It’s not as thrilling as besieging an enemy castle with ninjas or dragons, but it’s reliable. But the combat is tighter than it has ever been.
They don’t get much more colorful than war dogs. Armies in Britannia are fairly straightforward. It shows that taking a smaller period of history and then doubling down on the detail can totally work.
A line of spearmen will decimate charging cavalry, but the speedier horsemen can flank an army and charge from behind, discouraging a unit and causing it to flee from the battlefield. Thrones of Britannia is a great proof of concept for the Total War Saga experiment. There’s a complex rock-paper-scissors system to keep track of. You command units of dozens or hundreds of troops, and managing morale is more important than health. If you’ve played a Total War game, you know what to expect with commanding armies.
A lot of the fat has been cut out of the game since then, and although the real-time tactical fights are better than they’ve ever been, I find Thrones of Britannia to be lacking in the turn-based department. I remember when Total War games were board games, each province making up an entire space on the map. I started with the first Medieval: Total War (though I’ve gone back and played the original Shogun) and I’ve seen the formula evolve. I’ve been with this franchise for a long long time.
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