Binding: Video Game
Brand: SOLD-OUT SOFTWARE
EAN: 5037999006794
ESRB Age Rating: Everyone 10+
Format: CD
Weight: 45 hundredths-pounds
Label: Sierra
Manufacturer: Sierra
Packaged Height: 63 hundredths-inches
Packaged Length: 732 hundredths-inches
Packaged Weight: 26 hundredths-pounds
Packaged Width: 535 hundredths-inches
Platform: Windows XP
Publisher: Sierra
Studio: Sierra
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Product Description:
3000 Years of Egypt rolled into one classic package.Pharaoh:Impressions Games creators of the award-winning Caesar III take you farther back in time with this stunning strategic city-building game set in the mysterious and beautiful land of the Nile. Welcome to ancient Egypt. Grow thriving cities in the desert and see the economy and inhabitants come to life. Interact with your citizens; observe their culture their habits and learn from them.
Customer Reviews:
 Try Heroin First, it'll help train you to break addictions, 2008-09-23
This is the kind of game that you'll initially sit down at, after playing for ten minutes remark "This is stupid. I'll go till the end of this stage then its in the dumpster." then find yourself playing and realize its 2am next Thursday. The missions are entertaining, the citybuilding aspect is intuitive and surprisingly complicated to master, and the system its all based on, whhile frustrating at times, is easy to work with.
Gameplay: 9/10. The setup is the same as any city building/Sim City design, with more foucs obviously on the nuts and bolts of running a city. You have to create a good balance between residence and industry, keep them close together without sacrificing appeal, and still keep enough space and people to run all of your services and buildings. And keep a good, strong armed force. A couple points fall through the cracks that are annoying, and when you stumble upon them you'd wish the game had mentioned them, but those are few and far between.
Story/Audio: 10/10. The voices of the citizens are amusing and actually very helpful in determining what your cities problems are, if any exist. The narration is accurate to time frame and history, as far as I'm aware, and follows the rise and fall of the kingdom. While it would've been nice to have more mission audio, what little there is still manages to be very entertaining.
Graphics: 7/10: Being as far along as technology is, most people will frown at these. Bear in mind how old the game is, and its not too terrible a flaw for an otherwise fantastic game. The best part is considering your system is probably a 1.5 - 3.5 GHz, 2 Gb RAM setup, this game is so compact and streamlined it'll run smoother than your screensaver.
Overall: 9.5/10. I picked this back up after I stopped playing almost 6 years ago. A game with that kind of staying power is impressive. The history and involvement the game has is incredible, and while it'll get repetitive by the end, until you start to get sick of it, you'll be hopelessly addicted.
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