Total War: PHARAOH - Irsu Gameplay Showcase

[@Opelisc]

Please give us Babylon, Assyria and the Greeks and make some Sea People playable. That would be awesome!

[@LauftFafa]

it should be the case but they have started with the main 3 who had to deal with sea people's invasions .the greeks were already destroyed or about to fall and join the sea peoples . as of assyria and babylon they have to deal with different problems

[@reydryne]

Only three cultures to play with will be boring and yet they call it a full fledged total war game instead of a saga

[@LauftFafa]

@@reydryne you will get the rest , you have to understand the logic .
the 3 they gave you are the main ones who fought the sea peoples . this make them the main ones concerned by the collapse mechanism implemented who is the main gameplay mechanic for now , fight to survive . THEN later they gonna introduce other cultures with their own playstyle . for example if they introduce the greeks they will probably be alongside the sea peoples , this mean you will have different goals than surviving , you will have to migrate instead and form a kingdom or something . same if they introduce assyria . you will have to survive in a different way against mountain barbiarians and arabic nomads and splinter sea people armies etc ....
then they will add a different campaign (maybe bigger maybe smaller , maybe set in a different period) .
so the scope of the game is still massive

[@mrbushi1062]

I mean on the steam page there are 3 faction packs in the mix already for pre order who else would they be?

[@mrbushi1062]

​@@reydryneADHD is strong with this one lol
How did you even play Three Kingdoms haha
Each of the Egyptian factions feel abd play completely different. Like in Troy they each have their own unique units

[@resileaf9501]

Great work to Irsu's voice actor. He gave him an amazing personality and that's half the reason to play a character in those games!

[@LauftFafa]

you can tell he was enjoying voice acting it

[@resileaf9501]

@@LauftFafa I love the way he says "Warty old crocodile" XD

[@michailkulischov2820]

Yeah better as Odysseus was so stupid

[@Trothvalintine]

I'm glad they chose not to make him sound like a little boy like they did Rhesus in Troy

[@sativa-sloth6099]

"Every scar is a lesson, and I teach as violently as a learn"
Okay that's hardcore CA.

[@MedjayofFaiyum]

The battle music is 10/10
It's like the Mummy mixed with Conan and the Scorpion King!
Please CA, RELEASE THE GLORIOUS SOUNDTRACK!

[@pascalbourelier3463]

I would even say 12/10 if what we hear on the flyby is also culture specific battle music!

[@R3GARnator]

It's Battlestar Galactica remake music basically.

[@MedjayofFaiyum]

@@R3GARnator in a much better interpretation than anything else

[@wikipediaintellectual7088]

I don't think you can beat the soundtrack from the Pharaoh game in 1999.
Big shame that no game has ever replicated that.

[@GodofToast]

While it’s not as good as what Jeff Van Dyck gave the series, they’ve done a good job with this one.

[@calbanar]

Custom general bodyguards singlehandly make me interested in this game. Always wanted customizable household troops in total war!

[@resileaf9501]

Aye, it was nice that you could choose which type of bodyguards you could have in Rome 2, but being able to customize them much more heavily in Pharaoh sounds very fun!

[@Raider1377]

You can collect and swap out bodyguards in Troy as well.

[@hochmeisterjer]

@@Raider1377 You can chose what base unit the general goes in, similar to rome 2. Its not the same as picking what equipment they get. I'm hoping Pharaoh makes it possible to have unique looking custom bodyguard units that are different from recruitable units.

[@MedjayofFaiyum]

Seeing this gameplay makes think just how Assyria and Babylon would be in this game
We must champion the cause of Assyria and Babylon to be added as new cultures!
Brothers, for those who love Mesopotamia, make the demand! CA Sofia is doing a terrific job and I for one LOVE this game.
Mesopotamia must be added!

[@reydryne]

Yeah I agree Mesopotamia should have been added to the starting campaign map in the first place

[@williamhumes7332]

Do it for Hammurabi, CA.

[@toskyrun]

since anatolia looks identical, i hope we can merge the troy map and make a mega game with mycenaeans and assawa league together. on the other hand, at least Assyria should be there

[@reydryne]

​@@toskyrunwhy settle for Assyria only if we can get Babylon Elam Nairi etc

[@punkdrunkmonk824]

They won't add them because of "certain" religious Connotations to a certain group.

[@SureshotBowmen]

Oh my god do you have any idea how needed that "giving ground" mechanic was all these years? Amazing. It's looking good for the future of tw

[@aldirnila6215]

Campaign customization with a lot of options ! 🤯
That's what we need in all Total War games !

[@GodofToast]

It’s certainly an interesting idea. I can see many opportunities for challenges there

[@thomasfrender4592]

Music In this showcase is pretty good! You guys better release the OST as well.

[@Pemmont107]

Ikr! Looking forward to playing this, though it makes me sad that Chaos Dwarfs really missed out on this style of music - it would suit them.

[@williamhumes7332]

​@@Pemmont107I know. Wasted opportunity, really.

[@toskyrun]

the Anatolian portion of the map is identical in resources to the Lycia and Dardanian portion of Troy. this makes me dream of being able to combine the two games and make the map even bigger by including Lyxians, Trojans and Mycenaeans in the pile❤

[@TheAtlasReview]

A man can dream

[@jmoney740]

I also suggested combining the two in one of the earlier Pharaoh videos!

[@AndroidPoetry]

Hint: wait a few more years, wink wink

[@user-fb9sm7nn2x]

oh yes, fun to grind 500 provinces with a repetitive gameplay and many hundreds of similars units

[@toskyrun]

@@user-fb9sm7nn2x then this is simply not the game for you :)

[@seppafer]

glad to see there is a faction with a vested interest in the downfall of civilization as that will certainly make for an interesting variety in play

[@resileaf9501]

He's definitely there to ensure that the Bronze Age Collapse is a genuine risk no matter which faction you play, I like it. :D

[@ReptilicusTV]

IRSU SMASH

[@jadelhoch]

Did anyone catch "Urushalim" (Jerusalem) among one of the minor factions? It'll be interesting to see whether these are Jebusites or Israelites, and what the rest of the Israel-Palestine region will look like in 1205 BC!

[@joka4387]

They put shechem east of the Jordan river so my expectations dropped massively
In general total war is often very inaccurate with proper historical representation, but here they even put probably several cities on the completely wrong places on the map..

[@LauftFafa]

@@joka4387 its not inaccuracy but scaling and province division . warhammer is massively innacurate none of their maps were canon on neither scale nor shape nor city locations .
they are not like paradox , they still fragment the map in an arcadish way that is simplistic and since cities are massive in the campaign map and need a sphere around it this push them to place some cities in different location .
i wouldnt be offended by that really . maybe if paradox did it and they did that in victoria 3 and i disliked the game massively for a plethora of reasons but here its not too terrible .
remember cannaan is tight area with tons of cities .

[@joka4387]

@@LauftFafa if your "scaling" leads to placing Shechem/Nablus, the "capital" of Samaria, in Jordan instead of Samaria/Palestine then yes that is inaccurate and wrong. Either put the cities on the correct place, use other cities or upscale the map. I dont remember any city in the total war Rome, attila or Troy games being this horribly misplaced (though I could be wrong). Of course these games are always extremely simplified and game maps and mechanics can never represent true history, but that's another level.

[@willl676]

​@@joka4387Nah Rome 2's city map placement was pretty bad as well and even Med 2 had issues.

[@LauftFafa]

@@joka4387 yeah . in ck3 there was a bronze age mod (wasnt up to date last time i checked) who so hardcore i couldnt keep up with it especially because it uses native names . its how i learned that Waset is thebes , menefer is memphis , Wilusa is troy etc but in that mod all my years reading about bronze age felt like worthless because the ammount of research those modders did put in there was something i couldnt even get near it for various reasons such as lack of things to read from , lack of maps and more (as a carthograph myself it takes me forever just to find a bronze age map with very few cities mentioned in native name) but those modders did it with thousands of cities i would pay money to have whatever source material they used

[@-drey]

OK fine. This is pretty good, I admit.

[@Kfo221]

Meh, I got sleepy after the trailer.

[@MedjayofFaiyum]

I was hoping there would be more unique UI for the other cultures

[@mariusbehm9874]

Customs locked behind achievements ? Terrible idea.

[@MedjayofFaiyum]

@@mariusbehm9874 can you clarify expand your point on the customs?

[@mariusbehm9874]

@@MedjayofFaiyum you must unlock archivment to make the game sandboxier

[@nixx0334]

@@MedjayofFaiyum custom UIs probably
like the Warhammer Legendary Lords locked behind achievements?

[@mariusbehm9874]

@@MedjayofFaiyum watch the vidieo from the great bock of grduges you must burn 350 buildings then you can make the decion to turn diplomatic penteys off

[@thehonestaspy102]

This is looking promising and I'll admit it so far looks better than expected but I'll wait to see what state it's in at launch before I buy it

[@GodofToast]

I agree with you entirely here. Only an absolute idiot would pre-order anything

[@Frederatorr]

yeah, pre-ordering a game nowadays is basically a death sentence. It used to be if you saw a game you'd thought you like or played a predecessor in a series you would play like £20-30 pre-ordering it. Now its £70 for a lucky dip if your gonna get a working game or not.

[@treybone3263]

Generals bodyguard customization 😍

[@Andrew_Li_O]

Heck i wish Troy and Pharaoh games were combined, with all the map

[@NP1066]

Ayo. An old Rome total war, medieval, and empire fan here...
Is any of this new stuff worth my time young boys?

[@ltcinsane]

Honestly settign fire to stuff is something i've missed from recent total war ganes. XD

[@peters9401]

It was in 3 kingdoms and thrones of britannia the last two historical titles. I guess if just referring to warhammer.

[@anthonymaximus8561]

​@@peters9401in good Version only in Attila

[@MrRasta3600]

Every lord showcase I'm like,"Okay, this one will be my pick for first playthrough". 😂

[@Dylon_gog]

This showcase is astonishing. Really great job CA, I can't wait to experience the Bronze Age collapse.

[@ricardoceballos5567]

Let them burn!!

[@PROVOCATEURSK]

Still waiting for Normans as playable faction in Thrones of Britannia (and some major bug fixes).

[@GodofToast]

You’re playing THRONES???
lmao

[@hectorleon7280]

What about Canaanite walled cities ? All the cities showed in this video belong to the Hittite/Egyptian cultures. I would like to see their recreation of ancient Canaanite buildings. During the Chancelor Bay video, the Canaanite architecture was not 100% bad, but it seems less detailed than other cultures , with strange structures like huge columns around the temples, resembling minarets (maybe pole-idols), no gods statues etc. However, I like the way they depicted ancient Canaanite warriors, with most units looking historical accurated.

[@t.jmaddog2188]

"GIVE THEM NOTHING, BUT TAKE FROM THEM EVERYTHING!!!"

[@gush9632]

His Laugh likes Blackbeard OP

[@luisgonzalez_97]

Any idea on what the banner at the end could be? Hittite tease? Banners being added in? Sea Peoples?

[@lp4514]

The symbol on the banner is the weapon of the Hittite storm god Teshub and the round thing on top is most likely what's called a Hittite Sun disk, so probaby teasing Hittites. But since we already know they are next I also think this is a double tease for banners too.

[@luisgonzalez_97]

@@lp4514 I'm not too familiar on Hittite history or symbols associated with them so thanks for the answer. I do like banners though, so if they do add them in, it will be great.

[@VLarraechea]

Gotta love these videos and the RP mood behind it all.
Excellently done, CA. Thank you for this.

[@Campfire_Bandit]

+

[@Eichhoernchenschreck]

This game looks absolutely stunning! I hope it will be released on GOG too. At least a few month after the steam release. That would be totally awesome. Nice work.

[@FragCJ]

did anyone recognise that flag at the end of the showcase? I wonder who it's hinting at O.o

[@Pemmont107]

13:49 Yes.

[@Lazaphaza]

The music in this game is lit I honestly cannot wait

[@richgunning8311]

00:48
That was soooooooooooooo.................savage.......

[@azamatshaimyerdyen6037]

I want to see documentary of the Irsu voice maker person and his mimics while doing it.

[@Templarspartan]

TBH if someone like Bay tries politicking like the other Egyptians, I think it's fitting that Irsu pursues the Hittites, especially with a hittite leader like kurunta being available.
The whole mechanic of pursue the the neighbors throne seems like it was entirely made with the cannanites in mind. The egyptians are portrayed more as schemers and the hittites as fighters. Bey and Irsu represent this split perfectly.

[@Menthealo]

When trailer for Shadow of changes ??

[@tugan92]

Even current Turkey's economic status don't let me buy this, l can not wait to watch it. So many years later a Historicial Total War ❤

[@NemeczeK101]

Yeah especially with CA raising Steam prices of their games by like 2x or sometimes 3x lol.

[@ShadowWolfRising]

Someone explain who the Sea People are.

[@Z-1991]

As today most of them is kinda unknown, but the most accepted theory is that various tribes/lesser kingdoms joined to sack the coasts of Egypt and Anatolia. Literally vikings from the Bronze Age.

[@ja3044]

Multi-ethnic warbands and pirates, including Shardana from Sardinia, Mycaenian Greeks, non-Hittite Anatolians (Lukka), and others - including ancestors of Etruscans and Philistines from Bible. Overall, there is little known about them

[@Reformedhillbilly369]

Seeing the Minoans (Keftiu) as a future faction would be awesome. Unfortunately, they’re a little early for the time period of this game.

[@yosi_gurshumov]

Where is joshua and the Jewish tribes?

[@manofwar2354]

Killed by arabs and cannite

[@R3GARnator]

That's really channeling some Battlestar Galactica in the soundtrack.

[@akinkinalexandr5672]

Well, worthy to skip. Won't lose anything. Waiting for Empire 2 Pike and Shot 1500-1650. I'm not alone.

[@nobelwarprize]

I’m still on the fence. But I’m becoming more hopeful after watching a lot of the mechanics. I also like the Character faction leader unit cards. I’m just hoping the faction leader general unit isn’t Saga based and can be destroyed like a regular unit. Don’t need single units that can wipe entire armies. It’s looking good.

[@bigred1342]

Seems like the generals can be destroyed and killed as Ramses was killed in the video by the Canaanite force in Egypt.

[@christopherrossa1619]

You can see Greek ancillaries all over the items lists. I bet there going to add the Greeks in later.

[@Z-1991]

I really hope they add Troy map like they did with Immortal Empires, also Babylonians and Asdyrians are a must in this. Hopefully they will add them at some point.

[@grumpyoverlord1031]

someone is going to need to mod in larger unit sizes or an upkeep reduction, otherwise the battles might feel a bit small.

[@resileaf9501]

This is cleary not the max unit size.

[@grumpyoverlord1031]

I hope so, otherwise this game will be outdone by older games in the series.

[@GodofToast]

@@grumpyoverlord1031 I that’s a certainty anyway. However, from what we can see, the game is looking a lot better than what I was expecting.

[@sammoore6544]

This looks great, wasn't interested at all before

[@sillydemonfrog]

Heck yeah!! I love the items addition, guys! I even noticed people firing at houses? So on point for a character like Irsu!

[@hellothere8121]

Nice, but when we get Empire 2?

[@wolvesprince9993]

I will try to recreate The battle of Kadesh .

[@customink1576]

I don't care if the flaming arrows reduce my archer's accuracy, EVERYONE is going to use it because it demoralizes the enemy and it makes me excited

[@Lorifel0]

The use of flaming arrows in battles is not very historically accurate, is it?

[@LauftFafa]

damn the soundtrack make me melt everytime 1:15 is jut too 😍😍😍

[@masem.2671]

Give ground is the biggest innovation so far! YES

[@FACM.]

Ok, I want to pillage ancient civilizations too

[@casperinus]

Overall loving everything about this, especially the artstyle and the UI. I just can't help but wonder why they didn't fully go for it and design unit cards in the same style as the egyptian gods and such. Rome 2 for example, my favourite total war which I still play to this day, has absolutely lovely art for its unit cards that adds tremendous flavour and makes it much easier to see who's who. There's still time, CA ;)

[@therexbellator]

I'm getting some maniacal Brian Blessed (think: King Vultan from Flash Gordon) vibes from Irsu. I'm digging it! "Ramesses' aliiiiive?!?" 😂

[@Yews]

I beg your pardon, _Greek_ javelin? 10:19
P. S. By Tarhunna though, _the music._ 👌

[@mister4631]

Gonna make war with every faction with this guy

[@Bighawkeye46]

Irsu is the Bronze Age's violent anarchist revolutionary... and I'm here for it

[@Pyke64]

I am so gonna play as a madman who keeps laughing in every battle. Sold!

[@baconose1]

Hey I like this guy. Bros basically the definition of a man dedicated to his work. Def gon be my first campaign 🎉🎉

[@Namenome]

Please open it for sale in turkey

[@mrbushi1062]

Ok now he has some real Chaos Dwarf Energy

[@GodofToast]

Never played any of the warhammer games but I assume that’s good lol

[@mrbushi1062]

@@GodofToast oh it is!! You should give those games a shot! Just get them in sale....

[@mrbushi1062]

@@GodofToast or even better just watch bthe Total war chaos dwarf trailer 😅

[@GodofToast]

@@mrbushi1062 yeah, those prices aren’t exactly small

[@Greedy-Peasant]

Sending this to a friend to convince them to try out this franchise for the first time!

[@blakebailey22]

The music is great

[@EvansdiAl]

If Warhammer3 DLC is coming out before end of August.. you will literally promote it only 30 days earlier?

[@resileaf9501]

What is more important for a game company to advertise? A brand new game, or a DLC for an existing game?

[@EvansdiAl]

@@resileaf9501 woah breh I dont know.

[@mariusbehm9874]

@@resileaf9501 the game will be dead on arrivel

[@resileaf9501]

@@mariusbehm9874 Well, people have decided to hate the game before they knew anything about it and refuse to change their minds (as proven by the clearly faulty accusations that it's a copy of Troy), so if it doesn't do well it'll be their fault.

[@malice9830]

Im still waiting for the death stare contest to be fixed

[@VladG19]

Ok this looks amazing. The editing of the video is on point too!
And the music, it's just on same level of majestic as for Troy.
I'm actually excited for this game!

[@adamramos9924]

I wish they wouldn't use too much of the same battle UI weve seen from prev titles. Battles look pretty arcade like from zoomed out which is probably where i would spend most of my time.
Wish they would use more unique banners and such depending on the faction

[@callmepsycho]

No Edom, no Israel ?

[@italianduded1161]

No way!
Would love to see also a DLC about Italy and its tribes. (Also Sardinia and Corsica of course)
I know I am asking too much 😅

[@bigsarge2085]

This looks good.

[@TAWEEYZZ]

Looks good so far and the soundtrack is awesome. The one thing I would want in this game are Mesopotamian factions.
Maybe in the future.

[@nixx0334]

Irsu's a mad savage
Can't wait to play his campaign!

[@traianox]

Well Irsu surely looks like a nice drink buddy...but his gameplay it's really not my style so I don't think I'll play with him as main character...unless I'm really angry 😂😂😂
By the way, am I the only one that, after this video, want to see a 1vs1 with Irsu facing Torkell from Vinland Saga? 😂

[@spr5858]

Cannot wait for this. Any idea on a release date

[@Z-1991]

It says October, but no official date yet. But i'm guessing it's gonna have a delay or something.

[@resileaf9501]

@@Z-1991 Looks pretty deep into development, I think we can be optimistic that it won't have delays.

[@nobelwarprize]

@@Z-1991I hope they take their time. This game has potential.

[@2157AF]

I guess he is half Viking with 1 horn on his head?

[@TheAidiwashere]

Love the cuztomisation for campaign!

[@hochmeisterjer]

Customizable bodyguard? HELL YES! Custom units have been on my wishlist since medieval 2 :D

[@warlordpro67]

Id love it if those cutscenes we see with like irsu dancing or attacking, happen at the end of every battle. kinda like the old movies that would play with ninja in shogen 2

[@chazar4528]

looks great, i cannot believe i would write that about new total war

[@nameisbad]

"here's the new mechanic, setting things on fire like trees!" ...me remembering you can do that in three kingdoms...

[@DaGitman]

The music in this is awesome! I hope the bit around 7:14-8:15 is gonna be some of the battle music.

[@maciejmaciaszek6429]

Ea Nassir must be added to the game.

[@Masquerade1200]

I wasnt excited at all but the games actually looking really good

[@ancienthistorygaming]

See that shows don't base your opinion till knowing everything and for sure don't base it on what some salty UA-camr says.

[@TheAtlasReview]

I'm definitely going to max out the Moloch tree

[@bostorminator]

Music is top notch

[@Mjrtman0617]

Please for the love of everything good, tell us that city towers no longer self-destruct when captured...

[@partydean17]

I mean given that we can assume there are a few local sharpshooters up there defending the city it doesn't make much sense that capturing the tower would make them start shooting their own people.

[@Mjrtman0617]

@@partydean17 And it's impossible for those men to be killed and replaced by the attacking side's archers? Or at least neutralized and removed as a threat? That makes a lot more sense to me than the total collapse of a giant stone structure the moment enemy forces take possession of it like some kind of ancient trip mine.

[@jkg8108]

Imagining Irsu beat up Sea People, Egyptians and Hittites simultaneously then plot twist.... Assyrians outta nowhere

[@spacemarine00]

I'll play this guy just for the laugh

[@Israelyguy14]

Hey CA, can we have the Music between 7:05 to 8:05 cause I think just that minute of soundtrack sold me on this game. That is some Melechesh sounding stuff right there, and I approve.

[@michielartz8232]

I hope there'll be an ancient Israelite horde (led by Moses? lol) to conquer Canaan at some point

[@sillydemonfrog]

I wonder if you could implement characters practicing like rain or storm summoning skills. maybe locked in a trait based mystic system? Lower Iteru was full of temples and people who would have practiced.

[@Hslt95]

ok i know who is going to be my first playthrough!!

[@rayhansakib5273]

It will be like TWWH, TWWH2 & TWWH3 and immortal empires. Troy & Pharaoh mashup

[@TheReapergod36]

I don't know why they keep changing essential ui elements like routing and shattered icons. Keep the ones from WH3 as they were distinct and easy to recognize at a glance.

[@MedjayofFaiyum]

Release the soundtrack!!!!!

[@lp4514]

If I remember correctly the soundtrack is part of the Dynasty Edition.

[@MedjayofFaiyum]

@@lp4514yep

[@noobnooby2054]

Basically Atila of the bronze age

[@JoseKJV]

Add the Nomads/ Hebrews people they took over the Canaanites land as well!.

[@xiaochuangou9137]

This looks so good, but where is my Medieval 3?