What do you all think of the Ancient Empires start date (202 BC)? I think it really differentiates this mod from other Roman period mods.

@thejjmulti1401

3 жыл бұрын

I like the idea of the mod but I miss starting in the times of the marian reform and fighting with the classic legionaries. Now I probably never will play with them in campaign because of the turns requirement.

@JarlFrank

3 жыл бұрын

I love it. I played vanilla Rome 1 and Rome 2 as well as various mods set around the vanilla start date that any variation on this is welcome. It makes Ancient Empires different from EB or DeI or RTR and all the others not just by being set in a different game engine, but also giving you a different starting situation.

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

I see what you mean!

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Definitely agree. There are already a ton of mods that tackle the standard 270 start date

@Heldermaior

3 жыл бұрын

I like it but I would like the option to start in 280BC as well. At the beginning of the Phyrric wars. It is a good mod especially the logistic side of it (DEI has some logistics too and EB is introducing the field army script) which makes campaigning more akin to what probably was back in the day.

Another great review, really enjoy your work.

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, LonelyHunter!

Absolutely enjoyed this review of AE. Great job.

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it.

Excellent, concise review. Sold!

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! The mod has also received some updates since I made this video, so it should be a bit more stable in fact.

Looking forward to your Rome 2 mod review 👍

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Yes there are some Rome 2 mods on my radar! Which Rome 2 mods are your favorite?

Just re-downloaded Attila last night, will make sure to try the mod tonight.

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

It's definitely an interesting total conversion mod!

Great review, keep up the great work! Any chance we could see a Fall of The Eagles + Europa Perdita mod review for Attila? Really enjoying playing it atm.

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Yes definitely! It's a mod I've been looking at with interest.

Good review!

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

keep up the good work!

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Played this mod a couple of years ago. It is really good.

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Yes it is! It has been updated since then and I believe will receive another major update soon.

@LordBaronsworth

3 жыл бұрын

Good to know! It was already amazing, I might restart a campaign soon.

Very interresting video. I always believed that Ancient Empire was just a transposition of DeI on Attila. Seems it was a mistake ^^ I've been surprised to see Baktria in the Eastern roster instead of the Greek ones but it does'nt change much I suppose. If you should do a LP on this mod, which faction would you play ? Thank for your videos and have a nice day.

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Quentin, thank you! Yes Ancient Empires has a different feel for a lot of reasons (the Attila engine, the start date, the campaign map, etc.) so I think it stands on its own. I have been leaning towards Carthage, but I'm not sure yet.

Cheers for the review. I was on the fence on whether or not I should start a campaign.. I heard many people on Steam that this mod, although fantastic, has many bugs, crashes, optimization issues, systematic crashes after a certain number of turns...etc

Will we be seeing a let's play of this? Maybe something smaller in scope, like a Carthage campaign with the goal of retaking your lost possessions in the punic wars (and maybe destroy Rome...) or something like that would be fun, with some historical commentary on the punic wars or such. I tried AE a little when it was released but didn't really get into it then, has it changed/Improved much since? I will probably give it another try after this review. Great content as always!

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

After I finish my EB2 and Ruina Romae campaign I think I will give Ancient Empires a go for a let's play. Carthage in 202BC sounds like a fun campaign indeed...

@crasude

3 жыл бұрын

@@GudeaTW Great!

@Tu141

3 жыл бұрын

@@GudeaTW Would love to see a Carthaginian campaign!

Probably my favorite Antiquity mod. Apparently there was a big update recently only started on it a few days ago so cant comment on its previous state.

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I haven't checked it out since that update, but I have it installed. Will test it out soon!

@otho69AD

3 жыл бұрын

@@GudeaTW The mod recently just underwent a massive update, do you plan on covering it?

Your voice is like amazing, 11/10 love it

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Haha thank you! I appreciate that.

@davinpasion

3 жыл бұрын

Your voice sounds slightly like Ronald Reagan! Soothing, simple and gentle with a small rasp

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

@@davinpasion xD thanks a lot!

2.0 is out and we couldn't be happier :D

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Will be covering it soon!

@Sephyroth97

3 жыл бұрын

@@GudeaTW been binge watching your reviews/showcases, they're extremely interesting

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Check out new community patches for this mod. Apparently the team is going back to work on this mod, more slots have already been added in settlements like in MK 1212

@GudeaTW

2 жыл бұрын

Yes I'm curious

An excellent mod indeed. Made even better with the new Bran Campaign sub mod on steam. Try it with that.

hello, i have a bug where i cant see any letters in the game when i launch it. only numbers

Actually, I did not plan my invasions much but probably to play as seleukids is easier than it should be

Time for new review of Ancient Empires 2.0

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

I have done some testing, but need to do more before making a new review

How do you think this mod stands against divide et impera? (For rome 2)

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

There are a few distinguishing factors - it has a 202 BC start date which changes the dynamic of the early campaign when compared to the standard 270 BC or thereabouts. I think the seasonal variation in the economy may be more pronounced in ancient empires. I think the Attila map is nicer and has a better mood of settlements and provinces than the Rome 2 map. Will be doing some videos on DeI as well eventually

@Heldermaior

3 жыл бұрын

@@GudeaTW it is more pronounced because the impacts are larger. In DEI having a bad crop means some public order penalties and growth stops. In Attila it means your armies start to attrite like crazy and your war machine grinds to a halt. It is also possible to have some more extreme variations thanks to the climate change mechanic.

@MrAwrsomeness

3 жыл бұрын

@@GudeaTW personally I prefer the dei map, I mean Sicily only having 1 city and the entirety of Greece being made up of only 3 and the Levant only two provinces in attila is disappointing

@BrorealeK

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrAwrsomeness Have to agree with you there. Also, the battle map diversity is cut in half. Apparently every tree east of Athens is a palm tree for some reason. If you fight on the border of the steppe and desert in the far east you'll find that the devs never fixed it and a haunting void swallows up the earth your soldiers are standing on. Seeing my bactrian cavalry march through the tropical palm forests of afghanistan was just too much for me, especially since I love that region the most in ancient and medieval history.

The performance issues other people are experiencing may be from using AMD CPUs. I played Attila on both an R5 2600 and R5 3600 and they both ran like stuttery trash even when it was supposedly over 70 fps. Went to an i7 9700k and it was a night and day difference. Now on a 10900k and it runs like a dream. Pre-Warhammer Total War games just can’t seem to run on Ryzen. Had the same problem with Shogun 2.

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Yes Total War games have always had some issues with AMD... however it also seems to be a bit random - my brother has a 4th gen Ryzen (and even an AMD gpu) and it runs extremely smooth.

6:40 note about perfromance for pepole with problem there is a way that worked for 95 % of pepole that tried it, you need to set a proper number of threads in preference script ( mine was 8) the default is 0 but the attila has a famous problem of recognizing how many threads there are avaible, for me after changing the value i got +20 fps

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Michal, will give this a try.

@michalkrasnodebski8709

3 жыл бұрын

@@GudeaTWfor me atilla was unplayable for me until i discovered this thing, here is link to the forum i always try to spread awareness about this fix it seemse to help A LOT steamcommunity.com/app/594570/discussions/0/3971555000777172726/

Still any1 who wish to play challenging mod of this era , the DEI overh mod for Rome2 is unbeatable!

@houlinfan4140

2 жыл бұрын

Dei is just soooo much batter than any mod. It makes Rome2 into the best total war, population, low movement for army, AOR units, the important of navy, and the AI actually use good units instead of levy. Dei just have so many units to play with. A geek faction can create a steep army from mercenaries and AOR, it’s just awesome.

Do you prefer this or DEI for Rome 2? I find them very similar, and am not sure which to sink hours into

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

They are similar in a lot of ways... can't say which one I prefer actually... I have to test out Ancient Empires some more with the latest updates!

@Laureasairon

3 жыл бұрын

Any updates on this? :)

I played it and there were a few issues. Missing buildings etc.. And some recruitment issues.

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

which faction did you try? I played as Carthage, Macedon and Armenia.

I Think Divied et Imperia for Rome2 is the best mode. And for Attila 1212

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

But what do you think of Ancient Empires? :)

For some reason for me when I play as the Macedons I recruit "spear" units but they end up being up like javalin units weirdly so I have a pike unit but like I can't seem to recruit them.

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

hmm which spear units are those?

@artkallaba1874

3 жыл бұрын

@@GudeaTW I beleive they are the white linothorax units in like the 1st turni-sh it's weird.

@artkallaba1874

3 жыл бұрын

@@GudeaTW Pardon me I just realized it's a normal thing to have like 3 javelins or whatever my fault heeh and also great videos man!

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

@@artkallaba1874 ahh sorry didn't see this response. Yeah so they're like "legionary" type infantry - they toss the javelin then charge. There are lots of hellenistic, celtic, and eastern infantry types that do this especially.

Question about RTW mods. Are you playing on Win 10 system? I asking becouse on my Win 10 RTW and MTW have awful performance. P.S. thanks for your reviews, bro

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Andrei, yes I'm playing on Windows 10. If RTW is performing poorly, look up the d3d8.dll file fix, it will help improve performance. For Medieval 2, look up how to enable it to use 4GB RAM, it will solve a lot of problems (the 4GB fix can also help RTW)

@user-cx7wp3eg1b

3 жыл бұрын

@@GudeaTW wow thanks. Too many old games doesn't play correct on new systems.

@JarlFrank

3 жыл бұрын

I'm playing on Windows 7 and have good enough performance, but one Rome 1 mod in particular is completely tanking the framerate in battles (Hegemonia City States). I didn't know about the d3d8.dll fix, gotta try it out. And I don't think I applied the 4GB fix to Rome either (only Med2)...

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

I haven't tried Hegemonia yet. I'm not sure the dll fix will make a difference for windows 7, but give both fixes a shot you never know.

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

As far as I can tell, Hegemonia was never completed, so that may be an issue in terms of performance.

Thx.

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

Check out this mod too! The only one that covers this time period! steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1836928957&searchtext=age+of+justinian

Why is Makedonian a different culture than "Hellenic" though? Is this a way to distinguish between the Greeks themselves a bit more?

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

I believe it's to differentiate the Diadochi from the Greek kingdoms and city states? I haven't fired up Ancient Empires in awhile. Will be checking out the new update soon, however.

@horror11

2 жыл бұрын

i think the succesor states are allways getting their own category and their culture is allways hellenistic in contrast to the greek states which have the greek culture. this may be because of the successor kigdoms was dominated by greek but had also influences by the cultures this kingdoms had conquered. for example the ptolemaic kingdom was greek in essence but egypt culture intermixed with the greek and it was hellenised, therefore "hellenistic culture" instead of the more pure "greek culture" of the mainland states.

Can anyone help me cuz whenever I play a battle as for exemple Rome. My units are clothes in a bright yellow colour. Is this a bugg or what?

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Interesting haven't seen such an issue... I would report this in the Ancient Empires discord

@ompwa5382

3 жыл бұрын

@@GudeaTW no it's fine. found it after a while and I was stupid enought to have allied colour on. Removed that and all was good!

@IceniTotalWar

3 жыл бұрын

@@ompwa5382 Haha I've had that same problem in TW Warhammer for like ever, only just found out last month on the Steam Forums it was the Allied colour , i always thought it was a graphics problem.

How does it compare to DEI?

interesting

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed! What do you find most intriguing about ancient empires?

"Ancient" 202 BC - I thought it would be Bronze Age

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Haha would have been nice right?

@planetkc

3 жыл бұрын

@@GudeaTW definitely, finally a place where the Egyptians are at home lmao unless they gonna change them to look like ptolemaic HAHAHA

Best mod i ever played if you like playing as rome.

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Yes they have definitely spent a lot of time on making the Roman experience compelling- 202BC is definitely an interesting start date for Rome and Carthage.

man, i would've love Ancient Empires if it weren't for the bugs. guess i'll stick with europa barbarorum II for med 2 for now ;)

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

What bugs have you encountered in the latest version? This review was for a previous version

@user-po3ss3vk5b

3 жыл бұрын

legionaries and other units always having their shields up whenever they walk. sorry if i sound like im nitpicking, but it's quite bothering for me. lag is also another factor that i despise in Ancient Empires. although, i never seem to have problems in MK1212AD

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Interesting - I get more lag in DeI for Rome 2 than in Ancient Empires. Everyone's system seems to respond differently to Rome 2 and Attila (and their mods). I actually haven't played Rome so I didn't notice that issue, I'll see if I have that too!

@user-po3ss3vk5b

3 жыл бұрын

really? that's the complete opposite for me lol

@user-po3ss3vk5b

3 жыл бұрын

besides all that, i'm excited for the future of Ancient Empires

Is there anyone playing this mod with a 27 inch monitor using a 2560x1440 resolution? I would like to know your thoughts on this. Do you have any difficulty with the smaller letters and UI? Or is it fine?

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Hmm I'm using a 27 inch 1080p monitor, haven't seen any scamming issues

@Robin____

3 жыл бұрын

@@GudeaTW OK. Thanks for your reply.

@Robin____

3 жыл бұрын

@@GudeaTW But aren't 27 inch monitors meant to be used with the 1440 resolution?

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

@@Robin____ it's an older monitor

@Robin____

3 жыл бұрын

@@GudeaTW Aaah. Ok.

Is there a mod for Total War set in the ancient era?

@GudeaTW

Жыл бұрын

?

@nsawatchlistbait289

Жыл бұрын

@@GudeaTW like the bronze age or earlier?

There is a very disappointing bug in this Mod. When the AI attacks my city Bazytine (Constantinople), it is not trying to win the battle in any means. Its troops just stay put or wander around where they land over. They do not even try to engage my amies or capture the victory point. If I don't have enough troops to annilate the AI troops, the battle will be spending all the time doing nothing and getting a draw when time runs out. What's worse, the next turn the AI will do just the same thing to waste my time. It just does not make any sense to me and it is tedious.

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Hmm was that with the latest version?

@junchengli7426

3 жыл бұрын

@@GudeaTW The version that was updated in early March, 2021

that's bs, I mean I have a 2080 Ti, but I get great performance out of Atilla. You should try the Medieval Kingdoms 1212 mod for attila a try. It's a full fledged Medieval 3.

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

It's tougher than other TWs on middle-ground hardware (three kingdoms/troy run better for me actually). It's not soo bad on my system (gtx 1050 mobile). I'll be doing a video on Medieval Kingdoms 1212 at some point, I have actually been testing it.

Is the development still active or was it given up?

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Development is still active! Search for the Ancient Empires discord to follow the dev team's latest updates.

This mod crash in 270 turn . So I back to Rome 2

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Hi rayner, that's unfortunate! The devs will be uploading a major update to Ancient Empires soon, so hopefully it will be more stable for everyone then. In my test campaigns it was stable (I tested Carthage, Armenia, and Pontus).

Great review, sadly you forgot to mention all the new Custom Settlements in the mod. This IMO the Best part of the Mod - for example Jerusalem or Carthige from the Rome 2 Demo are one of the best settlement siege maps. Friendly Advice - with this mod you dont need to play any of Rome 2. That Game is even today totaly broken and DEI is a totaly overrated mod compared with Ancient Empires for Attila. Rome 2 was never fixed nor will ever be both by Modders or CA.

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Frozenmen, good point regarding the custom settlements! I will be doing more in depth videos about Ancient Empires (gameplay, faction info, etc) so they will be mentioned there.

@Frozenmenss1

3 жыл бұрын

perfect will follow it as well. Im also a Campaign Tester for the mod and for Medieval Kingdoms 1212ad as well.

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

@@Frozenmenss1 Great - of course I will get to Medieval Kingdoms 1212 as well! I have tried Medieval Kingdoms, and while the units and pretty much everything looks great, I felt like the campaign wasn't quite ready for me to do a review with my full opinion. Perhaps I can do a preview sometime soon.

@Frozenmenss1

3 жыл бұрын

@@GudeaTW there is a huge update comming soon.

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

@@Frozenmenss1 Great to hear!

DeI vs AE in 2021?

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Ahh nice idea! I still haven't played Ancient Empires since the latest big update so I have to do some testing.

I cannot recommend play as Getae-they food income is just to unbalanced

I like Ancient Empires more than DEI.

So its better than total war rome 2?

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

It definitely has certain aspects that are better in my opinion (such as the campaign map). There are aspects of Rome 2 I prefer. They play differently imo.

@gamingwithnaruto4917

3 жыл бұрын

@@GudeaTW Total war rome 2 is 14$ 😐😐

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

That's a good price

@gamingwithnaruto4917

3 жыл бұрын

@@GudeaTW I am gonna bough it

@gamingwithnaruto4917

3 жыл бұрын

@@GudeaTW how much gb is rome 2

I bought attila for 1. medieval kingdoms 1212 AD 2. Rise of mordor 3. Ancient empires So basically 4 games in one, amazing

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Nice! Yeah 4 very cool total conversions.