Total Saga: TROY Was playing – the

Normally, press events are always associated with a certain level of Stress and effort. Not so in the Corona times, because the latest Games via Live-Stream directly on the screen in our living room presented. Also at the Preview Event to Total Saga: TROY, the new part of the strategy game series from the British team of developers, Creative Assembly Was. Then all of the presentation, participants were allowed to add to the game and the ancient armies on a battle field command. The Seen definitely makes you want more.

The Total war Saga series is regarded almost as a kind of Spin-Off, because unlike the main series focus these games on relatively short historical periods of time. Thrones of Britannia was the first part of this series and dealt with the conflicts between the different British Range, as well as the invasion of the Great Heathen army after the death of Ragnar Lodbroks. The second branch leads us back to ancient Greece and the fabled Trojan war-a new experience. The history of Total war Saga: TROY is based on Homer’s Iliad, the authentic Reports of historical events, and describes the crucial war scenes during the siege of the city of Troy by the armies of the Greeks. Anyone who has seen the Hollywood Blockbuster Troy, with Brad Pitt and Orlando Bloom, who already know what to expect and after the Trojan war, an event from Greek and Roman mythology, the focus is certainly not on the historical authenticity. Still the developers dare the balancing act between reality and fiction. So ancient heroes, and Greek mythology Design integrated into the game, but always in a historically accurate context and with the absence of Fantasy elements.

Of heroes and Say

Total war Saga: TROY is the debut work of Creative Assembly, Sofia, and Development Communications Manager Hristina Pencheva explained to us in the context of the presentation is also equal to what we had expected. So there will be a total of eight playable factions, including, of course, the Greeks and the Trojans. Every people has, of course, about the individual units differ not only visually, including, of course, also a variety of heroes. This is divided into a total of four different classes. Fighters have light armor and are best suited for direct combat. Defenders are armored against heavy and give the own troops with a variety of Buffs to various defensive bonuses. With archers, you can turn off other heroes from a distance and Warlords are weak in combat, but the campaign is quite useful. With Achilles and Hector also two figures of the Greek were to say the world is presented, and their peculiarities explained in more detail. Heroes can not die in battle. These are defeated, then you are only for a certain period of time not operational. Quite different than the so-called “mythical units”. As already mentioned, omitted the Total war Saga: TROY on Fantasy elements, therefore, are Minotaurs, no half-human, half-animal, but especially powerful characters as a headdress simply a bull skull to bear, and so the appearance of the well-known say to take shape. In the finished game there will be more of such units, including, for instance, already mentioned centaurs, which is particularly strong cavalry, for effective flank attacks.

On the field of battle itself, the different types of Terrain play a much larger role. Sandy surface reduces the mobility of the units only slightly, mainly in response to heavy units to stay stuck in the mud and in the high Grass can hide the infantry for surprise attacks. Also, the changes of day and night, from the battles, as well as the various topographical conditions. But in spite of all the innovations on the field of battle, the focus of the Total war Saga: TROY on the campaign are. Not much was told about it but still, even using the new economic system, only that this Time there are five different resources: food, wood, Bronze, stone, and Gold. With “Divine” will be introduced Will, in addition, a new Religious System, in the case of the Greek gods such as Zeus, Poseidon or Ares will play an important role.

On in the battle

After the Live presentation, we were able to finally to Total war Saga: TROY create. More precisely, we were allowed to play only a single battle in which the armies of Achilles and Hector before the gates of Troy to face. Here we were able to try out the techniques in practice, and Yes, the tactical options give no reason to Complain. So we have to take into account the Strengths and weaknesses of the various units, as well as the terrain, formations, or the morale of the own troops. And also visually makes TROY already in this Pre-release Version of a consistently superior customer experience. Gone are the days of cloned armies, or a sterile battle fields, and my anticipation for the ancient siege battles in the finished game is high. The first battle was over, unfortunately, after a few minutes, and of course a glorious victory for my army. However, this was certainly not so much to my abilities as a commander, but rather because the easy difficulty presents no very high claims. My initial fears that this Time, the enemy AI will be a major point of criticism, scattered but quickly, because at the level of “heavy” acts of the counterparty significantly smarter. Here I was, first, a clear defeat, before I shot then in the second attempt, thanks to some tactical finesse, the field of battle have once again left as the winner.

CONCLUSION

Honestly, I was initially a bit short Live presentation and not a very extensive listening Session to the Total war Saga: TROY a little disappointed. Especially so, because already during the event, it was stressed that the focus is on the campaign, then, but absolutely nothing was shown. Admittedly, the battle between Achilles and Hector has already made it very clear, as a lot of potential in the new series offshoot plugged in and my anticipation of the finished game significantly increased, but the Total war Saga-game series with the focus on brief historical events, I want to re-enact the story and not individual battles. But the Setting, the new ideas and the basic technical framework can already convince you once and for Fans of strategy games there is really no reason, Total war Saga: TROY not to play. Especially because the game in the Epic Games Store within the first 24 hours after publication on 13. August 2020 for free can download.

What Was Saga: TROY Total war ? The latest from Homer’s Iliad-inspired, part of the Total Saga Was.
Platforms: PC
Tested: Beta Version of the Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7700HQ CPU @ 2.80 GHz; 16 GB RAM; GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
Developer / Publisher: Creative Assembly Sophia / Sega
Release: 2020
Link: Official Website