My Impressions After 20 Hours

Start by playing the prologue. Playing as the Visigoths. Need to defeat the Ostrogoths before the Hunds come and burn me to death. Defeat all but their capital. Siege their final city. Allies come up from the south. Full 20 stack plus city defenders plus Ostrogoth army stack against my 15 stack. Not gonna lose a freaking tutorial. Hide my calvalry in the forest. Circle around behind enemy army and kill their king. Troops lose will to fight. Defeat army when outnumbered 5 to 1. Thinking this game is great. Post battle game tells me I have successfully beaten the Ostrogoths. Wait what? I was just fighting their allies, I haven't attacked the city yet. Game doesn't care. Huns pour in from the East. I'm told to migrate from town I haven't yet captured. Try to hold off huns long enough to capture town. Fail. Screw prologue.

Start grand campaign. Playing Attila's Grandfather. Start looting and pillaging. Atilla is born. Prepare great army for him to command when he comes of age. Atilla is 18. Great cutscene says he will conquer the world. I instate him as new general of strongest army. Hidden enemy spy assassinates him as soon as I end turn. Atilla dead at 18 having never fought a single battle. GG Creative Assembly.

Attempt 2. Give birth to Atilla. 2 years later Atilla's father dies of natural causes. Atilla's Mom becomes regent until he comes of age. 2 years later Atilla's mom dies of natural causes. Atilla's Uncle becomes king, Atilla no longer in line to lead Huns. That's fine. I can send Uncle on a suicide mission. Pop up window. Uncle has given birth to Son. Now have to wait 18 years before I can kill him. 18 years pass. Atilla and Uncle are leading two full stacks alongside Atilla's other uncle with a 15 stack. Suddenly all of Northern Europe unites against me and send about 10 full stacks to kill me. Don't worry. I got this. I'm Atilla, ♥♥♥♥♥! Fight battle. Am managing to win when outnumbered 10 to 1. Atilla's younger Uncle falls. Realize if his older Uncle falls his cousin will become king. Uncle is charging a unit of heavy axemen. Things don't look good. Send in out of ammo horse archers to flank axemen. Somehow Uncle lives and I defeat an army 10,000 strong with my army of 1500. Feeling great. Turn starts. Pop up tells me my Uncle has died of natural causes.

10/10 Would defeat overwhelming odds before losing to an RNG again

My Impressions After 20 Hours Start by playing the prologue. Playing as the Visigoths. Need to defeat the Ostrogoths before the Hunds come and burn me to death. Defeat all but their capital. Siege their final city. Allies come up from the south. Full 20 stack plus city defenders plus Ostrogoth army stack against my 15 stack. Not gonna lose a freaking tutorial. Hide my calvalry in the forest. Circle around behind enemy army and kill their king. Troops lose will to fight. Defeat army when outnumbered 5 to 1. Thinking this game is great. Post battle game tells me I have successfully beaten the Ostrogoths. Wait what? I was just fighting their allies, I haven't attacked the city yet. Game doesn't care. Huns pour in from the East. I'm told to migrate from town I haven't yet captured. Try to hold off huns long enough to capture town. Fail. Screw prologue. Start grand campaign. Playing Attila's Grandfather. Start looting and pillaging. Atilla is born. Prepare great army for him to command when he comes of age. Atilla is 18. Great cutscene says he will conquer the world. I instate him as new general of strongest army. Hidden enemy spy assassinates him as soon as I end turn. Atilla dead at 18 having never fought a single battle. GG Creative Assembly. Attempt 2. Give birth to Atilla. 2 years later Atilla's father dies of natural causes. Atilla's Mom becomes regent until he comes of age. 2 years later Atilla's mom dies of natural causes. Atilla's Uncle becomes king, Atilla no longer in line to lead Huns. That's fine. I can send Uncle on a suicide mission. Pop up window. Uncle has given birth to Son. Now have to wait 18 years before I can kill him. 18 years pass. Atilla and Uncle are leading two full stacks alongside Atilla's other uncle with a 15 stack. Suddenly all of Northern Europe unites against me and send about 10 full stacks to kill me. Don't worry. I got this. I'm Atilla, bitch! Fight battle. Am managing to win when outnumbered 10 to 1. Atilla's younger Uncle falls. Realize if his older Uncle falls his cousin will become king. Uncle is charging a unit of heavy axemen. Things don't look good. Send in out of ammo horse archers to flank axemen. Somehow Uncle lives and I defeat an army 10,000 strong with my army of 1500. Feeling great. Turn starts. Pop up tells me my Uncle has died of natural causes. 10/10 Would defeat overwhelming odds before losing to an RNG again