For RTS veterans, Age of Mythology Retold is about to ship your greatest nostalgia hit of the yr. Admittedly, the 2002 unique is so good that a lot of you should still play it infrequently. However for many, Retold will put it again within the highlight with a glowing, ground-up remake. We lately bought chatting to a few extremely excited devs at Gamescom about what their favourite new addition or enchancment is, and we’re shocked to study that it’s… fats cows?
Sure, whereas the remake of the traditional RTS sport is packed full of recent options and modernizations, there may be one “very petty” facet of Age of Mythology Retold that’s significantly thrilling to senior sport designer Kristen Hanlon-Pirillo. In AoM, you’ll be able to herd livestock akin to cows, pigs, and goats and lift them to supply extra meals for you. The unique solely mirrored this metric in your stats panel, one thing that “bothered” Hanlon-Pirillo. Nevertheless, there may be now a captivating visible indicator to indicate you simply how adept a farmer you might be.
“In Retold, whenever you take possession of [livestock] they usually fatten, they get massive,” she tells us. “And it’s humorous, as a result of it’s not delicate. It’s like my favourite characteristic ever. I keep in mind the day that it lastly went into the construct, and I wished to have a celebration – it’s such a visually satisfying factor! By the tip of the match, they’re so cute, and also you wouldn’t assume they’d have the ability to stroll however they do. I like them.”
Age of Mythology Retold’s director of manufacturing, Earnest Yuen, concurs that these hefty herds are wonderful, however says that they’re only one instance of many who present simply how visually-impressive and detailed the remake is.
“While you first begin taking part in, it does really feel just like the outdated sport, however the extra I play the extra I uncover,” he says. “I nonetheless uncover new issues in nearly each single sport I play towards the designers. The design workforce has finished quite a bit to actually add layers and layers into the sport which are stunning… [Sometimes] I simply zoom in to see what the artwork workforce has finished, and it’s simply joyful. It’s superb.”
The 2 devs additionally establish how the sport’s monsters have additionally been delivered to life by giving them independently-animated options like eyes, tendrils, within the case of Medusa, her snakes.
Whereas making a compelling and satisfying strategic expertise is in fact primary precedence, it appears like World’s Edge has cooked up an actual visible delight right here. Age of Mythology Retold is launching on Wednesday, September 4, so that you haven’t bought lengthy to attend to fatten up your flock.
If you wish to learn extra from our chat with World’s Edge, try this piece on why the studio rummaged via 20-year-old boards to assist steadiness the sport. You too can check out our glowing Age of Mythology Retold evaluation.
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Interview carried out by Sam Comrie at Gamescom.
