Interview for Mytheon

Kheldon tips an interview with Petroglyph's Chuck Kroegel about an upcoming MMO called Mytheon, which will be free to play, but also involve micro-transactions. It's an action strategy game with RTS and RPG elements. He says, "The game starts in the Greco-Roman era, as well as Egypt, and as time goes on we'll expand throughout the whole world. Something everyone has in common is they all have their mythologies, these beasts and these stories that have come to us through legends and folklore. All the nations of the world, they all have their own. So in our game Mytheon, we can eventually fill the Earth in terms of being able to explore mythologies of all nations. It's an action/strategy game, with elements of RPG, and elements of RTS that people have to come to appreciate and enjoy."
Update — 4/30 at 17:30 by SS: The summary originally linked to an article stating that Petroglyph was working with Trion World Network on Mytheon. This is not the case; they are working together on a different game, which is the MMORTS previously referenced in the title.

This sounds interesting

[Useful Wheat]

I think this has some promise, but it would need to have an immense number of scenarios to play through. When I was playing StarCraft (and I assure you, I played like a crack addict) the main thing that kept me playing was the wide variety and type of scenarios. Who remembers the generic 9x9 defense maps of every flavor (lurker, sunken defense, etc.)? The RPG maps, where you could have characters that leveled and learned skills? The really awful paint version where you drew on the minimap with pylons to make art? Sure, the main attraction was the standard 3v3 BGH, but it was fun to mess around with the other stuff.

Is NOT the first

[VegetaFH1]

The worlds FIRST MMORTS of high end gameplay is "galaxy online" They claim this title without even doing the research into other games, are they stupid? or just trying to make ass's out of themselves? (however Galaxy online is more of a MMOJRTS, u'll see what i mean when u go look it up)

Re:Is NOT the first

[malkir]

FTFA: "the world's first truly high-end MMORTS."

I think it's the first MMORTS with a fat budget.

Oh well

[Tridus]

"and also involve micro-transactions"

That's pretty much all I needed to know. Better luck next time.

Re:Is NOT the first

[Anonymous Coward]

... and the only google hit for "MMOJRTS" is this post's parent.

Acronym fail.