An awesome and amazing RTS experience.
The best part about this game is well, the gameplay. It is simply addictive, and you will find yourself blown away at all the amazing little complexities and the innovativeness of this game. The basic premise is that you pick from one of three civilizations when you start a game: Greek, Norse, and Egyptian. Each is very unique and your choice will often depend on your playing style, with each civ. having different strengths and weaknesses in different areas. For example, the Norse are a very military oriented civ., all their soldiers can even construct buildings! As you advance into the ages you select different gods to worship and you will gain different bonuses and powers based on your different selections, which again depend on your playing style. There are also mythological units that require a special resource, favor, to create. The combat in this game is simply awesome and it is fun to build giant armies and go beat the living daylights out of the opposing player's forces.
Graphics: 8.5 The graphics were pretty good when AoM first came out and they are still good now.
Gameplay: 10.0 The gameplay was simply amazing and truly some of the best I have played.
Story: 9.0 The story that accompanied the campaign was interesting while still not being the strongest part of the game.
Replayability 10.0 This game is simply addictive and awesome and I still play it 7 years after I got it!
Overall (Not an average of above scores): 9.5 A truly awesome experience that if you have not still played it you must play it now.