![]() That involved some necessary fratricide, and I accidentally assassinated Agamemnon once. And in this game, I had to conquer many of my Greek comrades before setting off on an island-hopping campaign across the Aegean. I played one of the earlier Total War games, Total War: Attila, for hundreds of hours, as I tried to save the Roman empire from collapse. The real-time battles are best fought only when you have close battles where you don’t have numerical superiority the campaign level duels are best fought as auto-resolved battles when you have overwhelming odds in your favor. As with all Total War games, you can fight them instantly in a strategic-level battle on the campaign map, or you can choose to zoom in on the battlefield and fight in real time with your companies of soldiers on a 3D landscape. Rebels are threatening one of them so you have to take them out first. ![]() You start out with just four cities including Sparta under your control. I played as Menelaus of the Greeks, the king whose wife Helen was wooed away by Paris of Troy. This game uses the same familiar interface that has served the series well. And during lockdown, I’ve fortunately had the time to play a lot since its debut on August 13, when more than 7.5 million people downloaded the game for free in its first 24 hours on the Epic Games Store. I’ve read or listened to these books multiple times, and the game brings back good memories. I’ve wanted to play this kind of game ever since I read The Iliad, The Odyssey (about Odysseus’ ill-fated return from the war), and The Aeneid (about the escape of Troy’s Aeneas and the founding of Rome) decades ago during school. The subject matter of Total War Saga: Troy had me hooked early. There are a few cinematics at the beginning of each campaign to motivate you, but the rest of the story is up to you. It’s a Total War strategy game, where you move armies around on a map and fight when they meet on the battlefield. ![]() If you’re expecting a grand narrative to go with the great story of the Trojan War, this isn’t your game. It was a long, slow slog to get to Troy, but I eventually conquered it. I’ve played this game a lot because I like the historical setting, and that’s not a bad reason to play a Total War game. I didn’t get to spend much time at all with Total War: Three Kingdoms or Total War: Warhammer II. Still, no matter how low motivation gets, they won’t become disloyal.I love the Total War games, which combine real-time strategy on the battlefield with grand strategy on a continent. Higher motivation allows heroes to perform better, but lower values lead to poorer output. Motivation fluctuates depending on a hero’s preferences-ie, they like/dislike a god, they like/dislike to raid or sack settlements, they like/dislike fighting battles with reinforcements. Note 2: Generic heroes also follow the “motivation” system. For instance, Hector can’t recruit Archer heroes (unless you confederate factions that have one already). ![]() Note 1: Each faction in Total War Saga: Troy will have a specific hero class that can’t be recruited. But, they can also turn into hybrid melee fighters when needed. Archers – Archer heroes primarily snipe targets from afar or rain down a barrage of arrows.They also have a few support abilities to buff their armor, stamina, or HP. Defenders – These types of heroes like to taunt opponents to aggro them (while troops smack them around).They have several perks to boost armor-piercing damage and rage generation. Fighters – These are melee combatants who like to get into the thick of the fray.The “Commander” subclass, in particular, can get the “Inspirational Leader” perks at level 5, giving additional unit recruitment slots. Warlords – All-rounders who tend to have a lot of campaign/faction-wide buffs.
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