Hey there Gudea TW, I found your channel from your Bronze Age mod review and subscribed based on that - always great to see someone reviewing RTW mods! Very cool to see Fourth Age on this list; I've been on the team for years now and it's been great fun to work on it. Even now that the mod is basically finished, I've started my own channel focused on the mod, doing LPs and faction guides. Glad you enjoyed your time playing! You do a great job covering all these mods; I need to give some of them a try myself!

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Count, thanks so much for this post! Yes I started this channel to talk about the historical Total Wars and their mods since I was feeling nostalgic, and as someone who has had Fourth Age installed from wayyy back in the day thank you for all your hard work on it! There certainly are a ton of great mods for RTW..

@Aelendris

3 жыл бұрын

FATW is probably one of the best mods made for the Total War games, considering what it achieves in such an old engine. It is truly a shame that it's impossible to mod the newer games to the same extent, especially the campaign map.

@countmrvhs776

3 жыл бұрын

@@Aelendris Yeah, for me the pacing of the battles in FATW felt very similar to MTW (the original), which is probably my high-water mark for these things. (I didn't have anything to do with designing the battle aspect of the mod, so my praising it here isn't ego :P) Aradan did some amazing things with traits and mechanics to really stretch the campaign aspect as well. Completely agree about the mod limitations - it's too bad indeed.

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

@@Aelendris Definitely, FATW is probably one of the best TW mods of all time due to its incredible atmosphere and deep mechanics. I will definitely do a deep dive into the mod sometime soon.

@countmrvhs776

2 жыл бұрын

@@baconbaron1776 No plans to do that at this time - the team is currently working on another Middle-earth mod (set earlier in the Third Age, using non-remastered Rome Alexander as a base). The Remaster has some advantages, but there also seem to be some problems (for me, the UI is a big one), and so far we haven't seen enough of a change in terms of what's possible for modding to make it worth putting all the time and effort into remaking the mod for that platform.

Great video, might try out some of these mods if I ever play Rome again! Still have the cd-roms laying around haha.

@GudeaTW

4 жыл бұрын

You should, the game holds up in my opinion, though it is no doubt clunkier than modern Total Wars. Mods are also generally easier to install when you've installed RTW from a cd vs steam.

My favourite mod is europa barbarorum 2 for total war medieval2, great to hear eb has a special place on your list, cheers

@GudeaTW

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah as a kid EB 1 for Rome was a real inspiration for me, really a work of art. I hadn't tried any mods for Med 2 in awhile, so I was really glad to see that EB's sequel was released and is in a good state (I also find it more stable based on the Med 2 engine, at least for modern machines).

77 BC looks super interesting! I'll have to give it a try when I finish my current SS 6.4 campaign

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Yes it's a very good, overlooked mod! I'll be making some more content about it soon.

I highly recommend the “barbarian empires mod” for Rome total war. There are several provincial campaigns that go along with it including a vanilla campaign and a vanilla campaign with double the settlements. It’s great for those who still want a vanilla feel but it still adds much more units, reskins, rs2 environments and more. I would also recommend invasio barbarorum flagellum dei for barbarian invasion and /or somnium apostatae juliani. Good video though 👍

@GudeaTW

4 жыл бұрын

Hey Alexander - I do like Invasio Barbarorum very much. I will also check out the barbarian empires mod - thanks for the recommendation! I'm thinking more and more of doing another one of these, perhaps I have to make a top ten after all, there are too many good mods I didn't include here. Just wanted to focus on some mods that haven't received so much attention lately. :)

@alexanderthegreat1356

4 жыл бұрын

Gudea of Lagash no problem man. They are some interesting mods that I had never heard about : D but rs2 has problems trying to get it to work with steam. Also if you try barbarian empires, download the original for the vanilla campaigns, not the latest version (Hellenistic legacy) or try both : ) have fun and good day 👍

@GudeaTW

4 жыл бұрын

@@alexanderthegreat1356 check tartaros' comments below for some info on RS 2. Thanks for the advice, will do.

Just downloaded End of Days 2 because of this video! I cant believe i missed out on such a good dark fantasy mod for so many years

@GudeaTW

3 ай бұрын

So underrated

@Rynewulf

3 ай бұрын

@@GudeaTW it is, and you're doing a good thing in the Total War modding community by shouting these guys out

I love the way you say Barbarorum (kinda like a pirate)

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Haha thanks

3:01 like father like son, I find it hysterical loading times always take 10 dang years in fantasy total wars

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

LOL good catch

Thanks for showing these great mods, which makes me curious how you managed to install them all, in particular 77 BC. Where i could not find a install guide more recent than from 2009. lol. its a crash nightmare

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Are you playing on steam? Try to use my mod install guide for steam

Good video Gudea TW, if you ever have the time can you take a look at Ab Urbe Condita (A.U.C) mod and Nation-Empire-War (NEW) both good mods imho that don't get much recognition .

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

I've heard of Ab Urbe Condita, will take a look. I've taken a look at Nation Empire War... I prefer Invasio Barbarorum mods for the late Roman period (I feel those mods are more devoted to historical accuracy) but I may do a video on it at some point.

@IceniTotalWar

3 жыл бұрын

@@GudeaTW Yes i agree the IB mods are more historically accurate, it's been a while since i played any though and can't remember how stable they are certainly as doing an LP for them but Nation Empire War is quite stable and might be easier for any new players as it doesn't look as tough as IB.

really nice list, misses the Rise of persia mod IMHO, though you might be waiting for the 3.0 campaign to be updated :)

@GudeaTW

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Exactly, I've been waiting for the 3.0 version. I wanted to recommend mods that are pretty much completed in this list, but I'm definitely going to do another one of these featuring mods like Rise of Persia, IB: Ruina Romae, Bronze Age, Aristeia, etc. that I left out of this one.

@blackbirdgriffin

4 жыл бұрын

@@GudeaTW Awsome keep up the great content man, this was quite the discovery :)

@ajaxtelamonian5134

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah that is such a banging mod been playing a Babylon campaign. That is fun.

What a great video!

@GudeaTW

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@bigbezel3237

2 жыл бұрын

@@GudeaTW Hey. I'm pretty new to modding and that. I can't get the v1.6 patch to work. Do you know what i'd do? I run Gold Edition on steam

@bigbezel3237

2 жыл бұрын

I'm trying to get LycanRising to work :)

Thanks might have to try the end of days 2 sometime

@GudeaTW

2 жыл бұрын

It's a great mod, one of the most interesting fantasy mods for any total war game for sure

@zenith3180

2 жыл бұрын

@@GudeaTW yeah im having a blast playing it right now, the talamasca order has some really cool looking units specially their order archers.

Where i can found this mods?

Wait, how do you run FRRE 77BC? Its TWC page is a desolate dead place, I only found one link which is in Russian.

@GudeaTW

4 жыл бұрын

I installed it from the Yandex link - the website is Russian but the mod is in English. Yeah FRRE hasn't gotten much attention in awhile it seems... www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?747079-Everythings-in-Russian-English-translation-needed

@derrickbonsell

4 жыл бұрын

@@GudeaTW It's probably the best one. I was able to find First Man in Rome, the Marius-era mod, but it's woefully unpolished. It clearly wasn't finished to the extent of 77 BC however.

Still waiting for a mod that focuses on Golden Age Byzantine Empire. :(

Where did you find the Chivalry TW file?

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Hi rage, the 1.051 installer found here is the full install, and then there is a patch for Alexander if you want to run it with Alex instead of BI or RTW: www.moddb.com/mods/chivalry-total-war/downloads

any idea why any mods I install crashes from launch? thanks

@GudeaTW

2 жыл бұрын

for original RTW? steam or cd? also depends on the mod. You can find help on the RTW community discord here: discord.gg/Utwbw66b

Dude, u totally forgot Extended Cultures V :^)

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

It's in my top ten video (which is solely "top ten mods to play" without the "revisit" part) :)

Great vídeo! How about Roma Surrectum 3?

@justkris6461

3 жыл бұрын

Was wondering the same. Best mod for rome1 period

@DLockholm

3 жыл бұрын

Roma Surrectum 3 is literally the same as Roma Surrectum 2.6 but with better graphics and some minor changes on balancing, it's more like a submod to be fair.

@justkris6461

3 жыл бұрын

@@DLockholm cities look alot different.pathfinding is even worse then before sadly

@JagerFrostTroll

2 жыл бұрын

battles take wayy too long

there is a trick to make rome 1 run better but any fire based projectile will become invisible

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

I'm running that fix

I downloaded chivalry but it won’t launch I have Rome on steam ? Help me

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Apocryphon, remember not to use the mod launcher/shortcut if you're installing a RTW mod on Steam. Did you just install the regular full version or did you install it with the Alexander patch? In any case, if you installed the regular version without the Alexander patch, you need to right click on Rome Total War in Steam and go to properties, then launch options, and then add this in the launch options "RomeTW-BI.exe -nm -show_err -mod:Chivalry". (without the quotes) If you have installed the Alexander patch and you have Alexander, then in Rome Total War Alexander launch options add "-show_err -mod:Chivalry -noalexander". (without the quotes) Then launch the game from steam. Let me know if it works!

@apocryphonmusic7292

3 жыл бұрын

@@GudeaTW thanks I’ll try it tomorrow I’m in bed now do you use team viewer ?

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

@@apocryphonmusic7292 hopefully it works! No, I don't use team viewer

@apocryphonmusic7292

3 жыл бұрын

@@GudeaTW it did not work :( anyway you can use team viewer and help me out

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

@@apocryphonmusic7292 sorry to hear that! join the rome total war community discord here discord.com/invite/shEHMk4 and we at the community can definitely help you there, and you can post screenshots to show exactly what you're doing (or stream if necessary)

SPQR 7.0 is the best mod ever for Rome Total War.

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Maciej, thanks for the post! I don't like having too many battles or battles that are too long, so I always felt that SPQR wasn't aimed at me, but I will give it a try.

@ShingoShojiPL

3 жыл бұрын

@@GudeaTW Wow, now 9.0 is latest version, my bad. Well, battles DO last long, but I prefer that over "5-minute battle mess" that is Rome 2. Its probably most difficult mod for Rome, but when you want best historical strategy game ever - SPQR is the only way.

@user-mq8tk9sw6c

2 жыл бұрын

I just found Gudea's Channel, and I'd have to second this recommendation. For me the battles in SPQR 9.0 are the purest representation of what total war battles could be. About the length, I found that RS II battles were actually longer? I do love SPQR for its focus on the Roman Military machine and managing and tracking legions over a 1000 turn campaign is an experience unmatched in modern TW. I still play to this day, there is actually a small fan made update to SPQR TW that improves the map even further!

When i played as a kid rome 1 i remember "knowing" black horses units were a lot worse than gold yellow horses when it was just the unit being bad ahahahahahaha i think it was like light lancers or a roman cav, i would actually get upset when hispanic carthage cav(the tier 1 stuff but with golden horses and swords) would just die to spears like the other cav aahahahahahahah

@GudeaTW

Ай бұрын

Lol yeah that's a good point about the old days, I probably thought things like that too..

The song in the background is ???

@noahtimportent6710

2 жыл бұрын

It's various campaign music from Rome Total War.

Bare Bones mod the best mod ever

EUROPA BARBARORUM II FOR ROME 1 IS THE BEST TOTAL WAR GAME

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Eb 2 is for medieval 2

Hi friend, whats about the Age of Knights?

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Alex, I haven't yet had a chance to play that mod. Hopefully I'll have time soon!

@alexvonravensburgh7665

3 жыл бұрын

@@GudeaTW Ok i`ll wait anyway ;)

A demon entered the audio at 12:56

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Sauron

Fall of Rome was superb

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Fall of Rome?

@user-dx6bv2pe1s

3 жыл бұрын

@@GudeaTW late Roman mod for Rome Barbarian Invasion. Had great unit textures and models, the mod creater pulled it years ago. Real shame as it was fully fleshed out and played really well.

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-dx6bv2pe1s Ah that's too bad. It's not available anywhere?

@user-dx6bv2pe1s

3 жыл бұрын

@@GudeaTW yea it was good. I like the channel, I made a lot of unit cards and textures in the IB2 mods and fall of the eagles

Rome 1 & Medieval 2 still better than other total war games even newer ones!

@arche8229

3 жыл бұрын

Can be debatable, but yeah. Rome 1 however needs more factions. But it is good on its own still.

@helltarrist

10 ай бұрын

ETW and Shogun 2 are great too, honestly.

Hey google thanks for spying on me and knowing I reinstalled Rome Total War on my PC last night.

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

lol I hate google... don't use any google products! Well... except Android, reluctantly...

Rome 1 is so good I'm willing to play it at 20FPS even though my PC can run newer games at 60FPS.

Hi, interesting list. to start RSII you need to start with the alex.exe in the install (even if you don´t have alex installed - it´s just needed to start the game). i´ve got two additions: regarding 77bc - i think polish mod "The Great Ancient World" offers a realy good campaign and map in a similar timeperiod. www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?228474-The-Great-Ancient-World-IV-(PL-for-now)-or-III-1-(Polish-and-English-version) and two very good looking and newly released mods for RTW Barbarian Invasion - Rvina Romae www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?800168-RELEASED-RVINA-ROMAE and NEW www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?801596-Nation-Empire-War

@GudeaTW

4 жыл бұрын

Yes I've played quite a bit of RS, just not the latest version. Unfortunately I don't have alex on Steam and I don't have access to my disc (in another country...). Thanks for the info! Thanks for the info on those mods! I'll be sure to try them out. I also wasn't aware that they had finally released Rvina Romae.... I would have definitely included it had I known! I guess I have to make another five RTW mods to try in 2020 list...

@_tartaros_9997

4 жыл бұрын

@@GudeaTW You don´t need Alex installed - just use the alex.exe option in the beginning, when opening the RSII dashboard. i didn´t own alex too , but it works for me. RR and NEW are my favorite RTW mods this year - both have a similar focus, but aren´t the same. NEW is getting a big update in september.

@GudeaTW

4 жыл бұрын

@@_tartaros_9997 great news, thanks for this. Also, would you be aware of a modfoldered version of RS 2? I did some digging but was unsuccessful, perhaps I didn't look hard enough

@_tartaros_9997

4 жыл бұрын

@@GudeaTW As i understand the dashboard in RSII, every campaign (1turn Rome + 1turn Rest/0turn recruitment Rest+Swapfactions) is a modfoldered campaign in itself. RSII is the only one i din´t start with steam via alex.exe. Curently i play a submods "When worlds collide"

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Hi tartaros, I've been trying to get RS2 to work again (and when worlds collide), but I keep coming across the "chat filter san" not readable error. I've copy pasted that file everywhere and nothing seems to work...

Is there a mod that adds more infantry other than pikes to the Greeks? It's the only thing I don't like in the game

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Most historically accurate mods tend to add more flexible infantry to the Hellenistic factions, including Thureophoroi, heavier peltasts that act as line infantry, etc. Europa Barbarorum, Rome Total Realism VII, Roma Surrectum, they all add such units.

Are any mods available for mobile yet? Seeing all of this is just teasing me.

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

It will never be possible on iOS, on Android it may be possible one day

@Jakethegoodman

3 жыл бұрын

@@GudeaTW ok, I'm in a unique situation. I don't have the original RTW, computer can't run RTW2 or the enhanced RTW version. The origjnal is no longer available for download. So I'm a bit frustrated because I would like to edit some changes to starting positions in rome total war (and possibly play multiple factions as I feel fairly certain I know how to do it), but I can't as I only have it available on Android. And of course no mods either lol. Any thoughts? This is driving me nuts.

@GudeaTW

2 жыл бұрын

So you can still purchase the original rtw - but to do so you need to purchase the remaster

@Jakethegoodman

2 жыл бұрын

@@GudeaTW please mod android lol

@GudeaTW

2 жыл бұрын

It seems like nobody is interested in modding mobile 😅

Is there a possible way to load this onto mobile Rome total war?

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Kaiser Wilhelm II, unfortunately at this moment there is no way. On iOS it will never be possible, but on android it could happen.

@That_migueldude68

3 жыл бұрын

Gudea TW I don’t even have android though :(

@That_migueldude68

3 жыл бұрын

Gudea TW but the good thing is I’m getting a computer in about 4 weeks

@GudeaTW

3 жыл бұрын

@@That_migueldude68 yes as of now, a PC is the best option. I don't think they have gotten mods to work on even Android yet

I still like the original more than rome 2.

@GudeaTW

9 күн бұрын

Sure

Rome 2 Vanilla is a piece of garbage in front of vanilla rome total war