Pharaoh A New Era - Exploring New Gameplay Options and Features!

Which new option do you like the best? What options should be added in? With Pharaoh: A New Era released, some of the biggest changes from the original game is in the options menu. Let me take you through every option and we can analyse the effects they'll have. This video isn't sponsored but Pharaoh: A New Era sponsored one video on this channel. Game code provided. Buy the game on GOG using this referral link to support: af.gog.com/en/game/pharaoh_a_... Thanks!
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0:00 | The Settings & Options Menu in Pharaoh A New Era
0:34 | Gameplay Options
9:30 | Graphics Options
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11:58 | Keybinding Options
The legendary city-builder returns. Lead the creation of one of the greatest civilizations the world has ever seen in this 4K remake with modernized UI. Build monuments, manage your population through hundred of hours of city-building gameplay and explore 4,000 years of history through more than 50 missions.
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[@GamerZakh]

Which new option do you like the best? What options should be added in? There's a lot that's great but it's not perfect yet. Buy the game on *GOG* using this referral link to support: af.gog.com/en/game/pharaoh_a_new_era?as=1715648857 Thanks!

[@hoboofserenity]

My favorite new feature is the global worker pool. No longer must the land be dotted with physicians and Apothecaries to safeguard that 1 shanty hut without water or food that keeps your entire economy alive. Although it was a funny and accurate portrail of the world economy.

[@spikygamer987]

In the vanilla making houses and all that jazz just for the industry to run is nothing but hassle, global workpool option is a Godsend~

[@ZaxxerDog]

All these different options yet for some inexplicable reason basics like scroll speed / type and default zoom % didn't make the cut...

[@GamerZakh]

It is odd those are missing. They've gotten feedback on their discord for those and they've been voted up quite a bit.

[@GalaxyGuy12]

I do wish that the gameplay options had an indication of which one is the classic pharaoh setting, and which one is the new option. Being able to just disable the animals is pretty nice if you were already planning on just walling them out with statues.

[@Vurt72]

99% sure default is old, optional is new. would be really strange otherwise.

[@JudgeAnnibal]

One of my favourite features is the achievments: not the usual "beat the campaign" but the ones who are either hilarious (collapse an Architect post or burn down a Firehouse) or outright challenging (one water source for 10k inhabitants, or have Palatial Estates without roadblocks!) Edit: Some of them are sadly bugged as of now :(

[@Kolt461]

I chose Global and Fixed Worker Ratio on my options, because i've already played through Pharaoh using the old settings, its time to try something new.

[@osageorangegaming5128]

Your little bit of text audio at the beginning really gave me a laugh Zakh! Also a great job as usual for breaking things down with your thoughts- its nice to hear what you think and see how it compares to my own experiences.

[@SnapeMaster]

My favorite is the global pool option, it makes it actually easier on Hard setting.

[@itubogdan]

No scroll speed and no minimap options is extremely annoying , later missions on big maps is very difficult to go through the city. Also zoom, hello ? I`ll stop playing for now untill they get the important issues adressed, like pyramid building that bugs out constantly and needs loading and reloading

[@doczspec4502]

Ive been thinking on how to comment for 3 days. At first, i was disgusted about the battle changes. But I went back and watched OG. I have to accept how bad the attack sequences were. Now, I agree with the developers. Well with that mess removed, I should think you are now free to build just amazing cities; and thats what I want to learn about. Using global labor pool and trade every single resource possible. I look forward to the monuments! Ty man, good to see you again.

[@doczspec4502]

@@daudiochero I think all of us will see the beauty of the cities now. Just how good can our block layouts get with all of the new options!

[@wrofiir9697]

@@doczspec4502 They aren't games that lend themselves to combat. I've really tried to enjoy Caeser 3's combat scenarios, but Total War games have spoiled me. It's just poorly aged mechanics.

[@MB-em9ek]

I wasn't that much of a fan of the recruiters system. The option is a nice addition even though it makes the game a bit easier too. The dock and the gardens options are also pretty good.

[@PhilipposACosta]

Please, we need you to play a sandbox on easy, with global pool, and make a bigass beautiful city, full of 4x4 houses, and palatial estates!

[@PerfectAlibi1]

4x4 ARE palatial estates. Also 3x3 and bigger homes no longer contributes to the labour pool

[@wrofiir9697]

I'm waiting to see how patches come before I support this. While it is an indie studio, they took on the lofty goal of remaking a beloved classic, I'm totally shocked they didn't get a working minimap into it, at least. Even when devs nail a remake, fans are very passionate and it's hard to please them. Even just improving things could be seen as a negative, so I don't envy their task. I do hope they listen to feedback and improve this title though, as it would be a great way to play Pharaoh on modern PC's.

[@anggitaputri3123]

Hi, I just bought this game yesterday because of watching your video, it is an awesome game! Freshly remake from the legendary old game. My only complain is the same with most people here that is the lack of minimap and rotation, and perhaps they should make the icon for 'service' and 'food' buildings not so look alike, but overall as a fans of caesar-pharaoh-zeus-middle kingdom kind of game I super enjoy this remake game. Keren and mantap banget video nya, sukses selalu channel nya bro Zakh, salam dari Medan, Indonesia

[@KeimpeJ]

My favourites are: no option that you can stop the notifications from spamming you. Option for police being able to kill predators would be nice. Nice list for the rest. Overseer pause didn't work btw. I checked on release.

[@Enetide]

This sounds fantastic!

[@griffon2-6]

yay! keybinding options for dvorak layout users. +1 for me

[@pietretief2401]

I would like a option for mini map. I play on 1080p and can not zoom out far enough

[@Theorak]

The more options the merrier I say :D They just have to tweak a few wordings and tool tips to make it perfect, but happy to see these options.

[@GamerZakh]

The translations are kind of weird. Apparently it's all correct in Italian haha

[@personagoldy6003]

Option to choose civilian size small/large . Would be welcome

[@poilboiler]

Seems like decent options.

[@memoriummemorium205]

What I don't like about Pharaoh new era is that when you get options which missin you want to choose you can't listen to mission instructions and then go back to listen to the other level mission objective ware you could on the original if I'm wrong could someone tell me how. Love the content in video's Zak keep it up. Peace and love

[@SnapeMaster]

Can you explain the vertical synchronization is you didn't and i was hoping for it thanks.

[@GamerZakh]

Ah basically it means the rendering of what's on screen makes sure that everything is aligned. Sometimes in games, when you look around, there can be a 'split' in the display, like the top half of the screen is an inch off from the bottom half. Vsync stops that from happening.

[@misatokatsu3916]

I can’t find the option to “stockpile” a resource so I am having trouble fulfilling requests! Also the minimap is missed! Do the gods still bless you with monument construction acceleration?

[@GamerZakh]

It's on the overseer of commerce, there's an icon on the left for stockpiling. Minimap should definitely be implemented, hopefully they got that in the works. Not sure about monument blessings, have to look into that.

[@sokarash]

Regarding Ultrawide: its currently not supported. I have a 21:9 display, but can't select the proper resolution. Instead, I have to play in the equivalent 16:9 with big black bars on the side. And it has problems setting the "scrolling border" correctly.

[@GamerZakh]

It is odd because I remember the devs saying that was already implemented. Then again, I've heard that the devs often fix something then it goes to QA, and QA can take weeks or longer to approve it, so maybe the devs think something is fixed but it's not actually IN-in yet.

[@Antair.Gaming]

Can seem to find an option for a minimap or to rotate the view. *sadface*

[@GamerZakh]

Rotation can be complicated to deal with, but a minimap should definitely be added.

[@emilypeterson8817]

I think the developers should change the UI to be like Emperor’s. Having all the industries and overseers together on the same tabs on the right side, plus a mini map at the bottom. It makes gameplay so much faster when you can leave the overseer for industry selected, for example, and see how unemployment is doing while you continue gameplay. The UI in the new game is minimal and non-invasive to the experience of the game, but it lacks in utility. Also, I think that the trading system in the base game was fundamentally flawed. Not having trading stations or quays like in Zeus and Emperor means that sometimes, traders will not go to your warehouse to pick a good that you’re trying to export. I lost a Mission 3X in Pharaoh because my treasury hit -5000 DB. Not because I wasn’t exporting, but because the traders we’re not going to the warehouse with all of my exportable goods. They should implement trading stations in this game. Also, there’s no overlay for bazaar access/ distribution, which just seems like oversight.

[@marcrabazagairi2650]

Zakh which monitor you have?

[@GamerZakh]

I use a laptop, so it's built in.

[@walterwhite8031]

I was looking forward quite a bit to this game, but by now I'm disappointed. I've played Medum yesterday and it was bugged to a gamebreaking point. Before any invasion a message came which kind of resulted in a half-frozen game. It kept running, I just couldn't click anything on the UI. Also the pyramid-complex bugged out and they just stopped working on it, even though everything was fine. I had to delete and rebuild it a few times, which is bothersome enough with a smaller one. Apart from that there's some graphical glitches and also the traders have bugged our for me once or twice. I suggest you take things slow with the playthrough, as there are definetly some patches needed. Thank you for covering it in such detail and I hope you will have lots of fun with the game, as I'm looking forward to another playthrough of you. I'm curious what you will do special about it. Shape blocks and forced walker were already covered, so maybe it's time for a best-of? Whatever it will be, I'm sure it's going to be great!

[@aldosmart6316]

I am waiting for NAFTA challenge again haha

[@peterGchaves]

We need the minimap back!! 😔🙏

[@TheOis1984]

hi Zach, did you notice that this game has a lot of bugs? i already encountered twice in just 3 play sessions. like Monuments building progress got stuck and the mission won't end even though all goals have been fulfillled?

[@GamerZakh]

Yeah it does have a lot of bugs, hopefully they fix those over the next 2 weeks. For the monument, have you checked burial provisions? Make sure you send those in.

[@TheOis1984]

@@GamerZakh mmm i think there are no burial provisions needed for the stepped pyramid. i'll check it again :) thanks!

[@TheOis1984]

​@@GamerZakh i played that mission again from scratch and still the bug is there. It wouldn't let me finish the mission after i reached all the objectives. This game is simply not ready to be sold.

[@spikygamer987]

Global Workpool thank goodness, can we get an update or option so entertainment venue doesn't register unconnected venue roads like in Caesar III granaries please, or just roadblock those venue intersections

[@griffon2-6]

yeah, pretty much in all setups i build entertainment as forced walker loop on the outside of housing block because of unavoidable intersections they make and because of dancers bug

[@spikygamer987]

@@griffon2-6 yeah, everyone just said "just use forced walkers lol", bruh I want variety in my city designs but the same rant I have from vanilla is the same, entertainment venue is a frickin intersection~

[@kilipaki87oritahiti]

Pharaoh and Cleopatra was one of my favorite PC games growing up in the 90’s, and early 2000’s as a Millennial besides AOE and the Sims. I haven’t tried this nee version, and even though I kive the artsy look, I’m not a fan of the graphics or style, as they look too cartoony to me, and in my opinion they ruined the iconic music/soundtrack which was such a huge part of the original game. It was my 1st time hearing Egyptian/Middle Eastern music. I’m sure the pros outweigh the cons, but to me, the original will always be the best. I might pick it up, as the changes seems interesting tho.

[@griffon2-6]

sad thing docks still don't work properly in multi-dock setups :< buggy like in original pharaoh.

[@qasderfful]

Regarding worker pool, yet another missed opportunity. Instead of a singular global pool, each building should've had their own local worker pools, consisting of all the houses *withing the working range of which* the building is located, and *then* the global worker pool with 50% or less productivity, so as to simulate workplace proximiy and citizens seeking jobs without making it chaotic like the walkers do.

[@MaxHohenstaufen]

well, ancient egypt had better retirement systems than we have now, if at the age 50 you were no longer considered a worker lol.

[@GamerZakh]

I think by the age of 50 your body would be so wrecked you couldn't work the fields anymore, or you were dead. Looking it up, most are estimated to have died in their 30s. That's if you survived childhood.

[@FrenchiKO]

You'll know about the devs listening to you when you ill see "Malay" in language options, you better know it well !

[@lunattyyk]

How come you are not covering new Settlers game?

[@GamerZakh]

I didn't even realise it released when it did. Also, it costs like £50 for just the standard edition. Don't have that kind of money to spare right now.

[@lolguy00]

hard = normal 4 me

[@Taronyu_SVK]

I am very disappointed with this. The UI is terrible. No minimap, you can't get to the overseer of Commerce from the world map, when you open a trade route. WTF There are lots of bugs. If I turn some industry off, it still needs workforce. People are talking nonsense. For example, I have a 20% unemployment and they are telling me, that city needs more workers.

[@vtuyen]

It's more of a demaster for me, the original is much better.

[@mikael8276]

Visually original definitely feels way better.

[@Jokie155]

How exactly? It's just more pixellated, the artist literally repainted every building and monument to match the original in objectively better quality.

[@mikael8276]

@@Jokie155 User interface doesn't feel the same, doesn't fit the Egyptian theme as well as the old one did.

[@StefanHighlights]

Military change is a big no for me. I loved microing of units.

[@vishensivparsad]

Zakh what you think about the numerous bugs and what feels like untied loose ends, should I wait for the devs to provide fixes before carrying on with the game or is it close enough to the original Pharaoh?

[@GamerZakh]

If you're not in a rush, you can wait 2-3 weeks and see how the patches come in. The first patch already fixed some basic things.

[@vishensivparsad]

@@GamerZakh thanks, time for some Caesar 3 Augustus challenge runs

[@painsorrow3062]

Zakh this game is garbage and it's pretty annoying that you're shilling it. I understand you love these games but this remaster is simply terrible and improves nothing over the original.

[@GamerZakh]

Easy to throw around accusations isn't it? Quote me where I shill and let's see if I actually am. It's currently got 68% positive on Steam, meaning if you ask 10 people who played it, 7 people don't just like it, they recommend it. Is that objectively a "garbage" game? Or is it just something 3/10 people hate? Typical, I stay objective and haters say I shill and lovers say I hate.

[@GamerZakh]

I mean, 6000 people are playing it on Steam right this second. That puts it in the top 150 games on Steam this weekend. All those people just don't know what they like I guess? Am I saying this will last? No. Could it be improved? Yes. Will it be improved? I don't know but the first quick hotfix is encouraging.

[@wrofiir9697]

It's a huge step up from their last game, it's a small indie studio and honestly they really just missed QOL steps, which is within the realm of being patched.