What's the consensus on the "best" mode?

[Dark Sun Gwyndolin]

Between Historical, Truth Behind the Myth, and Mythos, what do people still playing the game prefer, and why?

The reason I'm asking is that I recently tried to start campaigns for both Rome 2 and Attila, but ended up picking some tiny, out-of-the-way barbarian faction and not really feeling all that engaged (they just play like the Romans with fewer options). By comparison, I find "small-scale" games that focus on a single culture (Shogun 2, Britannia, 3Kingdoms), to be highly immersive, and I ended up dropping my Pharaoh campaign while I wait for the Sea Peoples FLC. So, it's as good a time as any to return to Troy.

[TheOrangeBox]

I bought the game because of the interpretation of the Illiad epic (now called Truth Behind the Myth) that the game was offering as an original takes from the previous titles. A breath of fresh air from the RomeII/Attila/Britannia titles that I played.

I wasn't impressed by the Mythos DLC which also introduced the Historical mode. It felt a patch job rather than a genuine efforts to expand the original Troy game vision. If we had an expansion on the campaign map would have been certainly a better strategy in my view.

I prefer play the Truth Behind the Myth, the Historical mode felt flat - in comparison to RomeII/Attila - and the Mythos DLC overstepped into the Warhammer realms. But understand some people are happy with the Mythos take.

I'm really looking forward to see what Pharaoh with the announced new DLC is going to be, looks like is going to be a great title to play.

[Dark Sun Gwyndolin]

Originally posted by TheOrangeBox:

I bought the game because of the interpretation of the Illiad epic (now called Truth Behind the Myth) that the game was offering as an original takes from the previous titles. A breath of fresh air from the RomeII/Attila/Britannia titles that I played.

I wasn't impressed by the Mythos DLC which also introduced the Historical mode. It felt a patch job rather than a genuine efforts to expand the original Troy game vision. If we had an expansion on the campaign map would have been certainly a better strategy in my view.

I prefer play the Truth Behind the Myth, the Historical mode felt flat - in comparison to RomeII/Attila - and the Mythos DLC overstepped into the Warhammer realms. But understand some people are happy with the Mythos take.

I'm really looking forward to see what Pharaoh with the announced new DLC is going to be, looks like is going to be a great title to play.

Yeah, that's kinda how I was leaning as well. While the Mythos and Historical modes are probably more in line with what fans wanted, for me TBTM feels the most "immersive" due to a consistent historical-fantasy theme. I agree that Historical and Mythos both feel like "patch jobs" as well. There are other TW games that better serve a pure-historical or pure-fantasy niche.

[TheOrangeBox]

The frustration from TW-fans at the complete lack of release of a grand historical title.
They've been waiting since before Britannia and a lack of any indication for a new title only increased such frustration into anger - that's what we experienced with Pharaoh sadly.

Troy as Saga is a great and very immersive as you mentioned, I'm glad they released it even when I wished they could have expanded the Illiad with the Odyssey rather than the Mythos dlc. It might have been a hell of a fun.

[valky]

Originally posted by Fear Denies Faith:

Between Historical, Truth Behind the Myth, and Mythos, what do people still playing the game prefer, and why?

I dabbled only one historical campaign, and it was boring as ♥♥♥♥♥...
Most of my games are "Truth" or "Mythos" depending my mood.
Mythos adds new units, which can severely strengthen ones rooster or are otherwise broken AF. (Hades' Hydras' archers' recruited in an archery-province O_O! near endless ammo...add in both ancillaries for educational strength in range and you got yourself a doomstack.
The Hydra can take on 3-5 armies on its own, thanks to artillery ....
The Hydra-priest is beyond broken.....
Minotaur can demolish doors with a ranged attack....

All hail HYDRA!

The AI can't handle mythic monsters *blergh*

Truth/Myth would be my choice, given my last 3 campaigns....pretty much satisfying.
(don't ever give hero-guy a chariot = broken mess! reminds at early Warhammer-stages, where they fiddled around with chariots....the uttermost satisfying Chariot in history of TW: Khazzrag! - and basically any beastlord as well and to the lesser even the bray-shamans)

[Elliott]

Historical really just took stuff away, Troy doesn't really work as a historical game nor the Age of Mythology thing the Mythos mode tries. The original Truth beyond Myth mode I think is best. Although I could see Mythos being fun as a novelty.

Really though I don't think its great trying to make lots of different modes to try and please everyone. Pharaoh seems to be handling it better I think I'll give that one a try once the new update is out now its had its price cut.

[Dark Sun Gwyndolin]

Yeah, that seems to be the conclusion I've come to as well. TBTM might not have been what the average TW player wanted, but it's definitely the most polished of the three modes. Mythos has some cool gimmicks, but it comes at the cost of immersion. And Historical is the lame duck; if I want a fully-historical "island TW", I already have three great options (Shogun 2, Britannia, Pharaoh once it gets the Sea People FLC).

I'm currently playing an Odysseus TBTM campaign, and enjoying pillaging the Ionian coast.

[Yews]

Truth Behind the Myth is the game. The other two modes are Boring Mode and Stupid Mode. The map decoration in the so-called Mythos mode is kinda nice though but thankfully you can just mod Truth Behind the Myth to look like Mythos. The Historical mode could work if it still retained the Spartoi and everything and simply turned the one-man units into the usual bodyguard units. As it is the Historical mode just throws everything that makes Troy Troy out of Troy.