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Stringbags |
Posted on 04/05/00 @ 12:00 AM
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Desert Survival by Stringbags
The Pharaoh, Menes I, having found you compromised with his favourite daughter, has banished youto the far off realms of Kharga Oasis, a desolate and barren land.
The hyenas howl and ravage your brave citizens and the local elders that will trade with you make demands that will test your patience. But if you persevere and win back the confidence of the Pharaoh by gaining the support of your allied citys and building a prosperous city under difficult circumstances, he may relent and give you back the status that you once had.
Beware the treacherous city of Kyrene, they need little justification to attack you and your defenses are weak.
Start Funds 4000 Debens
Bail out loan 2000 Debens
Requirements:
Culture: 35
Prosperity: 65
Kingdom: 100
4 Fancy Residences minimum
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erikkeatinguo |
Posted on 07/28/19 @ 06:08 PM
*8 Fancy Residences required
Playability: 5
All win conditions are achievable, although you likely will not be able to win on anything above normal difficulty.
Balance: 5
This mission provided unique challenges that most other scenarios cannot replicate. Starting funds are low, which makes prioritization of exports and minimal housing a must early. Trade routes are expensive and force you to choose only one initially. However, continual and extremely varied requests are given early on. A lot of these requests are of high amounts, being unable to import goods within the year to accomplish, and are often your highest export goods (wood, beer, etc). With that, managing funds is extremely difficult while trying to continually import for the next unique request. At times, you must go into debt to comply, which makes your kingdom rating lower: the only reason why you scramble to complete the requests anyway. Since 100 kingdom is required and Ra is an unknown god, complying to each request is VITAL. On normal difficulty, if you don't comply to maybe 3-5 requests then you will not increase your rating enough before they cease entirely. Hyenas also cause issues by killing goods transports and limiting immigration. Thankfully, there are no wars, otherwise this mission would likely be unwinnable. Overall, this scenario has established the most balanced difficulty without even needing wars: very well done.
Creativity: 4
Extremely varied and continual requests are the only way to improve kingdom rating. This stresses prioritization of imports and balance of funding.
Map Design: 5
Small map that challenges industry block organization, matches story. Simply yet very effective. Hyenas are always annoying though.
Story/Instructions: 4
Excellent purpose and good story provided, just wish it was expanded longer. Instructions clear but inaccurate Fancy Resident count and you are not under attack by Kerma.
Additional Comments:
I came in thinking this mission would be a breeze but ended up being challenged moreso than most other missions. The mission effectively has a time limit when requests no longer exist after a few years. Playing on normal would require me to list out all of the requests and prioritize them in order to maintain funding and kingdom rating balance (ended with 92 kingdom first try). However, I am lazy and completed it on Very Easy on the second attempt :D
[Edited on 07/28/19 @ 06:20 PM]
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HGDL v0.8.2 |
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4.6 | Breakdown |
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Playability | 5.0 | Balance | 4.0 | Creativity | 5.0 | Map Design | 5.0 | Story/Instructions | 4.0 |
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Downloads: | 1,935 |
Favorites: [] | 1 |
Size: | 58.74 KB |
Added: | 04/05/00 |
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