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Not Too Shabby ....

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: March 12, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I would have given this a more enthusiastic rating, because I do play the game and enjoy it, but there are a few issues I feel really hurt the game. Some of the communities are on a timer, which doesn't allow for leisurely game playing and the construction can take forever. By and large though, I would recommend this but advise some patience.

Its pretty good

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: April 30, 2003
Author: Amazon User

First of all you need egyptian background. you love the game for the first 2 months but after that youll have no intrest. It is a great game though its so real you trade with other cities and built monuments and basically build an egyptian city. 1 word of advice always keep seth happy

you have to be a devoted Pharaoh fan to give $... for this

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 10
Date: August 25, 2000
Author: Amazon User

i liked cleopatra but i was kinda disappointed with it. First the only thing that is really different then Pharaoh is that there are a couple more buildings. I didnt really like the new missions because they are a lot harder than in Pharaoh and some of them have a time limit! All in all i guess it was a worthy of the title of Official Pharaoh Expansion Pack. I am also looking forward to the new one, "Zeus....", whenever it comes out.

The perfect expansion to a perfect city builder

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 34 / 34
Date: September 24, 2000
Author: Amazon User

The main purpose of an expansion is defined as: "Add new and interesting features to the original version, which will in turn bring people back to the game."

Well, after I stopped playing Pharaoh for a while, just due to playing it some much I needed to regain my life back; I bought Cleopatra with the thought of playing Pharaoh again. It worked! Cleo adds some really neat buildings (I love the Zoo) plus a lot of hard missions. The new monuments are worth the price of admission, with a built tome, you can actually see inside! Thus the need of the new lamp makers :)

A great expansion for the true Pharaoh fan.

A Great, Fun Game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 8
Date: August 31, 2000
Author: Amazon User

When Pharaoh first came out, to tell you all the truth, I didn't know anything about it. But then my best friend tells me about it (he got the demo), so I went to the website of Pharaoh and it looked pretty good. When I bought it, it turned out to be one of my favorite games, as there isn't a lot of violence, no shooting, no blood. And it's really fun. I don't know how else to put it. I really enjoyed Pharaoh, but when Cleopatra came out, I just went running to get it, and I didn't think it was as good as Pharaoh, but still really good, as it did have a couple of pretty cool features added on that Pharaoh didn't have.

Very well done

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: December 19, 2001
Author: Amazon User

What I enjoy most about Cleopatra are the "new" missions. Also the add-on's like the Zoo, Lamp Maker, and the different people you can trade with, made this game completely addicting. Also, I have to say, I love the "Side Show" cheat. I almost fell on the floor when I saw what it was. Try it, you'll get a laugh out of it, I promise.

Addicting, very addicting...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: January 23, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I can spend five hours playing this game and not get bored. That's how I feel about most of these city-building games like Zeus: Master of Olympus and Caesar 3. The only thing I didn't like about this game was that you always had to put the industrial buildings very close to the homes or else there'd be no workers. Unfortunately that brings down the neighborhood appeal, and then your houses devolve. Also the gods can be somewhat hard to please. Of course, since the mission editor comes with this game, you could always edit a custom mission and limit the gods to 3 or so. Overall, this is a great add-on to an already fantastic game.

Worth the price

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: May 06, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I love Pharoah, and cleopatra is an excellent expansion for Pharaoh worth the money.

Great for Pharoah lovers

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 81 / 84
Date: June 22, 2000
Author: Amazon User

After beta testing this add on for the last six weeks, I was very impressed with the additional history of the great leaders of Egypt and new features to make the original game that much more enjoyable.

This add-on installs over the original Pharoah game and includes about fifteen new missions spread over four different campaigns. The wonderful part is the inclusion of tomb building in the Valley of the Kings and famous landmarks like the Great Library at Alexandra and one of the lost wonders of the ancient world - the Lighthouse at Alexandra.

For those that felt missions from Pharoah took too long because the pyramid building process was slow, you now have the option to allow the gods of your city to help speed up the building through blessings, which can shave hours off some games, but only if you keep the gods happy. If not the programmers have added new ways for the gods to punish you for not giving them their due respect. Plagues of frogs infesting your houses, locust destorying your fields, hail storms killing your people and the Nile turning to blood are beautifully done and make game play a joy.

The new missions are more challenging then the older Pharoah missions which may be the only draw back to individuals that found some of the original missions hard to complete.

This expansion also includes the campaign editor that was released earlier this year via the web; new industries such as paint and lamp makers; new statues; new and more difficult enemies to fight; scorpions, loins and asps to deal with, and a number of new material to import/export and use to meet the goals of city building. A few new buildings are also included, my favorite being the Zoo which if kept supplied contains a number of animated animals for your citizens to enjoy.

Probably the nicest feature that old Pharoah players will enjoy in the ability to play any mission in any order you choose. For those that may have gotten stuck on a difficult mission, you'll now be able to skip over it and continue with the game.

This expansion will provide you with dozens of hours of added enjoyment to your original Pharoah game.

A new face of power

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 18 / 19
Date: October 20, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Don't play Pharaoh by itself! Although I love the game dearly, it is 50 times better with the Cleopatra expansion pack... I don't know how I ever played the game all night without it!

A lot of expansion packs usually aren't worth 1/2 of the selling price but Cleopatra is worth it's weight in gold. It gives you the option of playing individual missions out of order, new monuments (like different sized tombs, the massive rock sculptures of Abu Simbel, and even the great light house of Alexandria), new industries (henna farms to make paint, oil importing to make lamps, zoos, and chariots) and new enemies like tomb robbers and the Roman infantry!!! There are also plagues that strike randomly like locusts which eat your entire harvest, the nile turns to blood, hailstorms and a swarm of frogs. That also means there are more cheat codes to afflict on your city (fun, fun, fun)! They've even added more beautificatoin choices... because you know you're tired of only 2 choices per statue size.

If you're thinking about getting Pharoah, it really is a great city building/ stragegy game. It's a lot like Zeus and the gods even have a hand in making or breaking your city. If you already have Pharoah (or will be getting it), you MUST also get the Cleopatra expansion. You'll be thankful you did.

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