Pre-Civilization Egypt Demo

History is a great tool for us to learn about our roots, as well as to look at past mistakes in order to avoid them in the future. Humans have managed to survive and evolve in a variety of different environments, which makes us pretty versatile. Every major civilization from around the world started as a handful of people, so it’s interesting to watch the evolution over time.

Pre-Civilization Egypt is a turn-based strategy game in which your goal is to help Egypt evolve from a handful of hunters and gatherers, all the way to the huge empire we know from history books. The whole thing takes place in turns, and it’s also important to be prepared to deal with random events that can affect your settlement at any point.

As mentioned before, you start with just a couple of hunters, gatherers and workers, all of whom need food and shelter in order to survive. However, you slowly increase your population, as well as discover new technologies that allow you to survive. Starting from agriculture and farms, all the way to religion and economy, things get harder and harder to micromanage, although you still have control over the civilization as a whole.

The map is hidden by the fog of war in the beginning, but it gets revealed the more you manage to explore. Wild animals and rival tribes start to pose a danger after a while, not to mention natural catastrophes like droughts and plagues. In fact, it can be very difficult to survive sometimes, but thankfully the actual mechanics and the interface are simple enough to let you focus on the actual challenge instead of what to press.

As for the graphics, the top-down view is pretty basic and recommended for the genre, although it would have been nice to see better animations and maybe slightly more detailed maps. Even so, there is plenty of artwork to admire along the way, all of which is inspired by actual Egypt history. The soundtrack and the sound effects go very well together.

In the end, Pre-Civilization Egypt is much more exciting that it sounds at first, especially since the gameplay mechanics are pretty complex and enjoyable. Moreover, there’s always a chance for everything to go wrong due to a random event, which makes things even better.