Myth III: The Wolf Age | Retro Reviews

Описание: A retrospective review of MumboJumbo's 2001 real-time tactical fantasy prequel, which was published by Gathering of Developers and followed on from Bungie's Myth: The Fallen Lords and Myth II: Soulblighter. Covers the history of the game's development, starting with how and why Bungie forfeited their rights to the series, how MumboJumbo became involved, Myth III's troubled development, and finally the backlash and aftermath of its release. Then discusses the gameplay, art and sound design, how to play it today, and the game's story. Many thanks to Scott Campbell, Rachel Clark, Craig Matchett, Jeoku, Jon God, and Anons for answering my questions. Timestamps are below. Enjoy!

P.S. A huge apology for my voice being all over the place for the first two chapters - I tried resolving some problems with my recording environment using Nvidia Voice, but discovered after about two hours of work that it had screwed up, and had to re-record several sections. Unfortunately I'm back to just waiting for an opportune time to record, which is why these videos are taking so long to get out now. (Also I'm lazy)

00:00 Opening
01:31 Chapter 1 - Introduction and Overview
12:22 Chapter 2 - Behind the Scenes
12:43 2:1 - Myth, Bungie, and Logicware
22:16 2:2 - MumboJumbo formed, Myth 3 enters development
37:42 2:3 - Myth III: The Wolf Age unveiled, road to release
55:40 2:4 - Release, backlash, and aftermath
1:09:53 Chapter 3 - Gameplay
1:10:11 3:1 - Gameplay Basics
1:20:44 3:2 - Gameplay Analysis
1:44:10 Chapter 4 - Sight and Sound
1:44:41 4:1 - The 3D Revolution and its consequences
1:51:15 4:2 - Visuals
2:09:33 4:3 - Audio
2:25:09 4:4 - Myth III on modern systems, extra content
2:32:06 4:5 - Myth III Tutu/AKA "Myth III Public Beta"
2:39:23 Chapter 5 - Story and Writing
2:39:53 5:1 - Story Overview (Moderate Spoilers)
3:06:26 5:2 - Story Analysis (Moderate-to-Major Spoilers)
3:37:36 Outro and Acknowledgements