Review Age of Empires: Mythologies on the DS for me

LewieP · **Joined:** 29th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 7600

Anyone want to review the new DS AoE for SavyGamer for me?

Also does anyone mind me asking people here to review games for me now that we have the site? It doesn't feel wrong to me, but what is the general consensus?

GovernmentYard · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5318

It's welcomed.

Dr Lave · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5979

Yeah bloody well welcomed and a half.

I would but my DS has gone kaput. ?:|

LewieP · **Joined:** 29th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 7600

Not having very good luck with your consoles at the minute are you?

Dr Lave · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5979

No not at all. MR GRUMPY FACE. Double grumps as I'm always quite anal about looking after them.

I got my Xbox back though, so thats good.

The Rev Owen · **Posted:** Wed Feb 04, 2009 22:00

I'll give it a go if nobody else has bagged it.

LewieP · **Joined:** 29th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 7600

Ding ding ding, we have a winner.

The Rev Owen · **Posted:** Wed Feb 04, 2009 23:17

Hooray!

The Rev Owen · **Posted:** Mon Feb 16, 2009 15:56

My review of this is now online.

http://savygamer.co.uk/2009/02/age-of-e ... eview.html

JBR · **Joined:** 2nd Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 3304

Good review, that - thanks, something I wouldn't have picked up but now might. There's a rogue "effect" that should be "affect".

The Rev Owen · **Posted:** Mon Feb 16, 2009 16:12

JBR wrote:

Good review, that - thanks, something I wouldn't have picked up but now might. There's a rogue "effect" that should be "affect".

Yeah, my wife picked up on that after I'd sent it off. Doh.

It's my fault, I always get it wrong.

LewieP · **Joined:** 29th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 7600

Which one? I missed it too...

myp · **Posted:** Mon Feb 16, 2009 16:24

Affect: Verb; Effect: Noun.
A Very Early Night.

Obviously there are some exceptions.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

The exception being the entire usage of effect as a verb, presumably.

myp · **Posted:** Mon Feb 16, 2009 16:29

Yeah, effect can be used as a verb, but it's horrible. I hate it when people say 'Can you effect this change?'.

Affect can also be used as a noun, but it's rare.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

myp wrote:

Affect can also be used as a noun, but it's rare.

Can it? Provide examples. Show your working.

myp · **Posted:** Mon Feb 16, 2009 16:34

Yeah, mainly used in psychology and the like. 'A sad affect' can be used to describe someone's mood, for example.

The Rev Owen · **Posted:** Mon Feb 16, 2009 16:36

Quote:

Multiple civilizations with multiple gods to choose from (all of which effect your strategy and play style more than you'd think)

That one, I assume.

myp · **Posted:** Mon Feb 16, 2009 16:36

That's the one.

myp · **Posted:** Mon Feb 16, 2009 16:49

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

myp wrote:

'A sad affect' can be used to describe someone's mood, for example.

What?! Pish!

myp · **Posted:** Mon Feb 16, 2009 17:37

Craster wrote:

What?! Pish!

S'true.

Quote:

“Affect” as a noun. Forget it; you're in journalism, not psychiatry (though you might wind up in therapy). “Affect” as a noun means an emotional state as contrasted to a cognition. “Affect” is a dimension of behavior rather than a separate segment of it. “Affect” is thus experienced at the same time that perception, performance and thought are going on. (See, I told you to forget it!) As for the second line of the headline at the top of this missive, “effect an affect” would mean to cause a certain affectation or trait to occur. In other words, acting, something Robert DeNiro does and Ben Affleck tries to do, but not as well.

From here and other places.

The Rev Owen · **Posted:** Mon Feb 16, 2009 17:44

Still, Age of Empires: Mythologies is pretty good.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

myp wrote:

Craster wrote:

What?! Pish!

S'true.

Quote:

“Affect” as a noun. Forget it; you're in journalism, not psychiatry (though you might wind up in therapy). “Affect” as a noun means an emotional state as contrasted to a cognition. “Affect” is a dimension of behavior rather than a separate segment of it. “Affect” is thus experienced at the same time that perception, performance and thought are going on. (See, I told you to forget it!) As for the second line of the headline at the top of this missive, “effect an affect” would mean to cause a certain affectation or trait to occur. In other words, acting, something Robert DeNiro does and Ben Affleck tries to do, but not as well.

From here and other places.

That quote basically says that if you're using 'affect' as a noun, you mean affectation.

myp · **Posted:** Mon Feb 16, 2009 18:11

Yeah, I expect it's a truncation of it.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Mon Feb 16, 2009 18:15

Like this?

LewieP · **Joined:** 29th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 7600

Deadly creatures too

http://savygamer.co.uk/2009/02/deadly-c ... ii-22.html

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