And if you’re worried it’s all about making Britain great by expelling all the foreigners, don’t be. It’s no wonder Alfred (apocryphally) burnt those cakes. The Welsh are caught between peace with Alfred and open rebellion, while the Norsemen still harry English ports from the South and East.īasically, Britannia’s in a right old mess. Scotland and Ireland are in turmoil, with rival tribes duking it out. Alfred the Great has put a stop to the Viking conquest of England and is on a mission of unification. Its subject is the British Isles near the turn of 10th-century AD. Sure, this means it works on a smaller scale, but here’s the thing: when you focus in so sharply, you get to see a lot more detail.Īnd detail is very much what Thrones of Britannia is all about. Instead, Thrones of Britannia feels very much like a ‘proper’ Total War, only focused on a very specific area at a very specific time – a little like the campaigns in the Kingdoms expansion for Medieval II.

The title and the spin-off status had me expecting something similar in feel to a stand-alone expansion pack, perhaps something episodic like the old Napoleon pack for Empire: Total War. So, why is this a Total War Saga and not Total War: Britannia? Having played it, I’m still not really sure.

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