Age Of Mythology: Retold Revives The Original’s Most Memorable Feature & Improves It

With the success of its recent release, Age of Mythology: Retold has finally been added to the list of successful remasters in the iconic Age of Empires franchise. The remaster of this beloved RTS has an impressive fresh coat of paint that seamlessly takes its 2-decade-old visuals into the modern era. On top of its new and improved visual fidelity, the Retold edition brings back and even improves plenty of features that make it more than worth its already low price tag.

While it's not the first re-release of the game, this newest edition has already become the ultimate way to play the game, which some fans consider the best in the franchise. Age of Mythology: Retold is the long-anticipated true remake of the game, taking what made the beloved fantastical spin-off of Age of Empires so good while improving on its massively fun foundation. The Age of Empires franchise has always been known as a pillar of the RTS genre for its satisfying core gameplay, unique civilization bonuses, and personal identity, and one more unique feature that Age of Empire Mythology: Retold thankfully didn't leave behind.

Improved Returning & New Cheat Codes

Goofing Off With Cheats Is A Timeless Tradition For Age of Empires Fans

Some of the best memories for long-time fans of the Age of Empires franchise are taking a break between grueling matches with their friends to mess around with the hilarious cheats in the game. While there are always the classic cheat codes that give more resources or spawn powerful units, the most memorable cheat codes are the standout assets that can only be accessed by spawning them with the console. Age of Mythology: Retold expands on this by adding brand-new codes that either add existing functionality for its new factions and gods, or completely new ones that players wouldn't expect.

Cheat Code	What It Does	Affect/Purpose
DEVASD	Adds 10,000 to each resource, increases the population cap by 200, gives workers an instant work rate, adds infinite God power abilities, spawns in 3 controllable UFOs, disables Fog of War, and increases Scout movement speed	Game State
CLEAR SKIES	Disables/Enables Fog of War & Black Map	Game State
FOOTY	Spawns a mountain giant and a football that interact with each other	Comedy Unit
PIECE CARTS?	Spawns the God Osiris	Powerful Unit
KRO NO!	Spawns the Titan God Chronos	Powerful Unit
BIG PROMO	Spawns the Titan God Prometheus	Powerful Unit
MOTHER NATURE	Spawns the Titan God Gaia	Powerful Unit
GREEK TO ME	Replace existing God powers with 4 random Greek God powers	God Powers
N.D. NILE	Replaces existing God powers with 4 random Egyptian God powers	God Powers
OF NORSE NOT!	Replace existing God powers with 4 random Norse God powers	God Powers
HOTLANTIS	Replaces existing God powers with 4 random Atlantean God powers	God Powers
ZAP EM	Bolts any idle villager on standby for more than 15 seconds	Comedy Destruction
METEOR ROULETTE	Chooses a random player-controlled unit to hit with a meteor.	Comedy Destruction

Fans won't have to worry about missing out on old content either, as Age of Mythology: Retold brings back all the cheats and features from the original game on top of its new inclusions, just like the equally beloved Age of Empires 2 remaster. A full list of every cheat code in the game, from useful utility options to spawning overpowered but hilarious units, can be found on Game Rant's list of all Age of Mythology: Retold codes. While cheat codes themselves are always a fun way to spice up a long gaming session with friends or AI, the new features and returning factions are a key element of Mythology: Retold's success.

New Gods And Empires To Control In Mythology: Retold

Explore Both Improved And New Civilizations With Unique Features

Long-time fans of the franchise will be happy to hear that every expansion from the original Age of Mythology is included in the standard edition of the game. Each of these returning DLC factions has unique civilization units alongside powerful god abilities to utilize to great effect. Each faction in the game offers more than just unique units, however, as each civilization has its own tech trees of ive abilities that can drastically change the way each of them plays.

Age of Mythology: Retold has everything fans could want and more in a faithful re-release of an iconic game.

For the visual side of the game, each model has significantly improved detail that looks night and day from each other, while the portraits have been painstakingly repainted while retaining the original aesthetic of the game.

There was some fan criticism of the portrait designs in the beta, but the developers listened to by adjusting them and other gameplay mechanics in the full release to a positive reception. Overall, the wait was worth it for this remaster of the beloved classic available at launch on Xbox Game , as Age of Mythology: Retold has everything fans could want and more in a faithful re-release of a classic game.

Sources: Age of Empires/YouTube, Game Rant