14 DAY TRIAL // Total War: Attila is set to be launched in the middle of February and the development team at The Creative Assembly has already revealed a lot of factions and culture-specific traits that were not part of the initial faction reveal for the strategy title.
The images of the Special Edition released by the studio feature one of the reference lists that are on one side in the included map, and gamers have quickly looked at the image in order to get more insights into the strategies they will be able to deploy once the experience is launched.
The Western Roman Empire might start out weak and fragmented, but has smaller upkeep for non-native units and the ever increasing immigrant population, as more refugees flee from the Huns.
The Eastern side of the faction is an economic power which has better revenue from trade and gets interested on the money sitting in its treasury.
The Saxons will have improved morale when they raid and get more money from damaging buildings, while the Sassanids will obtain more money from vassals and will have more units to recruit from them.
The Visigoths are better at extracting coins from tributaries and get more food when they move through Roman territory, while their Ostrogoth cousins face no resistance when they take a Roman settlement and recruit their units.
For the Vandals, the focus is on naval powers and increased income from raiding, while the Alans will have better cavalry forces.
The Franks can benefit from a damage increase when units have losses and better campaign morale from inflicting casualties.
Total War: Attila might have playable Huns
The Huns were not revealed as a playable faction for the strategy title, but they will see an increase in numbers when razing cities, better morale for wars they start, and reduced food production.
The cultures in Total War: Attila are also important and gamers need to make sure that they encourage one which meshes well with their faction power.
The new title from The Creative Assembly will focus on the destructive effect that migrations and barbarians had on a declining Roman Empire.
Elements like disease, climate change, fire and fear will play a larger-than-ever role both on the campaign map and in the tactical battles.
Those who pre-order Total War: Attila will get access to three more factions, all of them precursors of the Vikings.
