14 DAY TRIAL // Video game developer The Creative Assembly and publisher SEGA are announcing that the first major patch for Total War: Attila will be launched on Thursday and is designed to arrive at the same time as the first post-launch downloadable content pack for the title.
The studio says that it is making some big changes to the strategy title, both in terms of the overland map and the tactical battles, with many of the modifications based on the feedback the community has been offering in the past week.
A full list of tweaks coming to Total War: Attila in the patch can be seen by clicking on the button at the end of this article, but be warned that it is quite a long read for fans.
One of the biggest changes is linked to settlement gates, which can no longer be torched if they are made of bronze or if they are reinforced.
Instead, gamers will have to hack them down with infantry weapons, which is a lengthy process and means that the attacker will lose a lot of people when he is not able to use siege weapons in an assault.
The engine of Total War: Attila has also been improved and gamers should get faster end-turn times and better looking battles, and some other glitches and crashes have also been eliminated.
It's good to see the development team at The Creative Assembly move fast in order to improve their game and deal with the issues the community has been talking about since launch.
Longbeards are also coming to Total War: Attila
On Thursday, fans can also get access to a first downloadable content pack, called the Longbeards DLC, which introduces three new factions for players to control in the campaign and in custom battles.
The Langobards, the Burgundians and the Alamans will be included, each of them with their own units and their own special characteristics.
The Creative Assembly has not said how many pieces of DLC it will deploy for Attila and whether it has plans to use the same mini-expansion strategy, which will deliver smaller campaigns focused on important conflicts and events from the covered period.
The new Total War has been receiving better initial reactions from fans than Rome II did.
