The ancient Medeterranean is filled with stories of vengeful, wise, and occasionally benevolent gods, and Troy is no exception. I had one faction so desperate for gold that they offered one of their minor settlements for just a handful of the stuff. Gold, being the most rare of all, is used for the top tier of upgrades and improvements to your structures. In Troy you have basics like food and wood, but more advanced structures will require stone and bronze. This helps with the pressure of balancing five resources - a change for the resource economy in the series. ![]() Now I could make single transaction barter agreements, helping to grease the palms of my opponents to curry favor, or I could set up an ongoing trade agreement, helping me to obtain goods I couldn’t easily get in my own region. During our 40-turn demo I got to see a change to the trade system. There are a few new tricks with Troy: A Total War Saga. Seers specialize in rituals and prophecy as you would expect, helping to appease the gods - a more nuanced mechanic for this series. The Cyclops is a giant of a man wearing a single-eyed bone helm who is brutal in close combat, but wears no armor. Satyrs are the opposite, spreading joy and mirth which helps with productivity for your crew. Gorgons can terrify enemy troops, demoralizing them. ![]() Once again these are normal-ish humans shrouded in mystery due to their chosen tactics, elevating them to a mystical state. The curtain was pulled back a little further this time around, revealing the Gorgon, Satyr, Cyclops, and Seer in addition to the Minotaur and Centaurs we saw previously. In reality, I may have simply left them in open ocean for an extended period, the crew suffering from the usual doldrums of being too long at sea.Īs we covered in our first hands-on preview, mystical elements are ever-present in Greek and Spartan legends. For example, while sailing through uncharted waters as Paris I encountered “spirits” on the ocean that lead to the demoralization of the crew. The mystical elements are well represented, with a deep anchor to reality. The campaign map of Troy: A Total War Saga is absolutely massive with over 250 regions and 230 settlements, including real-world landmarks like Mount Olympus, Zeus Hill, and Meteora just to name a few. These represent just two of the eight playable factions split between the Trojans and the Danaans. ![]() Our hands-on time with the game focused on two pivotal heroes in this historical story - King Menelaus of Sparta, and Paris, the son of King Priam of Troy. It’s time to find the intersection between legend and history. You might have seen our hands-on preview with the combat systems of the game, but now we’ve had the chance to experience the extensive campaign mode. Troy: A Total War Saga, the latest entry in the Total War series from Creative Assembly and Sega, looks to retell that story in a fresh and realistic way. It’s a story of hubris just as much as anything else. It’s a tale as old as time - boy meets girl, girl is married to somebody else, girl steals away with boy, boy’s friend goes to Mount Olympus and has Hephaestus forge a new suit of armor that protects his entire body other than his heel, a giant wooden horse is involved, and in the end nobody really wins. Told through Homer’s poem, “The Iliad,” Troy was besieged for over ten years by the Greek army after Paris, the son of King Priam, stole away Helen - the queen of Sparta. Diplomatic relations with other factions at the start of the campaign.The legend of Troy is one steeped in a vicious blend of love, hate, betrayal, war, heroes, and more than a bit of mysticism.
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