

This is mainly due to their ability to build Gardens, which can grant a trickle of Food, Wood, Gold or Favor depending on what’s needed. Mythology‘s new expansion is even coming from the same team that developed those two.The Chinese are a civilization that focus on economy and the fast production of large groups of units.Īlthough their worker unit, the Peasant, gathers slightly slower than the Greek Villager, the Chinese have one of the most versatile economies in the game. This is hardly the first time an Age game has received an expansion long after its initial release Age of Empires 2 is still going strong and growing, with a vibrant competitive scene and two new expansions since its re-release several years ago. While many Age units can be countered in an elaborate “rock-paper-scissors” fashion, you can escape the clutches of a Jiangshi by scattering rice on the ground – it makes them hopping mad! (That was a joke for all the Chinese mythology fans in the audience. Mythic units you’ll add to your armies include dragons (naturally), terracotta soldiers and the vampiric Jiangshi. Included among them is everybody’s favorite Dragon-Ball-inspiring, To-the-West-Journeying monkey king, Sun Wukong! The expansion adds Fu Xi, Nu Wa, and Shennong to the list of major gods, and a host of minor gods to recruit as you advance through the ages. In each Age of Mythology game, players choose a major god from any of the four major factions. Updates to the game, apart from a whole new faction, are to be expected.



The expansion pack adds a new pantheon of gods, this time coming from Chinese myth and legend. Tale of the Dragon is set to expand beloved Age of Mythology on January 28th, on Steam. A new expansion for Age of Mythology is arriving on the 28th of January, updating a game more than 13 years old.ĭownloadable content is rarely heart-warming, but when we are talking about an expansion for a thirteen-year-old game, the love is palpable.
