Worth the shot?

[Kadarael]

Good day everyone ! I was wondering if the game is worth buying.....I dont hesitate with total war titles cause i have kinda all of them with all dlc's .My favorite one being Attila ......but here starts my problem....i loved and love Atiila but the optimization is crap.So i wonder will my Ryzen 5 2600 and gtx 1060 +16 GB run the game smoothly?.I play on Ultra on Warhammer 1 and 2 with no problems but i heard is the same engine like the one in Attila.Im a huge fan of early medieval age and Saxon history+ i love the Last Kingdom series.Is this game for me?
Thank you in advance :)

[easytarget]

I'll get it when it hits 60-70% off.

[Eversor That Coming]

If the time period interests you and you're prepared to put up with reduced campaign mechanics then it may be worth your time. Personally, I would wait until it is a lower price.

[Mile pro Libertate]

Originally posted by Kaze:

Good day everyone ! I was wondering if the game is worth buying.....I dont hesitate with total war titles cause i have kinda all of them with all dlc's .My favorite one being Attila ......but here starts my problem....i loved and love Atiila but the optimization is crap.So i wonder will my Ryzen 5 2600 and gtx 1060 +16 GB run the game smoothly?.I play on Ultra on Warhammer 1 and 2 with no problems but i heard is the same engine like the one in Attila.Im a huge fan of early medieval age and Saxon history+ i love the Last Kingdom series.Is this game for me?
Thank you in advance :)

This is the most optimized TW yet, and doesn't even remotely smack of Attila's abysmal performance. I run a Ryzen 3 and gtx 1060, and Thrones runs perfectly smooth maxed out at all Ultra settings, AA and 16xAF. Everyone, even people who otherwise hate Thrones, admits it runs buttery smooth, so no worries there.

If you do like the Early Medieval period, and Anglo-Saxon history in particular, then you will enjoy this. There are a ton of little nods to history and even little known archaeological finds, and just really nice attention to historical detail overall.

The character management and intrigue system will probably be appealing to you as well if you like "The Last Kingdom." Managing your nobles or jarls is a huge part of the campaign game, and their personalities have big weight, much more so than in other TWs: there will be situations akin to the show, where as your faction leader is approaching death, you are trying to figure out how you're going to get a retainer to be loyal to your heir, or where you can radically improve governance over a vassal kingdom through the cultural influence and traits of your daughter that you marry to their king, stuff like that.

"Gameplay is all." lol

[Mile pro Libertate]

Originally posted by easytarget:

I'll get it when it hits 60-70% off.

For the next day and a half, it's 33% off. That puts it down to only $27. I'd just snag it now, it's a good value: that's less than LR + AoC at their full price, or during a small discount, and the content/value of Thrones is significantly more than those two DLC.

[Plok!]

I wouldn't pick it up even if it was free.

[MANWHATADONGA]

This game is very realistic, no agents no big deal,recruiting system is best yet, no more instant full 20 unit armies.

[欣怡 (Nathalie)]

Its a great game. When you look just here at some of the comments (plok) you can see most negative reviews are not genuine criticisms but just trolling/review bombing. If you like Attila I reckon you'll like Britannia, its got awesome mechanics, recruitment feels more like M2TW, it might take some gettin used to new mechanics, but its worth the time. Setting is really well done, and the factions feel quite varied considering the zoomed in setting.

Also I've noticed the sound of battles in this one is soooo good, I dont know what it is but the hruling of insults, clash of swords sounds so much better than prev tw's.

That said, you might aswell wait for the xmas sales, I feel its worth full price, but if you can get it cheaper then why not aha.

Also as a seperate note, Ive not watched the last kingdom, but Ive read all the books (so far) and if you enjoy reading, I suggest the winter king, its a historical take on king arthur and its amazing!

[wildcard]

do you think this will get cheaper on a xmas sale? I can wait of it going to hit 50% or more off but if its going to be 33% off again ill grab it now

[欣怡 (Nathalie)]

Im not sure, probably not much chearper if at all, since its still pretty new. Tbh I only just realised it was on sale aha

[Mile pro Libertate]

Originally posted by Plok!:

I wouldn't pick it up even if it was free.

But you will hang out on its forum...for free.

Lol the trolling for Thrones is weird. It's going to be baffling to people several years from now, why one of the best releases CA had was treated like ♥♥♥♥ lol. Makes absolutely no sense.

[Doctor G]

Originally posted by Kaze:

Good day everyone ! I was wondering if the game is worth buying.....I dont hesitate with total war titles cause i have kinda all of them with all dlc's .My favorite one being Attila ......but here starts my problem....i loved and love Atiila but the optimization is crap.So i wonder will my Ryzen 5 2600 and gtx 1060 +16 GB run the game smoothly?.I play on Ultra on Warhammer 1 and 2 with no problems but i heard is the same engine like the one in Attila.Im a huge fan of early medieval age and Saxon history+ i love the Last Kingdom series.Is this game for me?
Thank you in advance :)

after getting ripped off on ROME 2. i would not buy it unless you can demo or it's on sale.

I have no respect or trust in the company anymore. I view them as "might be a cash grab"

[BOTyour safety is Our Priority-]

its on sale right now. It runs 10 times better than atilla. I have half your machine and I am running ultra. Obviously the GPU is the bottleneck but it is smooth as silk at above ultra.

[Plok!]

Originally posted by Mile pro Libertate:

Originally posted by Plok!:

I wouldn't pick it up even if it was free.

But you will hang out on its forum...for free.

Lol the trolling for Thrones is weird. It's going to be baffling to people several years from now, why one of the best releases CA had was treated like ♥♥♥♥ lol. Makes absolutely no sense.

One of the best releases?
Yes yes, and the new one that's coming is going to be even better than this one.

Are you sure you are taking the correct medication?

[HP LaserJet M110 Colour]

The game has its flaws and had a really bad launching because many features were stripped off. But honestly the features that were removed wouldn't have made any sens in the ToB setting, except ambushes (still don't understand why they removed them)

The incoming update looks great as it finally allow alternative building path in villages, rebalance the recruitment system and you can set political difficulty as you wish. I think (and hope) it will reconciliate some fans with the game

But if you liked Attila and love the time period/location, I'm pretty sure you'll like ToB

You can either buy it now and test it (you can sak Steam for a refund under 2h of gameplay), or buy it cheaper on Instant Gaming or this kind of stuff

[欣怡 (Nathalie)]

Originally posted by Plok!:

Originally posted by Mile pro Libertate:

But you will hang out on its forum...for free.

Lol the trolling for Thrones is weird. It's going to be baffling to people several years from now, why one of the best releases CA had was treated like ♥♥♥♥ lol. Makes absolutely no sense.

One of the best releases?
Yes yes, and the new one that's coming is going to be even better than this one.

Are you sure you are taking the correct medication?

TBH nothing has changed much from the first TW to this one except setting. And thrones is the closest to the old TW's or Shogun 2.