OVERVIEW: There was a time before the present age, a time in which men were closer to the gods, a time in which mighty cities dominated the world, a time in which heroes ruled the battlefield. These heroes looked upon the gods and performed deeds greater than any man today could, deeds worthy of the highest praise in poetry. Epic battles were fought between them as the gods looked on. The year is 1270 BC, and in the land of the Achaeans the great king Atreus has just died. His father Pelops had conquered all before him, granting the land the name 'Peloponnesos' ('the island of Pelops'), and his dynasty reigned supreme in the city of Mycenae. Now his sons, Agammemnon and Menelaus, rulers of Mycenae and Sparta, look to bring the rest of Greece and the Greek world under their dominion. Many cities have already succumbed, but much of Greece is still independent. The Mycenaeans are not the only great power however. North of Greece, the Thracians hold power and in far Epirus...
Troy is the best!
In a few words what I have to say is, this mod is FANTASTIC.
Troy: Total War was one of the first major mods to be developed for the Rome: Total War. It is based on 'Troy' film by Wolfgang Petersen, although it is largely just the units, envirements and characters. The beginning of its development began in 2005, a year after the movie Troy and RTW were released.
The campaign is fun - you can march with your armies to conquer Greece and Troy - plus the soundtrack is the same as the movie, which makes it immersive for the period. The battles are fast and the units strong - the use of graphical features to renders the units textures into HD is maintained.
However, the mod lacks upgrades that make the lives of heroes longer, such as 4TPY (4 Turns Per Year) that slows down aging, or even the immortality of some heroes through Alexander [expansion] features. Without them, aged characters like Priam or Peleus die in a few turns.
TTW has a successor that is strictly based on Iliad, called Aristeia: Total War, which contains all the necessary improvements and additions to TTW, such as hero vitality and 6TPY.
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The battlefield experience is superb due to the high quality of unit artwork.