Age Of Mythology - Retold Page

Age of Mythology: Retold does not simply retell the classic struggle between Arkantos, the Atlantean admiral, and the fallen titan Kronos. It re-weaves it with threads of polished gold, sharper iron, and a sky that remembers every thunderclap. The story begins not in Atlantis, but on the scorched beaches of Troy. Arkantos, a veteran commander weary from a decade of pointless war, feels the gods have abandoned him. His king, Agamemnon, orders one final, reckless assault. As Arkantos leads his hoplites against the crumbling Trojan walls, something is wrong . The enemy’s cyclopes move with a coordination they should not possess. The sea itself seems to hiss with malice.

He meets the reckless Reginleif, a young Norse jarl who laughs at death. Their alliance is uneasy. Where Arkantos plans, Reginleif charges. Their banter, sharpened by new voice work, reveals the core theme of Retold : the friction between duty and glory.

Arkantos confronts Gargarensis atop the last standing tower. The cyclops is no longer a mere villain; Retold gives him a soliloquy. He speaks of the gods’ cruelty, of how they play with mortals like dice. “I am not evil,” Gargarensis growls, his single eye wet with a terrible sincerity. “I am the end of their game.”

Their redemption comes at the Battle of the Obelisks. Using a new Retold mechanic—Divine Interruptions—Arkantos calls upon Athena in mid-combat to freeze time for five seconds, turning a tide of enemy chariots into brittle statues. It is a breathtaking moment, rendered in the engine’s new particle effects: sand halts in mid-air, light bends, and for a heartbeat, the battle becomes a painting.

In the end, Arkantos cannot win. He can only hold. He plunges the broken trident into the titan gate, reversing the flow. The gate begins to swallow itself—and everything around it. As Kronos screams from the abyss, Arkantos shoves Gargarensis into the void. The cyclops’s last roar is one of triumph, not fear: “I will see you in the silence, admiral!”

In the beginning, there was the Word. Then came the Echo. And then came the War.

They chase the traitorous Kemsyt, a servant of the fallen titan Kronos, across the realm of the Norsemen. In a pivotal battle beneath Yggdrasil’s roots, Arkantos learns the truth: the “sleeping one” is not a god, but the titan Kronos himself. And the trident? It is Poseidon’s own weapon, stolen by Gargarensis—a cyclops king of terrifying intellect. Gargarensis plans to shatter the four world pillars, collapse the mortal plane into Tartarus, and free the titans to unmake the Olympian order.

Their duel is interactive. The player parries, dodges, and calls for god powers in a quick-time-infused brawl that feels like a dance of giants.