What´s the difference between Base game and Dynasties?

[Evs]

Just bought the game and i was surprised to see 2 different games being installed.

[Klutch]

You want to play Dynasties, its got all the cool stuff. Lethality mechanic on its own is fun, Mycenians, Troy, Assyrians, Babylonians are new majors and there is a ton of new minor factions, like the Meshwesh & Libu or Thrace & Lycia and 3x more. Its really cool.

The old game is a masterpiece, its not waiting for any patches. The map has some really neat reactions that make me want to play it. When you play the original game, you realize every single detail has been polished and well thought out. The scope was too small for some, but its still the game I had my best time playing.

[Xeoah]

Dont ever play the base game, it almost took CA down thats how bad it was.

Play dynasties, it has all the base game plus what should have been there from the start.

[Iskar]

Originally posted by Xeoah:

Dont ever play the base game, it almost took CA down thats how bad it was.

Play dynasties, it has all the base game plus what should have been there from the start.

While Dynasties is better than the base game, this statement is utter bollocks. The base game is incredibly well polished and very focussed on its scenario, the late bronze age collapse. In fact, if you want an intense campaign defending civilisation from hordes of angry sea peoples, the base game delivers that better than Dynasties. It's the smooth integration of the sea peoples into the grand campaign, the scale of the map and the new campaign mechanics where Dynasties really outshines the base game.

[kaher44 [UN]]

Old Pharaoh- I see sea people invasion, I am worried.
Pharaoh Dynasties- I see sea people invasion, I am laughing.

If you want a challenge and like Egyptions, Canaanites, Hittites play the original.

If you want to try a bigger map with a different faction and lesser challenge play the Dynasties.