<s>
Myth	B-Application
is	I-Application
a	O
series	O
of	O
real-time	B-Application
tactics	I-Application
video	O
games	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
three	O
main	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
;	O
Myth	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Fallen	I-Application
Lords	I-Application
,	O
released	O
in	O
1997	O
,	O
Myth	O
II	O
:	O
Soulblighter	B-Application
,	O
released	O
in	O
1998	O
,	O
and	O
Myth	O
III	O
:	O
The	O
Wolf	O
Age	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Soulblighter	B-Application
was	O
also	O
developed	O
by	O
Bungie	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
published	O
by	O
Bungie	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
and	O
GT	O
Interactive	O
in	O
Europe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Wolf	O
Age	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
MumboJumbo	O
,	O
and	O
co-published	O
by	O
Take-Two	O
Interactive	O
and	O
Gathering	O
of	O
Developers	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
and	O
by	O
Take-Two	O
and	O
MacSoft	O
for	O
Mac	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Fallen	O
Lords	O
was	O
especially	O
lauded	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
credited	O
as	O
a	O
defining	O
title	O
in	O
the	O
fledgling	O
real-time	B-Application
tactics	I-Application
genre	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewers	O
praised	O
its	O
plot	O
,	O
graphics	O
,	O
gameplay	O
,	O
level	O
design	O
,	O
online	B-Application
multiplayer	I-Application
mode	I-Application
,	O
and	O
differentiation	O
from	O
traditional	O
real-time	B-General_Concept
strategy	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
went	O
on	O
to	O
win	O
multiple	O
awards	O
from	O
publications	O
such	O
as	O
PC	B-Device
Gamer	O
,	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
,	O
Computer	O
Games	O
Strategy	O
Plus	O
and	O
Macworld	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Soulblighter	B-Application
was	O
praised	O
for	O
improving	O
on	O
virtually	O
every	O
aspect	O
of	O
The	O
Fallen	O
Lords	O
,	O
with	O
critics	O
citing	O
more	O
detailed	O
graphics	O
,	O
enhanced	O
sound	O
effects	O
,	O
more	O
varied	O
gameplay	O
,	O
better	O
AI	B-Application
,	O
and	O
a	O
more	O
intricate	O
level	O
design	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Major	O
points	O
of	O
criticism	O
included	O
the	O
many	O
bugs	B-Error_Name
in	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
version	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
poorly	O
implemented	O
online	B-Application
multiplayer	I-Application
mode	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Myth	O
series	O
as	O
a	O
whole	O
,	O
and	O
Soulblighter	B-Application
in	O
particular	O
,	O
supported	O
an	O
active	O
online	O
community	O
for	O
over	O
a	O
decade	O
after	O
the	O
official	O
servers	B-Application
went	O
offline	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
formally	O
organized	O
group	O
of	O
volunteer-programmers	O
was	O
MythDevelopers	O
,	O
who	O
initially	O
formed	O
with	O
the	O
purpose	O
of	O
fixing	O
the	O
bug-ridden	O
Windows	B-Application
version	O
of	O
The	O
Wolf	O
Age	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
groups	O
have	O
worked	O
to	O
provide	O
ongoing	O
technical	B-General_Concept
support	I-General_Concept
for	O
the	O
games	O
,	O
update	O
them	O
to	O
newer	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
,	O
fix	O
bugs	B-Error_Name
,	O
release	O
unofficial	O
patches	O
,	O
create	O
mods	O
,	O
and	O
maintain	O
online	O
servers	B-Application
for	O
multiplayer	B-Application
gaming	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Myth	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Fallen	I-Application
Lords	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Bungie	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
the	O
Classic	B-Application
Mac	I-Application
OS	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Published	O
by	O
Bungie	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
and	O
by	O
Eidos	O
Interactive	O
in	O
Europe	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
for	O
both	O
Windows	B-Application
and	O
Mac	B-Device
on	O
November	O
25	O
,	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Myth	B-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
Soulblighter	I-Application
was	O
also	O
developed	O
by	O
Bungie	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Published	O
by	O
Bungie	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
and	O
by	O
GT	O
Interactive	O
in	O
Europe	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
for	O
both	O
Windows	B-Application
and	O
Mac	B-Device
on	O
December	O
28	O
,	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
later	O
ported	O
to	O
Linux	B-Application
by	O
Loki	O
Entertainment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
15	O
,	O
1999	O
,	O
Bungie	O
released	O
a	O
special	O
edition	O
called	O
Myth	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Total	I-Application
Codex	I-Application
,	O
which	O
included	O
The	O
Fallen	O
Lords	O
,	O
Soulblighter	B-Application
,	O
the	O
Soulblighter	B-Application
expansion	O
pack	O
Myth	B-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
Chimera	I-Application
,	O
and	O
official	O
Strategies	O
and	O
Secrets	O
guides	O
for	O
both	O
of	O
the	O
main	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2001	O
,	O
Soulblighter	B-Application
was	O
also	O
re-released	O
twice	O
by	O
Take-Two	O
Interactive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Firstly	O
,	O
included	O
with	O
Green	B-Application
Berets	I-Application
:	I-Application
Powered	I-Application
by	I-Application
Myth	I-Application
II	I-Application
,	O
a	O
fan	O
made	O
total	O
conversion	O
set	O
in	O
the	O
Vietnam	O
War	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
July	O
31	O
,	O
and	O
secondly	O
as	O
Myth	B-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
Worlds	I-Application
,	O
a	O
three-disk	O
set	O
published	O
by	O
Take-Two	O
subsidiary	O
Gathering	O
of	O
Developers	O
,	O
containing	O
Soulblighter	B-Application
and	O
two	O
disks	O
of	O
fan-created	O
single-player	O
campaigns	O
,	O
multiplayer	B-Application
maps	O
,	O
and	O
gameplay	O
mods	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
October	O
2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Myth	B-Application
III	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Wolf	I-Application
Age	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
MumboJumbo	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
Classic	B-Application
Mac	I-Application
OS	I-Application
and	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
.	O
Co-published	O
by	O
Take-Two	O
and	O
Gathering	O
of	O
Developers	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
and	O
by	O
Take-Two	O
and	O
MacSoft	O
for	O
Mac	B-Device
,	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
version	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
on	O
November	O
2	O
,	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
are	O
real-time	B-Application
tactics	I-Application
games	O
,	O
and	O
as	O
such	O
,	O
unlike	O
the	O
gameplay	O
in	O
real-time	B-General_Concept
strategy	O
games	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
does	O
not	O
engage	O
in	O
resource	O
micromanagement	O
or	O
economic	O
macromanagement	O
,	O
does	O
not	O
construct	O
a	O
base	O
or	O
buildings	O
,	O
and	O
does	O
not	O
gradually	O
build	O
up	O
their	O
army	O
by	O
acquiring	O
resources	O
and	O
researching	O
new	O
technologies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
single-player	O
mode	O
,	O
only	O
Light	O
units	O
are	O
playable	O
,	O
but	O
in	O
online	B-Application
multiplayer	I-Application
mode	I-Application
,	O
the	O
player	O
can	O
control	O
both	O
Light	O
and	O
Dark	O
units	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Soulblighter	B-Application
and	O
The	O
Wolf	O
Age	O
,	O
units	O
capable	O
of	O
utilizing	O
magic	O
also	O
have	O
a	O
mana	O
meter	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
their	O
health	O
meter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
select	O
multiple	O
units	O
of	O
different	O
types	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
can	O
either	O
"	O
shift	O
click	O
"	O
(	O
hold	O
down	O
the	O
shift	B-Device
key	I-Device
and	O
click	O
on	O
each	O
individual	O
unit	O
)	O
or	O
use	O
"	O
band-selection	O
"	O
(	O
click	O
and	O
hold	O
the	O
mouse	B-Device
button	O
on	O
a	O
piece	O
of	O
ground	O
,	O
then	O
drag	O
the	O
cursor	B-Application
across	O
the	O
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
causes	O
a	O
yellow	O
box	O
to	O
appear	O
,	O
which	O
grows	O
and	O
shrinks	O
as	O
it	O
follows	O
the	O
cursor	B-Application
's	O
movement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
can	O
instantly	O
select	O
all	O
units	O
on	O
screen	O
,	O
irrespective	O
of	O
type	O
,	O
by	O
pressing	O
the	O
enter	B-Device
key	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
can	O
also	O
assign	O
manually	O
selected	O
unit	O
groupings	O
to	O
a	O
specific	O
key	O
on	O
the	O
keyboard	B-Device
,	O
and	O
when	O
that	O
key	O
is	O
pressed	O
,	O
it	O
instantly	O
selects	O
the	O
desired	O
group	O
of	O
units	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
The	O
Wolf	O
Age	O
,	O
the	O
HUD	B-Application
also	O
includes	O
a	O
"	O
Unit	O
Grouping	O
Bar	O
"	O
which	O
allows	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
click	O
on	O
the	O
corresponding	O
number	O
rather	O
than	O
using	O
the	O
keyboard	B-Device
to	O
select	O
their	O
group	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
The	O
Fallen	O
Lords	O
,	O
this	O
is	O
accomplished	O
by	O
"	O
gesture	O
clicking	O
"	O
-	O
using	O
the	O
mouse	B-Device
to	O
indicate	O
which	O
way	O
the	O
units	O
will	O
face	O
when	O
they	O
reach	O
their	O
destination	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Soulblighter	B-Application
and	O
The	O
Wolf	O
Age	O
,	O
it	O
can	O
be	O
accomplished	O
by	O
either	O
gesture	O
clicking	O
,	O
or	O
by	O
pressing	O
the	O
left	O
or	O
right	O
arrow	O
key	O
as	O
the	O
units	O
move	O
to	O
the	O
selected	O
location	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
selecting	O
a	O
group	O
of	O
units	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
must	O
press	O
the	O
corresponding	O
formation	O
button	O
on	O
the	O
keyboard	B-Device
,	O
and	O
then	O
click	O
on	O
the	O
ground	O
where	O
they	O
want	O
the	O
units	O
to	O
form	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Soulblighter	B-Application
and	O
The	O
Wolf	O
Age	O
,	O
all	O
formations	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
commands	O
such	O
as	O
stopping	O
,	O
guarding	O
,	O
scattering	O
,	O
retreating	O
,	O
and	O
reversing	O
direction	O
,	O
are	O
also	O
available	O
via	O
a	O
single	O
click	O
in	O
the	O
Control	O
Bar	O
at	O
the	O
bottom	O
of	O
the	O
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
a	O
single	O
unit	O
is	O
selected	O
,	O
information	O
about	O
that	O
unit	O
appears	O
in	O
the	O
"	O
Status	O
Bar	O
"	O
at	O
the	O
top	O
of	O
the	O
HUD	B-Application
;	O
the	O
unit	O
's	O
name	O
,	O
a	O
brief	O
biography	O
,	O
how	O
many	O
kills	O
he	O
has	O
,	O
how	O
many	O
battles	O
he	O
has	O
survived	O
,	O
and	O
(	O
if	O
he	O
is	O
capable	O
of	O
carrying	O
items	O
)	O
his	O
inventory	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
HUD	B-Application
also	O
features	O
a	O
transparent	O
overhead	O
mini-map	O
,	O
which	O
displays	O
information	O
about	O
the	O
current	O
battlefield	O
;	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
field	O
of	O
vision	O
is	O
indicated	O
by	O
a	O
yellow	O
trapezoid	O
,	O
enemy	O
units	O
appear	O
as	O
red	O
dots	O
,	O
friendly	O
non-playable	O
units	O
as	O
blue	O
dots	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
army	O
as	O
green	O
dots	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Soulblighter	B-Application
,	O
the	O
player	O
can	O
also	O
order	O
troops	O
to	O
move	O
to	O
any	O
location	O
on	O
the	O
mapped	O
area	O
of	O
the	O
battlefield	O
by	O
right-clicking	O
on	O
that	O
area	O
in	O
the	O
mini-map	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
movements	O
can	O
be	O
carried	O
out	O
via	O
the	O
keyboard	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
The	O
Fallen	O
Lords	O
,	O
the	O
mouse	B-Device
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
move	O
the	O
camera	O
forwards	O
,	O
backwards	O
,	O
left	O
and	O
right	O
by	O
moving	O
the	O
cursor	B-Application
to	O
the	O
top	O
,	O
bottom	O
,	O
left	O
or	O
right	O
of	O
the	O
screen	O
,	O
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Soulblighter	B-Application
and	O
The	O
Wolf	O
Age	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
can	O
also	O
select	O
preferences	O
to	O
allow	O
them	O
to	O
control	O
rotation	O
and	O
orbiting	O
via	O
the	O
mouse	B-Device
,	O
by	O
moving	O
the	O
cursor	B-Application
to	O
the	O
top	O
and	O
bottom	O
corners	O
of	O
the	O
screen	O
,	O
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Upon	O
release	O
,	O
The	O
Fallen	O
Lords	O
and	O
Soulblighter	B-Application
could	O
be	O
used	O
for	O
multiplayer	B-Application
gaming	O
on	O
Bungie.net,	O
or	O
via	O
a	O
LAN	B-General_Concept
on	O
PC	B-Device
or	O
AppleTalk	B-Application
on	O
Mac	B-Device
,	O
whilst	O
The	O
Wolf	O
Age	O
could	O
be	O
played	O
on	O
GameSpy	O
,	O
or	O
via	O
a	O
LAN	B-General_Concept
on	O
PC	B-Device
or	O
AppleTalk	B-Application
on	O
Mac	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
multiplayer	B-Application
,	O
the	O
player	O
starts	O
with	O
an	O
army	O
,	O
and	O
can	O
customize	O
it	O
by	O
trading	O
units	O
with	O
other	O
players	O
,	O
using	O
point	O
values	O
that	O
approximate	O
the	O
value	O
of	O
the	O
units	O
being	O
traded	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
three	O
games	O
have	O
similar	O
,	O
but	O
not	O
identical	O
multiplayer	B-Application
modes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Common	O
to	O
each	O
of	O
the	O
three	O
games	O
are	O
"	O
King	O
Of	O
The	O
Hill	O
"	O
(	O
a	O
hill	O
on	O
the	O
map	O
is	O
marked	O
with	O
a	O
flag	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
hill	O
captured	O
when	O
one	O
or	O
more	O
of	O
a	O
team	O
's	O
units	O
move	O
within	O
a	O
certain	O
range	O
of	O
the	O
flag	O
and	O
eliminate	O
any	O
enemy	O
units	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
area	O
;	O
the	O
winner	O
is	O
the	O
team	O
who	O
controls	O
the	O
hill	O
for	O
the	O
longest	O
amount	O
of	O
time	O
)	O
,	O
"	O
Steal	O
The	O
Bacon	O
"	O
(	O
somewhere	O
on	O
the	O
battlefield	O
is	O
a	O
ball	O
;	O
the	O
object	O
is	O
to	O
get	O
the	O
ball	O
and	O
keep	O
it	O
away	O
from	O
the	O
opponents	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
winner	O
being	O
the	O
last	O
team	O
to	O
touch	O
the	O
ball	O
)	O
,	O
"	O
Balls	O
On	O
Parade	O
"	O
(	O
each	O
team	O
has	O
a	O
ball	O
;	O
the	O
object	O
is	O
to	O
capture	O
as	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
opponents	O
 '	O
balls	O
as	O
possible	O
,	O
with	O
winner	O
being	O
the	O
team	O
in	O
possession	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
balls	O
at	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
)	O
,	O
"	O
Flag	O
Rally	O
"	O
(	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
flags	O
are	O
on	O
the	O
battlefield	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
winner	O
being	O
the	O
first	O
player	O
to	O
touch	O
them	O
all	O
)	O
,	O
"	O
Capture	B-Application
the	I-Application
flag	I-Application
"	O
(	O
each	O
team	O
begins	O
the	O
game	O
with	O
one	O
flag	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
winner	O
being	O
the	O
first	O
team	O
to	O
capture	O
the	O
other	O
team	O
's	O
flag	O
)	O
,	O
"	O
Scavenger	O
Hunt	O
"	O
(	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
balls	O
are	O
on	O
the	O
battlefield	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
winner	O
being	O
the	O
first	O
player	O
to	O
touch	O
them	O
all	O
)	O
,	O
"	O
Captures	O
"	O
(	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
balls	O
are	O
on	O
the	O
battlefield	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
winner	O
being	O
the	O
player	O
who	O
is	O
in	O
possession	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
balls	O
at	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
match	O
)	O
,	O
"	O
Body	O
Count	O
"	O
(	O
team	O
deathmatch	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
"	O
Last	O
Man	O
On	O
The	O
Hill	O
"	O
(	O
whichever	O
player	O
owns	O
the	O
hill	O
when	O
time	O
runs	O
out	O
is	O
the	O
winner	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unique	O
to	O
Soulblighter	B-Application
and	O
The	O
Wolf	O
Age	O
are	O
"	O
Assassin	O
"	O
(	O
each	O
team	O
has	O
a	O
"	O
target	O
unit	O
"	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
winner	O
being	O
the	O
team	O
who	O
kills	O
the	O
opponents	O
 '	O
target	O
first	O
)	O
,	O
"	O
Hunting	O
"	O
(	O
each	O
team	O
must	O
kill	O
as	O
much	O
wildlife	O
as	O
possible	O
;	O
each	O
animal	O
has	O
a	O
point	O
value	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
winner	O
is	O
the	O
team	O
with	O
the	O
most	O
points	O
at	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
"	O
Stampede	O
!	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Unique	O
to	O
Soulblighter	B-Application
is	O
"	O
Choke	O
the	O
Chicken	O
"	O
(	O
identical	O
to	O
Assassin	O
,	O
except	O
the	O
target	O
unit	O
assigned	O
to	O
each	O
team	O
is	O
a	O
non-playable	O
chicken	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Myth	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Fallen	I-Application
Lords	I-Application
was	O
originally	O
conceived	O
by	O
Jason	O
Jones	O
as	O
Bungie	O
was	O
nearing	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
development	O
of	O
Marathon	B-Application
Infinity	I-Application
in	O
late	O
1995	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
when	O
Jones	O
saw	O
the	O
first	O
screenshots	O
from	O
id	O
Software	O
's	O
Quake	B-Application
,	O
he	O
became	O
concerned	O
that	O
Bungie	O
's	O
new	O
game	O
would	O
be	O
too	O
similar	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
His	O
idea	O
was	O
to	O
bring	O
Bungie	O
's	O
experience	O
in	O
3D	O
action	B-Application
games	I-Application
to	O
a	O
real-time	B-General_Concept
strategy	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
team	O
agreed	O
their	O
new	O
shooter	O
was	O
developing	O
along	O
lines	O
too	O
similar	O
to	O
Quake	B-Application
,	O
and	O
,	O
as	O
such	O
,	O
they	O
abandoned	O
the	O
project	O
,	O
and	O
switched	O
focus	O
to	O
what	O
ultimately	O
became	O
Myth	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dubbed	O
"	O
The	O
Giant	O
Bloody	O
War	O
Game	O
"	O
,	O
initial	O
inspirations	O
were	O
films	O
such	O
as	O
Mel	O
Gibson	O
's	O
Braveheart	B-Application
and	O
literature	O
such	O
as	O
Glen	O
Cook	O
's	O
The	O
Black	O
Company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
they	O
had	O
decided	O
on	O
the	O
basic	O
game	O
mechanics	O
,	O
which	O
ultimately	O
became	O
known	O
as	O
"	O
real-time	B-Application
tactics	I-Application
"	O
,	O
they	O
drew	O
up	O
a	O
list	O
of	O
elements	O
they	O
wanted	O
to	O
avoid	O
(	O
RTS	O
clichés	O
,	O
references	O
to	O
Middle-earth	O
,	O
allusions	O
to	O
the	O
Arthurian	B-Application
legend	I-Application
,	O
any	O
narrative	O
involving	O
"	O
little	O
boys	O
coming	O
of	O
age	O
and	O
saving	O
the	O
world	O
"	O
)	O
and	O
those	O
they	O
wanted	O
to	O
incorporate	O
(	O
"	O
any	O
ideas	O
that	O
contributed	O
to	O
the	O
visual	O
realism	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
"	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
3D	O
landscape	O
,	O
polygonal	B-General_Concept
buildings	O
,	O
particle-based	O
weather	O
,	O
and	O
battlefields	O
littered	O
with	O
body	O
parts	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
were	O
also	O
determined	O
to	O
include	O
a	O
robust	O
online	B-Application
multiplayer	I-Application
mode	I-Application
as	O
a	O
key	O
gameplay	O
feature	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Work	O
on	O
the	O
game	O
began	O
in	O
January	O
1996	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
major	O
early	O
decision	O
being	O
to	O
develop	O
and	O
release	O
the	O
game	O
simultaneously	O
for	O
both	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
date	O
,	O
Bungie	O
's	O
only	O
Windows	B-Application
game	O
had	O
been	O
a	O
port	O
of	O
Marathon	B-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
Durandal	I-Application
,	O
with	O
which	O
they	O
had	O
been	O
unhappy	O
,	O
and	O
they	O
were	O
determined	O
The	O
Fallen	O
Lords	O
be	O
a	O
genuine	O
cross-platform	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
such	O
,	O
90%	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
source	O
code	O
was	O
platform-independent	O
,	O
with	O
5%	O
written	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
subroutines	O
and	O
5%	O
for	O
Mac-specific	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
data	O
was	O
stored	O
in	O
platform-independent	O
data	B-General_Concept
files	I-General_Concept
called	O
"	O
tags	O
"	O
,	O
which	O
were	O
automatically	O
byte-swapped	O
when	O
necessary	O
and	O
accessed	O
via	O
a	O
cross-platform	O
file	B-Application
manager	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
The	O
Fallen	O
Lords	O
employs	O
a	O
fully	O
3D	O
terrain	O
,	O
with	O
3D	O
polygonal	B-General_Concept
buildings	O
,	O
the	O
characters	O
are	O
2D	O
sprites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
bring	O
the	O
3D	O
environment	O
and	O
the	O
2D	O
characters	O
together	O
,	O
the	O
team	O
developed	O
four	O
separate	O
programming	B-Application
tools	I-Application
;	O
"	O
Tag	O
Editor	O
"	O
(	O
edited	O
the	O
constants	O
in	O
the	O
cross-platform	O
data	B-General_Concept
files	I-General_Concept
)	O
,	O
"	O
Extractor	O
"	O
(	O
handled	O
the	O
2D	O
sprites	O
and	O
the	O
sequencing	O
of	O
their	O
animations	O
)	O
,	O
"	O
Loathing	O
"	O
(	O
the	O
map	O
editor	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
"	O
Fear	O
"	O
(	O
dealt	O
with	O
the	O
3D	O
polygonal	B-General_Concept
models	O
such	O
as	O
houses	O
,	O
pillars	O
,	O
and	O
walls	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Fallen	O
Lords	O
originally	O
supported	O
both	O
software	O
rendering	O
and	O
3dfx	O
's	O
Glide	B-Operating_System
hardware	B-Architecture
acceleration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Myth	B-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
Soulblighter	I-Application
went	O
into	O
development	O
immediately	O
after	O
The	O
Fallen	O
Lords	O
proved	O
a	O
commercial	O
success	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Of	O
the	O
initial	O
planning	O
for	O
Soulblighter	B-Application
,	O
Alex	O
Seropian	O
,	O
Bungie	O
's	O
co-founder	O
,	O
said	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
to	O
Soulblighter	B-Application
were	O
moving	O
3D	O
models	O
within	O
the	O
gaming	O
world	O
,	O
something	O
none	O
of	O
Bungie	O
staff	O
had	O
ever	O
created	O
before	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
featured	O
the	O
same	O
kind	O
of	O
3D	O
polygonal	B-General_Concept
models	O
,	O
none	O
of	O
them	O
moved	O
,	O
and	O
implementing	O
this	O
feature	O
proved	O
to	O
be	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
biggest	O
challenges	O
the	O
team	O
encountered	O
in	O
making	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
this	O
level	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
set	O
in	O
a	O
large	O
castle	O
,	O
the	O
AI	B-Application
had	O
to	O
be	O
rewritten	O
as	O
two	O
enemy	O
units	O
could	O
be	O
right	O
beside	O
one	O
another	O
but	O
not	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
see	O
each	O
other	O
because	O
of	O
a	O
wall	O
between	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Writing	O
this	O
new	O
code	O
into	O
the	O
AI	B-Application
scripting	I-Application
language	O
proved	O
especially	O
difficult	O
for	O
the	O
programmers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
terms	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
graphics	O
,	O
as	O
with	O
The	O
Fallen	O
Lords	O
,	O
each	O
level	O
in	O
Soulblighter	B-Application
is	O
constructed	O
on	O
a	O
polygonal	B-Algorithm
mesh	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
mesh	B-Algorithm
used	O
in	O
the	O
sequel	O
is	O
four	O
times	O
finer	O
than	O
in	O
the	O
original	O
,	O
and	O
hence	O
the	O
graphics	O
are	O
more	O
detailed	O
and	O
smoother	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
sprites	O
in	O
Soulblighter	B-Application
have	O
many	O
more	O
frames	O
of	O
animation	O
than	O
those	O
in	O
The	O
Fallen	O
Lords	O
,	O
and	O
so	O
move	O
much	O
more	O
smoothly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Soulblighter	B-Application
originally	O
supported	O
software	O
rendering	O
,	O
all	O
3dfx	O
and	O
Rendition	O
GPUs	B-Architecture
,	O
and	O
any	O
graphics	B-Device
cards	I-Device
that	O
supported	O
Direct3D	B-Application
for	O
Windows	B-Application
and	O
QuickDraw	B-Operating_System
3D	I-Operating_System
for	O
Mac	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
also	O
supported	O
3D	B-Application
audio	I-Application
,	O
specifically	O
Aureal	O
Semiconductor	O
's	O
A3D	O
and	O
Creative	O
Labs	O
 '	O
EAX	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
Soulblighter	B-Application
was	O
released	O
,	O
Bungie	O
included	O
the	O
"	O
Fear	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
Loathing	O
"	O
programming	B-Application
tools	I-Application
,	O
which	O
allowed	O
players	O
to	O
create	O
new	O
units	O
and	O
maps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
in	O
April	O
1999	O
,	O
they	O
issued	O
a	O
press	O
release	O
regarding	O
the	O
World	O
War	O
II	O
total	O
conversion	O
Myth	B-Application
II	I-Application
:	O
Recon	O
,	O
saying	O
:	O
"	O
This	O
kind	O
of	O
plug-in	B-Application
was	O
exactly	O
what	O
the	O
Myth	B-Application
II	I-Application
tools	O
were	O
intended	O
to	O
inspire	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
an	O
excellent	O
sign	O
that	O
Myth	O
mapmakers	O
are	O
taking	O
this	O
game	O
world	O
in	O
fascinating	O
new	O
directions	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2000	O
,	O
Bungie	O
was	O
purchased	O
outright	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
,	O
with	O
Take-Two	O
acquiring	O
the	O
Oni	B-Application
and	O
Myth	O
intellectual	O
properties	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Myth	B-Application
III	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Wolf	I-Application
Age	I-Application
was	O
announced	O
by	O
Take-Two	O
subsidiary	O
Gathering	O
of	O
Developers	O
in	O
January	O
2001	O
,	O
when	O
they	O
revealed	O
MumboJumbo	O
were	O
developing	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
and	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
,	O
we	O
are	O
taking	O
a	O
 [ new ] 	O
route	O
in	O
terms	O
of	O
adding	O
3D	B-Architecture
acceleration	I-Architecture
,	O
3D	O
models	O
,	O
and	O
doing	O
stuff	O
with	O
the	O
terrain	O
engine	O
and	O
physics	O
that	O
are	O
still	O
way	O
beyond	O
what	O
the	O
other	O
RTS	O
games	O
are	O
doing	O
right	O
now	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
this	O
in	O
mind	O
,	O
MumboJumbo	O
hired	O
three	O
members	O
of	O
Soulblighters	B-Application
modding	O
community	O
to	O
work	O
on	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
The	O
Wolf	O
Age	O
was	O
built	O
using	O
Soulblighter	B-Application
source	O
code	O
,	O
the	O
developers	O
made	O
significant	O
changes	O
,	O
the	O
single	O
biggest	O
of	O
which	O
was	O
that	O
everything	O
in	O
The	O
Wolf	O
Age	O
is	O
rendered	O
in	O
OpenGL	B-Application
3D	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
characters	O
and	O
all	O
environmental	O
objects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
new	O
game	O
engine	O
also	O
supported	O
real-time	B-General_Concept
shadows	O
and	O
dynamic	O
lighting	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
being	O
capable	O
of	O
blending	O
six	O
to	O
seven	O
different	O
texture	O
layers	O
,	O
depending	O
on	O
how	O
close	O
the	O
camera	O
is	O
to	O
the	O
action	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Regarding	O
the	O
programming	B-Application
tools	I-Application
used	O
to	O
create	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
MumboJumbo	O
initially	O
began	O
by	O
using	O
Bungie	O
's	O
"	O
Fear	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
Loathing	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Speaking	O
a	O
few	O
months	O
into	O
development	O
,	O
Campbell	O
stated	O
:	O
"	O
We	O
are	O
planning	O
on	O
doing	O
a	O
merger	O
of	O
the	O
tools	O
later	O
on	O
 [ ... ] 	O
we	O
're	O
actually	O
making	O
tools	O
right	O
now	O
that	O
we	O
will	O
be	O
using	O
for	O
Myth	B-Application
III	I-Application
that	O
are	O
not	O
only	O
cross-platform	O
compatible	O
,	O
but	O
will	O
also	O
allow	O
you	O
to	O
do	O
all	O
the	O
neat	O
new	O
things	O
,	O
use	O
all	O
the	O
new	O
scripting	O
commands	O
and	O
the	O
new	O
models	O
and	O
3D	O
units	O
and	O
stuff	O
that	O
we	O
're	O
using	O
in	O
this	O
game	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Soon	O
before	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
release	O
,	O
PC	B-Device
Gamers	O
Jim	O
Preston	O
wrote	O
he	O
was	O
skeptical	O
as	O
to	O
whether	O
the	O
developer	O
had	O
been	O
given	O
enough	O
time	O
to	O
satisfactorily	O
complete	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
16	O
,	O
lead	O
programmer	O
Andrew	O
Meggs	O
posted	O
on	O
Mythvillage.org	O
that	O
the	O
entire	O
Myth	B-Application
III	I-Application
PC	B-Device
team	O
had	O
been	O
laid	O
off	O
by	O
MumboJumbo	O
the	O
same	O
day	O
the	O
game	O
had	O
been	O
released	O
,	O
November	O
2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Meggs	O
explained	O
the	O
team	O
knew	O
there	O
were	O
problems	O
with	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
that	O
needed	O
addressing	O
,	O
but	O
,	O
as	O
they	O
had	O
been	O
fired	O
,	O
they	O
were	O
unable	O
to	O
do	O
so	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
also	O
acknowledged	O
that	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
criticisms	O
regarding	O
bugs	B-Error_Name
in	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
have	O
been	O
addressed	O
by	O
the	O
patch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Three	O
days	O
later	O
,	O
MumboJumbo	O
denied	O
the	O
Myth	B-Application
III	I-Application
team	O
had	O
been	O
laid	O
off	O
,	O
saying	O
all	O
staff	O
members	O
had	O
been	O
invited	O
to	O
work	O
in	O
the	O
Dallas	O
office	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
Bungie	O
released	O
the	O
Total	O
Codex	O
bundle	O
in	O
1999	O
,	O
which	O
contained	O
The	O
Fallen	O
Lords	O
v1.3	O
,	O
Soulblighter	B-Application
v1.3	O
and	O
the	O
Soulblighter	B-Application
expansion	O
pack	O
,	O
Myth	B-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
Chimera	I-Application
,	O
they	O
ceased	O
working	O
to	O
develop	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
source	O
code	O
,	O
as	O
Microsoft	O
wanted	O
them	O
to	O
concentrate	O
on	O
Halo	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
official	O
Bungie	O
Myth	O
servers	B-Application
were	O
closed	O
in	O
February	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
the	O
official	O
end-of-life	O
,	O
the	O
Myth	O
series	O
continued	O
to	O
have	O
an	O
active	O
online	O
fanbase	O
,	O
particularly	O
Soulblighter	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bungie	O
also	O
open	B-Application
sourced	I-Application
their	O
Myth	O
metaserver	B-Application
source	O
code	O
in	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
their	O
initial	O
focus	O
was	O
on	O
the	O
bug-ridden	O
release	O
version	O
of	O
The	O
Wolf	O
Age	O
,	O
they	O
also	O
worked	O
to	O
update	O
the	O
first	O
two	O
games	O
to	O
newer	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
on	O
both	O
Mac	B-Device
and	O
PC	B-Device
,	O
fix	O
bugs	B-Error_Name
,	O
and	O
create	O
unofficial	O
patches	O
to	O
enhance	O
both	O
the	O
games	O
themselves	O
and	O
the	O
mapmaking	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
also	O
developed	O
their	O
own	O
library	O
,	O
dubbed	O
the	O
Myth	O
Core	O
Library	O
,	O
which	O
provided	O
networking	O
,	O
input	O
routines	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
low-level	B-Language
functions	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2003	O
,	O
MythDevelopers	O
released	O
a	O
v1.1	O
patch	O
for	O
The	O
Wolf	O
Age	O
for	O
both	O
Windows	B-Application
and	O
Mac	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fixing	O
over	O
forty	O
gameplay	O
and	O
stability	O
issues	O
,	O
and	O
addressing	O
numerous	O
bugs	B-Error_Name
,	O
the	O
patch	O
also	O
included	O
new	O
multiplayer	B-Application
maps	O
and	O
gameplay	O
modes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MythDevelopers	O
disbanded	O
in	O
December	O
2003	O
,	O
with	O
Project	O
Magma	O
becoming	O
the	O
main	O
development	O
group	O
for	O
The	O
Fallen	O
Lords	O
and	O
Soulblighter	B-Application
,	O
and	O
FlyingFlip	O
Studios	O
for	O
The	O
Wolf	O
Age	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Magma	O
's	O
final	O
patch	O
for	O
The	O
Fallen	O
Lords	O
was	O
v1.5	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
2005	O
,	O
which	O
added	O
support	O
for	O
OpenGL	B-Application
1.3	O
for	O
both	O
PC	B-Device
and	O
Mac	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
FlyingFlip	O
's	O
final	O
patch	O
for	O
The	O
Wolf	O
Age	O
was	O
v1.3	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
2004	O
,	O
which	O
introduced	O
multiple	O
gameplay	O
and	O
stability	O
improvements	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
bug	B-Error_Name
fixes	O
,	O
and	O
performance	O
enhancements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Soulblighter	B-Application
received	O
considerably	O
more	O
attention	O
from	O
the	O
modding	O
community	O
than	O
either	O
The	O
Fallen	O
Lords	O
or	O
The	O
Wolf	O
Age	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Between	O
2003	O
and	O
2013	O
,	O
Project	O
Magma	O
released	O
multiple	O
major	O
patches	O
,	O
each	O
of	O
which	O
included	O
fixes	O
for	O
bugs	B-Error_Name
,	O
graphical	O
problems	O
,	O
gameplay	O
problems	O
,	O
and	O
interface	O
issues	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
improve	O
the	O
Fear	O
and	O
Loathing	O
tools	O
and	O
the	O
online	B-Application
multiplayer	I-Application
mode	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
v1.3.2	O
,	O
developed	O
in	O
association	O
with	O
MythDevelopers	O
in	O
2003	O
,	O
allowed	O
Soulblighter	B-Application
to	O
run	O
natively	O
under	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
developed	O
in	O
association	O
with	O
MythDevelopers	O
in	O
2003	O
was	O
v1.4	O
,	O
which	O
introduced	O
OpenGL	B-Application
support	O
for	O
the	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
version	O
and	O
allowed	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
play	O
Soulblighter	B-Application
with	O
Fallen	O
Lords	O
style	O
gameplay	O
(	O
dubbed	O
vTFL	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
v1.4	O
broke	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
fan-developed	O
plug-ins	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Magma	O
's	O
plan	O
with	O
v1.5	O
was	O
to	O
get	O
the	O
gameplay	O
and	O
plug-in	B-Application
compatibility	O
back	O
to	O
the	O
standard	O
of	O
Bungie	O
's	O
last	O
official	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
but	O
retain	O
the	O
v1.4	O
features	O
that	O
worked	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Magma	O
's	O
final	O
patch	O
,	O
v1.8	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2013	O
,	O
and	O
added	O
several	O
new	O
game	O
modes	O
to	O
multiplayer	B-Application
gaming	O
,	O
improved	O
the	O
usage	O
of	O
CPU	B-General_Concept
resources	O
,	O
added	O
a	O
new	O
texture	O
decompression	O
code	O
which	O
loads	O
sprite	O
frames	O
twice	O
as	O
fast	O
as	O
before	O
,	O
enhanced	O
both	O
the	O
texture	O
mapping	O
and	O
the	O
pixel	O
shader	O
,	O
and	O
included	O
(	O
for	O
the	O
first	O
time	O
in	O
a	O
Magma	O
patch	O
)	O
Linux-specific	O
improvements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prior	O
to	O
disbanding	O
,	O
MythDevelopers	O
created	O
and	O
operated	O
PlayMyth.net,	O
the	O
most	O
popular	O
online	O
Myth	O
server	O
after	O
the	O
official	O
servers	B-Application
were	O
taken	O
offline	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
built	O
using	O
the	O
Soulblighter	B-Application
server	O
,	O
PlayMyth	O
could	O
also	O
run	O
both	O
The	O
Fallen	O
Lords	O
and	O
The	O
Wolf	O
Age	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
MumboJumbo	O
using	O
a	O
network	O
gameplay	O
system	O
designed	O
to	O
run	O
on	O
GameSpy	O
rather	O
than	O
Bungie	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PlayMyth	O
went	O
offline	O
in	O
October	O
2007	O
after	O
it	O
was	O
repeatedly	O
hacked	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
most	O
popular	O
servers	B-Application
becoming	O
MariusNet.com	O
and	O
GateofStorms.net	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MariusNet	O
had	O
been	O
online	O
since	O
just	O
prior	O
to	O
Bungie	O
's	O
Myth	O
servers	B-Application
going	O
offline	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
officially	O
approved	O
by	O
Bungie	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
impetus	O
behind	O
the	O
project	O
was	O
as	O
a	O
temporary	O
replacement	O
for	O
Myth	O
players	O
in	O
case	O
the	O
original	O
servers	B-Application
were	O
shut	O
down	O
,	O
which	O
had	O
been	O
rumored	O
for	O
some	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Bungie	O
servers	B-Application
had	O
not	O
supported	O
The	O
Fallen	O
Lords	O
since	O
November	O
2001	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
community	O
believed	O
the	O
servers	B-Application
would	O
soon	O
close	O
for	O
Soulblighter	B-Application
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
The	O
Fallen	O
Lords	O
servers	B-Application
closed	O
in	O
November	O
,	O
the	O
only	O
way	O
to	O
play	O
a	O
multiplayer	B-Application
game	O
was	O
via	O
a	O
LAN	B-General_Concept
or	O
AppleTalk	B-Application
,	O
and	O
MariusNet	O
was	O
created	O
as	O
a	O
Bungie	O
"	O
emulator	O
"	O
,	O
which	O
,	O
like	O
PlayMyth	O
,	O
supported	O
all	O
three	O
Myth	O
games	O
,	O
and	O
thus	O
gave	O
players	O
a	O
way	O
to	O
play	O
The	O
Fallen	O
Lords	O
online	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
Bungie	O
had	O
not	O
open	B-Application
sourced	I-Application
the	O
metaserver	B-Application
source	O
code	O
,	O
so	O
creating	O
a	O
network	O
for	O
The	O
Fallen	O
Lords	O
was	O
accomplished	O
via	O
reverse	O
engineering	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MariusNet	O
closed	O
in	O
2014	O
when	O
the	O
server	O
company	O
shut	O
down	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
hardware	B-Architecture
was	O
damaged	O
whilst	O
being	O
moved	O
to	O
its	O
new	O
location	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GateofStorms	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
created	O
by	O
Project	O
Magma	O
,	O
and	O
only	O
supports	O
Soulblighter	B-Application
v1.8	O
(	O
released	O
by	O
Magma	O
in	O
2013	O
)	O
,	O
remains	O
active	O
,	O
and	O
continues	O
to	O
host	O
individual	O
games	O
and	O
tournaments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
three	O
main	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
Myth	O
series	O
received	O
positive	O
reviews	O
,	O
especially	O
The	O
Fallen	O
Lords	O
and	O
Soulblighter	B-Application
,	O
which	O
were	O
universally	O
acclaimed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GameSpot	O
's	O
Michael	O
E	O
.	O
Ryan	O
wrote	O
of	O
The	O
Fallen	O
Lords	O
that	O
it	O
"	O
can	O
claim	O
its	O
place	O
among	O
the	O
best	O
strategy	O
games	O
on	O
the	O
market	O
"	O
,	O
calling	O
it	O
"	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
impressive	O
games	O
you	O
'll	O
see	O
this	O
year	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
"	O
a	O
truly	O
remarkable	O
real-time	B-General_Concept
strategy	O
game	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ryan	O
called	O
Soulblighter	B-Application
"	O
as	O
good	O
as	O
a	O
computer	O
game	O
can	O
possibly	O
be	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
games	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
this	O
year	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GameSpot	O
's	O
Sam	O
Parker	O
wrote	O
that	O
"[…]	O
Myth	B-Application
IIIs	I-Application
single-player	O
game	O
represents	O
the	O
best	O
the	O
Myth	O
series	O
has	O
to	O
offer	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
he	O
was	O
critical	O
of	O
the	O
absence	O
of	O
many	O
promised	O
multiplayer	B-Application
features	O
,	O
the	O
absence	O
of	O
the	O
Vengeance	O
mapmaking	O
tool	O
,	O
and	O
compatibility	O
issues	O
with	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
And	O
parts	O
of	O
it	O
are	O
just	O
as	O
fun	O
,	O
if	O
not	O
more	O
so	O
,	O
than	O
the	O
earlier	O
games	O
,	O
but	O
a	O
laundry	O
list	O
of	O
bugs	B-Error_Name
,	O
hardware	B-Architecture
glitches	O
,	O
and	O
severe	O
multiplayer	B-Application
issues	O
keep	O
the	O
game	O
from	O
reaching	O
its	O
potential	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
too	O
was	O
critical	O
of	O
the	O
absence	O
of	O
Vengeance	O
and	O
of	O
multiplayer	B-Application
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Bungie	O
co-founder	O
Alex	O
Seropian	O
,	O
The	O
Fallen	O
Lords	O
cost	O
roughly	O
$2	O
million	O
to	O
produce	O
and	O
market	O
,	O
by	O
far	O
Bungie	O
's	O
most	O
expensive	O
game	O
up	O
to	O
that	O
time	O
,	O
and	O
as	O
such	O
,	O
they	O
needed	O
it	O
to	O
be	O
financially	O
successful	O
,	O
especially	O
as	O
it	O
was	O
their	O
first	O
original	O
PC	B-Device
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
2000	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
had	O
over	O
100,000	O
people	O
registered	O
with	O
online	O
accounts	O
at	O
Bungie	O
for	O
multiplayer	B-Application
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Fallen	O
Lords	O
also	O
won	O
numerous	O
awards	O
,	O
including	O
"	O
Real-Time	B-General_Concept
Strategy	O
Game	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
"	O
from	O
PC	B-Device
Gamer	O
,	O
"	O
Strategy	O
Game	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
"	O
from	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
,	O
and	O
"	O
Game	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
"	O
from	O
both	O
Computer	O
Games	O
Strategy	O
Plus	O
and	O
Macworld	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Soulblighter	B-Application
considerably	O
outsold	O
The	O
Fallen	O
Lords	O
.	O
</s>
