Taylor King
Checkpoint GamingA new benchmark for the Saga series
Published 8/23/2020
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PC / Mac - 8/13/2020
A Total War Saga: TROY
A Total War Saga: Troy is the first in the award-winning strategy series to focus on the Bronze-Age Mediterranean and the legendary twenty-year conflict between the kingdoms of Troy and Mycenaean Greece, known as the Trojan War.
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- Creative Assembly Sofia
- Publisher
- Sega
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78
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17
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70–90
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The critic average is 78 across 17 scored reviews, with a 20-point spread. Critics mostly agree, but there is some useful variation in the individual reviews.
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Josh Tolentino
DestructoidReview: A Total War Saga: Troy
Published 8/21/2020
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Read originalShannon P. Drake
MonsterVineA Total War Saga: Troy Review – If It Wasn’t For That Horse…
Published 8/20/2020
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Read originalDavid Wildgoose
GameSpotTroy: A Total War Saga Review - Kings Of The Bronze Age
Published 8/19/2020
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Read originalKhayl Adam
TwinfiniteA Total War Saga: Troy Review - An Epic Worthy of Homer Himself
Published 8/18/2020
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Metro GameCentralMetro GameCentral A Total War Saga: TROY Review
Published 8/17/2020
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Read originalRick Lane
EurogamerA Total War Saga: Troy review - Creative Assembly tackles the classics
Published 8/13/2020
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Read originalJason Rodriguez
PC InvasionA Total War Saga: Troy review — Immortality, it’s yours
Published 8/12/2020
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Read originalSteve Tyminski
ShacknewsA Total War Saga: TROY review: The power of TROY
Published 8/12/2020
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Read originalT.J. Hafer
IGNIGN A Total War Saga: TROY Review
Published 8/12/2020
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