Creative Assembly has liberally sheared off agents, trade and military buildings, weaving the mechanics once attached to them into other systems. Thrones of Britannia is comparatively neater. Leader progression, building chains and agents have consistently become more elaborate and diverting. For a long time Total War has been stuffed to the gills with systems that can sometimes get in the way of a good scrap. For all of its tweaks, it often drills down into what's great about Total War as a series. It's disappointing to end a game on such a sour note, especially when Thrones of Britannia brings with it a lot of positive changes that I hope will be continued through future Total War games, and not just the Saga series. My enthusiasm had petered out by the time the ships arrived. The events and unique missions that should have been spurring me on and firing me up to go on another war-bender dried up, leaving me waiting for the ultimate victory and the promise of one last, titanic clash. There was no impetus to conquer the rest of Britain. I spent well over 200 turns leading Circenn before I ran out of engaging things to do. This wasn't the case with every faction, though. I was making purposefully terrible decisions just to occupy myself. I adopted an ambitious noble, who started causing trouble because he thought he also deserved to be the heir to the throne. There were still uprisings, but they were just small things compared to the wars I'd already fought. I had countless vassals, more money and food than I could waste, and nobody who could stand up to me. With two victories behind me, I found myself in a rut. The solution, you might think, would be aiming for the ultimate victory. It means that if you're playing as a large, established kingdom already, you're only a few turns from technically winning, absent any satisfaction. Ten turns later, I also got a fame victory, though I'd not been aiming for it. In turn 20, the King of Miede died and I inherited the entire kingdom, instantly giving me a kingdom victory. Kingdom victories, on the other hand, are basically the same as conquest victories, but instead of conquering everyone, you've also got to conquer some specific provinces, their number depending on the faction.Īs the Anglo-Saxons, I achieved two victories by turn 30. Fight, build stuff and just generally engage with Total War and you'll end up winning. All you need to do is generate fame by simply playing the game, and not even well. The new additions aren't great.įame victories are especially hollow. Long and short conquest victories return, tasking players with gobbling up a specific number of provinces, but they're joined by two types of fame and kingdom victories, as well as an ultimate victory that can only be achieved once you've completed another long victory and defeated an invading fleet that's determined by your faction. There are seven victory conditions in Thrones of Britannia. In the early game, when there are still five kings for every person, the cavalcade of events and battles means that it's never not interesting, in stark contrast to the victory conditions that become the focus later. Old kingdoms once thought long gone can reappear, while powerful nations can be shattered in a few years. Thrones of Britannia's kingdoms and borders are fluid, with wars, uprisings and politicking forcing the archipelago to constantly shift.
Holding onto my kingdom proved to be a lot trickier than building it. The rebellion was crushed, but only a few turns later the whole kingdom imploded as nobles rose up against his heir. In the battle to reclaim it, the king died carving a path to the heart of the settlement. Some of my subjects didn't appreciate being conquered, however, and a small band of rebels managed to cause a ruckus and take over a town. On the default difficulty the enemy AI is a bit overzealousĪs the undisputed ruler of Scotland, I was getting ready to enjoy the fruits of my labour. While you're getting in fights with the Welsh, the Viking kingdoms to the west might be joining forces to pay the Gaels back for attacking one of their settlements, while everyone up in Northumbria is kicking up a fuss over their murdered monarch. These events also appear for AI kingdoms, creating a lively map where major crises play out whether you're involved or not, though you'll usually hear about it either way.
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