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I wish they'd take back the Myth franchise. :\

I don't know if they could do much more with it, but that was a darn enjoyable video game.

I've recently read some of Glen Cook's "Chronicles of the Black Company" and I think that was very much in line with the story in Myth in some ways. It was kind of like reading a novelisation of the game, only to find out the novel was written 15+ years ahead of the game!

Myth 2 was a super fun game that took the squad concept that began with the classic Broderbund The Ancient Art of War and made it look and play really good.

Hopefully without the pressure of Activision to just get shit out, they'll be able to craft some more memorable games.

I’m pretty sure the developers read Cook and that was the direct inspiration for Myth’s story.

Its definitely a thing there.

http://myth.bungie.org/legends/delusions/blackcompany.html

Thats a pretty great and detailed page about the parallels. Reading into TBC gave a lot of us a lot of fun when playing Myth and endlessly debating the story canon back in the day.

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