Did You Know?! The ENTIRE History of Total War - 2000-2022
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- Опубліковано 20 чер 2024
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Total War is a unique series in strategy gaming and video gaming in general. But how did the series get to where it's at today? And which Total War games exist? There's been many, and in this video, I wanted to showcase them all, at least every main Total War game and their expansions packs on PC.
I've tried to not only give an overview of each game, but also give my own personal opinion on each game, including highs and lows, innovations, and setbacks. I hope you find my personal commentary interesting, and if there's anything I've said that's wrong or something I've missed, then please let me know in the comment section. I've used Gamespot's original "history of total war" video as inspiration and source of certain pieces of information, but of course, added a whole lot myself. Thanks for watching, and if you enjoyed the video, and I hope you'll leave a like and a comment. And I'll see you next time! Cheers, guys.
PS: I realize I made a mistake saying Empire: Total War didn't have agent videos, but it did. My bad!
PS2: Looks like Warhammer III releases in 2022 now....
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For the next historical Total War game, i would love to see a Medieval 3, but preferablya a realy good Empire 2.
If Medieval 3 they need to update the way campaign and battlemaps meet. Take knights and armies for example. They shouldnt be Units you buy for Money in most cases, but rather units that you foster through the realms internal relationship with its people and nobility.
For the next total war game. I would like to see Total War: Black History Month.
@@nicolausteslaus oooh, as for Empires two thats a good one!
Start as Shaka Zulu and kick some brittish ham ^^
I really hope they make siege battle cool again. Empire suck so hard for attacking or defending forts/cities. It was just a mass infantry Rush on all sides. Invader walks on your land and attacks. Never a chance to get an actual army there in time because almost every troop can just throw up a grappling hook but somehow walking army up a wall and still fight back. No one or two turns to build siege equipment. To even have a chance to get reinforcements there.
@@10101tomtom this is kinda far from how i experienced it tbh. I found cav to be exellent at dealing with troops braving the wall, or harass movements outside.
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As someone who has been playing sense MTW as a young child and now am playing Medieval Kingdoms 1212 mod for Atilla at 30, i love this video.
Thank you so much, John, so happy you enjoyed it!
Man. This comment makes me feel old.
@@STRZB001 Damn, man, don’t make a man cry 😭 I hope you enjoyed the video!
20+ years, we deserve Empire 2 or something similar.
What I miss most in the recent games is city zoom. The graphics are so much better than in the beginning, but you have hardly time to admire the cities while fighting a siege. In the first Rome game you could actually have a look at your cities that you were building.
Remember, Total War has not been completely unchallenged. Mark of Chaos was one game that was somewhat relateable to Total War in a sense of battles. However, it felt clunky and overall Total War just won the day. It is hard to compete with the big set stages, just look at FIFA, NHL and Total War. I do wish that there would be more pushing for greatness than there is by competition, but hey - What can you do.
We've got mods that pushes the games!
What about Imperial Glory() ?
@@nicolausteslaus this is the only exception
I played Mark of Chaos way before any TW and when I did I found the mechanics familiar due to that game.
@@CafeDeSteeg That's no excuse though, these games cost a ton of money, especially if you also count DLC costs.
Mods should be extra, not relied on to actually fix the game...
This is one of the best series, I am a bit older and I remember when Shogun launched. It was stunning in that it was one of the first RTS titles ion which if you lost a battle you did not get a "Game Over" screen. And a few favourites of mine in the series: Medieval 2, Shogun 2 and the teo Warhammer games are superb RTS/TBT games.
great video, thank for the recap!
Thank you so much, John, you really put things into perspective! :)
All these games have the same problem (in my mind), that being: there comes a point where victory is inevitable, and you're just stuck cleaning up the map in order to get your victory achievement.
Perhaps not in Attila? The end game crisis, same with Rome 2 with Civil Wars etc, public order issues.
Recently started playing Rome 2 again. I have fallen in love all over again! I remember playing the original Rome on my uncles computer when I was a kid. Total War will always be one of my favorite series’ in gaming!
Awesome video man. Shogun 2, Rome, and Medieval 2 will always be my favorite Total War games. Glad you gave every title a fair chance. I like Napoleon, but nothing like my favorite Total War games.
Thanks for the video man. Subbed.
Thank you so much, BeeStrell, that’s awesome to hear! Ah man, those games truly were the golden era. I miss how deep and dedicated they all seemed. I so feel like we need a new fully historical title that really tries to seem realistic and gritty.
I like all the total war games you mention and I mainly only play those lol
Is shogun 2 better than Rome 2?
@@nicolausteslaus Much better!
gotta say that music in old total wars were absolute banger. not that they got worse but I love hearing them soundtracks using various mods.but speeches from medieval 2 is simply top :D probably still my favorite game from series.
After i watched the Video i saw the amount of views and i was shocked that it didnt have more. This was a really good rundown of the series. Rome 1 blew my kid brain at the time and Medieval 2 is probably my most played game of all time but i dont know since there was no way of tracking hours played back in the day. But i dont play vanilla today, because i feel like Stainless Steel does everything that vanilla does, but better.
I bought a new PC just so i could play Empire when it came out and i went back to medieval 2 pretty much right after. After that i wasnt a big Fan of any other Total War for quite some time, and i own most of them. I definitely enjoyed Shogun 2 but it grew stale for me pretty quick with every faction fielding the same units. I also never really got into Fall of the Samurai, i just felt like the battles were way too quick with everything dying so fast. Rome 2 was a massive letdown, and even today after being patched up pretty well, it is still outclassed by classic Rome mods like Europa Barbarorum or Roma Surrectum. In Attila i had the most fun just fielding whole cavalry armies and crushing all spearman armies because cav was so broken in this game. But i dont like the time period and the AI consistently looses all provinces as Rome before Attila is even born so yeah... Also i know that this happens in every total war, but the cheats the AI gets in campaign were at their most noticeable in Attila. I remember settling in southern Italy as Alans in a campaign, having that and sicily and parts of northern Africa and being barely able to maintain 1 1/2 stacks, while being constantly being harassed by some tribe that settled on sardinia with one settlement, who maintained 3 full stacks at all times on the island. Also the "feature" that better and more expensive units replace your older units was incredibly shit.
I bought Warhammer 1 and 2 together and i gotta say that the mortal Empires Campaign is great. At this point there is no debate that if you own all dlc for Warhammer 1 and 2, it is by far the most diverse, complex and largest total war to date, with all factions having their own identity. But the problem is, you gotta have the dlc and 2 games to get the full experience which leaves you at a 200€ price tag. And with Warhammer 3 and its dlc this will get even larger. The Addition of Magic, Monsters and flying units works well but the overall balance of the game is pretty bad with melee infantry basically being useless in the campaign and Monsters, missiles and magic ruling supreme. If you want to be the most efficient in campaign, which you have to be on higher difficulties, you will have to win battles with your flying mage alone, which is unbelievably boring. I know these kind of AI exploiting for efficiency was also possible in Medieval 2 and Rome 1, but it has never been as ridicolous as in Warhammer. In most cases you are sabotaging yourself if you build a balanced army like you would do in classic total wars and this irritates me as it breaks the immersion.
I always dreamed of a Total war like rome or medieval that includes the whole world map, with many distinct cultures. Modders could never make this as the engines of Medieval 2 and Rome only allowed a certain map size, which turned any attempt at a World Map into an eye cancer inducingly squished mess. With Warhammer 1 2 and 3 they are doing it now, but in a fantasy world. If they can only realize such a massive project over the course of 5 years, several games with dlc and a 300€ Price tag, then so be it. But i really hope they make it happen. I want to expand the holy roman empire up to the malacca strait.
Thank you so much for watching and leaving such a long comment! You clearly have a long history with this franchise as well. I agree - it would be so awesome to have a historical war “Saga” where more and more of the world was added on over time, at least a large portion of it. There’s so much diversity and room for uniqueness in actual history, and it’s very possible to make historical factions highly unique - they proved that with Troy. But for now I’m just excited for the next actual historical release :)
Andy: 35:14 „and maturity“
The entire Warhammer fanbase: Listen Here You Little Shi...
Excellent video! Sadly it is criminally under viewed, it deserves so much more.
Thank you so much, Tricky!! I appreciate it!
The funniest thing about this video is having it on the other monitor, busy with something else while listening in and at 32:00 mishearing you as saying "... even facing a rising Sassanid empire, REDDITORS strike from the ancient sands of Persia"
Thanks for this great overview! A well done video :)
Thank you so much, Melkor! :)
I was a young boy entering my teenage years when I found Rome total war while browsing gamestop. The box art caught my eye and the little description and images made me wanna play so I begged my mom to buy it for me and I'm so glad she did.
I've since played every game but I always came back to Rome 1. Rome remastered was a bit clunky om release but at the time of this its gotten a lot of patches and modding capabilities have been unleashed so I am probably going to jump to that!
I completely agree, as a Chinese total war shogun 2 is the game that got me first playing total war games and over the years I’ve bought empire Napoleon Rome 2 but none of them ever came close to shogun, three kingdoms is my second fav, although it’s far from perfect but is that familiarity in the history that really make you enjoy the game, and that’s something really hard to do when you are not familiar or really care about history of other places that makes you really hard to like others.
Love the video man keep up the good work
Thanks for watching and commenting, really appreciate it! :D
That Seinfeld reference at 11:51 killed me. 🤣
A man of CULTURE, sir! Glad to make your acquaintance ;)
@@AndysTake The pleasure is all mine!
I started off playing Medieval: Total War. But I really delved deep into Rome: Total War, which I still play today.
Pretty much every game up to Rome 2: Total War is a completely different game. No longer was the game focused on settlements in an entirety as well as tactical battles, but simply, “what unit is stronger?”
Such a shame. Just like the majority of games and publishers/companies that have been around for so long, the dedication to making something unique falters. Perfect example, Rome: ReSlaughtered.
Amazing video! Thank you for that!
Thank you so much, Juan! :D
merry Christmas and happy new year to total war and the fans!! Cant wait for next year!!
Merry Christmas!!!
Hotseat was absolutely legendary. For someone who grew up without internet to play online with my friends, that was incredible. I can remember us eating crisps and beating each other playing Crusades campaign in my old laptop. Damn, I miss that so much.
0:44 Shogun 2: Am I a joke to you?
This might be the story of my childhood. I'm from Venezuela and I used to travel to the UK over the summer to visit my family. My first time there my mom bought me Rome Total War and the Medieval Kingdoms expansion (We didn't even know that wasn't the base game ) at the GAME store in Colchester. As soon as we got to my uncle's house I installed the game and I was blown away. The next day we were back at GAME buying the original Medieval Total War 2. Then every summer I went to the UK with the expectation of getting my hands on a new Total War game or expansion ( I still have the original boxes in my drawer ) in 2012 I got Empire and in 2014 Rome Total War 2. Then at some point around 2013-5 my PC wasn't strong enough to handle the newer games and the Medieval 2 and Rome DVD's had become so degraded I couldn't install them anymore. Imagine my surprise when I realized I could use the pre Steam activation codes to redeem the games on Steam. I even used the original games to simulate battles for my High School's model UN Rome committee ( It was the Attila expansion). Then on my first job I bought a proper gaming PC in 2018 and I bought every single Total War I didn't already own. If I ever go back to the UK I need to visit that store. It was the place where I was introduced to Total War and the Paradox franchises. I might even shed a little tear if I'm honest.
Medieval 2 where horse doom stacks made their way through Europe. I loved that game. A siege could take a whole hour because after the city wall there also was a castle inside the city to conquer.
Great video. Immediately subscribed after watching it.
Thank you so much!! So happy you enjoyed it! Do you have a favourite TW game?
@@AndysTake probably shogun 2 but also enjoyed both romes
Damn this is a lengthy video - covering the history of total war is not easy - but well done! :)
More to binge!
Thank you! :D so glad you liked it! It was long indeed, became a lot longer than I expected when I began haha
@@AndysTake Tackling such a subject takes a lot of time - so I applaud you for doing this! :)
We need more videos like this
Have you tried New World out of curiosity?
Hey Great videos! Both this and Your Fall of the Samurai were both fantastic to watch!
Thank you SO much, KodeHz! That means a lot! :D i hope you’ll find something else you enjoy and that you’ll stick around for upcoming videos as well!
@@AndysTake @Andy's Take I'm currently binge watching all your videos! They're right up my alley, the games, I think You're interesting to listen to, and just how professional your videos feel for such a "Small" channel, like Man, keep up the fantastic work and one day you'll have a big audience and will be able to make something out of UA-cam. I'm happily subscribed :)
@@KodeHz Ah man, thanks again, that’s so nice to hear! Glad I could make something you enjoyed, friend!
Excellent video!!!
Thank you!! :D
Fantastic video man! I don't think I'll ever completely agree with you on Empire though ;)
Thanks, man! ;) hahaha I love empire despite everything though, but I get, I get it!
Aw man! The nostalgia! I remember (trying) to play Shogun on the family tower pc .... And then going to my buddy's house and watching him.play Rome on his gaming laptop through his tv...... Such a simpler time.......Anyone remember a shooter called Vietcong from.this time period? That game was banging
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A unit of 160 men with muskets only shooting 3 dudes in one salvo was actually quite realistic, it's not a flaw but historical accuracy
Wow that was a great video. Good job.
Thank you so much! :D I hope you’ll stick around for more!
I hope this channel will thrive!
Thank you so much!!
A LOTR Total war would be so logical and magic… It’s a world so well known it could please both historical and fantasy fans!
I would LOVE a LOTR TW! Been waiting for years :’(
@@AndysTake do you think it’s a licence issue? I’m sure the team is dreaming of it too! BTW I just discovered your channel and I’ve been binge watching it ^^ great work 👍
@@jonasweber9408 Thank you so much, Jonas!! :D And yes, I definitely think it’s licensing issues. Either the costs are too great or the Tolkien estate doesn’t want it, or they haven’t dared approach it yet. Perhaps Warhammer could be used as a gateway into LOTR to show how they’ve dealt with fantasy and another company’s licence in the past, we can only hope we get it one day!
@@AndysTake Maybe EA games owns the rights, it’s frustrating because The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth 1 and 2 were awesome IMO 🤗 Or Maybe it’s now Warner Bross Games who owns the rights of the game
I think a "Total War" set from the Paleolithic to the Neolithic would be awesome. You have an ethnic band and travel on the 3 sets of maps, a world map where you slowly relocate to new regions, a "city map" where you learn to adapt skills and new locals (and eventually if you start to build permanent settlements the turn into normal "Total War" style towns. and finally, the "battle map" would be used for both hunting and combat with other humans (and hominids like Neanderthals and Homo-Erect)
family tree would be integrated, diplomatic system to deal with other bands civilizations, a "tech tree" that involves both adapting to new environments as well as advancing technology in a linear fashion.
Hunting mechanic involves using strategy to hunt Mammoths, wild ox, elephants, as well as large carnivores that will attack if encountered.
Combat with other humans/hominids can involve close range ambushes, long range spear throwing, pitched battles or single combat.
Diplomacy can involve, trade, mate exchanging, co-operation, subordinating (becoming a permanent client) as well as exchanging knowledge.
over time resources will deplete forcing regular nomadism and either you must defend your territory from outsiders, or you can simply search for territory in new lands.
Basic "world map" should include Africa, and Eurasia as well as Australia and even the New World- but to colonize lands new technology must be developed such as cold weather clothing, boats, as well as new hunting/survival techniques.
Victory conditions could vary but building a civilization with permanent dwellings, agriculture and ultimately inventing writing would be nice.
The original concept was the nintendo game shingen the ruler. Each region has a battle map and castle map.
How to play Shogun 1: run from Geisha, it basically game over when your daimyo dead.
Good thing in shogun 2 dead daimyo will just replaced.
Haha damn that’s intense!
Shogun 2= sow chaos with Christian agents before Realm Divide.
You got a new subscriber just for the 'malaka' part
Thanks mate ;)
thanks for your great video, im new at total war franchise. this makes me want to try older total war title
Thank you so much for watching and leaving such a nice comment! Definitely check them out, especially when they’re on sale :D
The Total War Saga games are made by another studio, their work has a chance to develop in a way of its own. I would give them props, and really enjoyed Troy!
try were fantastic just not a fan by bronze age most of units feel the same which is logic for that time period
I’ve played every TW release besides the Warhammer games (someday) and love them but, they need a future release set in the Americas pre/post Columbus. The historical events and upheaval could make for an amazing game. It would also be a very fresh setting for the franchise.
Great video! I just subbed :)
Thank you so much, Michael! I’m so glad you enjoyed it, love to have you onboard! :D
Great video! I would love to see some sagas post Napoleon, e.g. Crimean war, Autro/Prussian war, and USA Civil War.
Thank you so much, Wayne! :D would love some truly awesome sagas too!
Great video
Thank you so much, Maesterful!
Malaka 😂. Amazing
Hahaha thank you! :D
Medieval II is the most badass game. I spent so much time on it. I even played it on my mac after the PC broke recently.
great summary
Thank you very much!
Rome Total War will always hold a special place in my heart. The soundtracks for this game were just epic and the gameplay was so much fun.
If I could choose, I would definitely love to see an Empire 2 or Medieval 3 TW game.
Empire 2's sea battles were super fun and epic, too.
ugh give me that lord of the rings baby. Just do it right. The LotR mod for medieval 2 was so damn juicy.
After fall of the samurai i thought for sure we was going to get Victoria total war 1820-1900.
Been playing since Rome (I played Shogun Demo as a kid as well) and I'm pouring so many hours now into TW: Warhammer 3. I really think the fantasy setting with all it's unique races and units is exactly what TW needed. I wonder if they might give Warhammer 40k a go and create an Empire Spin off :)
I’mma be honest here: Shogun 2’s engine is my favorite. So shiny and beautiful to look at, unit models are better to look at, so much nicer than other titles.
Great job
Thank you so much 😊
Love this
nice video only thing missing is the correct amount of hate for the dlc especially day 1 dlc practice since rome2 ;)
The video is great, I really appreciate your content!
The only part I disagree with is when you say "Total war is the only strategy game that manages the dual system of campaign map and separate battles".
Xcom and Age of Wonders do that as well
Thank you, Max! Ah yes I suppose you’re right, although the battle maps in those other games are a bit different, don’t you agree? :)
Yeah they are different games overall but those other 2 franchises do separate layers for battles the same way. Anyway nothing important, keep up with the good videos mate :))
@@Max-zs6ur Thank you, and thanks for taking the time to comment! :D
Even Star Wars Empire at War does this.
Rome: Total War, the only game of the series I tried, was absolutely fantastic. I spent at least 2.000 hours playing it. Later I installed Medieval: Total War, but some of the controls didn't work (didn't respond), so I couldn't play the game.
I really hope they cover the 30 years war.
The year 2000 was THE vibe
Thanks for amazing job , subscribing :)
Thank you so much, Victor! :D
This channel and content deserve more recognition. Three Kingdoms Records mode is the best for me. The western setting of the previous total wars are so tiring and too mainstream for me
Thank you so much, dude, that really means a lot. I’m so glad you enjoyed the video. Records mode was definitely the most fun for me as well.
Having read the books, and being a fan of the Koei games, I was very excited for the Three Kingdoms.
It does a decent job of capturing the feel, and I like that factions play very differently. But the super-hero generals rolling armies on their own, in a historical setting... that wore out the game quite quickly for me.
Instant diplomacy kind of makes sense in Empire total war since many countries had permanent diplomatic staff in other countries
The assassination videos of Shogun Total War are unsurpassed 😍
Great video, appreciated it a lot! I am still not able to move past Rome: Total War and Medieval II: Total War, with all the mods, man, those games are endless...
I keep telling myself that one day I will move on... just one more turn...
"Moops!? There are no 'moops! It's Moors. MOORS! It's a typo!" - Bubbleboy
Ahhh this is where my love for total war comes from I was also born in 2000
Awesome video man I’m sure you don’t respond to year old comments but I feel for you and your brother when it came to empire as someone who didn’t have internet for a lot of my youth I turned 30 today me and my brother and cousin several times got games thinking they was going to be two players or atleast hot seat like you said just to devastated when we couldn’t. Also I’m trying to decide which games to get I have a 2016 computer so it has to be one of the older ones I’ve only ever played shogun 2 and fall of the samurai and I’ve always wanted to play Rome 2 and warhammer 1 so I’m trying to decide which one. Anyways if anyone asked me how to decide which one I would send them to this video and say check it out plus your reviews on them thank you for that.
Hey, thank you so much for the comment, Tyler! Glad to know me and my brother weren't the only ones having fun gaming together :) Honestly, I'd recommend Rome 2, especially with the DEI mod which I've made a separate video on if you're interested :)
the moops, nice Seinfeld reference
you know it ;)
still play Rome total war the original on my 6-year-old pc and barbarian invasion
Imagine Star Wars Total War...
Well, but in star wars troops don't move in strict formations, they would have to make troops have a little more autonomy
You are probably young and don't remember Knights of Honour that also has dual system - strategic map and a battle map.
honestly it kinda weird no one else had tried to do the total war formula of overworld map and battle map atleast to a big degree.
Did you say the moops?😄 HaHaHa good one.
8:11 Since April 2021, there is a Rome: Total War Remastered...
(edit)... as you have mentioned at the end of the video
Bridge taking already existed in Shogun 1, and each province had a specific map. Also the crusade and POW/ransom mechanics were introduced in Medieval 1, it didn't wait Med 2.
Thanks for the specifics! Are you sure about that first point though?
@@AndysTake Yes, for exemple the Kawachi, Mikawa, Musashi provinces were all river-crossing maps in Shogun 1, among others.
Imagine They sometime would make a futuristic total war game
I'm actually ok with having a remastered Medieval 2 Total War or a Medieval 3 with the same mechanics as MTW 2, but with a graphical update and a bigger map. I really want a map that stretches from the Americas to China. One reason why I love Warhammer 3 Immortal Empire's is because its the only total war game that allows me to play the HRE and invade China.
Gotten back to Total War games after quite long break and gotta say i still prefer most the Rome TW (in this case the remastered) but Medieval 2 comes close 2nd :D Tho as little shout out to their other game not here, Spartan: Total Warrior. That game was so fun back in the day as well =D
Wish there was an Open Source Total war based engine off the original shogun and medieval games.
Empire 2 followed by Medieval 3 followed by Shogun 3 followed by Rome 3 for me
Mount and Blade would be the only game i can think of that gives you the same (though not same size/scale) kind of combat.
I find a new TW a tough sell at launch. They’re usually broken at launch, for a few months anyways.
But it isn’t that.
We have such a variety of theatres that they must find it hard keeping it fresh, I personally look at all my options and wonder why I’d ever need another🤷🏻♂️🛸
we need empire 2!!
16:35 eh, I never had a use for the hotseat mechanic. For me Medieval 2 was great for its time for sure, but it's aged.
It’s definitely aged, but it still retains major features that have been changed later - like the city building role playing, crusades, forts, general speeches, road building, etc. Definitely would love a new and upgraded one though.
I love Total War
We need Empire 2, that time period doesnt have a great game, unless you count Fall of the Samurai. Napoleon was good but It lacked something.
Такой контент и так мало просмотров. Спасибо за видео!
Moops? :D :D :D Nice reference
Thanks ;)
I think it's a cool overview, but I have a totally reversed opinion of Medieval 2 & Empire.
I watched people play Medieval 2 after having started myself with Rome 1, but never felt like Medieval 2 was worth playing over Rome at all. Then Empire came along & it became my most played title in the series. While things like reduced modability are true, the game becomes a charm with Darthmod which fixes many of the problems mentioned & not mentioned here. New systems like RTS naval battles (which is the third field after turn-based strategy & RTS land battles) or the scale of the world map were what I wanted to happen next after Rome 1.
That said Empire also didn't do many of the things that would make me stop continuing the series after Shogun 2 with faction DLCs, less to no unit variety between factions in Shogun 2, even less modability then the turn away from historical titles.
The only place where everybody can agree is that Creative Assembly tried to bite off more than they can chew in Empire, which is noticable by all the cut content findable in the files & sometimes visible ingame by proxy.
I still miss having my Joms Vikings march on unsuspecting foes.
Medieval 3, Empire 2... I'm looking forward to what comes next, but I'm never buying a game when it first comes out again. Too many bugs in Rome 2 and 3 Kingdoms to pay full price for them.
Troy was a good price, signed up to Epic for that, will probably give it a go next year.
I really hope they open up the modding in the future. Some of the mods, in the old days, were terrific, and even I modded Rome to some extent.
(And Medieval I, but my cannon ball throwing uberman was more a joke than serious attempt to improve the game)
Hahaha, I would love ME3 or Empire 2… but check out my latest video on the mod Total Conquest, it blew me away!
I can see why people would love to see a Medieval 3 or an Empire 2 as the next historic game.
But I think that before going into a game which covers once again the whole of the High and Late Middle Ages, I would prefer to see a game first that covers the time in between Medieval and Empire, like a Total War: Renaissance.
This could cover the 15th and 16th centuries and allow the player during the game to discover and conquer new continents after starting out on the usual Europe, Near East, Northern Africa based map.
Am i the only person waiting for a star wars total war would love that shit
Unpopular opinion here but I prefer medieval 1 to medieval 2
im just saying, a total war medieval 3 would be the best move for the next game. civil disputes being squashed with full body plated armor infantry like war of the roses
Grew up in early 2000s, my first encounter with Rome TW was a mindblowing experience. Then came Medieval 2, a big improvement to Rome, the speech is hilarious though. Then came Empire, the new mechanic is kinda rich, but I somehow lost the hype. Napoleon was more polished but it feels a bit arcade-ish. Not long after that we got the legendary Shogun 2 & FOTS. I got mindblown once again. The battle is still the best even for today's standard. Rome II was great but I prolly played too many games so it wasn't impress me that much. I gave up TW after Warhammer (which I totally clueless of the theme). Three Kingdoms came and it was awesome but I didn't spent as much time the way I did with Rome & Medieval 2. Shogun 2 has the best, smoothest engine and very convenient. But still, Rome 1 & Medieval 2 are my personal favorites.
I honestly still play rome 1 and Shogun two but less so because it can run on anything the graphics are alright and the gameplay and everything is good
How did you manage to spend more time on thrones of Britannia than warhammer 1 and 2 combined
Medieval total war 3 would be fantastic with multiplayer campaign, but I think it would really need some emphasis on diplomacy and family mechanics.
Rome 3, Medieval 3, Shogun 3 and Empire 2 are the games I am waiting for!
Top total war game for me personally:
1. Medieval 2
2. Napoleon
3. Rome 2 (didn't pick it up until post launch fixes)
4. The immortal and mortal empires campaigns for Warhammer.
I've lost years of my life to this wonderful franchise 😅
Years well spent hopefully ;)
1. Medieval 2
2. Shogun 2
3. Rome 1
4. Empire/Napoleon
Hotseat Mode!