Nice review. Im currently playing as Babylon, learning the mechanics and such. Really like the legacy system since it adds some other goals to achieve. How do you record this footage of Babylon?
The new update is just what the game needed and is a lot of fun. CA listened to the players and really have produced a gem of a game. All those people who have been relentlessly negative towards Pharaoh are perhaps looking a little silly now. Pharaoh is perhaps the best Total War game ever, and I say that having played most of them.
At launch Pharaoh was not a good game, I was on the anti-Pharaoh train when it launched, after the Dynasties update? completely changed my mind and I agree that this is a good game now, there are more than enough factions between major and minor and enough play styles to suit anyone. People will always say "Oh I wish this or that was also here" sure we all have wish lists and those lists are always growing but for the time frame that CA Sophia had and the budget they delivered on this update and deserve recognition for it, I have been told this is the last major update for the game and if true I think that's really unfortunate as there is a lot more potential.
@@MedjayofFaiyum I want an iron age expansion and a mythological expansion. The iron age expansion is an easy one. Just swap out some characters, change some city and province names, change some faction names and shuffle around their mechanics, and change the way a few buildings work. The iron age wouldn't be tangibly different in substance since copper and bronze was still common. It would mainly be different in terms of scale and the spread of new tech. So upgrade a few units to iron sword units by swapping textures and adding higher attacks. Make it easier to field large armies and more people. Have wider access to chariots and horses. Etc. It wouldn't be such a difficult job to do it, although they would maybe need to expand the map towards persia for such a DLC. Still only an area around the size of half of anatolia would be more than enough for that. But for a mythos DLC? basically just the troy mythos DLC but on the greater scale of Pharaoh
A superb review Medjay! Indeed CA did a fantastic job with Pharaoh. There is still plenty of room for expansion with this game though and it would be a waste of potential for them to just move on. It would be great if we could have a westward expansion to include Italy or even a mini campaign focussed on Aeneas's arrival in Italy and his war against Turnus. Perhaps also a Kadesh mini campaign? Given the significance of Kadesh and how reasonably well known it is, I am sure many would be interested in this. I agree the Mythos DLC is a must. There are a great many who love mythology. I can't imagine a better opportunity for a mythological game than this, far better visuals that the cartoony look of Age of Mythology Retold, with blood, with a giant campaign map and with far more cultures represented. Mythological games and movies do sell well. Mythology is at the heart of fantasy and there are many who enjoy both historical and fantasy settings and would play both modes. Troy was great because it gave you the choice of how you wanted to play, it was like having two games in one. Adding mythology to the game is going increase it's modding potential, I'm sure once CA puts down the groundwork for a mythological mode, the modders will be able to make some really good additions to the game increasing the lifespan of the game. it's a win-win for CA to include it, surely it's just the case of adding an extra mode, with a few mythical creatures for each of the factions and some godpowers. It would be fine if the campaign was just a copy of the historical mode just with the mythological elements added in. I am pressed to think of other games out there that cover Mesopotamian mythology, let alone Canaanite mythology? I have never encountered Lamassu in a mythological game to date but it would be amazing to have them fighting against cyclops and sphinxes. There seems to be a gap in the market here for some exciting new mythologies that we have not seen in games before and if the Mythos DLC is not produced for Pharaoh Dynasties then I doubt we will being seeing these mythologies covered in games anytime soon, if ever. I do feel hopeful though as I have my doubts that it really is the last DLC they'll make for the game despite what CA prior to the release of Dynasties. If they had said we intend to release further DLC after Dynasties and Pharaoh's sales figures continued to do badly or at least not improve significantly, then they would feel obliged to continue producing DLC for a game that is not profitable for them. I think they made that statement to cover themselves, just in case. Technically, they said it was the last for Pharaoh, not necessarily for Pharaoh Dynasties. Fortunately though, the new update seems to have been very well received and being more successful, CA may entertain producing future DLC for the game after all. There's also some encouragement in the additional notes after the system requirements on the Steam store page for Dynasties "Additional Notes: This game may be updated over time and have paid for and free additional content released for it."
This is going to be my most played TW game and this very much includes WH and Rome 2! I am so content and happy that they included Rhesus and Thrace in this game, as this will be my most played faction. :) Rome 2 had the Odryssian kingdom, but Rhesus, he is special! Thank You for the positivity, btw, it is very much needed in this community! Stay safe and healthy!
I would love to see Dynasties getting 10k players. There needs to be some bug fixes though. The AI that doesn't border you declares war on you and if they happen to be Merneptah's vassal so that drags in him and his vassals this happens a lot when I play as my boy Ramesses and the Canaanites he borders, I am looking at you Hetch and Beersheba, have even declared war on me on the same time and both controls a full army and half+ army as well. Another bug is if you are adopted into the Dynasty by the ruling Dynasty Ruler aka the Supreme Ruler like Merneptah adopts your faction leader let's say Ramesses and you happen to get enough legitimacy that Merneptah makes you the Dynastic Heir and when he enters the Field of Reeds and you become Pharaoh, I have noticed that the Dynasty Tree and Deeds vanishes, so you can't appoint a heir and also adopt factions as well but I did informed Todor so hopefully it gets fixed. Besides these issues the game is good imo and is my favorite game.
The oldest titles like Total War Shogun 1 still have AI which makes much better tactical moves (if you want dumber-ish AI good 4 u). It is questionable whether the administration mechanic is good. Older titles had some sort of corruption of big empire, or no mechanic like that at all. Naval battles are missing. So I would argue that older titles are really lovely. That said, this update will definitely improve this game a lot.
It seems logical to put so many resources into the game and rule out selling further DLCs for the game from the start. Regardless of how successful it becomes...
Yeah felt the same about troy, but Pharaoh impressed me from the get go, it got so much unfair bs because of when it released because a big part of the community was pissed at things irrelevant of Pharaoh. They release this right when tension was high not just due to warhammer 3 dlc drama, but right after that horrible PR letter from rob. You don't need to apologise for liking the game, and it's in my opinion one of the better total wars out there. I know I'm not the only one who shares that opinion but it's sad some people are afraid to praise it still. Also don't worry about the complaints from a few bad apples, it's court jester level stuff, like one youtuber crying about things aren't unique enough then later in the same video crying about how things are too unique. A lot of people exposing themselves atm for being toxic, miserable people who can't let something good be appreciated by those who want to appreciate it. Aren't you able to change the timing of the night day cycle in campaign customisation or settings? thought I saw that. I hard disagree with the myth mode. Your second mic is a lot nicer to hear than your first in early part of video. It's not bias if it's objectively measurable, this is a free update that does a lot of good things and few bad things. What's not to love. Bias is literally when you ignore the facts, ignore statistics or objective truths because you have a predefined need towards one view/side specifically to distort the truth in favour of your side or view. You've touched on things you like and dislike, while being fair, that sounds like the complete opposite of bias my friend. I used to moderate a sub, so learnt how to look up people to find if they are scammers. You'd be really suprised how few people who hated on Pharaoh had actually played it. it was disgraceful, a dark dark time for our community.
I always suspected that a large proportion of the haters had never bothered to play Pharaoh. And most of the others were perhaps frustrated that the game didn't play like a lot of the previous Total War titles and never bothered to learn the game properly. There seems to be a lot of casual hostility and negativity in the world these days and the Total War community is no exception.
@@adrianthompson5250 Honestly it was a combination of a frustrated fanbase, herd mentality and a seperate extremely toxic couple of groups who went out their way to sabotage it. Some content creators, the steam subforum trolls and a subset of me2 fans who hate on just about anything and everything. I actually happen to know a few iconically toxic communities, but what I saw back at release was insane, tw3 dlc and rob letter were the straws that broke the camels back. I even saw some people threaten staff and hope that CA closed down etc. Emotions ran wild.
@@nameisbad Seems there are a few people out there with very little to do in their (unhappy?) lives. It is hard to comprehend a person's mindset when they can get so worked up over computer games. I too was rather disillusioned with the state of total war in the past few years. Ready to abandon the series in fact. But Pharaoh has restored my faith.
@@adrianthompson5250 Yeah I took a couple months break at one point because the community got to be too much. It helped me appreciate TW more. Except warhammer 3 which tbh was at the time in such a horribly buggy state. Pharaoh has been great, I really think Sofia did a great job.
There's something I can't explain about the Sophia team engine that I don't like, anyway I prefer the Three Kingdoms engine, best iteration of Warscape imo! Best of luck to you Medjay.
It's the exact same engine, it's what absolutely annoys me about some TW fans, as a retired dev I hate reading the ignorance and dribble that is spouted confidently by people like you. A ton of you just spouted what some other ignorant person said, thinking they knew what they were on about, yet at a fundamental beginners level of knowledge about game design it'd be clear that they mean the programming not the engine.
Both are in the warscape 3 engine. The only difference is that it's not just 64 bit, it's a 64 bit + 32 bit engine. This game is in the same engine as warhammer 3. It's the same engine just better. Also you like three kingdoms? I like three kingdoms, but as far as technically goes? enjoying the siege duel crash bug still to this day? enjoy the mediocre optimisation? enjoy the pathfinding bugs? the combat ai issues? lol. "There's something I can't explain about the Sophia team engine that I don't like" Yeah it's called perception bias, look into it, you've convinced yourself you want to dislike it and that's why you can't define it, instead you are going out your way to pull something out the air to rationalise your thought. And you aren't the only one.
@@perfectheretic Oh that's original lol? I'm saying you probably dislike it for another reason, I dunno, maybe you are one of those toxic me2 players that shits on everything that isn't an announcement of me3? :P Otherwise why go out the way to go on a video of a game you don't like just to say you have no idea what it is you don't like about it but it must be something, nice one einstein. One thing is for sure, the engine isn't it.
@@nameisbad Why am I here? Because I love the franchise. Mainly Med 1/2, Attila, Warhammer and 3K. And ofcourse I'm subscribed to Medjay's channel, I usually watch his thing regardless Total War or not. You are the one who's seething over an opinion I wrote on a video, get a life.
@@perfectheretic Don't call me seething when you are the one hot and bothered telling someone to get a life lolll. I never seen any comments from you before, guess you lurk.. if you aren't talking absolute bs. You can blame your fellow me2 fans for why people are touchy on this subject, like if you want to talk about getting a life, try verifiable group of people whose most active on the steam me2 subforum spending 3+ months shitting on pharaoh on steam without even owning the game. Kind of makes the tolerance of absolutely moronic takes pretty low. Like how can you say something doesn't feel right about the engine then also say your a fan of warhammer which is in the same engine. Literally same engine. Warscape 3 32+64 bit. Anyway have a nice day, I do hope you figure out whatever the wishy washy reasoning behind your dislike of the engine actually is, also sorry for making you so upset, like I legit didn't mean to make you cry, I'm just so used to people with thicker skin not needing to have their feelings protected from the big bad wolf called disagreement :')
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Hope you have been feeling better! Keep up the good work
Nice review. Im currently playing as Babylon, learning the mechanics and such. Really like the legacy system since it adds some other goals to achieve. How do you record this footage of Babylon?
The new update is just what the game needed and is a lot of fun. CA listened to the players and really have produced a gem of a game. All those people who have been relentlessly negative towards Pharaoh are perhaps looking a little silly now. Pharaoh is perhaps the best Total War game ever, and I say that having played most of them.
At launch Pharaoh was not a good game, I was on the anti-Pharaoh train when it launched, after the Dynasties update? completely changed my mind and I agree that this is a good game now, there are more than enough factions between major and minor and enough play styles to suit anyone.
People will always say "Oh I wish this or that was also here" sure we all have wish lists and those lists are always growing but for the time frame that CA Sophia had and the budget they delivered on this update and deserve recognition for it, I have been told this is the last major update for the game and if true I think that's really unfortunate as there is a lot more potential.
Please start advocating for a Nebuchadnezzar II campaign!! The base is all here!
That’s actually a brilliant suggestion
What dlc campaigns do we want for Total War Pharaoh
@@MedjayofFaiyum I want an iron age expansion and a mythological expansion.
The iron age expansion is an easy one. Just swap out some characters, change some city and province names, change some faction names and shuffle around their mechanics, and change the way a few buildings work. The iron age wouldn't be tangibly different in substance since copper and bronze was still common. It would mainly be different in terms of scale and the spread of new tech. So upgrade a few units to iron sword units by swapping textures and adding higher attacks. Make it easier to field large armies and more people. Have wider access to chariots and horses. Etc. It wouldn't be such a difficult job to do it, although they would maybe need to expand the map towards persia for such a DLC. Still only an area around the size of half of anatolia would be more than enough for that.
But for a mythos DLC? basically just the troy mythos DLC but on the greater scale of Pharaoh
A superb review Medjay! Indeed CA did a fantastic job with Pharaoh.
There is still plenty of room for expansion with this game though and it would be a waste of potential for them to just move on.
It would be great if we could have a westward expansion to include Italy or even a mini campaign focussed on Aeneas's arrival in Italy and his war against Turnus.
Perhaps also a Kadesh mini campaign? Given the significance of Kadesh and how reasonably well known it is, I am sure many would be interested in this.
I agree the Mythos DLC is a must. There are a great many who love mythology.
I can't imagine a better opportunity for a mythological game than this, far better visuals that the cartoony look of Age of Mythology Retold, with blood, with a giant campaign map and with far more cultures represented.
Mythological games and movies do sell well. Mythology is at the heart of fantasy and there are many who enjoy both historical and fantasy settings and would play both modes. Troy was great because it gave you the choice of how you wanted to play, it was like having two games in one.
Adding mythology to the game is going increase it's modding potential, I'm sure once CA puts down the groundwork for a mythological mode, the modders will be able to make some really good additions to the game increasing the lifespan of the game.
it's a win-win for CA to include it, surely it's just the case of adding an extra mode, with a few mythical creatures for each of the factions and some godpowers. It would be fine if the campaign was just a copy of the historical mode just with the mythological elements added in.
I am pressed to think of other games out there that cover Mesopotamian mythology, let alone Canaanite mythology?
I have never encountered Lamassu in a mythological game to date but it would be amazing to have them fighting against cyclops and sphinxes.
There seems to be a gap in the market here for some exciting new mythologies that we have not seen in games before
and if the Mythos DLC is not produced for Pharaoh Dynasties then I doubt we will being seeing these mythologies covered in games anytime soon, if ever.
I do feel hopeful though as I have my doubts that it really is the last DLC they'll make for the game despite what CA prior to the release of Dynasties.
If they had said we intend to release further DLC after Dynasties and Pharaoh's sales figures continued to do badly or at least not improve significantly, then they would feel obliged to continue producing DLC for a game that is not profitable for them.
I think they made that statement to cover themselves, just in case. Technically, they said it was the last for Pharaoh, not necessarily for Pharaoh Dynasties.
Fortunately though, the new update seems to have been very well received and being more successful, CA may entertain producing future DLC for the game after all.
There's also some encouragement in the additional notes after the system requirements on the Steam store page for Dynasties
"Additional Notes: This game may be updated over time and have paid for and free additional content released for it."
Good review man!
This is going to be my most played TW game and this very much includes WH and Rome 2! I am so content and happy that they included Rhesus and Thrace in this game, as this will be my most played faction. :) Rome 2 had the Odryssian kingdom, but Rhesus, he is special! Thank You for the positivity, btw, it is very much needed in this community! Stay safe and healthy!
Glad you liked it!
I would love to see Dynasties getting 10k players. There needs to be some bug fixes though. The AI that doesn't border you declares war on you and if they happen to be Merneptah's vassal so that drags in him and his vassals this happens a lot when I play as my boy Ramesses and the Canaanites he borders, I am looking at you Hetch and Beersheba, have even declared war on me on the same time and both controls a full army and half+ army as well. Another bug is if you are adopted into the Dynasty by the ruling Dynasty Ruler aka the Supreme Ruler like Merneptah adopts your faction leader let's say Ramesses and you happen to get enough legitimacy that Merneptah makes you the Dynastic Heir and when he enters the Field of Reeds and you become Pharaoh, I have noticed that the Dynasty Tree and Deeds vanishes, so you can't appoint a heir and also adopt factions as well but I did informed Todor so hopefully it gets fixed. Besides these issues the game is good imo and is my favorite game.
After this update, I think Pharaoh is my favourite TW title now 😮
game needs more Iran regions and Illyria
When good enough becomes the norm there will never be beyond good enough.
Woohooo going back to Total War!
The oldest titles like Total War Shogun 1 still have AI which makes much better tactical moves (if you want dumber-ish AI good 4 u). It is questionable whether the administration mechanic is good. Older titles had some sort of corruption of big empire, or no mechanic like that at all. Naval battles are missing. So I would argue that older titles are really lovely. That said, this update will definitely improve this game a lot.
TheTerminator is becoming more and more clickbaity , people can see through his crap and don't care anymore
I would say he's fine compared to others
It seems logical to put so many resources into the game and rule out selling further DLCs for the game from the start. Regardless of how successful it becomes...
That's very true...
Yeah felt the same about troy, but Pharaoh impressed me from the get go, it got so much unfair bs because of when it released because a big part of the community was pissed at things irrelevant of Pharaoh. They release this right when tension was high not just due to warhammer 3 dlc drama, but right after that horrible PR letter from rob.
You don't need to apologise for liking the game, and it's in my opinion one of the better total wars out there. I know I'm not the only one who shares that opinion but it's sad some people are afraid to praise it still.
Also don't worry about the complaints from a few bad apples, it's court jester level stuff, like one youtuber crying about things aren't unique enough then later in the same video crying about how things are too unique. A lot of people exposing themselves atm for being toxic, miserable people who can't let something good be appreciated by those who want to appreciate it.
Aren't you able to change the timing of the night day cycle in campaign customisation or settings? thought I saw that.
I hard disagree with the myth mode.
Your second mic is a lot nicer to hear than your first in early part of video.
It's not bias if it's objectively measurable, this is a free update that does a lot of good things and few bad things. What's not to love.
Bias is literally when you ignore the facts, ignore statistics or objective truths because you have a predefined need towards one view/side specifically to distort the truth in favour of your side or view.
You've touched on things you like and dislike, while being fair, that sounds like the complete opposite of bias my friend.
I used to moderate a sub, so learnt how to look up people to find if they are scammers. You'd be really suprised how few people who hated on Pharaoh had actually played it. it was disgraceful, a dark dark time for our community.
I always suspected that a large proportion of the haters had never bothered to play Pharaoh. And most of the others were perhaps frustrated that the game didn't play like a lot of the previous Total War titles and never bothered to learn the game properly. There seems to be a lot of casual hostility and negativity in the world these days and the Total War community is no exception.
@@adrianthompson5250 Honestly it was a combination of a frustrated fanbase, herd mentality and a seperate extremely toxic couple of groups who went out their way to sabotage it.
Some content creators, the steam subforum trolls and a subset of me2 fans who hate on just about anything and everything.
I actually happen to know a few iconically toxic communities, but what I saw back at release was insane, tw3 dlc and rob letter were the straws that broke the camels back. I even saw some people threaten staff and hope that CA closed down etc.
Emotions ran wild.
@@nameisbad Seems there are a few people out there with very little to do in their (unhappy?) lives. It is hard to comprehend a person's mindset when they can get so worked up over computer games. I too was rather disillusioned with the state of total war in the past few years. Ready to abandon the series in fact. But Pharaoh has restored my faith.
@@adrianthompson5250 Yeah I took a couple months break at one point because the community got to be too much. It helped me appreciate TW more.
Except warhammer 3 which tbh was at the time in such a horribly buggy state.
Pharaoh has been great, I really think Sofia did a great job.
There's something I can't explain about the Sophia team engine that I don't like, anyway I prefer the Three Kingdoms engine, best iteration of Warscape imo!
Best of luck to you Medjay.
It's the exact same engine, it's what absolutely annoys me about some TW fans, as a retired dev I hate reading the ignorance and dribble that is spouted confidently by people like you. A ton of you just spouted what some other ignorant person said, thinking they knew what they were on about, yet at a fundamental beginners level of knowledge about game design it'd be clear that they mean the programming not the engine.
Both are in the warscape 3 engine. The only difference is that it's not just 64 bit, it's a 64 bit + 32 bit engine. This game is in the same engine as warhammer 3. It's the same engine just better.
Also you like three kingdoms? I like three kingdoms, but as far as technically goes? enjoying the siege duel crash bug still to this day? enjoy the mediocre optimisation? enjoy the pathfinding bugs? the combat ai issues? lol.
"There's something I can't explain about the Sophia team engine that I don't like" Yeah it's called perception bias, look into it, you've convinced yourself you want to dislike it and that's why you can't define it, instead you are going out your way to pull something out the air to rationalise your thought.
And you aren't the only one.
@@nameisbad
Yes I dislike it for the sake of it.
Now, do you work for CA Sofia?
@@perfectheretic Oh that's original lol?
I'm saying you probably dislike it for another reason, I dunno, maybe you are one of those toxic me2 players that shits on everything that isn't an announcement of me3? :P
Otherwise why go out the way to go on a video of a game you don't like just to say you have no idea what it is you don't like about it but it must be something, nice one einstein.
One thing is for sure, the engine isn't it.
@@nameisbad
Why am I here?
Because I love the franchise. Mainly Med 1/2, Attila, Warhammer and 3K.
And ofcourse I'm subscribed to Medjay's channel, I usually watch his thing regardless Total War or not.
You are the one who's seething over an opinion I wrote on a video, get a life.
@@perfectheretic Don't call me seething when you are the one hot and bothered telling someone to get a life lolll.
I never seen any comments from you before, guess you lurk.. if you aren't talking absolute bs.
You can blame your fellow me2 fans for why people are touchy on this subject, like if you want to talk about getting a life, try verifiable group of people whose most active on the steam me2 subforum spending 3+ months shitting on pharaoh on steam without even owning the game.
Kind of makes the tolerance of absolutely moronic takes pretty low.
Like how can you say something doesn't feel right about the engine then also say your a fan of warhammer which is in the same engine.
Literally same engine.
Warscape 3 32+64 bit.
Anyway have a nice day, I do hope you figure out whatever the wishy washy reasoning behind your dislike of the engine actually is, also sorry for making you so upset, like I legit didn't mean to make you cry, I'm just so used to people with thicker skin not needing to have their feelings protected from the big bad wolf called disagreement :')
Good on them for expanding the game but the graphics is just too dam ugly and blurry. They went full Disney
I have to agree
The battles still suck!