Mytheon

From first glance, it is true that the name of Petroglyph Games is perhaps not speaking for everyone. Yet the dish was founded by former Westwood Studios, which have thus worked on the famous Dune II that all fans of RTS should be aware of. In short, these are guys who were not born yesterday and have every intention of proving it with a soft coming out of the ordinary. Thereby Mytheon away from most MMO free-to-play by different routes.First, the universe is definitely rooted in Roman mythology. We find, therefore emblematic figures such as Medusa, for example, but also an environment is a general architecture particularly inspired. Although technically the title does not surpass its competitors, especially when we know it is difficult to do in the glistening with a view of the above, one can not appreciate the attention to detail in some areas and originality of the universe in general. But what interests us most in Mytheon is its gameplay . In fact, we are in a title that combines role playing and strategy quite amazing for a massively multiplayer game. Initially, you choose a character from three classes, that can be summarized as a warrior, mage and healer. Ok, it does not really have much choice, but no matter because you never fight alone. In fact, you can regularly summon companions in combat with your Stones collection. These fighters all have strengths and drawbacks that bring the system to a Pierre-Paper-Scissors. Thus, a companion Attacker will have an advantage against a Ranged (ranged attack), which in turn will have an advantage over the Defenders. And to close the loop, they prove strong against the Attackers. Simple as pie even whether to add a few nuances like the elements and some specific articles (ghosts can not be hit by ranged attacks for example).You understood, you still have to pay attention to your invocations, especially since the nature of your enemies is very diverse. But the difficulty is the fact that your "deck" of Stones available is chosen randomly among your collection. You never know what will come out, the game requires you to constantly have a collection of at least 15 Stones while only six are in your hand at the same time. In fact, one could almost compare this game system from that of Baten Kaitos, and we must admit that battle, the principle is rather addictive and that kind of originality is very welcome.  But that's not all, for among the Stones are also a few spells on benefits or evil, or even floor-standing structures such as defense turrets. Of course, all these invocations are not final and last only a few seconds, forcing you to constantly watch over the remaining time of each of them, but also your mana , which allows you to invoke new Stones. In addition, you can move your units independently to ask them to attack different targets or an enemy tanker. Since it is possible to have five companions at the same time from the beginning of the game, he'll have to be the stopper.Importantly, note that Mytheon simplifies the task of the players on many points. For example, there is no need to walk long plains to get to a place, just click on the plot on a map. Ditto for the quests, which automatically validate (and reward us) once we have met the necessary requirements. Sure, it will not please every player, but I think you already understand that Mytheon was atypical. Indeed, the title contains only one large city, Argos, in which are all NPC necessary for routine maintenance of our character. Hotel sales, dealers and other merchants, everything is there. In the heap, you'll find enough to create new Stones from the old system with a fairly random recycling. There is also an arena that allows you to discover the joys of PvP offering crazy games. Finally, a note on the Cash Shop, which although having the third page of the tutorial, seems rather quiet in the end even if the bonus offers that are interesting. It remains possible level in the game easily enough without them. Finally, what about this Mytheon? While the quests are not going to revolutionize the genre, but the basic principle is so interesting he can really keep going for many players. We regret any aspect of the same row most areas. In short, given its free, Mytheon is a title that will try to surprise those who expect a MMO Classic as it leaves tons per year.