Posted on: February 17, 2023
fakenamebill
Zweryfikowany użytkownikGry: 6 Opinie: 1
Solid remake. Don't listen to the noise.
My only gripes with this game are that there's no minimap, combat has been practically removed (my biggest gripe), and the walker animations look straight out of a freemium mobile game. The new buildings, map tiles, and backgrounds are simply gorgeous. The art style is a bit more cartoonish, but that's hard to avoid when you have a small team re-creating dozens of assets from scratch in HD while staying true to the originals. If you're initially put off by the new art, you'll likely warm up to it after a few hours of playing the game. The re-recorded music using Middle Eastern instruments is also very well-done, and like the map tiles, the best way to warm up to it is to simply immerse yourself in it while playing. Using the original voice acting is a very nice touch as well. The remake introduces several quality-of-life improvements to gameplay. When placing buildings, walker spawn and return points are clearly shown. There is an option to enable a global worker pool like in Zeus and Emperor, removing the need for slums in industrial areas. Docks and bazaars can now toggle which goods they process, like how granaries and storage yards could in the original, and all of these distribution buildings can now be set to refuse all goods by default. And as a nice added touch, all square buildings can now be rotated to a mirrored version, complete with re-shaded map art. These improvements vastly outweigh the negatives in my opinion. Many of this game's negative reviews nitpick minor issues, and are likely written by people who never would have been satisfied with any remake, much less one as faithful as this. Remember Majesty's mobile game remake? Or worse, Atari's recent treatment of Roller Coaster Tycoon? Pharaoh: A New Era is a faithful remake of a timeless classic, accessible to a new audience and with a 2023 release date permanently fixed to its name. That is priceless. Here's hoping it helps inspire a new generation of isometric walker-based city-builders!
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