the enjoyment could quickly turn to nausea as try after try fails to pass one single level. The graphics and realism are breathtaking, if only the single player game wasn't so difficult." Next Generation reviewed the PC version of the game, and stated that "With a large and complex control scheme, Myth'''s learning curve starts higher than anything else on the market. Yet, for the kind of players who paint their own miniatures and build sets, it's a challenge of fabled proportions."GamePro commented that the game "simply does everything right", particularly mentioning the extensive gore, the ability to save and replay battles at varying speeds and from different angles, the crisp sound effects, and the networked multiplayer contests. They remarked that the game is immediately accessible, with only the camera requiring any time to learn, and gave it a perfect 5.0 out of 5 in all four categories (graphics, sound, control, and fun factor), concluding that "today's bloated real-time strategy market could use a swift kick, and Myth: The Fallen Lords is one big-ass boot." Sales and awards According to Alex Seropian, co-founder of Bungie, The Fallen Lords cost roughly $2million to develop and market, by far Bungie's most expensive game up to that time, and as such, they needed it to be financially successful, especially as it was their first original PC game. The game did prove a commercial success, selling over 350,000 units worldwide at roughly $40 per unit, earning the company $14million, and becoming Bungie's most successful game thus far. In the United States, the game sold 40,617 copies during 1997. By 2000, the game had over 100,000 people registered with online accounts at Bungie.net. The success of the game also helped Bungie rank #101 in Inc.s 1998 list of the 500 fastest growing private corporations in North America. Primarily due to the success of The Fallen Lords, Bungie's profits had increased by 2,228% from 1993 to 1997. The game also won numerous awards, including "Real-Time Strategy Game of the Year" from PC Gamer, "Strategy Game of the Year" from Computer Gaming World, and "Game of the Year" from both Computer Games Strategy Plus and Macworld. Online Game Review named it one of the fifty greatest games ever made. In 2012, The Fallen Lords was listed on Time's All-TIME 100 greatest video games list. In 1998, PC Gamer declared it the 19th-best computer game ever released, and