I Reviewed EVERY Historical Total War Since Rome

I'm a little late to the discussion here but, if you enjoyed empire, the time period or scope of the game - I HIGHLY recommend checking out a mod called "Empire total war 2" its such an awesome mod (that also recently just updated) it introduces 4000+ units, 48 playable factions, reworked multiplayer and COOP campaigns, new religion system, new ai, new ballistics/projectiles and combines a bunch of other much loved empire mods into one. I had been having the itch to play empire again for years and every time I tried I just couldn't enjoy it even with darthmod. But Empire II mod is amazing and I have been having a blast with it. I also added in a HD texture mod and reshade to touch of the graphics and its been so nice to sit down and play.

my guy has never been to britain. For being 1 island it has an incredibly diverse geology

The best part of empire total war is the realistic france. Of course you only need to take Paris for the whole country to fall. Of course their flag is white

This was the greatest historical review montage I've ever seen. Make another one in twenty years when we have Empire 2, Medieval 3, Rome 3, and much more.

I dont know if I should watch this guy, how can I know I can trust his opinions?

"I grew up with RTS campaigns like Empire at War and Battle for Middle Earth"

Oh yeah, we're going to get along just fine

bring back the speeches!!!!!!

Missing the first shogun and medievel one's, so not every historical game then

My top 3 are Medieval 2 Total War, Napoleon and Warhammer. I'm biased because napoleonic era is essentially my favourite time period (it's actually 17th century but I will never geta thirty years total war, so I'll have to make due) so It will always have a soft spot in my heart. I'm a warhammer fan since I was a child so same bias there. Medieval 2 is just the unchallenged greatest Total War ever made, Rome is great and all but for me it didn't hold up after all this time. I can start up a Medieval 2 campaign right now and I will enjoy every second of it.

Can we just take a minute to talk about the Rome:Total War soundtrack? Literally makes me cry from the nostalgia.

You sure you have enough subscribe pop ups there? Really detracts from the experience, maybe you should add more of them, especially when you say something is beautiful, we wouldn't wanna mud your beautiful pop ups.

Medieval 2 just hits different compared to all other total wars. I still have never seen siege battles done as well. You can still find people online doing 5v3 siege battles with thousands of troops. By the end the battlefield is littered with the corpses of different nations. The multiwalled cities make it even better.

Also the absolute miracle defenses you can pull off in Medieval 2.

The sheer amount of content.

And then... the mods... Third Age: Divide and Conquer is better than any other total war game just as a mod. It's pure LOTR fan bliss. I have easily put 1000 hours just into the third age mod.

Nothing else scratches the itch that Medieval 2 scratches.

Realm Divide is complete garbage and runs in direct face of what historically happened. Oda, Toyotomi, and then, ultimately, Tokugawa, all got where they did via alliances AS WELL as conquest on the battlefield. Making your alliances and trade completely irrelevant, and worse, a very real weakness, ruins the entire game.

Wow, I want to try this chocolate Monster!!!!!

I just want an empire total war map with the polish graphics and sound design of napoleon

I played most total war games at least the most fun title i have played is three kindoms , there are a lot of things need to fix that is right but, for all what saying about the game is prattle

I respect everyone’s opinions, but if you don’t agree that Med 2 is the best TW game you’re wrong

Fuck this it’s pissing me off just thinking about it

Why can’t these fucks just make a game that doesn’t suck and is historical… I don’t understand the gaming industry anymore, why’re we at a point where a “good” game or even an ok one is a rarity

We need an Empire 2 Total War

Rome II city icons are amazing and easy to understand.

I’ve always wanted a US civil war total war. They wouldn’t do it as a full game, but maybe a saga.

I want empire 2 :(

You know, since I've been playing Civilization since the first game, I guess I wasn't all that blown-away by the open campaign map as this guy was :p

To be honest Rome 2 is my favourite

Even Pharoah doesn't look all that interesting as of now

Edit: what I hated most about the Civil War mechanic was playing as a faction with a lot of satraps. When you have a civil war they take some settlements and there is not way to get them back without going to war with your own satrap.

I remember doing chores to play Shogun OG for longer as a kid… my parents realized later how educational these games were and regretted not letting me play them more

Best: Rome, med2, empire, and the peak shogun 2
Worst: Rome 2 and napoleon
Can't stand whatt they did with these. I like napoleon but it's the campaigns over restrictive feel I don't like.
Rome 2 I hate the aesthetics, general/army system and diplomacy. I simply can't enjoy it.

Dude capitalized EVERY but didn't review Shogun 1 and Medieval 1

"EVERY" no Shogun 1 and Medieval 1.

I feel like the review on tw3k is kinda lack luster due to the lack of understanding of the chinese culture. The game is deep rooted and centred on the chinese culture. The black and white UI is inspired from chinese calligraphy where it is still living art to this day. The five main colors you see on the UI (Red, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple) come from the ancient chinese beliefs that eveything is governed by the fundamental elements (Fire, Earth, Wood, Water, Metal) each having their attributes and personality. This is reflected in the game where you can tell what kond of personality your generals have, your building choice, unit types, techonology and even the faction playstyle based on the color your starting faction leader.

Shogun total war is what first got me into the total war franchise. Medieval total war still holds a special place in my heart

Medieval 1 was the first total war game I ever played

Seriously, what a masterpiece ❤

Age of Charlemagne is just a slightly better version of thrones of Britannia

empire was good, but aside from a few things, napoleon improved on almost every aspect of it. NTW to this day is my favorite total war. granted, the ai is kinda stupid, especially with some mods that add things the ai cant deal with, but the line battle blackpowder musket gameplay works so great with the way you control units in total war games. love it still hope for a part two or a remaster

1 little thing was how you could edit the desc_strat file of Rome 1 to play as unplayable factions adding to the challenges you can face as the rebels around the world

Yeah, Three Kingdoms, to its own greatest benefit and detriment, is really meant for East Asian player base, especially, strangely, the Japanese. So completely understandable when you’re not hyped for it, rest assured and sleep well, you’re no bigot or anything like that Lol

Andy:"Empire keeps the realistic population numbers from the last game"
France in empire with a pop of 125 Million😐

ya my kaiser!!!

I really like how the Most Played is Total War Napoleon because its that good

I vote for .. hotseat

Couldn't see more than the part about Rome. Nothing for experienced players here, just a superficial description.

rome 2 is desperate,battles are all about numbers! flanking does not play any role,archers are like machineguns and so on...
CRAP!

Rome 1 is still the best, simply due to unit diversity. If Med II had the same unit diversity it would be the winner, though it does win with mods because obviously Third Age Total War was insane. So many hours were spent there and I distinctly remember still playing it around the time of the SA World Cup? Pretty sure it was the one with Vuvuzuela's. Good times.

Medieval Total War: Viking invasion was awesome. And the most revolutionary was of course, Shogun (1), which invented the genre where strat and ops interact significantly.

Your Byzantine love is much loved and respected. Also a great video. As someone who started with Rome 2 and Shogun 2, you've convinced me to give some of the older titles a try.

It is the Medieval 2 mods that I enjoy, like Third Age.

Civilization should make war like this and better quality of a city

I've never played medieval due to it being outdated, but as an empire fan I would for sure buy a medieval 3. Pharoah seems cool, but nothing beats the age of discovery, religion, chainmail, and gunpowder.