Mytheon has both PvP and Co-Op on the menu

by Justin Olivetti on Apr 6th 2010 4:00PM

Mytheon wants to know: what's your poison? Do you want a tall glass of beatdown with live players, or a cooperative shot of teamwork in a PvE environment? We haven't heard a lot about this title over the past year, but Petroglyph is increasing the game's profile as launch looms for this "online multiplayer action RPG." As the beta period winds to a close, the devs are excited to reveal the game's two primary modes: PvP and Co-Op play.

Mytheon appears to lean toward PvP, as Petroglyph emphasizes both the PvP arenas and PvP scenarios. The arenas -- such as the Ring of Destiny and Olympus -- are ranked, and come in either 1v1 or 2v2 varieties. If 4v4 is more your style, then head on over to one of their three PvP scenarios, such as the Forest of Despair. However, Co-Op mode is available for a different flavor of gameplay, challenging two teams of players to compete against each other in a PvE setting until there's only one victor, who then fights a unique scenario boss. All of these modes offer experience and loot as a matter of course.

Producer Randy King encourages players to find their own style: "Giving players the ability to group together, or play against each other was only the start. It was important to us to use the rich setting of Greek mythology to provide these incredible scenarios that they can experience with others."

Tags: beta, co-op, mytheon, petroglyph, pve, pvp, randy-king, ranking, scenarios

Reader Comments (3)

I love this game, but I am not a fan of scenarios whether they are PvE or PvP. If I had to choose a competitive style of play then I would want a mix. Options are the best thing a player can have.

Mytheon is interesting to me, but the more it leans in a PvP direction, the less interested I am in playing it.

Don't worry, despite what you may read here in this article, the game definitely is NOT leaning towards PvP. The whole main storyline and all the maps are all co-op or solo-able too (you can do them with others with no PvP worries, or just do them alone and nobody else can get in your maps if you want). While they may be working on adding PvP, that's because the whole game is already PvE and they want to add some PvP elements too. The entire PvE world will still exist there and it's still the majority of the game.

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