Sid Meier's Civilization VI: Ethiopia Pack Review (Lady Crimson (RIP))
All in all, this is probably one of the few exceptions of good content among the dlc of the frontier pack in my opinion, though I don't have much intention of buying any of the others besides this one which I think is very much worth the 5 dollars. I would say it's marginally better than the previous 10 dollar one that I decided to ignore, and I think the best way to approach the frontier pack is to pick and choose, rather than buying them on whole.
While I would say this civ is rather too powerful for my playstyle (focusing on faith, and getting tons of rewards back on it).
I am not entirely sure if it's over powered, even if it's incredibly powerful.
RNG is a rather big factor when dealing with larger maps against harder A.I., you'll be able to rely less on getting certain pantheons, and more just having to make due. This all in all hurts the faith capability of the civ, though you can always rely on your improvements and general faith abilities. This civ is really nice at getting early faith no matter the land type, if you can improve stuff right away, so that's a strong boon in the early faith issues.
This is the perfect civ for people who generally ignore science or culture districts, and always go hard on faith and religion.
You also can get a ton of faith mid game by trading caravans with allies.
One of the drawbacks is that a lot of the advantages are defensive, though it's a bit hidden, from my experience it seems like the A.I. is allergic to settling on hills, and they are generally rarer in certain maps. This means that conquering A.I. is generally not ideal, as your big advantage is having hill cities that convert faith into science/culture.
As for the Secret Societies?
Are they extremely powerful?: Yes
Do I really like them?: Yes
It also makes getting free governor points nice early game (1 for first or second tribal village, 1 for first envoy, 1 for finding a natural wonder, and 1 for a barbarian camp).
So it is just more.. certain setups are well, broken feeling, I can't disagree with that. But it is an optional mode that I very much am enjoying.