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Summary: Your Own Egyptian Dynasty
Review: An impulse buy at the computer store that turns into a great game. When I bought my computer in October, I had no "real" games. So I was in search of being entertained.I have always been fascinated by the ancient world, especially Egypt. When I came across this game, I had to buy. I didn't realize that I would spend a lot of time being engrossed in this game. And for the value, it's excellent. Just remember to keep the gods happy:)
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Summary: Great game
Review: Ancient Egypt has always a big interest of mine, and I love teaching it to my art students. This game is great. In order to play, you have to learn about ancient Egypt while building up the cities and making the monuments. It took me several years to work my way through them all, playing here and there when I had a chance. The newer Sierra historical games are easier to work, but this one is still my favorite.
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Summary: I love this game
Review: I play this game as well and the Cleopatra expansion quite often. I love all the strategy games by Sierra. I count them among my favorites.
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Summary: Excellent / Addictive
Review: As to not repeat too much of what has already been said by other reviewers, this is a great game. The thing about this game that is especially addictive is the monument building. What other game can you build pyramids with? That alone is worth picking up this title. This game would have received 5 stars from me, but the fighting parts of this game are cumbersome. The troops move so slowly and heaven help you if you have to move your troops across rivers with the "transports." Still a good game, but very addictive so watch out or you will be spending a lot of time in front of your computer, which for some of you is your life anyway.... B+ Joseph Dworak
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Summary: Thoroughly addicting. A rare gem.
Review: There are very, very few computer games that have ever hooked me like Pharaoh has during what's been nearly 20 years of playing them. This game is an absolute gem, and, for the ridiculously low price it sells for, it's also a steal. Pharaoh is very deep and engaging, and the fact that it's so chock full of history and was so thoroughly researched makes it shine even more. I should also say that time flies by while playing it like you wouldn't believe; I'll think a half hour has passed only to look at the clock and see it's been almost two. Which brings me to my warning: it's almost impossible to stop playing this game, though I'm quite happy to be hooked.
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Summary: If you have Caesar III, save your money!
Review: This game is exactly the same as Caesar III, they have just changed the interface and graphics.
If you wanna my advise, save your money for a newer game. However, if you don't have Caesar III, it will be intersting for you no doubt.
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Summary: BEST GAME EVER
Review: This is my very first in Sierra's city-builders line of games, and I LOVE EVERY DETAIL of it. With this game, I completely forgot that I still have to finish playing Myst Trilogy which I bought a few months back. This sure packs months of gameplay, and if you finish all the missions, you can download more scenarios from the official website and fansites, OR better yet, create your own scenarios and missions and share them to other gamers. I give this game 5 stars, because until now I haven't touched the other games I installed in my PC. And I can't wait 'till the shipment of my Great Empires Collection 2 arrives. Meanwhile, my people await and I have to oversee the building of my grandest pyramid.
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Summary: Pharaoh RULES!
Review: I am a computer professional who hates to go home and spend all night on the computer. I have *never* played a computer game before, except JumpStart games with my daughter. I have also watched others play games--suffice to say they all looked either deadly boring or too much like work.
WELL. I literally stumbled upon Pharaoh, drawn to the title because I am a true Egypto-phile.
I am completely hooked. Last weekend I actually stayed up all night, completely engrossed.
I like very much the fact that you can get in and start playing very quickly, you can fiddle around and learn as you go. Or you can take a more measured approach and read the manual and make less mistakes! The manual is excellent and you're able to turn directly to the section you need. Actually there is tons of help in this game; the Overlays give me more information than I can handle at this time.
I find the graphics excellent, the sound effects are great. I love the sounds of the city; people shouting and coughing, and carts rolling, birds, and buildings collapsing.
If you like city-building at all and even remotely think ancient Egypt is cool, you should love this game. I
I am only playing on the very easy level, and it is plenty challenging. I cannot see getting bored or tired of this game anytime soon--however I have already purchased Cleopatra.
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Summary: You Will Be Ruled By Pharaoh
Review: This is probably one of the best strategy/city building games I've played in a long, long time. The possibilities and the play are seemingly endliness, and the addition of the scenario builder makes the game that much more customizable. The challenge of getting areas to develop, while keeping the gods and your residents happy, along with the rest of the kingdom will test your multi-tasking abilities. There's very little to complain about with this game, and I'm lookign forward to trying the expansion pack.
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Summary: Go hang out in Egypt...
Review: I love this game! I have killed you-don't-want-to-know how many hours playing this. It starts simple, with a cluster of mud huts along the Nile, and proceeds through centuries with ever more complex and elaborate cities. And the artwork is just splendid. The game gives you enough help so you can figure out what you need to do in each city, but actually doing it and meeting the victory conditions is like a big animated puzzle. Love it! I got tired of the intro movie after seeing it exactly once (a little over done), but compared to how fantastic the game is, that's nothing.
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