Play(ed) the original Sierra game with the patches to use high resolutions, so was looking forward to this one. Played it and asked a refund... Pro's: -Some added functionality like spreading workforce over map instead of by access to housing (in coding this isn't really an upgrade though) - visuals have been updated, the outdated old Pharaoh graphics have been cleaned up and given a new coating. They do look a bit "app-like" but it doesn't annoy me. The thing that does annoy me is the following: Con's: - Some functionalities have disappeared completely like combat, building paths over ditches, etc - It is like the developers took the source code of the Pharaoh 1.0 version (including all old bugs) and put a new shiny layer over it. example: -All in-game animations are identical to Pharaoh 1.0. -Music and voices are mostly identical to the Pharaoh version Conclusion and advice: Had to wait a long time for this to come out (wishlisted it over 2 years ago) and very disappointed in what was delivered. It's a graphically polished version of Pharaoh 1.0. Keep playing Pharaoh with all patches available and wait till this one has been bugged out and even then wait till on discount.
