Greece was green at this very moment :)

[Sune]

I know it's another detail (I feel maybe a bit excessive with details, but I've been waiting too long for a new addictive hack'n'slash experience since D2)...

Three thousands years ago, Greece had a more temperate climate and would't have shown this semi-desertical look. It was greener, by far.

But, yes, it's a game, not an historical reconstitution

By the way, I hope I won't see too much swords, since greeks and romans didn't have really (I mean blades with two sharp sides).

Ok ok, Sune, stop trolling this way

[SteelPoet]

I like the brown better. It just looks cooler. It could be it's not as thriving also because of the great evil across the land.

I think it's ok for them to take liberties since this takes place in a time that never existed. (ie, the mythological of the era and not the realism of the era.)

[~V~]

Also keep in mind you have only seen a very small part of Greece...

[DaveyJJ]

It was largely greener near the coast and along the various small inlets and in some of the mountainous areas, but even then had a fair amount of rocky/dry terrain (ideal for olives) especially due to the fairly stable Meditteranean high pressure system.