Rome: Total War - Part 3 - Death to the Gauls
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- Опубліковано 25 лис 2024
- Rome: Total War continues, as we march north to take on the Gauls, before the Julii even have the chance. But our early-game forces are stretched thin, and the Gauls aren't going to make this easy...
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Episode 1: "The Brutii are the best faction to play because of world wonders."
Episode 3: -Goes in the completely opposite direction
Bucket Hat Trick yes, but the rest of the factions aren’t going that way either, so they’re safe for now
Gold, gold, gold, gold, gold, trade, gold, business investments, more gold... He was distracted by aggressive capitalism...
As he's been explaining, those settlements on the modern Dalmatian and Albanian coasts are much richer than you'd think; example - Segestica(or was it Salona), with two gold mines...
@@truthseeker-heyoka: Do you have the slightest damn clue how expensive shit gets later on? Just as an example, a third or fourth tier palaces/government buildings are 4,800 denarii by themselves. Most other buildings of that tier cost the same.
Hellenic factions are also much stronger than germanic factions.
Rather than the brutii being the 'best' roman faction, it's more a case of trade-offs.
The julii in my opinion are the 'best', when you consider their campaign objectives.
This is simply because their unit quality is far superior to that of their enemies. This is the case for the scipii as well, but not to the same extent.
For the brutii, their unit quality certainly isn't superior to that of greece. Hoplites are very, very good and greece starts recruiting them very early.
If I have to phrase it differently; greece and macedon have superior early-game armies vs gaul and carthage.
Julii are the best by virue of having the weakest main opponent of the three roman factions.
"Publius the Handsome, indeed. Dear oh dear..."
... I heard that Jon
*Drops from 79 to 70* "I think I've lost two guys..."
Jon never excelled at maths.
@@OneJazzyBoye ye Groovy YEA👯 😎
Aaay! WhatO
Gaul-blocking the Julii, very nice.
It's probably a tactical error - it would be potentially wiser to just leave them there as long as possible if they refuse to start the war themselves, but I'd rather make sure I get Patavium, because it's a ludicrously great city.
anyone else read 'ludicrously' in Jon's voice?
Does Jon know about trading ancillaries between generals? (or is that only in M2TW
Ah, alright, unfortunate, but I guess having too many (8 is max I think) is only a problem with mods. (in MT2TW)
You can trade ancillaries and it really can be quite important to do so. You simply merge the generals into the same stack, open up the char sheet of the general with the ancillary and drag the ancillary over the portrait of the receiving general's unit card. It doesn't always take first time due the vagaries of RTW 1 so sometimes you have to try two or three times to actually transfer the ancillary.
I was watching when John said "reinforcements never come from the north, we should be fine" (1000 hours of experience tells him so). I immediately think, wouldn't it be funny if they did come from there? 2 seconds later John says "what is this? Reinforcements from the north!?!?" HA :) Great stuff! - good to see the game can still keep him on his toes after all this time.
It seems that you are out-armed, outmanned, outnumbered, outplanned! You gotta make an all out stand! Ayo, I'm willing to be your right-hand man
I admire how he keep firing at the Gallic from a distance
Calum But still I got some questions, a couple of suggestions, how to fight instead of fleeing west
Yes?
This is now my favorite comment thread in all of UA-cam
"Let's get him some military experience...."
picks up "doubtful courage" trait....pmsl
If you play the Julii your Senate mission after taking Segesta is actually to take the settlement on Sardinia. I believe the faction AI prioritizes targets in a similar manner to the order of the Senate missions.
It likes Carthage blockade to, which with spy and Carthaginian forces drawn off, can give Julii chance to grab the Scipii long term target city I have evolved to grabbing Marsilla-Palma-Caralis and Salona-Segestica as Julii, which fixes money worries, allowing a flexible expansion, paralysing Gaul/Carthage economy.
Been playing a bit of this myself as the Skips. Britain has invaded and destroyed the Germans, I've taken over Carthage and Spain, and the other two families are stuck on the starting blocks thanks to huge numbers of Brits and Macedonians
I love Britain and Germany in Rome 1, because the computer seems to think that Britain does well vs Germany - then you watch any fight between them, and chariot meets German phalanx, and Britain's dead.
Oh indeed. Whenever I play as the Germans, it is mass spearmen stuck into defensive circles to ward off cavalry, then berzerkers to hold and, hopefully, crack enemy infantry. Backed up, as always, by whatever ranged units I can get my hands on.
Funny thing is, in this game I tried to do what you did and, after taking Sicily, rushed for those gold mines. One turn after the Brits showed up in force, kicked my arse, then offered peace.
furthermore, carthage must be destroyed
I learned recently that in the original battle outside of Carthage between Scipio and Hannibal, the Carthaginians lost 20,000 men, and had another 20,000 taken captive, while the Romans lost something silly like 150 men
Gorbz Keep in mind that it is the Roman historians that created the statistics for most battles. It could have been possible that they always exaggerated enemy numbers and casualties.
You have them right where you want them, surrounded from the inside.
now i want to major in classics just so i can nitpick about latin grammar
You'll also be able to read medicine bottles after your schooling.
HA Rathburn trust me, correcting Latin in media is like a drug
As someone doing Classics, I can tell you that I'm watching this series nitpicking his pronunciation.
You could also just learn Latin.
12:00 actually, enemy spies also make your spies' missions harder. You can deploy spies as counter counterspies in your own cities if enemy agents are causing unrest (spies produce Unrest, in proportion to their skill).
Jon, this was the series that got me into your channel and through a tough freshman year. Now I've come back 5 years later to play through Medieval II and needed some background content. Godspeed, man, Godspeed. Love your work. Keep making great things.
the hastati's throwey things Jon? you have what kind of degree again?
hmmm ok, what school?
I think you mean pila
Hans peter pilum singular, pila plural
lol pilums
I can feel it down in my pilums
Because of you, I started up Total War again, playing for the first time as the Brutii. Conquered the rebel states and I've been focusing on gold income and hiring mercenaries left and right. Was leaving the Greeks alone but they went and took Apollonia from me while I was conquering Segestica. Finished with Segestica, retook Apollonia and grabbed Thermon from them in a major pitched battle. Then sailed off to take Sparta from them (and forgot to select my general so Sparta actually fell to a large army commanded by only a captain), and Macedonia decided to besiege Thermon with a huge force. Had just a few infantry and missiles in the city but a general with two units of Equites, and one unit of Equites as reinforcements outside the city. Sent the cavalry out the side gate and managed to overrun their isolated general, then smash into the back of one mob of hoplites after another as my few infantry valiantly held their ground at the wall breaches. Did not expect to win that, but cavalry against missile units and the backs of immobilized hoplites is totally OP :D Next turn the Gauls whom I'd been leaving alone suddenly decide to besiege my port, so I ended up conquering Patavium and Mediolanium before convincing them to agree to a ceasefire (after also bribing Spain to start attacking them). Meanwhile, massive battle outside Apollonia with two of my armies against two Macedonian armies, more than 70 units on the field. Smashed them and killed two faction leaders, my Spartan army conquered Corinth after a long siege. The Senate went from happy I conquered Sparta for them to mad I didn't conquer Athens (I was going to before Macedonia attacked me), and I'm averaging four or more fleet battles a turn because the Greeks and Corinthians crank out ships like nobody's business and keep flinging them at my veteran crews. My admirals have so many command stars it isn't funny :D
to a large.....
Aulus Brutus always become a decorated hero and a really good commander in every of my playthrough, and with the recent one, he became the leader, lived about 90 years and fought the Greek from his youth til death, and even helped crush Macedon without losing a single battle. Gotta love the guy tbh
I absolutely love this series, what I don't like is my un-manly squeal whenever I see a new upload of it...
I can't get enough of these.
THATsideOfUA-cam Neither can I haha
Yes! I've been waiting so much for this!
Brian Seguel isn't it wonderful?
Matthew Greenwood it is indeed
Nice cliff hanger.
Damn you Jon...
I love how the fights are significantly more realistic than in other RTS games. Not just the breaking, but watching the units form up, charge, run, reform, harass, retreat, etc...
After that ending I'm seriously excited for the next part
Man this was such an amazing series. Rewatching
I love this series! Great job John, its like a half walkthrough, half tutorial guide. Can't wait for more.
It is fascinating how much you're into this and how much you know. I think I've played hundreds, maybe even thousands of hours of Rome, and I'm now learning things about the game from watching this series
Honestly MATN, your fresh perspectives and playthroughs on games are genius, genuinely nothing else like it on UA-cam, keep it up!
Jon I know this is probably going to get lost or ignored but if you do see this please give us another episode 2 a week is just not enough. I even tried looking for another Rome total war let's play but non are as good as you. We need more
Sends men to certain and agonising death
"I'm really sorry about this guys"
He controls 5 towns and is already speaking about mines being 'the worst in his empire'. Never change, Jon. Never change.
rewatching RTW. It's just such a good series.
feels nostalgic seeing young Aulus Brutus again.
Hey, just wanted to put a comment and say that this series so far has been brillient. Just got back into Romr total war after a 10 year break and this series catches me up whilst being very entertaining.
Love this series John. Give us more episodes each week please!
Drinking game: Drink every time Jon says "these guys" while in battle.
Good luck.
I like how you explain your moves
John, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE release 4 of these a week!
yes please listen to this person
like this persons comment so jon can see it
Knightcommander When he said something along the lines of two episodes on Tuesdays and Thursdays I thought this is what he meant. Two and two. Now I'm saddened. This definitely needs to happen.
I really want to try to reference Spartacus every episode, but it's kinda tough to do.
Keep it coming I love this game. great content as always.
IVE BEEN WAITING FOR HOURS. THANK YOU JON.
You thought Dark Souls was hard? Try Seleucids campaign on Very Hard mode.
Waited for this the whole day :)
The lines of infantry backed with cavalry plays out like a football match! That's so cool.
does john know about the general's horn ability to stop a diff unit from breaking?
Oh he remembered goodgood
I know lol
That was 2 years ago, since then i've: stopped going to uni, started and stopped 5 different jobs in different areas, had 2 proper relationships, bought and sold 2 cars and that's all the big things
That's kinda mad all that's happened, I should be doing more I don't do enough
Also i've seen this series like twice lol
JS two years is a long time why would you bother haha It's been long enough that I don't even watch matn anymore Too popular too formulaic
Huh you know it's only 11:08pm and it's not like I have finals tomorrow or anything... Kill me now
Make sure you get some rest before you do any sort of test. It won't help anyone if you're too tired to function (without large amounts of caffeine).
Yo, if your exam is on fake-Greecian city states, you're all set!
Yeah, provided you studied for the test already, overworking yourself on the last day just hurts you. If you haven't, studying now isn't gonna change much anyway. Last day is always there for just non strenuous repetition to me.
enternamehere2222 huh these replies are not what I expected... But hey think I did well in the exams.
Great to hear =)
I enjoy coming back to this series every once in a while lmao
I cant believe someone is still playing this... this game is awesome.
I am new to your channel, with these total war videos being the hook. I bought this game as soon as I saw the first one. You're smart, funny, and your pointing out how everything relates to the realism of the time is an amazing touch that you don't see in many other youtubers. By the looks of it you do videos on loads of games, but just watching all the ones you have now has just got me hooked on this. I really hope you continue the total war vids, but either way, definitely subscribing
This is great. I love your commentary and explainations. This is one of my favorite games of all time too :) Gonna watch the whole series. Subscribed.
Professor Jon is the best history teacher ever. Even my university professor can't hold a Roman Candle to him.
Just found a new top tier channel, great stuff, I should have been here 7 years ago lol, just got the game, already knee deep in Rebels and Unintentionally Greeks.....
Ahh, Jon flexing his knowledge of Latin noun declensions
Currently crying because of the massive cliff hanger. Can't wait to see if Jon survives this fight. Good luck.
I've been waiting... I absolutely love your videos Jon.
Hi Jon, Thanks for making great videos!
13:30 Admiral Asinus? Doesn't that literally mean "donkey"?
I've played a badly translated version of this game once, and one of the Scythian family members was named after the translator, apparently xD Leave your trace in the game, so to say.
The reason I like to leave the battle time-limit on is it gives the attacker more reason to, well, attack--if time runs out, the defender wins. This isn't usually going to come up like you said since battles don't usually take that long, but it still puts an underlying impetus on the attacker to make the first move (part of the reason it's more advantageous to be the defender).
Thank god, I just finished watching Time Commanders and I need some sensible strategies.
I remember having this game years ago. Such a fun game & really my first RTS game I ever played. I sucked at this game so bad but always had a great time playing.
Loving this series so much
"Uploaded 10 sec ago" Awww yisss, I've been waiting! Thanks John! :)
you know jon you should try mount and blade warband
Please God no. It's not a bad game but but it takes ages to get interesting. For the first however many hours it's just a lackluster rpg, then it's a mechanically flawed rts for the next 60.
No Thanks i said he should try it but youre right.its a very fun but flawed game just thought he might enjoy it because i saw those warbands and i was like...hmm he might enjoy that game.
Yeah Its fun in its way but in the context of producing content... It does not lend itself. Like I would love to see some big name rpg's impliment some of it's ideas. But I don't think making it a series would be good for the channel.
No Thanks youre right but what should be the next series is hitman contracts i mean hitman season one is over so why not?
Eh, lol I'm kinda hoping he does a stellaris run now that Kennedy and leviathans has dropped. There have been some serious improvements, and the end game crisis is no longer the only thing you need to worry about late game..
Best NerdCubed Completes series ever!! ...............wait a minute........
Coming back to rewatch after running out of present episodes. See him talking about Cassius maybe turning into someone competent. Sure he will. Sure he will.
I can't believe I'm only finding out about ur RTW Brutii series now! I wish I found out about u earlier! I could've kept up-to-date with this series as each episode was uploaded!
FINALLY!!! I've been waiting forever for this!
i have to study for exams but you just uploaded a video so
same
40:15 "don't worry you can't get skewered on your own spikes"
*Instant flashbacks of my faction leader dying cause he rode through my hoplites
its good to come to this after watching time commanders.
God, you're making me feel old - I used to watch that series Y-E-A-R-S ago...
love this series so much, cant wait to see more.
Actually Jon (hopefully you will go back and read this...) command stars are very powerful both in autoresolve and in manual battles in RTW 1. They are known to increase the stats and morale of every unit in the army within a certain radius of the general and increase the command radius of the general. I believe it also applies to the general's bodyguard as well. It's less clear exactly what the boni are and there are various research and speculation threads discussing that online.
Those revolting peasants!
Oh my god revolting(rioting) and revolting(disgusting) are spelled the same... How confusing.
How confusing indeed.
both fit :)
Jon, have you ever played Mount & Blade? It seems like something you would like.
Guess what!
I've been waiting for this since Thursday XD
41:35 was amazing!
This guy really knows how to play this game.
The Plebeians are revolting. Also the Plebeians are Rebelling.
18:08
This whole battle was just like
"Hammer and anvil? You don't need an anvil if you hammer hard enough"
"What? That doesn't even make sense.
the command stat also increases your troop morale, for 2 command stars your morale (of all the troops in the generals influence area) is increased(by +1, I think). Additionally, command stars also widen the area of your generals influence. Command is very useful.
Omg this is my favourite series! ^-^ I was always terrible at the Total War campaigns, it's nice to pick up some tips from someone who actually knows what they're doing (sort of :P ).
Dat ride down of the Gaul general tho.
God, watching the battle at around 17 minutes in this video reminds me of my favorite battle in Total War I had. I was some kind of barbarian tribe or something for whatever reason, and I had a small army detachment to guard towns, never really expected to use it. Then all of a sudden my neighbors declare war, and in rushes I think 3 stacks of units, against my like, 5 units. I luckily had 1 unit of heavy cavalry, and I first tried to stage a defense, it didnt work and I lost my 3 main infantry, and was left with 1 skirmish unit, and my heavy cavalry. So in began the battle, and I started to bait and kill the units, i sent in my skrimishers, then hit them in the back with cavalry.
Eventually, a unit of my infantry stopped routing, and I eventually was able to use them to divert a force that would be to much for my cav and skirmishers.. After another 10 minutes, the battle was won! I had like, not even 100 men left, and I killed thousands... Next turn another 5 stacks came in, I stopped playing.
I can't remember what Total War game this was, I think Rome 2?
1:35 Hoplites are the definition of "unfortunate" in this game, especially the armoured ones. God was I glad when I kicked the Greeks out of the Italic Peninsula in my Dacia campaign...
You always want hoplites 4 deep, 3 spears are part of the phalanx, losses don't draw from the flanks and shorten the line
Loving this series. Love this game.
Jon, would you consider doing a medieval total war playthrough after this one finishes?
risker34 Well how about that.
Ahh the ever so lovely pirates sailing on best starting ships :)
Jon,when you started this series,I got flu. Just the reason why you played it the first time.
Man I wished he'd just do like eternal livestreams of this tbh
That speech when engaging the Gauls reminded me of Suetonius's speech to his soldiers before the Battle of Watling Street (As reported by Tacitus)
"Ignore the racket made by these savages. There are more women than men in their ranks. They are not soldiers-they're not even properly equipped. We've beaten them before and when they see our weapons and feel our spirit, they'll crack. Stick together. Throw the javelins, then push forward: knock them down with your shields and finish them off with your swords. Forget about plunder. Just win and you'll have everything."
I know you have the high ground, but don’t underestimate their power.
Keep this series going! its great!
I am loving this game so so much
This guy sounds extremely similar to the guy from history buffs.
best series to date!!!!
19:22 It‘s over Rebells! I HAVE THE HIGH GROUND!
caralis is usually grabbed by julli because that's one of their missions
man i love RTW so much better then Rome 2
IIRC the Julii get an early Senate mission to go take that island settlement. I don't know if AI Roman factions get Senate missions, but that could be why you sometimes see them go that way.
42:34
Hello, yes, Gaul here. Just thought we'd let you know that we are *most* displeased with your decision to invade our lands and rule our populace. Have you no manners?
Yay, you pronounced velites correctly. (Not that I doubted you, but thought you might use the same incorrect pronunciation the game uses).
Also, Waynnee Weedee Weekee! Any other pronunciation is just... Vulgar.
MWSin1 nice pun
Hmm. P to W drift, like the b to v conversion you still see in some languages. (pelta, velite)
You should totally have medieval 2 play through after this! pls jon.
He played a bit of Medieval II: Kingdoms on his Skyrim Remastered video.