Monday April 30th 2001
Myth III gears up for E3 { Lophan }
rampancy.net pointed out another Gamepost Poll *sigh* about the most-anticipated games at E3. Myth III is on the list but take a wild guess at who's leading... of course, the blinded masses of Blizzard fans are pumping up Warcraft III & the Diablo II expansion, so you know what to do.Elsewhere in the article, Myth III gets some nice mentions. Here's the first:
I also want to check out Myth III: The Wolf Age. Mumbo Jumbo is taking on the task of creating the latest in the Myth series. The previous two Myth games were developed by Bungie, but hopefully the new developer will be as successful in creating a great strategy game. Myth III is set in a time period before the first two games and follows the story of Connacht, the first emperor of the human lands. Like Ensemble Studios, Mumbo Jumbo will be able to have freedom in creating this game. They are bound by a timeline and story, but units can be very different in this game. Who knows what kind of creatures existed in the past? Myth III will have fully deformable terrain. I'd love to see armies blasting holes in the ground to trap troops in a pit. I also hope that spell effects will be as good as they were in Myth II. Nothing was greater than seeing (and hearing) the fireball screaming toward you and then exploding with a shockwave.Myth III also gets a mention from Jennifer Ho in her rundown, but she goes on to discuss the perceived differences between Halo and Planetside in terms of multiplayer. Certainly an interesting read...
Needless to say, we're all holding our collective breaths for E3. I'm dying to hear about the myriad of 'surprises' awaiting us this year as well as footage of the Bungie Fanfest V :)