Total War: Attila Critic Reviews

Dynamic flames during battles is one of the major improvements of Total War Attila. The negative point is the need for very powerful hardware to enjoy it. The Creative Assembly has created the best strategy game of the year, again.

With this chapter, Creative Assembly brings the Total War franchise to a new level. You can consider it a great - and fresh - start.

Attila builds on the legacy of Rome II and delivers a great combination of deep strategic experience and epic atmosphere.

Like the man himself, Attila is brutal, unforgiving and complex, and all the better for it. A triumph.

Total War: Attila reveals itself as a worthy successor to the Total War series with many improvements and interesting new mechanics. It can be said that we have finally found the game that Rome II should have been. It's a pity that we had to wait till this new implementation to see the wishes of the fans satisfied. At least we have gained a new and exciting Era for the series such as the fall of the Roman Empire and the arrival of the Huns. Now, it's time for Europe to tremble.

Total War: Attila brings exciting new mechanics into a "survival" experience, while the Middle Ages approach for everyone. Live the last years of the Roman Empire or be Attila, the "Scourge of God", and set on fire the whole Europe.

If you don’t like the Total War series in general, there might not be enough revolution here to change your mind. But if you’ve appreciated the series in the past, even in passing, Atilla deserves to be given a whirl. Learn the ins and outs, and you’ve got days worth of content right here.

Attila offers a new "horde" mechanic and re-introduces obsolete game-play elements like the family trees progression back into the Total War series. In general, it should be considered a much better version of Rome 2 in every aspect, in a more interesting historical setting. Should you find yourself in a dilemma between Rome II: Emperor Edition and Attila, I would definitely suggest the latter.

Creative Assembly has been very ambitious with Total War: Attila, and the game is a lot more compelling than its predecessor. It feels more balanced. The A.I. is smarter, but a human general can still beat it. But the unrelenting weight of a collapsing empire pushes a human ruler to the limit.

For the uninitiated, Total War: Attila does a good enough job introducing a very detailed world and mechanics.

The horde and all that comes with its invasions really gives a new spin to the gameplay. Rome II fans will feel at home, especially when playing sedentary populations, but when you take control of the nomads, everything feels fresh. Moreover, the devs took care in solving some of the main issues of the predecessor. That's more than enough to please fans and newcomers as well, even if the core gameplay remains the same.

Highly recommend for armchair generals with an interest in that epoch of history and lots of time to get into the game.

It delivers what is expected from the franchise: a great, deep experience. It also offers some new, tweaked gameplay to make it feel fresh.

The time-period, focused campaign, new migration aspects, fleshed out political intrigue, and consistently grand battles make this feel like a Total War game aimed squarely at fans of the series.

Total War: Attila is a complex and diverse strategy game that will offer returning Total War fans their fair share of ups and downs.

A barbarous twist on Rome II, with a handful of fixes.

Total War: Attila clearly goes beyond the usual add-on, but it hardly can be considered as sequel. Despite the serious work on the bugs and several significant innovations it is almost the same Rome II. This is what Rome II should have been from the very beginning – with hard, dynamic and diverse gameplay which is equally alluring both to green neophytes and hardened professionals.

This is more of an enhanced edition of Rome II than anything else, but it manages to mend the biggest problems of its predecessor.

The additions and tweaks to Total War: Attila definitely makes it a little simpler to navigate for Total War veterans. But newcomers may struggle with coming to terms with all the features of the game and it will take a fair investment of time to learn the ins and outs.

Creative Assembly's passion and dedication to their Total War machine is evident with ATTILA. It's not for everyone, but for those that enjoy the series, this has all the makings of a superb entry.