1. I wish I was able to watch The Old Chads dominate that flank in real time. Had no idea they did that much. 2. My cannons did way more than I gave them credit for, as did your Swiss. 3. Watching the icons of my cav in the background during the "sneaky charge" at 25:44 until they kill the general and arty was the icing on the cake; I just had the Jaws tune playing in my head watching them come up.
Old guard has "scares enemies",, which causes enemies to break really quickly. I remember one game just stacking 3 units of old guard in the flank and causing a huge chain route. Good times...
9:39 As a rule of thumb, light infantry > line infantry, skirmishers > light infantry, and line infantry > skirmishers. Its a slightly complicated thing to explain but that's just the basic combat triangle in NTW.
Light infantry will usually win against light infantry because of better range, ability to crouch, and are able to fire from all ranks. They usually match line infantry in accuracy and reload but there are exceptions. Skirmishers will usually win against light infantry because of better range and accuracy. Light infantry have less men than line infantry so a good initial barrage of shots can wipe out a better chunk of units. If light infantry threaten you, you can always retreat or have support. Line infantry usually win against skirmishers because of better reload and accuracy but also because of numbers. Skirmishers will almost always have to run away unless they're in a position that line infantry can't reach, but in every other case they'll get out damaged.
"Do you know what Major Sharpe thinks a good soldier is? Major Sharpe thinks a good soldier is able to shoot four shots in one minute, in any weather." Or something like that I barely remember that episode.
Apollo literally pulled a Napolean Move by splitting the Russians and Prussians half way and sending aid to his ally to press their advantage on one side while keeping the other side contained. Well done
Not too far from truth, really. The requisites were not a joke. You had to have at least 10 years of service and 3 campaigns, having faced fire at front lines (so no cooks for you) and at least 1,78 m talle (something really out of the ordinary for a time when people were shorter than now). You could skip the height requirement if you had the Legion d'Honneur. You know, just the biggest award for bravery in France. No biggie. Some guys at the 1st Regiment of Grenadiers of the Guard (the _Old Guard_ ) had seen some shit. A certain Guard by the name of Stoll, for example, had 22 years of service and 20 campaigns. His rank? _Private_
Actually the reply to the prussians in the British troops was by the old guard commander and the square MERDE! French slang for poo! Sounds more like it these guys didn't you know much not cut to the chase! Some of the units like the heavy cavalry we're all composed of believe it or not a lot of them were of noble decent?! And they weren't even used during Waterloo and a British officer reported how they were still informed ranks on horseback heavy horses and remember these guys are heavy cavalry and I mean heavy, they literally just scared down the British troops and no one made a move on him and just turned around and catered off. And these guys were really no one to mess with!
Small tip apollo, you dont want to trade line infantry for lights/skirmishers. Line infantry will lose a lot to skirmishers and the will lose completely to light infantry in a shooting duel because every light infantry unit/skirmisher model can fire but with line infantry only the front rank shoots. With the way you deployed your fusiliers of the line, you were severely limiting your fire output. You need them in 2 rank deep formation at least. Even then, you will lose to lights.
It depends on whether the line infantry could form a line fast enough without taking too much casualties. If the line infantry 2 ranks deep can form a nice line on skirmisher, skirmisher will evaporate. If skirmisher is in the tree cover or if the skirmisher get a nice kill that cause more than 30% of the line infantry to die first, that line infantry is doomed.
-General: The battle is over, if we want to save the rest of the army we will have to retreat. That infantry unit will sacrifice themself covering us. -Infantry unit: 0:01
If you like this map try Galician Ria. It's very similar to this, its 3v3 map max, it has plenty of terrain to hide, plenty of open spaces, strategic hills, and its grass/european map without desert penalty. My favorite map.
YES!! Been watching your videos for about a month, and I thought your channel was so awesome that I wanted to start playing total war as well. I tried playing some shogun 2 since I got it for free earlier this year from steam but I just didn't enjoy it, i saw you describe it as too "fast" and arcadey ("my problem with total war") and agree I grew bored after a couple of campaigns so yesterday I decided to give Napoleon a shot and loved it. awesome to see a Napoleon video so quickly after my decision! thank you Apollo. maybe ill send a video in some day....when I'm not so awful hahaha.
What I like most about you apollo is that you always end up playing France. I have always liked the history and everything about the French so much love bud
Juicy Old Guard action , evokes more of mature pron image really , especially with those pron stashes. Need more battle adjectives perhaps pugnacious , belligerent , ardent , vehement , truculent? Oh you got me to install NTW again , such breath of fresh air after forcing myself to finish a 3K and Troy campaign. Biggest change is me actually using the terrain much more as it's only a side note in the later games whereas bad use of it in NTW equals dead army.
Me: Watch apollo's videos for years. Love his total war videos. Get to join a tournament and play against apollo in a 2v2 total war :D Also me: take the wrong army with a large cavalry branch who sit on their hands most of the game. Get shot to pieces in a line battle. Lose badly. D: This is Dal12er for anyone curious. thanks for doing this Apollo, love your channel even if I get to be an example of the type of force you should not take lol.
I've always felt more comfortable playing defensively. But when I noticed that I win considerably more when playing all out agro. Move up the cavalry and charge the flanks. Then move up the infantry and hold fire until very close. Then move them up slightly more and ait for them to unleash another salvo. Then charge the enemy while flanking with what cavalry you have left. And always make sure to have one or more units assigned to run down or at least follow routed units so that they can't turn back to aid the rest of the army.
@Ronan Drage Is he? I mean one party spent 40mil over 4 years in a scandal that turned out to be false (or at the very least not verifiably true) and yet they impeached the president anyways. The other has multiple videos, eye witnesses, officers, and even people INSIDE the areas where they count the ballets without spending a single buck in three weeks. And all they're asking for is for it to go to court to SEE if it's true. Which one did the media support and which one is literally being censored. Not even conspiracy theory censored; like the media, facebook, multiple social media sites, and regular news outlets OPENLY state they do not welcome discussion of it.
Can someone please explain, why is Apollo keeping his ranks so thick? Imo, if u spread them wide, u will get less casualties. I wonder if there is something i forgot to take into consideration. Anyway great battle
Man matches I play it is very rare I see Rifles, I bring them every game when I play Brits as they are really effective skirmishers, plus I like to say to my opponents to run as Sean Bean is coming to get them.
I'm pretty sure good light infantry, like Prussian fusiliers and Portuguese cazadores will beat line infantry in a one on one fight. If they are using the spread out formation. Skirmishers (ones with 80 men on large unit scale) will lose to line infantry, but you will need guard units to beat good light infantry.
Send in the guard! If I made a mistake I should have burned Berlin! Yes, but we'll match them with our lancers! Why are you all standing there like frightened children?
3:25 Fencibles shouldn't really be in the game the way they are - They come from "Defence-ibles", and Fencible regiments were only intended to stay on and defend Britain. Which is why they got less priority with training and supply and can be classed as militia. To my knowledge they never left Britain and never saw combat, like the Home Guard of WW2, or perhaps a colonial territory where they were raised.
Why the old guard use prussian-russian style backpacks? I've seen some historical uniforms and equipment and the ntw version is not that exact. Just curiosity; besides that i love this game
U know on battle of Borodinov... The battle was so fierce.. That marshal murat begged napolean to give the order dfor marching his Old guard to win... But napolean replied.. If there is a battle tomorrow where would be my army for it...
Yes please new napoleon and a new empire total war please omfg please. Those games made me fall in love with the series but they fell apart. I mean how about a total war victoria? Crimean war, civil war, seminole war, franco prussian war and more. There are so many opportunities
PA: "And here I have two Old Guards, I don't want to say too much about them..."
Also PA: Titles video "MY LAST-DITCH EFFORT! SEND IN THE OLD GUARD"
Apollo in planning his "assault": 400IQ
Actual in game: Potato
1. I wish I was able to watch The Old Chads dominate that flank in real time. Had no idea they did that much. 2. My cannons did way more than I gave them credit for, as did your Swiss. 3. Watching the icons of my cav in the background during the "sneaky charge" at 25:44 until they kill the general and arty was the icing on the cake; I just had the Jaws tune playing in my head watching them come up.
Old guard has "scares enemies",, which causes enemies to break really quickly. I remember one game just stacking 3 units of old guard in the flank and causing a huge chain route. Good times...
Not a cellphone in site, just a bunch of bro's enjoying the moment.
Girls in the 1800's: he's probably cheating on me
Boys in the 1800's: Enjoying a nice line battle with the boys on a sunny day
snigie1 You dropped this sir 👑
9:39 As a rule of thumb, light infantry > line infantry, skirmishers > light infantry, and line infantry > skirmishers. Its a slightly complicated thing to explain but that's just the basic combat triangle in NTW.
Could you elaborate?
Light infantry will usually win against light infantry because of better range, ability to crouch, and are able to fire from all ranks. They usually match line infantry in accuracy and reload but there are exceptions.
Skirmishers will usually win against light infantry because of better range and accuracy. Light infantry have less men than line infantry so a good initial barrage of shots can wipe out a better chunk of units. If light infantry threaten you, you can always retreat or have support.
Line infantry usually win against skirmishers because of better reload and accuracy but also because of numbers. Skirmishers will almost always have to run away unless they're in a position that line infantry can't reach, but in every other case they'll get out damaged.
That was a very cute tiny square formation at the end. If it was any smaller it would be just a couple guys standing back to back.
old guards: reload 3 shoots in one minute Sharpe:ya think i cant beat ya?
That’s soldiering
"Do you know what Major Sharpe thinks a good soldier is? Major Sharpe thinks a good soldier is able to shoot four shots in one minute, in any weather."
Or something like that I barely remember that episode.
@@grsimpson3957 3. 3 shots in any weather.
Young guards:Are you challenging me?
Apollo literally pulled a Napolean Move by splitting the Russians and Prussians half way and sending aid to his ally to press their advantage on one side while keeping the other side contained. Well done
The old guard officer who said feel the might of the old guard should have a life of a solider episode there hasn't been one in a while. 22:59
Apollo: the 23rd Ohio is pretty cool
Me, a Pittsburgher: impossible
Pittsburgher here as well!!
Me a Michigander....
"the old guards" sounds like "the old gods", maybe its the same :)
Not too far from truth, really. The requisites were not a joke. You had to have at least 10 years of service and 3 campaigns, having faced fire at front lines (so no cooks for you) and at least 1,78 m talle (something really out of the ordinary for a time when people were shorter than now). You could skip the height requirement if you had the Legion d'Honneur. You know, just the biggest award for bravery in France. No biggie.
Some guys at the 1st Regiment of Grenadiers of the Guard (the _Old Guard_ ) had seen some shit. A certain Guard by the name of Stoll, for example, had 22 years of service and 20 campaigns. His rank? _Private_
@@VRichardsn thanks for the info, that's interesting and new to me
@@chilledgaming1879 You are welcome! Napoleonic history is full of awesome.
The grenadiers a cheval were actually nick named the gods by the troops (they were part of the old guard)
Actually the reply to the prussians in the British troops was by the old guard commander and the square MERDE! French slang for poo! Sounds more like it these guys didn't you know much not cut to the chase! Some of the units like the heavy cavalry we're all composed of believe it or not a lot of them were of noble decent?! And they weren't even used during Waterloo and a British officer reported how they were still informed ranks on horseback heavy horses and remember these guys are heavy cavalry and I mean heavy, they literally just scared down the British troops and no one made a move on him and just turned around and catered off. And these guys were really no one to mess with!
“Friendly fire is horrible and shouldn’t happen!”
Napoleon Total war: *looks away awkwardly*
As do every skaven clan in existence
@@gold_unknown2887 yup
putting men infront of horse artillery be like:
Finally, my favourite total war
Small tip apollo, you dont want to trade line infantry for lights/skirmishers. Line infantry will lose a lot to skirmishers and the will lose completely to light infantry in a shooting duel because every light infantry unit/skirmisher model can fire but with line infantry only the front rank shoots. With the way you deployed your fusiliers of the line, you were severely limiting your fire output. You need them in 2 rank deep formation at least. Even then, you will lose to lights.
It depends on whether the line infantry could form a line fast enough without taking too much casualties. If the line infantry 2 ranks deep can form a nice line on skirmisher, skirmisher will evaporate. If skirmisher is in the tree cover or if the skirmisher get a nice kill that cause more than 30% of the line infantry to die first, that line infantry is doomed.
Pixelated Apollo is Grouchy confirmed
Nothing better than a good napoleon game also great commentary
-General: The battle is over, if we want to save the rest of the army we will have to retreat. That infantry unit will sacrifice themself covering us.
-Infantry unit: 0:01
Me: I wonder what tactics Pixelated Apollo will use to win this battle
Pixelated Apollo: "btw guys if u ever wondered whats under that kilt"
AAAAAAR the old guard
Pixelated Apollo: oh OHH
If you like this map try Galician Ria. It's very similar to this, its 3v3 map max, it has plenty of terrain to hide, plenty of open spaces, strategic hills, and its grass/european map without desert penalty. My favorite map.
That Recruitment message for the 23rd probably got them soooooo many guys! I would join but my PC can't handle WoR.
YES!! Been watching your videos for about a month, and I thought your channel was so awesome that I wanted to start playing total war as well. I tried playing some shogun 2 since I got it for free earlier this year from steam but I just didn't enjoy it, i saw you describe it as too "fast" and arcadey ("my problem with total war") and agree I grew bored after a couple of campaigns so yesterday I decided to give Napoleon a shot and loved it. awesome to see a Napoleon video so quickly after my decision! thank you Apollo. maybe ill send a video in some day....when I'm not so awful hahaha.
"great power comes with great responsibility" pixelated Apollo: *tries to use a camera to see what's under the kilt
i know im replaying to my own comment but i just unpaused the vid to hear him say "great power comes with great responsibility"
God when you think that this game is 10 years old.. What a masterpiece!
And I bought it the other day when it was $6
Another great video, Apollo! Keep up the great work!
PA, I firmly believe that inspecting the troops does NOT include looking up their kilts. Also, good video.
i think he is looking for the lethal pingas virus
@@fleecejohnsonbanditLOL! You sir are a very funny.
What I like most about you apollo is that you always end up playing France. I have always liked the history and everything about the French so much love bud
any french history books you reccomend?
The curse of the French history
Juicy Old Guard action , evokes more of mature pron image really , especially with those pron stashes. Need more battle adjectives perhaps pugnacious , belligerent , ardent , vehement , truculent?
Oh you got me to install NTW again , such breath of fresh air after forcing myself to finish a 3K and Troy campaign. Biggest change is me actually using the terrain much more as it's only a side note in the later games whereas bad use of it in NTW equals dead army.
I like desert stage, cause I can clearly see what is happening on the ground.
Another happy upload.
Me: Watch apollo's videos for years. Love his total war videos. Get to join a tournament and play against apollo in a 2v2 total war :D
Also me: take the wrong army with a large cavalry branch who sit on their hands most of the game. Get shot to pieces in a line battle. Lose badly. D:
This is Dal12er for anyone curious. thanks for doing this Apollo, love your channel even if I get to be an example of the type of force you should not take lol.
I've always felt more comfortable playing defensively. But when I noticed that I win considerably more when playing all out agro. Move up the cavalry and charge the flanks. Then move up the infantry and hold fire until very close. Then move them up slightly more and ait for them to unleash another salvo. Then charge the enemy while flanking with what cavalry you have left. And always make sure to have one or more units assigned to run down or at least follow routed units so that they can't turn back to aid the rest of the army.
dude, do more Napoleon. They are my favorite videos. Keep it up
Apollo: you may have counter flanked me, but i outflanket your outflanking
I was innocently going on UA-cam to watch something else, but you got me with the old guard action.
I was innocently scrolling around yt and I found old guard action as well. I also found look to see what was under quilts action
more napoleon = the good good
does anyone think Apollo sounded like president Trump when he said “Eliminate” 😂😂😂
@Half life 3 pretty sure Fox News said so too
@@ql9066
What's your point? There's like... Four republican fox news anchors.
@Ronan Drage
Is he? I mean one party spent 40mil over 4 years in a scandal that turned out to be false (or at the very least not verifiably true) and yet they impeached the president anyways.
The other has multiple videos, eye witnesses, officers, and even people INSIDE the areas where they count the ballets without spending a single buck in three weeks. And all they're asking for is for it to go to court to SEE if it's true.
Which one did the media support and which one is literally being censored. Not even conspiracy theory censored; like the media, facebook, multiple social media sites, and regular news outlets OPENLY state they do not welcome discussion of it.
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII have defied gods and demons.
@Half life 3 No, the votes and the electoral college said so.
Apollo asked what was underneath the kilt. My mind immediately went to the song about the drunken Scotsman who fell asleep beside the street.
The Highlanders balls of steel lie under that kilt because it's too heavy to be stored in trousers.
Relatable bro😅
Love your vids man they really light up my day. I have a suggestion I think you should do another kingdom come campaign.
Can someone please explain, why is Apollo keeping his ranks so thick? Imo, if u spread them wide, u will get less casualties. I wonder if there is something i forgot to take into consideration.
Anyway great battle
he just likes it thick. One of the videos he said it looked more realistic to him.
Also in this mod I believe, the morale of troops increases when lines are thicker
@@crazyorangejoe3039 that is a feature in ntw3, he was playing vanilla in this video
Now we now what’s under their kilts
Traditionally, you don't wear anything below your kilt.
5:10 The world famous Prussian Ape Light Regiment
18:05 forgetting to put your Voltigeurs in skirmish mode and shooting them in the back with Old Guard. Dishonorable!
Old guard officer could be a new life of a soldier
That is the face of vengeance.... no..... War
British siding with the French? Now that's an unexpected but lucky alliance.
"oh yeah, I think you know what this face means"
He isn't paid enough?
*men get slaughtered by artillery*
PA: "What a beautiful game - so cinematic" xD
Life of a solider for old gaurd officer
*me skipping to the start of battle*
Pauses on Apollo looking up the skirts of Scottish men.
I got so weirded out by that I had to skip ahead ten seconds
dude thx for doing these cause i loved ur vids with napoleon total war pls do more , thank you
Hooooorahhhhhhh!!!!!!! I’ve been binging the old nptw3 videos
The Scottish don't wear anything under the kilt.
2:53 pixelated apollo out of context
Yes fourth I love napoleon 4 YESSS this will be the battle of they ages
Ur 6th
At that moment I was fouth
@@wingdingman76 no. Clearly not
Hey well done good to see your back into total war
UK and France on the same team? One in a lifetime moment
France and Great Britain allied the war was a win for them
Girl: he is probably cheating on me
Him:
Napoleon is the only total war game I have, so I love the content!
Get yourself ME2 bruh
Yeah you got to try another, Rome or medieval 2 are awesome as well
Apollo styles himself as the second coming of marshal Davout....
You asked what a Scotsman wears under his kilt? Lipstick if he's lucky
I apologize
How very dare you Sir to have the British fight with the French!! lol
British*
British*
Napoleon and Wellesley linking up?? I'm aaaall for that! Would have kicked some ass irl.
Man matches I play it is very rare I see Rifles, I bring them every game when I play Brits as they are really effective skirmishers, plus I like to say to my opponents to run as Sean Bean is coming to get them.
I remember watching every video on this channel good times
The Old Guard dies but never surrenders!
Keep up the great work, i love all the content.
Cool battle
For some reason I thought he said juicy old man action and I was like whaaat! Huh Apollo
it’s where you did your first video 😭😭 this map is legendary 😭😭
Are you using any mods? I think your muzzle flash looks different that original?
Apollo is the god of entertainment
I'm pretty sure good light infantry, like Prussian fusiliers and Portuguese cazadores will beat line infantry in a one on one fight. If they are using the spread out formation. Skirmishers (ones with 80 men on large unit scale) will lose to line infantry, but you will need guard units to beat good light infantry.
Give me an Apollo Ohhh yeah
Apollo: Ohhh yeaah
Favourite line he being very democratic fake being dead 😂
Send in the guard!
If I made a mistake I should have burned Berlin!
Yes, but we'll match them with our lancers!
Why are you all standing there like frightened children?
3:25 Fencibles shouldn't really be in the game the way they are - They come from "Defence-ibles", and Fencible regiments were only intended to stay on and defend Britain. Which is why they got less priority with training and supply and can be classed as militia. To my knowledge they never left Britain and never saw combat, like the Home Guard of WW2, or perhaps a colonial territory where they were raised.
Why the old guard use prussian-russian style backpacks? I've seen some historical uniforms and equipment and the ntw version is not that exact.
Just curiosity; besides that i love this game
U know on battle of Borodinov... The battle was so fierce.. That marshal murat begged napolean to give the order dfor marching his Old guard to win...
But napolean replied.. If there is a battle tomorrow where would be my army for it...
La garde merut, mais ne serend pas!
(the guard dies, but never surrender.. or something like that)
When I see in the name of the video Old Guard and my favorite youtuber Pixelated Apollo I can imagine how much this is going to be good
You should do life of a soldier for the old guard officer
If you like this part of history I 100% recommend you watch the British series called sharpe
Small armies for France / UK. I always bring 20 units...but I suck, so maybe I should try a more elite army.
Yes I love Napoleon
Well done Apollo you beast!
Here we go
I’ve only played Rome total war that was in middle school like 9 years ago I want to buy a gaming pc just for these games
Seeing « old guard » in the title, means that I’ll jump on it😅
Chad old Gard
3:07 Pixelated Apollo Sus
Very good battle
keep on the total war nap!
Losing pretty effectively task failed successfully
Russia 10lb unicorn artillery... I was expecting that
I unfortunately have weird graphic glitches in this games with explosions
Best youtuber ever!
I'm not gonna lie, this game is my favourite strategy game of all time...
Yes please new napoleon and a new empire total war please omfg please. Those games made me fall in love with the series but they fell apart. I mean how about a total war victoria? Crimean war, civil war, seminole war, franco prussian war and more. There are so many opportunities
The last time i was this early Napoleon was already in Russia
"did you beat the Russians?"
"Well yes but actually yes... but actually no."
@@spiffygonzales5899 Do i look like Napoleon?