Would love a review of Imperial Splendour for Empire!

@jonny-b4954

Жыл бұрын

That's my favorite mod for Empire. Just got a new update too adding Sweden and Russia factions more detailed.

6:58, no battles in the 18th century DID NOT feature fierce melee combat outside of ambushes and storming forts. It just rarely happened in that century

@MundusMeus974

7 күн бұрын

Proof? None, that's what I thought.

What do you think of Imperial Destroyer? What is your favorite Empire Total War overhaul mod?

@hanskolmer9884

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah

@viscousgoo2021

3 жыл бұрын

Ultima Ratio, Absolutum Dominium, Empire Total War High Definition: Graphics Overhaul, Durango's Historical Portraits. I never cared for the overhaul mods that claim to improve AI, etc. I tried them all and found I had the same or similar kill ratios after battles despite the claims. The mods I listed are available on moddb and add a lot of great skins and graphical improvements similar to what Imperial Splendour and Destroyer have without all the overhaul changes. Absolutum Dominium is fantastic with new unit skins for just about every unit including new campaign models, flags, generals, etc. I love this era in warfare and would love an Empire 2. I've found a greater appreciation for the earlier historical titles now that Total War is descending further into fantasy land. Thanks for the video!

@BellaetHistoria

3 жыл бұрын

Imperial Destroyer is my favourite mod but I will take a look to Absolutum Dominium.

@aggelosbakis5990

3 жыл бұрын

@@BellaetHistoriaMines too, but I have a problem I load the VDM Mod as well and now it crashes everytime I want to play a battle on campaign, how can I disable it? I tried to delete the files but it didn't work, could you help me?

@BellaetHistoria

3 жыл бұрын

@@aggelosbakis5990 delete the ETW folder and uninstall the game in Steam. And take a look to your user script (hidden file).

Great review, awesome to see all these mods finally get some notice

@mohamedAshraf-ln9hu

3 жыл бұрын

The thing is, with CA's recent agenda, you may never see an Empire 2 title, or at least soon. So, you better make due with these mods.

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Will keep making more reviews. :)

@mohamedAshraf-ln9hu

3 жыл бұрын

@DeSPoTNemanjaS They still have 2 dlcs for TWW2 and maybe one for 3K, they will release TWW3 in late 2021 or 2022. After that every thing is in the air and don't be surprised if they do Warhammer 40K. Fantasy gave the fans so much variety and gave CA their most successful title, i don't know when they will get back to (pure) historical titles, if they do, however, i hope it's Empire 2.

@mohamedAshraf-ln9hu

3 жыл бұрын

@DeSPoTNemanjaS Well, we said the same thing in 2013!! Look where are we now. And besides, not 40K specifically, it can be any other fantasy setting.

@ozisponas1593

3 жыл бұрын

@@mohamedAshraf-ln9hu 40k wouldn t work in total war. Warhammer fantasy was an easy choice on how it would considering there was even older similar to total war game in terms of battle mechanics no one with half a brain doubted that when sega brought relic and got Warhammer license that CA would t make total war warhammer

Great video! Helped me find a good mod! This deserves much more attention!

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Glad to help!

Interesting mod, seeing the graphics of the campaign be so heavily updated is definitely a first for me from the total war series. Never knew this upgrade would be feasible.

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah the Imperial Destroyer enhancements are very unique - haven't seen another mod quite like it.

Thanks man. Great review! It's nice to see that other people care about TWE In these times!

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome! Yeah it's not my favorite Total War, but it's still an ambitious and unique game!

@Nawa11YT

3 жыл бұрын

@@GudeaTW how about you do a “things I want to see in TWE 2” video??

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

@@Nawa11YT Hmm it's possible!

Great video. Interesting, useful and entertaining. Thank you

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome! I'm glad you enjoyed it.

I wish Empire wasn't fundamentally broken :( I remember getting the demo as a wee lad in 2009, and being hyped for the final game to high heaven... just to be disappointed. Happened in 4 years again with Rome 2 :)

@jamieokeeffe2278

3 жыл бұрын

But tbf Rome 2 has improved alot since especially with DEI

@Lavabear120

3 жыл бұрын

@@jamieokeeffe2278 Agree completely, but before the first few major patches, R2 was a trainwreck

@jamieokeeffe2278

3 жыл бұрын

@@Lavabear120 personally I didn't have it at the time but I heard it was near unplayable

Wow, the fact that they managed to put in the Khanate of Khiva is quite an amazing feat

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah they've done a really amazing job here.

What I would love to see, is somebody making Faction Guides for some of these mods, like Lugotorix did for Rome: Total War. I'd love to be able to see the available unit rosters before I downloaded a mod.

6:57 There was almost no prolonged melee combat in this period and through the Napoleonic wars. Charges yes, many charges. But the charge was either broken up by fire to the point where it was easily rejected, or it wasn't broken up by fire and succeeded. Very rarely would anyone choose to stand and actually take a charge, since it was wiser to break just before it hit, reform, reinforce and charge them back. Hence positions changing hands over and over again in so many of the battles. There was plenty melee engagements, but they were individually over very quickly, since somebody has necessarily been caught on the hop, and will be looking to run away and reform. Even on the rare occasions infantry melee was earnestly contested, these are unarmored guys with lethal but unwieldy weapons, very little skill and almost no defensive tools; there will be colossal losses instantly and one side will break. Even cavalry, who of course mostly fought melee, would be physically engaged for very short blips of time, when wheeling about against other cavalry, or before the infantry formed defensively and became near invulnerable. Cavalry chasing down the rout would be the big exception. Seems awfully hard to simulate all this in a video game though......

@GudeaTW

2 жыл бұрын

Yup, empire Realism simulates this the best

if you try this mod + VDM mod you will have the best ETW experience, the game feels way different but the issue with the VDM mod it makes the camping land battle crash the game mid camping for some reason, I'm waiting for the update to fix this issue cause honestly, the two mods together are a masterpiece in my opinion. also, you can play VDM with vanilla ETW it won't make camping battles crash the game but yet it's not the same without imperial destroyer.

Hello Gudea! I played several months Imperial Destroyer to the point of knowing some of the changes made to the game an the reasons behind the choices and I must say that this mod it's one the best but needs still some polishing. From the graphics point of view I guess it's the best, the map, the effects and a mid century flavor that feels right across the campaign. You can argue the "reforms" of Imperial Splendour are better, but for the simplicity of the game I think is the right choice. The most general complaint is the lack of ammo. If you think about it is basically Gå På tactics generalized for all factions, while was not the case and mostly a situational choice that the AI seems not to be capable of. It's not until Napoleon that a single shot and charge in "colonne" was introduced and copied by European armies. Austria, as example, tended to be defensive and that needed more than a few shots, or the battles in North America which where much more related with position and firepower. I know last version of the mod tried to overcome this by increasing the lethality of firepower, but not solves the core problem. This lack of ammo oblige the player to be always offensive which is basically wrong in my point of view. The wars in XVIII century where a trade of blood x lands, and the diplomacy tended to be this trade at it's core. Feels a bit strange to trade regions, but that's the fault of clunky peace negotiations where the AI don't seems to react rationally. Getting rid of this diplomatic option oblige the player to get all territories by pure force, no diplomacy at all. The simplification of the armies. All powers have the same numbers and the differences come with their stats. Here is another point of disagreement, because are some bizarre choices. The american Indians for example, are too way overpowered in melée, which is not realistic, specially knowing that by mid century they fought basically with firearms, not bows and lances. Or the problem with Sweden. Sweden is perhaps the most overpowered nation in the vanilla game, mainly because their income allows the player to build big armies from start, while their demographics never allowed this. The mod makers decided to place Sweden armies to be average, while increasing the Russian above the rest except Prussian/British. Sorry, it feels Russian bias to me. The choice of reducing British and Swedish battalion size is the correct answer to this problem. And that brings here Darth Mod, because despite being old and dysfunctional addressed these problems with the right choices, and now i'm appreciating more than ever their work. I repeat, Darth Mod is clearly inferior in most aspects than Imperial Destroyer, but battle and army choices are far better. Despite all this criticism, I like much Imperial Destroyer and actually I'm trying to change myself the mod to address all the problems mentioned here. And some others, like the unrealistic incomes for each region. As an example, the Caribbean Islands produced roughly the same amount of money of all North America that time because the sugar and tobacco plantations. That's why France traded Canadá for these tiny islands in 1763. I hope that CA some day will bring us Empire II, with better mechanics and bigger battles. Meanwhile we have these wonderful mods. Best Regards.

@CommanderBow934

Жыл бұрын

If your able to fix the ammo problem and do some final polishing, I’d love to play it as I really enjoy both Darthmod and imperial destroyers cleans graphics. And I think if someone would be able to fix some of the issues with Imperial Destroyer that would be amazing.

@noblesseoblige7112

9 ай бұрын

​@@CommanderBow934check Imperial Destroyer submods on Total War Center. There is one increasing ammo.

Ah yes, Empire Realism... my first major mod.. i might return to it and update it eventually, once i'm done with R2TR4... and yes, you are right, i mostly focused on battle mechanics, while keeping other aspects vanilla.. Empire was never easy to mod, lots of things are locked out, so fixing certain things is practically impossible (despite what many other modders claim, most of the time its a placebo effect)

@BRAgamer

2 жыл бұрын

I dont want to be someone who raises controversy but... does that mean that Darthmod doesnt manage to fix or improve AI?

@ScaniaVikings

2 жыл бұрын

@@BRAgamer Imperial Destroyer definitely improves ai, it's almost like a real player on hard

@Leo-ok3uj

9 ай бұрын

@@BRAgamer Yes, yes it is, the best you can do is to “incentivize” the campaign AI to do something more or do something less

This coupled with the additional ammo mod is the best one available for ETW. Unfortunately for me, the game crashes mid battle quite frequently, any fixes or similar experiences?

@abdirahman8111

2 жыл бұрын

go to task manager --> details --> find etw --> right click --> set affinity --> if dual core choose 0,1,2 shut off others or uncheck , if quad core 0,1,2,3,4 and uncheck rest --> then go back to etw and reload battle --> no more crashes

@kegstrap9770

2 жыл бұрын

Very late to this but I can't find the additional ammo submod for the life of me can you link it or direct me please

I'm getting back to this game!!!

you earned a sub my man

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Hello there!

Nice review! And as a personal opinion, it would have been nice if you included the game audio.

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

With audio you have to be careful about copyright, but I'll try to include it more often.

Fantastic review.

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

this channel should not have over 900 it should have 100K subs

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! :)

Your channel is a godsend. I'm playing a Med2 HRE campaign rn and Rome TWR is coming up, so I thought...what about Empire? Darthmod was good, but as you said, damn slow. This sounds great. I'll give it a try when I have time. With Prussia of course. As every other ETW I played before, lol.

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

It is a unique mod! a bit unpolished though

@Nutellafuerst

3 жыл бұрын

@@GudeaTW empire really deserves a second game. After medieval 3 of course. Or med2 remaster :p

This legit is my fav mod for empire. Its amazing. I use to prefer darthmod but once I found this I never looked back.

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah it truly is a total overhaul in every aspect...

I've never quite understood why CA never gave an option for a Steam Workshop for Empire. It's far more awkward going to the Moddb website and getting the mods (and their patches) and manually installing them. It's so much less hassle to subscribe to mods on tge Workshop.

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Would be nice if they did that for empire and Napoleon!

I would love to play the original game And then try out Darth Mod and Imperial Destroyer. As I think both developers we’re on to something with there ideas and improvements. And with Imperial Destroyer if they polish a few of the minor things like the over aggressiveness. low ammo and infantry not being able to retreat in battle and the fact you start with no money in the campaign, it would be a great play for anyone who loves strategy games as I do.

What's the difference between this and imperial splendour? Or to paraphrase, What does this mod add or do differently from Imperial splendour? And is this overall the better mod of the two? or is destroyer a submod? At first glance they look very similar and when trying to browse forums etc it only seems like the major difference is that this mod is more of a hassle to install.

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

I'd say this mod has a bigger focus on battles and the battle AI

I would have liked to hear more specifics about how buildings/economy and tech trees has been changed. Likewise a few more descriptions of specific factions rosters and how they might change your tactics (what are some differences between playing say Prussia vs Ottomans). I understand not wanting to make video-essays but it could be good to hear a short rundown of how a campaign went, telling us what happened and you did during the first 10-20 turns. It gives us a much better feel and understanding than to just say that the AI is more aggressive. Does the AI send unending waves of armies or declare, and pursue, nonsensical wars from across the planet? Those sorts of questions.

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Kirius, I like to keep the reviews shorter (with the exception of very major overhauls, like Europa Barbarorum 2 or Divide et Impera). However, I delve deeper into the mods when I do gameplay videos. I think I want to wait for a future version before I do a gameplay video with Imperial Destroyer, since, as I mentioned, I think it still needs a lot of work. The campaign AI in Imperial Destroyer is a bit strange... I have had games where it is appropriately aggressive and games where there are nonsensical alliances and wars declared all the time (even a bit more than regular Empire weirdness).

@kiriusview9251

3 жыл бұрын

@@GudeaTW Thank you. I can understand wanting to keep the video short.

can u explain about the inflation in this mod? i cant really understand how it works

Will give this a bash. It would be an interesting project to port Jam's battle mechanics here. Especially naval battles. Empire and Napoleon Realism naval battles are the best naval battles in any TW game and better than some age of sail games imho.

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah that would be cool! The Imperial Destroyer mechanics are definitely... different. Not quite like the other mods at all. For that I applaud them, it makes the mod stand out a bit more (aside from the graphics and effects which are also very different). Just wish ammunition was a bit higher. Also, did you ever try out TROM (The Rights of Man)? There was also a TROM 2 for Napoleon. I enjoyed them back in the day in addition to the Realism mods - they were sort of a different take on the realism aspect. Haven't played them in forever (even finding dl links was tough, I might reupload TROM 2 to a better place since I have it), but I might cover them soon.

I am playing a lot of this mod for the past few months now , Battle are amazing, top notch (best mod for battle) Campaign still needs work though, AI doesnt really know what to do, really passive for most part, beside me not much changes in Europe over 50 turns. You can add VDM 2.2 mod, but it crashes when you battle after your load your save

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Yes the battles are definitely very dynamic and fun, and the battle AI is excellent! I think you're right, the campaign needs A LOT of work and is unstable. I didn't mention VDM due to it being quite unstable for me, so I didn't want to review that submod yet.

@camille2881

3 жыл бұрын

@@GudeaTW one funny thing, 6.3 is empty in term of diplomatic options, so i added VDM 2.2 data file but i didnt add the script , so i have now all diplo options but not VDM active. In the battle i did, the AI charged me direclty, stopped at 50m of my lines, fired 1 time and charged me for bayonet right on, all in less than 10 secondes, I was so shocked it looks really agressive and smart like a human would play haha

@Shambles_44

3 жыл бұрын

@@GudeaTW Damn, I've been trying to compare some of the big mods like this, Darth, Imperial Splendour etc. to see what the best overall one would be go jump into. This seemed like the perfect one until i saw this comment haha, is the campaign AI really that bad if you're planning on being a European faction? Would any of you recommend a different mod because of this or is the staleness of European factions not worth it?

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

@@Shambles_44 Actually in my experience the campaign AI has been pretty aggressive. I just reviewed the Rights of Man which is an often overlooked overhaul mod you might want to check out. I'd say Splendor seems like another great one.

@Shambles_44

3 жыл бұрын

@@GudeaTW Nice, well I'd try ID out if TWCenter wasn't down which sucks...I did see your RoM though but having a little difficulty understanding the instructions on it, wording is throwing me off a bit!

If the additions that this mod gave (e.g. better AI, new regions) were to be merged with Absolutum Dominium (heavy visual overhaul, in line with the art style of vanilla), that would be the best mod ever.

Hey Gudea, thank you for your review! There are two vital submods for Imperial Destroyer: - Starting treasury of 10 000 - Increase in ammunition With those, the mod is just awesome!

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Definitely agree! Good to see that those are available (I think they weren't at the time I reviewed this - the links were dead)

@ScaniaVikings

3 жыл бұрын

@@GudeaTW Awesome - I might do a tutorial on how to install those since many people seem to have issues :)

@ScaniaVikings

3 жыл бұрын

Btw you should review Imperial Splendour when you have time!

@rmk3155

3 жыл бұрын

Where do you find these Submods?

@ScaniaVikings

2 жыл бұрын

@@rmk3155 twcenter

Does imperial destroyer have the fire by rank ability or does everyone in the unit fire their guns at once?

@martynhulland6252

2 жыл бұрын

They fire there guns together..I got to say I've played most Empire Mods and this gives me the best battle experience.. i up the units numbers to 400..it's quite epic. The campaign is good although I'm finding it a little passive..I'm playing on Normal..i recently played Imperial Splendour Rise of the Republic which seemed to give a great campaign experience on Normal.

You mentioned empire realism mod, can you use both? How are the naval battles? I'm looking for a mod that plays like NTW3

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Empire Realism is not compatible with Imperial Destroyer I'm 100% sure. Perhaps I will do a video on Empire (and Napoleon) Realism at some point. They are excellent mods that really improve the campaign and battle gameplay. Empire Realism is compatible with various aesthetic mods that only change the graphics (it does include some smoke effects itself as well).

@kimjongil4497

3 жыл бұрын

@@GudeaTW definitely watch your video on those mods. Thanks for replying. Look forward to what ya do next

Any new updates for this mod?

Thanks for that review. I had dismissed Imperial Destroyer due to the thread that mentioned it removing more than it adds, but it looks much better than I thought!

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah it's definitely a very interesting mod! A bit unpolished imo, but it is very interesting.

That's one thing i didn't like was starting off with no money but if you want like i do,i just use saveparser to change the starting income for the factions and give everyone about 30k.

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

That's true, I don't like that decision at all.

Hello, I have several problems with the mod, when I am in a battle the textures of the units do not load, the units are completely black or red, I also cannot play with non-European factions in custom battles because otherwise the game crashes, I can also not play with some of the modifications of the mod because otherwise the game does not turn on

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

It seems like you haven't installed it correctly. Try reinstalling.

Whats the different between imperial splendeur and destroyer?

@jollywyrm5684

3 жыл бұрын

lots of differences, they are both overhauls for the game, but you will have to try out both or look on the forums to see which one appeals more to you

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

They are totally different mods. I'd say imperial destroyer is more radical in a lot of ways, especially in terms of the battles. They are both worth checking out

@Dexusaz

3 жыл бұрын

Imperial Splendour is much better overall imo, too many weird and bad decisions by the modder in Imperial Destroyer.

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

@@Dexusaz Will definitely be trying out IS at some point. Do you recommend IS regular or the newer Rise of the Republic?

@Dexusaz

3 жыл бұрын

@@GudeaTW I have only tried "Rise of the Republic" so far, so I can't really compare between them but I can recommend it.

Upto 6.3 version now. And it's good. There's also a submod. VDM2.2 which is very good. Adds really good events and better more indepth management of government.

@aggelosbakis5990

3 жыл бұрын

The Game crushes when playing campaign Battle, at least mines

@evanoconnell9448

3 жыл бұрын

@@aggelosbakis5990 yeh it's quite confusing to install vdm. But i got it stable. I can walk you through it if you like? Get all the files in the correct places. It's a really good mod. Brings some immersive realism to managing your navys time at sea. Your armies in hostile territory. Managing conspiracies against your head of state. Starting rebellions in your enemies conquered territories. There's alot of really good stuff in there that flushes out the game alot.

@aggelosbakis5990

3 жыл бұрын

@@evanoconnell9448 Yes please, I did follow a tutorial on KZread and it did function with diplomacy and the conspiracy things although I didn't understand where you could use your control points but I did like it, well until I discovered I wasn't able to do campaign battles with the VDM, imperial on his own did go smoothly

@evanoconnell9448

3 жыл бұрын

@@aggelosbakis5990 aw ok so the campaign works but then entering battles it crashes? Hmmm. When i get home ill take photos of my files and see if it matches yours? Must be one .pack in there thats missing. You running any other mods? I tried a mod that increases unit numbers to 300 for infantry and it just wasnt compatible

@aggelosbakis5990

3 жыл бұрын

@@evanoconnell9448 I did run the March mods which were below the main mod as well, I thought about it too because both of them should be on the top I think, so maybe that was it, Well I increased the unit size manually, through the main Game scripts campaign.unite from 1 to 2 is very simple and no mods are needed and it works smoothly as well but I had that one problem, and I want to built wooden fortresses is there any submod for that or an option?

Is any submods on this? I would like to change more artyleries in units and others. Someone help?

@e-0703

3 жыл бұрын

Yes just copy this link: www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?749678-Gameplay-options-for-IMPERIAL-DESTROYER Return churches More artillery More/less ammo More deplomatic options More/less accurecy. all kinds of submods for your play style.

This is what I was looking for. A mod that doesnt slow this game down to a crawl.

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Yes it's definitely faster paced than other mods. While I appreciate their devotion to realism, I find a lot of mods simply make the game (especially battles) too slow. I don't have enough free time for that xD

@MrJabbothehut

3 жыл бұрын

@@GudeaTW agreed. Every battle taks about 25 mins to do which kills my enthusiasm after 2-3 turns. My fav total war battles are shogun 2's because theyre fast paced without sacrificing strategy out of the window.

Would you mind giving me a download link?

I love this mod but I can play the grand campaign more than 120 more less because the save corrupts always

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

The Imperial Destroyer campaign is definitely a WIP.

Why the cannon in this mod is only 2 per unit? That's the onlt problem that i have with this mod so far

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

There is a submod that restores 4 cannons per unit

Where can I even find this mod? Not on moddb or twcenter?

@ScaniaVikings

2 жыл бұрын

On twcenter

No links to download mod?

@pakaso777

24 күн бұрын

Yeah 😞

is there any recommended difficulty for this mod?

@beavatatlan

Жыл бұрын

Whatever you prefer, I think. I personally play om hard/hard

Does anyone know why I don’t have any text when I start up the game Edit: Nvm i fixed it Im not a fan of how you can’t send or recieve payments or technology

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

They have removed a lot of the features that the AI was not adept at handling. It's a mixed bag in that regard. There are submod options to add those back in

Hello . How can I solve the money problem in this game? The money at the beginning of the game is zero and I want to have more money at the beginning of the game. Do you have a solution?

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

I would ask the mod creator to create such a version, unfortunately I'm not well-versed in Empire modding.

I got crashed everytime I end my turn in road to independence, I installed the game yesterday (imperial destroyer included). Any advice? Thank you

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Valentinus - I honestly always forget that campaign exists. It should work however. Is there an issue in the grand campaign? I actually have TROM (The Rights of Man) installed right now to get ready for a review of that mod eventually, so I don't have Imperial Destroyer installed at the moment (and switching them out is a pain).

@harigunawan8889

3 жыл бұрын

@@GudeaTW right now I'm playing grand campaign and the game is fine. Will wait for your updates, keep it up man

@polar4182

3 жыл бұрын

@@harigunawan8889 hmm when i play grand campaign and every time i enter a battle my game crashes. does yours crash?

We need an Empire 2

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Would be nice!

Having played the mod as the Hetmanate in a campaign, I'm really disappointed with this mod. Pros: - Great battle AI, they actually try to flank you and use their cav well - Graphics look amazing, both on the campaign map and especially during battles: good unit textures, awesome effects and nice colours Cons: - The AI cheats like crazy in this mod. For example, the Crimean Khanate spammed me with Elite Units, while I couldn't even afford a whole army comprised of Milita units - AI behaves weird on the campaign map, too many alliances are made (and broken) and too many nations declare war on the player - Crashes do happen occiasonally - Units have way too few ammo, only like 4 - 5 Bullets - Installing this mod is a nightmare, dev can't even manage to make a proper tutorial It's really sad how the dev made such weird choices with the mod as it has so much potential. Imperial Splendour is a better choice, it's already great but it still needs more time.

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

I agree for the most part - I forgot to mention the diplomacy, which is very strange here. It definitely needs more work, but it is very promising (with its excellent battle AI and graphics/effects).

@Dexusaz

3 жыл бұрын

@@GudeaTW Yeah, I just don't understand some of the decisions by the dev. There are so many things that need to be fixed, hopefully it will be good someday.

@Smaugogo2b

3 жыл бұрын

Check the options too add ammunition square formation fire by rank etc in totalwar centzr website

@Dexusaz

3 жыл бұрын

@@Smaugogo2b I did, still didn't enjoy it because of the cheating AI and weird behaviour on the campaign map. Thanks for the tips though.

@mostafamahmoud8804

3 жыл бұрын

I agree with you but to solve the AI cheating part don't play with any difficulty except normal cause basically playing as hard or very hard literally gives the AI bonuses and more money and more which makes the game unbalanced this goes for most total war games, and yes the devs are really annoying with the installing tutorial, it took me several hours to install it, but I think if they put more effort to the mod it will be the best ETW mod ever in my opinion especially if played with VDM mod but it also has its problmes.

The download links don't work and one of them comes up with a virus warning not very user friendly...

@ScaniaVikings

2 жыл бұрын

Did u download from twcenter? It's not virus I have it

I have problem whit the cannon only two cannon i need help when I want to go to a map to be able to trade it is blocked or I cannot extract resources whit ship

@GudeaTW

2 жыл бұрын

Those are features of the mod

@czaredo1479

2 жыл бұрын

Yes

@czaredo1479

2 жыл бұрын

I need recommendations which the mod is the best darkmod or espledor

@GudeaTW

2 жыл бұрын

I like The Rights of Man and Empire Realism

its not really a major thing but does this mod also gives generals and the people in your cabinet portraits like darthmod? i kinda dislike looking at the vanilla faces of the generals on etw

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Polar it's been a little while but I believe it does yes. Also check out my video on the Historical Portraits mod, a really excellent portrait mod for ETW

@polar4182

3 жыл бұрын

@@GudeaTW will do. cheers

I have the same problem . At the charge screen it crash with more than 100 turns

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

The campaign definitely needs more work. It's definitely a WIP.

@hanskolmer9884

3 жыл бұрын

@@GudeaTW thank you , but why other players havent this problem ?

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

@@hanskolmer9884 I don't know... but I would report this issue to the devs on TWC.

@hanskolmer9884

3 жыл бұрын

@@GudeaTW thank you very much

which one is better this one or Imperial splendor?

@GudeaTW

2 жыл бұрын

Splendor I'd say is more polished but this one has more unique battle mechanics

@aplaceinthesky82

2 жыл бұрын

@@GudeaTW i tried both mods and i have to said the both change really a lot the old and crappy vanilla ETW. Compered to the new ETW II I found those two much more appealing

I find the AI not enough agressiv in campaign between AI factions, maybe because i enable option like religion that is hard too keep public order

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

That might be the case. I didn't reactivate religion and it was pretty aggressive.

@Smaugogo2b

3 жыл бұрын

@@GudeaTW i ll try by removing all this settings in campaign too see

whats the newest version

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

I think it's still 6.3

Does it fix the fort battle extreme lag?

@GudeaTW

2 жыл бұрын

there is no fix for that afaik

Ever played Minor Factions Revenge? I thought that was a great one.

@GudeaTW

2 жыл бұрын

will check it out

@Bu11yMagu1re

2 жыл бұрын

@@GudeaTW Its not the most historical as it does focus on lesser factions but it still does improve a number of things over the original.

Why we can't change the campaign map still?

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

There are no map tools

@baabaaer

3 жыл бұрын

@@GudeaTW Can we force Creative Assembly to make one with money?

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

I think that time has come and gone. The last game with map tools is Shogun 2

Reflecting on Empire (it was my introduction to Total War at 14) I think its main issue was how..."bland" it was. To me It completely lacked any sort of atmosphere, from the copy-paste rosters to the "pew pew" muskets and the absolutely abhorrent map (that hole in Europe seriously? Why did the Swiss do to deserve this?). It's good to see mods rectifying that. Will you do Imperial Realism? Like you said I think it really has the best battle mechanics out of all mods. And you deserve more subs :)

@Smaugogo2b

3 жыл бұрын

The hole in swiss was because helvetic confederation should have been in the game but they needed to finish it quickliest because of sega so some factions have been removed

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Fabshooter, I will definitely be taking a look at both Empire and Napoleon Realism. Both are really excellent!

I find it interesting that you thought Imperial Destroyer turns the battles into slog-fests; my experience with this mod is that with mass volleys and incredibly low unit morale battles take about five minutes.... I'm using 6.3

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

I don't think the destroyer battles are a slog, I think darthmod's are

@Winaska

3 жыл бұрын

@@GudeaTW oh I listened again; my mistake

@atpcliff

Жыл бұрын

@Calvin Severus Slow, dull and boring. Like: We slogged through 6km of marshland. At the end, we were wet, tired, and full of mud.

Imperial Splendour - Rise of the Republic is the ultimate way to play the game. This coming from a longtime fan of the franchise. It is like Stainless Steel for M2 and LME for Napoleon. Darthmod was great during its time, but now the modders have far surpassed it. Imperial Destroyer is good, don't get me wrong, but it has nothing on IS. Trust me and take the plunge lads. Gudea, you should see it for yourself if you think I'm not convincing enough. You have the reach to inform your audience. You owe it to them to give IS a full review.

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Debopam, this month I'll definitely take a look at it!

@debopamroy56

3 жыл бұрын

@@GudeaTW as a fellow student of history, I always go to your channel to see game reviews deriving from historical sources because the input of a professional in these matters are really some of the most engaging content to watch on KZread. I suppose what I am trying to say is that I'm a huge fan of your channel and will look forward to the upcoming reviews, IS or otherwise.

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

@@debopamroy56 Thank so much! I appreciate it. I've been busy the past few weeks but once I have more free time (in a week or so) I'll be getting to work on more content and streams as well.

@FDR-1933

3 жыл бұрын

Is it more polished than Destroyer? Thinking of waiting till Destroyer gets more polished before giving it a try, based on the comments here, but I'm def in a 18th century mood rn lol. And whats the main difference between Rise of the Republic and the base version? Different start dates?

@debopamroy56

3 жыл бұрын

@@FDR-1933 It is way more polished. The base version isn't really much, I recommend staying away from it as ID is far superior to that. They only made relatively minor changes. But in Rise of Republic they basically started making a new game - an Empire 2.0 if you will. Every little thing is different. Check out a Lets play on youtube to see it for yourself. One gripe I have with every mod in this game is that some of the playable factions have no fleshed out description in the country selection screen. It is probably a minor annoyance peculiar only to me, but it needed to be said.

Yes. Imperial Splenda 2.2.1b as it compares to the Rights of Man.

@GudeaTW

2 жыл бұрын

I will be covering some more empire mods soon

I play the 3 (I D, I S, AND D M) mods and i conclude that darthmod is the best, the artillerie dont do a F in the Imperial destroyer (I D) mod. I play the MURICAN CAMPAIGN AND BRITISH UNITS ARE OP AND THE TACTICAL ADVANTAGES DONT WORK. THE ONLY SURVIVORS OF THE ENTIRE BATALLION IN THE FIRST MISSION OF THE CHAPTER 3 WAS 8 MINUTEMEN. ANYWAYS I END WINING THAT BATTLE. WHEN I PLAYED WITH THE DARTH MOD NOTHING OF THIS HAPPENS, SO IF ALL OF YOU CAN MAKE THE MOD TEAM UPDATE THE I D MOD WITH NO UNFAIR DETAILS (THAT KIND OF BUGS). AND ADD THE ALL THE FACTIONS MOD (MEXICO, LOUSIANA, ETC) OF THE DARTH MOD IF WILL BE BETTER THAN DM. AND THE CAVALRY DONT DO A F IN IMPERIAL SPLENDOUR. I CHARGE BEHIND WITH MY CAVALRY OF A REGULAR LINE FRENCH INFANTRY AND THEY TERMINATE MY CAVALRY. I STILL ABLE TO WIN BECAUSE I ENCIRCLE THEM WITH MY INFANTRY AND SHOOT THEM, ALSO BECAUSE I STILL HAVE MY ARTILLERIE AND THE ENEMY AI NO. I HAVE TO RECOGNAISE SOMETHING ABOUT I S AN I D. THE RESHADES ARE BETTER THAN D M.

@ScaniaVikings

2 жыл бұрын

Why u writing in capslock?

plz guys plz send 40 unit in battle mod

Good game but not players founds in multiplayer :(

this mod has so much bugs plz i wont fix parth

10 prussian naval invasions into Georgia out of 10

@GudeaTW

2 жыл бұрын

xD

I actually disagree with the majority of your opinions about Empire Total War. I think the problem this mod and many other mods have is that it isn't balanced.

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Dixon, that's ok! What points do you disagree with exactly? I agree that Destroyer is not the most balanced mod - it's definitely still a WIP. The other mod I reviewed, TROM, is a more balanced and complete product (though also less ambitious).

@dixonsider873

3 жыл бұрын

@@GudeaTW I actually think the diplomacy options/AI of empire was a tremendous improvement over previous TW titles (M2 Milan flashbacks). While the tech tree is rather large I don’t see it as a negative, quite the opposite. At the beginning of the campaign your economy is mostly agrarian and your units largely militia/ mercenaries with a small core of professional troops. By the end of the campaign you are beginning to industrialize, you have professional armies, powerful artillery, and introduction of skirmishers. I think while certainly not perfect it’s a pretty decent take on the 18th century. Not to mention the ambition of this game is unmatched. However I do agree Empire is just like medieval 2 and Rome 1 in that it suffers from reskinned units which is disappointing but at least in empire a good portion of these identical units don’t have identical stats. For example when using Prussian line infantry you want to have long range engagements but as Russia you want your line infantry in melee as soon as possible. Regardless I enjoyed your review and I’ll have to check out the others you have done!

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

@@dixonsider873 I actually agree with all of your points! I've always viewed Empire as a very ambitious game with many great aspects. Actually I probably enjoy the vanilla game a bit more than Medieval 2 vanilla.

The fact that there is ONE single city in the entirety of mainland France speaks volumes about this game.

@GudeaTW

2 жыл бұрын

I think the ambition for the game was there, but there are too many limitations (including technical). I think an Empire 2 could fix a lot of these issues.

@grumpy2606

2 жыл бұрын

@@GudeaTW I would much rather see an Empire 2 or Napoleon 2 in the form of a U.S Civil Total War game.

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How can I play in the grand campaign as the jacobites?

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

I believe there is a submod for that on their twc subforum