Total War: PHARAOH - Hittite Faction Deep Dive 

I feel bad for the developers of CA sofia, getting all the hate because of some executive at the top of their parent studio and their horrible decisions.

This is the homeland of the Emperor of Mankind from 40k

For anyone who isn’t sure about the setting, I recommend listening to or reading 1177 b.c. By Eric Cline as an easier entry point to the history.

Welcome to Anatolia, hope you survive the experience.

Pharaoh Thutmose III conducted at least 16 campaigns in 20 years. American Egyptologist James Breasted referred to him as "the Napoleon of Egypt" for his conquests and expansionism Thutmose III is recorded to have captured 350 cities during his rule and conquered much of the Near East from the Euphrates to Nubia during seventeen known military campaigns. He was the first pharaoh after Thutmose I to cross the Euphrates, doing so during his campaign against Mitanni. His campaign records were inscribed onto the walls of the temple of Amun at Karnak (transcribed in Urkunden IV). He transformed Egypt into an international superpower by creating an empire that stretched from the Asian regions of Syria to the North, to Upper Nubia to the south.

with those bronze horns, I would be afraid of being struck by lightning! nothing but "storm warriors!"😂

OST is fantastic just like in TROY!

The great king Suppiluliuma over the antler pretender.

The fxed unit collision which is a win for me and combat animations! hell yeah

In your game _fire_ looks _dim_ as of this vid. Make the fire bright for Tarhunt’s sake. Why does literal _fire_ look _dim_ in Total War? It’s bloody _fire_

My first playthrough will be with the High King. Will solidify the kingdom and protect it from collapse.

One thing that always bothers me about ToTal Wars charging of units into enemy units is everyone just kind of runs into each other standing up. It be nice to see an animation of a soldier or few get trampled, or pushed over, or tripping over themselves when two units collide. TW charges have always looked too clean.

yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaah. im excited to see the factions i loved playing as in Chariots of War ! woo

Scrolling down and no reference to Ghosbusters is a disgrace

I hope Total War games are made for the Stone Age and Chalcolithic (copper age).

This game looks good. Can't afford it though

Hi ! Will you make an DLC with multiplayer large campaign for 5 + players in the same game ? that's could renew gameplay. With avaibility to save a game and replay it with another players or IA ? I think total wars game have a really enormous potential in Multiplayer gameplay. Thanks you !

I would Love to play this on my PS5

will there be sea battles via DLC? They were also typical of the time...

Im not going to get this one if first dont fix troy

Sooooo Troy did so well they decided to basically copy paste, new paint and think everyone’s going to love it??? Rip

No catapults ? (If you don't get the joke, don't worry, you aren't old enough :)

Vaya castaña y vaya castañazo os vais a pegar por agoreros. Facinerosos!!!

In the late carboniferous period, an important change happened in land dwelling vertibrates. The previous sixty million years had produced a lot of salamander like creatures that lived in the wet swamps of the period. But bit by bit some of them developed into more robust land creatures. It started with keratinized skin which was resistant to drying out, but more significant was the development of the Amniotic Egg. Unlike Frog Eggs, Amniotic Eggs had both a hardened shell and the ability to exchange gas with the outside world without Drying out. This allowed land dwelling creatures to evolve. They went from Salamanders to Lizards. Not long afterwards the initial amiotes developed into two lineages, each with diagnostic skull shapes. These were Diapsids ) with (two sets of additional holes in their skull called temporal fenestra) the ancestors of Lizards, Turtles, Crocodilians and Dinosaurs and Synapsids (which had a single set of temporal fenestra) the ancestors of Mammals, as well as a bunch of other vaguely mammal like creatures.

Pitting two polar opposites has to feel like a Khorne versus Nurgle situation so I am eager to know how this pans out. So far I guess that Kurunta is going to be great at amassing crap stacks (if he can afford it) which is what some people are going to like to see, while Supilluliuma is best suited with quality troops. Or just spam whatever you can 😂

Let’s Go CA Sofia! Stay Styling on CA and show those Warhammer kids what real TW was about!

Brilliant. The attention to historical detail, including the units and geo-cultural diversity is amazing !! With the exception - CA PLEASE fix the crested guard helmets (@5:34), eg 'Armoured Anatolian Spears' (@6:12). The cheek guards should cover the whole cheek down to the chin (like a Roman Imperial Helmet) and the top-front plume stand higher and be thicker. And the pirates in lime green (@5:56) .. hmm.

O mais importante é saber quando será a promoção de 80% de desconto!

Why the hell could they have not put troy in there

It's very sad to see "fans" would rather have this game fail so they can watch the dozens of click-bait videos on how the TW series is dead while things get worse for everyone who actually cares about playing good TW games than supporting Sofia, the only CA studio that has any kind of competence left. Being a fan in this day and age means you care more about drama than anything else.

Stag God - Thaal or Kurnous?

Also Pharaoh Ramses II They Name There Army’s Like One of Pharaoh’s Army was Named Ra and One Was Named Phatah and One Was Named SET and One Was Named Amun Historically

Advices for Mr. Hector: CA is not backed to the corner yet. They've yet to use their trump card; Medieval 3, Empire 2, Shogun 3, Rome 3 or Napoleonic War 2. It's bizarre how with each successive genre they've somehow made it worse and worse. Shogun 2 & Napoleonic TW was one of the great example of good story telling and immiserize gameplay. All they need now is to release one of these, Medieval 3 being the most likely candidate. One genre alone is sufficient, after all it's in the most likely case to be CA's golden goose, pig, or cash cow whatever you may call it. It would lay plenty of golden eggs. Just squeeze the cash cow nipples for milk and there & there goes the revenue streaming back in. It's hard to screw up, yet considering the current state of the economic, some may be reluctant to spend little on games, but if Medieval 3 is revolutionary, bring new mechanics, and past storytelling events like Shogun 2, there's no doubt they'll do just fine. One of the most frustrating faults in recent times of CA historical games lacking depth of story telling (role playing) from previous generation such as Shogun 2's story telling. Moreover, it's extremely unsatisfying taken into consideration most battles, campaign maps are not as historical, nor are the mechanics historical enough either. Napoleonic TW spotlight mod is one great example of what CA should seek for in terms of the numbers of units on the battle field to simulate a actual battle, whereas in other game such as TW troy failing so miserable being the battle , UI, and art style feel so unsatisfying. Furthermore, the sounds / menu song is the utter most importance. Thinking about it, of all the past games I could recall back to, it's alway the songs that remind me of, thus making it iconic like the original TW Rome and Medieval. Another concerning being the AI should not be just more difficult with buff (kind of stupid), rather they should be more intelligence in term of tactics being toe-to-toe with actual player. These AI being able to form confederation when other AI, or player has become too power like Napoleon's threat to Europe's peace and ruling order. Atilia's 1212 AD Mod is a great example of the story telling, and mechanics that should be enable to player such as forming a new kingdom, declaring an empire, and so forth. It seem that endgame often feel the most lackluster. There should be a titanic clash that would decide the fate of the empire as was Rome and Carthage deadly duel for hegemony

Where is Empire 2?

The game looks amazing, but i dont buy it until i see improvements for TWW3

Will they include Judea as a faction?

This game is your last chance CA. Sadly, “this game” lol

For the first time, I'll skip total war series this time. It's simply not worth it to spend my money.

you know its a scam when they already planed 4 dlcs.

Problem is ...all games they made are rushed and have no detail and depth for example they extrat familytree

494 likes to 446 dislikes lmao

Will they have unique fortified cities? That was one of their specialties.

The graphics look like they've regressed...

Where is the other half of countries.? I hope the modders don’t pull CA OUT their big mess. Lousy job!

what is this 1998 graphics lol

Not surprised took you over half of the video to mwntion battles... you have lost your way and me as a customer

I fall asleep. Sry ...

This looks awesome

We can hate what we can, but I think the battle gameplay of this game will be superb

Developers doing what they are told from their bosses. Someone from the top approve this Semi Historical Arcade Saga game. And they are not gamers and this is the result 😢

Add Banner bearer for troy. Add AI Control for reinforcements for: Shougun 2, Rome total war, Three kingdoms etc Add Trade among settlements

oh, now it all makes sense why this is not a saga game. it was not sofia's call. this decision was from the parent company wasnt it

The Hittites have a stag god reborn?

Imagine if we had a combined game of greece, anatolia, levant, egypt and mesopotamia with bronze age setting, jesus christ....

Rebrand it to a Saga Total War so it's not misleading and maybe I'll buy it

Better invest in warhammer 3 development

Hashut ! Hashut ! Hashut !

Yeah .... reskinned units and maps is a NEW game ....huh , not a penny from me

The reconstruction was very good.

I hope They Add Another Pharaoh Thutmose III He Captured 136 City’s Legends Says He Captured A lot of Lands During his Reign and The Nubians Had Stone Arrow Tips Which Did Lots Lots of Damage to enemies army’s broken shields even the Romans had to Thicken there shields Because of The Nubians an Egyptians That’s Why Nubians Was So So Great Archery 🏹 They Was So Good I hope they Add Stone Arrow Tips It’s Great Addition

This looks epic! I'll deffinatley be getting this, but I'll probably wait a few months. Maybe wait for a sale.

✴️The Great Lady of Mountains and War, Shaushka, shall bring ruin upon the usurper!✴️😊🎉 ✴️Tarhunta, Lord of Storms, protects our Great King!✴️😤🥲

Still waiting for Liu Bei rework.

i hope this game does good. I've recently fallen in love with the total war series and I hope the executives up at the top start supporting these games and their continual development.

0:10 Good reference, CA Sofia. lmao

I will not buy another Total War for the rest of my life. I've supported it for years but cannot convince myself to continue anymore. Enough is enough. Overpriced half-baked ideas, served in micro bites.

RIP HYENAS

One of the most interesting factions in the game. I was actually hoping that they would appear as factions in Troy TW,... Even though I find the Bronze Age super interesting and find many of the domestic political mechanics in the game to be a good addition, the price (price = smaller scope than Three Kingdoms, Attila or Rome2) unfortunately bothers me. I'm waiting to see how the game develops and whether we have more new cultures and map additions to the east (Hayasa-Azzi, Elam, Assyria, Babylon), west (Thrace, Mycenae, Lukka, Wilsua etc.) and north (Pala). I'm also worried about the attempt to slowly introduce (paid) skins for units into the Total War franchise...

Just remember boys the less copies they will sell the faster Denuvo gonna be removed, because it's no reason to pay Denuvo every month fixed bill if game doesn't sell at all

So many people hating on this game, but i think this is gonna be a real nice game! Keep up the good work!

This will be one of the games of all time.

The animation in the armor of the unit in 7:00 is amazing

TROY patches with fixes when?

sorry, not interested in your game.

I kinda believe the Sea people could have been The Earlier Carthaginians the tried to Defeat The Pharaohs I Also Think Would Love If Total war Games Came To Consoles version just imagine how Great Total war could Be and Become in the Future and First person and Third Person Game play So Epic They would have whole lot of space to cover if they did and get way more Better Experience Gameplay

I miss Archers doing volleys instead of a endless stream. Much more epic to watch salvos. Shogun 2 had amazing arrows/volleys.

nobody want this TW. Please create the next

CA dropped the ball here big time, should have been working on a new Empire TW or Napoleon TW, with the movie about to come out and all the attention it has been getting, it would have been a huge success, but naaaaah, instead of listening to your costumers you went with this bs that quite literally nobody asked for.

Anatolia before the heathen Turks invaded, must have been a dream.

make natural looking battle maps, stop making these MOBA Arenas style maps

We all know the game is trash but even the aestethics are so childish, you can see some historical inspiration but that's about it

8:57 Eastern Rome confirmed 🦅🦅

Bronze age without the Ruler: Hammurabi or Nabucodonosor King of the Babylonian Empire, or in the eary bronze age : The Dynasty of Ur, remember that the cradle of civilization occurred here in Mesopotamia if we do not have this is fake content, we deserve the Chaldean dynasty playable as other big campaign with all kingdoms of Canaan : Moabites, Amorites, Philistines, Hyksos, Hurrians, Ammonites and the kingdom of Jericho. This game is joke like a small campaign we deserve global map if you like to use priority in Egypt is ok, but try to made more immersion or global sub campaign like old Rome 2 for play with more historical content for example Baylon the true empire that conqueror all Mesopotamia. Its history is divided into two main stages; the Paleo-Babylonian Empire (1792-1595 BC) and the Neo-Babylonian Empire (612-539 BC), during which Babylon dominated all of Mesopotamia.

Cut executive pay, reduce prices.

What about Israelites???

RIP TOTAL WAR

Only three factions, what a horrible mistake.

another immortal general?

3 factions for 60$? No thanks

Can't wait to play this game ^^

Its bronze age warefare ,its suppose to be the most basic form of total war . It aint my style but i can't say its a terrible game .

How is 9 minutes a deep-dive? Must be a very small faction

Historical TW people even tho I can understand the price is ridiculous for a smaller scope let’s rally around this game. We were here LONNNNGGG before the fantasy TW people and will be here after. I for one happy that battles will not be decided by single entities, 1 man doomstacks, doomstacks in general, items and magic but will be decided by steel and shield or in this case bronze and shield!!!

Overpriced Saga game. Do not buy at this price. It's not customers fault because incompetent managers make bad decision and CA now rise prices everywhere to cover the loses. It's better to burn everything to the ground now than empower them to do in the future the same crap as they did with other beloved franchises. If you want more money then deliver games and content that deserves more money. Enough shrinkflation. Fire all managers an let the creative people do their jobs and deliver value.

A definite no buy off me. Total war sucks nowadays. Bring back teams that made rome shogun and medieval. Bring back total mods conversions....paywalls everywhere with Moddershall blocked makes games like a free to play mobile strategy clik and fight garvge. When l bought medieval...l felt value for money..realistic battles...zoom in and amazing!! So sad to see total war is dead. Manor lords is only game that gives me hope in a game that is new medieval type strategy game.

All of this is looking really good. Lots of salty jaded CA fans taking their anger out on the wrong target.

hittite rhit right. lol

anyway, even if the game will be beautiful and I'm waiting for it with hype, the UI remains the ugliest ever created

Bare minimum “historical game” for 60 dollars, Rome 1 had more factions and it was made like 20 years ago with viewable settlement, weather, banners, actual collisions, and campaing map that changed based on buildings u built. This is just a shiny turd

wallet zombies here to support a glorified 15dollar DLC game