Total War: Attila - Initial Thoughts

[Hooahguy]

Thats fair, nobody is demanding that you preorder.

The first thing that comes to my mind is that why is this a stand alone? The answer is simple really, they don't want to retrofit the "new" features into Rome 2, so that they can sell this expansion as a full fledged game. This annoys me to no end. What did they say in the beginning? Seasons cannot be implemented to the game, than comes the ceaser in gaul dlc and boom, seasons are in, they say that multiple turns are a no no than hanibal at the gates dlc, boom they are in. They say that family tree is not needed than Attila comes and it's suddenly possible

Actually I think the stand-alone option is much better than an expansion. This way you arent forcing those who dont have Rome 2 to spend the extra money to get Rome 2, then get Attila and spend even more money. They have said it will be priced similar to FOTS and Napoleon so it wont be priced as a full game like Rome or Shogun 2. Stand alone expansions are much more consumer friendly than an expansion you need the base game for.


And to set the record straight, they never said that they couldnt do multiple turns per year, they said they didnt want to in order to keep the game at 300 turns. At least to my knowledge, there could be some random dev who said that which I have not seen. You have a point about the seasons, I dont know what happened so Im not going to comment about what went on or not. Maybe they overestimated how much stress it would put on systems, and when they saw a modder do it they decided it was possible? For the family tree they said they didnt know everyone wanted it so much. Apparently it was never really a part of the game that everyone said they desperately wanted so they left it out for some reason. When there was a public outcry over it, they put it in the next game. Whether or not it can be ported back into Rome 2 is yet to be seen, Im going to withhold judgement until the game comes out and the player reviews come in. It wouldnt be fair to pass judgement until release.