Predynastic Egypt
This is a very good turn-based strategy game. One game lasts around 200 turns, divided into 3 periods: the building of the first city, the conquest of the Nile, and a period of great prosperity. During each period, there is a number of trials to complete, and then a series of random events. The main line of the game and the trials follow the historical development of Ancient Egypt, from the times of nomadic hunter-gatherers up to the unification of all lands along the Nile and the first great kings. The developers found a balance between historical accuracy and enjoyment; there is a wealth of information to learn about these ancient times, presented as short paragraphs after events or discoveries. I learnt quite a few things!
– Real player with 217.3 hrs in game
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Because of some really weird coincidence, I’m getting way too many mobile games in Steam lately. Here comes another one. Unlike many others, though, this one is pretty cool. And I’m not saying that because I’m a huge fan of historical games about ancient Egypt (if we can call such games historical with the entire Egyptian history being pretty much a fiction). It’s just… it’s a pretty cute and addicting game, really.
Long story short, it’s a very casual take on grand strategy genre with you dragging and dropping the icons of your workers on different regions of the map being most of gameplay. It sounds simple and, well, it sure is, but like any other good casual game, this one adds just enough complications to make it interesting, while keeping things simple. You’ll be able to praise the gods, there’ll be trials, you’ll be able to build stuff, there’ll be simplified combat and so on. The game also won’t push you and will let you to choose how to approach the other tribes. In other words, you’ll be able to both unite with them peacefully, or kick their buts and see them suffer. Your choice. Naturally, the entire thing is laughably historically incorrect, but again, what is? I mean, when the Impressions Games created Pharaoh (one of the very best games about ancient Egypt, go and buy it now if you still didn’t), the “history” tried to tell us that pyramids were built by slaves. Then boom! “History” changed its opinion. So… yeah. Don’t think too much about the accuracy, just enjoy the overall atmosphere.
– Real player with 33.4 hrs in game