Recent reviews by Mäki

8/10

Great stuff:
+ New diplomatic options.
+ More in depth empire building.
+ Armies being broken down into retinues that you can swap around a dispatch.
+ Better character customization and visable changes to their model from items.
+ Without a doubt the most stable release in TW history, not just that. It's beyond just a "playable" state. It's clean.

Good stuff:
+ New mechanics in how to win the campaign, rather than just: conquer, earn money and illiminate factions
- Though it can seem a bit messy until you understand it.
+ Character being categorized by color (role) with great potential for role playing.
- The color of a character is determined at birth, but not by you.
+ Stunning graphics and good optimization.
- On lower graphics it can stand out as looking worse than other TW games on lower settings, in comparison.
+ The game has an all new "format" and mechanics that stands out from earlier TW games, whick is refreshing.
- Steep learning curve in comparison to older titles.

Neutral stuff (up to interpretation and my own opinion):
+- The majority of the playable factions are clustered on the top half of the map, while to lower half is dominated by the disintegrating Han empire (that is up for grabs), ruined settlements, and few actual factions.
+- Much like Shogun 2 it has a low unit diversity between factions, though almost all has a handful of unique units. This makes battles between armies of similar compositions common, but the armies can have completly different strengths due to commanders and faction buffs.
+- The AI is a bit too keen on using that diplomacy button, while this is great in comparison to older games, it almost becomes a bit spammy. The AI will declare war on you from across the map and spend 20 turns sending you peace deals that includes enforcing your vassalage.

Bad stuff:
- AI still getting massive buffs on the campaign map, though this is hard to compensate for.

All in all a great game, after ~30 hours i can't stop playing.

I've played all TW games and i have to say that this is one of their best releases. Hands down Rome 2's release was a failure and many people are calling this game a money grab. But i get the same feeling from Attila as i got from Fall of the samurai when it first was released, it's using the same engine as Rome 2 but the games are far from identical.

Gameplay: Much more depth to the campaign and battles, managing politics is even fun now.

Ai: Better than in previous games but still needs a bit of tweaking across the difficulty levels.

Graphics: Great looking with some minor performance issues but far from game breaking.

9/10

The best - sun praising / illusionary wall faking / deadly advice simulator i have ever played

If you wanted to play a non addictive game, you've come to the wrong review

"The enemy may have the moon poeple on their side, but we have funny hats!"
crazy generals = great generals

The "♥♥♥♥ everyone, we Russians are OP" simulator

Killed alot of christians to get the pope to like me...
Killed alot of muslims to get the pope to approve me...
Gave the pope alot of money so that he would love me...
Forgot that i'm an Islamic nation and the pope declares a crusade on me...
10/10 for the Jihad!!!

Showed the Russians the true meaning of winter, got destroyed... Next time, attack them in the winter instead of taking them skiing