- #A total war saga thrones of britannia review full
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Men and woman from the proud land of Cymru, hearken to the rousing chorus sounded from the war horns and take your rightful place in the throng of Anarawd ap Rhodri, heir to Rhodri The Great.
No longer shall we suffer the indignance of tolerating the flagrant presence of the Anglo and their efforts to bring Armageddon upon our quaint land. Plunder and deceit are the inherent principles of the Englishman and that is how it shall remain for all eternity. For that is the embodiment of what these caricatures of hellspawn are. SAESSENACH, GREMLIN, SAESNEG, LEERER OF CHILDREN AND PEDOPHILE, are the most common sobriquets that are assigned to the Anglo. For the Anglo is propelled by the gusts of hedonism and debauchery, the walloping of Satan’s insidious hot pokers spur on the Englishman and drive him into an unhinged frenzy, resulting in torched houses, mangled children and the desecration of our land. Regardless of any ailments, an Englishman, akin to a crippled duck, will not flounder and flail about in a deranged fashion, but will stride forth with a tenacity and vigour unlike any other. “Does a one legged duck swim in circles?” are the words that were proclaimed from the peaks of Snowdonia by Rhodri The Great, and the answer to this audacious inquiry is as overt as the sun itself and the wind on our heels. No more will the sons of Glyndwr be slighted by the presence of these Anglo apparitions, with their garbled tongue and fishlike aesthetic. The incursion of the Anglo Germanic horde will inevitably be repelled.
#A total war saga thrones of britannia review series
And I think the map of Britain is too big (personally), and that units move too slow across it.īad design has plagued the Total War series for years, and it really pains me to see the games criticized for "lack of innovation" while they're actively moving away from it.The wake of hellfire and the imperialist Anglo menace will never again pervade and permeate its decrepit musk along the borders of Cymru. The same goes for graphics and animations. They're more or less the same than Attila, and not as good as Warhammer. Now, I'll admit that with the exception of AI, the battles in ToB aren't really anything great. Yet, when I sat down this morning and played Thrones of Britannia, I HAD FUN. Every time I load one of the older titles up, I quit after ten minutes because I just can't enjoy myself.
I can't play Shogun, Rome, or the Warhammer games anymore because the strategy element has so much busy work, is so tedious, that it's just not fun-especially managing production and public order. Number 2, 3, and 5 are issues that have plagued every Total War since Shogun, and now they're just gone. Unit card art and UI design are phenomenal, best they've ever been in the series.
#A total war saga thrones of britannia review full
This also solves the issue of having ridiculous, lop-sided armies with knights in full plate but archers from the 11th century because you forgot to go down the "archer" tech tree. No more tedious panning over every option to determine where you want to spend the next 40 hours of gameplay researching. Unlock new technologies as you recruit soldiers/fulfill objectives, then spend a few turns researching down a linear tree. The faction screen is the best it's been since Medieval, and-though "estates" are hardly Crusader Kings-represents a real move towards trying to capture the feeling of running a government.
You don't need to worry about constructing barracks in your cities, thank Christ, and rebellions are based entirely on probability now-more like EU4 than TW:WH or Attila. Settlement management in general is far less time consuming and far more rewarding. The public order mechanic has been revamped and is so much more fun. The review mentions this, but agent mechanics were so fucking miserable in previous titles (and are one of the reasons why I can't stand playing the Warhammer games) that I really feel the need to stress this point further. Attila was already a step up from the previous titles, but I would say that Attila to ToB is as big of an improvement in AI as Shogun to Attila was.Īnnoying, tedious, gamey agents have been totally removed. I deployed cavalry on an enemy's flank to harass archers in a campaign battle earlier this morning, only to see the enemy spearmen moving to protect.
The AI has been massively improved in just about every aspect. I think Thrones of Britannia represents a huge step forward in the franchise and deserves more credit than it's been getting.
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