<s>
Total	B-Application
War	I-Application
Saga	I-Application
:	I-Application
Troy	I-Application
is	O
a	O
2020	O
turn-based	O
strategy	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Creative	O
Assembly	O
Sofia	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Sega	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
Windows	O
on	O
13	O
August	O
2020	O
as	O
the	O
second	O
installment	O
in	O
the	O
Total	B-Application
War	I-Application
Saga	I-Application
subseries	O
,	O
succeeding	O
Thrones	B-Application
of	I-Application
Britannia	I-Application
(	O
2018	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
its	O
predecessors	O
,	O
Total	B-Application
War	I-Application
Saga	I-Application
:	I-Application
Troy	I-Application
is	O
a	O
turn-based	O
strategy	O
game	O
with	O
real-time	B-Application
tactics	I-Application
elements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Real-time	O
battles	O
take	O
place	O
in	O
large	O
sandboxes	O
,	O
and	O
players	O
can	O
command	O
the	O
infantry	B-Protocol
,	O
hero	O
units	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
mystical	O
beasts	O
as	O
they	O
battle	O
opponent	O
forces	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
the	O
second	O
installment	O
in	O
the	O
Total	B-Application
War	I-Application
Saga	I-Application
subseries	O
,	O
following	O
2018	O
's	O
Total	B-Application
War	I-Application
Saga	I-Application
:	I-Application
Thrones	I-Application
of	I-Application
Britannia	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
,	O
the	O
team	O
resorted	O
to	O
using	O
the	O
Iliad	B-Application
,	O
an	O
ancient	O
Greek	O
epic	O
poem	O
,	O
to	O
fill	O
up	O
the	O
historical	O
details	O
that	O
were	O
missing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
a	O
second	O
"	O
Historical	O
Mode	O
"	O
was	O
added	O
as	O
a	O
Free	O
DLC	B-Protocol
along	O
with	O
the	O
"	O
Mythos	O
"	O
Pack	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Total	B-Application
War	I-Application
Saga	I-Application
:	I-Application
Troy	I-Application
was	O
announced	O
by	O
publisher	O
Sega	O
on	O
19	O
September	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
downloadable	B-Protocol
content	I-Protocol
pack	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Amazons	B-Application
was	O
released	O
on	O
24	O
September	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
received	O
generally	O
positive	O
reviews	O
upon	O
release	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
review	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
release	O
,	O
Creative	O
Assembly	O
released	O
several	O
DLC	B-Protocol
packs	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
that	O
added	O
extra	O
content	O
such	O
as	O
new	O
factions	O
,	O
leaders	O
,	O
and	O
mission	O
chains	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
+Paid	O
DLCNameRelease	O
DateDescriptionThe	O
AmazonsSeptember	O
2020Adds	O
the	O
playable	O
Amazon	B-Application
faction	O
and	O
two	O
leaders	O
,	O
Penthesilea	O
and	O
Hippolyta	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
DLC	B-Protocol
was	O
free	O
from	O
its	O
release	O
on	O
September	O
24	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
to	O
October	O
8	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
for	O
owners	O
of	O
the	O
base	O
game.Blood	O
and	O
GloryOctober	O
2020Adds	O
various	O
blood	O
and	O
gore	O
effects	O
in	O
battles	O
and	O
on	O
the	O
campaign	O
map	O
following	O
high-casualty	O
battles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similar	O
to	O
the	O
Blood	O
for	O
the	O
Blood	O
God	O
DLC	B-Protocol
released	O
for	O
both	O
Total	B-Application
War	I-Application
:	I-Application
Warhammer	I-Application
and	O
Total	B-Application
War	I-Application
:	I-Application
Warhammer	I-Application
II.Ajax	O
&	O
DiomedesJanuary	O
2021Adds	O
two	O
new	O
factions	O
and	O
leaders	O
,	O
Salamis	O
,	O
led	O
by	O
Ajax	O
,	O
and	O
Argos	O
,	O
led	O
by	O
Diomedes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Lernean	O
Hydra	O
,	O
Cerberus	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Griffin	O
Patriarch	O
can	O
all	O
be	O
captured	O
during	O
these	O
Mythic	O
Expeditions.Rhesus	O
and	O
MemnonDecember	O
2021Adds	O
two	O
new	O
factions	O
and	O
leaders	O
,	O
Thrace	O
,	O
led	O
by	O
Rhesus	O
,	O
and	O
Aethiopia	O
,	O
led	O
by	O
Memnon	O
.	O
</s>
