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''Total War: Arena'' is a online-only spin-off from the ''VideoGame/TotalWar'' series. The latter is well-known for its combination of large-scale TurnBasedStrategy kingdom management and small-scale RealTimeStrategy battles, so Creator/CreativeAssembly decided to make a standalone game focused entirely on letting the players battle each other.
While the game had alphas available as early as 2015, it was finally released for [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]] on February 22nd, 2018.
While the game had alphas available as early as 2015, it was finally released for [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]] on February 22nd, 2018.
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''Total War: Arena'' is was a online-only spin-off from the ''VideoGame/TotalWar'' series. The latter is well-known for its combination of large-scale TurnBasedStrategy kingdom management and small-scale RealTimeStrategy battles, so series, developed by Creator/CreativeAssembly decided to make a standalone game and published by Wargaming (yes, [[VideoGame/WorldOfTanks that Wargaming]]).
Based on the ''VideoGame/TotalWarRomeII'' engine, ''Total War: Arena'' focusedentirely on letting the players battle online multiplayer battles involving up to 20 players, with each other.
While theplayer controlling up to three military units. There were various factions, units, and commanders, which could be mixed to some degree for creating very different play styles. Units and commanders earned experience after each battle, eventually allowing for upgrades in obvious inspiration from ''VideoGame/WorldOfTanks''.
The game had alphas available as early as2015, it 2015. It was finally officially released worldwide for [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]] on February 22nd, 2018.
2018, only to be shut down exactly one year later. A Chinese-only version continued to exist for some time, but was also eventually shut down in May 2022.
Based on the ''VideoGame/TotalWarRomeII'' engine, ''Total War: Arena'' focused
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''Total War: Arena'' is a online-only spin-off from the ''VideoGame/TotalWar'' series. The latter is well-known for its combination of large-scale TurnBasedStrategy kingdom management and small-scale RealTimeStrategy battles, so Creator/CreativeAssembly decided to make a standalone game focused entirely on letting the players battle each other.
While the game had alphas available as early as 2015, it was finally released for [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]] on February 22nd, 2018.
!! Tropes present in this game:
''Total War: Arena'' is a online-only spin-off from the ''VideoGame/TotalWar'' series. The latter is well-known for its combination of large-scale TurnBasedStrategy kingdom management and small-scale RealTimeStrategy battles, so Creator/CreativeAssembly decided to make a standalone game focused entirely on letting the players battle each other.
While the game had alphas available as early as 2015, it was finally released for [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]] on February 22nd, 2018.
!! Tropes present in this game:
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* TooDumbToLive: Its possible for infantry to get impaled on the sharp end of a stake wall if their commander doesn't scrutinize the battlefield closely and doesn't bother to be careful enough to move around them.
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* TooDumbToLive: Its possible for infantry to get impaled on the sharp end of a stake wall if their commander doesn't scrutinize the battlefield closely and doesn't bother to be careful enough to move around them.them.
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* FactionCalculus:
** Rome: Famous for it's Sword Infantry which has high attack and defense, allowing them to grind down enemy melee units and weather volleys of archer fire. They are also experts at siegecraft and can field Ballistas and Catapults.
** Greece: As the birthplace of of the Hoplite and Phalanx formation, Greece's armies are primarily composed of Spear Infantry and Pike Infantry which are more suited to defense rather than offense. They have access to Archers and Cavalry.
** Barbarians: Optimized for speed and stealth, Barbarians rely on gaining the upper hand through ambush and harassment before closing in. Their lesser armor stats means they can't afford to trade missile for missile, blow for blow, and man for man with enemy units that have better defense and attack stats.
** Rome: Famous for it's Sword Infantry which has high attack and defense, allowing them to grind down enemy melee units and weather volleys of archer fire. They are also experts at siegecraft and can field Ballistas and Catapults.
** Greece: As the birthplace of of the Hoplite and Phalanx formation, Greece's armies are primarily composed of Spear Infantry and Pike Infantry which are more suited to defense rather than offense. They have access to Archers and Cavalry.
** Barbarians: Optimized for speed and stealth, Barbarians rely on gaining the upper hand through ambush and harassment before closing in. Their lesser armor stats means they can't afford to trade missile for missile, blow for blow, and man for man with enemy units that have better defense and attack stats.
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** Bringing the game's timeline up to the early medieval ages is one of the major goals that was outlined by the developers.
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** Bringing the game's timeline up to the early medieval ages is one of the major goals that was outlined by the developers. So the appearance of Frankish Knights is pretty much guaranteed.
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** War Elephants are living battering rams that can crush Sword Infantry and Spear Infantry with ease unlike Cavalry which is vulnerable to prolonged melee. They are soft-countered by Slingers and Archers and hard-countered by Pikes and Skirmishers.
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** War Elephants are living battering rams that can crush Sword Infantry and Spear Infantry with ease unlike Cavalry which is vulnerable to prolonged melee. They are soft-countered by Slingers and Archers and hard-countered by Pikes Pikes, Skirmishers, and Skirmishers.Artillery.
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** Bringing the game's timeline up to the early medieval ages is one of the major goals that was outlined by the developers.
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** Artillery can cut down infantry units with impunity but are relatively inaccurate, need spotting, and are easy prey to cavalry.
** Wardog Infantry provide a hard-counter against Spear and Pike Infantry in Phalanx formation. But the lack of shields makes them more vulnerable to missiles and melee.
** Wardog Infantry provide a hard-counter against Spear and Pike Infantry in Phalanx formation. But the lack of shields makes them more vulnerable to missiles and melee.
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** Artillery can cut down infantry units with impunity but are relatively inaccurate, need spotting, and are easy prey to cavalry.
cavalry. Catapults have the longest attack range and can hit multiple units but are prone to missing and have a minimum range blindspot. Ballista batteries offer better speed and accuracy for picking off Infantry and Cavalry but have shorter range and can't hit as many targets per shot.
** Wardog Infantry provide a hard-counter against Spear and Pike Infantry in Phalanxformation. But the lack of shields makes them more formation and can catch and rip apart Missile Infantry and routing units. Much like Cavalry however, they are hard-countered by Sword Infantry.
** War Elephants are living battering rams that can crush Sword Infantry and Spear Infantry with ease unlike Cavalry which is vulnerable tomissiles prolonged melee. They are soft-countered by Slingers and melee.Archers and hard-countered by Pikes and Skirmishers.
** Wardog Infantry provide a hard-counter against Spear and Pike Infantry in Phalanx
** War Elephants are living battering rams that can crush Sword Infantry and Spear Infantry with ease unlike Cavalry which is vulnerable to
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** Sword Infantry can outmaneuver Spear Infantry but are vulnerable to range units and cavalry charges, Spear Infantry have better defense and become considerably dangerous when in phalanx formation but are slower and more vulnerable to flanking, Pike Infantry becomes unstoppable when put in phalanx formation but at the risk of being much more vulnerable to missiles and melee.
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** Sword Infantry can outmaneuver Spear Infantry but are vulnerable to range units and cavalry charges, Spear Infantry have better defense and become considerably dangerous when in phalanx formation but are slower and more vulnerable to flanking, Pike Infantry becomes unstoppable when put in phalanx formation but at the risk of being slower and much more vulnerable to missiles and melee.
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** Wardog Infantry provide a hard-counter against Spear and Pike Infantry in Phalanx formation. But the lack of shields makes them more vulnerable to missiles and melee.
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* FriendlyFireproof:
** Errant shots will damage both friendly and enemy units that are intermixed in melee combat.
** Spear Infantry in Phalanx formation would inflict indiscriminate damage to both friendly and enemy units. But this has been removed in Patch 3.1.0 to provide a better incentive to using Phalanx formation.
** Errant shots will damage both friendly and enemy units that are intermixed in melee combat.
** Spear Infantry in Phalanx formation would inflict indiscriminate damage to both friendly and enemy units. But this has been removed in Patch 3.1.0 to provide a better incentive to using Phalanx formation.
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Nearly all units have some basis in reality, but the Arcani, tier-10 light artillery, are a bit suspect. Their trivia description ends with "They probably didn't wear ninja hoods and carry light artillery. But, then again, no-one says they didn't..."
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* AnachronismStew: Although ''Total War: Arena'' started off as being largely set in the Ancient Roman era of Europe, no one ever said that the game would be restricted to that time period and region.
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* AnachronismStew: Although ''Total War: Arena'' started off as being largely set in the Ancient Roman era of Europe, no one ever said that the game would be restricted to that time period and region.
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** [=WarGaming=] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpH18tP8lCw announced Feudal Japan]] as a future faction for ''Arena'', effectively dispelling any strict adherence to historical accuracy.
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** [=WarGaming=] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpH18tP8lCw announced Feudal Japan]] as a future faction for ''Arena'', effectively dispelling any strict adherence to historical accuracy.accuracy even further than expected.
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* AnachronismStew: Although ''Total War: Arena'' started off as being largely set in Ancient Roman era of Europe, no one ever said that the game would be restricted to that time period and region.
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* AnachronismStew: Although ''Total War: Arena'' started off as being largely set in the Ancient Roman era of Europe, no one ever said that the game would be restricted to that time period and region.
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* AnachronismStew: Although ''Total War: Arena'' started off as being largely set in Ancient Roman era of Europe, no one ever said that the game would be restricted to that time period and region.
** Despite being from different eras, historical figures like Caesar and Boudicca can fight each other or together on the same battlefield.
** [=WarGaming=] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpH18tP8lCw announced Feudal Japan]] as a future faction for ''Arena'', effectively dispelling any strict adherence to historical accuracy.
** Despite being from different eras, historical figures like Caesar and Boudicca can fight each other or together on the same battlefield.
** [=WarGaming=] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpH18tP8lCw announced Feudal Japan]] as a future faction for ''Arena'', effectively dispelling any strict adherence to historical accuracy.
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* PlayEveryDay: Every Commander you have available has a 200% XP daily bonus for their first victory.
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* PlayEveryDay: Every Commander you have available has a 200% 100% XP daily bonus for their first victory.victory. This daily bonus can be 200% on special events.
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* PlayEveryDay: Every Commander you have available has a 200% XP daily bonus for their first victory.
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** Artillery can cut down infantry units with impunity but are relatively inaccurate, need spotting, and are easy prey to cavalry.
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** Artillery can cut down infantry units with impunity but are relatively inaccurate, need spotting, and are easy prey to cavalry.cavalry.
* TooDumbToLive: Its possible for infantry to get impaled on the sharp end of a stake wall if their commander doesn't scrutinize the battlefield closely and doesn't bother to be careful enough to move around them.
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* SufferTheSlings: Slingers have the longest attack range and are deadly against lightly armored targets, but have almost no armor-piercing capability.
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* SufferTheSlings: Slingers have the longest attack range and are deadly against lightly armored targets, but have almost no armor-piercing capability.capability.
* TacticalRockPaperScissors:
** Archers/Skirmishers/Slingers will outrun and bleed Infantry, Infantry will grind down Cavalry, Cavalry will catch and crush Archers/Skirmishers/Slingers.
** Sword Infantry can outmaneuver Spear Infantry but are vulnerable to range units and cavalry charges, Spear Infantry have better defense and become considerably dangerous when in phalanx formation but are slower and more vulnerable to flanking, Pike Infantry becomes unstoppable when put in phalanx formation but at the risk of being much more vulnerable to missiles and melee.
** Artillery can cut down infantry units with impunity but are relatively inaccurate, need spotting, and are easy prey to cavalry.
* TacticalRockPaperScissors:
** Archers/Skirmishers/Slingers will outrun and bleed Infantry, Infantry will grind down Cavalry, Cavalry will catch and crush Archers/Skirmishers/Slingers.
** Sword Infantry can outmaneuver Spear Infantry but are vulnerable to range units and cavalry charges, Spear Infantry have better defense and become considerably dangerous when in phalanx formation but are slower and more vulnerable to flanking, Pike Infantry becomes unstoppable when put in phalanx formation but at the risk of being much more vulnerable to missiles and melee.
** Artillery can cut down infantry units with impunity but are relatively inaccurate, need spotting, and are easy prey to cavalry.
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* IneffectualLoner: Any unit that goes too far out without any friendly support can expect to be ganged up on and destroyed very quickly.
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* FrontlineGeneral: In franchise tradition, each of the 20 players has a famous leader front and center on their first unit, serving as commander. Imagine Julius Caesar fighting alongside a unit of 100 swordsmen or javelin throwers.
* IneffectualLoner: Any unit that goes too far out without any friendly support can expect to be ganged up on and destroyed veryquickly.quickly.
* JavelinThrower: Javelins have a short range, but deal outrageous damage against even heavily armored targets.
* SufferTheSlings: Slingers have the longest attack range and are deadly against lightly armored targets, but have almost no armor-piercing capability.
* IneffectualLoner: Any unit that goes too far out without any friendly support can expect to be ganged up on and destroyed very
* JavelinThrower: Javelins have a short range, but deal outrageous damage against even heavily armored targets.
* SufferTheSlings: Slingers have the longest attack range and are deadly against lightly armored targets, but have almost no armor-piercing capability.
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* BribingYourWayToVictory: Gold serves as the Game's premium currency which is used to buy Free XP.
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* BribingYourWayToVictory: Gold serves as the Game's premium currency which is used to buy convert Unit XP to Free XP.XP, buy more silver, or unlock Premium Units.
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* BribingYourWayToVictory: Gold serves as the Game's premium currency which is used to buy Free XP.
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* IneffectualLoner: Any unit that goes too far out without any friendly support can expect to be ganged up on and destroyed very quickly.
