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Total War: Attila

The next installment in the turn-based strategy game with real-time tactics, Total War: Attila casts players back to 395 AD. A time of apocalyptic turmoil at the very dawn of the Dark Ages. How far will you go…

77 17 February 2015

Total War: Attila is a real time strategy (rts) developed by The Creative Assembly, released 17 February 2015 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Total War: Attila is

Total War: Attila is a real time strategy (rts) game developed by The Creative Assembly and released in 2015. It was published by Sega. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on TW Engine 3.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Against a darkening background of famine, disease and war, a new power is rising in the great steppes of the East. With a million horsemen at his back, the ultimate warrior king approaches, and his sights are set on Rome…
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy, historical and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 118 achievements to unlock.

Where it sits in the Total War series

Total War: Attila is the 14th of 56 entries we hold in the Total War series. It arrived a year after Total War: Rome II - Blood & Gore. The next entry was Total War: Attila - Viking Forefathers Culture Pack in 2015. Its critic score of 77 is 6 points below the series average of 83. The highest-rated entry is Rome: Total War at 91.

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How it was received

Total War: Attila holds a critic score of 77 out of 100. That places it above 57% of the 612 rated real time strategy (rts) games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2015 averaged 69, so it scored 8 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 75, across 92 votes.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel Core 2 Duo 3 GHz, 3 GB RAM and 512 MB NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT, AMD Radeon HD 2900 XT or Intel HD 4000. At 3GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 35GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Total War: Attila launched on 17 February 2015, within three weeks of Life Is Strange, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D, Cities: Skylines and Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Life Is Strange, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D, Cities: Skylines, Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer

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Quick answers

Total War: Attila — frequently asked questions

When did Total War: Attila come out?
Total War: Attila was released on 17 February 2015 for Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Total War: Attila?
At minimum, Total War: Attila needs Intel Core 2 Duo 3 GHz, 3 GB RAM, 512 MB NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT, AMD Radeon HD 2900 XT or Intel HD 4000 graphics, 35 GB available space of storage.
How many GB is Total War: Attila?
The PC version needs about 35 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("35 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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