A Total War Saga: TROY - Amazons (DLC)

A Total War Saga: TROY - Amazons is a DLC expansion for the base TROY game, adding two playable Amazon factions to the existing Bronze Age grand-strategy experience. If you haven't played TROY yet, the core loop is the familiar Total War formula: turn-based campaign map management layered over real-time battles, all filtered through a semi-mythological reading of the Trojan War and the Iliad. The Amazons pack specifically brings Penthesilea and Hippolyta as legendary lords, each with distinct roster compositions that lean heavily into fast, aggressive cavalry and skirmisher units rather than the heavy infantry that dominates most TROY factions. On paper, that's a meaningful playstyle shift. From a decision-depth standpoint, the two faction mechanics do introduce some interesting wrinkles. Penthesilea's campaign leans into a warrior-cult progression system that rewards aggressive expansion, while Hippolyta's path is slightly more diplomatic in its early framing. Neither mechanic is deep enough to feel like a fully realized Warhammer III-style faction fantasy, but they give the campaign map a different texture than replaying Greeks or Trojans for the fourth time. The unit rosters themselves are the stronger argument for this DLC: Amazon cavalry units have genuinely different stat profiles, and building a fast-raid army comp that avoids prolonged sieges makes for a refreshing change of pace if you've already absorbed the base game's factions. The problems are real, though, and that 72% mixed score on Steam isn't noise. The AI handling of the Amazon factions - both as player opponents and in terms of how the AI controls them when they're not yours - is inconsistent. The Amazon lords can feel like afterthoughts in a campaign where they should be central threats. The two factions also share more campaign structure than their distinct lore identities would suggest, and players expecting wildly divergent playthroughs between Penthesilea and Hippolyta will find the differences thinner than advertised after the first twenty turns. Mod support for TROY is lighter than older Total War titles, so don't count on community patches closing these gaps quickly. For strategy players who have already sunk serious hours into TROY's base content and the Mythos or Heroic difficulty settings, the Amazons DLC is a reasonable way to extend the campaign map's replayability. You get two more campaign start positions, distinct early-game strategic situations, and a roster that forces different tactical decisions in real-time battles. That's a fair value proposition for a committed TROY player. For newcomers or anyone on the fence about whether TROY itself is worth owning, this DLC is absolutely not the entry point - get comfortable with the base factions first, understand the resource system and the mythological unit unlock trees, and then circle back. Diego, Scout Team