One reason I think Fourth Age isn't talked about that much is definetly the Third Age mod to M2TW. It's just such a good and popular mod that I think people forget about the RTW mod
Yeah. It's a really a shame many people don't talk about it as much as Third Age, I heard majority of people complaining that Tolkien didn't had time to flesh it out. I think the FATW is pretty balance, aspects like population, building tech tree, unit rosters, fortress, and for the highlight, the soundtracks. Some of those were made by David Arkenstone. Underrated composer I might say. Try listen to his Middle-earth album!!! It's a pretty great album and also could compete with LOTR soundtrack imo...
Could weirdly never get into eb. I appreciate the effort that was put it though but personally it feels to slow for me. I like mods that still have a bit of a vanilla feel e.g the recent barbarian empires mod. Makes vanilla even better
Of course EB. Nothing really even comes close in my book. When i first saw the tomb of Alexander in Alexandria i was floored. The level of historical accuracy and detail will have you reading as much as you are fighting.
@@dimostychalas9716 well fair enough, too bad the battle scaling was divised by a fat neckbeard whose never left his mums basement and only knowlege of realistic combat comes from playing warhammer tabletops. Last time i used that mod i laughed myself sick watching my elite units hold out for days as a small dot within a giant a swarm of decent units. lol! btw, was using the recommended hard difficulty for battle.
Top 10 Rome Total War UA-camrs 1.Melkor 2.Melkor but if someone accidentally put him in second when he's actually number 1 3.Melkor but if someone accidentally put him in third when he's actually number 1 4.Melkor but if someone accidentally put him in fourth when he's actually number 1 5.Melkor but if someone accidentally put him in fifth when he's actually number 1 6.Melkor but if someone accidentally put him in sixth when he's actually number 1 7.Melkor but if someone accidentally put him in seventh when he's actually number 1 8.Melkor but if someone accidentally put him in eighth when he's actually number 1 9.Melkor but if someone accidentally put him in ninth when he's actually number 1 10.Melkor but if someone accidentally put him in tenth when he's actually number 1
Darthmod was my enterence into Rome Total War mods. I played it because i just wanted more Rome Total War than the base game has to offer. Next to the map changes, it made some minor factions more playable with new buildings i think (it's literally been years since i played it). Had good fun with Macedon, Britannia and Numidia. That last campaign seems to have made the biggest impression on me, because it just seemed like an impossible campaign. The difficulty just made it fun though. A hard war to beat Carthage, and then the Romans show up and all hell breaks lose. I remember i had to grind myself through Sicily and southern Italy killing army after army with skirmish tactics. Also after that i played Roma Surrectum & 1 or 2 other mods. But for now i still had the most fun with Darthmod!
Melkor i am extremely mad at you and the community too! :D Well some modes that people may be interested and personal favorites SOMNIVM APOSTATAE IVLIANI : it is about Julian the apostate Constantine the second and their successors the barbarians are in full tilt undoubtedly the hardest total war experience i ever had.(You an play as the barbarians too if you are one :P )It has insane historical accuracy the most i have ever seen and it has absolutely terrifying battles(My favorite mod) Hegemonia City States:About the greco persian and peloponesan war you can play as any nation you like and truly city models and unit models are the prettiest i have ever seen every battle is to be screenshoted!
darth mod is really good. removes the militia units, removes peasants and gives out the rebel settlements to appropriate powers. everyone seems to get bigger armies. and is able to fund bigger armies, so you just end up with a huge clusterfuck pretty quickly
@@grantaum9677 it sure is the mod added the island where the city was unique units but sadly the game crashed after ending the turn if i remember correctly it has been many years since i played it
Darthmod is what Vanilla RTW should have been. Everything is the same except a more detailed and accurate campaign map which, properly represents the strengths of each faction as the campaign time goes by. For example Parthia becomes a proper superpower in the east to rival Rome in late game. I dont find Europa Barbarorum and Roma Surrectum interesting because they feel like totally different games, I mean I prefer the Vanilla mechanics much more.
I'd be more interested in trying some of these mods if they kept bronze age egypt. I don't care that it's not historically accurate, it's fun and it's what I'm nostalgic for.
For Medieval 2 Total War I think it would be a close call between Lord of the Rings and the Game of Thrones mods( I lost count how many GoT mods for Med 2 there are)
I Just Downloaded Extended Cultures. I really Reminds me of Rome 2 in Units,They are Really Well Structured compared to the Original Units,They are far more. With Interesting Factions, Bosporus, Gaul(Britannia),Pergamum. Etc. Although The Battle can Get Chaotic sometimes (Although that may be Because I'm playing at Bosporus and have Nomads as Enemies). Personally Really like this Mode, Because it has Nice Money making ways, Really Nice Rosters and A lot of interesting Factions.
What about Rome Total History Mod, it is the mod which has sooo much stuff added it is crazy with a lot of new buildings, units, map extenision, etc... I learned so much new stuff from that one and the name says it all. It is a masterpiece this mod. This mod impressed me most from all the mods and has a lot more to offer than the most famous mods like darth mod and others.
There were two very promising mods, Hegemonia City States and Rise of Persia, which were sadly abandoned. They are both in unfinished but mostly playable states though. There's also Viking Invasion, a re-creation of the expansion of Medieval 1 which was cool. Couldn't get that one to work with Steam though.Also I've been thinking of playing a mod that enhances the vanilla experience instead of totally overhauling it. Out of Extended Cultures and Vanilla Enhancement, which was one is better recommended?
There's also Viking Invasion 2, which is really good, especially with the Dominion of Britannia submod. It's a recreation of Medieval 1's expansion on the Rome engine.
Some other good mods are Ran no Jidai, Warhammer Total War, Chivalry Total War. Edit: Rise of Persia, Hegemonia City States too (though unfortunately is buggy).
the mod i play is holland toral war, its just a fun mod to play thats all, so, i'm interrest to know new mods like the one's i know, but to me, a mod is just mod
Rafael Ruiz - hoggy went on to work in 3D modelling. There was a later version which was mod foldered and patched to 1.9 fixing a lot of the bugs. Probably still available via TWC.
The modding I've done is mostly to improve unit rosters. Like giving Carthage the Bull Warrior and Scutarii since i don't play spain and wouldn't get to use those units if i didn't put them in the Carthaginian roster. Or giving Carthage archers because holy fuck does that faction need some archers
I have tried a little bit of bronze age total war It seems to lag quite a bit on huge unit scale on my comp, where others like Europa Barbarorum don't... Might have something to do with the unit textures or terrain graphics, I assume... Just something to watch out for
The number 10 doesn't seem to work with CD rome total war version , and my Gold steam one , nor does it work with cracked 1.6 version. It looks fun but doesn't work at all. Any idea on how to run it?
I think that lord of the rings mod may have scored high bc of the RTW engine. that particular engine had a great feel that is unique to all the other ones ive played. Shogun, M2TW, EmpireTW, Shogun2, and R2TW.
I prefer Lord of the Rings mod for Alexander TW. Its just perfect, and it has some pros over Third Age TW (Both great :D). Very dark and sad atmposphere when playing for Noldorin elves ah... and music...
used to love RS!! but now i cant even find a download and last time i tried years ago kept getting CTD lol fun times though spent soo many hours on that game
I think its best to describe each mod by showing each mod For all the minute you talking about the mod You just show a small bit then always fighting scene
That would take far too long. I have to upload daily. And downloading, installing, recording decent gameplay, then editing it all in would take far too long. About 40-60 Hours.
@@MelkorGG oh sorry didnt know about that, i just feel like wanna see the mods while you explaining it haha you know listening what you describing and seeing what it is.
The numbers show the average placement. So if one person ranked it number 1, and another person ranked it number 10, then the average ranking would be 5. If everyone voted 1, then it will show it as everyone averaging 1st place for that mod.
will any of these work with the steam version ? i used to love RS but after losing the disks. i bought steam version. could never get it to work without crashing. ultimately waited to long now cant even find RS links anymore and you need Alexander to run them lol i just got the steam rome now
Should I do other Titles' Mods? Medieval 2? Attila? Rome 2? Maybe Even Warhammer Mods Eventually? : )
Rome 2 might be different because it has a workshop and most of the mods are small scale. You cant find mods as in rome 1 I think.
@@bramlinssen6940 You are quite correct, the only big names really is Divide et Impera.
Yeah would love for you to re-do medieval 2 mods
Are these compatible with steam please?
yes, they should all work for steam version
Bronze Age total war: Where you can play Vanilla Egypt and not feel like a massive anachronism.
>be dev of Bronze age
>Make Egypt
>Change nothing
One reason I think Fourth Age isn't talked about that much is definetly the Third Age mod to M2TW. It's just such a good and popular mod that I think people forget about the RTW mod
I liked the lord of the rings total war more, mainly because it was familiar to me
Yeah. It's a really a shame many people don't talk about it as much as Third Age, I heard majority of people complaining that Tolkien didn't had time to flesh it out. I think the FATW is pretty balance, aspects like population, building tech tree, unit rosters, fortress, and for the highlight, the soundtracks. Some of those were made by David Arkenstone. Underrated composer I might say. Try listen to his Middle-earth album!!! It's a pretty great album and also could compete with LOTR soundtrack imo...
Invasio barbarorum. One of the most underrated mods for rtw bi. Not that surprised it’s not here though.
There are some other great mods like Rise of Persia, Ran no Jidai, Warhammer Total War, Lord Of The Rings Total War, etc.
After playing EB I could never go back to playing another mod. Just the amount of historical details the team put in it was amazing.
Is EB the best you reckon?
@@jackyarnell4707 One of the best, I remember when they were working on the beta versions back 12 years ago... Top recommend
I can't get EB to run without crashing after every battle
Could weirdly never get into eb. I appreciate the effort that was put it though but personally it feels to slow for me. I like mods that still have a bit of a vanilla feel e.g the recent barbarian empires mod. Makes vanilla even better
its boring tho
Your name is Melkor for gods sake. Of course there will be Lotr fans among your viewers.
Of course EB. Nothing really even comes close in my book. When i first saw the tomb of Alexander in Alexandria i was floored. The level of historical accuracy and detail will have you reading as much as you are fighting.
well i cant get it to work...so that sucks
I knew EB was up there, absolutely amazing mod
Could never download it properly
Crashes too much tbh
I'm quite sad that Rome total realism doesn't get much publicity.
This one looks quite good you should also try Rome Total History Mod which is quite impressive...
probably because the music in in it is complete crap. I wouldnt even play it if i hadnt managed to revert it with the stock RomeTW tracks.
@@anasevi9456 I quite liked the music, especially the menu one
@@dimostychalas9716 well fair enough, too bad the battle scaling was divised by a fat neckbeard whose never left his mums basement and only knowlege of realistic combat comes from playing warhammer tabletops. Last time i used that mod i laughed myself sick watching my elite units hold out for days as a small dot within a giant a swarm of decent units. lol! btw, was using the recommended hard difficulty for battle.
@@anasevi9456 holy shit the mod made you very angry i see
Top 10 Rome Total War UA-camrs
1.Melkor
2.Melkor but if someone accidentally put him in second when he's actually number 1
3.Melkor but if someone accidentally put him in third when he's actually number 1
4.Melkor but if someone accidentally put him in fourth when he's actually number 1
5.Melkor but if someone accidentally put him in fifth when he's actually number 1
6.Melkor but if someone accidentally put him in sixth when he's actually number 1
7.Melkor but if someone accidentally put him in seventh when he's actually number 1
8.Melkor but if someone accidentally put him in eighth when he's actually number 1
9.Melkor but if someone accidentally put him in ninth when he's actually number 1
10.Melkor but if someone accidentally put him in tenth when he's actually number 1
Randomstuffs216 total war?
*Randomstuffs216 total war* is their next title after Troy
11.BradenLord
Darthmod was my enterence into Rome Total War mods. I played it because i just wanted more Rome Total War than the base game has to offer. Next to the map changes, it made some minor factions more playable with new buildings i think (it's literally been years since i played it). Had good fun with Macedon, Britannia and Numidia. That last campaign seems to have made the biggest impression on me, because it just seemed like an impossible campaign. The difficulty just made it fun though. A hard war to beat Carthage, and then the Romans show up and all hell breaks lose. I remember i had to grind myself through Sicily and southern Italy killing army after army with skirmish tactics.
Also after that i played Roma Surrectum & 1 or 2 other mods. But for now i still had the most fun with Darthmod!
Extended cultures isn't new. The latest version might be.
*A NEW POWER IS RISING!*
Wait... that's not my line...
Melkor i am extremely mad at you and the community too! :D
Well some modes that people may be interested and personal favorites
SOMNIVM APOSTATAE IVLIANI : it is about Julian the apostate Constantine the second and their successors
the barbarians are in full tilt undoubtedly the hardest total war experience i ever had.(You an play as the barbarians too if you are one :P )It has insane historical accuracy the most i have ever seen and it has absolutely terrifying battles(My favorite mod)
Hegemonia City States:About the greco persian and peloponesan war you can play as any nation you like and truly city models and unit models are the prettiest i have ever seen every battle is to be screenshoted!
Other good mods worth mentioning would be end of days and end of days 2. Vampires, ghosts, demons, Lycans, lots of fun!
That was a bloody great mod!
I'm honestly shocked that you didn't include Rome: Total Realism. It was my favorite, and I sunk hundreds of hours into playing it back in the day.
darth mod is really good. removes the militia units, removes peasants and gives out the rebel settlements to appropriate powers. everyone seems to get bigger armies. and is able to fund bigger armies, so you just end up with a huge clusterfuck pretty quickly
my favorite are about the barbarian invasion, Somiun Apostatae Iuliani and Invasio Barbarorum Falgellum Dei. great video!
Yea they’re great. It’s a shame no ones completed a let’s play with those mods
I always thought the atlantis mod for rome 1 was very interesting but i never managed it to make it work fully
Wow sounds cool
@@grantaum9677 it sure is the mod added the island where the city was unique units but sadly the game crashed after ending the turn if i remember correctly it has been many years since i played it
@@HeliodromusScorpio very interesting! I've always been fascinated by the legend I might see if it will work for me 👍
@@pietroPJay www.moddb.com/games/rome-total-war/downloads/return-of-atlantis this should be it
Bit late but thank you so much for this video aaand all the others!!
MELKOR: I love mods that keep the vanilla feel and expand it
Medieval 2 tvb: am I a joke to you?!
Darthmod is what Vanilla RTW should have been. Everything is the same except a more detailed and accurate campaign map which, properly represents the strengths of each faction as the campaign time goes by. For example Parthia becomes a proper superpower in the east to rival Rome in late game. I dont find Europa Barbarorum and Roma Surrectum interesting because they feel like totally different games, I mean I prefer the Vanilla mechanics much more.
Thanks for posting this. I will have to try out some of these.
Battle for Hellas: Risiang of Macedonia is a fantastic thematic and atmospheric mod. Thoroughly enjoyed ,y hours on super detailed Greece map
I'd be more interested in trying some of these mods if they kept bronze age egypt. I don't care that it's not historically accurate, it's fun and it's what I'm nostalgic for.
A Lord of the Rings series that comes later.... ooof. That didn't age well in hindsight! But agree with the list!
Lotr total war (third age as well) i loved it myself.
Always wanted to try the Zombie mod, but never succeeded in getting it to stay stable :/
Personally, I don't like the mods that unite Rome.
I really like the idea of the competing Roman families.
Goodbye, old friend
For Medieval 2 Total War I think it would be a close call between Lord of the Rings and the Game of Thrones mods( I lost count how many GoT mods for Med 2 there are)
I Just Downloaded Extended Cultures.
I really Reminds me of Rome 2 in Units,They are Really Well Structured compared to the Original Units,They are far more.
With Interesting Factions, Bosporus, Gaul(Britannia),Pergamum. Etc.
Although The Battle can Get Chaotic sometimes (Although that may be Because I'm playing at Bosporus and have Nomads as Enemies).
Personally Really like this Mode, Because it has Nice Money making ways, Really Nice Rosters and A lot of interesting Factions.
Have never heard such an accent where he is from middle onion ring cry hot potato in this line of throat
You should really do medieval 2. There are so many good mods for that.
What about Rome Total History Mod, it is the mod which has sooo much stuff added it is crazy with a lot of new buildings, units, map extenision, etc... I learned so much new stuff from that one and the name says it all. It is a masterpiece this mod. This mod impressed me most from all the mods and has a lot more to offer than the most famous mods like darth mod and others.
that"s some great stuff here
Jesus I played a lot of these mods 15 years ago.
There were two very promising mods, Hegemonia City States and Rise of Persia, which were sadly abandoned. They are both in unfinished but mostly playable states though. There's also Viking Invasion, a re-creation of the expansion of Medieval 1 which was cool. Couldn't get that one to work with Steam though.Also I've been thinking of playing a mod that enhances the vanilla experience instead of totally overhauling it. Out of Extended Cultures and Vanilla Enhancement, which was one is better recommended?
I believe the previous version of Rise of Persia is fully playable if I'm not wrong.
There's also Viking Invasion 2, which is really good, especially with the Dominion of Britannia submod. It's a recreation of Medieval 1's expansion on the Rome engine.
Ik im late but i have been loving XGM (Extended Greek Wars Mod)Shits good and not an insane overhaul
Some other good mods are Ran no Jidai, Warhammer Total War, Chivalry Total War.
Edit: Rise of Persia, Hegemonia City States too (though unfortunately is buggy).
It saddens me that spqr mod its not is not mentioned 😣😞
I was expecting that as well, very good mod, is the one im currently using
Yeah i have it too bro SPQR mod is amazing and really and crazy hard.
Also surprised that’s not in. SPQR was the among the first big mods to get a full grand campaign release and LT updated it for years.
@MELKOR you should consider to make a video about SPQR Mod
Man I have played more of the honorable mentions than the actual list's mods lol
the mod i play is holland toral war, its just a fun mod to play thats all, so, i'm interrest to know new mods like the one's i know, but to me, a mod is just mod
No Rome Total Realism?
Srsly???? Ikr
5:08 oh my god
Again the fridge, how many people do you keep up there?
Any lotr mod is best mod.
Thank you.🎉
Im looking for a mod that only changes the nonplayable or bad factions to make more "Good" any suggestions?
Darthmod i guess is the closest to what you want. Although it changes the Ai
I was a bit let down in how dismissive you sounded towards the Fourth Age mod.
The devs put a lot of care and polish into it.
Blue lotus was great until the modder disappeared and didn't update it to the newer versions
Rafael Ruiz - hoggy went on to work in 3D modelling. There was a later version which was mod foldered and patched to 1.9 fixing a lot of the bugs. Probably still available via TWC.
@@Severinate wow I never knew that. It was a fun mod, I'll go find it now thanks!
Found here in case anyone is reading and can't find it :)
www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?686607-Blue-Lotus-Total-War-MODFOLDERED!
The modding I've done is mostly to improve unit rosters. Like giving Carthage the Bull Warrior and Scutarii since i don't play spain and wouldn't get to use those units if i didn't put them in the Carthaginian roster. Or giving Carthage archers because holy fuck does that faction need some archers
Bronze Age is unstable. More unstable that Rome 2.
Hi is Europa barbarorum actually good? I heard alot of people said the ai is less agressive in campaign map..
I’m not a lord of the rings fan
Bring it.
XD
Noooo!
I am a tolkienist, now its balanced.
You must include Hegemonia City States (brand new - AND SUPERB - city models, proper hoplite phalanx).
It's buggy unfortunately, especially the earnings you get each turn.
@@KaRoU323 Ok, but it is still worth a showcase... These people have created the best custom cities RTW has ever seen.
My favorite is the amazons mod.
For.......reasons
I was a bit disappointed by the DarthMod, there were no sith lords in it at all
imagine a star wars total war mod
@@itsjustdewieman I remember a model of stormtroopers, someone was working on a mod, but I don't know what happened with it (it was in 2008-2009).
I have tried a little bit of bronze age total war
It seems to lag quite a bit on huge unit scale on my comp, where others like Europa Barbarorum don't...
Might have something to do with the unit textures or terrain graphics, I assume...
Just something to watch out for
I approve.
We need that serie to continue to diffrent games from TW series .
The number 10 doesn't seem to work with CD rome total war version , and my Gold steam one , nor does it work with cracked 1.6 version. It looks fun but doesn't work at all. Any idea on how to run it?
4 turns per year with season effects, ups it’s Rome 2 ...
one like for disturbed man
I think that lord of the rings mod may have scored high bc of the RTW engine. that particular engine had a great feel that is unique to all the other ones ive played. Shogun, M2TW, EmpireTW, Shogun2, and R2TW.
so on moddb EBs folders are completely empty. All the comments on the mod page said the same thing. HELP plz love your vids melkor
all mods 10 not work
mean all folders empty
honorable mention: Invasio Barbarorum collection www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?113-INVASIO-BARBARORVM-(IB)-(BI)
Comparing to netflix means it downgrades in quality, but I guess it is not what you meant?
where is Rome: Total War Enhanced mod? for me this mod is number #1
Nobody at all suggested that one. It may be good, but I have to assume no one would vote for it if no one suggested it.
*No one*
*absolutley no one*
*Melkor laughing at his own joke*
hehe.. hehehehe...hehe
Attacking Cataphracts with simple light cav are you insane??? 1:00
LOTR mod is actually extremely well rounded, you could even say that total war Warhammer copied them, especially for Dwarven factions
What's the Mod for Barbarian Invasion that brings all the cities from the base game into Barbarian Invasion?
Can it be used for android?
EB and RS I agree with. #3 I would have RTR 6.0
I prefer Lord of the Rings mod for Alexander TW. Its just perfect, and it has some pros over Third Age TW (Both great :D). Very dark and sad atmposphere when playing for Noldorin elves ah... and music...
used to love RS!! but now i cant even find a download and last time i tried years ago kept getting CTD lol fun times though spent soo many hours on that game
why rome total war realism is not on the list? it's amazing and mare nostrum too
Rome total realism is the best total war i ever played :)
Do a rome remastered best mod
Looking for a mod alike europa barbarorum, but with actual custom battles
OK extended cultures does all that and its easy to download
IT BETTER BE EB!
RTR 8, Ab Urbe Condita 6
I think its best to describe each mod by showing each mod
For all the minute you talking about the mod
You just show a small bit then always fighting scene
That would take far too long. I have to upload daily. And downloading, installing, recording decent gameplay, then editing it all in would take far too long. About 40-60 Hours.
@@MelkorGG oh sorry didnt know about that, i just feel like wanna see the mods while you explaining it haha you know listening what you describing and seeing what it is.
No worries. I agree that would be great, but just not possible at my current stage. : )
Why no love of the community to Rise of Persia? That is an awesome mod.
I was wondering the same.
Wa wa wa gwa owewaw
I have Rome total war on my phone do any of these mods work in mobile
Nope. Sadly mods only for pc version.
how is it the cultures spread
Are the bars reversed? Like the 10th supposedly seem to have a lot more votes (if that is what the bar indicates)
The numbers show the average placement. So if one person ranked it number 1, and another person ranked it number 10, then the average ranking would be 5.
If everyone voted 1, then it will show it as everyone averaging 1st place for that mod.
Wasn't really a fan of Darthmod for R1. Some of the changes he made I didn't really like.
Can i use mods for mobile version rome total war?
Sadly mods don't work for mobile version.
Do those mods work in the disk version
No one added Amazon total war huh
Will these mods work in the android version?
will any of these work with the steam version ? i used to love RS but after losing the disks. i bought steam version. could never get it to work without crashing. ultimately waited to long now cant even find RS links anymore and you need Alexander to run them lol i just got the steam rome now
Imagine downloading mods
anyone have a link to a website that won't break my computer?
no troy: total war