Best Total War?

[oldmanpaco]

Rome 1 and Medieval 2 because mods.

Seriously, just get mods and play the game for many hours, until you finally grow tired of the engine's quirks.

It's been ages since I played Rome, but I did try Medieval 2 with Stainless Steel a year or two ago. How anyone can play it is beyond me. With a 4ghz intel CPU, a few turns in I'd have turn processing times of 20-30 seconds. In the worst cases it would take several minutes. Completely unplayable.

Play in a borderless window

Alt-tab into your browser or whatever when enemy turns are processing

In the glory days of EB1 I'd read a book between turns.

2007 was a simpler time.

 

[A horse of course]

I genuinely don't understand how anyone can enjoy EB. It's soul-crushingly boring. Actually reading a classical history book is more engaging.

 

[Deleted member 7219]

From the ones I've played:

Good

• Shogun 2: Fall of the Samurai
• Shogun 2 Vanilla
• Europa Barbarorum (mod for Rome: Total War)
• Warhammer

Not as Good

• Medieval 2
• Medieval 2: Kingdoms
• Rome
• Rome 2
• Empire
• Napoleon: Peninsular Campaign
• Napoleon

I have no interest in playing Attila, and I haven't played Shogun or Medieval.

 

[A horse of course]

I've played 281hrs of Warhammer but I seriously wouldn't recommend it yet if you're not a WARtist.

 

[Dux]

I'd play Medieval: Total War again for sure, if it actually worked. It's on Steam but unfortunately all I'm hearing about it is trouble. That game was epic and had some candid character traits. It was straightforward mayhem with a lovely soundtrack.

Rome: Total War was all right too.

I genuinely don't understand how anyone can enjoy EB. It's soul-crushingly boring. Actually reading a classical history book is more engaging.

I agree with this. EB was detailed as fuck but it left the enjoyment at the door. I'd take a more shallow, less realistic mod anyday if it meant I'm actually having fun. Some of these modders get too ambitious for their own good. It's just a game, after all.

 

[Trash]

Feature creep is a bitch.

 

[Maggot]

I have the steam version of MTW and STW I haven't had any issues with either of them so far. They run better than the older versions for me at least. I also agree about EB even though I enjoyed it. It was fun for the novelty of all the new units but starting off with your income being in the negatives for around 20 turns with armies that have completely neutered movement speed gets old after a lot of replays. The thing it got right was battle speed compared to vanilla RTW without going full retard like RS2 where the simplest of battles will go over the 60 minute mark.

 

[Makabb]

The risk map was probably better for Total war, because Total war is all about battles.

 

[A horse of course]

Nah, holding strategic points like bridges or passes added to the game. The AI was just too stupid to use it properly. The best they can do is their infuriating ability to know the precise location and distance of every single unit on the map in Warhammer, helping them run away for 50 turns after losing a battle.

 

[Correct_Carlo]

Medieval 2 is the one I played the most and I'd also say it's the best. I also think Rome was a high point for the series, but I recall Medieval 2 basically being very similar to Rome, only with upgrades and added features, so it's better. Empire: TW is definitely the worst, fwiw. I've tried playing that so many times, but bounced off each one.

 

[dag0net]

Feature creep is a bitch.

Chaos?

 

[Makabb]

1st medieval is still being modded.

New Redux mod will overhaul the most important, princesses !

 

[A horse of course]

You can tell it's a mod because the women are actually good-looking.

 

[IncendiaryDevice]

And because the Muslims didn't have princesses.

 

[IncendiaryDevice]

So which one is the best?


Medieval 2, Empire, Napoleon, Shogun 2, Rome 2, Atila, Warhammer ?

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[Silva]

Medieval 1 and Shogun 2.

 

[Maggot]

MTW Redux Beta 1006 is out.
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?190721-Medieval-Total-War-Redux-(Beta)

Spoiler

The 1006 version upgrades, changes or introduce close to 700
files in total, scattered all over the game. Many changes are in
terms of GFX but there are several other changes too. Many units
have their color-patterns changed, for increased general
distinction and consistency in the field - making it easier to
spot various kinds of units from a distance, while also
increasing diversity in the field (I think anyways). Some units
have been removed/cut and a few have been added since the 1005a-
version. Castles have been given greater complexity and meaning
to the overall game and has become much less standardized -
upgrading a keep for instance do have meaning and benefits now,
in great contrast to past versions or the raw game. There are
plenty of other stuff included too that you guys will have to
discover for yourselves…

Overall, the 1006 is one of the largest upgrades released for
Redux ever since 2011 and it clearly pushes onwards in the same
path already initiated with the previous 1005-releases.

Lastly, all found and identified bugs (and errors) have been
killed or fixed, as much as possible, and due to some changes in
file-structures, this version is NOT save-game compatible with
ANY previous versions of Redux. Sorry for that. You must thus
start a fresh new game to run beta 1006.

 

[Commissar Draco]

Rome total war I is still all around best of them and its getting new mods done to this date:

https://www.moddb.com/mods/bronze-age-total-war

This one is about Bronze Age collapse you know Troyian War, Hittites and boat faring rapefugees Sea People.



Watch this Micheal Wood documentary and read Iliad for proper murder and pillage boner.

 

[Riel]

My first Total War was the first one, Shogun so I do keep very fond memories about it, but I do agree that Medieval 1 which I didn't play as much as I wanted was a better version of it.

 

[oscar]

Rome 1 and Shogun 2

 

[Konjad]

I really wish CA made another good Total War game but I lost hope long ago

 

[Eyestabber]

Medieval 2.

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[Okagron]

Rome Total War 1 along with the Barbarian Invasion expansion is my favorite game in the series.