The Golden One - Marcus Follin - A Look at Total War Saga: Troy and a Book Recommendation
Aired: 2020-08-22
Duration: 10:26


=== Greetings Subscribers (10:19) ===

[00:00:07]  So it has come to this good men torn from their kin to rage and spill the blood of other men's foes
[00:01:03]  Even when our bones are dust scattered on the...
[00:01:07]  the wind and our names will inspire the mighty to rise.
[00:01:34]  Greetings my esteemed subscribers.
[00:01:37]  I am taking an ever so quick break from my rather hectic schedule to have a look at Total War Troy now.
[00:01:45]  I will not play this yet.
[00:01:47]  I won't make a let's play per se, but rather just a quick overview.
[00:01:52]  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.
[00:02:05]  But I thought to just show it to you.
[00:02:07]  I also thought to give you a book recommendation.
[00:02:10]  You probably saw it on my Instagram account.
[00:02:13]  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.
[00:02:25]  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.
[00:02:38]  I'm on the third book right now and yeah, it's good stuff.
[00:02:42]  So that is the book recommendation for the day, or book recommendations, should I say so?
[00:02:48]  Anyway, we are here in Bronze Age Greece, the Greek world, and we're gonna have a look at the main heroes.
[00:02:57]  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.
[00:03:08]  So we have here the main guy Achilles, warlord of the Myrmidons you can play as him, looking quite aesthetic indeed.
[00:03:18]  Then we have the king of men, the Mycenaean king Agamemnon.
[00:03:22]  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.
[00:03:35]  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.
[00:03:47]  So yeah good, good man right here.
[00:03:51]  Also his idea to create the Trojan horse that eventually brings the, the Western Greeks, the Victory.
[00:04:00]  Then we have the tragic Menelaus.
[00:04:04]  He gets cucked by Paris.
[00:04:06]  He gets his wife Helen stolen by Paris, and that is the spark of the war.
[00:04:14]  So they go to war on his behalf, but it's also due to his older brother's ambition.
[00:04:20]  So Agamemnon here.
[00:04:21]  So those are the Western Greek heroes you can play as.
[00:04:26]  Then we can look at the Trojans right here.
[00:04:31]  We have Hector, my favorite character in this whole epic saga.
[00:04:38]  You know, dutiful older brother who defends his city against the invasion force.
[00:04:46]  So you can play as him.
[00:04:47]  And if I do play this during autumn, I will probably play as him or perhaps as Achilles.
[00:04:54]  Who knows?
[00:04:54]  We'll see.
[00:04:56]  Then we have the villainous Paris, Paris of Troy, who abducts Helen from Sparta when they're there on a diplomatic mission.
[00:05:09]  So you can play as him as well.
[00:05:11]  And here we have the legendary Aeneas, if I pronounce that correctly.
[00:05:17]  And you have plenty of later European peoples who claim descendantship from this individual.
[00:05:24]  So the last Trojan who manages to escape westward.
[00:05:30]  Then you have here a King of Lycia.
[00:05:33]  You can play as well.
[00:05:35]  So we're gonna have a quick look at the campaign itself is looking at the aesthetics.
[00:05:41]  So we'll choose Achilles.
[00:05:46]  And yeah, you have a bit of different options.
[00:05:49]  Here I'm not gonna go in far too much.
[00:05:53]  I'm just gonna get into the game.
[00:05:59]  Are we mere playthings of the gods?
[00:06:04]  Or do we plead divine influence to justify our foolish choices?
[00:06:14]  He's taken her!
[00:06:15]  He's taken my vote!
[00:06:21]  You've risked the safety of Troy.
[00:06:26]  Troy is my home now.
[00:06:30]  You have my oath, brother.
[00:06:33]  She will be returned to you, brother.
[00:06:38]  I can fight!
[00:06:39]  Go, seek shelter.
[00:06:42]  There'll be plenty of fighting ahead.
[00:06:51]  Helen's flight was a grave wound to Achaean pride.
[00:06:57]  King Menelaus will have his revenge, and his brother will have his war with Troy, just as the gods intended.
[00:07:12]  Right, so another epic intro there, and you can see the artwork in the background here.
[00:07:18]  Quite true to the time period as well.
[00:07:22]  So that is nice to see, no doubt.
[00:07:54]  And commander of the Myrmidons.
[00:07:58]  Glory in battle is my god-given fate.
[00:08:02]  Your ally, King Lycomedes, rules the Isle of Skyros.
[00:08:08]  As a boy, you were sheltered in Lycomedes' court on your father's command.
[00:08:15]  Now you must protect the old king in turn.
[00:08:20]  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.
[00:08:34]  The independent Thessalians could be a bulwark for your western flank.
[00:08:42]  Keep your courage, lion-hearted Achilles, for you know well that fortune favors the bold.
[00:08:54]  Fortune favors the bold.
[00:08:57]  A most correct the enemy sends their warriors against you to ravage your lands and sack your cities, but perhaps they underestimate your strength.
[00:09:08]  March out, engage them in battle, and put them to flight.
[00:09:15]  Alright, so we can see the map is looking absolutely splendid.
[00:09:19]  I'll say, look at this water.
[00:09:21]  I want to go for a swim is looking at it.
[00:09:25]  So yeah, quite nice graphics as well.
[00:09:28]  And you see the sand-colored things, the sand-colored map here is where you haven't explored yet.
[00:09:35]  So I suppose you can do that.
[00:09:38]  Then Achilles there with some of his troops.
[00:09:46]  So anyway, it looks quite nice.
[00:09:49]  Nice graphics, nice aesthetics also in the background.
[00:09:53]  If you look at the skyline there, it's made in the same artwork as we saw in the loading screen.
[00:10:01]  So yeah, good stuff, good stuff.
[00:10:03]  I just thought to show you that.
[00:10:06]  Now I will continue with aforementioned hectic schedule.
[00:10:12]  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.
[00:10:22]  So anyway, thank you for watching and have a great rest of your day.