

Funnel the enemies into a chokepoint, engage them with higher numbers, fight from the high ground – rinse and repeat. There is some amazing, varied terrain to fight in, but it does feel quite familiar at the end of the day.
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As is often the case in Total War manual battles, positioning reigns supreme in determining the outcome. This reduction to infantry-based fighting actually drew out some creativity from the developers, as there are plenty of unique units available to employ. Although this sounds dull on the surface, it causes chariots, cavalry, and other special units to stand out much more when present. Regarding battles, unit variety is fairly limited to foot-soldiers. Curiously enough, mythical units (such as the Minotaur) are portrayed as humans – a sober take on the Iliad’s fantasy elements. In fact, I was more enamored with faction-specific and mythical units. There was plenty of utility in having a well-leveled spy creeping about in the overworld, but I found that heroes themselves were more bark than bite in battle. Traits and skill trees had me interested enough to want to continue grinding the levels of my heroes and other special units.

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There’s a free update that’s available, which happens to add Historical mode. Is it worth it? – Mythos is an expansion released a year after the launch of A Total War Saga: Troy.Ajax faction guide – The mighty Telemonian Ajax acts as the bulwark of the Danaans.Hippolyta faction guide – The High Queen of the Amazons spearheads the advance.Penthesilea faction guide – The Warrior Queen of the Amazons leads her fearsome horde.Well, with your help, he can do just that. Agamemnon faction guide – The King of Men arrogantly boasts of subjugating Troy.He also competes with Paris on who will become Priam’s Heir - please don’t let it be Legolas. Hector faction guide – The honorable Prince of Troy defends his besieged kingdom by forging alliances with his neighbors.Achilles faction guide – The greatest warrior of the age aims to prove his capabilities while trying to manage his erratic mood swings.Divine Will/Gods and goddesses – The gods don’t actively participate in the battlefield, but they do offer you various boons with a lot of synergies thanks to the Divine Will mechanic.
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In any case, here’s how to recruit various agents and some “cosplayers” (sorry, mythological creatures) from a bygone era. Whether you’ll like that or not is up to you. A Total War Saga: Troy absolutely nails its Bronze Age setting and comes up with interesting ways to make the period work in its grand strategy framework, but its AI has trouble wrapping its head.
