Total War Rome 2 - Desert Kingdoms DLC - Kush Faction Overview
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- Total War Rome 2 - Desert Kingdoms DLC - Kush Faction Overview
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The Desert Kingdoms Culture Pack introduces four new playable factions to Total War: ROME II. The Kingdoms of Kush, Saba and Nabatea fall under the African/Arabian subculture, while the Masaesyli are of Numidian origin.
Total War Rome 2 makes a great way to visualize this imaginary match up of dangerous factions of ancient times. Total War Rome 2 offers players the chance to pit ancient empires in combat against each other in epic battles. Enjoy!
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I have seen tons of people mad at this DLC and a lot who are excited. Feel free to state opinions but please don't belittle those you don't agree with.
Would I buy this DLC? Yes. I buy all TW DLC because I always just want to try it out. So I show this in order for you to make a decision. You don't have to be like me :)
I think CA is making these DLC for two reasons:
1) Rome 2 is still very popular
2) People did some major whining that Warhammer fantasy took over and there was not enough historical content. So CA started churning it out.
Just my thoughts. Units were cool and fun to play. Still wish they would fix AI and some bugs.
I will buy it but only because I love these factions. Otherwise I think it's a pretty stupid move by CA.. they could have at least made it cheaper since rome 2 has been out for so long..
Reginald Pugginton yea that makes sense. Match the fact that the game probably isn't full price these days. I hope at least.
HeirofCarthage THANK YOU HEIR! You are a good person! God bless you & your family!
I've bought it already because:
1. I want to keep up to date with the game for the stuff I'm currently creating for it.
2. While having its flaws (don't all Total War games have them?), I love the game and will support any endeavor to help encourage its continued support.
3. One of the more unique culture packs for Rome II thus far, and I'm curious to see what they've done with them.
4. It looks and feels a lot like the "Empires of Sand" DLC for Attila, and I thought that was a great DLC.
I do kind of sympathise a bit with people who say that this isn't - on its own - much value for what its currently worth though (i.e. these factions were overhauled already through mods etc). It'd be great if CA focused a culture pack around a mini-campaign (including a few historical characters and narrative events) or something extra like that in the future to lend more value to the culture pack they're buying. They did it with previous DLC and I remember them being more well-received upon announcement (e.g. Caesar in Gaul with Celts, Hannibal at the Gates with Iberians).
I actually wanted Playable African factions from the start of Rome 2.
Better late than never in my opinion.
And with such interesting choices.
They may not mention it in the history books, kush actually prevented the Romans from going inland into Africa. The lost badly to the kush
Queen Amanerians
queens amanirenas and amanitore. likewise they defeated the assyrians.
Rost Mandzak he must be from America
If you study Roman history or African history, it most certainly does. I wish people would stop thinking that African empires are some forgotten thing in our modern era. If you study the subject they’re very much talked about.
Their as talked about in general curriculum as much as, for example, the Bosporan Kingdom or Epirus. That is to say VERY LITTLE. It’s not the job of the general population to learn of every outlier kingdom in ancient history unless they want to do so.
The Queen who was blind in one eye named Queen Amanirenas. It was King Taharqa who defeated the Assyrians and King Piankhi who defeated the Libyans. The Kushites were strong warriors!
Awe Kush. My favorite African civilization
its indian not african
@@Fredrichpaulus it's in Africa dumbass not India
@@Fredrichpaulus I’m assuming ur thinking about the Hindu Kush? This is the Kushite kingdom which was located on the southern end of the Nile, though I’m sure you’ve probably figured that by now lol
@@Fredrichpaulus dumbass
@@rhodesiansneverdie1539 why ya gotta call him a dumbass? It’s not like you added anything in the conversation, nor was he rude or offensive.
Of course Heir would hit the Kush first
Well is historicly accurate that the roman strugle against them, it happen in IRL no longer after the conquest of egypt, and the roman was forced to make peace because they could'nt defeat them.
MrSafior this is true. Even the Persians couldn't
This DLC was actually really fun. I hope they add more interesting factions like Kush. The archers are extremely powerful, i would argue possibly better than most of the eastern faction archers. He infantry is definitely not the best and loses to units such as high later Roman infantry and oathsworn, but they are not weak either and the archers and unique calcary make up for it. The infantry really are designed to hold the line while archers unleash hell.
As someone who has watched your channel since the Rome II days, I'm excited for you to cover this new DLC. I've seen a lot of negativity, but honestly, I think this DLC is a great thing. It gives Historical fans something to play, fleshes out the factions which were lacking, and comes with a huge (free) quality of life update with stuff like Guard Mode.
Dude..
Guard Mode should have been in the game 5 years ago. It baffles me why they took so long.
Kush my dudes.
Kush! Kush!
we made it.
The good Kush!!
Smoke all day every day
Armoured Shotel are OP. They bite like falx units and last in melee like a legionary. Add to this their archers which are among the best in the game, some decent pikes, chariots, and elephants, and they're a powerhouse.
This faction looks fun.
Personally played Kush in Legendary I could say with a lot of experience backing this (considering you're all familiar with how the game is played) Kush faction is somewhat a new dynamic to the field.
Bonuses are not limited to the dessert attrition immunity. Their units are really great, like really great. Had a much interesting time using archers that literally darkened the skies lol, generals come with pretty awesome stats too at a later rate. All in all good DLC faction ignore all those who tell you they're not lol they are superbly awesome.
Heir the expert charge defense on cavalry units only applies when they are dismounted. Making it an useless passive to have on a cavalry unit. Learnt that from an old video by Maximus Decimus Meridius.
Lol that is a dumb waste then. Thanks for the info! CA PLZ!
Awesome to have a unique African nation. Kush shotel warriors look awesome. Glade to have a nation with infantry that can mince the Roman legions.
this DLC is cool, dont agree with Arch's disagreements with it. The factions are cool, different and dont get much exposure so am excited to learn about them and have fun playing them. Either way its new content for which is always welcome.
DID I SEE...GUARD MODE?
Good question I will look.
Yep, that was guard mode.
Hey Heir,
the Shotel Warriors are even better than you think! You forgot to use their shieldwall-abbility, so I think they would have beaten the veteran legionaries. Exactly the combination of a massive charge bonus plus the shieldwall was the thing that made mid-tier barbarian swords overpowered. And by the way the stats of the Armoured Shotel Warriors are on Oathsworn-Level! With the mix of this super strong melee infantry, good archers, good spear support, decent cav and chariots/elephants Nubia (kingdom of kush is what is called Nubia later) will be a veeeery potent faction on my impression.
Big Block been away for a long time definitely looking forward to buying this today. Thanks for your input.
I’m looking for a faction to potentially overthrow Egypt and take its place as a dominant empire in Africa. Which faction would be best for that play through? I’d like to role play that you know I’m trying to overthrow the Hellenic rule that took over Egypt and restore that regions roots. I was originally wanting to do an Egyptian play through but it was just to Hellenic for my liking. Even with a ton of mods trying to address that. I’m not mad it, it’s historically accurate but I just was surprised to see a huge lack of African native units. Not only am I fascinated by Ancient Rome but I’m fascinated by ancient Egypt, and it’s rival empires to the east. I really read about David and Goliath recently and it got me interested in that geographic area and time period. So I thought screw it I have every dlc 4 of them, I was waiting till next month to get the rest but screw it I’m getting the desert kingdoms culture pack tomorrow. Simply because I want to try out new factions other than Rome.
I honestly think it is crazy with how much CA has going on with Total War (TW Arena, Thrones of Britannia, Three Kingdoms, and Warhammer) that they have a team putting out Rome II DLC. I just hope they don't over saturate the series going forward, because the release slate is insane right now.
well from memory ToB and the Rome II DLC were being made as a separate smaller team and therefore probably aren't as fleshed out, hence the reused animations and models.
Looking forward to Three Kingdoms. Hopefully they're able to make the unit roster more interesting than the ones in Shogun II where every faction has the exact same units with just slight buffs based off "specialty"
Zechs Aznable Same, Three Kingdoms is the one I'm most excited for. The setting is awesome.
I just want a Yuan Shao faction. Screw Cao Cao, Liu Bei and the Sun clan, it shall be the Yuan clan that takes China.
Zechs Aznable
What about Dong Zhao or Lu Bu? Violent dictators have more fun.
Heir missed the fact that armoured shotel warriors have armour piercing 20. They rek praetorian guard 1v1.
That's some dank kush right there
I figure this DLC is fine. Plus as an Egypt fanboy finally getting Cleo seems right.
I did a test in custom battle and the shotel warriors actually beat the Odyrsian Falx General units... Pretty impressive. Of course the Javelin Dispatch helped
I pre ordered this , it was actually not knowing that it wasn’t out yet but I just went with it because I was trying to get Rome dlc anyway
Completely agree with you Heir, although I won't get this DLC for the timebeing just because I don't play Rome 2 now, but I can understand why others would! The last Rome 2 DLC disappointed me so hard, and it wasn't cheap. I do love to see CA doing well though, it's great! Been too busy playing Age of Empires DE atm though... So much fun to be had online
Personally, i love this DLC Culture pack. These factions are diverse and unique. Unlike Ceaser in Gual or Black sea colonies, this DLC actually adds in exotic factions that are not a mirrors of any other faction like Boii and Averni or Pergamon and Athens.
I purposely avoided using female generals simply because the female character models are kinda fucky looking. Also I noticed the notes on these civilizations seemed to be pandering with particular references to the "amazing Progressive Gender Equality" type shit. This is Total WAR, I don't give two flying fucks OR shits about their Gender equality. I care about whether their troop trees are interesting and that they aren't a weak ass faction. That is ALL.
That said I 'am also really liking the random events like the Nile stuff, and the lost caravans. I hope that is a new thing for all the factions. So far I've only played The Kush, I honestly can't wait to use those guys in the lion skins they look badass!
They are power house for sure, maybe not same like egypt and seleucid or carthage but they have good options for sure…..
Am I the only one who think some of the desert factions were supposed to be in the original Rome 2, but CA rushed and forgot to include them?
Any idea how to reduce corruption as Kush or any of the Desert Nomadic factions? Greeks can promote women to reduce, but I'm not seeing a way besides research Philosophy to keep the Desert kingdoms clean.
I sure hope Warhammer IP is going to get updates 4 years down the line during the development and updates of current TW's, whatever it may be, I sure fucking hope so.
Machcia yea that wouldn't bother me one bit
Problem i'd see with that would be finding things to add, I hear there's not that many actual races left that aren't added so i'm a bit worried the 3rd game won't actually be that good. Some people have been theorizing that they may even end up splitting Chaos into 4 factions based off their gods, which could be cool, but result in more bland factions.
The things i hope they'd do for TW:W3 would be mostly better maps, modes and mechanics. The most exciting thing I could imagine being announced would be an Avatar Conquest mode, since it'd just fit Warhammer even better than it would fit Shogun II as it's filled with actual legendary and magical items that they can probably have you make choices for.
We was lit and sheeit!
That Kush is too strong in campaign. They hit Egypt hard in like the first 20 turns.
Would have been nice if they had one more pike unit with better stats.
Heir! This prevents me using mods I can use for FREE!
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you can roll back your game all the way to patch 15 if you want. so if your preferred mods are patch 17 or 18 you can roll back to that. lots of mod work if they are out of date too, worth checking at least if you know a certain mod isnt being updated.
+Marco da Treviso You guys better stay out of Constantinople or there will be problems!
icant wait to play these armies, great video heir!!!
Thanks!
Heir, please look at the other factions too when you catch some time, don't forget it.
Also, which weapon do these melee units use? Is it a... Some sort of a sickle?
I'm glad they are going back to "Rome 2", it's my favourite "TW", whatever the content, but... Did these African peoples really use pikes? Yeah, history is not everything, but ... I'm asking, if they did it's fine by me.
The curved sword they're using is called a shotel. And bruh, a pike is in essence just a really long spear. It's not much of a leap to go from "spear" to "longer spear" to "pike".
The curved sword is a Shotel which is used for getting around shields/ piercing armor/ sweeping legs
They forgot to give Kush the Kushite Shieldwomen unit that were already included in the Egyptian roster after the Daughters of Mars DLC.
On a side note, I am interested if any of these factions are available to play as in the Empire Divided Campaign. Kush and Saba were still alive during this period although it would make more sense to have Aksum and Himyar playable in this timeline (as they were emerging and soon to become powerful factions in this time frame) while Kush should be playable in the Imperator Augustus campaign since this is the period when they were the most active and strong (they raided Egypt and they battled with Rome). Additionally, the Masaesyli and/or Massylii are a must have faction in the Hannibal at the Gates campaign because they played an important role in the Punic Wars.
True..wonder why they aren't in the roster.
Always in my heart.. modded,ultimate rome units, pikemen, cohorts, oathsworn etc. ! Just watch the Rome, Spartakus, King alexander, Troja and then DOWNLOAD another mod: Immortals from the 300,yup,Op af
Kush is a good faction hope the others are
Review Nabateans next!
I definitely agree with Heir, if CA modernised some of the things like the camera/controls, and fixed bugs I could definitely play it more.
Although that power-creep of a new dlc beating Roman infantry...
they brought back gaurd mode
Pretty excited, but i think if its a free-lc then everyone will be enjoying it better. Also able to bring back plenty of old players like me. But hey , its sega, sega love their dlcs. (I love sega)
preordered soon as it was announced, #stoked
Kush is bad ass
Waddub K A N G Z
Well, at least it's not Pontus.
Love this game and am looking forward to the dlc
Desert/Arabian might just be the most offensive thing anyone ever called Kush.
I hate commenting on videos about other playthroughs and all that, but... Eh. Is the Karl Franz Mortal Empires playthrough over? I'm really into it, so I hope not. Karl Franz is my favorite character!
Not over just trying to finish Tomb Kings first.
HeirofCarthage great! Sorry to comment on an unrelated video. I was just hoping it wasn't over. I'm enjoying that LP. Karl fuckin' Franz, favorite character in Fantasy.
Heir pls show the nabatea before launch, I already bought my dlc I just need to know who I'm playing first
cool your covering this but this if my opinion....my first Total war game was Rome 2 and i loved it. however, they are coming out with so much newer and better things why are they still making DLCs for this? believe they would be using resources better on the newer content.
while personally i am slightly disappointed in this DLC, i can understand it. I honestly would quite enjoy it and probably buy it myself, however i feel the price point is WAY too high
I have heard a lot of others say the same thing. Makes sense with the game already being older.
Really enjoy this faction. Kushite spearwomen should be there though.
My problem is the quality of this DLC, and the pricing when it's for an almost 5 year old game. You'd think that they learned their lesson, but here we are another "culture" pack and its main feature is what, woman can be generals?
And yeah, it will break a mod that already gives me those factions and are probably way more fleshed out in the mod. The DEI team will fix it withing the week, because they're cool like that, but still.
Those are my two cents.
Are you using a custom camera/mod?
Holy shit stats of many units are so OP
I was thinking some are high but am so out of touch with this i didn't know for sure
I bet they’ll balance fine
Do the Numidian ones next!
Okay now CA needs to fix some older factions. Getae need a armored falx unit, Cimmeria need an armored lancer unit, Iceni and Massilia need an archer unit each, Carthage needs SOMETHING (damn for real man), Colchis and Massilia need Pikemen, Sparta needs swordsmen, Pergamum needs Thorax Swords, Ardeia need some skirmishers and skirmisher cav and a medium melee cav unit, all Steppe factions need a half decent spear unit and axe unit, and then the game should balance out. This way mods arent needed to keep everything balanced. And these extra units should all be FLC.
what keybind do u use when u move your army?
Well, I do like the look of the new Factions, but right now there is just so much content left in TWH2 even without taking mods into consideration; I haven't even played a Druchii campaign...
I might pick this up at some point, but for now I think I'll pass.
Can someone tell me why Steam is crashing when i try to buy the new DLC?!
Those Disciples are Empire Divided Berserkers :(
Lol true
Could u make one of these for all the factions?
love rome 2, still play it, over 1000 hours, will not be buying it just feels scummy to grab for more money here and break all of the mods for the people who genuinely wanted to stick to the game this long. we were still playing whilst you moved on and now our game is being broken to bring you back for a couple of weeks. its not going to ruin my life or anything i just would prefer this to not exist, or be free at this late stage of the games lifespan.
Yep i saw a lot of people mad at the mods getting wrecked
but the DLC goes to help fund new productions. It's a money grab, but that's what business is in general. With inflation and the devaluing of money and many set prices in this particular industry they have to compensate somehow. I'll be supporting it and I look forward to it. That said I understand where you as a consumer are coming from. But look everywhere now. When you get food out it's the same prices or more and the portions are smaller and smaller. People working at McDonalds are demanding $15 an hour now. McDonalds is is talking about either replacing them with machines or getting rid of the dollar menu for the $3 menu. I mean that's the way it is now.
The problem finds it's roots in the greedy CO's. I doubt the developers will see much profit in the DLC. Sega is the one getting most of the money from these things. We gotta be understanding of these teams that make our games. They spend more time in the studios making our game than with their families. Some game developers have documented missing out on the birth of their children and missing 3-4 Christmas' in a row (Ubisoft to be exact). It's a high demand job and I don't mind supporting the employees that bend over backwards to try to please both their bosses and their fans while trying to have some semblance of a family life.
heir you didnt even put those shotel warriors into shieldwall, they would have performed even better!
Heir you left fire at will on the top unit. It was picking off legionaries from the fight next to it. Made the unit going 2 v 1 look better than it was.
I want TW to change engine. There's no use to do block of infantry with this engine. You only need to stretch out as much as you can with every infantry
Why? Block formation make fight much more longer.
It only makes it last longer if the guy in front of you is also doing block formation. Never use a block formation against a streched line.
There's guard mode!
Yep. It is coming back
I like the fact that this DLC, in addition to the factions added, adds female leaders aside from Zenobia and allows you to recruit female generals. For some cultures this makes some sense. It also seems that they are adding some of the unique buildings and special ability type things to more factions, just like they did with empires of sand for Attila. My only complaint is that Rome 2 is getting more support than Attila. I know the reason is because Attila isn't as popular on the multiplayer front, but I feel like it's stupid to stop supporting a game because you never fixed the multiplayer balance (Germanic Cav spam, I'm looking at you), but then support an older game. And especially because the main changes from these last two Rome 2 DLCs, the politics revamp and female leaders, would be really good additions to Attila. I'd rather lead the Tanukhids as Mavia instead of that random guy they have in charge.
Well its more than just "attila doesnt't have the multiplayer base". Attila did not even sale well and the player counts show.
Too just sum up Kush as a desert/ Arabian faction… I don’t have the words of how wrong that.
Yo you didn’t cover the strongest one Saba xD
Is this the ancient Egypt mod in a way ? It looks very neat . I love Rome 2 more than the rest . I might buy it .
Are you going to be playing rome 2 anymore?
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Armoured shotel warrior is too OP. 50weapon damage(20 of it is armour-piercing) makes other single hand weapon, even elite Celt sword, like a joke. 95 armour makes armoured shotel warrior perfect in both attack and defend. What’s more, they are cheaper(and stronger) than Praetorian guard and othasworn.
I wonder why Kush doesn't have Kushite Shieldwomen in their roster.
Do you think Kush is a balanced faction?
I have no idea at this point. Their weakness would be lack of shock cav or missile cav I guess.
Masaesyli next please. :)
I'd like to state that I'm just plain happy no longer will African and Arab factions be horrific piles of crap spear, sword, and slingers. Now invading Ethiopia and the Arabian regions will be a real military campaign with potential risk instead of just beating down the worthless factions that never even got a roster to play with.
I bet they didn't add any new buildings in this DLC. To be honest, I am tired of playing different eastern factions with the same damn construction tree.
I think these factions are more than just eastern factions. From what i have seen, it adds in totally new buildings, at least for the Kushites and Saba. These factions are diverse unlike Ceaser in Gual or Black sea colonies, this DLC actually adds in exotic factions that are not a mirrors of any other faction like Boii and Averni or Pergamon and Athens.
Nodosa what kind of building did they add? Strictly religious buildings?
I need to look at the building tree. Good idea.
Ofcourse they made the Kangz and Kweenz OP as shit.
I love conquering these nerds as Egypt
The Roman Advisor is a shame...
You are not playing as romans but still...
That is literally the case for EVERY faction though. No point in complaining.
I cant wait and hope to see if assembly add more to shogun 2 and revive it😆
#PatchyDefiesModernization
Man I miss those days sometimes. So much fun
Cant wait for WAEkanda mod.
This faction wants me want to buy the game
So kush isn’t india?
Timothy Edward Sudan
I would have two year ago but its been to long. Rome two has had it day. If they patch in family tree and gave it more attila functions then yeah sure I'd buy it. But yeah 3 faction that are B-sides on a game that has had it day, no :D
I bought Desert Kingdoms in Attila and I was sort of let down. They were fun-ish for a few campaigns. But they got boring, quick.
Attila was a better game than Rome 2. I just don't care to buy a worse version of a DLC I already own. They will have less unique mechanics. The game gives you less fulfillment when you pick a faction in the first place.
So...eh...if they totally rework Rome 2. Maybe. But playing Desert Kingdoms would still be at the bottom of my list. Reworked Egypt vs. Obscure Middle Easterners is an easy choice to make.
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Disappointed this faction lacks the GUARDIANS OF THE HINDU KUSH
First
Only the African factions use slave warriors...
Please tell me Im not the only who finds that funny
Sebastian Snow I'm pretty sure that other faction use slave soldiers in the game.
Sebastian Snow Didn’t know Ardiaei and Romans were african
MrSafior both African colonies.... duh
Sparta with their helot units
There all African factions ever heard of great African colonial age 60000-40000 bc 😀😀
I don’t think it’s historically accurate for desert tribe infantry to be able to go toe to toe with a veteran legionnaires unless I’m wrong.
Certainly no less accurate than conquering most of Eurasia and North Africa in the 5th century as an already extinct Irish tribe.
Ricardo Soto Rome sent expeditions to try to conquer Nubia (what is being called Kush here) in actual history. None of them succeeded and eventually the Romans decided to trade instead of fight. The Numidians also gave Rome a run for their money for a good two centuries of on and off warfare before being conquered. So, it's more plausible than most people tend to think.
Jamie Wanless They did not win because of their superb infantry, that is the problem here. Nobody cares that the Numidians were successful in general.
The ai is a joke
rus m Whats new?
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I beg to differ, things like this DLC release are the kind of BS that you cant simply overlook or "play it cool, if you disagree let other people enjoy it". When a greedy ass game publisher/developer does this and profit from the sales it means they are gonna keep doing. You are a total war youtuber, of course you would check it and play it. But i think you should've being more responsible and bash the shit out of CA for this (just be politically correct and at least say something like "this wasmt CA brightest idea"). Its a SUPER outdated game, it is merely a FACTION CULTURAL PACK, they are charging as much as the DLC from the new games. I think this is the same as totalbiscuit policy of "guys, dont preorder". When a bunch of people do it CA gets away with this kind of abuse, and it makes it worse for ALL the player that buy their games.
I think it’s a bit odd how after black panther this comes out, also, why can’t it be a freeLC? WH is doing quite well, there’s also the fact that one of the features was women in politics, I don’t care for the politics in Rome 2, it’s completely shit as is, it’s just...to me there seemed to be an overhanging, I dunno how to describe it...kinda like the whole “muh diversity” people, to me personally these factions are nothing more than a stepping stone for conquering other kingdoms, empires and all that.
I really don’t see the need for it when they can focus more on more interesting stuff, oh and let me clarify, I don’t mind diversity, in case someone was gonna cause me of being a racist or sexist and if you do anyways? Shove those words where the sun don’t shine please, and if your ordering why the fuck I put this here, with how things are nowadays you gotta do it, as much of a pain in the arse as it is.
Connor Quarmby agree with u man
That black panther/diversity correlation argument is pretty ridiculous. The desert kingdoms are the one culture group that weren't playable and now CA made it to where they are. This isn't politically motivated at all.
Spooky for ya I very much disagree, well maybe the whole black panther thing is a coincidence but you can’t blame me for being Skeptical about it, but there’s also the key feature of “women appear more in politics” whys that important? Now this is a guess but I’d say most Total War players couldn’t give a single fuck about Rome twos politics, i mean if that’s how the tribe was then fairs, but why is it a key feature? Will it affect politics in a big way? Or will she be like all the other politicians and be there and useful as generals? WHY ARE THEY A KEY FEATURE is my point.
I agree with Spooky, the black panther argument is just silly. There is literally only one black faction, and it seems like everyone is focused on that despite the fact that 2/4 factions are Arabian. As for women playing a role in total war is just extra content. I mean, lets be honest here, women have played a role in politics of the world, some at the back seat while others at the front fighting (Mainly referring to Kushites and Scythia for this.).
The thing i love about this DLC is the fact that it is not another shity copy culture fact such as Pergamon and Athens, and/or Averni and Boii.
The fact that you brought this up at all is strange and makes you come off like one of those salty alt right people. Seriously though who tf cares? Its more content for a 5 year old game (even though I feel like these factions should have been in the game a long time ago) so why does it matter that some of the character models have darker complexions?