My vote for best RTS of all time.
this game singlehandedly introduced me (and addicted me) to online gameing.
this game combined the warcraft with AoE and turned into a historical fiction with some of the best gameplay of any RTS ever. But it didnt stop there, it also added some of the most epic music to ever be in a game (far surpassing anything ive heard to this date) with fantastic effects graphics. It also added a fairly user friendly map editing tool whcih had a first (that in know of) movie maker in a RTS.
The gameplay was fantastic, also with custom maps flooding online game rooms you were always kept guesssing on what type of game you would play, being great in itself adding such features as god powers and mythic units. simply put, it covered its bases very well and better than any RTS ive ever seen.
The graphics were comprehensive with effects for every possible idea you could concieve but the units looked blocky when zoommed in so this section only deserves a nine
The sounds are unmatched. nuff said.
The pack was a little more pricey than i had wished forbut it paid off very well. for 40 you can have one hell of an experience.
I thought the game was great but it was almost too easy to lose track of time, and caused some loss of summer time. But it salso showed me the power of internet games (i had played games online before but never as giid as this) it was built for internet.
simply put, if you can find it, get it.