A Total War Saga: TROY

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  1. LastAustralian
    Aug 20, 2020
    3
    i just want to start off by saying i love total war and have brought and played them all for hundreds of hours, but this just feels **** basically as bad as Britannia but in a completely different way of been a failed game.

    THE GOOD, Lets start with the good, some aspects are good, i like the story alot of that is hype from watching Troy the movie before playing the game, the art    i just want to start off by saying i love total war and have brought and played them all for hundreds of hours, but this just feels **** basically as bad as Britannia but in a completely different way of been a failed game.

    THE GOOD,
    Lets start with the good, some aspects are good, i like the story alot of that is hype from watching Troy the movie before playing the game, the art style is nice and thats about it

    As a 2020 title some parts of the game look beautiful, but even on ultra setting i had to check because it looked terrible, i literally checked a few times thinking i messed up some settings.

    The AI is bad, i feel like instead of making the AI better on Harder difficulty they just make it feel like the AI has endless money and cheats now to make it better.

    There isnt even a multiplayer so couldnt play with a friend, its 2020 and that stuff is coming later another half asses thing about this game.

    Im so glad i didn't pay for this game because if i did id be even more pissed off, come on total war you can do better then this pile of **** im so disappointed    … Expand
  2. rapha92santos
    Sep 2, 2020
    4
    I dont feel like playing a total war game anymore, sadly because i was a huge fan from the series. I have been playing the series from Rome (2004) until now, and for me, every new launch since Atilla i feel that something is missing in gameplay or campaign. Attention to details, more appreciation for the game with they are developing should fix the next generations. But until then, i haveI dont feel like playing a total war game anymore, sadly because i was a huge fan from the series. I have been playing the series from Rome (2004) until now, and for me, every new launch since Atilla i feel that something is missing in gameplay or campaign. Attention to details, more appreciation for the game with they are developing should fix the next generations. But until then, i have to content myself with a remake version of warhammer and fantasy gameplay.… Expand
  3. FernandosShaft
    Aug 16, 2020
    3
    TLDR: A big modder thinks this game was bad, limited roster, clearly a proof of concept for WH3 stuff, and Grossly over priced. Don't buy failed Experiment.

    I've attended school and am still in contact with a fairly prolific modder. And the fact that they think this game isn't great speaks volumes. I had to wait for after launch to get a response that wasn't basically i'm under NDA,    TLDR: A big modder thinks this game was bad, limited roster, clearly a proof of concept for WH3 stuff, and Grossly over priced. Don't buy failed Experiment.

    I've attended school and am still in contact with a fairly prolific modder.
    And the fact that they think this game isn't great speaks volumes. I had to wait for after launch to get a response that wasn't basically i'm under NDA, only to find out my opinions of the game was exactly their opinion during the closed beta.

    The factions are to densely groups in 2 corners of the map limiting growth, the AI of factions you really can't wipe out because Homeric heroes lead them are to aggressive in conjunction with the fact total war AI has always cheated meaning you will either become insignificant compared to your allies or have to kill them all off.

    The Unit Roster is far to limited essentially boiling to melee, and ranged. yes there are 2 mythic cavalry options and 2 chariots but that's far to limited. in addition to a complete lack of siege engines and naval warfare. Ultimately our shared Take is this a Beta for concepts for Total war Warhammer 3.

    to be honest the price is what ruins this game. Yes I got this for free day one, and i still think its bad.
    but looking at the price its worse, if i spent £35 on this i'd be more pissed than Achilles after hector killed Patroclus.

    this feels like a £15 game at best, and that's including if it had multiplayer and the amazons at launch.
    Do not buy this failed experiment.    … Expand
  4. alicebay
    Aug 15, 2020
    4
    1. WHY IS TOTAL WAR SO SPECIAL ? THE SPECIAL GRAND MAP STRATEGY GAMEPLAY , THEN THE BATTLEFIELD SHOWN US A WHOLD GRAND AND POWERFUL BATTLEFIELD GAME EXPERIENCE , THIS IS IMPORTANT AND THIS IS THE TOTAL WARS HEART , BUT THIS HEART IS ALMOST OVER .

    2. warhammer movements system is good , but make shield becomes → just a accessory model with data , soldier will never use shield , TKD and    1. WHY IS TOTAL WAR SO SPECIAL ? THE SPECIAL GRAND MAP STRATEGY GAMEPLAY , THEN THE BATTLEFIELD SHOWN US A WHOLD GRAND AND POWERFUL BATTLEFIELD GAME EXPERIENCE , THIS IS IMPORTANT AND THIS IS THE TOTAL WARS HEART , BUT THIS HEART IS ALMOST OVER .

    2. warhammer movements system is good , but make shield becomes → just a accessory model with data , soldier will never use shield , TKD and TROY copied warhammer movements system , but just copied , dont improve it , so i can see many soldiers cut the air , and there was no feedback after being hit , we knew in rom 2 attila , TOB , we can still see soldier will use their shield to defence themselves , and use their shield to impact enemy , attackers will beat them shield hard and heavy , the weapons will hit their bodies and shields , then we can hear the sound effect between the friction of weapons , they will up their shield to resist arrow , this is good .

    3. warhammer movements system maybe is suitable for warhammer , but doesnt mean suitable to TKD TROY and other total war game , warhammer is warhammer , its a beautiful mysterious and a fantasy world , that means many and many things no need to think about real world , so the battefield and soldiers actions , their movements , the act of waving weapons , ways of attack and others , all of these things is no problem with exaggeration , but TKD is a history total war , its maybe not suitable with this movements system , TORY i dont know , i saw many air cut , and soldiers have no feedback after being hit , the shield is just a truly accessory on their hands .

    4.Battlefield atmosphere : i dont know , maybe its just my illusion , but i think CA dont care about battlefield anymore . contrast with other total war games , TKD WH TROY make me feel something is missing , we knew total wars battlefield is very special , the important thing is : Total war games will show us a very grand and powerful battlefield , like : battlefield back ground music , soldiers charge , soldiers howl , weapons collision , large troop formation , soldiers fighting intense on the battlefield , then as for us : players need to watch clearly with soldiers every movements . besides , on the battlefield , need to leave a certain distance between people to fight and swing weapons , but now in TKD and TROY , people huddled together like ants , so how should they wave weapons , In Mount and Blade 2 , we knew if youre in the crowd , you cant wave your weapons and in TKD TROY , watch the battle , watch soldiers vs soldiers become a very boring things , there is no many special movements to soldier , CA now wanna make good heros system , but they forgot one thing : people wanna see a big grand battle , they wanna see more soldiers movements and actions , not just hero .
    5. now in TKD TORY , soldiers vs soldiers become to → you hit him, he hit you → you cut the air , he cut the air too , then someones dead , but total war battlefield is not just a " Turn based games " right ? in Napoleon , shogun 2 , rome 2 , attila , TOB , these wont happenning to much .

    6. CA has a very big ambition , i think this is a good way to grow up , but for now his ability is not enough to support his ambition , “ they abandoned half the hearts ” .    … Expand
  5. Pony_Express
    Aug 16, 2020
    3
    "Total Warhammer: Troy-mod" is not a great game, or even a fun one. Miss-matching fantasy and history in a poorly optimized and confused game, that was made without clear purpose. I suggest. it is not worth paying money for. Skip it; buy a nice pair of shoes or something.

    I'm a sad creature with '000s of hours logged in Total War games over 15 years - I love the history/lore, the    "Total Warhammer: Troy-mod" is not a great game, or even a fun one. Miss-matching fantasy and history in a poorly optimized and confused game, that was made without clear purpose. I suggest. it is not worth paying money for. Skip it; buy a nice pair of shoes or something.

    I'm a sad creature with '000s of hours logged in Total War games over 15 years - I love the history/lore, the problem solving, the dynamic pacing, and the freedom to play in a non-linear story, the mods, the realization of a chess board brought to life. - But this game is just a sad-sandwich.

    Good points... I like the way religion functions work now, giving "perceived" bonuses to factions if they worship enough, - your fleet will sail harder and further if they think they're blessed. I like the mixed economy mechanic, taking us out of static "gold-only" economies, where resources were for a bit of negligent trading. These are however hangovers from Warhammer, as is the entire game.
    Importantly, they have improved the battle fields, - which were a major gripe of mine for years. Now you can fight on varied terrain, with different avenues of attack and defense, rather than in a permanently open/flat field, like TW games of the past decade.

    Bad Points... The game is graphically very demanding, so those without high-end performance computers will have garbage visuals at 20fps, even with most graphics features set to minimal/off.

    The setting of the Aegean sea was played out before with Rome 2 DLC and this adds nothing new to that experience, by removing 1,000 years of technological progression and calling it "Troy". The playable factions are all roughly the same, and the game-play/battles are highly repetitive. If you've played Rome 2, you won't get anything 'better' here, (and that game is ten years old).

    The interface and presentation is oddly cartoonish, but that comes from re-skinning Warhammer 2 (or from HQ insisting they just copy what sells?).

    The battles have a strange lack of presence and engagement, something (I'm not a developer) is lacking, resulting in the most boring combat experiences yet. There's still the long-lasting problem of TW games, that their armies have no 'weight' or impact. This has been present since they abandoned the old engine more than a decade ago, but without any heavy cavalry or fast units, this problem is amplified. Long gone are the days of Napoleon TW, where the camera would shake with cannon-fire. And the sound mix is also lacking, with no fury, clashing, or 'noise' of war.

    All these points add up to make a game that is slow and bulky in the presentation, yet somehow weightless and boring in the gameplay. A conundrum, but I think the developers would do well to line up in a real shield wall and experience what it's like to have 200 heavy men run at you... Maybe they'll create some "War" games with real weight to them.

    Meta: CA are constantly trying to innovate, but never bothering to refine, or learn. Britannia, for instance, introduced clever mechanics of attrition and delayed mustering troops, but these are gone also. The desire for more and more graphics on screen make having true battles of 20,000 versus 20,000 nigh impossible since Medieval 2. Older games offered more kinetic excitement (see Napoleon). This is another game where CA try to do something new, which is commendable, but they weren't born yesterday. They have twenty years of franchise to reflect on and it seems they always think old is bad and newer is always better, whilst playing out the same tired settings (Aegean, Romans, or East Asia). Please CA go play your old games and remember why you even have a franchise at all, and then maybe create an interesting game that doesn't feel so much like a cash grab.

    Summary: If you liked Warhammer 2, you might like this as well, but seeing as this is a compromised re-skin of that game, in a pseudo-historical, metaphorically fantasy-based world, you don't get anywhere near the fun or mind-breaking concepts of the Warhammer games. - For me, you couldn't pay me to keep playing this... And I got it for free.    … Expand
  6. Bluehydra
    Aug 14, 2020
    4
    Hello.
    overall the game wasn't good.
    the good thing was the campaign map. but pretty standard from previous game, still an upgrade from warhammer. combat is where it become a mess. The battle mechanic isn't working. and the animation is pretty darn bad. the overall phase of the battle feels unrealistic and fast, and the movement speed and also animation is horrible to look at. The AI    Hello.
    overall the game wasn't good.
    the good thing was the campaign map. but pretty standard from previous game, still an upgrade from warhammer.
    combat is where it become a mess. The battle mechanic isn't working. and the animation is pretty darn bad.
    the overall phase of the battle feels unrealistic and fast, and the movement speed and also animation is horrible to look at.
    The AI is bad, worse than the previous games.
    I cannot recommend to buy this game. Was looking forward to it because I really like the settings.    … Expand
  7. ComradeWinston
    Aug 28, 2020
    1
    Giving it a 1 because while it is garbage, it's garbage they gave away for free.
  8. loler1565
    Aug 14, 2020
    3
    If you did not get this game free don't buy it, not worth the money. Might be worth $10-$20 not more. For the pros, the campaign map and battle maps look very nice and battle maps have nice terrain to play around making it fun ans the Troy setting is cool. For the cons, its basically everything else. The AI cheats like a mofo and have infinite resources and just ignores the supply lineIf you did not get this game free don't buy it, not worth the money. Might be worth $10-$20 not more. For the pros, the campaign map and battle maps look very nice and battle maps have nice terrain to play around making it fun ans the Troy setting is cool. For the cons, its basically everything else. The AI cheats like a mofo and have infinite resources and just ignores the supply line penalty, auto resolve will stack wipe 4-6 units and leave the rest with like 5%-10% dmg, AI will force march around your armies just raid your town to be a pain but never group its forces to do a pitched battle so u will just run around being an idiot and rebuilding its armies every 2 turns. It also does not have Steam workshop so I manually have to keep up with all the mods and see if they are up to date. If I payed for this game I would have asked for a refund and I can see why they made this game Epic exclusive because they knew 100,000 people would not pay $40 for this broken game… Expand
  9. Rikkos
    Aug 16, 2020
    4
    Минусы: 1) Визуальная составляющая игры, как будто из пластилина всё, гладкое, игрушечное, стилистика какая-то убогая. 2) Абсолютно тупые ветки построек и ресурсов, баланса в них нет никакого, требуется на всё дерево, его постоянно не хватает, зато камня и бронзы завались. 3) Огромные юниты просто бесполезны - все эти гиганты, циклопы, минотавры ... их просто ваншотят всякие застрельщики.Минусы: 1) Визуальная составляющая игры, как будто из пластилина всё, гладкое, игрушечное, стилистика какая-то убогая. 2) Абсолютно тупые ветки построек и ресурсов, баланса в них нет никакого, требуется на всё дерево, его постоянно не хватает, зато камня и бронзы завались. 3) Огромные юниты просто бесполезны - все эти гиганты, циклопы, минотавры ... их просто ваншотят всякие застрельщики. 4) Войска потребляют какое-то чокнутое кол-во провизии (считай денег) 5) У героев 80% навыков просто какой-то мусор, и выбор очевиден при вилке развития 6) Нет морских боёв (традиционных боёв с кораблями) 7) Дипломатия просто самая тупая в серии Тотал Вар, каждый ход по несколько фракций предлагают супер-невыгодные обмены ресурсами

    Понравилось: 1) Баланс юнитов (камень-ножницы-бумага) 2) Не игровые события и события в которых нужно принимать решение самому 3) Героические задания    … Expand
  10. Melkor3000
    Aug 19, 2020
    3
    If I hadn't received it for free at Epic Games Store I would have requested a refund.
  11. Hakisak
    Aug 14, 2020
    1
    CA has been producing undisputedly great games since forever until the big bad epic twisted their arm and gave them a big bag of fornite-cash. now the end user is left with a half-finished chinese mobile game. they happily delayed 3k and no one cared if it meant a good game, troy should have been delayed but since epic has them by the gonads they were forced to push out garbage.CA has been producing undisputedly great games since forever until the big bad epic twisted their arm and gave them a big bag of fornite-cash. now the end user is left with a half-finished chinese mobile game. they happily delayed 3k and no one cared if it meant a good game, troy should have been delayed but since epic has them by the gonads they were forced to push out garbage. multiplayer and the mod workshop are some of the great features total war games have to offer but we don't have either on epic games.

    it's so sad to see such a great development team reduced to scum because some guy wanted a new bigger yacht.    … Expand
  12. Jananas
    Aug 14, 2020
    4
    If you go into this game expecting Total War as you know it, you would be probably really dissapointed (unless you played Thrones of Britannia), It is whole dumbed down to oblivion, the battles are super fast. I especially really hated the UI, which takes a lot from Three Kingdoms. Such a modern take on it does not fit much into the timeline (not that it fit in Three Kingdoms). The wholeIf you go into this game expecting Total War as you know it, you would be probably really dissapointed (unless you played Thrones of Britannia), It is whole dumbed down to oblivion, the battles are super fast. I especially really hated the UI, which takes a lot from Three Kingdoms. Such a modern take on it does not fit much into the timeline (not that it fit in Three Kingdoms). The whole graphical presentation looks like a mess with all the modern UI, Banners etc. and ancient Amphora-like designs. If I had paid 40€ for it, I would have bashed my head in. Given I got it for free, I guess I will live.… Expand
  13. Wanderer46
    Aug 16, 2020
    3
    If you've never played a Total War game you might like this.

    If you're a Veteran of the series and like grand strategy, sandbox style campaigns, and depth, I don't see how this would appeal to you. People keep talking about how "beautiful" it is and I just don't see it. It somehow looks worse (and cheaper) than recent titles. The color, animations, unit collision, aesthetic design of    If you've never played a Total War game you might like this.

    If you're a Veteran of the series and like grand strategy, sandbox style campaigns, and depth, I don't see how this would appeal to you. People keep talking about how "beautiful" it is and I just don't see it. It somehow looks worse (and cheaper) than recent titles. The color, animations, unit collision, aesthetic design of the generals, all look cartoonish and peculiar. This should be one of the grittiest and brutal TW periods but it just looks like a mobile game.    … Expand
  14. LavenderMoon
    Aug 16, 2020
    3
    I don't really mind inaccuracy in video-games when it's done well but I personally find total war troy fairly distasteful. Considering the excessive creative freedom creative assemble took I find it bothersome how patriarchal the game's theme and story tends to be. Many of the quotes I find are toxic misrepresentations of what the Greeks actually believed. I wouldn't really mind if TroyI don't really mind inaccuracy in video-games when it's done well but I personally find total war troy fairly distasteful. Considering the excessive creative freedom creative assemble took I find it bothersome how patriarchal the game's theme and story tends to be. Many of the quotes I find are toxic misrepresentations of what the Greeks actually believed. I wouldn't really mind if Troy was an otherwise actuate game but it simply isn't one and I don't believe the Amazonian DLC will fix that.… Expand
  15. Igorecheck
    Aug 16, 2020
    0
    This is the worst part of the series at the moment, many have already resigned themselves to the reskinning of games, to the same thing, but there are no significant historical events, but fantasy is mixed (do not interfere with the history and your speculations!), There is no interesting gameplay, almost all we have already seen this. This game is much inferior to TWW and TWW2, it isThis is the worst part of the series at the moment, many have already resigned themselves to the reskinning of games, to the same thing, but there are no significant historical events, but fantasy is mixed (do not interfere with the history and your speculations!), There is no interesting gameplay, almost all we have already seen this. This game is much inferior to TWW and TWW2, it is inferior even to Shogun 2! Many mechanics are taken from previous games, for example Warhammer. Do they think that the people playing the historical parts of the series bypassed Warhammer? The economy was simplified in Warhammer, but this is understandable because the focus was on the warhead, which was excellent.
    Units that receive arrows in their backs fall backwards, this is not logical. Soldiers do not move naturally, clone army (although it was normal once, but not in 2020). Animations are generally worse. You will also have to run your infantry after their infantry at the end of each battle, for there is no cavalry in the game. Chasing arrows turns into a hunt.
    I am a person who played in the first Rome, played all the following parts except Britain, I saw all sorts of unfortunate things, for example, the DLC about Alexander the Great (who knows, he will understand), but this is the first time they give me such a slag.
    Even having received the game for free, I will not play it (and I am not alone), and I think that this game will be forgotten.
    I have accumulated a lot of complaints about the Creative assembly over the past years, but that's all about the troy.
    If the company continues to make such terrible games (and they are exclusive to the PC), then it will be possible to safely move to game consoles.
    sorry for my English    … Expand
  16. jaco111
    Aug 31, 2020
    2
    It is no fun to play for me. Could say it's not the total war feeling, but that is not the real problem. I think the main reason which made me uninstall the game was ai army movement and (missing) battle balance.
  17. Yello1183
    Aug 21, 2020
    3
    If you have played three kingdoms then this is a major step back. Terrible UI, Three Kingdoms had excellent UI, they should have just improved that instead of that trash they released
  18. carlosxande81
    Apr 7, 2021
    0
    Great game, with great mechanics. If you love Total war, strategy games, Troy, just go and check it out.
  19. crazyking321
    Aug 16, 2020
    4
    it felt very messy in combat and the campaign map, but i did have some fun in it but found myself getting bored in 5-6h.

    plus i did not like trusting a company (Epic) what is known to take and sell your data to play it,
  20. mathew076
    Aug 19, 2020
    3
    Graphics are good, but the campaign map is too 'earthy' and clunky. Too much going on, especially when playing as a faction close to a lot of others. The AI is very spammy, constantly asking for barter agreements, every single turn, which are exactly the same every single time.

    Battle play is far too slow. Once chariots are unlocked, there is no losing (provided you play the battle    Graphics are good, but the campaign map is too 'earthy' and clunky. Too much going on, especially when playing as a faction close to a lot of others. The AI is very spammy, constantly asking for barter agreements, every single turn, which are exactly the same every single time.

    Battle play is far too slow. Once chariots are unlocked, there is no losing (provided you play the battle yourself). Also very draggy due to the lack of siege engines (which obviously hadn't been invented then). Far too many agents to make it enjoyable.

    To sum up - I am glad I got this game for free and didn't pay £34.99 for it.    … Expand
  21. brusti
    Aug 15, 2020
    2
    the idea of the game, ok.
    the graphics 2010 level at most.
    the interface, made me uninstall the game, it was unbearable after few hours of gameplay.
    the support for the game, totally lacking, looking in interface for every functionality was a nightmare and the information was useless and even on the internet you barely find anything specific
  22. Karllosi
    Aug 15, 2020
    0
    To make it short, this game is basically shogun 2 with food instead of gold as main commodity, bad UI and war-hammer like heroes.

    Even so this game is based on the war-hammer 2 version of the engine, they did not include any of the quality of life or UI layouts they head improved on over the time. Instead they made up a new layout with questionable operational decisions, over    To make it short, this game is basically shogun 2 with food instead of gold as main commodity, bad UI and war-hammer like heroes.

    Even so this game is based on the war-hammer 2 version of the engine, they did not include any of the quality of life or UI layouts they head improved on over the time. Instead they made up a new layout with questionable operational decisions, over complicating systems that head already perfectly worked and making the life of the player thus harder then it needs to be. Research notifications that keep you from ending the turn for example are gone, the menus like diplomacy are no longer in the bottom right of the screen but in the top left. There is no longer a ok button to start the diplomacy instead on has to double click and so on.

    In battle woods (more like all vision blocking bushes), unlike they did in war-hammer 2 no longer become invisible when zooming in. Instead when fighting in the woods one cant see the exact positions of the units. Only the flags making it very very hard to determine who got flanked or how to flank the enemy. Sieges of main settlements have gotten worse do to the lag of siege engines, making the attacker depended of war-hammer 2 ladders and comically looking rams that can only damage the gates.
    Just to name a few.

    I don't know for whom this game was meant. Its has pseudo mythically units like giant bow man aso., it has over powered heroes and the satting is boring af. Why didn't they use the middle east and the conflics beween the Egyptians and Hittites Rames II. style I will never understand but whilst having egyptian style units allready in the game as seen with the Khopesh warriors, this whole setting is a waste of potential.

    In short for every step forward they took 2 steps back and wasted all of its potential. Would have been fun to have a bronze age game, but this is not.

    0/10 would not buy aggain.    … Expand
  23. Cioby
    Aug 16, 2020
    0
    Sold out for Chinese money. Game looks like **** anyway. Glad I didn't get it on Epic. Waiting for it to be fixed and cracked.
    Not gonna buy any more Total War games anymore.
  24. DenuvoLUL
    Aug 15, 2020
    0
    Total War is dead. The games are just not the same anymore. Rome 1, Med 2, Shogun 2, even Rome 2 with heavy modding is vastly superior to the recent games CA has put out. This game feels and looks like a mobile game. The campaign map is full of basically bloatware. What happened to Total War games being epic sandbox games where you can carve your empire out as you seem fit? No longer isTotal War is dead. The games are just not the same anymore. Rome 1, Med 2, Shogun 2, even Rome 2 with heavy modding is vastly superior to the recent games CA has put out. This game feels and looks like a mobile game. The campaign map is full of basically bloatware. What happened to Total War games being epic sandbox games where you can carve your empire out as you seem fit? No longer is that an option.

    They've managed to turn one of the best series of games ever created that had epic sandbox campaigns (Rome 1, Med 2) to forcing the player to play a certain way. This all started with the Warhammer series.

    The campaign map is atrocious, full of features that add no depth to the game whatsoever. CA thinks all of these useless features/bloatware adds depth to the game and it doesn't. It's covering up for how shallow the game is.

    The battles are no different. First and foremost let's get one major thing out of the way.

    NO BLOOD. Again with this anti-consumer **** Want blood? You're going to have to cough up a few bucks later on with a DLC. This is truly unbelievable. This is the same **** they've pulled with other titles and they still have the same audacity to not include it in the base game AGAIN.

    The battles are a complete joke. The UI and the massive unit flags/banners/ take up the majority of the screen. You can barely see anything in the battle, on top of that your "hero's" banner takes up another big part of the screen. It very much resembles a mobile game.

    CA is an anti-consumer company and I'm glad I didn't buy this, but got it for free through Epic. I don't even want to play it anymore and I didn't even buy it.

    Absolute joke of a game, CA is no longer capable of putting out a quality product. It's truly sad.    … Expand
  25. gryps
    Sep 18, 2020
    4
    Je suis heureux qu'Epic Games ait permit de tester ce jeu gratuitement et je comprends pourquoi
    CREATIVE ASSEMBLY a préféré recevoir un chèque avec une exclus plutôt que d'essayer de le vendre sur le plus de plateformes possibles.
    Il y a quasiment aucune nouveauté sur la gestion, c'est du déjà vu. Pour ce qui est de la diplomatie, on a ce qui était prévu sur 3 Kingdoms avec une IA    Je suis heureux qu'Epic Games ait permit de tester ce jeu gratuitement et je comprends pourquoi
    CREATIVE ASSEMBLY a préféré recevoir un chèque avec une exclus plutôt que d'essayer de le vendre sur le plus de plateformes possibles.

    Il y a quasiment aucune nouveauté sur la gestion, c'est du déjà vu.

    Pour ce qui est de la diplomatie, on a ce qui était prévu sur 3 Kingdoms avec une IA moins bêtes bien que ce dernier point pûisse être discutable.

    Pour ce qui est censé être le cœur du jeu : les Batailles. On a un remake de 3 Kingdoms mais en Grèce. Les héros sont surpuissants avec des capacités qui relèvent plus de la magie qu'autre chose.
    Même si on a des unités visuellement différentes selon le camps qu'on choisit, on a les mêmes capacités "spéciales" pour les unités et le ressentie est plus proche d'un Total Wars arena que d'un bon vieux Rome 2 ou Attila qui avaient le défaut d'avoir des batailles trop longues.

    Puisque c'est un prototype des futurs total war je sais à quoi m'attendre et ça m'évitera de gaspiller mon argent.    … Expand
  26. Red_Swiss
    Aug 15, 2020
    2
    - Ridiculously ugly textures of the terrain, trees, soldiers and ... everything. It's ugly, looks like Total War Arena. Thrones of Britannia (2018) and Attila (2015) are both prettier
    - Unit animations (at rest on the move and in combat) worthy of Age of Empire or Warcraft 3.
    - The French version, ROFL. You do not dub the copied / pasted tutorial papi from Warhammer while leaving all the    - Ridiculously ugly textures of the terrain, trees, soldiers and ... everything. It's ugly, looks like Total War Arena. Thrones of Britannia (2018) and Attila (2015) are both prettier
    - Unit animations (at rest on the move and in combat) worthy of Age of Empire or Warcraft 3.
    - The French version, ROFL. You do not dub the copied / pasted tutorial papi from Warhammer while leaving all the rest of the game in original version. You might as well be honest and sell it in VOSTFR. And god knows VF doesn't matter to me.
    - The non-existent encyclopedia, again (WHY ?!)
    - Total War infantry (yes the excuse of the time is valid, but I'm cutting in the bacon there)
    - Epic
    - The global gueulinette foutage (yes say it: baguette)

    I could look for several other negatives but I have other things to do than take down this Total War joke.

    + The background in the countryside and the time, if we really have to find positive points.    … Expand
  27. Deusvuult
    Aug 16, 2020
    1
    poor graphics. Awful ui. Boring game play. There's really not much else. Can't recommend
  28. Adixylian
    Aug 17, 2020
    0
    Thank God I didn't pay for this.

    Graphics: They are OK Progression: Feels empty and dumb, plain and sometimes confusing because it's a weird mix between imaginary and reality. Resources and city building: for a total war game, it could be better but it's not terrible. Battles: O man, so boring and repetitive. Even today, Medieval 2 and Rome 2 feels so much better. What a huge    Thank God I didn't pay for this.

    Graphics: They are OK

    Progression: Feels empty and dumb, plain and sometimes confusing because it's a weird mix between imaginary and reality.

    Resources and city building: for a total war game, it could be better but it's not terrible.

    Battles: O man, so boring and repetitive. Even today, Medieval 2 and Rome 2 feels so much better. What a huge downgrade...

    AI, diplomacy, reputation and relations: Can it be worse? I actually never played a game with such terrible design. Very fast you will find yourself in war with almost 80% factions because of sh*tty alghorithm that manages diplomacy and relations. Civilization VI is so much better in this that Total War Saga: Troy looks like a tiny crying kid pulling his respectful father (Civ VI) on a sleeve wanting to eat a cookie.

    Trust me, don't spend your money. This is devastating.
    The worst thing is watching how Total War franchise keeps getting worse and worse. Before you needed to think, to plan, do diplomacy and many other stuff. Now, the game pushes you into so many battles per turn (and Battle is boring and repetitive) that you start hating that game icon.exe. There is no brain begind all of this, it's like mixing Call of Duty (no brain just shoot) with Total War. Just fight after fight with no room for diplomacy or anything else.

    What a letdown...    … Expand
  29. petr_akakkiy
    Aug 18, 2020
    2
    Ughhh.... Graphics sucks; no balanced building; Big units useless(also units need a lot of provisions like:money,food..) All heroes have useless special attacks. Thanks EGS for free copy
  30. frranky1
    Aug 24, 2020
    0
    Казуальная, мультяшная каломасса. Куча в дрись урезанных механик и фичь и убитый бой в реальном времени.
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75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 50 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 31 out of 50
  2. Mixed: 19 out of 50
  3. Negative: 0 out of 50
  1. CD-Action
    Nov 16, 2020
    80
    A mix between Three Kingdoms and Thrones of Britannia, Troy is a solid game that has a lot to offer and guarantees many hours of addictive fun but might disappoint loyal Total War fans with some of the changes (e.g. diplomacy). If you’re new to the series, be prepared to power through the overwhelming beginning, fortunately with the help of one of the best tutorials I’ve ever seen. [11/2020, p.60]
  2. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Oct 21, 2020
    82
    Troy can’t hold its own against the main entries of Total War series. But its purpose is to introduce new players to the series, and in that regard, Troy is more than adequate. [Issue#248,p.44]
  3. Riot Pixels
    Oct 18, 2020
    63
    As an abstract total conversion of Total War, Troy is a passable game, but it does very little to convey the atmosphere of Iliad (or that movie with Brad Pitt and Orlando Bloom, for that matter).
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