HUGE Update! - Is Pharaoh A New Era Good Now?

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The legendary city-builder returns. Lead the building of one of the greatest civilizations the world has ever seen in this 4K Pharaoh remake with modernized UI. Remade but also kind of a Pharaoh remaster! Build monuments, manage your population through hundred of hours of city-building gameplay and explore 4,000 years of history through more than 50 missions in Pharaoh #ANewEra.

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[zalseon]

"Is Pharaoh A New Era Good Now?" not until they add a unique walker of the governor struttin' down your streets with his Ra themed pimp-cane.

[SciFi]

Plugging in the auto-resolve mechanic from Total War into a game running on the Caesar III engine was a bad idea. Making it mandatory was a worse idea. When people complained about excessive kiting or having to use police traps in OG Pharaoh they didn't mean eliminate those features from the game entirely. They just don't want to do it for 40 minutes straight.

[uros.u.novakovic]

Flat mode improvement part is great actually. I like that one very much. So many times when I play various city builders I go "What's behind this tall building again? Do I have room to build something there? Are things properly aligned behind it?" and I simply can't see until I move the building or destroy it.

[GileadMaerlyn]

2:38 Being colorblind myself, I'm very happy that the columns are back!
It's actually the first thing I asked for when playing the demo last year.

[epiphaner]

In my opinion, it was good and it keeps getting better 😊
I have sunk more than 100 hours into the game at this point (114h 15m according to GOG) and still like it a lot.
Since I mostly want to just build interesting cities, the simplified military compared to the original is actually a plus for me.
I hope they will keep improving the game for some time to come, since there are still bugs that I would like to see fixed, but I will still enjoy it even if they don't!

[ZaxxerDog]

Hopefully they'll just end up redoing combat to something that resembles the original more and it's just better balanced than that was.

[xdeser]

I really appreciate the dev's commitment to this and also their candor about finding a bug and keeping it in because it makes the game more interesting lol

[mohammedelwan]

Military is the main thing in this game
When i played Caeser or pharaoh or any game like that for the military missions the fun the challenge and speed to rush military and strategies your defense and also attach other cities those things are matters and if they invested on them this game will be the best

[YangTang_]

Happy with the fixes and updates they've brought to the game. I'm not holding out on the military battles getting better any time soon, mind...
A thing i really miss from the campaign world map is the monuments you've built in previous missions showing by their respective cities. Was a nice feature, seeing how far you've come with construction. Maybe something they'll add in the future, i hope.

[derricklarsen]

Glad to see they are still working hard on the game. I look forward to changing my negative steam review to positive! Trying to change a classic and make it better is difficult but they seem to be dedicated. Thanks @GamerZakh for your great videos!!

[Theorak]

Now with sleep mode, they could have also added an icon and shortcut. Why not think it to the end?^^
Love the Ultrawide support, more comfortable for me now.

[CaptWolfman]

I think Pharaoh a New Era is very good. I'm finding I'm able to get farther in this version, than the original version. Using force walkers also seems to help as well keeping my housing blocks fully supplied. This allows me to focus more on being efficient with my planning. One area strictly food production, one area industry and the housing blocks someplace in the middle, etc. Watching Zakh's videos also help as well. Thank you for the content :)

[amazingle]

such dedicated video, going through each changes one by one

[osageorangegaming]

Haven't gotten in to see all this myself yet, but thanks for the overview Zakh! While part of me misses the battles of OG Pharaoh, I find easier with the "current" system and hopefully, the upcoming revamp will be something.

[LindaMissad]

I think PANE is great!! I've been playing on normal since the last patch and really haven't encountered any problems. Most of the problems have been my not figuring out the mechanics of the game play when, once understood, made it possible for me to finish the game. I've been playing the games through the mission menu and have completed through the Valley of the Kings. It's so nice to have the workers and walkers getting to where they are supposed to be (unlike old Pharaoh) without glitchy stuff happening -- especially when building elite housing. These sound like great improvements -- I especially like the idea of being able to disable buildings when you need to temporarily change things. Personally the military doesn't matter to me.... I like the fact that you don't have to go move your troops somewhere to fight a battle... but that's just me --- I'm in it for the building :). To all you "haters" out there just waiting for military fixes: you're missing out on a wonderful game that really honors the history of Egypt. YOUR LOSS. Thanks for explaining all of this, Zakh. Looking forward to when you will be playing Pharaoh live again.

[syaba]

it feels so happy clappy kiddy now, ill stick with the old one..

[Kaazzaam]

I'm playing this game since it came out and it is nice to come along this journey of steady improvement. Of course they were situations when I was a bit frustrated about these bugs too... but hey, they are doing a good job and keep listening to the Players, in my opinion they are doing really great work! And to be honest, nearly nothing is perfect from the scratch... and everyone is free to get back to the good old OG Pharaoh. Thanks Zakh for the video :)

[fear]

All the changes are nice, but until they fix the military simulation and some other UI bugs it's quite an unfinished game.

Removing a feature and replacing it, then having that feature replacement not work even slightly, is just pretty poor. I enjoy the addition of composite bows & shields, but it seems like the chariot is still easily the best unit and you should simply make 6 of them on every map (you can make archers if you're poor). Towers now do nothing except give a stat boost, and walls are pointless. Overall I'm sad to see the RTS combat go, and pretty dissapointed that its replacement doesn't even work.

Also, I think the 'timed' missions are not working either, I wasn't timed to build Tut's tomb (took me 120 months I beleive).

The devs seem pretty intent on fixing things, I just hope they're given the time and resources to do it (i.e I hope the publisher etc. doesn't decide to pull support).

[aussiejinjo]

it just looks like a mobile phone game to me still. i don't know why they couldn't have just kept the old style of graphics and cleaned them up a bit. they were way more earthy and detailed.

[spikygamer]

Nice QoL update, I don't mind the new military system though, just hope there's gonna be an option for the old or simplified version (or straight up bribe invaders like Zeus lol).
But man still no map rotation ? That sucks....