Pharaoh™: A New Era on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information
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The legendary city-builder returns! Lead the creation of one of the greatest civilizations the world has ever seen in this HD remake with modernized UI. Build monuments, manage your population and explore 4,000 years of history through over a hundred hours of gameplay.
Pharaoh™: A New Era is a city builder, building and simulation game
developed by Triskell Interactive
and published by DotEmu.
Released on February 15th 2023 is available only on Windows
in 5 languages: English, French, Italian, German and Spanish - Spain.
It has received 4,571 reviews of which 3,396 were positive and 1,175 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.2 out of 10. 😊
The game is currently priced at 22.99€ on Steam.
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Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: Intel Core i5-9600K or AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450, 1 GB or AMD Radeon HD 5750, 1 GB or Intel HD Graphics 630
- Storage: 8 GB available space
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I would recommend, but it's a qualified recommend. I played pharaoh 25 years ago. It's a lovely, engrossing game, but also it has plenty of idiosyncrasies. Mechanically it doesn't quite work intuitively, and there are systems the game doesn't entirely explain. Once you do learn it though, it's so rewarding. Unfortunately it is one of those games where if you don't know what you are doing it means everything happens very slowly. Monument building can feel like it's happening in real-time. This remake/remaster does help in some regards. There's more options to for user-friendliness, and the designs have been updated to smoother, more modern style. I *think* the developers have managed to fix most of or all the major bugs since release. That said, this version is not a 'complete' version of Pharaoh. There are a few small features, like map rotation, that are now absent, but the biggest omission is combat. Battles are now resolved automatically, rather than having you control your troops. Combat wasn't the most interesting part of the original, but it does mean missions designed for combat are now de-facto a matter of economics - can you build a bigger army than the scripted invader in time? This breaks the Cleopatra expansion missions where you are supposed to fight historical battles, because the combat simply doesn't happen as intended. If you like city-builders and/or ancient Egypt, you'll probably enjoy the game. However, you are going to find flaws.
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If you liked the original, but disliked military system of the original buy it when it is on sale. But if you like your walls and towers to be usefull and to comand your troops, you are up to a disappointment.
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I have never played the original, but I bought it today with my husband as it is a nostalgic game for him. First day of playing and I am hooked. It was hard to pull myself away from the game to eat or participate in any other activity and I can't wait to hop back on tomorrow to figure out my current situation. Well done.
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I loved playing Pharaoh when I was a kid, as a kid who wanted to grow up to be an Egyptologist it was like a delightful trip back in time observing the native cultures for some type of anthropological study while simultaneously playing as an unseen entity controlling their environment. The game is highly nostalgic for me and every now and then I have every couple years dusted off my CD-Rom version of the game to replay a few of my favorite cities/scenarios. I even got my eldest son hooked on the game! I was so sad when the CD broke and then ecstatic when I found it on steam! While the original is still playable, modern systems sometimes have issues running it properly. So when Pharaoh: A New Era entered the scene, promising the original experience with enhancements and improvements that would run well even on my 4K screen... I quickly emptied my purse and threw my money at it. Does Pharaoh: A New Era live up to it's promises? Well, for the most part I'd say yes. It is probably one of the most faithful reboot/remakes I've seen. The graphics have been redone and work better on today's higher resolution screens. The music has been re-recorded with different instruments but has the same overall sound and tone. There are some great quality of life improvements. My favorite was being able to select the specific garden tile I wanted to use instead of an automated selection. I actually wish that I could also select the individual tile colors as well. You have a lot more choices about what messages you see, whether you have natural disasters, and more. For all it's good points and continued improvements after release, there are still some things that I don't really care for. First of all, there's a different interface. It probably won't matter to newer players, heck, maybe other older players besides me prefer it, but I continued to have difficulty with finding what I was looking for because my brain kept reverting to thinking about the original's interface. It's more of a minor annoyance or personal preference issue. Secondly, the map cannot rotate like it did in the original which again, is more of a minor annoyance. The biggest issue is that this remake does not have a combat system. It's completely missing. You get invaded with a message and a brief battle screen, but in the original you could see attacks in your city and even take measures to outlast an attack, avoid being attacked by naval forces, even supplement your forces with policemen or strategically fence in dangerous animals so that enemy forces would have to battle them hopefully depleting their numbers. None of these are possible in this game. While this is a good remake and offers new features I love, somehow it just feels different. I do like that this has a lot of achievements. It offers some which are easy to obtain or progression unlocked, but it also has quite a few that are really challenging. If you want to play through all the content and get all the achievements, plan on putting in some serious time. Pharaoh is not a quick game, even on 5X speed each city takes time to complete. Finishing it all took me about 360 hours. It's a major time investment. If you like city sims and ancient Egypt you'll still like this game just don't expect to finish it over a long weekend.
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As a player of the original Pharaoh game in my youth, this is the perfect marriage of modern QOL updates and nostalgia! This plays just like the original, but the things I found challenging (read: getting my laborers spaced properly with the jobs, among others) have the wonderful addition of the simple options menu selection to make it flow more reminiscent of Zeus and Poseidon from the late 90s/ early 2000's. This is a fantastic addition to my gaming library! One I am sure to continue enjoying for many years to come, if the decades of joy from the older version is any kind of indication!
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Pharaoh™: A New Era is currently priced at 22.99€ on Steam.
Pharaoh™: A New Era is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 22.99€ on Steam.
Pharaoh™: A New Era received 3,396 positive votes out of a total of 4,571 achieving a rating of 7.24.
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Pharaoh™: A New Era was developed by Triskell Interactive and published by DotEmu.
Pharaoh™: A New Era is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Pharaoh™: A New Era is not playable on MacOS.
Pharaoh™: A New Era is not playable on Linux.
Pharaoh™: A New Era is a single-player game.
Pharaoh™: A New Era does not currently offer any DLC.
Pharaoh™: A New Era does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
Pharaoh™: A New Era does not support Steam Remote Play.
Pharaoh™: A New Era is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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Triskell Interactive
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DotEmu
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15 Feb 2023
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