Why You Should NOT Play Total War Thrones of Britannia - 2021 Review 

Never understood the hate this game received, sure its not perfect, it is to small to name one of many flaws but overall i enjoyed it and felt it offered a solid experience.

I want so much a "Total War Pike and Shot" based on the XVI - XVIII, post medieval and before Napoleon battles, the time of discoveries and the 30 years war. Playing with Spanish Tercios, Polish Winged Hussars, Ottomans at their peak, Mughals, etc.

Too late, I’ve already played it. I must have done something wrong, because I had no lag issues, and I enjoyed it. I like that you have to supply your armies-that’s not found in older TW games.

Probably the most fun I have had with a Total War game. And I have 250 hours on Warhammer 2. You HAVE to like the time period and area, otherwise it's not going to be interesting for you. I love it for that, I am a English history nerd, and this games artwork, units and settlements are so so damn good. Runs brilliant on my system, Attila runs trash but ToB runs well. Idk why. I just really like the game, but I totally understand why people dislike it.

I loved thrones of britania. esspesually the mechanic of giving estates to your nobles, something I hope they do for a 3rd medieval game

I appreciated the change of pace ToB presented, especially with the model of ungarrisoned small settlements. Playing on the defensive, it forces you to be active in defense, lest you lose a critical source of income or food that jacks up your whole campaign. Offensively, the game forces you to pick your targets and diversify your forces, for example: a large field army that bounces from siege to siege, supported by one or two small cavalry focused strike forces to pick off small settlements and bait enemy field armies away from siege relief. I also appreciated the diverse province builds that force players to choose proper governors for their provinces and specialize them for either food production, income, or military training. ToB was by no means the best Total War game, but it wasn't a stinker either.

thrones is a great game,its a bit simplified but i really enjoyed it,best sieges yet.

Optimisation is definitely an issue, and CA really shot themselves in the foot with the ridiculous number of identical settlements + lack of unit diversity, BUT its still an ok game for me because 1. Battles are decent and fun, 2. Great mods like Shieldwall, 3. Great political mechanics 3. Faster paced campaign and 4. Interesting/complex building trees One if my biggest gripes is there’s no real Trade system 🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️ Like why?

IMO the reason Thrones of Brittania was a fail wasn't because it was too slow. Quite the reverse, it was too fast. The game starts with a lot of interesting factions, but most of them die in the first 30-40 turns, leading to an inevitable slog to stop Alfred the Great's domination of the British Isles. The game would have been more interesting if the small factions had made alliances to preserve their independence.

Played as Ireland, tried to unite the area, killed one Viking faction, all the others instantly formed a confederation with double my food output. Not a good first campaign.

For me the game has the most inmersive battles, when you put two shieldwalls one i front of the other you can hear warcries, also when you charge, drop ships or select the units you hear other war cries.

The biggest problem I had with this game, and it's actually a common issue in Total War games, is how long it took to move troops across Britain. If I started walking from Land's End to John O'Groats it would take me 2-3 months to do, the record for a runner is 9 days. Harold famously walked from the battle of Stamford Bridge in Yorkshire to Hastings in four days. So why does it take so many turns to travel in this game? It's so frustrating watching your troops take the in-game equivalent of a year to travel ridiculously short distances. It slows the whole game down and means that you can't react to lightning-fast raids.

What? Thrones of Britannica had even less unit diversity than Shogun 2? Alot of people complain about the lack of unit diversity of Shogun 2 but frankly I love Shogun 2 because partially the identical units show how similar of a culture you are fighting against because it's a civil war unlike other total war games were you are fighting a foreign country and culture. And all Shogun 2 clans are pretty very unique with their own DLC unique units as well as clan boosts which makes every clan play very differently. Just by being a bow clan, the Chosokabe is better at using bows can literally any other clans. So if you are playing Takeda, although you are still somewhat similar to other clans like Chosokabe, it makes overall less sense and efficiency to use bows compared to cavalry etc. And Thrones of Britannica is basically fighting different cultures as well as foreign raiders.

Perhaps I should make a video being the opposite, saying TOB is a misunderstood epic? haha But I can see what you mean

I get this is a subjective review based on your own personal experience but there is a severe lack of objective analysis, as the title of the video is "Why YOU should not play ToB" Firstly, the game lagging is a personal technical issue, not an inherent flaw of the game, as many other commenters like myself didnt have lag issues. 2) Normally, the complaint of geographical diversity could be justified in games like NTW or Empire, as their variation is generally lackluster, but in thrones that is MASSIVELY unsuited. Britannia in the real world doesn't have a wide landscape of mountains and forests in comparison with other areas of europe, not only that, but the parts that are displayed are made as close as the real world. For example, all the mountain terrain are located in Scotland, with one or two in Ireland, and the bogs/swamps being in the marshy wetlands of western Ireland and Central England. 3) The campaign mechanics; There are some similarities between Rome 2 for construction and CK2 for governance but you shouldn't criticize Thrones for not meeting CK2 standards in that arena as they're two separate styles of games. As for the troop mustering, it certainly is slower to build armies, initially, but over time, depending on what characteristics you upgrade for generals and governors, you'll be able to recruit at cheaper and/or faster rates. Now I personally love having to ensure that the military has both food and money like Rome 2 as it adds more immersion and challenge of maintaining your relam. 4) finally, there is the segment where you say that the art design, particularly the portraits, is bad, that you dont like the style. To which I respond with, "it's to match to art style of the game's time period " I don't put this game in the list of top 5 total wars but I do believe more credit should be given alongside a fair trial

Ok I hear you, but as a historian covering this time period and being resident in Scotland, this game is peak geek fulfilment! I just fended off a huge Sudreyar invasion force at Applecross, and the landscape looked like the real place down to the shape of each section of shore! I got to assault Dumbarton Rock / Alt Clut, a place I've written about in my book and numerous articles, and they got it right! I laid siege to Din Eidyn, where I live, and my army passed through the geographical area my flat is now in! Pretty niche, sure, and I wish it had the old engine and better unit collision etc., but Thrones is the closest thing I can get to a 'my favourite time period' sim and I LOVE IT.

Someone should make a king Arthur mod for this game.

I think besides the Atilla engine related problems it really is the time period. It really has to "click" with you to enjoy it. I myself enjoyed Charlemagne in Atilla tremendously and so did Thrones of Britannia. Still hoping for a Medieval 3 ranging from Edward the Confessor to Henry VIIIs.

It would be cool if a team of modders made a War of Roses mod and fix the problems you’ve stated above. Just like how Medieval 1212 saved Attila

I wasn’t keen at first, but actually I love the inability to fortify villages. It draws you into open combat a lot more and forces you to be more tactical. This is a good game despite the naysayers

Played it a couple times because I love the time period and I do like the modest sense of nation building that Three Kingdoms would massively expand upon. Not really much a reason to come back to it but it was fun for a little bit

To me it really hit one of my favorite historical struggles. I wish they had a little more scope, more like the map of M&B Warbands "dlc"- Viking conquest which had northern france, the edge of denmark, and norway. I think including more islands and more island one off nations would have help as well as actually having to deal with trade agreements. Loved the food system since it was historically one of the biggest factors of when armies went on campaign. I think the fyrd units should have been largers but weaker while the household warriors should have recruited at 60-70% and only take one or 2 turns to fully muster while the fyrd took 4-6 depending on the season. the siege battles were some of the best imo. shieldwall overhaul also makes the game alot more fun in my opinion

adding to that some time ago due to some CA launcher update, this game is unable to launch after first start or after using mods( it only works after the pc restart )

Is there any mode to make campaing map more clear and redable?

Is this game worth it on sale? Its currently £7 on steam

I appreciated the game for qol improvements and didn't expect this to be a full title. It was supposed to be an experimental title. I really hope they do a proper British isles/Viking game tho..

Andy's Take vs Alex The Rambler in Total War. Make it happen.

I guess I am weird, but I actually liked the cartoonish troop icons and buildings. I actually got the mod for them to be back on the dei mod. Now this game's ui reminds me sort of the civilization games with the blue menu interface. I do recognize I have a soft spot for total war games specially the historical ones so my opinions are totally biased. Great content man.

They really messed this one up. I only played ToB with Cody Bond's mod "Conquest 1066"

I wanted to love this one - but I feel like you're correct in your assessment overall. In particular two things really frustrated me: You couldn't zoom out very far on the campaign map... It's not a huge issue, but honestly... grand strategy needs to give me a grand view of what I'm doing and where I'm trying to go (easily fixed via mods iirc). It made your complaints about how the map looked overall really stand out since the blandness was kinda always in my face. The ability to raid / take small holdings without battle seemed great on paper. Jim's cow farm doesn't need an epic siege but in my experience this mostly just ended up with incredibly repitive "ai steals a thing, I take it back and try to chase down that army..... something else didges in and steals same thing... repeat.... repeat... repeat..." it just never felt like ti gelled into something fun, just lots of hit and run (which, for the time period, hey, not inaccurate.... but not fun as a player). I very much need to check out the Shield Wall mod, that might bring exactly what I needed to the title.

I like the game but there are two things that really bother me. One is that I was unable to save the game (pre battle) and fight. Not a big deal because I would usually have the 2nd army and usually win either way. But the problem with that is that my general has only 30 units and I have to hide him otherwise he is dead. Yes, I know, mods... But the 2nd issue and I think the biggest reason is that armies tend to run around and not even fight me. I can just walk in while they are away and take half of the island this way. Also if they have 2 armies, instead of combining and attacking me with both they usually spread them around and I defeat them one by one. That is the most boring part for me, regardless of the difficulty it seemed like they are just running around with no real cause.

This review and the comments made me want to play the game LOL ... Other than the lagging, none of the issues mentioned would bother me at all, not much at least. Especially because most of the criticism seem to reflect things that are accurate to the period and that is one of the things I like the most about TW... or just cosmetic stuff, which I get used to pretty quickly.

Total Success... Runs great on my system, overwhelming positive reviews in 2022 on steam. You can adjust the color using the sliders. I think people like you fail to review the game for what it was made to be, but instead of comparing to other TW games it was not meant to be like. I find it fun fast paced streamlined but with a lot of depth. And yes replayability especially if you try to play the game how they have set up for each faction. Which all play and feel different. With a different set of goals mechanics for each. Its funny the factions all have similar soldiers as this accurate for the time. But each have thier own best version so again historically accurate and fun. Either way dont listen to his bad review. You can get it for $10 on sale on steam. Get it it's worth it. And the sieges are amazing and very fun. Also great first TW for new comers as it doesn't take 20 minutes to do one turn.

This was the last historical total war, with no heroes. Heroes only belong to warhammer in my opinion

Well, that's is a historical experience. Lacking of units diversity ? spears, axes and swords were the weapons used. Do you want to add dragons, naginata samurais or maybe youd like to add some spartan hoplites ? XD Lacking of terrain diversity ? So maybe you want to add a desert and a jungle region in england XD

When it initially came out, it was basically Attila with new skins. However lately I've start playing again and this game is so refreshing and the battles are awesome. The music and atmosphere is brilliant during battles. I understand why people didn't take to it immediately, but go back and have a another try.

I understand most of the criticism but I personally like Thrones of Britannia. It's the one TW game I enjoy the most, and I played (in this order) Rome 1, Rome 2, Attila, Shogun 2. I say this every time I hear people bring this but Attila and ToB run and look better then Rome 2 for me(don't know why) so performance issues were never a problem with this game. For me the campaign map isn't boring it's clean. I don't need a bunch of shades, colours and effects, I need to see what's a road, what's a forest and what's a settlement. I think the art style is perfect, it's appropriate for the period, it looks good, you can see what is what and (this is a speculation) the characters and units cards easier the cpu and gpu then the 3d ones from R2. Also related to character artwork. You said the style doesn't help with distinguishing between the (lack of personality. To be fair in any TW I play I completely ignore characters after the first third of the game (they become to many). The UI (again) is clear. You can easily find everything you need. All non-main map screens are in a corner easy to find and if something in that panel requires your attention is made clear. Army and provinces list the same. The annoying the notifications from R2 and Attila are put in a non distracting but obvious place. The recruitment system is a breath of fresh air, appropriate for the period and no longer bound to the building system (you are recruiting people not building robots). Some might think it can be abused (create a full army out of nowhere at 40% strength). Well..yeah, but there are consequences, food limit for one and good look having anything to recruit for the next 5 yeas. Another thing, global recruitment, meas les marching around just to recruit. "The battles are slow", exactly my man. I absolutely hate this trend of making battles fast. I want to enjoy the tension a slow battle brings, the shieldwalls pushing against eachother and alike. And if the armies move to slow there are always the faster speed buttons. Also, the sieges are amazing. These are the main point I wanted to make. I consider Thrones of Britannia to be a good game, but one that lack many features it should have. The games does a good job at everything it dies, especially after the last major patch, unfortunately there are a lot of things it actually doesn't do. I understand why people might not like or enjoy this game, but I consider they are focusing to much on the negatives (missing features mostly and the lackluster launch(which every TW launch has been since R2). Another thing there are a few mods thet make the game more enjoyable. I know a game shouldn't rely on mods to be good but come on, ever since good old R1 mods made TW game better. I hope you won't take this as a hateful comment, just a list of reasons I like the game. Edit: The lack of features isn't always a problem. The first thing I do when I start the second campaign in any TW is install "no agents". I completely detest agents in TW. But ToB doesn't have ambushes or fort battles. So it balances out, maybe..?

learn what lag means, low fps is not lag, lag is relating to a slow response rate to player input

Honestly I just got the game on sale and I love it

TW really needs a new good engine.

I liked it bc the time period is superior to the others. I get my rare rh negative O negative blood type, blonde hair and blue eyes from these awesome ancestors. It's so fun to dive into a people that were the scythians in Rome.

After playing a lot of total war warhammer I redownloaded this game. I couldnt believe how much I missed a historical total war . Although I did not like the game when I bought in the first place and deleted, I was in such a hunger that I liked this game.

2:25 'few spectacular mountain ranges' .... its England, we only have hills!

"Total War Thrones of Britannia" need more mods.. let say upgrade of Empire Total War, Napoleon Total War, or an Era between 1600 - 1700 AD (including Battle of Lepanto and Battle of Vienna Scenarios)

I have been playing campaigns on this game recently and I definitely am enjoying the game. For me this is my favorite time in history the dark ages. Kingdoms (some that still exist today) are just starting to establish themselves now that they have taken what was left of the western Roman empire. So I wish they included France and maybe a few other major areas that the Vikings hit during there time but I still like it. The big negative for me is I don't like the building system. An the lack of having a small guard house or somthing to defend your smaller territories gets old. But that one is a minor complaint. It's about a 7/10 for me.

It’s a shame they messed this one up. Viking Britain is a really interesting time period for a total war game. I’d also be interesting to see a war of the roses total war game. But only if they do it properly. The classical Roman period will always be my favourite though.

Optimisation and various technical issues seem to be the constant problems in CA's games, if I'm being honest. Empire suffers from persistent sound bugs and occasional crashes to desktop. Rome II was kind of infamous for graphical glitches of all sorts on release. Attila was... well, laggy to say the least. Warhammer 2 persistently tries to burn your graphic card on the main MAP screen, because it apparently unlocks FPS there without telling you and the map itself is flooded with particle effects you can't turn off without compromising the look of battles.

Don't hate me for this but I loved the game, probably because I'm such a Viking age nerd as you can see on my channel. Plus, when I played, I was geeking out over all the English cities being named in Old English such as Wintanceaster, Eoforwic, and Exanceaster. However, Lunden should actually be named Lundenwic, similar to Eoforwic. Also, York should be called Jorvik due to what the Danes called it rather than Eoforwic at the time and I think a lot of that influence came from the Last Kingdom series. I just didn't like how difficult it was to keep up legitimacy without conquest and what not for the Irish and Scottish Ciccern clan. I also didn't like how you couldn't build navies like you could in Atilla and the other total war games, but you had to resort in putting all your land units on the high seas when most of them are useless on the seas. I preferred Barbarian Invasion to Atilla, but at least you can change the religions easier as I like to make the Saxons become Christian and then carry the gospel to the corners of the map. But that's me and I don't mind others having their own opinions.

I could have forgiven everything except the slow recruitment. I need to raise an army... so I need to sit around doing nothing but click "end turn" for ten turns before I can get going? Boring, boring, boring, never playing this boring mess again.

ToB always felt to me like the game a father gets for his children to start them off on Total War in an easy setting where the choices are simple and color coded and the battles require less micro due to army composition

I must say, a Roman Invasion mod for this game would possibly make it really fun.

It runs soooo smooth on Mac

My biggest problem with Thrones of Britannia is Age of Charlemagne had just come out 2 years earlier, which was basically the same setting and also very good.

For all the flaws it has, Total War ToB has much upgraded since launch, and now I believe it is a very solid Total War game that although isn't perfect, it's good for what it's meant to be; with a good dynasty system and engaging battles. It's laggy and there's not a lot of issue with replayability, but it's gotten better over the years with more factions like the Irish if I recall correctly, and it's supposed to be on a smaller scale so personally the map "boredom" isn't really a problem

You know why diversity is low? BECAUSE ITS REALISTIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is not a disney SCI-FI cartoon or a forced racial diversity. ITs realism. You dont like it? Play Warhammer. PLenty of diversity there.

Honestly I think thrones could've been good if Creative Assembly doubled down on its minimalism to make a small, simple and low cost game that would be great for beginners. Even stuff like the lack unit diversity could actually work well in this context.

Would have been cool if they made it a king Arthur story which would allow for a much more diverse game, but I'm more of a fantasy fan so that's just my style.

1:22 they should have made an empire 2 total war instead

As an Irish-German American, I haven't played any of the Total war games myself because I don't have a pc, but this is a game I would get just to unite my ancestors land and kick the vikings out and then reverse history on the Britains

Thrones of Britannia was my first ever total war game so it’s special for me. I enjoyed it.

I like this, especially because its a time in British history before William and shows the Viking's not just as raiders from across the sea but as a mainstay on the island

I really wish we could get Arthurian Total War mod for Rome: Total War as a polished and updated game. I found that mod to be one of the best games for this era.

I was really expecting a lot of hate for the game in the comments but I am so glad that I am not the only one who has thoroughly enjoyed this game!

The portraits aren’t a stylistic choice that’s sorta how they was painted back in day.

Haven't tried it yet... guess I'll be waiting for a big sale.

Frankly the game is bland. You are correct about that. Not only is it bland and simply boring to look at, its broken. As in every TW the AI is completely incompetent and they moved a known bug from a different TW game concerning siege towers and the main gate being open. As you may have learned yourself, if you bring a ram plus siege towers, and knock down the gate. Your only entry will be the gate. Running under pouring oil and taking heavy casualties. So you bring siege towers and go for the walls. But that is when the AI decides to send a single javelin unit out through the gate and bug out your siege towers. It's frustrating and it simply kills whatever fun Im having at the time, ending my fun with a tab out and execute the game from desktop. When it comes to challenge, the initial obstacle is ok trying to get your main army upgraded and set for conquering. But as you gain a full stack the AI basically roll over on its back and give up almost. They wont put up much of a challenge unlike TW Warhammer 2 that will actually put up obstacles and hard battles even in late game. I played as Mercia which is supposed to be challenging due to alot of threats around you. I declared war against Powis who have a military alliance with Gwined in Wales. Only to witness gwined setting sail for ireland and abandoning not only his own territories during a war but his military ally to deal with it himself. This typically took away the whole challenge and became a huge disappointment. The AI is fickle and unpredictable but not in a good way. You can expect them to do stupid shit like digging their own grave. Apart from being bland and broken - the whole paint the map stage of the game starts way too soon which underlines the tidious side of the game. Me and my friend used to play on Very Hard and even then the AI wouldnt throw much at us. No this game failed in so many ways, its obvious CA launched this to milk money from the community.

What does this game get right that few total wars have? Proper battle ambiance.

Thrones of Britania was a big deal for me. It covers one of my favourite periods of history, in the country I grew up in. I was excited as all hell to play it and explore the historically accurate seige maps, place names, characters and setting in general. And whilst I would be inclined to disagree that it is boring, I have to stop and think; when was the last time I played it? I haven't touched the game in at least a year or so, which must surely say something about its failure. As someone with a great interest in the setting and characters, I should be wanting to go back to it regularly... but I don't. Honestly I sometimes find that the Britania dlc for Medieval II sounds more appealing.

I didn't like the loyalty system, the recruitment, the tech system, the surprise raids and especially that all those annoyances didn't apply to the AI. Newly recruited full stack of the AI vs my newly recruited army with unit number at like 20 percent. It's also stale.. building up East Anglia sucked.. I haven't bought Three Kingdoms or Troy, since I'm worried they are just as stale. Can anyone say their opinion on those two?

Love this game, got it last month and a few small mode made it awesome. No lag on decent pc.

Im so happy Dino Luciano won master chef.

Personally I thought this was a huge upgrade to Attila the look and feel just seem polished. Attila was unplayable for me

"The game world is boring and ugly" UK irl: boring and ugly This may be the most accurate total war game to date

I'm addicted to the show The Last Kingdom. This game is really the only one other than Valhalla to get a video game experience closely to the timeline of the show. I personally have had a blast with it but also get it's far from perfect.

"This is all weird and I don't like it" My autistic ass who's hyperfixation is medieval tactics and warfare: "it's perfect."

IMHO, this Thrones of Britannia game is worth the price for the epic art you get in menu screen with soundtrack,.... that shit is just epic

As someone that never played a TW game in my life and TOB was my first entry into the franchise I say it's a pretty good game I'll be it pretty hard to understand how everything works and what you are actually supposed to do

Yeah I don't mind it

Three kingdoms has THE worst total war UI. Like it is terrible. It upsets me every time I play it

Three mods fixed it for me. Game was fun but lost steam after a few play troughs.

appreciate your opinion. Must admit I had fun when I played, but I am a fan boy of the time period..

I never care about vanilla TW games ever. I only play them with mods. In fact most of this stuff you have covered in this video has been improved by mods. I have enjoyed playing this game with Bran's Campaign Ai and it is a super fun challenge. Shieldwall and Crucible of Kings are other good mods to check out too.

Thrones of Britannia was soo much fun in 1v1 multiplayer. Never had any big bugs. So I enjoyed it from the start.

Should be a war of the roses mod.

So I just saw a mod called Shieldwall that overhauls this game and makes it playable/RE playable. Figure I should mention it for any curious RU-vid travelers.

the OST is one of the best parts of this game, it's an awesome total war, but I think it just feels too much like Atilla. But i'd still rather have this than warhammer. History is such an untouched thing in gaming, and we could always use more historical total war games or sagas.

“The terrain is just brown and green and inherently boring.” Have you ever been to Britain :) Edit: I am British btw so I know what I’m talking about.

just bought it for 10 euro, I am a total war fan from the early days of Rome ( CD version)....hope this is great!!!!!!!!!

Hey, the food system and tech system was not that bad actually and was rewarding to gain new, better soldiers.

The reason people don't like Thrones of Britannia is because it is the most historically realistic and accurate of all the games. Few people have the historical background truly appreciate some of the seemingly contradictory mechanics. No King was ever secure in his throne. Armies didn't just pop up overnight. And they marched on their stomachs. Furthermore there wasn't a huge array of unit types. In fact there were no "units". People were called to arms and had to supply their own armor. As far as the mat being boring, are you kidding me? Great Britain is a small island.

What deranged thought process has led producers to not make full scale game since 2015, except for Warhammer, which is rather a niche game ( I mean, we became total war fans because we love historical setting). I cannot get over it. We had such a great series of game and now it's basically gone. I don't get it. Was Attila such a failure they don't have funds to make new game? Id love to play total war but I'm just not interested in local spin-offs.

I liked a lot of the systems they had for ToB. I did not like the samey feeling units and the horribly boring completely flat terrain for battle maps. Perhaps tw:wh2 had a little too much varied terrain, but being almost totally flat terrain is way worse imho. I haven't explored more than say 30-35% of the zones yet, but when all of what I've seen feels like the same unending flat land, I don't understand. Like, the British Isles aren't this flat in reality, right????

I enjoyed the game. It just doesn’t have much replayability since all factions play in a similar fashion on a small map.

Maybe if we were allowed to get on with the timeline into the medieval ages it would have been a different story.

Total war TOB is a game that implements new mechanics in the saga and that to my taste are excellent (recruitment system, "missions" for technologies, food maintenance, etc.) but it fails to pass any of these mechanics. ..In summary, good mechanics, poorly implemented and incomplete.

I like this game really, it indeed has the problems but it is still very fun to play with pikes and shield walls, this has a bit more relistic in it have to say

What sucks is the battle modifiers. Such as when you completely surround a unit of lower spears and they succeed in battle after you surrounded them with swords. It didn’t make sense. I loved the period of history. I thought the game looked good. It gave me that “Charlemagne” vibe. But it didn’t hit it home. The “politics” should have been completely different from the English to the Viking armies. Honestly, I could think of multiple things. It’s kind of silly. These guys simply wanted to bank off the Viking craze that was going on at the time. “Looks good don’t care.

I wish they would have gone back and re-mastered Shogun 2

I personally like this game but it’s the only total war I have and I can recognize the limitations.

I love this game so much definitely in my top 3 total war games. It may be because I love the Viking era.