Balance: 2
Initial funds are 100k with exports of wood and chariots so funding is never an issue. With that, you are able to build charioteers so wars, although difficult in numbers, are no match for your 6 full. forts. Also, there is only a handful of requests that are easily fulfilled. Monuments do take some time but you are able to extract all resources needed from the map, making them more of a formality and time consumer. Overall, a rather easy mission and would require more difficulty in funding, war management, or more requests to earn higher than a 2 here.
Creativity: 2
All events are related to war and are rather limited. Not much effort put into events sadly. There are many trade routes with access to nearly all imports/export resources.
Map Design: 3
Not the most asthetically pleasing map but also doesn't offer any added challenge. Wood and farming are abundant and are in close proximity. much space for mining and monuments. Rather forgettable map.
Story/Instructions: 2
Some instruction provided
Additional Comments:
I played on normal difficulty