Alongside a number of balance tweaks, today's update adds Artemis - Goddess of the Hunt and personal Hades fave. Really, though, it's today's free update that contains most of the goodies. Blood effects can be accessed in their own settings menu, where you can fiddle about with precisely how much gore you want in your game. It's a fairly light DLC pack - but then, at £2.49 on the Epic Games Store, the price isn't too much to ask for an extra bit of sauce on top of your tactical maelstroms. Battles fought in rivers turn the water blood-red.Decapitation and dismemberment on death animations.Chariots leave blood trails after trampling soldiers.Blood sprays on weapon impacts, staining armour, chariots and horses.Blood effects and decapitation in combat animations.Bloodied monuments appear after large battles have been waged.Rivers run red with the blood of warriors slain in any massive battles.Blood-drenched event movies and pictures.Check out these absolutely rotten patch notes for flavour. Ancient Greece is no exception, with the Blood & Glory DLC bringing in all sorts of gore and mutilation effects. Whether it be The Old World or Late Antiquity, it's become a slightly disturbing trend for Total War games to add a blood-soaked expansion pack after release.

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