Total War: Attila - Age of Charlemagne

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  • Publisher: Sega
  • Release Date: Dec 10, 2015
User Score
8.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 32 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 26 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 32
  3. Negative: 2 out of 32

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  1. walterkane
    Dec 30, 2015
    8
    Pros
    probably the best dlc ever created for Attila/ Rome 2. Each campaign feels fleshed out and unique. Art style is incredible for unit cards and overall display. Campaign map very detailed though I wish the Byzantine Empire were included.
    Cons Could use new medieval music, unit diversity, and settlements are same as Attila and feel out of place sometimes. Also same drawbacks of    Pros
    probably the best dlc ever created for Attila/ Rome 2. Each campaign feels fleshed out and unique. Art style is incredible for unit cards and overall display. Campaign map very detailed though I wish the Byzantine Empire were included.

    Cons
    Could use new medieval music, unit diversity, and settlements are same as Attila and feel out of place sometimes. Also same drawbacks of Attila still prevalent ie no population, illogical trade only between capitals. Also the game seems to be incredibly easy on both the campaign and battle side and there is very little late or even mid game challenge.

    Overall, as good of a dlc as could be made with restrictions of current iteration of engine. Would recommend.    … Expand
  2. cottandy
    Nov 4, 2016
    9
    If you like "Total War", you can't walk past it.

    There were great times and not so great for the "Total War" games, but "Total War: Rome II" and "Total War: ATTILA - Age of Charlemagne" show that they still can do good games. Not as good as the first Rome, but still. Only if they made the games work properly right from the start, not after a year after release. The main con is a weak    If you like "Total War", you can't walk past it.

    There were great times and not so great for the "Total War" games, but "Total War: Rome II" and "Total War: ATTILA - Age of Charlemagne" show that they still can do good games. Not as good as the first Rome, but still. Only if they made the games work properly right from the start, not after a year after release.

    The main con is a weak AI. But where can you find better ones? Only in mods. Hope some day they will realise that if modders can make AI stronger, they can do too.

    Also the work with the game is not completely finished. But even this unfinished one is a good one. Shame on them, that they stopped working on it. Still the one important thing, one of the most - atmosphere of Age of Charlemagne is present in the game.    … Expand
  3. bukorobe
    Sep 17, 2019
    0
    These other user reviews are wrong about this DLC. Steam reviews more accurately reflect the state of it. The DLC is not fleshed out at all. All of the factions have all of the same starting units, and there is almost no variety later in the game. The main faction, Charlemagne's, suffers such incredible penalties to integrity and morale that you have to decimate your armies every turnThese other user reviews are wrong about this DLC. Steam reviews more accurately reflect the state of it. The DLC is not fleshed out at all. All of the factions have all of the same starting units, and there is almost no variety later in the game. The main faction, Charlemagne's, suffers such incredible penalties to integrity and morale that you have to decimate your armies every turn (kill 1/10th so they don't rebel), and even if they do go into battle, you have to severely outnumber the enemy because your units will begin to route as soon as they enter combat (even if you send two spear levies against one enemy spear band). The map is reduced in size from the original game, most of the factions are copypastas of Germanic factions from the base game, only with reduced unit variety. It's a generally inferior version of the base game, and since you need to own the base game to play this, I am rating it based on whether it improves on or detracts from the base game. Check out the mods for the base game instead.… Expand

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Metascore
77

Generally favorable reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. CD-Action
    Mar 4, 2016
    75
    The expansion provides just enough improvements and new features to convince you to play through the campaign again. [02/2016, p.44]
  2. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Feb 16, 2016
    80
    A successful expansion to TW: Attila brings new political and military situation, very different factions and funny mechanics of war fatigue. [Issue#260]
  3. GameGrin
    Feb 4, 2016
    70
    Age of Charlemagne is a great way to improve on a Total War engine that sorely needed extra testing and bug-cleaning. Tight, attractive and challenging, it's the perfect way to prepare for the upcoming Total War: Warhammer but also a good DLC in its own right.
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