![]() ![]() While it was easy to set up a group of archers in some long grass to surprise Hector's soldiers from behind, the mud and sand terrain were out of the way. Unfortunately, it was hard to get a good feeling of how sand and mud factor into battlefield tactics due to the map's design. The map was intended to show off the heroes, the new terrain types, and the tuned combat physics that give a bit more weight and heft to infantry troops. Vasilev admits that the studio played around with "several" new terrain types, but decided on the above three as the "most meaningful and the most impactful."Ĭreative Assembly Sofia offered a short demo of Total War Saga: Troy with a straightforward battle between the forces of Achilles and Hector. Then there's long grass, which allows some lighter units to hide completely, planning flanking attacks and more. Sand slightly reduces the movement speed of all units, while mud slows down heavier units and tires them out. To that end, Troy is offering new terrain options on the battlefield. Given the time period, Total War Saga: Troy is focused heavily on infantry conflict, with soldiers tending to be on foot. We wanted to make sure those heroes are more impactful because this is the age of heroes and we are basing a lot of the game on the Iliad." "We were thinking really hard about how we wanted to portray our heroes, but we decided it did not look good for Achilles to be in the middle of an entire unit. "Right now, we're releasing only with one mode," says Vasilev. Total War Saga: Troy is skipping such an option to preserve the "impact" of these Greek heroes. Total War: Three Kingdoms offered a Romance mode for larger-than-life heroes, and a Classic mode for players who wanted a more authentic, history-based experience. They even have Rage and Asisteia, two in-battle resources that power special abilities and allow your heroes to become near-invincible for a short period of time. The heroes will be key figures in your army, striding forward and turning the course of the conflict. That they actually bring enough interesting stuff to the game in terms of gameplay, so that it's worth including." We need to be sure that this actually fits something that might have inspired the myth of the Minotaur or the myth of the centaurs. "When it comes to which units we decided in particular to be represented, we usually look at plausibility and gameplay effects. "We decided that this is the best approach for this game because of the time period that we're going through," explains Total War Saga: Troy senior battle designer Milcho Vasilev. ![]() Likewise, centaurs aren't half-men, half-horse soldiers instead, they're cavalry units, a group of mounted warriors who can flank enemies and harry them with thrown spears. In Total War Saga: Troy, the Minotaur is less mythical: they're a massive human warrior who wears a bull's skull to create fear in his enemies. In Total War Saga: Troy, they're given a more realistic bent. Greek myths are also accented with mystical creatures: like the half-man, half-bull Minotaur, or the half-men, half-horse Centaurs. While the Trojan War went in one particular direction, players can choose either side of the conflict and chart their own path. In contrast, Hector is one of the strongest defensive units in the game, backed by other defensive units like Hector's Chosen. Achilles is a light fighter, but also a hard-hitting unit that'll punish a group of normal soldiers. This "truth" casts heroes like Achilles, the Greek hero of the Iliad, and Trojan prince Hector as key warriors, heroes that will lead your armies out into battle. Scholars have long struggled to determine whether there was any real history behind the Trojan War, with speculation that it's a collection of real-world Greek conflicts in 12th or 11th century BC. The Trojan War is one of the most important stories of Greek myth, a part of Homer's Iliad and other works of Greek literature. Now the next entry in the Saga spin-off, Total War Saga: Troy, looks to be an exploration of "the truth behind the myth". Total War: Three Kingdoms split the difference, based both on the Records of the Three Kingdoms historical work covering the Han dynasty and the fictional novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, which uses many of the same real-world figures to tell intriguing, dramatic myths. Total War: Warhammer and its sequel are the only entries not rooted in historical fact. Shogun: Total War was a strategic recreation of Japan's Warring States period, and its sequels followed that same path. Since its first iteration, the Total War series has been firmly rooted in the great conflicts of history. ![]()
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