[Grisham]

Total War: PHARAOH announced for PC

Publisher SEGA and developer Creative Assembly have announced Total War: PHARAOH, the latest entry in the grand strategy series for PC. It will launch via Steam and Epic Games Store in October.

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About
As the great rise, the greatest will fall.
In Total War: PHARAOH, the newest entry in the award-winning grand strategy series, immerse yourself in ancient Egypt at the zenith of its power and experience the dramatic events that threaten its destruction. With dynamic real-time battles and incredible turn-based empire management, can you rise above your adversaries to become Egypt's last great Pharaoh and stand against the collapse of an iconic civilization?
With the end looming for the great Pharaoh Merneptah, the people of Egypt cry out for a new leader. Many desire the power of the throne, but the path to becoming Pharaoh is a perilous one. Unearth a breathtakingly vibrant recreation of the Bronze Age Collapse as you battle societal disarray, face natural disasters and fight to protect your people against waves of invaders.

Key Features

• Experience Dynamic Battles – Enemy armies aren't the only challenges to overcome on the battlefield. Lead your soldiers through sudden and dramatic shifts in weather, such as torrential rain and sandstorms, and witness the tides of battle turn as it directly impacts the surrounding terrain. Beware the threat of fire too, as battles can become engulfed in flames, striking and spreading across the battlefield as it burns forests and damages the foundations of enemy settlements.
• Choose Your Leader – Prove your legitimacy to become Pharaoh, or Great King of the Hittites, and expand your growing empire on a campaign map that spans the rich cultural hubs of Egypt, Canaan and Anatolia. With a choice of eight Faction Leaders, step into their unique playstyles and take charge of diverse unit rosters. Whether you're charming the courts as a peerless diplomat, charging into battle as an unwavering commander or causing chaos as a fearless warlord, become a leader that history will remember.
• Unearth Ancient Egypt – On your journey to becoming Pharaoh, uncover a beautifully lush and vibrant recreation of Ancient Egypt at the height of its power. From the fertile banks of the river Nile to the windswept, arid deserts of the Sinai Peninsula and the mountainous crags of ancient Anatolia, this magnificent visual reimagining brings the beauty and brutality of Egypt's most tumultuous era to life.
• Customize Your Campaign – With a brand-new Campaign Customization feature, no two campaigns will ever feel the same. Determine how you play with an extended range of campaign customization options, such as random starting positions for all factions, detailed resource settings, the ability to toy with natural disasters and much more. With an abundance of options, stack the odds against yourself for an added challenge or become an unmatched power to breeze your way to victory.

 

[Bolivar]

Never in my left have I felt as much an emotional connection to a scarab as after having watched that trailer.

Interesting that it's a full blown Total War game and not just a Saga subscribes entry. A lot of historical fans are losing it because they were hoping to go back to one of the older series after waiting for Warhammer to conclude, but others are excited for a proper Bronze Age entry.

 

[DonDonDonPata]

This could be my dream game. I think the ancient Bronze age cultures are sorely underrepresented in gaming.

 

[HE1NZ]

This could be my dream game. I think the ancient Bronze age cultures are sorely underrepresented in gaming.

This but only if it's not a fantasy game like Troy

 

[mcz117chief]

It would be great if they were to add the Biblical events into the game.

 

[Kuranghi]

I liked that trailer a lot, it made me craugh which I only do when I think something is very cool but also very silly,

 

[SirKicksalot]

CA Sophia did excellent work on the Rome 2 salvage operation and on Troy.
Troy got more DLC than originally planned - apparently the Epic version had good player retention. I thought the last expansion was kind of bittersweet, as it added foreign units but not an extended map. So it felt like a retooled larger expansion.
But now I'm happy again! This game is exactly what I wanted. Bronze Age collapse is kino. I will preorder the most expensive version.

 

[regawdless]

I was really into the Total War series at one point, but kinda got my fix and never had the desire to return.

 

[GreyHorace]

Is this game gonna be canceled because the Egyptians aren't black?

 

[Grisham]

 

[Duke Silver]

Please just give me fucking Total War: 40K in some shape or form

 

[DonDonDonPata]

some reviews trickling in. Looks solid!

Total War: Pharaoh Review - Fight Like an Egyptian

Total War: Pharaoh is a smaller, more focused entry in the series, and possibly the best Total War game in years.

cogconnected.com

 

[mcz117chief]

some reviews trickling in. Looks solid!

Total War: Pharaoh Review - Fight Like an Egyptian

Total War: Pharaoh is a smaller, more focused entry in the series, and possibly the best Total War game in years.

cogconnected.com

I also heard it is pretty good but I'm not so sure about the price point given the scope and variety of content.

 

[SirKicksalot]

No time to play but I checked the settings and battle benchmark. They added comparison screenshots for the video options and you can now enable the debug camera in the menu. So I didn't even start the game but CA Sofia is already providing a better experience than the UK studio.

 

[SirKicksalot]

The interface is strange. For every lavish panel, there are two programmer art elements... It's not unpolished but rather a choice to focus resources on specific items. So everything that is new or important (the civilisation panel, the year end turn graphic etc) is awesome, but everything that is classic Total War is purely utilitarian. Troy had spectacular presentation and this is often the complete opposite, they even removed the cool event animations... But that's nothing that modders can't fix.

You can customise the campaign!!! This is huge. Tons of options to adjust stuff like resources, events, AI behaviours, combat options.

Having played only a few turns, the strategic map feels like a mix of old Total War and Troy. It's different from the recent games in some ways, just enough to make me do a double take at some things.

Speaking of different, I am completely baffled by the buildings and units. I never played the Egyptian faction in Troy so this is all new and strange. The Tomb Kings were easier to figure out! The names of the dudes, units and buildings are too complex for 5 AM so I just look at the pictures and stats. Some descriptive text seems to be missing, like one of the Rameses commandments just shows the effects and I deduced it's something like "give the people food" but I'm not sure.

Haven't battled much - but enough to get into a classic Warscape clusterfuck at the gates. No matter how polished the game is, this engine is simply not as good for melee as the Rome engine was. Mass, collision, individual pathfinding - it's always bad. But the ass ladders are gone, so I know they're trying to make Pharaoh as good as possible.

Anyway I enjoy the exotic setting very much. I love the era. Gonna be fun to watch the world burn down when the collapse hits.

 

[SirKicksalot]

So this game is a megabomb, which is a shame because it's a really good historical Total War. My collapsing Egyptian civilisation is going to crater just as hard!
The fucking Weshesh, Shekelesh, Lukka raiders descending upon my shores while some desert shits are fucking me in the ass - this is double Attila! And a civil war on top! It's relentless pressure and the real Sea Peoples invasion hasn't even started!

Piloting this campaign like

The outpost mechanic is brilliant btw. It solves the traditional TW army mobility issues and it's beautifully interlocked with all systems. It's so good (especially compared to the pure uselessness of Empire buildings).