when i saw you declaring war on everyone i thougt wow he's got balls but when you declared war on eastern rome i my heart stopped for a brief moment xD
Imagine some frankish barbarian landlord being visited by the emperor himself; and the emperor going: "Hey; you wanna pay me; you know; like; 300 bucks so i break my alliance with the eastern roman empire?" *wink wink*
Won't mind at all. On a side note: I had never thought of skirmishing like that before. You decimated their entire army before the true battle began. That's insane. I would've simply rushed in and hoped for the best.
The "This Is Total War" achievement is INSANE when playing as either Roman faction. Especially when most of the map hates you. With every fibre of their being. It'd be interesting to see the "This Is Total War" achievement when playing as the Huns.
Great job on that battle. I tried two WRE campaigns on legendary so far and got beat bad. I did every Rome campaign on Rome 2 on legendary and Sparta on WoS on legendary but I was not prepared for WRE. Seeing this video I think I understand what kind of mentality I'll need and will give it another shot sometime soon. Thanks and please keep these videos rolling!
I was looking for anyone who ever even survived WRE and could give some pointers, and found this. This is the most epic let’s play I’ve ever seen to date and watched every minute of every episode from start to end. Crazy shit. I was hooked.
Back in the day when Legend was not only a masochist but also the most powerful version of hismelf at total war! Regardless love the content mate, keep it up and make sure you’re having fun!
I definitely aggree about christianity, but what really grinds my gears is that getting rid of it does not change the tech tree. That's a major overlook, especially since pentarchy see still blocks building of pagan teples for no reason whatsoever and the policies that disable your legacies become outright detrimental, but not getting them prevents you from finishing up the tech tree. It's a massive overlook on CA's part.
@@TheRealBrotherLance Rome starts with legacy technologies that let you build peak roman shit, like aquaducts, theatres, etc. They have a central tech tree branch that progressively disables these in exchange for christian monuments, like monasteries or churches. This is a hardcoded roman tech tree branch. So if you decide to keep rome as a pagan republic, and not go for the christian kingdom, you are not only stuck with a completely useless branch of you tech tree, that also blocks some other civic tech, but you also can't build your religious buildings in rome and a couple other cities designated as pentarchy see, because apparently a society that's overwhelmingly latin pagan would give a shit about this. It's an enormous oversight and I can't believe they haven't patched it.
Came here from the Warhammer Total War vids after hearing this campaign is abominably hard. Shocked to see him doing trade agreements and negotiating right at the start of this...
It's interesting that Christianity is a massive drain on the Empire in this game. Creative Assembly seem to be stuck in the nineteenth century with their historical viewpoint. Nobody listens to Edward Gibbon any more. Recent scholarship and archaeology has actually shown that Western Rome didn't decline all that much in terms of trade and prosperity before the 400s. It had reinvented itself multiple times and survived decades-long civil wars like the crisis of the 200s and constant ruler changes. What finally killed the (Western) Empire was more likely the simultaneous catastrophes of the Vandals taking over Northern Africa and the Huns invading from the north. Modern Tunisia was the breadbasket of the Western Empire (the game doesn't reflect this, having only two minor farms in that province) and the dual Empire's failure to retake it crippled its ability to keep its barbarian allies loyal. Simultaneously, the Huns drained the Empire's strength, and when Atilla died, the Germanic tribes had no reason to stay allied to Rome. Even so, each barbarian king saw himself as a continuation of Roman rule. Rome was not killed off in 476, and it was destroyed more by military action and disloyalty than economic decline.
Yeah the fall of Rome was attached to so many things at once, that blaming it all on a religion, one that was a major part of roman politics and life for about 200 years at that point, seems rather disingenuous
The Arabs did literally the same exact thing 2-300 years later but it's all about the vitality of the Arabs in that case. People can't see the connection. It was just Romanized border people in both instances who saw a chance and took it. The Germanics just happened to be decentralized and without their own religion that's the only difference.
I saw it said western roman empire and I was like "this is gonna be epic" then I realised it was this is total war and I was like "this is gonna be the best series ever!!" Great video (as always). I really hope you manage to beat this. If you do, then there really is no challenge you can't do.
It would have been more of a challenge if the dim AI had actually been behind its walls rather than stand still for half an hour getting shot. The wall is there to prevent them running back into the city apparently.
Legend of skirmish. My god that skirmish was very long but I enjoyed every second of it. I gotta say that was a brilliant battle, perfection can't be rushed. Looking forward to watching this whole campaign and you definitely earned my sub. Out fucking standing comrade
That s a real challenge ! I am glad you chose the more difficult campaign ! Bad army ; bad diplomatic, economic and social situation : Let s start this ;) i m waiting the nexts episodes !
Great stuff, can't wait to see how this goes. Also I have been watching your campaigns for a long time and this his to be the greatest channel for Total war stuff, good job.
It's interesting checking out your old stuff, I don't know if it's age, sound equipment, or lifestyle changes; but you sound so much more healthy and happy in your newer videos
Ok,i just saw your video and i got to say than even when playing TW series for almost 15 years now and 14 of maximum difficulty, i learned quite a lot and i ll try watch all of these.15 years someone would say would make me very experienced but also quite the slack,i just go in and hope i win cause i'm too good :S,cause ballsy. GJ man!
I'm only on episode 40 of the Huns (extremely impressive, btw); but immediately clicked this video when I saw it. I'm literally on the edge of my seat; Hollywood would do well to hire you. Unique strategies (and very intelligent too, imho). Looking forward to many more episodes in this BRUTAL campaign.
Never seen this play through of yours. Seems impossible to me to win while at war with the Eastern Empire but judging for the other comments I think you won. I’ve tried to win as Western Rome on the hardest difficulty doing a normal campaign like 5 times and lost every time. I’m not too bad at the game, but I have a lot to learn. Can’t wait to binge watch this.
When I tried the western Roman Empire on legendary it took up half of the total time I played Attila, at the time I had 164 hours on it. The most rage I’ve ever had in total war, so flipping hard. I did unite the empire again, after a few hundred turns.
You Would Think that some of these People would be legitimately Confused at an Empire miles away from them that they don't even border declaring war on them and that some of them might try to ease the tension with counter peace offers but...
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8 years later this is probably still one of his best total war playthroughs ever
Yeah i agree
It's certainly got me coming back to rewatch.
Doesn't even think while declaring war with everyone, then doubts heavily if he wants to destroy fishing jetties.
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when i saw you declaring war on everyone i thougt wow he's got balls but when you declared war on eastern rome i my heart stopped for a brief moment xD
Ambulance noise
hahaa ambulance go brrr
Nothing like a good old Roman civil war to start a fresh campaign!
Are you a fan of self-torture?
@@Modest-op2vv hahaha :))
@@Modest-op2vv wrong its 4 now
oof
im surprised this still gets views
I've only just started playing.... Them damn loading screens
The Western Roman Empire on Legendary?
You're a fucking badass.
Don't forget This is Total War
Yes it's not easy with no mods on Legendary dumbarse..
And declaring war on everyone.
Duesal Bladesinger anything less would be too damn easy for the man. He's the Chuck Norris of Total War.
This was the day when legend became a god...
+Kieran Witgen "GodofTotalWar coming soon.
+Tavi Sounds like an RTS title for the game God Of War.
I still watch this sometimes.... This is what solidified him as an actual LEGEND of total war...
I agree. Especially the first like 30 episodes are pure strategic genius
Baptism by Blade
@@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014 baptism by desire more like
Imagine some frankish barbarian landlord being visited by the emperor himself; and the emperor going:
"Hey; you wanna pay me; you know; like; 300 bucks so i break my alliance with the eastern roman empire?" *wink wink*
A 111 part series? Time to binge watch....RIP my schedule for the next year.
+MythicByrd Hope you dont mind a few of my rants along the way. I also binged playing this series and I got frustrated a few times along the way.
Won't mind at all. On a side note: I had never thought of skirmishing like that before. You decimated their entire army before the true battle began. That's insane. I would've simply rushed in and hoped for the best.
+MythicByrd Patience is the true virtue of the commander.
I've learned that trough many casaulties. :P
26:23 "are we at war with everyone, just need to make sure of that. yup" classic Legend
I'm surprised this is even possible.
Dylius01 I might not be. I might get crushed.
LegendofTotalWar u getting crushed its really not possible
LegendofTotalWar honestly did you lose any campaign recently?
LegendofTotalWar
You will never get crushed, you may be defeated.
Kryos no, but I'm bound to eventually lose a hotseat or a head to head - if we can get any of them finished.
Wow - you decided to do it as This is Total War? Man you have some *SERIOUS* guts. *grabs popcorn* :D.
This is gonna be great!
Almost a decade from the first video, i will now try to finish this series
Truly, a legend of Total war
"This is Madness!"
No...
THIS
IS
TOTAL
WARRRR!!!!
THIS IS READ MORE
Truth, fuck 300! What garbage
The Western Roman Empire!!!!
The "This Is Total War" achievement is INSANE when playing as either Roman faction. Especially when most of the map hates you. With every fibre of their being. It'd be interesting to see the "This Is Total War" achievement when playing as the Huns.
+Steel4 But the Huns get integrity bonuses per faction they're at war with don't they?
Bradley Moore They do. So, it'd be easier to get the Achievement as either the Huns or the White Huns.
Probably much easier with the Huns since they don’t have a huge empire and they start off with better troops.
God i remember watching this whole series back when it came out and its like watching a man slowly lose his mind piece by piece
Great job on that battle. I tried two WRE campaigns on legendary so far and got beat bad. I did every Rome campaign on Rome 2 on legendary and Sparta on WoS on legendary but I was not prepared for WRE. Seeing this video I think I understand what kind of mentality I'll need and will give it another shot sometime soon. Thanks and please keep these videos rolling!
I love that strategy of dragging the Eastern Roman Empire into wars first, very creative.
I am watching this because HeirOfCarthage recommended you.
Will keep watching... Win or Lose Legend, you're the epitome of badass just by trying this. Good luck man! ^.^
wow what a first episode for a lets play!! who else came here because of HeirofCarthage's channel?
right here man
same lol
I came from officly devin
yep
same!
Finally have been waiting for this!
You, sir, truly are the Legend of Total War!
I was looking for anyone who ever even survived WRE and could give some pointers, and found this. This is the most epic let’s play I’ve ever seen to date and watched every minute of every episode from start to end. Crazy shit. I was hooked.
Two words: "E P I C" and "I N S A N E" !!!!! I've never seen a crazy campaign like this. Can't wait to see next episodes :)
Now this... is the play through I've been looking forward to. A true test of the Legends legend
dude you couldn't believe how long I waited for this!
Gable Melton And I was waiting for blood and gore before starting my next series. Hence why this didn't come out sooner.
Probably one of the greatest thing i have seen on youtube. great job legend!
Back in the day when Legend was not only a masochist but also the most powerful version of hismelf at total war! Regardless love the content mate, keep it up and make sure you’re having fun!
Just saw this on my feed and was like heelll yeaaah
Thanks Legend for doing this! I'm really excited about this series!
I definitely aggree about christianity, but what really grinds my gears is that getting rid of it does not change the tech tree. That's a major overlook, especially since pentarchy see still blocks building of pagan teples for no reason whatsoever and the policies that disable your legacies become outright detrimental, but not getting them prevents you from finishing up the tech tree. It's a massive overlook on CA's part.
I must of missed it what going on with Christianity in atilla?
@@TheRealBrotherLance Rome starts with legacy technologies that let you build peak roman shit, like aquaducts, theatres, etc. They have a central tech tree branch that progressively disables these in exchange for christian monuments, like monasteries or churches. This is a hardcoded roman tech tree branch. So if you decide to keep rome as a pagan republic, and not go for the christian kingdom, you are not only stuck with a completely useless branch of you tech tree, that also blocks some other civic tech, but you also can't build your religious buildings in rome and a couple other cities designated as pentarchy see, because apparently a society that's overwhelmingly latin pagan would give a shit about this. It's an enormous oversight and I can't believe they haven't patched it.
Based reply six years later
WOW-- This is Total War Campaign-- client states and diplomacy are my only saving grace as the WRE...
You, sir, have balls of steel.
Came here from the Warhammer Total War vids after hearing this campaign is abominably hard. Shocked to see him doing trade agreements and negotiating right at the start of this...
I love how you don't use mods that make the game easier and for that +300 respects to you ( I love watching vanilla campaigns )
It's interesting that Christianity is a massive drain on the Empire in this game. Creative Assembly seem to be stuck in the nineteenth century with their historical viewpoint. Nobody listens to Edward Gibbon any more. Recent scholarship and archaeology has actually shown that Western Rome didn't decline all that much in terms of trade and prosperity before the 400s. It had reinvented itself multiple times and survived decades-long civil wars like the crisis of the 200s and constant ruler changes. What finally killed the (Western) Empire was more likely the simultaneous catastrophes of the Vandals taking over Northern Africa and the Huns invading from the north. Modern Tunisia was the breadbasket of the Western Empire (the game doesn't reflect this, having only two minor farms in that province) and the dual Empire's failure to retake it crippled its ability to keep its barbarian allies loyal. Simultaneously, the Huns drained the Empire's strength, and when Atilla died, the Germanic tribes had no reason to stay allied to Rome. Even so, each barbarian king saw himself as a continuation of Roman rule. Rome was not killed off in 476, and it was destroyed more by military action and disloyalty than economic decline.
Yeah the fall of Rome was attached to so many things at once, that blaming it all on a religion, one that was a major part of roman politics and life for about 200 years at that point, seems rather disingenuous
The Arabs did literally the same exact thing 2-300 years later but it's all about the vitality of the Arabs in that case. People can't see the connection. It was just Romanized border people in both instances who saw a chance and took it. The Germanics just happened to be decentralized and without their own religion that's the only difference.
You Sir are living up to your name. Fucking legend! Best of luck from Norway.
West Roman Empire at Legendary level:
-This is madness!
-This is Total war!
Oh my god he's doing it!!! I am totally going to watch every second of this video!!!!!
HOLY FUCK.THATS GOİNG TO BE FREAKİNG AWESOME!!
I saw it said western roman empire and I was like "this is gonna be epic" then I realised it was this is total war and I was like "this is gonna be the best series ever!!"
Great video (as always). I really hope you manage to beat this. If you do, then there really is no challenge you can't do.
see you next time "FUCKERS"... subscribed
It would have been more of a challenge if the dim AI had actually been behind its walls rather than stand still for half an hour getting shot. The wall is there to prevent them running back into the city apparently.
lol
What a sweetheart! Didn't decide to kill all his own settlements to keep his hopes alive. I bet his people are happy. :D
Legend of skirmish. My god that skirmish was very long but I enjoyed every second of it. I gotta say that was a brilliant battle, perfection can't be rushed.
Looking forward to watching this whole campaign and you definitely earned my sub. Out fucking standing comrade
Holy fuck yes.
$1.99 Happy Meal With Fries Hahaha! That's a hilarious name! Love it!
EagleOneoOne mmm im loven it
That s a real challenge ! I am glad you chose the more difficult campaign ! Bad army ; bad diplomatic, economic and social situation :
Let s start this ;) i m waiting the nexts episodes !
Well with quarantine I now have the time to binge this series
Haha you're fucking mad. Love it
Great stuff, can't wait to see how this goes. Also I have been watching your campaigns for a long time and this his to be the greatest channel for Total war stuff, good job.
It's interesting checking out your old stuff, I don't know if it's age, sound equipment, or lifestyle changes; but you sound so much more healthy and happy in your newer videos
Doing this, is the equivalent of self harm, nuff said
*I KNOW I'M LATE! Getting caught up on literally every series*
111 Videos for this campaign. That sir, is true dedication.
Keep up the great work!
This is probably one of the best total war campaigns on youtube as this is pre-nerf before the patch.
Time to watch this again.
Hope the pope comes to his senses one day and officially crowns this man the true legend of total war 😆
A 111 part series? Time to binge watch....RIP my schedule for the next week and a half.
Massive respect, big up.
Goddamn you're fantastic. You just take a no-bullshit approach to Total War
Now here's the real challenge lol
I love this serie good luck
finally good series at last! I will follow this
i have only just found your channel and that's alot of total war :D keep up the good work
THE ABSOLUTE MADMAN
Ok,i just saw your video and i got to say than even when playing TW series for almost 15 years now and 14 of maximum difficulty, i learned quite a lot and i ll try watch all of these.15 years someone would say would make me very experienced but also quite the slack,i just go in and hope i win cause i'm too good :S,cause ballsy. GJ man!
I'm only on episode 40 of the Huns (extremely impressive, btw); but immediately clicked this video when I saw it. I'm literally on the edge of my seat; Hollywood would do well to hire you. Unique strategies (and very intelligent too, imho). Looking forward to many more episodes in this BRUTAL campaign.
i have waited for this for so long...
Never seen this play through of yours. Seems impossible to me to win while at war with the Eastern Empire but judging for the other comments I think you won. I’ve tried to win as Western Rome on the hardest difficulty doing a normal campaign like 5 times and lost every time. I’m not too bad at the game, but I have a lot to learn. Can’t wait to binge watch this.
rewatching this absolute classic
Already 8 years. I am getting old lmao. Funny how legend sounds kinda older through this mic
LoT: *totally reform the empire with abandoning useless things to maintain
The actuall emperor at that time: *why wouldn't i think of that
Arguably one of the hardest Ai campaign the WRE in atilla. This series never gets old 💯💯
LegendofTotalWar finishing what Julian the Apostate started right off the bat.
One of THE best!
Great! good luck with the new campaign mate!
holy shit this is gonna be so epic!!!
This is still your the crown jewel 2 years i have been watching some of your vids.
When I tried the western Roman Empire on legendary it took up half of the total time I played Attila, at the time I had 164 hours on it. The most rage I’ve ever had in total war, so flipping hard. I did unite the empire again, after a few hundred turns.
16:10 "Christianity is not good." The pagan/polytheistic Carvaka in me.
"No kidding Legend , they wiped out Rome along with bureaucracy.
true legend of total war !!!!
If you pull off this one you are a true legend
16:10 The great Western Roman Emperor Legend of Total War later known as the "Apostate"
MY DUDE!!! YOU HAVE WON A SUB!!!! AND A LIKE ON THIS SERIES!!!!
You Would Think that some of these People would be legitimately Confused at an Empire miles away from them that they don't even border declaring war on them and that some of them might try to ease the tension with counter peace offers but...
Yo. Dude got that Tywin Lannister mentality.
This series ages like fine wine esp after all the CA bullsht in Pharaoh and stuff
The beginning is hilarious, declaring war on everyone
Sick video mate, your tactics are fire
finally
nice vid man
Yesss awesome
Still a campaign that echoes into eternity
I was getting into the story with the intro and then comes the IMMEDIATE "I don't need to hear this" canceling of the voice over lmao
This is insane !
But so bloody awesome lol
His voice sounds so serious and angry, compeltely different from present Legend :P
It was a different time, and a different channel, but I've always been a fan. People can change a lot in almost 10 years.
The number one
haha woa you're so tactical i'm impressed man all the extra time in the battles makes a huge difference
playing Western Roman Empire campaign on Legendary when it's starting difficulty is Legendary.. ARE YOU MAD!!
Declares war on literally the entire known world. Wow. This 16 year old Emperor sure has guts.
Its like you end up being at war against everybody
what a fight! Amazing!
You need to do a campaign on 1212 ad