The game features two distinct campaigns that allow players to experience the war from both the Greek and Trojan perspectives. The roster of eight playable characters includes: Achilles , Ajax , Odysseus , and Patroklos . The Trojans: Aeneas , Hektor , Paris , and Penthesilea .
Unlike typical Musou titles, enemies are more aggressive and will encircle players; shield bashing is essential to break enemy guards.
An outlier in the long-running Musou series, (2011) was developed by Koei Canada to bring a grittier, Western-focused lens to the legendary Trojan War. Moving away from the high-fantasy aesthetics of Dynasty Warriors , it delivers a more brutal, grounded experience rooted in Homer's Iliad . Playable Heroes