Attila
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Feb 12, 2015 · Attila carries its theme well, and introduces new game mechanics that improve the core of Rome II.
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By Leana Hafer
Updated: Feb 8, 2022 6:20 am
Posted: Feb 12, 2015 11:58 am
In the sixth year of my nomadic campaign as the Visigoths, I realized Total War: Attila had turned me from a conqueror into a starved wolf in the wilderness. That sensation of desperate hunger for a land to call home is game-changing for the Total War series, and makes Attila’s campaign feel like much more than a glorified expansion pack for its predecessor, Rome 2. In fact, Attila is proudly its own game, and puts a firm foot forward in contrast to Rome 2’s initially unsatisfying jumble. Its biggest faults come across largely as missed opportunities in an overstretched empire, rather than ill-conceived banes to my ability to enjoy myself.
The dynamic, driving forces of the campaign are the strongest rallying points for recommending this iteration of Total War. From the East comes the onslaught of the Huns; from the North come increasingly harsh winters that will eventually make large portions of the map almost uninhabitable. My Visigoths - one of 10 playable factions - were flung into the resulting barbarian pinball machine, bombarding the weakened Roman Empire while battling other tribes for the steadily vanishing fertile land. Where most Total War games see your empire expand ever outward, Attila instead forces you to keep a foothold on a shrinking island of safety and prosperity.
Having no home province to defend at all costs, and being beset by unstoppable elemental forces changed the way I thought about waging war, and created dire situations that forced me into a ruthless, survivalist mindset. When a blizzard caught my nomadic band in the Alps and killed a third of my men, I knew I needed to find food and shelter, now. It didn’t matter how much blood I had to spill, nor whose blood it was. For a moment, I felt like I understood the perspective of these ancient people, notorious for raiding and pillaging. This was a matter of becoming savage or becoming dead, the finer points of morality be damned. It’s a fresh feeling in a genre that usually revolves around the question of “Who should I conquer next?” The map itself had the initiative, and I knew I would rise or fall based on my ability to react.
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Attila is an adept refinement of Rome 2. From the desperately paced campaign map down to each individual skirmish on the ash-specked earth, it’s a cleaner, better thought-out experience. There are more impactful decision to make, and better utilities with which to make them. The political systems are still some of the least user-friendly in the gra...
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Feb 12, 2015 · In the tradition of its forefathers, Total War: Attila mixes a turn-based strategic campaign with thrilling real-time tactical battles.
- Addie Burke
Feb 12, 2015 · Total War: Attila is an arranged marriage between a capable (and aging) battle simulator, and a fussy political one.
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Feb 12, 2015 · Where most Total War games see your empire expand ever outward, Attila instead forces you to keep a foothold on a shrinking island of safety and prosperity.
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Feb 17, 2015 · Total War: Attila Review. 8.1. Review scoring. great. Total War: Attila is an adept refinement of Rome 2, with a great, harrowing campaign that sets it apart. Leana Hafer. Read Review.
