So it has come to this good men torn from their kin to rage and spill the blood of other men's foes
Even when our bones are dust scattered on the...
the wind and our names will inspire the mighty to rise.
Greetings my esteemed subscribers.
I am taking an ever so quick break from my rather hectic schedule to have a look at Total War Troy now.
I will not play this yet.
I won't make a let's play per se, but rather just a quick overview.
I might give it a go later in the autumn when things calm down a bit, but at the moment I have far too much on my schedule to put aside time to properly enjoy this fine game.
But I thought to just show it to you.
I also thought to give you a book recommendation.
You probably saw it on my Instagram account.
It's a series of four books which really tells the Iliad and Odyssey, but rewritten to make it a bit more easy to digest for a modern reader.
Now, of course, you can read the original Iliad and Odyssey, but if you want to get through it a bit faster, make the language a bit more understandable, then I can definitely recommend the the book series.
I'm on the third book right now and yeah, it's good stuff.
So that is the book recommendation for the day, or book recommendations, should I say so?
Anyway, we are here in Bronze Age Greece, the Greek world, and we're gonna have a look at the main heroes.
So the trailer I opened up with, I'd say, Achilles in my imagination looks a bit more youthful than in the trailer, but you know it's all good anyway.
So we have here the main guy Achilles, warlord of the Myrmidons you can play as him, looking quite aesthetic indeed.
Then we have the king of men, the Mycenaean king Agamemnon.
The main driving force behind the, the invasion of Troy, is the main king of the Greeks and he obviously wants Troy as a prize.
Then we have Odysseus, the brains behind the operation and also the main character of the Odyssey, his way back to his wife in Ithaca.
So yeah good, good man right here.
Also his idea to create the Trojan horse that eventually brings the, the Western Greeks, the Victory.
Then we have the tragic Menelaus.
He gets cucked by Paris.
He gets his wife Helen stolen by Paris, and that is the spark of the war.
So they go to war on his behalf, but it's also due to his older brother's ambition.
So Agamemnon here.
So those are the Western Greek heroes you can play as.
Then we can look at the Trojans right here.
We have Hector, my favorite character in this whole epic saga.
You know, dutiful older brother who defends his city against the invasion force.
So you can play as him.
And if I do play this during autumn, I will probably play as him or perhaps as Achilles.
Who knows?
We'll see.
Then we have the villainous Paris, Paris of Troy, who abducts Helen from Sparta when they're there on a diplomatic mission.
So you can play as him as well.
And here we have the legendary Aeneas, if I pronounce that correctly.
And you have plenty of later European peoples who claim descendantship from this individual.
So the last Trojan who manages to escape westward.
Then you have here a King of Lycia.
You can play as well.
So we're gonna have a quick look at the campaign itself is looking at the aesthetics.
So we'll choose Achilles.
And yeah, you have a bit of different options.
Here I'm not gonna go in far too much.
I'm just gonna get into the game.
Are we mere playthings of the gods?
Or do we plead divine influence to justify our foolish choices?
He's taken her!
He's taken my vote!
You've risked the safety of Troy.
Troy is my home now.
You have my oath, brother.
She will be returned to you, brother.
I can fight!
Go, seek shelter.
There'll be plenty of fighting ahead.
Helen's flight was a grave wound to Achaean pride.
King Menelaus will have his revenge, and his brother will have his war with Troy, just as the gods intended.
Right, so another epic intro there, and you can see the artwork in the background here.
Quite true to the time period as well.
So that is nice to see, no doubt.
And commander of the Myrmidons.
Glory in battle is my god-given fate.
Your ally, King Lycomedes, rules the Isle of Skyros.
As a boy, you were sheltered in Lycomedes' court on your father's command.
Now you must protect the old king in turn.
Heed both threats from enemies like the Elopeans and opportunities that come your way through friends such as prosperous King Oelius and his son Ajax the Lesser.
The independent Thessalians could be a bulwark for your western flank.
Keep your courage, lion-hearted Achilles, for you know well that fortune favors the bold.
Fortune favors the bold.
A most correct the enemy sends their warriors against you to ravage your lands and sack your cities, but perhaps they underestimate your strength.
March out, engage them in battle, and put them to flight.
Alright, so we can see the map is looking absolutely splendid.
I'll say, look at this water.
I want to go for a swim is looking at it.
So yeah, quite nice graphics as well.
And you see the sand-colored things, the sand-colored map here is where you haven't explored yet.
So I suppose you can do that.
Then Achilles there with some of his troops.
So anyway, it looks quite nice.
Nice graphics, nice aesthetics also in the background.
If you look at the skyline there, it's made in the same artwork as we saw in the loading screen.
So yeah, good stuff, good stuff.
I just thought to show you that.
Now I will continue with aforementioned hectic schedule.
So if you haven't already done so, you can follow me on Instagram and Telegram if you want to keep updated on things and get book recommendations, etc.
So anyway, thank you for watching and have a great rest of your day.
