Unfortunately there are very few changes to the existing sides, but the key addition is a giant creature for each side -monstrous beings that can cause enormous amounts of damage. The Atlanteans also curry favour with their chosen gods by taking over town centres rather than praying at temples, building relics or fighting, making them much more of a territory conscious side to play. The vortex god power literally sucks all your military units up and drops them in one place. For instance, all their buildings come replete with a time shift power, which allows them to be moved to different parts of the map. The various Titan god powers and the Atlantean features add some very interesting strategic twists to the game.

They come complete with their own set of major Titan gods Kronos, Oranos and Gaia, plus nine minor gods. The Atlanteans themselves are like a more interesting version of the Greeks, who personally I've always found to be quite dull compared to the showy and frantic Egyptians and the Norse.