By way of example, the “Reckless” trait came from winning a “Cadmean Victory” (a victory at near-ruinous cost to the victor where you’ve suffered incredible losses). Continue to drive that path home and you’ll build up to three pips reinforcing these unique traits for your commander. Similarly, if you are reckless in battle, you’ll likely end up with a trait to match.
If you are steadfastly devoted to carving your will out of the land, you might earn a trait like “Master of Stone and Timber” which saves you 3% on all building construction in your province. Nearly everything you do will yield a boon or disadvantage in Troy. Each commander has a unique mechanic, and it makes their win conditions and gameplay unique. Beyond that, they can also be expended to reduce construction time and costs, improve attack and defense, and increase faction influence. These are useless to any other commander, but are part of Sarpedon’s Homeric Victory objectives. By way of another example, Sarpedon is a collector of rare materials like white granite, celestial iron, and Minoan relics. Conversely, Paris, the Son of King Priam, has a mechanic that causes his power to wax and wane with his proximity to his stolen love, Helen. Similarly, he can also demand tribute of those same resources, though it does put a strain on the relationship with any vassals under his watchful eye. Raise it too high, however, and you may find that you have a revolt on your hands. For example, Agamemnon is the King of Mycenae, and as such, he can set the tax rate resulting in a steady income of grain, wood, stone, bronze, and gold (several of which are new resources to the series). One of the things I liked the most about Total War Saga: Troy is that each commander has their own special mechanic to make them unique. These heroes also represent an easy, two normal, and a hard campaign choice for each side, and are labeled accordingly. Once you decide your allegiance you are presented with four legendary warriors - Achilles, Agamemnon, Odysseus, and Menelaus to represent the Danaans, with Hector, Paris, Aenaes, and Sarpedon as the heroes for the Trojans. The game kicks off with you deciding between the two sides of this conflict - Troy or Mycenae. Focused on the first few months of the Trojan War, it’s this conflict between Troy and Mycenae that forms the foundation for Total War Saga: Troy.
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Homer’s epic poem is nothing if not chock full of betrayal. Of course, there is the little matter of the fact that she went along with Paris willingly. Helen’s husband, Menelaus of Mycenae, is outraged and calls to his friends and family to assault the city of Troy to bring her back. Total War Saga: Troy takes the events of the Iliad, namely the “kidnapping” of Helen of Troy by Prince Paris of Priam. If you are looking for that level of deep analysis, caveat emptor. As such, there are nuances I might not have picked up between versions. I’m going to preface my review with the admission that I’ve been a casual player of the Total War games. The team at Creative Assembly Sofia have chosen it as their first full release in the Total War universe - Total War Saga: Troy. War, betrayal, love, Gods, mythical monsters, and heroes of legends - Homer’s epic poem has it all. There are few legends as well known or as oft-retold as the Iliad.
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