Pharaoh + Cleopatra

Caesar III was great, but Pharaoh is just perfect. Impressions highest achievement.

Simply the best city builder ever made. Nothing even compares, not even the sequels. I have sunk hundreds of hours into the game. There are dozens of ways to play each game.

This was the game that got me into strategy games. Before, I was mostly only into shooters in the vein of Quake, Doom, Unreal etc. Then a buddy of mine gave me this and since I was always into Ancient Egypt I thought this would be the best way to get into strategy/city building games. And dammit I was right. This was the most hideously addictive game I have played before or after that lonely Summer of '99 in Melbourne Australia. No Quake or Doom ever came close to the heroine-like addiction this induced within me. I would sit down Friday evening and think to myself that I'll play this for a coupla hours, and VOILA! suddenly its SUNDAY morning! The beauty of this masterpiece is that not only is it extremely entertaining, but you also learn so much about Ancient Egypt, their culture, their food production, their primitive technology, their health and educations systems. their Gods and religions, as well as how they built those massive Pyramids and structures. All without the need for reading books or watching a documentary. And now there's a hack for playing this game at HD resolutions. So don't wait- just go. Play. Here's a video of Pharaoh greatest cities in 1080p HD. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkfwZjUujM4

I will be buying this game on GOG for my older sister soon, it's her favorite game and we both love it. Sadly we lost the disc a few years back, which is why I'm so happy to see it on GOG! P&C has a great combo of managing your city and building, expanding etc. There is also a map creator which adds endless replayability to the game. If you like city building games with a good amount of depth this game is for you.

Ignore only the first three Caesar games in the classic city building series and play the rest instead.