A Total War Story: Troy is currently available for free in the Epic Games Store, thanks to a great gift announced more than two months ago. The Creative Assembly’s latest historical strategy game is free to grab for the next 24 hours, and drop you off at the Epic Store and apply.
It looks like a fat gambit for a game that launches today as well, though if you don’t like playing it through the Epic Games Store, you’ll have to wait a year before it hits Steam and other storefronts. Compared to more historically accurate entries in series like Rome: Total War, and more fantastic games like Total War: Warhammer, Troy falls somewhere in the middle, in that it has a groundbreaking take on the legends of ancient Greece.
Giants are just really big men, for example, while centaurs are just warriors riding horses. The gods will cause a range of natural disasters if disrespected, but they will literally not come down from heaven to make toys with humanity.
Fraser liked A Total War Saga: Troy well enough when he submitted his review yesterday. “Refreshing tactical changes and some of the best maps in the series make this an experiment worth checking out.”
