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Age of Mythology: Retold

Mythological RTS layering divine powers and asymmetric god choices onto classical economic competition.

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Here's the argument for where this game sits - disagree freely.
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EXECUTION6 /10READS7 /10VARIANCE5 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10

the cheat-test profile

The four axes - the argument

Each axis is rated on its own - how far one cheat would trivialize the game here. They don't trade off; low on all four means the game is an experience, not a contest.

  1. Execution

    cheat: Aimbot - perfect inputs

    6/10

    God power activation and myth unit micro have tight execution windows

  2. Reads

    cheat: Out-predict an adaptive opponent

    7/10

    Opponent god choices and timing windows demand constant prediction

  3. Variance

    cheat: See what's hidden / map the RNG

    5/10

    God power availability and favor generation add opaque randomness

  4. Optimization

    cheat: A perfect solver / coach

    7/10

    Age-up god selections and favor economy are deeply optimizable

How to read this

Each axis is named by the cheat that would break the game along it. Execution is the hands. Reads is out-thinking an adaptive opponent. Variance is hidden information & RNG. Optimization is the solvable systems layer. A game's region is the top one or two axes.

These four aren't one rating split four ways - they're independent 0-10 questions. A 9 on one axis takes nothing from the others, and a game low on all four isn't missing data: it's telling you there's no skill here to cheat.

The basis is how the majority actually plays this game - not a niche mode or a personal run. For a game with very different modes (a story campaign versus ranked multiplayer), that's the version most people mean.

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Game details

Released
2024
Developer
World's Edge
Platforms
Series X|S, PC, PS5
Modes
Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
IGDB critics
88/100
IGDB users
80/100
Real Time Strategy (RTS)StrategyFantasy