Power of the Crown: Egyptian vs Hatti legitimacy paths

About this game

Developer: Creative Assembly · Publisher: Sega · Platform: PC (Steam) · Art style: Realistic 3D · Screen type: Government / Policy / Laws

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What to study

The campaign's endgame choice is presented as two tarot-like cards on papyrus, not a menu: Egypt or Hatti, each with a painted court scene and a paragraph of stakes, each ending in the same CHOOSE THIS PATH button. The symmetry is the design: the choice is framed as equal and irreversible, and the tooltip's warning about Pretenders tells the player the crown, once claimed, must be defended. The papyrus texture and flanking ruler portraits make the screen feel like a proclamation rather than a settings page. Frame at about 15:48 in the Ramesses gameplay video (Steam). Framing note: the intro paragraph at top is partially covered by the open tooltip; both path cards are fully legible.

Patterns

How the screen is arranged.

card-choice story-panel

Components

Parts on screen.

Card Illustration Tooltip

Screen inventory

• POWER OF THE CROWN header with gold falcon ornament
• Two path cards: EGYPTIAN LEGITIMACY PATH ('The throne of Kemet awaits its true heir...') and HATTI LEGITIMACY PATH ('The kingdom of Hatti has slept too long...')
• CHOOSE THIS PATH button on each card; painted vignettes (Egyptian court, Hatti court)
• Open tooltip: 'The Supreme Leader wields the Power of the Crown, which gives the privilege of Royal Powers to the rightful heir. However, should Legitimacy be lost, Pretenders may arise to challenge the throne and restore the divine order.'
• Flanking ruler illustrations: Egyptian pharaoh left, Hatti king right

Top 3 colors

#c8b690 22%#4a413e 22%#cbbb97 19%

Top three palette colors by share. The remaining colors make up the rest.

Source and credit

© Creative Assembly / Sega, Total War: PHARAOH screenshot: Ramesses gameplay video (Steam), shown for design study and commentary. PlayCraft is an unofficial fan project, not affiliated with or endorsed by Sega.

Source tier 2 (publisher-released) · screenshot: Steam store page · Steam page

Source details

Fetched 2026-11-03. verified 2026-11-02: scene frame from the official Steam gameplay video, inspected visually at full resolution; both path titles, both card texts, both CHOOSE THIS PATH buttons, and the full tooltip text confirmed legible

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