Posted on: September 24, 2016

Quinnell

Games: 38 Reviews: 1

Keep coming back

This is one of those rare games that I just keep coming back to. I discovered it during my childhood when I used to rent games from the local Video Kingdom. Ever since then, it's like that lover you just can't really get over. Every once and a while, I get an urge to play this game. No matter how old I get, this game just never seems to fully fade into my past. If you like city builders, this one is a good Egyptian themed one. It has industry micromanagement, supply chains, military campaigns, and more. While it has its flaws and is certainly a very dated game, it's still better than some modern games in the genre. That's not a compliment I give lightly. This is the oldest game I still continue to come back to.

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Posted on: October 18, 2016

grigori1000222

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Games: Reviews: 2

*ETERNAL* KINGDOM

Although, Pharaoh was no part of my childhood, I am very pleased with it. In my childhood I played a lot of Caesar IV, a game, which I still love and admire (where actually is the sequel? Please, write me if you know something about a Caesar V or so). Pharaoh is like a two-dimensional older brother of Caesar IV, born in Egypt (and reborn by following this link: http://www.wsgf.org/dr/cleopatra-queen-nile/en). Pharaoh is so much fun! It is true that in the beginning, the game is not that easy, because money runs out quite quickly. But hard work is rewarded very fast, too: There are unique buildings. The reactions of the Gods make sense (oh yeah, that is quite a rarity nowadays!). Very often you must import products from other cities, so you have to think very economically. The Ancient Egypt setting in combination with the music is brilliant. I just cannot believe the year the game was published. I am very surprised by the fact how overwhelming a seemingly out-of-date, two dimensional game can be. Sorry, I cannot write more, because OSIRIS NEEDS ME, and YOU, so bow to him and become his slave forever!

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Posted on: June 12, 2017

opregonerog

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Games: 7 Reviews: 1

Perfect Game

This game is awesome , i spent a lot of time playing this game when i was a child, 100% recommended. But i have a problem when the structure is active with all of the necessary workers, it dont change to the active animation, for example when you build a gold mine they appear empty but when they have all the workers he appears with an animation in this case the gold mine show a gold color. Thanks !!!!

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Posted on: July 15, 2017

thunderfists

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Games: 26 Reviews: 4

Amazing game which still holds up well.

I bought Pharaoh in the store when games were still being sold in the bigger boxes. It was my first exposure to city building outside of the first few Simcity games. This has been one of my top five games of my entire life without a doubt in my mind. There were only two issues that I had with the game. The walker mechanics and combat. The walkers thankfully had roadblocks, but I still wish the had implemented a custom pathing system in Cleopatra. This is a very minor gripe, the pathing works ok, more of a personal preference. The second issue I had was combat. It is not well implemented and in my opinion shouldn't be in this game in the way it was implemented. I was fine with sending armies off to war, but defending a city was tedious and clunky. I always opted for the city building challenge when given the choice of two maps. That being said I still give this game a full five stars because the challenge of building a city and meeting the goals of each map is very satisfying and could take a couple hours per map. Very will narrated and the progression through the timeline, seeing the rise and decline of cities, is very engaging and you feel like you are integral part of the story. This is one of the few games I have sunk well over a thousand hours into over the years.

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Posted on: July 17, 2017

Tuftela

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Games: 36 Reviews: 2

I just keep coming back to these games!

I don't know how many years it's been since I tried my first demos of both these games. I pretty much suck at the genre, too, but still I keep coming back, trying to recreate that one time I actually made it quite far. Both games are like that for me. It's been a while since I got it to work properly on a new computer, so I've bought it here on GOG just to give some cash to those that keep these games alive and accessible to others. The game mechanichs are good, the way you can speed things up or slow them down to unbearably slow is good, the amount of guides and help online is great. Espescially for someone like me, that generally suck at these games. Build airier than you think you need.

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