11/13/2022 0 Comments Pharaoh vs caesar 3![]() Historically speaking, slots games have been online since 1996. There is a wealth of options for slots games on the Google Play Store. Just a different coat of paint for people who had already played the heck out of that game.Slots games are one of the most popular online gaming styles around. And while Pharaoh was newer than Caesar III, I don’t feel that it managed to eclipse the Roman-themed game in its visuals or gameplay features. It’s still enjoyable in a way and devilishly challenging once all of the building types are unlocked, but I might be ruined by some of the more modern city and base-building games that I play like Rimworld. I rand through a couple of scenarios to re-familiarize myself with the game. Of course, if things get too complex or there are disasters, then it could bring your carefully constructed deck of cards down. It might sound silly if you’re not into these games, but there is a real satisfaction of seeing a well-designed and organized metropolis thrive and hum. ![]() ![]() All of it has to be laid out just so, because each building has a radius of effectiveness, so if you get your houses too far away, they won’t be receiving water or food or whatever else they want. To do this, you have to keep adding new supporting systems to provide comforts, necessities, entertainment, and so on. Your main goal is to create a growing and thriving population, as evidenced by the type and complexity of their houses. The gameplay loop here is basically a juggling act. Even the border has some color and “pop” to it, and it’s little touches like this that draw me into a title. It’s absolutely beautiful and so well done with the theme of ancient Egypt. One thing I really did like, coming back to this game, was the hieroglyphic menu. As for animations, there’s a few with production buildings and with characters walking about, but it’s pretty crude stuff by modern standards. Somewhat colorful, but there’s a lot of desert color schemes going on, so it’s not as bright and bold as the Caesar games. We have an isometric view with decent sprite graphics. Eventually that moved to the bottom, but this game came out in 1999, which was before that shift. Back in the day, it was very common to have most of your action buttons and minimap taking up 1/4 to 1/3 of your screen’s real estate on the left or right side. So here is the basic view of the Pharaoh screen, minus a bit chopped off at the top and bottom. ![]() Its twist, if you wanted to call it that, was that you had to factor in the Nile’s flooding and subsequent fertile planting seasons in your building plans. I would say that Caesar III was probably more popular among my friends, but I was partial to the ancient Egyptian focus of Pharoah (and its expansion, Cleopatra). To start us off, I’m going back to a city builder game that I loved back in college, which is Pharoah. Instead, I’m going to be going through my 200-plus GOG library and selecting a few candidates that would make for shorter (1-3 session) playthroughs. There are many bigger retro games to cover, but at least until this fall, my time is going to be quite limited and I don’t want to get sucked into a massive run. One of my personal guidelines for the Retro Gaming series is to play a title only as long as it is fun or captivating, and if I hit the end of that… to move on. So it’s been a year since I started KOTOR 2, and obviously both the sheer busyness of life and declining interest in finishing it up has forced me to put it on hiatus. I can never, ever type the word “pharaoh” correctly. Check out this game and others on the Retro Gaming page.) (Retro Gaming is a series in which I get some hands-on time with classic video games of the 80s, 90s, and early 2000s. ![]()
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