TOTAL WAR SAGA TROY will be FREE to keep on release day 2PM BST 13th of august. It will be free for 24h on the EGS. Below is the timer
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NOTE: Even if you prefer steam over EGS you should still activate TROY on EGS. The reason being that CA has the plan that their games and DLC would unlock in all platforms you have acess to. This means that owning troy in EGS could give you a steam version. This also means that you could buy DLC wherever it was cheaper as it would unlock in your platform of choice. This connection would be done in CA site total war access.
Don't forget that above is a plan and might not come to fruition.
Title: Total War Saga: Troy
Developer: Creative Assembly
Publisher: SEGA
Platform: Epic Game Store (1 year exclusive); steam
Release Date: Thursday, 13th of August, 2020
Price: Free 24h;
System Requirements
Reviews: ERA Thread; opencritic 76
Official Social Media: Twitter
What is Total War?
Total War combines a Civilization-like turn based aspect with real-time battles. On the campaign map you build and manage your empire. Construction, unit creation, trade, diplomacy, taxes, and subterfuge are all done on the campaign map. When armies meet on the campaign map The game becomes a real-time battle where you can directly control your forces.What is Saga?
Saga are smaller scale total war that try to capture a small conflict in time. The advantage of these types of titles to the costumer is that they are generally innovative and will introduce a new mechanics to master. These games are also generally speaking cheaper than the usual total war titlesTheir main disadvantage is that usually have very small DLC support and they have less content than their main titles. Due to their innovations they also might not play similar to previous titles so if you want more of the same this might not be the title to look for.
Welcome to Total war Saga: Troy
Total War Saga: TROY focuses on the historical flashpoint of the Trojan War, heavily inspired by the Iliad. Troy's approach is to the conflict tries to navigate the thin line between fictions and reality. Using Illiad as the main source of information but modifying the most fantasy parts into a more grounded approach.
Experience the trojan war from both the greek and trojan perspective by choosing one of eight legendary heroes
Map
(haven't found a good map yet; will edit once i found a good one)
Unique features to Troy
New economic system - Unlike previous total wars, here money isn't all there is in terms of economic power. Resources such as Wood, gold, bronze,etc. will be needed to recruit units and some buildings. This bold approach will diversify on how you plan your conquests as it is no longer about who your weakest neighbor is but also who has the resources you need.
Deity favor - you can create favor for the gods with sacrifices and get boons; with the highest rank usually giving either a powerful hero or a Myth unit such as the minotaur. There are several gods to that you can off your favor to; with each giving different bonuses. Some legendary heroes are more in tune with a certain god.
Mythic Units - Famed Greek myth monsters with the behind the myth approach are represented as powerful units you can recruit. These "monsters" are usually single entity units capable of inflicting heavy damage. However they are generally locked to late game or certain regions.
Playable factions
Currently there are 3 unique playable cultures at launch: Danaan; Trojan and Amazons. Each culture as a few legendary heroes that you can play with. Each hero has a unique start, 2 unique mechanics as well as some unique units.The base game gives access to 8 legendary heroes -> 4 Danaan and 4 Trojan.
Amazon culture DLC is free for a limited time on total war access. It gives access to 2 Legendary heroes.
Danaan heroes
The mightiest warrior of The Iliad, but also hot tempered and unpredictable; Achilles leads an aggressive faction heavily geared to war.
Unique faction mechanics
- Living legend -> challenge other powerful warriors for a duel. If they accept achilles leaves his army for the duel. If they refuse you will have to find that warrior on the campaign battle and beat him. As your renown increases achilles army becomes stronger.
- Hot blooded -> Achilles is governed by his emotions. His mood will affect your campaign in positive or negative modifiers.
Unique faction mechanics
- Vassals pay a tribute. You can also demand an extra tribute from any vassal. Abusing this however will lead to vassals raising up against you.
- King of men -> offer political positions to other heroes. They will grant bonuses to that hero.
Unique faction mechanics
- Spies of Odysseus can build buildings in settlements belonging to factions allowing you to recruit troops in enemy territories
- Coastal mastery -> coastal settlements get the full building tree. Land locked settlements are restricted to the main settlement building.
Unique faction mechanics
- When you have an alliance with a faction you can recruit units from their roster on any territory but take longer to recruit VS local recruitment
- Can colonize any ruin with LoS without requiring an army. The further the ruin is from your territory the more expensive it is to settle
Trojan heroes
Unique faction mechanics
Unique faction mechanics
- Looks to build military and defensive alliances -> the more regions his allies hold the bigger the boons hector gets
- Priam's heir -> shared with his brother Paris. You compete with Paris doing certain tasks to try and get benevolence. Once you reach max benevolence you earn all the territory Paris and Troy control.
Unique faction mechanics
- Priam's heir -> shared with his brother- Hector. You compete with Hector doing certain tasks to try and get benevolence. Once you reach max benevolence you earn all the territory Hector and Troy control.
- Helen -> Helen is represented on the campaign and bound to a settlement. She can move around but Paris can't be away form her too long without souring the mood of his love. She gives buffs to the settlement. She can be captured so be careful where you move her!
Unique faction mechanics
- Divine Omens -> Aeneas can participate in divine Omens that cost resources. Divine Omens give a mission which by completing it you can get a lot of favor from a god.
- Stygian Voices -> Aeneas can talk with dead heroes, including the game heroes. Each dead hero gives a powerful boon to your faction however the cults will suffer a penalty to your favor.
Unique faction mechanics
- Lycian trade -> Sarpedon can influence other regions by trading with them. Once you have a certain level of influence with that faction you have access to new options such as requesting your precious resources from that faction's territory.
- Precious resources -> You have access to three special resources that only Sarpedon can use. You can acquire these resources by occupying certain regions. These resources will give you access to powerful modifiers.
Amazon heroes ( DLC Release date: September)
Penthesilea the warrior Queen
Hippolyta
Horde mechanics
Hippolyta
- Amazons -> Adds the amazon culture tribes to the game. Read above for more in-depth features
- Blood & Glory -> this DLC adds blood and some new animations to the battles
- Ajax & Diomedes -> New warriors to play with. We don't know anything for now
- Mod Support
- Artemis
- Multiplayer launch
- Hephaestus
Where's Arkantos?
Unfortunately Arkantos is still deitified and isn't, unfortunately, in the game
When will total war saga Troy launch on steam?
The exclusivity period is for 1 year. Expect it to launch on steam in august- september of 2021
This thread is about total war saga Troy and NOT EGS vs steam platforms. I'd appreciate if we all don't discuss those platforms here.
Pick up your spear and choose a side! Will you defend TROY? or DESTROY IT?
It is time for TOTAL WAR!
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