Release Date: October 11, 2023
Total War: Pharaoh is a historical strategy game set in the ancient Egypt. The gameplay is divided into two layers - turn-based nation management on a strategic map and real-time battles featuring thousands of units.
Total War: Pharaoh is a historical strategy game and a new installment in a popular series. It was developed by Creative Assembly, the same studio as the rest of the franchise.
The game is set in the ancient Egypt. The story begins with the death of the Pharaoh, Egyptians, Canaanites and Hittites expecting a new leader. Though there are many candidates, only one can come out on top.
Total War: Pharaoh expands upon the ideas from the previous installments. The gameplay is composed of two layers - strategic, tasking us with managing the state, and tactical, that is, combat. At the beginning of the game we pick one of eight faction leaders from three cultural centers, each with unique characteristics that affect gameplay.
The strategic layer is turn-based and takes place on a detailed map, stretching from the fertile Nile shores, through the barren deserts of the Sinai Peninsula to the mountains of ancient Anatolia. The player must develop cities and the economy, conduct trade and diplomacy, recruit and equip armies.
Battles, on the other hand, are real-time. The player commands thousands of units, their outcome influenced by matters such as terrain and morale.
Aside from a new setting, the game offers a few other novelties as well. One of these is campaign customization, ensuring no two playthroughs are the same. The available options include random starting positions for all factions, detailed resources settings and the possibility of natural disasters.
Battles can also be influenced by sudden weather changes, such as sandstorms. Fire is also a powerful force, the game dynamically simulating its spread across the battlefield.
The game supports both singleplayer and multiplayer.
Total War: Pharaoh features appealing, detailed visuals faithfully depicting ancient Egypt and large-scale battles.
Platforms:
PC Windows
Developer: Creative Assembly
Publisher: Sega
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The highly popular series of strategy games by Creative Assembly. The Total War series successfully combines elements of turn-based strategy based on resource management, as well as tactical battles fought in real time. Since 2005, the series has been under the publishing supervision of Sega. In 2010, it was decided to make a change in the naming of the series, having Total War as the main part of the title, previously being only a subtitle.
Creative Assembly studio intends to celebrate 25 years of the Total War series for several months. The anniversary celebration will culminate in a showcase of upcoming games.
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July 26, 2024
The Dynasties update for Total War: Pharaoh will transform the game's campaign, introducing a dynasty, a handful of minor innovations, and quite a few changes.
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Jacob Blazewicz
July 12, 2024
We already know when the Dynasties update for Total War: Pharaoh will be released. The developers presented an atmospheric trailer and reminded us what the upcoming update will introduce.
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Maciej Gaffke
July 10, 2024
A major update to Total War: Pharaoh will add quite a few small factions and a handful of new civilizations.
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Jacob Blazewicz
May 31, 2024
Fans of Total War: Pharaoh are pleased with how the game's map will be expanded in a free update.
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Jacob Blazewicz
May 11, 2024
High Tide, a major free update to the Total War: Pharaoh strategy, has been announced. With it, Creative Assembly studio wants to regain the trust of fans.
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Zuzanna Domeradzka
January 17, 2024
Creative Assembly has apologized to Total War: Pharaoh and Total War: Warhammer 3 players for its recent actions. The developers announced big changes - including a price cut for TW: Pharaoh and refunds for those who purchased the game earlier.
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Hubert Sledziewski
December 14, 2023
Following the cancellation of Hyenas, Creative Assembly will be delegated to work on projects in the RTS genre, the games for which the studio is best known.
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Kamil Kleszyk
November 29, 2023
Total War: Pharaoh is the only part of the series not discounted in the Autums sale on Steam, but the game was already attracting fewer players than Shogun 2 and Three Kingdoms, among others, before it began.
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Jacob Blazewicz
November 27, 2023
System Requirements for Total War: Pharaoh Video Game:
PC / Windows
Minimum System Requirements:
Intel Core i3-2100 3.1 GHz / AMD FX-4300 3.8 GHz, 6 GB RAM, graphic card 2 GB GeForce GTX 660 / Radeon R9 270 or better, 50 GB HDD, Windows 10 64-bit.
Recommended System Requirements:
Intel Core i5-6600 3.3 GHz / AMD Ryzen 5 2600X 3.6 GHz, 8 GB RAM, graphic card 6 GB GeForce GTX 1660 Ti / 8 GB Radeon RX 480 or better, 50 GB HDD, Windows 10 64-bit.
Game Ratings for Total War: Pharaoh Video Game.
Eurogamer: 3 / 5 by Tom Senior
Dull warfare mars a fascinating battle for supremacy during the late Bronze Age collapse.
COGconnected: 90 / 100 by Jaina Hill
Total War games spent so much time trying to do more. There are countless clever strategy games out there, but this series always prided itself on having a massive scale. Pharaoh totally changes that formula as it scales down and rethinks the gameplay flow of the series. Everyone has their favorite Total War game (mine for the record is the original Rome Total War). I’m sure that someone out there will be quite unhappy with some of the Total War changes. But from where I sit as a long-time player, Pharaoh is a total blast, and has me more excited for the future of the series than ever before.
PCGamesN: 8 / 10 by Ian Boudreau
Old issues return and some of its new ideas are less effective than others, but Total War: Pharaoh remains a strong and exciting addition to the series' historical catalog.
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