Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia

GameSpotGinny Woo

8/10

When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die.

TheSixthAxisStefan L

8/10

While Total War has often focussed on the big picture, Thrones of Britannia shows there’s plenty of scope for a series of Total War Saga offshoots to explore the smaller conflicts and civil wars through history. It’s also a great place for Creative Assembly to experiment with gameplay, and the changes to recruitment, tech trees and story elements give us a glimpse of what the series might hold in future.

IGNLeana Hafer

7.7/10

The first Total War Saga game tries a lot of new things, succeeding at about half of them. It improves on a few areas historical Total War games have struggled with, but at the same time falls back into some bad, old habits that other games in the series were able to rise above. The overall tapestry reads as more than competent, and I could watch hardened huskarls with their massive axes crash into a Saxon shield wall all day. But there are too many blemishes for me to place it alongside some of its truly great peers like Attila and Warhammer.

PC GamerFraser Brown

73/100

Ten kings enter, one king leaves.

GameSpewRobert Gammon-Ross

7/10

In playing Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia, I was reminded a lot of the original Total War: Rome – a splendid example of the brilliant mix of intrigue, management and bloodthirsty battle that the series can provide. This surely is high praise, but Thrones of Britannia has neither the length of its predecessor, nor has the variety of units – and as such, it lacks something that its fuller counterparts have. But what it does have is a straightforward approach that has solved some of the chronic complications of recent titles while providing you with a engaging story that can build over time...

Metro GameCentralGameCentral

7/10

An understandable attempt to create a more accessible Total War experience, but it’s been streamlined so much it offers only a small taste of the series’ full potential.

VG247Mike Williams

The Total War franchise gets its first spin-off. Can this Saga simplify the Total War epic for new fans?

Sirus GamingKatherine Baskerville

6/10

You better have to choose if it’s worth spending your spare cash, because it might not be the game for you and it might be for others.

VGChartzVGChartz Staff

6/10

A stylish but not terribly original Total War entry.Sega's Total War is a series I've been playing since I was a kid. I remember enjoying Medieval: Total [...]