Total War: Attila Features

Preview: Mud, disease, and hordes of hairy barbarians. It's like camping at Glastonbury.

Total War: Rome 2 (can we please settle on a format for the title now, Creative Assembly? Because I had to check if I got that one right) has been whittled and honed into a perfectly decent game now, but its awkward, bug-filled launch was all too typical of a series whose grand ambition is repeatedly undermined by technical issues and ill-thought out mechanics.