
Players control one of several civilizations, but my experience playing Civilization didn’t fully prepare me for what Total War had in store. The real-time strategy games sprawl over hundreds of years of history, and Attila represents the denouement, of sorts, for the time period represented in the beloved Rome: Total War, showcasing the decline of the Roman Empire after two previous installments chronicled its rise and glory. This is the Prologue campaign of Total War: Attila, and it’s the most challenging and intimidating introduction I’ve ever encountered in a video game.Ģ015 is the fifteenth anniversary of The Creative Assembly’s prolific Total War series. Unfortunately, it’s all downhill from here. And the Huns, nomadic tribes united under the vicious but enigmatic Attila, ride closer to my borders every day.

The Western Roman Empire has offered me a trade deal that probably helps me more than it does them. My Visigoths have beaten the neighbouring Ostragoths with unusual ease.
