I always preferred the old replenishment system. Seems more realistic not being able to recruit guys to your army deep in unfriendly/newly conquered territory. From a pure "game" perspective I see what you mean but it also makes you careful in battles as you don't want to hobble your own units being careless with them.

@thebreeze9152

3 жыл бұрын

I agree. a good General does not throw lives away needlessly. A bad General does. And if one is talking over smaller towns. you would have to grow those towns in order to retool those high tier units. Often times one does not need those high tier units to suppress the common rabble. I still play Rome Total War.

@jonsouth1545

3 жыл бұрын

@@thebreeze9152 I likes Rome's system but I think Medieval did it slightly better

@mk-ultraviolence1760

3 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't say the replenishment system in the more recent games is completely unrealistic, it represents fresh soldiers and equipment coming in through supply lines or wounded soldiers who have recovered enough to join their old unit.

@darthumbradius14

3 жыл бұрын

I agree, it makes me think hard about potential losses and keeps me rotating forces with a constant trail of depleted and fresh units behind my advancing army. If the AI manages to ambush them, that's fair enough and certainly more realistic than my reinforcements magically arriving unhindered. That said, I understand why the OP and others dislike it. I guess I am just more of a control freak and so long as I have a trail of reinforcements going back and forwards, retraining actually lets me put a unit back in circulation after one turn rather than wait for a while for the modern system to replenish it after major casualties.

@P3truts

3 жыл бұрын

@@mk-ultraviolence1760 but it kind of is. In Rome TW you have to take care of those logistics while in the later games it just happens for you. It is simplified but it takes away of the strategic gameplay as many moves were made with logistics in mind.

This feels like the old days man, I’m really enjoying this series. After you’re done with the Carthage campaign could you try either a Germania or selucidian empire or julii one please? 👍

@roberttaylor3118

3 жыл бұрын

Of those 3 seleucid for sure. Carthage, macedon, and seleucid are my go tos in rtw

@aceous99

3 жыл бұрын

or Egypt

@hannes0000

3 жыл бұрын

@Merlene Kita gl then you are really bad/stupid cnt friend to have then.

@Kvs-vf9nt

Жыл бұрын

@@aceous99 I hope everyone uses the mod to make it Prolomeic Egypt like me because it really s*cks those bronze age guys..

One thing I wish they would change is to let you choose to continue listen to the general speech while you are in the deployment phase.

You should have canceled your hoplites' move order instead of giving them an attack order and they would have dropped their pikes

As much as I want an Empire Remastered, Empire really just needs an overhaul so I'll wait for the "remake"

32:05 He's not my favorite general, but at last someone recognizes the military capacity of Pyrrhus .

train peasants in settlements that have larger pop and send them to places that dont, then disband them and they increase the pop.

@sultanmehmetconquerorofcon3488

3 жыл бұрын

True but opsont you need to do it 9n the region and not the city bcs I've always done that

18:11 my strat was always to use the rally troops ability on the commander. his horse would stop for a second so whilst his entire bodyguard unit is attacking he can stay back, at least for the critical charge

I miss Maximus too! CA needs to levy freeman back in and I'm sure he'd return :)

@caesarczech7920

3 жыл бұрын

Who was that ?

@anthonyprosser8440

3 жыл бұрын

@@caesarczech7920 Maximus decimus meridius was a total war youtuber who stopped making videos before warhammer 2 came out. Probably most remembered for his excellent unit tests and tournament commentary.

While I certainly see your point about unit replenishment personally I prefer the old system. It created a drawback to high tier units and made the player thing more about unit composition when making an army. In fact I feel like it made high tier units more interesting because you had to carefully use them to ensure they'd take low casualties, and in most cases they wouldn't take high casualties because of their stats.

@theblackswordsman9951

3 жыл бұрын

Yep plus it really doesnt make sense that armies in newer games can just magically replenish in friendly territory even if its miles away from home. The added difficulty of troop replenishment adds more depth imo.

@SoRiNaChE89

3 жыл бұрын

Also in the newer ones there is no population mechanics, which I love the subtle level of tactics involved. If you aren't careful with armies you could drain cities and taxes replenishing.

@BlessedAreTheCheesemakers

2 жыл бұрын

plus it's realistic that the Romans could basically conscript spam hastati from almost everywhere with a significant population. It would be cool to be able to recruit more than 1 unit per turn, perhaps a hybrid with something akin to Medieval II's system.

Haha Heir imagine how fast and furious this will be with Germanic Tribes Berserkers and night Raiders!

Also note that Fabius maximus was another general that had the military know-how to defeat Hannibal but was not given enough time to do it, which was a real shame and he kinda gets overshadowed by scipio

@HeirofCarthage

3 жыл бұрын

Fabius probably didn't have the battle field prowess to beat Hannibal in the open but you are correct. He knew how to win the war. Deprive Hannibal of supplies and reinforcements. Don't give him a battle to win. Honestly I don't think Scipio would have survived to fight Hannibal at Zama if not for Fabius wearing Hannibal down first. He certainly was smarter than his peers I agree.

@JanXXVI

3 жыл бұрын

@@HeirofCarthage Dont forget Marcus Claudius Marcellus, who did keep Hannibal in check after Cannae, took over most of scicily i belive, including Syracuse where Archimedes made it exceptionally hard for the Romans to take it. Marcellus fought many battles and skirmishes against the Chartagenians, but kept skirmishing against Hannibal, he did fight a battle against Hannibal, which neither could claim victory of, although both sides did. While Scipio was off in Spain, this guy kept Rome safe and helped turn the war effort. He was eventually killed when he was on a reconnaissance mission, ambushed by a much larger force of Numidian cavalry. When Hannibal heard of his death, he travelled to see the body, gave him a proper funeral and sent his ashes in a silver urn with a golden wreath to his son. Hannibal clearly respected him. Marcellus was a Legend in his own time, being one of only 3 in Roman history to recive the: Spolia Opima. So i would say Fabius and this guy had much to do with Hannibal's demise.

Pre-ordered this immediately. I'm very excited to replay a Roman and Greek campaign. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for a Medieval II Remaster in the near future. The merchant feature has me hopeful.

@Nutellafuerst

3 жыл бұрын

Can you imagine playing Third Age on a remastered Med2

@drumyogi9281

3 жыл бұрын

Me too man. I never stopped playing Rome since I bought it in 2004. Currently doing a Greek campaign. At war with Pontus in the east and I have taken half of Italy so far.

@CentreSwift

3 жыл бұрын

@@drumyogi9281 I've never played Rome 1 before but would like to start with the Greeks for that 300 Spartan roleplay!

@filipesilva171

3 жыл бұрын

@@Nutellafuerst this is legit what i was thinking haha

@tibersulla2305

3 жыл бұрын

I advise against pre-ordering, wait until release to make sure this delivers. If anyone's worried about losing the 50% discount you still get 1 month after release to buy the game half-off.

Also, I really wish I had disposable income right now for games. But alas, my first born fast approaches. Goodbye money, hello mini-me.

@jebbush2527

3 жыл бұрын

Congratulations! I will pray for you and your family, God bless

@TwistedThor187

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I've never been more excited for anything.

Mate i watched you back in the day, but i never remembered the person who i watched play it.(Its like 1 of those song you listen to when your young but can’t remember)

@HeirofCarthage

3 жыл бұрын

Lol well glad to have you back again

@summonerhattori2592

3 жыл бұрын

@@HeirofCarthage Glad to see you doing well. Im going to have fun revisiting your old, and new videos.

So those Greeks around the 50 minute mark *were* offering you money... it's badly worded grammatically, but that was *their* proposal to *you* and it was listed under *"Their Offers"* "We will give..." which is the Rome diplomacy way of saying they were giving you the money, not asking for it... so it's a good thing you decided to just accept it! xD

i got so excited that this was out i bought it then i seen i cant play till end of month such a emotional rollercoaster glad to see you back in my pop ups

I like the old replenishment system because it means you can overextend an army. It makes it so that losses mean something. Otherwise the cutoff is if you lose a unit or not, now any loss can mean something and victories can actually be pyrrhic. It was a lot better pronounced in medieval II.

I like the retraining system. Automatic replenishment doesn't punish you for throwing away units as your safe in the knowledge they will magically appear again in a few turns.

@88GAF

3 жыл бұрын

Supply lines exist, they should replenish automatically if your territory connects to each other or like he said just make it a toggle. Alternatively just make an empire TW replenishment system where you had to pay for the units to replenish then wait 2-3 turns for them to arrive.

@RexOedipus.

3 жыл бұрын

Wait a few turns vs instantly ok the next one. Personally i prefer the replenishment system

@danylopavlusyk462

8 ай бұрын

Completely agree. Now playing shogun 2 and replenishment system make not care for even a bit about losses. I don't even reinforce units which are suffering losses in battle if i think they will hold on until enemy breaks. And pyrrhic victory lost its meaning. With replenishment you only have to stay on your territory, even if province is not developed or a single settlement which can train specific unit is on the other side of the map. And with population mechanics retraining has its cost. Yes, you can retrain half of the full army in a single turn, but at a cost of population. In my recent campaign in Rome remastered with imperatoris mundi map I needed a lot of triarii to counter egyptian chariots. There was a single settlement near the frontline developed enogh to (re-)train them, ant it quickly run out of population, so I made a "peasant migration" from Spain to repopulate it.

@d-fens5866

7 ай бұрын

@@88GAFI think the empire system was really smart tbh.

Also Heir Dont get your Elephants mixed in with your Generals, they have an attack where they raise their front legs and bash the ground that does friendly fire. Lost some generals. p.s. did not see them do that animation , perhaps they fixed it in the remaster. I remember because my general died doing that after victory while running down troops with the elephants.

Thank you for another wonderful episode! Carthage is one of my favorite civilizations. Well, I take that back, Hannibal is one of my favorite generals.

Rome: Total War is the game that not only got me in to total war games, but also strategy games like this. So to see it get a remaster is beyond awesome. I'm super excited and I'm liking what I'm seeing. Needless to say I already pre- ordered it but thanks for the awesome content Heir!

i'm pretty stoked for being able to retrain mercenaries. being able to retrain cretan archers and mercenary hoplites, in particular, will be able to bring a lot more versatility to civilizations that lack these unit types. mercenary hoplites are reliable at blocking city streets that leads to town centers.

Glad to have found you again Heir, youtube unsubbed me from you for no reason, glad your channel is still around and kicking!

40:20 when he loses half a unit by standing them in front of an enemy tower but doesn’t realise I prayed to Baal to make it stop 😑

Your pride and joy of being Carthage and playing a game that gives you nostalgia and defined your childhood is what the algorithm, I feel, recognized worthy of showing the masses. With the resurrection of AOE and Total War coming out with remodels the era of mapped strategy gaming is upon us once more and warriors like you will lead us on this journey. Be proud and excited and face it with strength. May Dido guide you true.

These videos are bloody great mate. I love the candid chat, as well as the plethora of useful tips that keep popping up. I'm just rubbing through the julii campaign atm and really looking forward to doing maybe Carthage or seleucid empire, with dreams of re establishing a large Mediterranean trading/merchant empire lol

@HeirofCarthage

3 ай бұрын

Thanks! Glad you find them enjoyable and useful. Julii is my favorite Roman faction.

I like the old replenishment system more than the newer ones. To me, it made battles feel more "important." You could whittle down large stacks with smaller armies without having to worry that the army would just replenish within a turn. How many times in Warhammer I've defeated an enemy army and they would just heal every unit back to full is far too many. Three Kingdoms I felt was a better middle ground, but still, the old system is something I miss. Now, if only the AI would be a bit better with it.

@gerythionargarys7848

3 жыл бұрын

Why not BOTET?

@fudgeyman99

3 жыл бұрын

What your describing is not an issue with the system it's an issue with the values implementation in that system

Maybe they didn't mean textures but just the look of the game? The older game looked "crisper" while this one has a lot more muddy browns on the units and such, like Rome 2. Though I heard you can still switch to the old unit skins too if you want your Parthians in pink pyjamas.

@ahoosifoou4211

3 жыл бұрын

Nah I think those guys have something wrong with their eyes.

@messedupdweeb

3 жыл бұрын

Your comment completely vebalized how I felt with the graphics of AOE3 vs. AOE3 Definitive Edition.

@Wizkid490

3 жыл бұрын

I get what that person was saying. There's something about the new graphics that seems more... cartoonish to me than the old version. Maybe it's just having less sharp lines and angles, but it seems like a different aesthetic, and I don't like it as well. Still, it's vastly improved in resolution and texture quality, so it feels like a wash to me.

I think the old replenishment is somewhat realistic (especially for elite units), because you can't just recruit elite soldiers from anywhere

34:18 watching your elephants take out friendly troops, always so enjoyable. Then siege at 40:16 lolz oh elephants. So much nostalgia.

Well, Scipio won the war in Spain, which everyone taught was a suicide mission, recruited the Numidian cavalry by helping in the Numidian civil war (great strategist) and learned from Hannibal tactics in order to beat him... while being forced to conscript losers from the Cannae battle because the senate didn't want to provide troops (also considered invading Carthage a suicide mission) To summarize, Scipio was better than most roman generals (edit: at that time). He didn't faced the adversities of Hannibal (which I believe was the better general) but Scipio was an amazing general nonetheless. Imo

hey Heir. I remember the original Cartage campaign on Rome 1. Awesome to see Heir back on Carthage

in regards to your comments on Scipio Africanus . . . he was one of Romes' very few 'Genius' commanders. In other words, he was capable of using tactics and strategems and this made him a terrifying foe on the battlefield where most comabt in the day way throw your troops in and hope yours are better. Did that make him better than Hannible? well, the man himself didn't seem to think so, apparently they conversed before the battle of Zama but nobody knows exactly what was said so . . . The thing with Scipio was that he learnt from Hannible and from his own father's death at the hands of Hannible and then used similar strategies to blaze his way through spain and africa, besting every army the Carthiginians could throw at him. He had skill, but not quite the battlefield skill . . . no, that wasn't Scipio's genius. He never fought a battle he couldn't win but where Hannible simply avoided fights he wasn't going to win, Scipio altered the parameters of the engagements. Whether that was by using a carthiginian trick to forcing the enemy to battle on empty stomachs, tricking his opponents into placing their best troops completely out of position or by subverting carthiginian allies into joining him instead. so yeah, Scipio didn't beat hannible on the battlefield . . . he beat him on the campaign map . . . doing the one thing that would force the Carthiginian general to fight on someone else's terms.

Heir! Fellow Oklahoman here! I’m loving this series and I can’t wait to play the remaster. Would love to see some multiplayer battles when we have the full release!

Seeing this coming out again, makes me feel old. Remember playing this when I was 14 in 2004.

@Elephantstonica

3 жыл бұрын

Have no fear, you ain’t as old as all that. I was 27.

@BB-ce5ev

3 жыл бұрын

Same loved this game when it came out. Medieval 1 was my first total war. my birthday is in a couple days. Don't be hitting like it used too lol.

We need a Multiplayer Campaign for Rome Total war remastered. This is the perfect game for an Online (co-op/head to head) campaign for many reasons: 1. Probably the Shortest endturn Times of All Total war games 2. Modabillity to create small, fast paced campaigns with even shorter endturn times 3. Fast Battles 4. Both or (if you really want to make us happy) all three players Could play as the different Roman factions and then fight each other when the Civil war happens 5. The flaws of the campaign and battle AI (from the original and other Total war games) would not be a big Problem with an Online campaign and make the game much more challenging 6. Its Rome Total war!! We all loved it and Played it a thousand times over, its time to add something New to the experience. 7. Many people in the community are asking for an Online coop campaign 8. MODS! Just imagine playing mods with your friends

@ratchet1865

3 жыл бұрын

This needs to happen !!

@SahiPie

2 жыл бұрын

Even in modern total wars the multiplayer campaign is limited to 2 players which really blows. Hope one day to see more than 2 in TW games.

The replacement when you have to move depleeted units back to their origin town is great. I would like to see some automatic button which does it for you but the system is great and that is that. It is my opinion and it is only good opinion :D

41:02 Press F for the fallen infantry that died to the tower

I love the mosaic on the edges of the map

A new mechanism for unit replenishment and unit recruitment and the implementation of garrisons are three of the features that I would like to see addressed.

1:02:51 Heir the sound of water is the Romans urinating in face of Carthaginian Might.

I happen to agree with you, I am looking forward to seeing if I can stay inside my walled cities and use my spears and pikes to hold the cramped passages. With the AI sending horse unit after horse unit into my spears and pikes.

I played as the Greek Cities and Selucids alot on Rome 1, and I uave found that if your troops are in phalanx, and moving, they will not hold formation when being charged, but if they are sitting still they will.

I learned about Rome total war from my friend when I was 10 years old, since then I have played it almost every day, but I was not good at economics, so I always used the cheat (add_money 40000), recruited a huge army and watched my enemies die. Just two months ago, I started going through Rome 2 and also downloaded Rome 1, but it was uncomfortable to play because the game runs at 30 fps(i tried to fix it but didnt help a lot) and the army management is worse than in Rome 2. It's a pleasant coincidence that they made a remaster. Your video was in my recommendations, they are very interesting, it's nice to listen to your monologues. You are very lucky to get 250k views in the last video. I wish you and your channel good luck

30:30 That Horace quote makes a case for why Hannibal was not the superior general by the way. If he was truly a magnificent genius then surely he would have been able to overcome all of the disadvantages he was shouldering when he lost to Scipio Africanus. "Good fortune conceals it" meaning that Scipio Africanus's achievement in conquering Carthage can easily written off as just good fortune.

The thing about replenishment/retraining in modern TW is that it mskes battles less decisive. A solid win/defeat in RTW means easily 4-5 turns where you can capitalize. It also means that valuable units needs to be used sparingly. And that battles with heavy losses are crushing. If you lose essential cav to javelins for example, your conquest gets halted. The thing about combat is that it needs stakes. When battles decides progress/stagnation they always have stakes. In modern titles, battles are in a endless queue where one victory only wins you 1 turn of breathing room. But i do see the appeal of replenishment. Because i love having full armies and units.

I'd love to see HeirofCarthages face when he realize that Scipio and Hanibal were if not friends then frenemies according to the history. Bonus point to Scipio for possibly fighting at Trebia and definitely at Cannae. Yeah, I'm a Scipio fan boy, but you got to give our boi some credit. After all his tombstone thrastalks the senate.

@sultanmehmetconquerorofcon3488

3 жыл бұрын

Im normally a hisotry fanatic in islamoc empores but I do have a alright knowledge in this period and thats a nice fact

@sultanmehmetconquerorofcon3488

3 жыл бұрын

And if im corrsct hannonal told his father hell make rome suffer after a humiliation or smt like that

I notice you've gained some of what people may call wisdom, I mean in a 'having good vibe' sense or looking at things in a higher perspective when you explain something, for example when you explain the way you handle early access and stuff. I remember watching your videos back in the day and I feel you've grown to one of the TW KZreadrs who has the best vibe overall :) Many of them (not only TW KZreadrs) often feel very tense and you barely do. :)

General bodyguard units have 2 hitpoints, so they are a lot harder to kill, its why the roman general had such an easy time closing into the hoplites and breaking their formation. It also helped them not to charge, since charging into pikes gets your charge bonus reflected at you, so they just 'walked' into the pikes, tanked the hits then broke their formation.

43.00 That's an old pvp trick to deal with noob pike boxes. If you walk heavy cavalry through pike/spear formations you avoid the pointy ends ;)

Definitely agree with your point regarding military geniuses rising in adversary. Most of the military geniuses we know; Hannibal, Napoleon, Rommel and others eventually lost because the difficult strategic situation that let them rise (mostly in the tactical field) didn't entirely translate to an improved strategic position. If there is a point to be made in Rome's favour, it is the Roman Republic's amazing capacity to take casualties time after time. They literally drowned Hannibal in rivers of their own blood until they finally just avoided fighting him entirely in favour of attacking other points. I don't think there is a greater indication of the Roman strategic superiority than their numerical reserves and being able to essentially avoid open battle with Hannibal. Giving Scipio the credit for beating Hannibal is kind of the same as claiming Wellington vanquished Napoleon; technically true... but yea, both got some Prussians/Numidian cavalry help.

I'm new to the channel (found you on the last TWR:R video) and really enjoy your thoughts on the game. I'd really enjoy more explanations of your strategies and your battle map controls. Also you don't need to justify your opinion so much lol We're all entitled to them and yours seems to be pretty well informed :)

In the settings of the old game you could change the camera controls to WASD instead of the arrow keys.

also, remember that rebel units make devastation if they get to just stand in your land talking about thabsus. also don't know if you remember but lowering taxes in individual citys helps a lot with growth.

I heard that those Scipiones ate chaffinch brains ‘n all.

If you weren't aware the retraining system actually allows you to retrain all troops at the end of a turn and still recruit the next troop in recruitment which stops you having to wait for all the soldiers to be trained first hope this helps who was wondering

4:40 Damn it , We almost had a 'Roman Eagle is a Roman Chicken, fleeing the cooks cleaver' moment, but that has to be a Carthaginian Faction leader Routing a Roman FL. Close.

Ordinarily you'd be correct about the phalanx in a street against cav, but generals bodyguard units all have 2 hitpoints. That's why they were able to overwhelm that hoplite unit.

42:27 Your pikes lost formation when you gave the attack order, if you just had them stand in place they would have kept formation

I think the biggest issue with Hannibal was that while he won substantial victories, his strategy did not lead to victory. He effectively isolated himself in S. Italy where, after several disasters, the Romans simply contained him and denied him reinforcement. Meanwhile, they captured Spain and invaded N. Africa, while he was effectively out of the war.

I wpuld say a mix between ETW and M2TW systems would be best for replenishment of troops. That way you et punished from throwing units away but you don't have to keep ferrying them backwards and forwards.

Love all the quotes on the loading screens

I think the problem you had with the Phalanx at 42:50 is that they were moving as so not in perfect formation. Try baiting the enemy into you phalanx with skirmishers placed behind them

Add this features and its a perfect game: -an online campaign (maybe even with 3 or 4 Player Support) -better ai (for campaign and battles) -no campaign map size Restrictions for modding (just imagine a huge world map) -dillemmas from modern total war games (would give mods more possibilitys for rolepaying etc) -unit replenishment from modern total war games (with possibility to choose between this an the original system)

@francis6775

3 жыл бұрын

AI has definitely been slightly improved, especially during seiges. I wouldn't hold your breath for the others, though.

i've pre-ordered my copy. I loved Rome I and I always liked to unlock hidden factions like Macedon. Its also really interesting watching a different playstyle as I always sacrificed Caralis so that I could secure Sicily quicker as Caralis is a trash province

I remember training entire stacks of slingers, making units route in one volley

I hope they add a multiplayer for the campaign, would be awesome to play with friends

As an enthusiast of 4k/HDR remasters of 'classic' films, the notion that increased fidelity is 'objectively' better is false - sometimes it only serves to highlight the warts that're present in the original. Some films translate spectacularly well, some really don't - typically there are both upsides and downsides. Things like post-production FX age horribly (Jurassic Park, sadly), and in-camera work looks marvelous (like Syd Mead's model work in Bladerunner); then there's Terminator 2 ... Star Wars OT, (typically despised by the OG fanbases) etc. You might disagree, but you don't get to tell people that they're wrong if they say 'my eyeballs like y better than x' - that's not how objectivity works. I'm ambivalent - it doesn't look worse, per se, but it certainly looks very dated regardless; and if I'm honest the use of certain current post-processing FX (like DOF) is a little odd-looking. And for me, I already played the game to death - if you're not going to improve the AI I can't be bothered. It's no challenge, I'll be bored of it before I even touch it. Now, that's subjective. I'd rather have 'remakes', but if a new audience wants a more accessible experience of the OG, then good for them. I'll wait for Medieval 3.

Enjoying this series Heir 👍

"Pretty good commander" is probably an understatement for Trajan, the man ended Rome's endless border wars by the simple expedient of winning them all. But I can agree that Hannibal could probably out-general any Roman in history. one other thing though, in the First Punic War Carthage won quite a few land battles in Sicily thanks to Hannibal's father Hamilcar.

50:15 yo they gave you money homie

@HeirofCarthage, do the methods you use to move and group units also work on Rome 2? I noticed during your gameplay you're able to select units and then move them slightly forward to an area which is shown in bright green. Also, the range of your ranged units was shown in a cone shape, how do you do that?

"I need a boat". Just imagining the commander of Carthaginian forces commissioning a row boat for their representatives.

What that commenter may have been trying to say about the graphics was that the original Rome 1 looked good for its time. While Rome 1 Remastered doesn't look in comparison to the games that are coming out today. At least that is how I understood it.

I like that generals have unique models now and aren't just a default unit guy with his helmet off. That's pretty cool

@HeirofCarthage

3 жыл бұрын

They added a lot of unit diversity and it is certainly nice.

@joaogomes9405

3 жыл бұрын

@@HeirofCarthage For sure. The new unit diversity makes it look like you lead an actual army instead of the clone army from Star Wars

The legacy continues‼

I like the replacement systme bc it makes more sense that way! like how are you going to build your most advance units in a foreign land! they dont have access to your technology! also the reason its better is bc those advance units should only be used a shock and awe troops, its not meant to go ravaging around the entire world, it makes it so much more enjoyable to work for it with the smaller troops once you get a foot hold into the enemies, land, and if you need some more shock and awe troops to break down the enemy some more it will take time to transport them and replenish them. the new total war make sustained campaigns way to easy when its not supposed to be. I also use this feature to counter other ppls troops by destroying key buildings before a city falls so they can replenish their forces if im on extremely hard if i know for a fact that im going to lose it. This strategy is actually very effective against romans bc they have so many upgrades to thier troops.

At ~10:00 you are talking about the fact that units route very quickly from flank attacks and rear charges. That is actually a more realistic system then killing vast swathes of enemy troops. Most battles in history would have been won or lost not on crushing casualties but rather on breaking morale, there is a reason why battles like Thermopylae, Stirling, Teutoburg Forest, and Watling Street are remembered for thousands of years.

I think this was the first Total War title Feral worked on, bringing over to the Mac, and they are now working to bring it to everyone as a remastered. Honestly seeing their work over the years they are a great company that knows what they are doing and general understand the fans so I think it was a great choice on CA's part to hand this to them. And as one of my favorite Total War games(my first as well)I am really looking forward to this. As for the replenishment system I actually like this system, it prevent streamrolling and fits more historically how it would have worked.

Hey Heir love your stuff I was wondering if Iberian infantry stat wise are still SH*T or have they gotten buffed? I think in original they had like an 8 for attack which is pitiful for a falcatta unit and like 10 defense? again very weak for sword/board main infantry unit early.

for your phalanx to work best, you should hit stop order when opposing unit is about to attack you. thats the flaw you had.

Personally, I loved that troops could only be retrained if you had the corresponding building. It forces the player to have more diverse armies as they push into enemy territory because they have to deal with actual attrition. It also makes certain units feel special. That unit of spartan hoplites the greeks start off with is a treasured resource. On the one hand, they can win any fight they get thrown into, on the other hand, I want to avoid using them if at all possible because just a few casualties is a big deal when I know I won't be able to replenish them for quite some time. On another note, and this is absolutely critical to my playstyle: does the rally horn exploit still work?

I kinda liked the old recruitment system, made it seem like more of a manpower system was involved and that losses mattered more!

Mute point but one could easily remap the camera to wasd and save it for future campaigns but with the 50% discount for owners of Rome:TW and just it being able to perform well on modern multicore rigs seals the deal. However I feel a remaster of medieval 2 would be even more limited in what you can actually change and still be true to the mechanics, apart from Pikemen actually working as intended of course

I think part of what happened with that hoplite is that you gave it a march order while the general was charging so they weren't braced. you also gave them an attack order which may have also caused them to drop spears and switch to their short swords as they advanced into the general Typically I'll wait for enemies to charge into my phalanx though a Roman General does have the power to squish a phalanx under the right circumstances

your hoplites were moving on engagement. they needed to be stationary, then the generals body guard would have crumbled.

"Rome ran its military and conscription so well..." Maybe you could learn a thing or two from them.... **Proceeds to ignore all the reports about his economy and construction**

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Never move a phalanx forward like that against cavalry, they were coming to you, just stop and hold. (then they will fight in formation and be braced). Enjoyable video keep up the good work. I also agree with you on the replenishment system in Rom Total war, but hopefully someone will mod in a solution to solve that problem and put it on the steam workshop (something simple as units can be retrained anywhere).

Agreed 100% on the Hannibal analysis, Heir. Even in Hannibal's defeat at Zama, when the Numidians changed sides and Scipio (to his credit) removed the Carthaginian threat of Elephants, it was still a pretty closely fought battle and could likely have gone either way. I think Scipio would have admitted that Hannibal was a better commander, and that basically he and the Romans won by being better prepared to fight him after 17 years of war. And yes, that's a huge part of winning a war, but for tactical ingenuity it's hard to beat Carthage's favorite son!

*looks at Scipio's Spanish Campaigns* "...there is definitely a debate to be had leaning towards Hannibal being better. But you make Scipio sound like a walkover. His Spanish campaigns are very impressive.

HeirofCarthage: The Scipios suck. Publius Scipio Africanus: *Laughs in Latin*

When you phalanx start using swords after a charge, press the halt button, they will immediately switch back to spears.

on the subject of Scipio Africanus, I don't believe he was a lesser general, what he did and why he beat Hannibal was he learned from past Roman losses to Hannibal, whereas Hannibal became a little arrogant in his tactics and believed essentially that no Roman general was willing to learn how to defeat him.

Man, the fact that Spain asked for peace is just astounding to me. Like, anyone here who has played the original knows just how stubborn and arrogant the original diplomacy AI was. You could be besieging their very last city with nothing but an army of militia to defend it and the AI would be like; "HAHA! We reject your offer of peace! We're not done slaughtering you yet!" For us experienced RTW lovers, I consider it the ultimate challenge not to destroy enemy factions, but to make peace with them. Or when you are busy conquering their settlements and they randomly send a diplomat that demands; "Become our protectorate now!" So I'm like, "Uh... """okay""" First give me 10,000 gold" AI: "You drive a hard bargain. Very well. 10,000 gold it is!" Then they attack you the next turn. Dude... wtf?

Id have to say i love the retraining system as it adds strategic value and realism

you mentioned Trajan and Caesar; do you consider Aurelian a good commander/tactician?

I am soooo excited to play this game again It has been to long

Can you ransom free or execute enemy prisoners after battle like in medieval 2? If not it should be a feature

Have they added the ability for barbarian factions to build larger cities, like in the Barbarian Invasion campaign?