Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia

[jomni]

Looking good? Cinematic trailer, no gameplay? And you think it will be a good game?
Anyway TW experience don't vary much anyway. I'll probably buy this when on sale.

[Gusington]

Need to view all this on a real PC, not a phone...thanks for posting Martok!

[Sir Slash]

That's not the Alfred I know from, "The Last Kingdom". But he still might be good enough to get my money.

[Martok]

Looking good? Cinematic trailer, no gameplay? And you think it will be a good game?

A fair point.  In fact, I'm more looking forward to gameplay footage than anything else, especially since it's the campaign side of the game that has me particularly interested. 


It was still nice to see an actual glimpse of the game, though -- even if Alfred is portrayed as being way more "manly" than he probably was in real life.  (Yes, Sir Slash, I had that thought as well.)  ::) 

[Gusington]

My kingdom for a release date!

[mikeck]

Looking good? Cinematic trailer, no gameplay? And you think it will be a good game?
Anyway TW experience don't vary much anyway. I'll probably buy this when on sale.

Yeah, I mean aren't we all pretty familiar with what you're getting with any TW game at this point? Only a matter of where it falls on the AI spectrum: Empire or Shogun 2

[Greybriar]

My kingdom for a release date!

Available: 2018

[Destraex]

Not sure whether to look forward to this.

[Martok]

My kingdom for a release date!

I suspect it's coming out in April or May.  If that proves to be wrong, however, then we'll know it won't be released til autumn. 

[Gusington]

Hoping for April or May 👍 - what makes you think that?

[Nefaro]

That's not the Alfred I know from, "The Last Kingdom". But he still might be good enough to get my money.

  ;)

The TW cinematics are always pretty ridiculous aren't they?

Alfred the Great was, by accounts, a sickly and scrawny, but smart, bookish type.  Then you see that TW cinematic..  :DD

[CJReich46]

That's not the Alfred I know from, "The Last Kingdom". But he still might be good enough to get my money.

  ;)

The TW cinematics are always pretty ridiculous aren't they?

Alfred the Great was, by accounts, a sickly and scrawny, but smart, bookish type.  Then you see that TW cinematic..  :DD

No kidding. I didn't see shield walls either.

[Martok]

Hoping for April or May 👍 - what makes you think that?

1.)  CA nearly always does a mid-spring or late autumn release. 

2.)  It's a smaller title (as opposed to the Warhammer series or the next major "Eras" historical title), being worked on by a smaller team. 

2a.)  Jack Lusted has dropped subtle hints that due to the above, the game is likely (though not guaranteed) to be out sooner rather than later. 

3.)  The game was announced back in November (including the initial trailer).  And for a "smaller" title like Thrones of Britannia, it would especially make sense for CA to wait til closer to its intended release date before making said announcement.  (For a larger game, like Warhammer or the next major historical title, they could probably get away with a lead time of a year or so.)  While the timing of the initial announcement and teaser trailer obviously isn't always the greatest predictor of a Total War title's release date, there's still usually a fairly strong correlation between the two. 

That's not the Alfred I know from, "The Last Kingdom". But he still might be good enough to get my money.

  ;)

The TW cinematics are always pretty ridiculous aren't they?

Alfred the Great was, by accounts, a sickly and scrawny, but smart, bookish type.  Then you see that TW cinematic..  :DD

No kidding. I didn't see shield walls either.

I noticed the lack of shieldwall action immediately.  As I said when I posted the trailer, however, it sounds like the shieldwall was left out because CA thought the sword combat would draw more of a crowd (so to speak), and that we'll see shieldwall combat in later gameplay videos.  Not sure I agree with the logic, but then I'm not in marketing (thank the gods). 

[Gusington]

^Wow man...you've really thought this out.

[Martok]

^Wow man...you've really thought this out.

Heh, thanks.  It would probably be more accurate, however, to say I automatically "intuited" that conclusion, and only afterwards came up with the rational(?) explanation for how I reached it.  It's something I seem to do on a fairly regular basis.