| Pharaoh: A New Era | |
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| Developer(s) | Triskell Interactive |
| Publisher(s) | Dotemu |
| Series | City Building |
| Platform(s) | Windows |
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| Genre(s) | City-building |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Pharaoh: A New Era is a city-building video game designed by Triskell Interactive and published by Dotemu. It is a remake of Pharaoh (1999).
Players build a city in ancient Egypt. As a remake, the game closely follows the original. The graphics are updated, and players can zoom in to view them up close. Normally, recruiters go house to house looking for unemployed people to assign to jobs. A New Era can optionally bypass recruiters and recruit workers from a global pool, like in Zeus: Master of Olympus . A New Era also tracks the Nile's flood season. [1]
After Triskell Interactive pitched a city-building game to Dotemu, Dotemu asked them if they would be interested in remaking another city-building game instead. Triskell chose Pharaoh, and Dotemu licensed it from Activision. [2] Dotemu released Pharaoh: A New Era on February 15, 2023. [3]
Pharaoh: A New Era received positive reviews on Metacritic. [4] Rock Paper Shotgun said that although it lacks some of the complexity of modern games, it is "the definitive version of a stone-cold classic". [1] NPR encountered several bugs and thought the new graphics looked too much like a mobile game, but they said it "is still a rewarding city-builder". [5] Gamepressure said the remake is "a splendid opportunity to rediscover this timeless classic", though they found some of the user interface elements to need improvement. [6] Shacknews felt some of the gameplay was archaic but overall called it "an excellent spin on a classic". [7]
Pharaoh is an isometric city-building game released in November 1999. It was created by Impressions Games and published by Sierra Studios for Microsoft Windows. Using the same game engine and principles of Caesar III, it is the first such game in Sierra's City Building series to focus on another civilization of ancient times. Players oversee the construction and management of cities and settlements in Ancient Egypt, micro-managing every aspect of the city to ensure citizens are fed, employed, healthy and protected from diseases, disasters and wars. An expansion pack, Cleopatra: Queen of the Nile, was released in 2000, developed by BreakAway Games. In 2001, both the game and expansion pack were bundled together as Pharaoh Gold. A remake titled Pharaoh: A New Era was released by Triskell Interactive and Dotemu in 2023.
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