CA has done a lot to fix Pharaoh and right some wrongs. I made a video that actually breaks it all down so check it out! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/irt8d7OS372aqpc.html

all people want is Medieval 3

Shogun 2 is by far the apex predator

Am I the only one that likes Pharaoh?

It‘s really really a good game (with mod‘s) 💪🏾 I think CA made a huge mistake with the price and didn’t call it a saga title…

Their mistakes are from trying to make a game, that appeals to a new audience, while ignoring their main audience. while simultaneously charging full price for what should have just been a DLC. I'm really frustrated, because I want a new title to play, and literally no one asked for a Pharaoh game. If they want to keep going down this path then fine. I can put another 500 hours in Rome two, till they get the message. I have not bought Troy or pharaoh, and don't intend to.

My first campaign was pretty challenging and it gave me a sort of Atilla end of the world vibe which was spot on for the time period. But the waves of quickly Sea People became nothing more than a nuisance and by my second campaign the game was too easy, repetitive, and limited. TLDR: needs some love and expansions and it could be a fun game

there will be more factions...called dlc

What is ur specs mine is ryzen5 5600 rtx3070

Real question is...to what degree can it be MODDED ? Can it be SALVAGED ? Family Tree, Agents and additional Court Mechanics are absolute must.

Excellent summary! Being a TW veteran myself I spent several thousends of hours with the truly history based titles like Medival, Rome and Empire (by the way: the Imperial Destroyer Mod for ETW is better than the actual ETW2 up to my mind). The phantasy stuff is not my choice and Pharao beeing an off spring of Troy is simply historical crap.

I invest everything in food like fishing, fields and only wat pits and more but have like 12 cities all connected to the nile but and I have 4 armies with all 9 men but still I have to buy food everytime. It's unbelievable also upgrading to level 3-4 does give me 20% more food but still not enough. I set everything on agriculture but I have no idea why it's not working like rome total war for example.? i stop playing the game it's frustrated like hell if you have all resources but get bankrupt because you don't have enough food

Not a fan of your scoring system. Seems like it is more like a 4/10 based on what you said.

I was always a massive total war fan but I was never able to get into Troy and as soon as Pharaoh was announced I thought it'd be a copy and paste.. I'm waiting on the next Empire game, in 2023 the scale and naval battles should be better and bigger than ever, what's going on?.. In the meantime Paradox titles like Stellaris are holding my attention much better and worth pushing through the learning curve. Age of Empires 4 is also excellent and provides such a challenge (and has just deservedly earned plaudits for releasing a comparatively cheap DLC that has basically doubled the content in the game).

Man I wanted a Bronze Age Total War so bad, but then we get Pharoah. It sucks that my favorite time period was messed up so horribly

As the other guy said, people want Medieval 3, that is Pharaoh is critized so much. Pharaoh is good for what it is.

1:55 There is a mod for empire that makes it WW1 so maybe that’s why he said WW2.

For me the best are medieval 2, shogun 2 and rome 2 when it comes to historical, havent played attila or three kingdoms but have heard they are good. They could just make a graphical/remake for shogun2 or medieval 2 and it would be a success.

Probably be pretty sweet if they added in all the mythology.

Aren't the battles in Pharoah better than Troy?

It wouldn't have been such a disappointment if they'd included the asyrians and the greeks the map is tiny

i will go back to TW TK then, thanks for the heads up buddy!

great summary, I won't be buying this one, based mainly on CA's horrible treatment of dissatisfied customers. I came to the total war franchise with Shogun 2, which at first was WAY too much to take it and stayed on the shelf for a like half a year before I bothered to learn how it worked and DAMN am I pleased I did. I've played every title since with Atilla being WAY up there for me for the time period and the map, but Three Kingdoms WITHOUT QUESTION is my favorite, the characters, the artwork, the feel, the story, the guanxi and ancillary systems, the ability to create vassals out of characters, the dynamic changes in faction identity through progression! it was AMAZING! I have about 3000 hours and counting in 3k. I also think it was cool how they added historical and romance mode for anyone who wanted the traditional total war experience, though I've never played records cause Romance is THE BEST. I wish they would include the ancillary system in every game, so you can deck your characters out and see those changes like 3k and the guanxi system too, but Pharaoh really seems like a half-baked attempt to make one of those surface level 'yearly release' type games where very little changes from the previous title, they do the bare minimum they can to mention some changes at release and charge as much as they possibly can for it. What's next CA microtransactions for 'quality of life' buffs? pffft - get better.

I didn't want this and was negative about it but ---- surprise surprise -- its actually damn good!

Don't get any ideas but you've got beautiful eyes.

We need Shogun 3

I was hoping for Medieval 3 or Empire 2 as well, but after watching Soulgamesinc videos, I don't think that's ever happening. Every historical game since Rome 2 has been a Mod packaged as a game. In the event we are getting a game set in the Middle ages, it's like going to be the base game having just Britain, with France Spain and Holy Roman Empire being paid Dlcs. Creatively bankrupt assembly remastering Empire and Med 2 is the best outcome that is likely to happen. Then they can mod Warhammer into a Lord of the Rings game and call that a new game.

Pop off king!

Conceptually, Pharaoh is amazing. Production wise. Its low standard. I agree that older titles are outdated, and i respect the devs for taking risks with campaign mechanics and progression. But the production. The execution. The feel of the game has stagnated, especially with historical titles, which is why this hybrid of fantasy historicty is happening. Call me whatever you want, but playing older titles i personally feel like a family member. Pharaoh, im trying to beat a game. I could go on a verbal tyraid about all the nuances of this game, as well as older titles. The issues is that the progression of CA seems so disjointed. The improvements and alterations they make for each title is a non sequitor every time. How does the shogun 2 team use the warscape engine better than ppl in the future? Its a layup. And the battle simulation has only gotten worse. The game is a ferrari with a lawn mower for an engine. Looks amazing, till you rev it up and realize, damn. I was better off with a cheap hooptie. I mean they literally did NOTHING to improve combat. And then praised to high heaven new features that ive yet to see one player implement. Stat modifiers dictate unit performance. Not strategy. Not a new combat system utilizing unit animations to determine attack and defense. Spacing. Pathfinding. Unit targeting from kill animations, a massive step back from 2006. Genuinely, was there really anything impressive about this game that isnt already a feature in an older title? Why is everything disjointed and stripped down, only to be added into a jumbled mess of game like this? Honestly the attention for Pharaoh should have gone to m2. And then built up from that system, adding their fresh outlook on a decent polished game. A crossing guard would be a better director, at least they have a sense of direction.

The bronze age is very interesting. There's a lot going on. The Y-chromosome bottleneck, for starters.

I like your video.... But the SeaChickens????? Really, bro?

I Tottally disagree...i love this game..most fun i had since Rome Total war. I noticed that the biggest haters on the game don't own a copy and haven't even tried it. Try the frigging game... its worth it.

I respectfully disagree with you in saying that C.A. hasn't given their fans what they want. Back when Rome2 and Attila dropped-so many people were BEGGING CA to develop some Bronze Age themed strategy games. CA did this TWICE with Troy and Pharoah. Also it makes sense for the Canaan factions to be a little less developed than the Egyptians. Historically, they were under-developed "savages" compared to Egpyt. CA stuck to historical accuracy in this game. I really feel bad for CA, as they have the most fickle, volatile fanbase ever. We scream at them to give us something, they give us that-and then we bitch at them for giving it to us.

not really care about pharao, troy, thrones of britania, the chinaese one - got all this way better covered in rtw + me2tw mods

Honestly, i think if CA remastered and sold Medieval 2 and Kingdoms for the price they sold Pharaoh, its a better deal. Seriously. I would rather pay $70 for a nearly 20 year old game than yhis. Ain't it sad?

its pronounced like hey-ty, the country is hat-ty FYI lol

The answer is a big NO. Pharaoh AKA Troy DLC is not worth it.

I find it too simple!

Thanks to pharaoh, we can which youtubers is a CA shill

He-tight.... now use their pronunciation and combine them... though u pronounced Hitite correct... several times... so think your made up pronunciation issue loses a lot of credibility and detracts from your otherwise fine review.... now us hardcore total war gamers (my first one was Shogun /not the second)...we will wait for a proper Medieval 3 or Empire 2 on a BRAND new engine. Until then... Ultimate general American Revolution will eat CA's lunch up...

If you don't like how you say something in a video, say it right and then edit out the bad take.

I think you guys just play too much?? As someone who doesn’t get to play that much, it’s pretty fun, and aren’t they working on a big game while putting out small games? Wait a couple months for a sale and pay 20 bucks for it. The total war community selfhate is weird idk.

You said it at the beginning, the Bronze Age is boring when it comes to warfare. It was the dawn... there's nothing there. For a game that's called total WAR, pick an age where war is interesting.

Even the announcement trailer was bad. Showcase of Beetles wrestling? Who cares about insects?

Nope returned it on Steam. Total War is DEAD. Go HAWKS!

Also, while i appreciate your actually somewhat fair review here, saying we need to hold CA accountable for calling it a full-fledged historical title, and that this is ridiculous, is as stupid as any of the other biased BS. There are as many regions as there were in Rome 2 when it was released. Almost as many factions. WAY more mechanics. What do you want, a game twice as big as Rome 2 at launch AND a slew of new mechanics/RPG-like elements?

Terrible cinematic

what? its a 3/10 for all the reasons you just said. for a total war full game this is shit.

All they needed to do was make Mediaeval III with the entire Old World open. I'm talking Nippon all the way to Reconquista Spain, include Song and Ming China, The Mongol Empire, Umayyad to Timur Empire Middle East! Include it all! That is all they needed to do.... But diversity or something I don't know.

Top boring game! :)

I'm enitrely convinced that 80% of the haters have not touched Pharoah at all. I got it for £25, I would easily pay at least 40 for it. It doesn't warrant a £50/$60 price tag, that was silly on their behalf. But people critiquing the game are pretty wrong. The campaign and diplomacy is the best in any historical title ever by far. The game is actually difficult for once as well. I don't see how they dumbed down anything as well. You literally have to use diplomacy and trading properly now or your doomed. In normal mode, no matter who I play I'm always having to make sure I'm not starving or that I have enough gold. I find it so funny that Troy is now suddenly getting praise now as well. I can only imagine with CA's next fuck up I'll see a 1000 morons praising Pharoah. CA is moronic, but the Total war fanbase is so bitter and delusional they need to find a new hobby for a little bit.