To be fair, I have to give Cateia Games their dues here. For a game that costs little over £3 it’s worth the buy. Sure after a few levels it gets rather repetitive, and you’ll probably find yourself closing it down, but a few hours later you’ll fancy having another go.
Again for a game this price, the graphics aren’t so bad – but saying that, you get very similar on a Smart phone these days. However I think it’d make a fairly decent game for anybody that likes an increasing pace of game play.
It makes you think, do you repair you well first to stop your people from going thirsty, or do you repair the houses to keep the taxes coming in? I found that I was struggling to sometimes keep up with all the little pop-ups telling me things needed doing. I often made my happiness drop due to lack of water, after not noticing my well had broken…
In any case, Fate of the Pharaoh isn’t what you’d call a mainstream game, and probably not one for game enthusiasts – more so for the casual gamer that likes to sit back once in a while and have a quick go of something to relax. With the system requirements being so low, this game will happily install on laptops and notebooks. This could be the perfect little game to take out and about with you if on a long journey.
Final things to note is that there’s no multiplayer to this game. As frankly I don’t see a way of incorporating it anyway. Then there’s the replay factor. Near on nil. I don’t see myself playing through it again.
Quick Loading, Easy to grasp and plenty of levels to keep you going for a while. Just don’t be fooled, this game is not like the game by Sierra, Pharaoh.
