A Total War Saga: THRONES OF BRITANNIA

Item: A Total War Saga: THRONES OF BRITANNIA
Rating: 58
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-06-10

Summary

Immersive visuals, sound design, strategic battles.
Streamlined Total War gameplay, focused experience.
Engaging, immersive Viking-era historical setting.
Tedious loyalty system detracts from gameplay.
Limited scope, content, and replayability.
Poor AI, unfair army spawning, technical instability.

A Total War Saga: THRONES OF BRITANNIA header

Reviews (sample size): 600
Helpful reviews: 69%
Unhelpful reviews: 31%
Protest reviews: 1%

58%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
42%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 798
Negative points: 926
Gameplay points: 272
Perf. points: 40
Rec. points: 360
Misc points: 61

Point	Description	Importance
Immersive visuals and sound design Description The game features immersive visuals, a well-designed map, and excellent sound design that enhances the historical setting. The atmosphere effectively captures the essence of the Viking Age and Dark Age Britain, making the game captivating. Importance 84%	The game features immersive visuals, a well-designed map, and excellent sound design that enhances the historical setting. The atmosphere effectively captures the essence of the Viking Age and Dark Age Britain, making the game captivating.	84%
Engaging, strategic battles and sieges Description Battles are engaging due to strategic army placement, realistic formations, and satisfying combat mechanics. Sieges are a highlight, featuring varied fortress designs and ample room for maneuver. The game rewards tactical thinking and careful resource management. Importance 69%	Battles are engaging due to strategic army placement, realistic formations, and satisfying combat mechanics. Sieges are a highlight, featuring varied fortress designs and ample room for maneuver. The game rewards tactical thinking and careful resource management.	69%
Streamlined, focused Total War gameplay Description The game streamlines Total War gameplay by reducing micromanagement and supply line penalties. It offers a more focused and faster-paced experience, while still retaining the core elements of the series. This makes it accessible and enjoyable for players seeking a more direct strategic experience. Importance 46%	The game streamlines Total War gameplay by reducing micromanagement and supply line penalties. It offers a more focused and faster-paced experience, while still retaining the core elements of the series. This makes it accessible and enjoyable for players seeking a more direct strategic experience.	46%
Enjoyable, immersive historical experience Description The game is enjoyable, especially for those interested in the historical period it's set in. It provides a captivating and immersive experience, with a well-done economic system and engaging historical basis. Importance 31%	The game is enjoyable, especially for those interested in the historical period it's set in. It provides a captivating and immersive experience, with a well-done economic system and engaging historical basis.	31%
Strategic recruitment and territory systems Description The game features a strategic recruitment system that requires careful planning and resource management. Unit replenishment takes time, making army losses impactful and encouraging diverse army compositions. The territory system adds depth to construction and economic decisions. Importance 21%	The game features a strategic recruitment system that requires careful planning and resource management. Unit replenishment takes time, making army losses impactful and encouraging diverse army compositions. The territory system adds depth to construction and economic decisions.	21%
Mods significantly enhance gameplay Description Mods, particularly those focusing on shieldwall mechanics and overhauls, significantly enhance the game. These mods improve combat realism, add new units, and address missing features, elevating the overall experience. The modding community plays a crucial role in expanding and improving the game. Importance 13%	Mods, particularly those focusing on shieldwall mechanics and overhauls, significantly enhance the game. These mods improve combat realism, add new units, and address missing features, elevating the overall experience. The modding community plays a crucial role in expanding and improving the game.	13%
Well-designed, detailed campaign map Description The game features a well-designed and detailed campaign map that is large enough to provide ample territory to conquer. The map size makes the end game feel achievable, allowing for campaigns to be completed in a reasonable amount of time. Importance 12%	The game features a well-designed and detailed campaign map that is large enough to provide ample territory to conquer. The map size makes the end game feel achievable, allowing for campaigns to be completed in a reasonable amount of time.	12%
Distinct and varied factions Description Factions have distinct personalities, aesthetics, and mechanics, creating diverse gameplay experiences. AI faction leaders' traits impact behavior, adding depth to the game. This variety enhances replayability and immersion. Importance 10%	Factions have distinct personalities, aesthetics, and mechanics, creating diverse gameplay experiences. AI faction leaders' traits impact behavior, adding depth to the game. This variety enhances replayability and immersion.	10%
Stable and fun multiplayer experience Description The game offers a stable and enjoyable multiplayer experience, with no desynchronization issues reported. It also has good replayability and mod support, making it a fun and engaging game to play with friends. Importance 9%	The game offers a stable and enjoyable multiplayer experience, with no desynchronization issues reported. It also has good replayability and mod support, making it a fun and engaging game to play with friends.	9%
Deep and varied city building Description The game offers well-developed city building options with a wide array of choices. The city development system requires players to consider synergies and negative effects when building, adding depth to the economic and strategic aspects of the game. Importance 7%	The game offers well-developed city building options with a wide array of choices. The city development system requires players to consider synergies and negative effects when building, adding depth to the economic and strategic aspects of the game.	7%
Interesting campaign mechanics Description The game introduces interesting campaign mechanics that provide some depth and enhance the overall player experience. Campaigns are generally shorter and feel less dragged out than previous titles. Importance 7%	The game introduces interesting campaign mechanics that provide some depth and enhance the overall player experience. Campaigns are generally shorter and feel less dragged out than previous titles.	7%