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Not Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 0.8 hrs on record
Posted: Feb 15, 2023 @ 5:59pm
Updated: Feb 15, 2023 @ 6:00pm

DO NOT BUY , DO NOT SUPPORT

I am so sad right now. I was so excited for years to play this game. Finally got to play it after I played the demo a while ago, and I found out they basically removed combat. WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS.

Lethis team had one job to do, recreate the original, exactly how it is, with updated sound quality and graphics. That's it. A lift and shift. But they couldn't keep their hatred of combat away from this great game. They absolutely ruined it to some autoresolve screen where it autoplays meaningless battle and has meaningless results.

They absolutely ruined this game. If you like the previous game in its entirety, this game is not for you. Better to go get the originals. I don't even care about the graphics that much, but you shouldn't touch the mechanics!

Very disappointed, very sad. I gave my feedback during development, but they obviously didn't care about feedback. They just wanted to release their Lethis version of Pharaoh. Lethis is not, and never will be, as good as a Sierra game.

TAKE BACK THE LICENSE FROM THESE DEVS IMMEDIATELY. GIVE IT TO SOMEONE WHO WILL JUST RECREATE THE GAME AS IS.
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dustwar Feb 16, 2023 @ 10:06am 
It’s a wannabe mobile game and we all know it.

The sad thing is there are tons of dumbed down versions of Sierra games, but no one has made the whole thing, which is city building + monuments + stripped down rts.
dustwar Feb 16, 2023 @ 10:03am 
All the had to do was recreate the original, which was perfect. Even they could have reimagined it.

But no, they created a crappy dumbed Down version
dustwar Feb 16, 2023 @ 10:02am 
The originals are gems. They perfected the genre. This auto battle auto redone is completely pointless. At least have your soldiers March in the map. Notes it’s just a popup that conveys no meaning
sethac Feb 15, 2023 @ 6:35pm 
This is a city builder game, not a RTS. Removing the combat away from your cities is actually the best decision they could make.

Even in the original version fighting felt just... Wrong.