If you've pre-ordered the game all the kids are calling ATWSTOB, as of four minutes ago you can download 5.8GB of it in advance - though not play until it's actually out, obvs. So hey, you cheeky pre-orderers: know that you can now pre-load Thrones Of Britannia on Steam ahead of its Thursday launch. Ah but sure, you know what's coming: it's another Total War, and you can already read Nic Rueben's Total War Saga: Thrones Of Britannia review for our official word on it.
It's been four years, and although it might be showing its age, there's still the great scope, smart AI and excellent music that'll potentially keep you interested until the sequel arrives."Never pre-order," we say, then youse go and pre-order A Total War Saga: Thrones Of Britannia right into the Steam top ten.
It's not a game to fritter away an hour -expect to dedicate weeks and months. Like Hearts Of Iron II, it has a hardcore edge - there's an enormous number of realistic influences, battles can be hectic, and if you don't maintain good tactics, you'll find your men breathlessly dead. The game jigsaws the turn-based strategy and large-scale troop management of the world map with the 'oh-my-lord-look-at-that' element of thousands of troops running around in a real-time 3D war sim. And in anticipation of the sequel planned for release around the end of the year, Mastertronic have brought out the original title complete with the Viking Invasion expansion for a tenner. If The Gifted but goofy child is Hearts Of Iron II (see opposite), then Medieval: Total War is the nearly-as-clever but more athletic older brother who can do backflips when losing an intellectual argument.
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