SEGA and Creative Assembly have announced that Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia has slipped to May.
Previously the first Saga spin-off of Total War was due to be out on April 19, but now it has a release date of May 3 to "incorporate changes we wouldn’t otherwise be able to implement". Details below.
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There's a length blog write-up about the change here. There have been a lot of impressions written about the game, including ours, and based upon those impressions Creative Assembly are taking a couple of weeks extra to improve the game.
"We’ve been picking through those write-ups, videos and comments in search of criticism as well, as it helps give us a steer on what we could be doing better. The final weeks between now and launch – like any software project as it draws to its conclusion – are crucial to final quality, as they’re all about finding and squashing bugs, balancing things out, and adding polish. But there’s always more you can do, and in this case, we’ve decided to do just that."
Here's the kind of changes they are focusing on:
- Quality of life user interface improvements - "such as showing the player a breakdown of sources contributing to their current War Fervour level. We’re also implementing multiple shades of plus-and-minus effects regarding different levels of food, and how each level interacts with upkeep and supplies"
- Balancing work on the campaign/battle AI - "chiefly regarding its aggression levels on different difficulty settings, and the number (and composition) of the armies it recruits"
- General battle improvements including collision damage, maximum drag-out widths, collision radii and more - "Perhaps the biggest area we’re focusing on is battle"
- Added polish to various aspects of the game
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Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia now has a release date of May 3, then.
