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There was a couple posts about Total War Pharaoh in another thread which was off topic. I created this thread here to discuss the game.
I've asked for something like pharaoh since Rome II came out. I am disappointed by the geographical size of the campaign map with the game. My wish for the game was at release a campaign map about the geographic range as Rome II and Atilla with Egyptians, Canaanites, Hittites, Assyrians, Mittani, Babylonia, Mycenaeans, Minoans, Libu tribes, etc. The sea peoples would be an event like the Mongols in Medieval II and some dlc ideas would be making them playable as like a horde faction, then a future dlc with Elamites added and maybe Indus valley. My hope is in the future they try a proper bronze age title like I described.
I've bought the game and here are my likes and dislikes:
I like the barter system with the economy. No currency makes sense historically because coinage wasn't developed until a few hundred years later. I still slightly prefer having currency instead of managing the resources.
I like the bronze age setting because it has never been done before in a Total War title.
I like being able to play as the ancient Egyptians in the new kingdom period at about their highest point in power. The new kingdom was in decline at this point but it's close enough.
The campaign map at release is geographically too small. The campaign map is Egypt, the western desert area of Egypt, Nubia, the Mediterranean coastline of the Levant, and central Anatolia. The map has quite a few settlements but I'd rather have all of Greece, Crete, Aegean Islands, Western Anatolia, Mesopotamia, Armenia/Caucasus, southern Italy, Sicily, and Sardinia at the minimum.
There aren't enough playable factions/ non player factions. Basically only 3 playable cultures/factions: Egyptians, Canaanites, and Hittites.
I feel like I'm fighting other Egyptians too long in the campaign when playing Egypt. In a game like this I want to be battling other civilizations
I appreciate the game using native ancient Egyptian names for Egyptian settlements such as Abdju (Abydos), Waset (Thebes), Men Nefer (Memphis) etc.
I've asked for something like pharaoh since Rome II came out. I am disappointed by the geographical size of the campaign map with the game. My wish for the game was at release a campaign map about the geographic range as Rome II and Atilla with Egyptians, Canaanites, Hittites, Assyrians, Mittani, Babylonia, Mycenaeans, Minoans, Libu tribes, etc. The sea peoples would be an event like the Mongols in Medieval II and some dlc ideas would be making them playable as like a horde faction, then a future dlc with Elamites added and maybe Indus valley. My hope is in the future they try a proper bronze age title like I described.
I've bought the game and here are my likes and dislikes:
I like the barter system with the economy. No currency makes sense historically because coinage wasn't developed until a few hundred years later. I still slightly prefer having currency instead of managing the resources.
I like the bronze age setting because it has never been done before in a Total War title.
I like being able to play as the ancient Egyptians in the new kingdom period at about their highest point in power. The new kingdom was in decline at this point but it's close enough.
The campaign map at release is geographically too small. The campaign map is Egypt, the western desert area of Egypt, Nubia, the Mediterranean coastline of the Levant, and central Anatolia. The map has quite a few settlements but I'd rather have all of Greece, Crete, Aegean Islands, Western Anatolia, Mesopotamia, Armenia/Caucasus, southern Italy, Sicily, and Sardinia at the minimum.
There aren't enough playable factions/ non player factions. Basically only 3 playable cultures/factions: Egyptians, Canaanites, and Hittites.
I feel like I'm fighting other Egyptians too long in the campaign when playing Egypt. In a game like this I want to be battling other civilizations
I appreciate the game using native ancient Egyptian names for Egyptian settlements such as Abdju (Abydos), Waset (Thebes), Men Nefer (Memphis) etc.
