The game also featured a story based campaign mode which followed the story of the Atlantean hero Arkantos who travelled through the world trying to stop a villainous cyclops from releasing the titans. God powers can be the deciding factor between a win and a loss during a battle and can only be used once, so you must choose to use them wisely.

Another new feature added is the ability to use God powers, such as summoning natural disasters to disrupt your opponent. Each civilization has its own unique way of gathering favor. Favor is essential because it allows you unlock extremely powerful mythological creatures as well as special upgrades. The basic resources are food, wood, and gold however, Age of Mythology takes it a step further by adding favor. The game uses basic elements found in the popular Age of Empires series such as gathering resources, building structures, and assembling an army to overtake your opponent. Each civilization has three main Gods therefore, there are essentially nine different factions to choose from. Age of Mythology is a real-time strategy game from Ensemble Studios that centers around three civilizations: Greek, Egyptian, and Norse.