Age of Mythology: Retold - Heavenly Spear Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-09-24
- Enjoyable and solid campaign
- Japanese civilization fun to play
- High-quality DLC praised
- Poor campaign level design
- Unit responsiveness issues
- Pathfinding is terrible
Emotions
Archetypes
- Sample precision
- Helpful reviews
- 82%
- Unhelpful reviews
- 18%
- Protest reviews
- 0%
- 77%Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
- 23%Helpful reviews with negative sentiment
- Positive points
- 813
- Negative points
- 358
- Gameplay points
- 537
- Perf. points
- 6
- Rec. points
- 131
- Misc points
- 287
| Point | Description | Importance |
|---|---|---|
Enjoyable and solid campaign
| The campaign is repeatedly described as fun, solid, well-fleshed out, and beautiful, with a compelling story. It is considered genuinely good and well done overall. | 51% |
High-quality DLC praised
| Reviewers widely agree the DLC is fun, well-made, and matches or exceeds the quality of previous expansions, with strong replay value. Many call it the best DLC yet and say it perfectly captures the spirit of the franchise. | 50% |
Japanese civilization fun to play
| Numerous players find the Japanese civilization fun, fresh, and a blast to play in skirmish and multiplayer. It adds its own spin on the formula and is highly enjoyable across modes. | 43% |
Fun and unique units
| Units, especially myth units, are described as cool, interesting, really good, and unique. The myth units add personality and variety to the gameplay. | 38% |
Engaging campaign story
| The campaign story is considered decent, engaging, and solid, with excellent characters and a quality close to the original campaigns. It motivates players to complete the campaign. | 30% |
Cool and fun god powers
| God powers are seen as cool, interesting, and fun, with some over-tuned in an enjoyable way. Players appreciate the addition of many amazing powers. | 27% |
Campaign mission variety praised
| Reviewers highlight a decent variety of missions in the campaign, with lots of diversity and enough variation to keep gameplay interesting. The expanded scope with 12 missions is noted. | 25% |
Unique and balanced civilization design
| The new civilization is fun, unique, well-crafted, and pleasant to play, with good balance. It offers lots of fun units and intuitive twists. | 19% |
Campaign rivals Fall of the Trident
| The campaign is frequently compared to the original Fall of the Trident, with many calling it the best since then and of the same quality. Its structure is inspired by the classic campaign. | 18% |
Good voice acting
| The voice acting in the campaign is consistently described as good, solid, and decent. It adds to the overall quality of the story and presentation. | 14% |