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In Total War: PHARAOH, the newest entry in the award-winning grand strategy series, immerse yourself in ancient Egypt at the zenith of its power and experience the dramatic events that threaten its destruction.
Total War: PHARAOH is a strategy, rts and grand strategy game
developed by Creative Assembly
and published by SEGA.
Released on October 11th 2023 is available on Windows and MacOS
in 12 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese and Turkish.
It has received 5,070 reviews of which 3,234 were positive and 1,836 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.3 out of 10. 😐
The game is currently priced at 39.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for less on Gamivo.
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Windows
- OS: Windows 10 64-Bit
- Processor: Intel i3-2100 / AMD FX-4300
- Memory: 6 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 / AMD R9 270
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 50 GB available space
- Additional Notes: Microsoft no longer supports Windows 10 or older versions
MacOS
- OS: macOS 13.4
- Processor: Apple M1 (8‑Core CPU) or better
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: Apple M1 (7‑Core GPU) or better
- Storage: 50 GB available space
- Additional Notes: The game is officially supported on all Mac models released since November 2020 with an Apple M1 chip or better. To check your Mac model and when it was released, select About This Mac from the Apple menu on your menu bar.
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If you buy this game you will also get Pharaoh Dynasties which is another game , so you get 2 games for the price of 1. Dynasties adds Greece (Troy best imo) but don't get happy yet. As the AI is broken and I do not think they will fix it as it was released some time ago and same bugs and issues are still rampart For example Troy gets a bug that blocks you from accessing the court. It's ALMOST game-breaking as civil war will hit 99%. But on the other side, the AI is so broken that other factions only pop up stacks of peasant units so you can deal with it. But man... the game is broken. It is very well made from a historical point of view in the Bronze Age Period, Hittites / canaan are awesome. But it's just eye-candy. After you beat the threats near you that was it.. like it was scripted only for your region. From so many factions no one does nothing it feels empty. HOWEVER. For 15-20$ on sale I have to give this a positive rating as it does offer enough content for that price. BUT DO NOT PAY MORE THAN 20$. A shame CA releases broken games like this, being a big company and all :) Really hope they will put more care in Medieval 3.
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This game has received a lot of negative reviews since its release, and I agree with some of these reviews, and one example of them is the lack of a personal ID, because this game has almost no special changes compared to older versions of Total War, and it can almost be said that Total War Saga Troy has been slightly updated. Except for five or six very minor changes, the rest of the content is repetitive and lacking in innovation. This is the most important negative aspect of the Total War Pharaoh, and it is a very strong reason for negative reviews. But it is worth mentioning that the game also has positive points, such as excellent graphics, beautiful environmental design, a diverse and interesting storyline, and gameplay changes that have made the game very attractive. Despite the negative points that Total War Pharaoh has,But after the release of the new update of the game, Total War Pharaoh Dynasties, it can be said that the game Total War Pharaoh still has the potential to be in the category of good Total War games and can be transformed into a work of art with separate updates and DLCs (of course, all of this is just my personal opinion and others may have a completely different opinion, which is still respectable) and despite all these criticisms, This game is also beautiful and worth trying. For me, it is one of the popular Total War series and I never get tired of playing it. According to my personal taste, this game, like all the games in the Total War series, is attractive and well-made and can keep you engaged for months and even years because it has fascinated me so far. Many thanks to Creative Assembly for all the attractive and beautiful versions of Total War. I hope that this beautiful series will continue and that many other attractive Total Wars are in the works, and that you will make your fans happy by releasing new versions of the Total War series every year.🙏🌹❤
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Not understand why is this game so underrated... Well enjoyed game. itˇs not like the old ones, but still good
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I've played most Total War games, so I was initially shocked by the graphics and animations in this one. It felt overwhelming, almost too much! I gave it a couple of tries but couldn’t get into it, so I stepped away for two months. When I came back, I decided to take my time, exploring every option, button, and function slowly. To my surprise, I got hooked! Once you dive into all the available features, the game becomes incredibly immersive.It’s a fantastic game, and I’m certain I’ll be playing it for years to come.
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After all the hate this game got I was quiet reluctant to give it a try. but I really liked the setting I loved 3 Kingdoms, shogun 2 and Warhammer and therefore figured I would get this one on a big discount to see whether it would hold up. At the time of writing this I am still on my first campaing with Ramses but so far I like what I see. The battles are, as always, a fun time in total war games. The egyptian troops seem to be more elite compared to other civilization so you can often punch above your weight if you know what you are doing (flanking, kiting with mobile archers, using cheriots to mow down their archers etc.). At the moment the battles seem a little easy since I never had one I lost even getting outnumbered 2 : 1 but I guess thats the elite troops since I didn´t fare that well in Warhammer. The economy side is a little more complicated this time around as you have to balance multiple resources. On the one hand you have food and bronze which you mainly use to buy troops and pay their upkeep. Gold is used for elite units and buildings while stone and wood are the main resources to build up you towns. This encourages you to actively trade with other factions, a think I never bothered with in other games, to exchange your surplus resources for other good you are needing. This lead to some natural alliiances which you begin to form with strategic trade partners. The tech trade also encourages this since some techs only work if you are allied to a specific faction (+x% resource growth if allied to y). The religion side seems to me to be a more passive element. You can pick up to 3 gods (1 at the start 2 more after research) which give you acces to special buildings (their temples) with unique effects as well as boosts to your army after visiting a temple for some turns and on top you can select one leader for each god to give his army a permanent buff. The other aspects (scheming for court positons and way of the conquerer or what it´s called) are something I haven´t dabbled much with yet, but seem to be a little to complicated for their effect, The court is a little tab where you can spend your action to gain influence with people to either blackmail them to leave their position or do something for you. If you get a position yourself you get some unique mechanics, but these don´t seem that important to me atm. The way of conquest lets me use gold to make a city easier to conquer and give rewards upon conquest. Nice but not gamechanging as far as I can tell. The only thing I find a little gimicky is that each city has 2-3 little subplots on the main map where you can build outposts. These can be visited by your army to get bufffs. These buffs seem to be too strong in my perspective. This forces you to always move your hero to these outposts to get these buffs replenished since they only last 4 turns on default. I like the idea, but the result is that I now have to jugle visiting all important outpotst before moving my army to where I really want to go. Also I need to errect these outpost in newly conquered areas as well to not lose the buffs. But aside from the outpost gimick I am quite positively suprised by Pharaoh. Is it as complex as Warhammer with it´s unique factions and armies? No, but if you liked Shogun 2 or Rome, this is more like it with an unique egyptian flavor. 8/10 would have bought earlier if the reviews were not so doom and gloom.
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Total War: PHARAOH is currently priced at 39.99€ on Steam.
Total War: PHARAOH is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 39.99€ on Steam.
Total War: PHARAOH received 3,234 positive votes out of a total of 5,070 achieving a rating of 6.27.
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Total War: PHARAOH was developed by Creative Assembly and published by SEGA.
Total War: PHARAOH is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Total War: PHARAOH is playable and fully supported on MacOS.
Total War: PHARAOH is not playable on Linux.
Total War: PHARAOH offers both single-player and multi-player modes.
Total War: PHARAOH offers both Co-op and PvP modes.
There are 2 DLCs available for Total War: PHARAOH. Explore additional content available for Total War: PHARAOH on Steam.
Total War: PHARAOH does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
Total War: PHARAOH does not support Steam Remote Play.
Total War: PHARAOH 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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Online players
33
Developer
Creative Assembly
Publisher
SEGA
Release
11 Oct 2023
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