Pharoah
Published by Sierra
Genre Historical sim
Similar to Caesar
Rating (1 - 10) 7.5
Reviewer RME
Review date August 2001

This one caught me by surprise. After all, I've never been much of a fan of sim games, but I've just re-installed (!) this venerable game on my PC. The fact that it's now approaching 18 months old shows how much I lack something more compelling.

I'm told Pharoah is built on the strength of Caesar, which I've never played. However, this does a superb job of creating a credible look and feel for Ancient Egypt. For that alone I bought it after a brief intro by Rich John. The game balance is good, challenging without being pointlessly taxing, and it steers a good course between burdening the player with maintenance chores at one extreme, and over-simplifiaction at the other. Not an all-time classic for me, but a gentle diversion for which I'm grateful.

Richard Egan



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