Total War Sagas

Tony EH · 15-06-2018 12:06pm

Yeh, reviews for 'Rome II' put me right off. I suppose it's been patched to hell and back by now though. Might give it a whirl.

Fire up 'Medieval II' during the week and had a blast with that. Still holds up well. Can't believe that game is 12 years old! Ended up trying out the Kingdoms add on, which I never really bothered with. Played as Scotland too, for a change.

I forgot how much of a time eater Total War games were.

Tony EH · 13-08-2019 11:34pm

Total War Britannia on Steam sale for 13 Euro. Might have a punt.

Dave_The_Sheep · 14-08-2019 5:29pm

Tony EH wrote: »

Total War Britannia on Steam sale for 13 Euro. Might have a punt.

It gets a lot of ****, but it's not that bad a game. It's not great, but it's certainly worth a shot ... plus how often do you get to play as an Irish faction in a game?

Varik · 14-08-2019 5:37pm

In other Saga news.

Fall of the samurai is getting rebranded and made standalone as a Saga game, and it looks like bronze age Troy/Greece is next. Can see then doing the same with Troy for heroes as 3 kingdoms.

s7ryf3925pivug · 15-08-2019 5:31pm

I liked Alexander. That stayed fun because of the time pressure and requirement for ongoing aggressive expansion. Most of the games get really dull after a certain point.

Varik · 19-09-2019 3:55pm

Front cover of PC Gamer

Varik · 19-09-2019 4:02pm

Wonder if they're going full fantasy or will there be a historic version too

Bit bigger of a difference than three kingdoms as that has the same characters to an extent but still human just heroic supermen if they do have the 2 modes.

Varik · 19-09-2019 4:44pm

Mr Crispy · 02-06-2020 3:37pm

It's a terrible trailer in all honesty. However, the big news is that this will be exclusive to the Epic Games Store for a year after launch, but it will be completely free if you claim it in the first 24 hours! (TW blog)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZR3DGFwehw

NIMAN · 02-06-2020 3:39pm

When can you claim it for free?

Can't see any mention of date that the 24hr window opens.

Varik · 02-06-2020 3:48pm

I know Epic have "**** you money", but still what the hell.

ancapailldorcha · 02-06-2020 3:51pm

Mr Crispy wrote: »

It's a terrible trailer in all honesty. However, the big news is that this will be exclusive to the Epic Games Store for a year after launch, but it will be completely free if you claim it in the first 24 hours! (TW blog)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZR3DGFwehw

I'm not going to bother, frankly. The historical TW games have been completely unremarkable since Medieval 2. I've still not bought Three Kingdoms.

Mr Crispy · 02-06-2020 5:56pm

NIMAN wrote: »

When can you claim it for free?

Can't see any mention of date that the 24hr window opens.

Launch is 13th of August, so I'm assuming that's when you can claim it.

ancapailldorcha wrote: »

I'm not going to bother, frankly. The historical TW games have been completely unremarkable since Medieval 2. I've still not bought Three Kingdoms.

Three Kingdoms is very good imo. I haven't been impressed with the Saga games so far, but they're done by a different team to the main historical games.

Tony EH · 02-06-2020 9:11pm

Mr Crispy wrote: »

It's a terrible trailer in all honesty. However, the big news is that this will be exclusive to the Epic Games Store for a year after launch, but it will be completely free if you claim it in the first 24 hours! (TW blog)

That's going to bring their servers to their knees.

Varik · 22-07-2021 4:01pm

Troy getting some DLC.

They've been putting out a few videos with riddles in them pointing to different mythical monsters, with the community thinking it's be actual monsters or slightly mocking what non mystical creature they could be (Hydra = 3 guys on a horse).