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I found it thoroughly entertaining. I had a feeling of fragility of my nation; I had to be preared for challenges that could alter history of my Egypt forever. There's a lot of criticism of "linearity" - yes, it allows you only to follow predestined path for Egypt, albeit the order of things is slightly up to you. Bat also, if you are slacking at following the challenges, it can do collectively so much harm, that you won't be efficient anymore - you will slide to Game Over. It's not too forgiving. I recommend saving every 5 turns, independently from autosave, because who will here admit completing it whole rogue-style? Iron-man mode? Very unlikely. For the replaybility, I agree - none. But it took me mimimal 12 hours to finish it. I may also say it has pretty elegant design - mechanics are easy, and game teaches you those one small step at a time - but it goes smoothly with gameplay, and you cannot accidentally break the game. As for graphics -- they don't hurt eyes, they are very clear and informative. It's like civilization, with 1 civ, but with story, given through short paragraphs and nice drawings. Demo is free on gog and it lets you continue your save in retail! Well worth on sale or not.
I found it thoroughly entertaining. I had a feeling of fragility of my nation; I had to be preared for challenges that could alter history of my Egypt forever. There's a lot of criticism of "linearity" - yes, it allows you only to follow predestined path for Egypt, albeit the order of things is slightly up to you. Bat also, if you are slacking at following the challenges, it can do collectively so much harm, that you won't be efficient anymore - you will slide to Game Over. It's not too forgiving. I recommend saving every 5 turns, independently from autosave, because who will here admit completing it whole rogue-style? Iron-man mode? Very unlikely. For the replaybility, I agree - none. But it took me mimimal 12 hours to finish it. I may also say it has pretty elegant design - mechanics are easy, and game teaches you those one small step at a time - but it goes smoothly with gameplay, and you cannot accidentally break the game. As for graphics -- they don't hurt eyes, they are very clear and informative. It's like civilization, with 1 civ, but with story, given through short paragraphs and nice drawings. Demo is free on gog and it lets you continue your save in retail! Well worth on sale or not.
