If you’ve never played Total War, you should know that the main campaign is turn-based, but the battles are in real-time, and we have to instantly choose which will be the best way to position ourselves on the battlefield to attack or avoid an ambush.

These decrees will take a certain number of turns to activate, but their effects are very noticeable, from generating a certain quantity of a resource to giving a discount to our army’s maintenance. In addition, with far more significant adjustments, we’ll be able to publish decrees, based on each resource, this will be our skill tree. In the capital of each province we’ll be able to proclaim a manifesto that will be exclusive to that province, to generate more resources or keep the people’s happiness intact. However, just like they’ll help us when we give them obeisance, they’ll punish us if we don’t, so keeping them happy is exceedingly important. For instance, if our devotion is towards Zeus, we’ll have advantages in diplomatic negotiations with all factions while if our devotion is towards Aphrodite, we’ll have an edge in happiness and the growth of our faction. Devotion to the gods will help us in different ways. Since it’s an Epic, and as time went one everything told by Homer was put into doubt (even his existence itself), the gods will give us their help by means of plagues or catastrophes. All these resources can also be obtained by occupying enemy settlements, which makes it easier to access resources we lack. We’ll use each of these to build new buildings, expand our army or barter (for a single exchange or for a longer period) with a faction we want to negotiate with. In each settlement we’ll generate a specific resource, like food, lumber, stone, gold or bronze. Unlike other games in the franchise, Troy has an updated system of resources, almost like a Catan game. Paris, on the other hand, must earn 600 points of favor from Aphrodite.Īs usual in Total War, every territory is divided into provinces, which in turn are split into settlements, two of which generate resources and the last is the province capital, from where we’ll manage economic, diplomatic and military growth. For example, in Achilles’ case, reaching the maximum level is already a victory because he’s proved to be the best warrior walking the Earth. The second way is the “Homeric Victory”, unique to each hero. One they all have in common called “Absolute Victory in War”, which is the classic Total War mode and is achieved by controlling or razing 100 settlements. If you’ve never played Total War, the tutorial teaches the basics and there’s a pop-up help system with suggestions each turn, both of these will give you an idea as to where to begin and what to do to move forward.Įach Hero has two ways he can achieve victory. Both have an easy initial scenario, with a good base of resources to spend on armies and buildings, in addition to a location on the map that makes expanding easy. For example, as a recommendation to start, Total War Troy suggests Agamemnon on one side and Sarpedon on the other. Each one offers a different initial scenario (the difficulty pre-established by the game), but also their own game style. The Trojans bring us Sarpedon, Hector, Aeneas and Paris. On the side of the Danaans, we’ll be able to choose Agamemnon, Menelaus, Achilles and Odysseus. The great generals and lords of this story, eight in total, are the playable characters that we’ll be able to choose, each with their own game system and unique victory conditions.

Menelaus, upon finding out who kidnapped his wife, asks his brother, Agamemnon, to join his cause and raise arms against Troy to recover his wife. The campaign tells us about the conflict between the Danaans and the Trojans, sparked by the kidnapping of Helen, wife of Menelaus, by Paris, Prince and Heir to Troy.

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