
Broken Base: As with all Total War releases, this one has earned a few points of contention in the community.
The details extend to the 3D game world, with birds flying off the treeline at the sound of approaching armies, troops chanting out in battle and warning each other of imminent dangers, and even little touches on the campaign map, such as herds of cows roaming across Ireland in a Shout-Out to the Táin Bó Cúailnge, and the Loch Ness monster emerging out of the waterways of Scotland.
Awesome Art/ Awesome Music: The game features some of the best art direction in the whole Total War franchise, with a beautifully immersive soundtrack and highly stylised cutscenes and UI ◊ drawn to evoke Anglo-Saxon metalwork and stained glass. Instead of making a half-dozen different units all named some variation of "foreign warrior", they chose to use a term more familiar to the player that nevertheless sounded unique. However, the developers explained that they were well aware that the term was technically inaccurate - in this case, it was being used to represent the more elite foreign warriors that would eventually become the Gallowglass in several centuries, as the Irish made heavy use of such during this period.
Author's Saving Throw: There was initially some disapproval expressed over several perceived anachronisms in the game, notably Mide using units referred to as 'Gallowglass' in their late-game roster, a mistake that Creative Assembly has made before.