What do you think of Divide et Impera?

@Angrypolack

3 жыл бұрын

Just finished a DEI campaign as Augustus. It’s an excellent mod. Going to fire up another as Dacia.

@executrix2224

3 жыл бұрын

@@Angrypolack i will play it with Marc antony and Region Trade Submod

@lobhabbrea

3 жыл бұрын

I think you didn't install the mod correctly

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Joshua, unfortunately a part of the mod data became corrupted when I wanted to record the footage for this video. This happened a couple of months ago as well when I first installed DeI (happened with some of my Attila mods too). I don't know why Steam does this to me... xD I've had to reinstall DeI twice now. It's a Steam issue I'm fairly certain.

@lobhabbrea

3 жыл бұрын

@@GudeaTW RIP. Sorry to hear that. Try downloading from TWC instead. and remember it's in 3 parts on steam.

I love how you say "increase the immersion factor" at the exact moment a glitched-out elephant archer appears on the screen, floating atop the elephant without a turret.

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Frank, that happened due to a part of the mod data becoming corrupted. This is the second time this has happened (it has happened to me with Attila and Rome 2 mods).

Finally my bleoved Divide Et Impera. Thx for making a vid about it.

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

:) glad you like it! Divide et Impera is a very nice mod indeed.

@warciminal2076

3 жыл бұрын

@@GudeaTW Indeed, it is a really really good mod. I got the chance to try it. And it was phenomenal. I have also heard that ancient gods mod was pretty good. And by the maker of the dadthmods you kinda expect it. It is on my try list.

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Yes I reviewed Wars of the Gods recently! It is a great mod, definitely in the style of Darthmod. Reminds me the most of Darthmod Empire actually, in terms of its design and gameplay.

@warciminal2076

3 жыл бұрын

@@GudeaTW ye in fact it is on my list coz of your review plus the amazing exp darthmod empire left me. Tho it didn't last long. 😐😐

I want to say it's every pleasant to listen to your voice. Relaxed, calm but also very informative. Almost ASMR vibes lol. Thank you

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I appreciate it :)

Great review. I haven’t been able to bring myself to play much vanilla Rome 2, but you’ve convinced me that DEI is the mod that I’ve been looking for.

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Glad to help - hope you enjoy it!

Great Review! Thanks for making this video. I've been on the fence about trying this mod out.

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah it's a great mod! Feels like a totally different game (I don't dislike vanilla Rome 2 - I actually think it's super fun with the mp campaign especially, but for single player DeI enhances the experience a ton)

Excellent review Gudea. Informative, interesting and fresh. Good to see your channel grow as well ;)

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Philomnemides! I appreciate it :)

As always good and solid review

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Danny!

Great review. Thank you.

@GudeaTW

2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

I love DEI and it’s always the reason why I reinstall Rome 2. One thing that it can’t fix however is the provincial system. If it had the editable settlement system of Rome 1 or medieval 2 DEI would’ve been perfect for me. But starting the „1st Punic war“ with Carthage and taking Sicily and Korsika in like 2 years while the real war lasted for two decades is always kinda sad to see. And then going north in 220 BC and having the entirety of Gaul and Germania split between the Nervii and the Boii is just immersion breaking. It’s not fixable, but a better system would’ve been: smaller settlements and every settlement has 1-3 extra settlements around it so that a war between two one-settlement-factions could be more of a tug-of-war instead of a „the first one to muster two full stacks steamrolls his neighbour first and then the entire region“

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Jan, I definitely agree with you there. I feel like CA was on to something interesting with the province system, but I don't think they went all out with it and it led to many inaccuracies on the map and it kind of shoehorns you in terms of where you can expand. I really wish we could edit the map.... (apparently progress has been made in terms of editing the Attila map btw!)

@davidnguyen467

3 жыл бұрын

Do you want to play a h2h Dei campaign? I’m looking for someone competitive

@orclover2353

2 жыл бұрын

The province system is "realistic" and actually an improvement on the build everything model from earlier CA titles. #1 Wealthy cities are rare and regions always have a population strata where huge city is always x times bigger than large town which is x times bigger than small village. Wealthy cities are often money sinks providing high standards of living for the elite living in the city while towns and villages provide agriculture , trade, commerce. DEI is a little easy in terms of economy and therefore the building choices revolve around building the commerce buildings...but if you mod it a bit or play on higher difficulty you have to build up your provinces based on an evolution from order control-->Culture growth---> Economy...this means the limited build slots are going to be used in multiple different ways with buildings being converted or torn down in favor of more economic based buildings as your order and culture gets stronger. IMO this superior to the unlimited plots in other titles.

@rorschach1985ify

6 ай бұрын

@@orclover2353 Bullshit. The thought of limited slots being used in different ways is wrong by the fact people have no issue using the one way of upgrading settlements that makes the most money without every trying the other way of building shit. You just get the same type of buildings 90% of the time while only ever using the 10% for everything else. It is every bit as monotonous and makes the building side of things bland as fuck, that's not interesting, that's just spreadsheet gaming, the worst type of gaming to have in a Total War. Also you are dead wrong on any of it being "realistic", when fucking Syracuse, one of the strongest and largest cities in Sicily and the whole Mediterranean, is just a small fishing village, you are blowing smoke out of your ass to pretend it is anywhere near realistic.

First time I installed this mod, I went into custom battles and set up a historically accurate Polybian Roman legion against an auto-generated Carthaginian army. Got utterly massacred by the AI.

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Nice

Thank you.. I just found the mod very immersive and I found myself attached to the Generals and the armies.

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah this mod definitely focuses a lot on the immersion factor!

Nice work, many thanks I am a Day one R2 player but only just started DEI and loving it, despite an initially steep learning curve.

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah the learning curve is a bit steep (there are still aspects that I haven't got a full grasp of - which is a good thing!), but it's worth it! I've been revisiting EB1 the past few weeks (preparing some more vids) and I think I want to do a comparison between DeI, EB1 and EB2 at some point. They deserve it!

@Quartermoon193

3 жыл бұрын

@@GudeaTW I have to say I gotta respect your efforts as well as the final product(s) Please keep on keeping on, and thanks.

@Quartermoon193

3 жыл бұрын

@@GudeaTW Fantastic, I will check out any further videos, glad to have found your work cheers man!

I'm playing a brutally difficult (in my opinion) campaign as Epirus. It took everything I had to beat Rome, but Carthage immediately declared war on me right as I got Rome out of the way. What's so amazing is that the mod developers fine tuned the mod to make it challenging and rewarding!

Fantastic review.

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it.

Honestly could not enjoy Rome 2 before DEI. Played now over 90% R2 time with it. Having watched other mod reviews of yours was interesting to see something I more familiar with. Good content and looking forward to seeing more of your DEI play throughs

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed, DeI makes Rome 2 more fun! I do like vanilla (esp the multiplayer vanilla campaign) but DeI is better in pretty much every respect. I don't consider it quite on par with EB2 however.

I'm not too familiar with R2. It sucks that you can't change the map, but it's impressive that they seemed to be able to add population mechanics to the game from scratch. How is scripting in R2 vs M2? One thing I appreciate about EB2 is how they can script events like the punic wars and using the scripting the rebel faction to simulate powerful minor factions to give the campaign a more dynamic feel.

I love playing as the Greeks because of their hoplites, because they are wildly OP in fort defense battles when the enemy only attack one of the three entry points. But they aren’t great at storming settlements and so you have to resort to you other 6 melee units and hope they can beat down the enemy units long enough for you to storm the gate. I love this mod tho. Also when I kill 15,000 to 20,000 Spanish warriors when most of Spain has declared war on me and I expect them to run out of troops by now, but nope.

@Leo-ok3uj

Жыл бұрын

Sadly the AI doesn’t uses the pop system, their cites have pops and they affect their economy, but they don’t need it for their armies

@rorschach1985ify

6 ай бұрын

@@Leo-ok3uj That's a critical flaw for a mod if the oh so great Pop system only effects the player.

You sound like the man from the Oblivion NPC dialogue videos and now I can't unhear it.

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

lol actually haven't played Oblivion...

Nice voice! :D and yes DEI is a most have for me, cant play without it

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Appreciate it

I started to play as Macedonia and DeI made it very hard, unlike vanilla RT2. Well, done. Good review.

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Yup DeI is definitely more challenging on the campaign side of things, absolutely.

@Progress_or_Barbarism

3 жыл бұрын

@@GudeaTW I enjoy the challenge. However, I enjoy challenging AI, and not AI on steroids. DeI seems to try to give a challenging gameplay with balanced nations.

I dont understand what does the food sign correspond with this mod because i dont understand clearly the relation between supply and food production

Thx for review 🙂 what is your recomendation for DEI difficulty level? For campaign and battle?

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

The mod team has balanced DeI for Normal Normal

If I have never played Rome 2 before, although I recently purchased on sale on steam. Despite all its problems, I decided to get it anyway just because I had heard about DeI and how much it improved the game. Do you think this mod redeems the game completely? Would you recommend I play vanilla first or go straight to modded version?

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

I definitely recommend playing vanilla first to get a feel for the game, since there are several aspects of Rome 2 that you should get familiar with before proceeding to DeI. Rome 2 vanilla, imo, is a fun experience in its own right.

@mfuller3398

3 жыл бұрын

DeI cannot redeem Rome 2 completely but it does as good a job as any modder can. As the TW games get more complex they seem to get more simplistic to play, but also less moddable. No more can things like EB or RS3 be done, but DeI is as close as we can get. It also looks absolutely gorgeous, especially if you use Orbis Terrarum or Rome 2 HD (which you should).

@fleablock268

3 жыл бұрын

Well then do you think it was worth 13.99 on steam?

@mfuller3398

3 жыл бұрын

@@fleablock268 If you like TW then yes in my opinion. With DeI, it is a graphically gorgeous, strategically flawed game. DeI helps in both regards and while it can't capture the magic of RTW it is still very good. And DeI is being actively worked on and supported.

@FilipMoncrief

3 жыл бұрын

I played most of the total war games and DEI is probably the most immersive historical game to me

This mod really felt like thouse mods from 15 years ago, a total conversion that made the game better, would love to meet the men responsible for this.

Apparently i was using crazy unit size mod and dei 1 2 n 3 but after few turns in campaign it crashed to desktop why is dat ?

Excellent review! I'd like to know what you think of city or region trading/gifting in TW games. Is it possible in this mod? In Warhammer 2, I hate when losing a settlement to have it later claimed by allies with no way of getting it back.

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

I think a submod for DeI was recently able to add region trading in Rome 2. Perhaps I'll test it soon

@allthatisj8900

3 жыл бұрын

@@GudeaTW Thank you Gudea TW!

Would you like to play a dei h2h campaign? I’m patient, and don’t mind if you want to make a series out of it.

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Hi David, that sounds fun! Unfortunately I don't have time for a campaign like that at the moment, but sometime in the coming months perhaps

did you not install all the mod parts? I noticed in the video some of the models were missing parts, and it was pretty distracting

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

When I went to record the footage, apparently some of my mod data became corrupted. I don't know why!! This is the second time it's happened (when I installed DeI a couple of months ago the same thing happened - I had to uninstall and reinstall). Have to reinstall again.

@ThePilotGuyFP

3 жыл бұрын

@@GudeaTW Oh, that's fair, guess it's just the steam workshop striking again, your videos are great by the way, very nice and chill

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Pilot! :) Yeah unfortunately I noticed the issue with some models, due to the corruption, but I didn't have the patience to throw away the footage and uninstall/reinstall again... Definitely will do so before doing an LP though (will finish my current LPs before starting any new ones, however)

Great review, thank you! Could you please enlighten me as to why so many units are transparent? Are those the ancestors who stopped by for some moral support?

@GudeaTW

2 жыл бұрын

some corrupted files due to Steam

@JohnDoe-qr2cp

2 жыл бұрын

@@GudeaTW haha black flag to the rescue?

The RPG system in DEI pales in comparison with the one available for RTW and M2TW. It is just not as good. The campaign economy is nice (12tpy is a must imho) and the recruitment options are phenomenal. Combat is a bit too fast but passable imho.

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Definitely, RTW and Med 2 have the best trait systems no doubt. When I say RPG, I pretty much mean the system of upgrading generals ever since Shogun 2, where you choose the upgrade path. But you're definitely right - I prefer the RTW and Med 2 systems. Shogun 2 had a sort of hybrid system - you would get some traits and ancillaries that were separate from the upgrades you chose as he gained experience. I feel like they should have expanded on that Shogun 2 system, since I do enjoy choosing upgrades but I also think there need to be random, personality, and event related traits like in RTW as well.

In DeI some factions are easy to play (Carthage, Rome, Ptolemaic Egypt,..) almost all non barbaric factions due to economy systems and buildings. Barbarian factions are harder to manage. Diplomacy is on very hard and legendary settings very harsh. One wrong move and your little empire is gone. I didn't find supply system very difficult, it has some impact on a campaign and even this affects only you, AI doesn't seems to be so hindered by it. If you start with only one or two regions, you have to go to war, otherwise your neigbours will eat you. And the only way to conqouer the region is defeat the enemy army and pacify region. And for that you need hard core best units, so you will always need a lot of money hence build you economy to the last coin. Also AI is not affected with your looting, pillaging, raiding or destroying cities, breaking the trade routes, breaking the economy, moneyloss, but you are.

@ThePRCommander

2 жыл бұрын

Well, of course they are easy to play, they are the G8 nations of the ancient world. What did you expect? Also, in the early game, you don't need hard core best units, but cheap units. And many. This is because, against the AI, quantity beat quality, due to the flanking bonus. I have not played DEI against a human player, so not sure what to do here?

What is the recommended difficulty? I'm playing it now on normal, and i find it a bit easy. I had started a campaign on hard before, but then it was too hard, Iberian tribes landed stacks near Rome and it was too much.

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

I believe they have balanced it for normal.

In my campaigns im either always broke, or way too rich from like turn 30 Also i feel required to build aquaduct in every main settlement of a province, squalor sucks 😂

I love DEI, but there are few things that bother me a little. First is the imperium level being bound to the reforms. I like roleplay as more of a smaller faction, for example the Spartans and just stay in Greece. I think just having reforms bound to the turns like the AI has would be much better. This brings me to my next point, which is the fact that the population pool apparently does not affect the AI at all. That does kind of break the immersion to be honest. Otherwise I have enjoyed the mod greatly.

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

That's a good point about the population mechanics. Unfortunately every mod with population mechanics added has been unable to get those to work for the AI as well since Empire. The AI simply wouldn't know what to do. Regarding the reforms, I see what you mean. Unfortunately it's like that in EB as well and other mods with extensive reforms systems.

@jasonargos110

2 жыл бұрын

None of the "features" of the mod affect the AI they are only there to slow down the player.

Excellent mod.

@GudeaTW

2 жыл бұрын

It is

@herostrates80

2 жыл бұрын

@@GudeaTW Check 1.3.1. beta patch with Mauryan Empire and Baktria overhaul. I'm waitin for your campaign on YT from DEI. Take care dude.

Btw when installing mods, do you use winrar, or winzip, I’ve heard these make installing mods easier

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Well for Rome 2 you just have to subscribe to the modpacks on the Steam mod workshop. Regarding extractors, it depends on the kind of compressed file it is. I would say 7zip (freeware) is the best extractor software for most people.

@nazdhillon994

3 жыл бұрын

wtf dude both of them are ancient ! 7zip is open source, leight weight & a must !

So what would make this better than EB2 (Europa Barbarorum 2) and vice versa (graphics aside) ?

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

It's hard to compare, they play very differently! I enjoy them both, perhaps EB slightly more, but that's just from nostalgia. DeI (and Ancient Empires for Attila) is great

@jasonargos110

3 жыл бұрын

It does not compare. EB 2 is the superior mod cause there are more modding possible with Medieval 2 game. Graphics are better on the Rome 2 though.

how's going with Rome 2 optimization here? as i remeber you need a freakin 800 usd graphics card to run is smoothly. Is it any better now?

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Rome 2 runs pretty nicely for me, using a gtx 1050 mobile card and an Intel i5-7300hq

@chanex2991

3 жыл бұрын

@@GudeaTW thanks! good to hear that, i must try that mod then :)

Which mod gives more units? Nice video keep it up 👍👌

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Farid, thank you! Are you asking for a mod that just adds new units, or which mod adds the most new units?

@gamingwithnaruto4917

3 жыл бұрын

@@GudeaTW all above

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

@@gamingwithnaruto4917 Wars of the Gods does indeed add a ton of units. I don't know if it's more than DeI, but I actually like the Wars of the Gods rosters a bit more

@gamingwithnaruto4917

3 жыл бұрын

@@GudeaTW ok have nice day

@gamingwithnaruto4917

3 жыл бұрын

@clark cimmerian ok thanks

I rarely play vanilla Rome 2 because of this mod.

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

It's truly an excellent mod!

Best mod for Rome 2.

@GudeaTW

2 жыл бұрын

It is a great one

So made my Selucs move. Took Armenia, Egypt’s Asia provinces, most of Asia Minor. My reward? 9k a month rent due. Game over.

what do you think of wars of the god ? its a good mod too

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

I have reviewed it! While Divide et Impera is kind of like the EB of Rome 2, Wars of the Gods imo is sort of like its Darthmod. kzread.info/dash/bejne/gXlouM2ficS2Ydo.html

@lautarobassano1864

3 жыл бұрын

​@@GudeaTW I don't like how the AI ​​moves the army in DeI, it throws everything forward and causes a ball of units, it is also a much slower game, but finally respectable

@jasonargos110

3 жыл бұрын

@@lautarobassano1864 The battles in DEI all end up with a big blob or seperate blobs. Wars of the Gods mod has the best battles so try that mod out.

Ok thanks. Do you have a discord for chat?

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Not yet (perhaps I'll eventually make a server), but you can find my channel "gudeas_temple" in the Rome Total War Community Discord here - discord.com/invite/shEHMk4

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

@Guan Van Der Put Hey Guan, you're right. I just made one! discord.gg/bMjXJNT

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Here ya go! discord.gg/bMjXJNT

Should i skip vanilla and jump straight to the mod?? Planning to install rome 2 for the very first time.

@GudeaTW

2 жыл бұрын

don't skip vanilla, at least give it a shot

@coffeedrinker6011

2 жыл бұрын

@@GudeaTW one question, do the units in rome 2 specially egypt is historically accurate? Or like rome 1 bronze age egypt??

@GudeaTW

2 жыл бұрын

More accurate

@coffeedrinker6011

2 жыл бұрын

@@GudeaTW so can i run it on extreme with decent amount of fps in my rig? I have intel core i-5 10400 2.90ghz, 16gig ram, gtx 1050ti graphics card.

@GudeaTW

2 жыл бұрын

With that cpu perhaps, but you never know.

What's with all the missing assets? Missing torsos? etc...

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately when I was recording the footage for the review, some mod files became corrupted (some Steam workshop issue)

Two things that I dislike the most about rome 2 total war is that you can ship units very quickly to other shores without giving the opponent the chance to block them on sea. The same is true for defending cities. You basically have to have an army in every bordering city, because you can get sieged raided (and the enemy can leave) in one round without you having the chance to counter with one of your units close to the attacked city, because you don't need time to build ladders. In rome 1 you had plenty of time to send an army helping a besieged city. Does somebody know if there is a small mod that fixes these issues, which maybe works together with divide et impera?

Could I jump directly to this mod without ever playing Rome 2?

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Hmm I highly recommend playing vanilla Rome 2 at least a little bit before trying this mod - there are a lot of little mechanics to get the hang of, especially if you're coming from Rome 1

@febbra2

3 жыл бұрын

@@GudeaTW Gotcha, thanks!

Its the best Mod, has a Region Trade Submod

@jasonargos110

3 жыл бұрын

Well it is a mod trying to be Europa Barbaroum on the Rome 2 engine. IF you like EB then you would most likely enjoy it. Personally I liked Roma Surrectum 2 on Rome Total War that is why my mod of choice for Rome 2 is Wars of the Gods-Ancient Wars. Campaigns in DEI are a bit of a slog-just like EB-so they got that down.

I tried this and it said it was outdated 🥺

@garagegoblin858

3 жыл бұрын

Use the one that has three parts. The five part mod is outdated

Review of para bellum?

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Will get to it! I've been working on some content for EB 1 and 2. Perhaps after that.

Ok thanks..Lanjane?

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Drtad

@fleablock268

3 жыл бұрын

Is that your name? I don’t follow

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

@@fleablock268 it's my old TWC username

Must admit i still play version 1.1 after that it became bloated and they tried to do to much and it stopped being fun. For me 1.1 was the sweet spot,just my opinion of course.

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Ah what was added after that version that made it bloated? Too many units, scripts?

@jasonargos110

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed true the mod is bloated and very sloggy and slow-boring mostly boring.

this or ancient empires? hmmm

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

They are both excellent! I am planning on doing some comparisons

@user-po3ss3vk5b

3 жыл бұрын

oh, alright :)

@Bu11yMagu1re

2 жыл бұрын

I prefer AE just because its on the superior Attila platform.

Hello make more videos

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

You mean about divide et impera in particular?

It's too hard, too many stacks after 50 years

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Hmm stack spam is definitely an issue in many mods after a ton of turns have passed (EB1 for example)...

most overrated mod in history

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

It's not my favorite mod ever but I enjoy it

@jasonargos110

2 жыл бұрын

It sure is!!!!!!!!!!

stop saying Dividé et imperá, even though its probably right

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

why?

@6TypoS9

3 жыл бұрын

@@GudeaTW i dont know :'(

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

xD

yoo terrible mod for a terrible game

@GudeaTW

Ай бұрын

xD

It's not "d-vee-da et em-para" lol is it so hard to say "duh ·vaidd et im-peer-rah"? Drove me so nuts I couldn't finish the video. We're not speaking latin bro, it's english.

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

lol are you being serious?

@Axeltonn

2 жыл бұрын

Elliot tripped and bumped his head when stepping off of the short bus.