Playing total war Attila right now. Man, I wish the devs didn't abandon it, I am having actual challenge playing it.

@cammeatoes3244

Жыл бұрын

Playing attila now too lol

@KingZealotTactics

Жыл бұрын

Question is, what faction are you?

@Opinion_Department

Жыл бұрын

@@KingZealotTactics currently sassanids on legendary

@KingZealotTactics

Жыл бұрын

@@Opinion_Department Only reason I dislike legendary is the nerfed camera. Use them horse archers to your benefit! Until of course the white Huns arrive muahahahaaa.

@KingZealotTactics

Жыл бұрын

@@cammeatoes3244 Yo what faction!

No matter how many times you do it, starving out Segesta after 2 turns is one of the best feelings in RTW.

@AndysTake

Жыл бұрын

Classic haha

I remember having to sacrifice Spain and northern France to save Rome and the countless heartbreaks when I’d loose expensive armies or important cities

@AndysTake

Жыл бұрын

New video up to day, guess what it’s gonna be about ;)

@ismaelbeltran7654

Жыл бұрын

Subbing to stay in the loop 🤙🏽🤙🏽

@AndysTake

Жыл бұрын

@@ismaelbeltran7654 appreciate it, my friend ;)

I remember going from base game RTW to barbian invasion and finding it so difficult. Just when you think you got a barbarian faction gone 8 horde armies spawn.

@AndysTake

Жыл бұрын

It’s a crazy surprise because the game doesn’t even tell you about that mechanic lol

@mrrito546

Жыл бұрын

@@AndysTake forreal, does make for epic 4v1 tho

Those first 5 turns are brutal on your first playthrough

@AndysTake

Жыл бұрын

Yup you really feel like “omg no way I can’t do this”

@trollsquad1827

Жыл бұрын

Aye I have yet to survive past those first 5 turns

@thewitchking852

Жыл бұрын

lol i still remember vividly the panicked withdrawal to Spain and Italy... only to play desperate rebel wackamole in Spain. Def wish I could go back to a first playthrough of that game w/o knowing all the good strats.

@AndysTake

Жыл бұрын

@@thewitchking852 role play! Give yourself limitations, it makes it so match more fun!

@trollsquad1827

Жыл бұрын

@@thewitchking852 yeah the strat I wouod always try and fail would be to move my capital to Britain and try to hold out there, never worked unfortunately.

Thanks for mentioning my Mod! I got another mod coming out next month that I hope you will be enjoying if your playing Barbarian Invasion.

I love that this game actually has a civil war mechanic with the Roman rebel factions. Thats also one of my favorite aspects of Attila, except for in Age of Charlemagne where it makes it completely unplayable for me.

9:45 That's sick... That's basically the kind of mod I wanted for Rome 1 back in like 2007-9

@AndysTake

Жыл бұрын

It’s rather incredible! I wish the Barbarian Invasion campaign got more attention from modders

@trollsquad1827

Жыл бұрын

@@AndysTake agreed. What I would like is basically rome one in barbarian invasion so the barbarians can horde and some units could swim. I think that could be a fun mod.

Watching your video had brought back so much nostalgia! I had this game on disk 😂. Thanks. I also like the way you presented it and delivered it. Like you said, it really does flip Total War on it's head, especially as one of the Roman fractions, where you start from the top and very quickly crumble

This has gotten me to start another WRE campaign! In the Remaster, I really love how hard it is to change a settlement's religion. In the original, you just demolished the old religious building, and then build the new religion's building, and it would be counted as part of that religion. Not so with the Remaster. On top of that, if the settlement rebels, the AI will actually change the religious building back if it's population is still the other religion. Original RTW did not do that.

@AndysTake

Жыл бұрын

Yeah that's actually incredibly awesome!

Kinda dissapointed the one green roman faction is the unplayable without mods western rome rebel faction.

@NinjaSushi2

Жыл бұрын

Yeah sucks. They look cool. Lol

@trollsquad1827

Жыл бұрын

@@NinjaSushi2 yeah they do, mods do make them playable but unless ya cheat in money for them they do not do well. That is if the modlist your running is even compatible with the mod.

@trollsquad1827

Жыл бұрын

Been awhile since I made this comment but thought it is worth mentioning that even with mods you can't really do diplomacy as the green Roman's. Forced to be at war with the WRE for obvious reasons and no matter how much gold ya offer the ai will never accept any diplomatic proposal

@jameshill8493

Жыл бұрын

I would always choose red, but I just got so tired of fighting the Gauls everytime

Splitting the empire up actually helped. It was too vast for a single Emperor to control, especially in a preindustrial world where information could not be delivered instantly and travelling from one part of the empire to another could take weeks

@AndysTake

Жыл бұрын

This is partially true - the massive empire did last for 200+ years before it actually split, of course, so it’s more a question of how to govern it, I’d say.

i like campaigns in which i have to juggle economics and diplomatic affairs rather than simply focusing on combat , kinda like the ottoman empire of etw or even prussia which if not played carefuly can trigger what is essentialy ww1

I would love a return of dlc campaigns some things just aren't feasible in a mega campaign like immortal empires, such as a campaign where you start off as a massive world dominating empire and struggle to keep that title, that sounds awesome

@resentfuldragon

Жыл бұрын

Thats why we need a medieval 2 because the dlc would be great. Imagine a 2nd fitna campaign where you can play the umayyads trying to keep hold of their fracturing caliphate as many different rebel factions revolt almost simultaneously. The umayyads would control most of the middle east and around half of north africa. The zubayrids would control mecca and medina, the shia would control kufa, and the khawarj would control parts of persia. The byzantines would also quickly invade armenia and the berbers would be harrassing your holdings in north africa. The final icing on that chaos pie is delhi constantly attacking your trade in india. The best part is that in history the umayyads beat all of them back (though didn't finish of byzantium) and actually grew after this, conquering what is now afghanistan, pakistan, the rest of north africa, and iberia! this would be a brutal campaign to rival even west rome from attila. You would have 12 years if you wanted to historically beat every mentioned faction except delhi and spain.

@JarlFrank

Жыл бұрын

I always liked old TW DLCs that added completely new campaigns. Medieval 2 Kingdoms was the best, but the Rome 2 campaign DLCs are great too.

you forgot to mention that the units could actually swim!

Playing the original RTW, trying to win with Seleucids on the hard or legendary felt nigh on impossible. And then Barbarian Invasion came out and trying to win as the Western Roman Empire felt like the vanilla Seleucid campaign just multiple times harder. :D Great stuff Andy.

That reminds me, I should finally Play this Total War expansion. Back in 2005 I get the expansion as a christmas gift 🤔 But for some reasons my PC didn't run the expansion very well😢 But almost 20 years later, and with Barbarian Invasion included in Rome Remastered I could give it another try😅😊

I'll have to give Rome Remastered's Barbarian Invasion a go. TW Attila still ranks my 2nd favorite of all TW titles (2nd only to Medieval 2). I've tried doing the Rome 1 thing a few times, but I just haven't been able to overcome the grind in favor of the charming virtues it does offer.

Now I will definitely Play a Western Roman campaign for myself. You have really hyped me. 😅

I just discoverd your channel and im very happy with content you product, espacially for TW series. More on the campaign of this video : i dont have Rome or Rome remasterded, will i find the same feeling in Attila (vanilla or moded), or maybe a DLC of Rome 2 ( empire divided ?).

@AndysTake

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, Ludwik, that’s very kind of you!The same feeling is definitely in Attila, although Attila is much more complex, hard core and dark - Barbarian Invasion is a bit more charming and focused, I’d say.

@ludwik982

Жыл бұрын

@@AndysTake thanks !! I will maybe invest in RR :).And keep up your great work !

@AndysTake

Жыл бұрын

@@ludwik982 thanks mate, I will! :D

After this I might need to try a new western rome campaign and try to survive past turn 5

@AndysTake

Жыл бұрын

You can do it!!

@trollsquad1827

Жыл бұрын

@@AndysTake you place to much faith in me Andy, lol.

@scottabc72

Жыл бұрын

Let most cities rebel and then sack them for funds

@tefky7964

Жыл бұрын

Build one army in lower part of England to stop Saxons,use one already existing army to defend higher part of England, let the Balkans burn and you should be ok.

5:19 😂

Glad to be in the 6%

@verihimthered2418

Жыл бұрын

One of us!

@AndysTake

Жыл бұрын

Hear hear!

pls do another campaign story like you did with the ottomans 😄

@AndysTake

Жыл бұрын

I am in the process! :)

@trollsquad1827

Жыл бұрын

@@AndysTake preferably one with the western rome faction either in rome remastered or attila. I suck at both so it would be good to see a pro tackle it at some point

@trollsquad1827

Жыл бұрын

Glad to see I am not the only one that liked that

You heard it here first folks, Andy says "step on me Lady Fortuna"

@AndysTake

Жыл бұрын

Oooh yeeeaaa!

WRE in Barbarian Invasion is the most fun campaign I've had in a Total War game. It feels soo good to actually be challenged in a strategy game for once.

I mean, the Roman Empire never truly split apart. This is a common misconception. It was still one empire with two emperors. For the Roman commoner, there were no borders or delineations that said this is the ERE and this is the WRE.

@hannibalburgers477

Жыл бұрын

Holy Roman Empire was an actual empire, their modern reputation was caused by misconception. It is just that emperor had little to no authority, was constantly in struggle with pope, most vassals did not paid taxes, every region was culturally distinct although being German, did not had an united religious faith, did not had a standardized army, and did not had fair laws.

I have recently done a Full Octavian achievement in Rome Remastered. It was a blast. The economy is a complete shit at the beginning. I was able to stabilize only due to razing my own cities. I actually had a positive treasury number only closer to the turn 30 (if not later). P.S. Sarmatian Auxiliaries is my waifu.

@AndysTake

Жыл бұрын

Haha what does that achievement entail?

@arsenivanov7176

Жыл бұрын

@@AndysTake it's "just" to win a campaign with the WRE.

@AndysTake

Жыл бұрын

@@arsenivanov7176 oh nice, congrats dude! :D

there was a music track that I think only played in the intro of BI that is missing from the remaster sadly

This Campaign is great, but in the new edition did they add some new units to some of the barbarian factions rosters? I remember the Saxon only had like 4 units to choose from

Hi Andy, I played Rome I to death but didn't have much game time in Barbarian Invasion for some reason, not sure why it was a long time ago lol. I also have Attila but same goes for that as well, & again not sure why O_o

@verihimthered2418

Жыл бұрын

I think medieval 2 came out relatively soon after barbarians invasion. Without looking that is. Playing off memory

@lordgrimm2905

Жыл бұрын

You could try attila, it has a lot of mods, including medieval 1212 Ancient empires Fall of the eagles and europa perdita And dark ages mod (and or rise of islam) It has loot more mods

@AndysTake

Жыл бұрын

Both BI and Attila are fantastic, Smokin! I really recommend diving into them, they’re a lot more dynamic than other TW campaigns!

@smokinfree5555

Жыл бұрын

@@AndysTake Thanks Andy, I will take that under advisement lol

@smokinfree5555

Жыл бұрын

@@lordgrimm2905 I have tried it but only in vanilla so far, I've always intended to try out some mods just never gotten around to it yet. Thanks for the tips :)

This, along with Empire, were and still are my favorite games. I especially love playing the Eastern Roman Empire and Saxon factions, as they had the coolest units and were the most economically stable of all of the factions. In Empire my favorite factions were Britain, the Ottoman Empire, and Poland-Lithuania. Britain, having overseas colonies and well-trained musketeer units, was a formidable force upon the campaign map. And, my favorite underrated unit of the game, the Azzars, was the Ottoman Empire best combat unit in the early stages of the campaign. I also love Poland-Lithuania because it has interior lines, which makes it a perfect defensible position and can prove, if used effectively, to be a suitable springboard for conduction offensive operations.

I literally thought I was subbed to you. I guess I never hit the button. Apologies on my end good sir. Can't wait to see the content you make in the future.

@AndysTake

Жыл бұрын

Thank you my friend, good to have you finally come home!

@bcvetkov8534

Жыл бұрын

​@@AndysTake Ofc! Your content is amazing. Thank you for everything you do m8!

İ have just bought attilla last month. İts way harder than empire,napoleon shogun2 and troy but still have the best mechanics

@AndysTake

Жыл бұрын

I agree, it’s fantastic!

@d_prac

Жыл бұрын

I hated Attila the first time I played it. Then I tried it again a few years later, it clicked and now it’s my favourite by far.

Not really important but my sister overheard you say Oh jeez oh boy in this video and it caused here to burst out laughing. So I guess she enjoyed yoir video as well. She only heard it since I lost my earbuds awhile ago :(

@AndysTake

Жыл бұрын

Hahaha! Yessss that was the goal! RIP your earbuds though, but say hi!

@trollsquad1827

Жыл бұрын

@@AndysTake will do.

Eugh yeah I remember trying a Western Rome campaign as a kid after enjoying RTW and I don't think I had the maturity or the patience to complete it. A few years ago, I think in 2021, I did complete an Eastern Rome one though on VH/VH before Rome Remastered came out. Some day I'll have to go back and save the Western half, but right now I'm balls deep in a VH/VH Aztecs campaign on Medieval 2: Kingdoms and *boi* ... it's definitely on the more challenging end of the scale, for sure.

I might buy the remaster now just because of how good it looks in this video.

@AndysTake

Жыл бұрын

It looks amazing, right? They did a great job with the remaster honestly

@trollsquad1827

Жыл бұрын

I would personally recommend it. The graphics are good and there is steam workshop support for it so lots of good mods for it

@NinjaSushi2

Жыл бұрын

All right I'll think I'll get it. I've been playing the original recently and it's a lot of fun. I just conquered the entire map as Scipii. Now I'll either play as Britannia or the Seleucid Empire.

@trollsquad1827

Жыл бұрын

@@NinjaSushi2 I recommend the brutii personally but I guess if ya just did a world conquest as the scipii you probably don't wanna play a roman faction. Play Britannia if ya want easy and selucid if ya want a hard game.

@NinjaSushi2

Жыл бұрын

@@trollsquad1827 so far Britannia is fun. Chariot Generals is a dream come true.

and some units can swim!

I remember the last time i play rtw bwi as the western romans. My first act was making cities rebell, burning them to the ground and destroying every church because i wasn´t in the mood for any religious unrest.

Rome and medieval 2 are such great games First the base game, then rome had this and alexander Medieval had the crusades in the holy land and baltic region, the war for britain and finally a new era in america

"It's color red." lol

@AndysTake

Жыл бұрын

You know it, I like colours!

Barbarian invasion proved to me just how far you can push your men. Multiple battles per turn for multiple turns will strain them, but they will do their duty.

Fond memories of the Western Roman Empire campaign, just when I finally start to get the Empire in order, managed to deal with the surrounding barbarians, secure my borders and get the economy jump started, only for the Eastern Roman Empire to betray me and invade Italy in full force, which of course emboldened the barbarians putting me right back to square one. Main thing I disliked about Barbarian Invasion was the smaller number of regions on the campaign map, I missed those clusters of cities where your could get around the one unit at a turn recruitment to quickly field an army like in northern Italy or Sicily or Greece in Rome 1.

No mention of the Romano-british? Disappointed Andy! :p Also if you want even more hard core… download and use the barbari mundi mod (bigger map and ALOT more cities)

I loved this game and the wre

I wanted to play but the keyboards commands are buggy asf

Civ V has a ''fall of rome'' scenario which has a frustrating achievement: play as Rome and never lose a single city. God, it's impossible

To be honest, i recently downloaded remastered , and i cant stop playing barbarian invasion, for me is way better than Attila:))))

Destroying the huns when they tried to invade my lands was such a great feeling that at first i was cautious if what was happening was real or a trap

Only good thing from Rome Remastered is Chivalry TW a medieval convertion of the game and yeah its fun

It might be one of the hardest campaigns in the game but it can still be beaten in 2 turns with some witty diplomacy.

I'd still prefer medieval 3. The Mongols serve a similar effect as the Huns.

and i still prefering to play og rtw because it is a lot more stable than the remastered version

@AndysTake

Жыл бұрын

In what way is it more stable?

Wong sabar saare wong kulit putih

Still 6 % despite my sub ? Disappointing

@AndysTake

Жыл бұрын

You’re carrying a heavy burden, little one

I always like BI more because the way Attila works in TW Attila is stupid

This game should be having random natural disasters and worse spread of virus

To be honest Rome remaster is good but Rome two was unnecessary. I wish this remaster was more historically accurate to the real one. Like Alexander kingdoms and Athena and Sparta. Pathia and numbers of tribes. Cities should be few and many towns with limited resources and manpower. Agents are just spies and diplomat

Challenging, yes. Good, no. Every vanilla campaign in RTW and its expansions has aged atrociously. Nearly unplayable. The only reason the remaster exists is for mods, not because these campaigns are still any good.

Asking me to sub makes me less likely to actually sub

The remaster's UI is so disappointingly ugly to me. I don't like the color changes either.

Attila is not better. It has its moments, but its designed to be hard and annoying without being fun.

@AndysTake

Жыл бұрын

One thing I will say is that Attila is more repetitive due to the thousand defensive siege battles of the same minor town

I will not suscribe.