Total War: Pharaoh Review

Total War: Pharaoh reviewed by Leana Hafer on PC.

"The new Total War looks incredible, with diverse and interesting battles complemented by an uncommonly deep and rich campaign layer. The focus is firmly on Egypt, and the experiences available outside that region don't really match up in terms of content or quality to what is on offer to the civilizations of the Nile. But Creative Assembly Sophia has refined every part of its take on this franchise since Troy, and the results are just shy of glorious."

[alfreddupont]

There is no No Assyria, no Mittani, no Babylon, no Elam, no Minoa, no Mycenae. History fans should keep going

[xilllllix]

why are total war games these days centered around a "lord" or a "hero"?

[Day_Chap]

Egypt is nice, but the lack of Assyria, Babylon, Elam is so puzzling. Wait for them to finish all the DLC/ faction packs and pick it up when its all bundled together at a reasonable price.

[ZackRToler]

Can't wait to find out how perfectly balanced this game is with no exploits whatsoever

[kashual]

Only 50 user reviews on steam for Pharoah (For release day)... Rome 2 has 45, 000 over the course of many years, and the fairly new Warhammer 3 has 63, 000. I'm glad CA managed to make a game neither side of the community buys.

[capitalist_jesus]

This is not an 8, what are you smoking? Coming from a TW fan.

[DerSteppenwolf]

So this is where most of CA budget went. Buying reviews.

[YAH]

Unfortunately, CA is gonna interpret the tepid response to this game as "our history games dont sell anymore" and not "the fans want a full, refreshing history TW with a new engine thats not just a reskinned Sagas"

[ClassicCase]

Luckily game developers can always count on IGN to lie for them (for a price) whereas all independent reviewers are burning the game down. This one even sounds like he's parotting a script given to him without ever having played the game.

[mayormccheese]

Couldn't be less excited for a new Total War game.

[Pancakespls]

How many $9.99 and $24.99 DLCs can CA scrounge up for this TW? 10?

60 dollars is just a down payment to play a TW game now.

[symon]

even the lack of comments on this "review" shows how much community cares about this "game"

[Bread-cvpb]

didnt know pharaoh still does reviews after all these years

[pikestance]

Based on the comments made, the verdict sounds more like a 6 than an 8. It looks like a saga compared to 3k. Taking on a leader and not a faction makes me feel like a 3k. While appropriate there, it isn't here.

[tye]

Why don't they do Medieval 3??? It's really bizarre at this point, MTW3 has been the most requested title in the genre for over a decade.. They are clearly capable of doing exactly what they are doing but with a medieval theme. It's actually very strange they are so adverse to it. Do they not want money?

[taylorturant]

Wow Leana you gave CA a free pass on these atrocious battles.

[OffFiring]

£49.99 for what feels like an expansion to Troy 2 which in it self was pretty poor imo

[Quinsec]

An 8 seems a little generous when every youtuber that covers Total War is panning this game.

[halokiller]

Is there any type of population, family tree system, trade system beyond just "trade with x faction"? Can the special generals die? speak of these things ya madlad

[The_Flamekeepers]

7:45 The reason the map is cut off is because there will likely be a third title - Total War: Assyria (or Babylon) - that will make a ginormous combined campaign map with Troy and Egypt. It will be the Immortal empires of the historical series.