army defeat "Gargarensis"'s in the Norselands, the heroes manage to capture "Gargarensis" (take note of the quotation marks; he's actually {{spoiler|Kemesyt, but transfigured into the form of Gargarensis via Loki's trickery magic}}. In the end, Ajax even resorts to asking Arkantos whether or not {{spoiler|to put him in a cage somewhere in Atlantis}}, rather than {{spoiler|cutting off his head}}. Arkantos refuses, saying {{spoiler|he has done too much against the Atlanteans, and orders to kill him}}. Ajax {{spoiler|chops off his head with a ''large axe'', with no remorse}}.
{{quote|[[And This Is For|This is for]] {{spoiler|Chiron}}.}}
▲* [[Fire and Brimstone Hell]]: Erebus. Tartarus - the part where the Titans are imprisoned - is never shown, but presumably, it's much the same. Interestingly, the Norse refer to it as Niflheim, which in actual myth was more like a Frost And Icicles Hell.
* [[Flavor Text]]: Every unit has large amounts of historical (or not so historical) explanation, and myth units usually have their original myths explained.
** With a healthy helping of tongue-in-cheek taxonomic data on the part of the myth units, no less.
* [[Foreshadowing]]: During the opening cutscene, when the temple begins collapsing, it is {{spoiler|Poseidon's trident}} that breaks from his statue and almost crushes the protagonist.
* [[From Nobody to Nightmare]]: The Atlanteans under Kastor's command {{spoiler|and eventually, leadership}} in ''The Titans'' go from a struggling, dying culture to a potent force to be reckoned with.
* [[Gaia's Vengeance]]: Gaia helps the heroes fight the [[Big Bad]] throughout the campaign by granting them the use of her powers to weaken the power of the Titans. {{spoiler|She also appears in person to fight [[God of Evil|Kronos]], and helps to imprison him once again
* [[Gameplay Ally Immortality]]: The campaign heroes. Justified for Chiron and Regenlief, who are both actually immortal.
* [[Gameplay and Story Segregation]]: [[Shown Their Work|The information attached to everything shows that the developers know how everything really worked in the relevant civilizations and time periods]], but the gameplay doesn't necessarily reflect it.
* [[Giant Spider]]: Leto's Divine Power summons some spider's eggs which hatch in full grown ground spiders. They'll catch and drag a single enemy soldier underground, and then disappear.
* [[Glass Cannon]]: Phoenixes can make a short work of anything without ranged attacks with their area-damaging fire breath, but once they're confronted by some archers, they won't last long.
▲* [[A God Am I]]:
* [[God's Hands Are Tied]]: Justified by Athena when she tells Arkantos that {{spoiler|the gates that imprison Kronos can only be opened by the hands of a mortal, and that direct intervention by Zeus could spark off a war among the gods.}}▼
▲** The [[Big Bad]]'s motivation for releasing the [[Sealed Evil in a Can]] in the first game.
* [[Gods Need Prayer Badly]]:▼
▲** Also {{spoiler|Arkantos}} at the end of the campaign.
** Favor is a resource you acquire through worship. Greek gods are worshiped in temples, Egyptian gods are worshiped by constructing monuments, Norse gods are worshipped by [[Proud Warrior Race Guy|fighting]], Atlantian gods by controlling town centers.▼
** A more minor example, but a Pharoah can be transformed into the powerful Son of Osiris if you're playing as the Egyptians.
** If you play with the Major Greek God Zeus you start out with half of your max favor already waiting, which is the max you can get for the other gods.▼
** There are also upgrades you can purchase to gain Favor faster.▼
** This shows up in the story of the expansion, as well. At one point, our plucky hero causes {{spoiler|Mount Olympus to collapse}} without even trying (too hard) because there's not enough belief floating around. {{spoiler|It's also why the [[Sealed Evil in a Can|seal on the Titans' prisons]] is weakening.}}▼
* [[God of Evil]]:
** Kronos, and the rest of the Titans {{spoiler|apart from Gaia}}.
** {{spoiler|In the first game, Poseidon for siding with Kronos}}.
▲* [[God's Hands Are Tied]]: Justified by Athena when she tells Arkantos that
* [[Gravity Sucks]]: Atlas' divine power, Implosion.▼
▲* [[Gods Need Prayer Badly]]:
▲** Favor is a resource you acquire through worship. Greek gods are worshiped in temples, Egyptian gods are worshiped by constructing monuments, Norse gods are worshipped by [[Proud Warrior Race Guy|fighting]], Atlantian gods by controlling town centers.
▲** If you play with the Major Greek God Zeus, you start out with half of your max favor already waiting, which is the max you can get for the other gods.
▲** There are also upgrades you can purchase to gain Favor faster.
▲** This shows up in the story of the expansion, as well. At one point, our plucky hero causes {{spoiler|Mount Olympus to collapse}} without even trying (too hard) because there's not enough belief floating around. {{spoiler|It's also why the [[Sealed Evil in a Can|seal on the Titans' prisons]] is weakening
* [[Greek Mythology]]
* [[Hell Gate]]:
* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]:
* [[Hollywood Tactics]]: The cinematic for the original game and the expansion shows the spearmen charging
* [[Hook Hand]]: Kamos. To be specific, a simple hook isn't badass enough for a [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|minotaur pirate]], so he use a whole khopesh blade.
* [[Hopeless Boss Fight]]: The first battle against the Titan Prometheus during the campaign.
* [[Historical In-Joke]]: In-verse, the campaigns tend to have the characters involved in a number of events in mythology such as Trojan War.
* [[I Surrender, Suckers]]: Loki and Gargarensis order to Arkantos' forces to surrender in exchange for a quick death. Cue Ajax impaling the herald with a ballista dart and shouting "We surrender! Come a little closer!"▼
* [[Incredibly Lame Pun]]: Many within the soundtrack. Names like "Meatier Shower" and "Of Norse Not !" come to mind. [[Don't Explain the Joke|If you couldn't guess, they are the theme that play when you use the Meteor Shower power (and a few cheats that involve an explosive chicken meteor shower at times) and the Norse theme, respectively
* [[Interservice Rivalry]]: While it isn't really mentioned through the game, the information on the Murmillo and Destroyer Atlantean units state the two units are rivals.
▲* [[I Surrender, Suckers]]: Loki and Gargarensis order to Arkantos' forces to surrender in exchange for a quick death. Cue Ajax impaling the herald with a ballista dart and shouting "We surrender! Come a little closer!".
▲* [[A Kind of One]]: Many unique creatures from mythology became standard unit types that you can train any number of.
* [[Kraken and Leviathan]]: The former is a giant octopus and the Mythical unit of Njord. The latter looks like a giant red whale with tiny arms and can carry troops around like a transport, and can be hired by the Egyptian.
* [[Legions of Hell]]:
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** Leto's [[Zerg Rush|Automatons]] from the expansion.
** The Colossus unit is not ''living'', like the Automatons, but follows this anyway.
** The Terracotta Warrior unit for the Chinese from ''Tale of the Dragon
* [[Luke Nounverber]]:
** The Norse Hersir units are shown by names, which are randomly generated from a pool of first names and last name parts. It is possible, through editing some text files, to [[Fail O'Suckyname|add]] [[Awesome McCoolname|some]] [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|more]] [[Names to Trust Immediately|variety]] in Hersir names. Some examples include "Hamal Refreshingbeveragemaker", "Hrolf Eggpuncher"
** There is also the possibility for the more badass "Surtr Firesword", which is something of a literal [[Mythology Gag]], being a fire giant in Norse mythology which... has a [[Flaming Sword]].
** The surname "Womanlicker" shows up occasionally as well.
* [[The Man Behind the Man]]: Several levels. Gargarensis is the man behind Kamos, {{spoiler|Poseidon}} is the man behind Gargarensis, and {{spoiler|Kronos}} is the man behind him.▼
* [[Man-Eating Plant]]: Oceanus' power summons a giant carnivorous plant on both land and sea. Said plant possess a special attack, allowing them to eat a enemy soldier alive.
▲* [[The Man Behind the Man]]: Several levels. Gargarensis is the man behind Kamos,
* [[Near-Victory Fanfare]]: When you finally get your army and your myth units and your siege engines together for one last huge battle against the enemy base, the music changes to a truly epic orchestral piece. This also plays briefly when you unleash a particularly devastating God Power (like Horus' Tornado or Artemis' Earthquake).
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: Plot of
* [[Nightmare Fuel]]: [[In-Universe]]: The Spider Lair power. The poor victims scream in terror as a human-sized spider drag them underground.
* [[Nintendo Hard]]: The Titan difficulty on Random Maps, with the AI set to Attacker. The AI opponents are brutally efficient, and will have easily both outclassed and outnumbered players who were used to the (comparatively) leisurely pace of Campaign maps. If you haven't got a working, fully stocked army by the 15 minute mark, you may as well throw in the towel, as the odds are high that your foe's legions are already en route.
* [[Non-Standard Character Design]]: All of the Titans in the expansion pack look like humans (
* [[Norse Mythology]]
* [[Ominous Latin Chanting]]: The menu themes. This is also the sound of the "''Age of Mythology'' theme song", played intensly, epic, mild Grecian piece, and others.
* [[One-Hit Kill]]: Some powers and special abilities works like this, like the Medusas' petrifying gaze, Argo's acidic tears, Leto's spiders or the Mummy's sorcery.
* [[One-Man Army]]: Titans can dispatch average armies of [[Redshirt Army|human soldiers]] with ease.
* [[Our Vampires Are Different]]: The Jiangshi, a Chinese myth unit that's an undead hopping vampire.
* [[Painting the Fourth Wall]]: In Arkantos' dream, the forces he eventually take control of are in red while the "evil empire" is blue. {{spoiler|This is a hint that he's playing as the actual enemy, with the blue faction being Atlantis itself. Something Athena lampshades afterwards
* [[Party Scattering]]: The team of heroes is scattered by an avalanche caused by Kronos and must regroup before they can build a settlement.
* [[Physical God
** Athena, Osiris, Zeus, Gaia, Thor and the other Olympian/Egyptian/Norse gods. {{spoiler|Arkantos becomes one after his [[Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence|ascent to godhood]]
** Manifesting physically, only Osiris {{spoiler|and a disguised Loki}} in the campaign, Gaia and Kronos in the Xpack, and {{spoiler|Arkantos
* [[Physical Heaven]]: The [[Greek Mythology|Greek version
* [[Proud Warrior Race Guy]]: The [[Horny Vikings|Norse]] faction. They even gain Favor by just ''fighting
* [[Public Domain Artifact]]: The Relics system is taken from ''Age of Empires'', but in this case, each relic is a unique object that gives you a different benefit. They range from "the Nose of the Sphinx" and "Trojan Gate Hinge" to the more whimsical "Boots of Kick Everything".
* [[Purple Is the New Black]]: In the cinematics, the "evil smokes" are usually purple and black; Kronos has purple-black smoke oozing from his body, his shapeshifting servant arrives with a purple-black smoke, and transforms from Krios to his demonic self in a puff of purple and black energies.
* [[Rage Against the Heavens]]: The [[Big Bad]] does this, in order to [[Sealed Evil in a Can|free]] [[God of Evil|Kronos]]. It's up to the heroes to stop him. Also, when
* [[Redshirt Army]]: Unless it's varied and numerous enough, a non-myth army can become this against mythic units if you're not careful.
* [[Reinventing the Wheel]]: You have to keep redeveloping technologies. Who cares if you've already "researched" the Ax 20 times before, do it again in this level!▼
* [[Regional Riff]]: When you started a game you heard something vaguely appropriate to the nation you chose play.
▲* [[Reinventing the Wheel]]: You have to keep redeveloping technologies. Who cares if you've already "researched" the Ax 20 times before, do it again in this level!
* [[Sealed Evil in a Can]]: Kronos, and every Titan barring Gaia.
* [[Shout-Out]]: When you play as the Egyptians, you might get a pharaoh named Bubbahotep.
* [[Shown Their Work]]: Everything, from the trees, to the cows, to the rocks, to the Cyclops have optional descriptions for you to read. You can even access the in-game encyclopedia from the main menu just for some information. The city of Atlantis, for instance, is shown as built on a hill, divided into tiers with fountains between them, accurate to the original myth but often overlooked.
* [[Silliness Switch]]: The cheat codes, which provide things like the 'Chicken Meteor' God Power.
* [[Something Completely Different]]: The mission midway through the original campaign that takes place in Arkantos' dreams, which exists mainly as a framework for Athena to provide exposition on Gargarensis' plot. Also, the mission on Circe's island, which also serves as a humorous [[Breather Episode]] between the Egyptian and Norse segments of the campaign.
* [[Speaking Simlish]]: The Atlanteans.
* [[Stealth
* [[Stealth Hi Bye]]: In the second mission of the 'Golden Gift' campaign, Skult pulls this off with Eitri. When the dwarf begins his rant, the man turns and walks behind the Town Center... and promptly disappears. Even better, this happens during the camera swing that happens at the beginning of every campaign, so he quite literally ''teleports from behind the buildings''. It is impossible for him to do anything else. {{spoiler|Granted, 'Skult' is, in fact, Loki, so he has an excuse
* [[Story Overwrite]]: If you somehow manage to defeat the final boss without using demigod Arkantos, the final cutscene will show Arkantos finishing off the boss anyway.
* [[Summon Bigger Fish]]: This is how the Titans' threat is stopped in the expansion: the Anubis Guardian is used againts Cerberus in Egypt, Nidhogg is released against the Nordic Titan (though it's possible to defeat it without summoning the dragon), and
* [[Tactical Rock-Paper-Scissors]]:
** Infantry > Cavalry > Archers > Infantry as well as Heroes > Beasts > Normals > Heroes. The explicitness of this various, with many baseline units beating their opponents due to statistical superiority against them (most cavalry will be outnumbered by melee infantry, while the melee infantry will tend a lot of damage from archers' piercing attacks), while dedicated counter units tend to have low stats and only beat their desired targets due to doing bonus damage against them.
** Titan > Everything. Technically, Titans count as normal myth units and do have a negative damage multiplier against heroes and siege weapons. It just does so much damage that multipliers matter little. Spamming heroes is the suggested way to defeat a Titan in a random map. When cheating, spam other
** It's a bit more explicit in the board game; certain units get extra hit dice against other types of units according to their classification.
* [[Theme Park Version]]: Deliberately invoked.▼
** The Chinese can be described as ''[[Romance of the Three Kingdoms]]'' meets ''[[Mulan]]'' and every kung-fu movie out there.▼
* [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill]]: Build a Titan Gate, and get a beast that can destroy an entire civilization. [[Death of a Thousand Cuts|But not necessarily the army attached to it]].▼
* [[Technicolor Toxin]]: Green poison and acid.
* [[Technology Levels]]: Classical Age, Mythic Age, etc.
* [[Tech Tree]]: A twist on the tech trees from ''Age of Empires'' and ''Age of Kings'' by making a different one for all civilizations in the style of Starcraft. ''Age of Mythology'' adds a further twist by making you choose one of two gods for each age (
* [[Theme Music Power-Up]]: The soundtrack gets action-based when you use some devastating god power like Meteor, or when you order your troops are in close proximity to a fortress or town center they're attacking. The latter starts with hearing men yell out a [[Kiai|War Cry]] to help pump you up.
** Norse warriors are portrayed as [[Horny Vikings]], and the Valkyries are unmistakably Wagnerian, right down to their white horses (as opposed to the wolves they ride in the original myths). The Greeks buildings have the iconic (but inaccurate) pure white columns, and many of the Greek myth units are quite obviously based on the [[Ray Harryhausen]] films:
*** Cyclopse have furry legs, hooves, and a single horn as in ''[[The 7th Voyage of Sinbad]]''.
*** Medusa fights with a bow and arrow, and has a snake body below the waist as in ''[[Clash of the Titans]]''.
*** The Colossus looks similar to Talos from ''[[Jason and the Argonauts]]''.
*** The Egyptians meanwhile seem to have walked straight out of every ''Mummy'' film and biblical piece ever made.
▲** The Chinese can be described as ''[[Romance of the Three Kingdoms]]'' meets ''[[Mulan]]'' and every kung-fu movie out there.
▲* [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill]]: Build a Titan Gate, and get a beast that can destroy an entire civilization. [[Death of a Thousand Cuts|But not necessarily the army attached to it]].
* [[The Time of Myths]]: Crossed with [[Anachronism Stew]], with each civilization being an mash of various eras associated with their respective lore. The Norse and Chinese in particular stand out, given how they wouldn't be too out of place in ''[[Age of Empires]] II''.
* [[Turned Against Their Masters]]: It's mentioned in the Atlantean lore that Leto's Automatons rose against their creators at one point. Though it didn't overturn or destroy Atlantis, it led to them gaining greater acceptance and even citizenship.
* [[Updated Rerelease]]: The ''Extended Edition'', which enhances graphics and introduces features like Steam support and updated online multiplayer while keeping the original gameplay.▼
* [[Units Not to Scale]]: Especially when you compare units to Transport Ships and 5-person monsters to 10-person houses.
▲* [[Updated Rerelease]]: The ''Extended Edition'', which enhances graphics and introduces features like Steam support and updated online multiplayer while keeping the original gameplay.
* [[War Elephants]]: The Egyptians' strongest unit.
* [[When Trees Attack]]: The Walking Woods power. On a technicality, the Dryads too.
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* [[You Require More Vespene Gas]]:
** Food, wood, gold and [[Gods Need Prayer Badly|Favor]].
** Subverted somewhat by the Egyptians, who can build the basic buildings at no resource cost. Presumably, they are using mud bricks and slave labour.
* [[You Shall Not Pass]]: When Arkantos and
* [[Zerg Rush]]:
** Egyptians to an extent, as they have the cheapest and weakest base units. The main god Set even provides you with free animal allies to bolster your forces. Quite a few of the minor gods support that kind of tactic as well.
** Leto's Automatons in the expansion campaign being the most memorable. The Tartarian Spawns near the end of said map qualify as an extremely deadly version of this.
** The Norse seem based around this strategy. They can make their basic soldier unit from town centers, this tactic can cripple an opponent early in the game by wiping out his villagers. Their buildings are weak so they rely on rush tactics to gain and keep an early advantage in the game. And their infantry are the ones that actually build buildings. So you can rush your troops in, throw down some training centers outside the enemy's base, and have a steady stream of soldiers rushing them. You also gain
** Averted with the tabletop game. There's (usually) a set number of units that each side can bring to a battle.
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