Nice surprise... Myth Remaster!!

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DesertFox

April 21, 2025, 12:23:30 PM Last Edit: April 21, 2025, 12:53:05 PM by DesertFox
Well this was unexpected...  just doing my usual rounds reading news this morning and saw this on PC Gamer:
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/strategy/bungies-classic-myth-fantasy-tactics-series-gets-the-remasters-it-deserves-courtesy-of-its-community/

 :RockOn:  :notworthy:  :twirl:

Myth II: Soulblighter is literally my favorite game of all-time, and the Myth series is what led to me discovering Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord through a fellow clansman.  Downloading everything now and looking forward to doing another full replay through the campaigns!!
"Information, the first principle of warfare, must form the foundation of all your efforts. Know, of course, thine enemy. But in knowing him do not forget above all to know thyself. The commander who embraces this totality of battle shall win, even with the inferior force."
-- Spartan Battle Manual

Jarhead0331

#1
April 21, 2025, 01:06:00 PM
Trip down memory lane. Great series.
Grogheads Uber Alles
Semper Grog
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Bardolph

#2
April 21, 2025, 10:54:23 PM
Thanks for posting this! I just found my Myth II cd the other day and was thinking about trying to get it running or go look for my Myth I cd and try to get the 1.5 patch to work. This sounds like it covers all the bases. We had a lot of fun playing Myth multiplayer back in the day.

I was doing a different nostalgia trip recently in WoW Classic and made a dwarven fighter with engineering and did up a bunch of macros so I could use all the barks from the Myth dwarves during combat. Sadly I don't think many if anyone got the references lol. "Look out!"

Redwolf

#3
April 22, 2025, 09:23:26 AM
Is Myth the game where you control groups a bit like in total war?

If so then I'm proud owner of the first Linux version. That was a big deal back then.

DesertFox

#4
April 22, 2025, 09:26:54 AM
Quote from: Redwolf on April 22, 2025, 09:23:26 AMIs Myth the game where you control groups a bit like in total war?

If so then I'm proud owner of the first Linux version. That was a big deal back then.
Yep, I remember it coming out for Linux which was a huge deal too (to me anyway).  The game has no base management, you just get a fixed number of troops and have to do the best you can with them.

I played through "Crow's Bridge" (the first mission from TFL), and man it looks amazing!!  So cool to see new life breathed into my favorite game!!
"Information, the first principle of warfare, must form the foundation of all your efforts. Know, of course, thine enemy. But in knowing him do not forget above all to know thyself. The commander who embraces this totality of battle shall win, even with the inferior force."
-- Spartan Battle Manual

Redwolf

#5
April 22, 2025, 09:57:20 AM
Good to know I remember right. I always mixed up Myth and Myst, which were active at the same time.

Jarhead0331

#6
April 22, 2025, 10:03:18 AM
I remember dismemberment and gore being exquisite. Explosions in particular were very satisfying.  :flaming:
Grogheads Uber Alles
Semper Grog
"No beast is more alpha than JH." Gusington, 10/23/18

DesertFox

#7
April 22, 2025, 12:16:13 PM
Quote from: Redwolf on April 22, 2025, 09:57:20 AMGood to know I remember right. I always mixed up Myth and Myst, which were active at the same time.

Haha BIG difference!  Myst was interesting when it came out, but that one ranks high on my "most overrated games of all-time" list.  Myth was and is still like nothing I'd ever played before.
"Information, the first principle of warfare, must form the foundation of all your efforts. Know, of course, thine enemy. But in knowing him do not forget above all to know thyself. The commander who embraces this totality of battle shall win, even with the inferior force."
-- Spartan Battle Manual

DesertFox

#8
April 22, 2025, 12:17:04 PM
Quote from: Jarhead0331 on April 22, 2025, 10:03:18 AMI remember dismemberment and gore being exquisite. Explosions in particular were very satisfying.  :flaming:

Haha yes, and now in full HD!!  Dwarves and high-explosive type characters like the warlock were always the source of hilarious (and gruesome) fun!
"Information, the first principle of warfare, must form the foundation of all your efforts. Know, of course, thine enemy. But in knowing him do not forget above all to know thyself. The commander who embraces this totality of battle shall win, even with the inferior force."
-- Spartan Battle Manual

DesertFox

#9
April 22, 2025, 03:20:56 PM
Some nostalgia for you guys:

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"Information, the first principle of warfare, must form the foundation of all your efforts. Know, of course, thine enemy. But in knowing him do not forget above all to know thyself. The commander who embraces this totality of battle shall win, even with the inferior force."
-- Spartan Battle Manual

SpaceGameJunkie

#10
April 23, 2025, 11:08:48 AM
OMG thank you for posting this. I LOVE the Myth games.

DesertFox

#11
April 23, 2025, 11:22:36 AM
If we can get enough people, we may have to try and have a Myth gaming night online!  I think there is still a way to play online to this day!

And if anyone has any doubts about this whole project - it is entirely free, downloadable now, and completely awesome!!
"Information, the first principle of warfare, must form the foundation of all your efforts. Know, of course, thine enemy. But in knowing him do not forget above all to know thyself. The commander who embraces this totality of battle shall win, even with the inferior force."
-- Spartan Battle Manual

JasonPratt

#12
April 23, 2025, 06:05:52 PM Last Edit: April 23, 2025, 06:08:57 PM by JasonPratt
The remaster itself may be online co-op and competitive.

Update, unclear from the article, but I thought I saw something about that on a YT video earlier today.

Lord, the amount of fiddling necessary to get this to go tho!
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DesertFox

#13
April 23, 2025, 09:45:33 PM
Quote from: JasonPratt on April 23, 2025, 06:05:52 PMThe remaster itself may be online co-op and competitive.

Update, unclear from the article, but I thought I saw something about that on a YT video earlier today.

Lord, the amount of fiddling necessary to get this to go tho!

Nice, I will look into it more!!  And the installation isn't actually as bad as it seems... It really boils down to downloading 3 or 4 files and installing them to the Plugins folder!
"Information, the first principle of warfare, must form the foundation of all your efforts. Know, of course, thine enemy. But in knowing him do not forget above all to know thyself. The commander who embraces this totality of battle shall win, even with the inferior force."
-- Spartan Battle Manual

FarAway Sooner

#14
April 24, 2025, 12:08:58 PM
I think Myth might have been the first game I ever saw that had cut scenes.  I enjoyed it enormously but ultimately lost patience with my Dwarves throwing grenades too close to my foot-soldiers!

Ah, the good old days...     :Party:
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