I still like this game, even if it's abysmal in quality of life by today's standards it still makes me happy. The AI is braindead and I'd love to know what sometimes triggers it to freak out and start going ham, like Mysore doing nothing for 100 turns and then suddenly invading the Americas with two armies to conquer all the islands.
Nice Idea again. This is also one my favourite game and still play it regularly. Admittedly, I always use the irreplaceable DarthMode version… Probably, my favourite (and most challenging) campaign remains Ottomans…
This is my fav total war game after warhammer 2. I hope we get a empire 2 someday. I got this game the same christmas I got shogun 2 and I play over 1000 hours on it well I play only 200 hours on shogun 2. The only game I have more hours on it warhammer 2. But I still love this game. It's an unpualished jawel. (Sorry for the bad spelling at the end).
i used to love this game afther ive realised you cant go higher then rank 2 on your troops because if you go to rank 3-4 or higher it get resetted back to 2
Ever thought about a co op or head to head campaign with officiallydevin ? You two have similar sense of humor along with a love of gentlemen fight. A duel between an English and French man over fashion ? A suggestion ? If you like, i can even do a script. Monsterabound: Hello, monsterabound here today i am playing Empire total war with a questionable stranger i met online. Which i how i met my wife. Something.... Officiallydevin: Hello, devin here and now we are doing this cause we both like Empires and just how cheesy the game is and the battles right ? Now what faction will you be picking ? M : Since I happily marry and have child. Plus I love goblin to a point that is questionable. I will play as the ottomans cause they steal children. Cause the ottomans history book... There a joke somewhere where but i think i will be demonetize if i continue is like of thought. Officiallydevin: Then i play as the Russian or the prussian. What do you think ? M: Maybe as the english cause you do not have a beard that is sexy. Yeah make that interaction happen.
I liked this game. Never got any big bugs. Like the soundtrack. Main issue is having to get in the state of mind thinking that every line infantry is different, because they look the same. A bit disappointed at some ideas that did not make it into the game.
I tried to play Empire cause i love line combat, but it's buggy as hell unfortunately. Sound goes out, pathing issues, can't hold space to see unit position/future position/pathing
One of the few games i really stopped playing because of bugs. I went from +4000 money to -1200, than -1500 and next turn +4600 again. And nothing changed in those rounds. Sry, but with money as the sole key-factor of your whole empire its just unplayable.
Great concept but far too buggy and some silliness in the design. Found The Rights Of Man mod improved things a bit, but no mod can fix the broken engine under the hood. The AI is not just dumb on the battlefield, (suicidal generals and cavalry spring to mind), but campaign AI so illogical and unpredictable that your own strategy falls apart because you can't possibly allow for the permutations. EG Maharata sending an invading 6 unit army to Jamaica in a trade ship, or some minor state declaring war on you for no apparent reason, then being wiped out by another faction it was already at war with a few turns later... I could go on, but the reality is that it was broken when it came out and stayed that way.
It is a nice game but buggy as all get out. Love this era but...that is right I own it so I can't pass. This does want me to give it another chance at least. Good job MA.
I've tried and tried the lotr mod for medieval 2 and it just never really clicked for me. The setting is amazing for it's specific story, but doesn't feel balanced enough for a sandbox setting. At best you could tweak the setting to make it more interesting, but that would harm the overall atmosphere of the game imo - the goodies were never going to beat the baddies if not for the hobbitses throwing the ring into mount doom. If you'd change that, it wouldn't be the lotr setting but a poor fan fiction. Sorry for the wall of text but this is dear to my heart.
@@102728 I can see where you are coming from. Personally i just want to be able to create my own story within LOTR lore. Like i can do with TWWH. They would just have to make each race have something good about them.
The Naval AI is actually pretty good although, yes... while the land AI is generally fine... it often will suicide it's general and it never really got the hang of Star Forts.
I bought it, and i absolutely regret my decision. Empire is a piece of garbage. (The map is shit, the economic system is garbage, and anyone snowballs the entire campaign, after they researched ring bayonetts, while the AI is more focused on "aNiMAl HuSBanDRY"). Buy Napoleon, that's a bit better and got better mods.
"Empire total war is one of my favorite total war games" *has zero campaigns of the game on his channel* *press x to doubt* Seriously though, this is arguably the worst total war game they've ever made.
I'd love to do different campaigns. Attila, Thrones of Britannia, Rome 2, Empire...All Total Wars I really love, It really is a case of how much time I have to actually play through a long campaign. It's not the mechanically cleanest Total War but it's still a Total War I played the hell out of and having been playing it the past week I still love watching the lil pop guns.
Aside from a new medieval total war, I also wish we have one day a new empire total war.
I just want a new shooty total war :(
@@MonstersAbound
"An I was like pew pew! Pew pew!
...murica"
How about Total War 'Civil War' Roundheads vs Cavaliers
@@davidknight2104 Better if it's all in one. A total war ranging from 1600 - 1900 which covers the entire globe will do just fine.
I guess it's kinda randomly asking but do anyone know a good site to watch new movies online ?
I still like this game, even if it's abysmal in quality of life by today's standards it still makes me happy. The AI is braindead and I'd love to know what sometimes triggers it to freak out and start going ham, like Mysore doing nothing for 100 turns and then suddenly invading the Americas with two armies to conquer all the islands.
Nice Idea again.
This is also one my favourite game and still play it regularly.
Admittedly, I always use the irreplaceable DarthMode version…
Probably, my favourite (and most challenging) campaign remains Ottomans…
Its far from perfect, but... I wouldnt mind watching you doing LP on Empire, as UK of course ;) With Darthmod if possible :)
Id love to do that, I'm trying to play through ALL of the Total War games... that... is not going so well at the moment...
@@MonstersAbound
After Britain do Prussia :D
Minor Factions Revenge mod is better than Darthmod imo
In my honest opinion, Darthmod makes the game way WAY better
And then we have the Darth Mod: Empire which makes the game even better!
Yep, that mod is pretty great!
Ikr? The uniforms improved too.
There was something special about the Naval battles in Empire and Napoleon... but I am X Royal Navy soooo I may be a "bit" biased
Love them cannons, feels so goooood!
@@MonstersAbound plus, you know, every battle I get to cross the T and pretend I'm Nelson 🤣
I want empire 2 and medieval 3 so god damned bad lol
Same, I've heard the Medieval mod for Attila is pretty good.
im gonna have to check that out then
This is my fav total war game after warhammer 2. I hope we get a empire 2 someday. I got this game the same christmas I got shogun 2 and I play over 1000 hours on it well I play only 200 hours on shogun 2. The only game I have more hours on it warhammer 2. But I still love this game. It's an unpualished jawel. (Sorry for the bad spelling at the end).
i used to love this game afther ive realised you cant go higher then rank 2 on your troops because if you go to rank 3-4 or higher it get resetted back to 2
You might be noticing that replenishment reduces experience l. So a badly damaged unit will lose rank as it replenishes? But I won't rule it out
Soo... are we having a playthrough???
You have massive props from me for referencing Willy Fog.
I literally just learned there was a willy fog 2 😱
Perfect lockdown game & a perfect review 🙂
They put you even in the description of steam👍
Really?! Holy balls...
Ever thought about a co op or head to head campaign with officiallydevin ? You two have similar sense of humor along with a love of gentlemen fight. A duel between an English and French man over fashion ? A suggestion ?
If you like, i can even do a script.
Monsterabound: Hello, monsterabound here today i am playing Empire total war with a questionable stranger i met online. Which i how i met my wife. Something....
Officiallydevin: Hello, devin here and now we are doing this cause we both like Empires and just how cheesy the game is and the battles right ? Now what faction will you be picking ?
M : Since I happily marry and have child. Plus I love goblin to a point that is questionable. I will play as the ottomans cause they steal children. Cause the ottomans history book... There a joke somewhere where but i think i will be demonetize if i continue is like of thought.
Officiallydevin: Then i play as the Russian or the prussian. What do you think ?
M: Maybe as the english cause you do not have a beard that is sexy.
Yeah make that interaction happen.
so will we see you play this sir!?!?!
Empire Total war for life
I love it because its a different era and too hard
I liked this game. Never got any big bugs. Like the soundtrack. Main issue is having to get in the state of mind thinking that every line infantry is different, because they look the same. A bit disappointed at some ideas that did not make it into the game.
So are you gonna do a campaign or something on this channel?
(Wouldn’t mind a warpath one)
Hmm.
Does "The British Grenadiers" play when the Redcoats march? For some reason that would make all the difference to me.
I dont think it will automatically but there is no reason you can't have a record playing sat next to you to belt it out at opportune moments.
Sadly they do not.
@@nickelgaming786 Blast. I wanted to recreate the "laughs in British" meme.
In darthmod u can turn it on. Which I honestly wouldn't recommend playing this without it honestly.
Monsterabounds can we have another Stellaris
Can we see a play through? Some Prussia action or British action?
I tried to play Empire cause i love line combat, but it's buggy as hell unfortunately. Sound goes out, pathing issues, can't hold space to see unit position/future position/pathing
The pathing can be a but janky, but I've not had any sound drop outs or problems seeing positioning. Have you checked the UI settings?
Better question are you playing the vanilla version of the game or Darthmod? cause Darthmod saves empire in so many ways
You got me sold!
If you like lining up and taking a shot at someone not very far away and then hoping you won't get shot in return....it's for you.
One of the few games i really stopped playing because of bugs.
I went from +4000 money to -1200, than -1500 and next turn +4600 again.
And nothing changed in those rounds.
Sry, but with money as the sole key-factor of your whole empire its just unplayable.
The campaign is fun despite the big mess of AI is, but can't do it without mods though
this game is my favourite from the series although......theres people like me that dont even knowh how to install the darthmod correctlyXD
I just buy it. Yes is a great game. 2022
Great concept but far too buggy and some silliness in the design. Found The Rights Of Man mod improved things a bit, but no mod can fix the broken engine under the hood. The AI is not just dumb on the battlefield, (suicidal generals and cavalry spring to mind), but campaign AI so illogical and unpredictable that your own strategy falls apart because you can't possibly allow for the permutations. EG Maharata sending an invading 6 unit army to Jamaica in a trade ship, or some minor state declaring war on you for no apparent reason, then being wiped out by another faction it was already at war with a few turns later... I could go on, but the reality is that it was broken when it came out and stayed that way.
Minor Factions Revenge mod is a MUST for this game.
to bad IDR (Indonesian Dollar) its more down than American,malaysian,Singapore
So basicly all total war series is expensive :'(
Ah no, that's a pain. Hopefully it bounces back soon!
I want Empire total war Map but bigger, Napoleon total war battles but longer, and Shogon total war A.I but smarter.
I'd take some of that
I want them to add Asia or Africa into the campaign map.
It would be a lot but in the end it would come out incredibly
dam ive only ever played warhammer 1 and 2 but this looks rad
There are a number of older Total War titles that are REALLY good. Well worth a look.
@@MonstersAbound not really into history games but when i get the money ill check it out
I expected maybe some small update. Perhabs a multilayer campaign. But no just an advertisement. Too bad. Still good video though.
...I legit just reinstalled this. This is freaky.
The naval battles are the absolute best. Period.
I love watching ships explode and get torn to pieces by a broadside
"I gotta white flag, Monsieur"!
It is a nice game but buggy as all get out. Love this era but...that is right I own it so I can't pass. This does want me to give it another chance at least. Good job MA.
All i want is a LOTR TW
I've never been massively into LOTR... but yes it would be pretty amazing.
I've tried and tried the lotr mod for medieval 2 and it just never really clicked for me. The setting is amazing for it's specific story, but doesn't feel balanced enough for a sandbox setting. At best you could tweak the setting to make it more interesting, but that would harm the overall atmosphere of the game imo - the goodies were never going to beat the baddies if not for the hobbitses throwing the ring into mount doom. If you'd change that, it wouldn't be the lotr setting but a poor fan fiction.
Sorry for the wall of text but this is dear to my heart.
@@102728 I can see where you are coming from. Personally i just want to be able to create my own story within LOTR lore. Like i can do with TWWH. They would just have to make each race have something good about them.
Great setting but absolutely terrible A.I
The Naval AI is actually pretty good although, yes... while the land AI is generally fine... it often will suicide it's general and it never really got the hang of Star Forts.
"Unit divertsy" eh not really.
Hence they I was spam recruiting line infantry during that bit 😝
@@MonstersAbound I have played the game a lot and compared to other Total Wars the unit diversity is pretty low, which doesn't make it a bad game
I regret buy m2tw
I bought it, and i absolutely regret my decision.
Empire is a piece of garbage. (The map is shit, the economic system is garbage, and anyone snowballs the entire campaign, after they researched ring bayonetts, while the AI is more focused on "aNiMAl HuSBanDRY").
Buy Napoleon, that's a bit better and got better mods.
Fair enough, I've actually picked up Napoleon in the sale because everyone keeps going on about how good it is.
"Empire total war is one of my favorite total war games"
*has zero campaigns of the game on his channel*
*press x to doubt*
Seriously though, this is arguably the worst total war game they've ever made.
I'd love to do different campaigns. Attila, Thrones of Britannia, Rome 2, Empire...All Total Wars I really love, It really is a case of how much time I have to actually play through a long campaign.
It's not the mechanically cleanest Total War but it's still a Total War I played the hell out of and having been playing it the past week I still love watching the lil pop guns.
The Graphics 🤮🤮
Weeeeell it is 11 years old so the graphics are always going to look like they're from a game over a decade old :p
MonstersAbound I know bro😂