

The games have been hugely enjoyable as they are, but it really would be nice if the artificial intelligence was properly sorted out one day. Presumably Creative Assembly are trying to pretend this falls under the umbrella of if it ain’t broke don’t fix it, but that’s really not the case.
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Some of these problems seem to be bugs – with the game crashing on us a few times – so will hopefully be fixed in short order but others have been with the series for 20 years now. PS5 price rise has sealed the deal: I’m getting an Xbox Series S - Reader’s Feature When a battle breaks out you have the option to be completely boring and auto-resolve it or jump into a real-time simulation that allows you to control your troops directly. This seems a peculiar choice as it’s nowhere near as visually interesting and can feel more like a bad copy of League Of Legends than sparring between two legendary heroes.ĭespite these changes the core gameplay is the same as any Total War, in that the game takes place on a turn-based strategic map, somewhat similar to Civilization, on which you must train and position your troops, and organise construction and diplomacy at your various cities. Weirdly, Troy does not use the same duelling mechanic as Three Kingdoms, which would seem to be perfect for the situation, and instead has something much closer to Warhammer.

Since the game draws so heavily on the Iliad for inspiration each has appropriate personal goals, such as Menelaus getting his wife back, but you can also aim for more general (known) world-conquering objectives as well. The gods may not be physically present in the game but heroes such as Achilles and Hector are represented as what they are: the ancient equivalent of a superhero.
