Total War: Napoleon - Italy Ep 1

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  • @tylerman39
    @tylerman399 ай бұрын

    Guess he didnt enjoy playing it.

  • @shradicle8576
    @shradicle857610 ай бұрын

    Game Mechanics Tips: 1. You need to click the legs icon or press R to toggle between running and walking for all your units. You sent your cavalry to the side to flank but you never told them to run so they just slowly cantered their way into position when they could've been there a minute ago. 2. To get behind barricades you need to actually right click on the barricade itself. When you got behind that fence in the battle your units weren't actually using it as cover. You need to actually select the barricade so they actually crouch behind it. 3. When you took Genoa you had the option of "demanding surrender". If your force is large enough you can force a city to surrender so you dont have to waste troops on taking the city. So those 50 troops died for nothing lol 4. Terrain does actually affect the battle Side Note: When you continue to on with the other campaigns I HIGHLY recommend modding your game. Just look up what the best mods are for NTW. Mods make the game more challenging and immerrsive. I hope you continue this series, its such a good game and even better with mods EDIT: thanks to replies for telling me you can press R.

  • @normanthedoorman205

    @normanthedoorman205

    10 ай бұрын

    Or you can press r to run which makes life easier

  • @theunfortunategeneral

    @theunfortunategeneral

    10 ай бұрын

    @@normanthedoorman205 😄😄

  • @tpachalski

    @tpachalski

    10 ай бұрын

    which mods do u recommend? I only played the game SP campaing but found the AI to be too dumb and the economy a bit too flat

  • @jordanferguson7425

    @jordanferguson7425

    10 ай бұрын

    Or double clicking when you give move orders will also tell them to run

  • @Deerhunter60641

    @Deerhunter60641

    10 ай бұрын

    @@tpachalskidarthmod is basically a complete overhaul mod and is the most common mod used for SP

  • @captainkitcat1385
    @captainkitcat138510 ай бұрын

    YESS finally I've been waiting for this!

  • @ProjectPast1565
    @ProjectPast156510 ай бұрын

    Watching this made me go back and redownload empire total war off steam😅. . The darth mod was great.

  • @Fightsome64
    @Fightsome6410 ай бұрын

    Loving the napoleon love after the movie trailer, a true turning point in history

  • @theredelephant428
    @theredelephant42810 ай бұрын

    Some things Ive learned after Ive probably put about a little less than 1k hours into this game. Balanced between Single player campaign and Multiplayer, and also between Vanilla and DarthMod. Battle Field 1. No matter who initiates a battle, the AI will almost always attack if it determines it is at an artillery disadvantage (unless it is in a fort). 2. The AI loves to charge and get into melee. On the harder difficulties, the AI gets a melee buff and so it reads the mismatch and tries to initiate melee regularly (especially in the Egyptian campaign where many units are melee already). It will also charge artillery with cavalry if left unattended (more prone in DarthMod). 3. The game accounts for unit fatigue so running units will tire them and introduce some gnarly stat debuffs (morale and melee). 3a. The game does not have true line of sight, so if units are in range of each other, but there is a hill in the way - they will still fire even though cant hit each other and shoot right into the dirt and waste their ammo. Always fight down hill where possible. 4. Elite Skirmishers can be a great way to start widdling down the enemy from a distance, just don't leave them too exposed or they will be charged down by cav. Light cav also can work well if you micro them aggressively. 5. Militia thinly spread out in front of your main line of advance can be a great meatshield 6. Don't spread your units out too thin since that leaves holes in your lines, and your units can get stuck in the endless shuffle as they constantly try and close the gap and will never fire. 3 lines deep is usually the norm. (Any Artillery hit may look like its doing a lot of damage but if you watch, most of them actually get back up) Campaign - 1. Units are most effective at full strength. In these short campaigns where time is crucial - there is no point waiting around for your units to replenish because you just don’t have the time and most regions are going to have very low reinforcement rates. You are better off just merging units (drag and drop the unit cards on the campaign map) and training new ones. You may lose some experienced units, but again, the campaign isn't long enough for that to really matter at all. Speed is key. 2. Militia get a public order bonus when in garrison. It can be a good idea to have a small army of militia follow your main army to keep the public order under control while your main army maintains the blitz and initiative. 3. Don't forget about roads. While Id argue almost useless in the early short campaigns since they don't have time to pay themselves off, they are crucial in the European campaign - improve unit speed, replenishment and slowly increase a regions wealth over time. 4. Keeping a navy is one of the most expensive things you can do, but if you can control the trade nodes, that will greatly increase your income. You can also raid other nations trade routes on land or at sea. 5. Regions are taxed on their wealth. A region with 1000 wealth taxed twenty percent will pay off 200. So anything that adds region wealth flat out, or over time will increase your income. MOST IMPORTANTLY - lower (normal) taxes will increase regional growth and yield much better income over time. (Not for the short campaigns though). 6. Your units will suffer attrition in harsh conditions (too cold or too hot climates). You can mouse over an area to see if your units will suffer attrition. Extremely important to keep in mind before crossing deserts or invading large vodka filled European nations.

  • @osheamat7549

    @osheamat7549

    9 ай бұрын

    Is darthmod still playable? I had heard it was made inoperable

  • @theredelephant428

    @theredelephant428

    9 ай бұрын

    @@osheamat7549 It is, Ive fired it several times recently haven't had any major issues. Maybe that's not the case for everybody though?

  • @bernard3303

    @bernard3303

    7 ай бұрын

    Is there any mod that adds new cities? ( like empire map + napoleon gameplay )

  • @johnhardiman1970
    @johnhardiman197010 ай бұрын

    Loved this game!! I liberated Ireland and gave it back to the Irish,brought a tear to me eye :)

  • @ericjrat
    @ericjrat10 ай бұрын

    Uh oh. Looks like I’m going to have to start playing Total War Napoleon again now 😉 Looking forward to this series!

  • @normanthedoorman205
    @normanthedoorman20510 ай бұрын

    Hey VTH, I’m loving the series but I’d also like to offer some tips to help you in your campaign. Mainly artillery tips, but they’re very important. Artillery can aim a little but farther than their intended range. This can be done by right clicking the ground ahead of their range (even though the reticle is red) it’s worth doing this to hit the enemy even more especially as artillery has infinite ammo. Also, when aiming artillery at the enemy, always aim a little bit in front of where they are going (aim low),this will score more hits as artillery tends to overshoot and you will lead your targets if they are moving at you (so you are shooting where they will be and not where they are). This will greatly increase your artillery’s effectiveness even though it takes more micro, as just targeting units with artillery is much less effective. Finally, my last tip, but I think it’s the most important, this also applies to canister shot! Meaning you can use the insane power of the canister at a little but further than the intended range (also aim lower as they overshoot just like normal shot). Also, armed citizenry/militia is nowhere close to line infantry, this is mostly due to their poor morale and inability to fight in melee making them easy to kill with cav. I hope this helps.

  • @normanthedoorman205

    @normanthedoorman205

    10 ай бұрын

    Also your artillery bounces so aiming short is even more effective (which is what they did in real life)

  • @admiralsnackbar7269
    @admiralsnackbar726910 ай бұрын

    I’ve been wanting you to play a total war game for so long, especially this or empire total war! Also, generally keeping your cavalry on your flanks is most effective

  • @TriggeringOpinionsandFacts

    @TriggeringOpinionsandFacts

    9 ай бұрын

    Bro ! Agreed! I mainly play Shogun 2 but Napoleon is my second most played Ishmaelthegrey on steam

  • @Deerhunter60641
    @Deerhunter6064110 ай бұрын

    I’ve been doing the same but I added darthmod which overhauls the game to add more unite, make AI harder, and stuff like that.

  • @tommythetemplar
    @tommythetemplar10 ай бұрын

    Some tips for Napoleon total war, it’s best to keep your men in lines of 3. Aka ……… ……… … It keeps the highest morale of your men and fills gaps the best. It’s written in the game code. Hope this helps!

  • @Loowee__
    @Loowee__10 ай бұрын

    just a few tips, you can press R to make a unit run (i use this when they are just spreading out into formation or turning, and when entering melee), most units can also form a square formation against cavalry. if you're struggling to send in backup regiments into melee then you can right click on their flag to attack, since sometimes friendlies can get in the way of the mouse. also you can use the defence button so if you manually attack via a right click, if the enemy unit routs they wont run after them and break formation

  • @seaborntheunready6139

    @seaborntheunready6139

    10 ай бұрын

    I felt sorry for his infantry and cavalry just walking to set up within range as the enemy volleys. I suppose he hasn't played much of these games lately but if he can figure out how to run with pressing R a lot of casualties will be reduced

  • @Loowee__

    @Loowee__

    10 ай бұрын

    @@seaborntheunready6139 haha ikr, his poor infantry being forced to walk into a charge of in-formation infantry regiment

  • @ianrager4
    @ianrager410 ай бұрын

    If i was you, going for Turin makes Piedmont your Subject. After that i would push for Milan and Mantua. You will have to either A. declare war on Venice or B. try and get military access. After that just rush for the city you need to win. The Austrians will have an entire army at the last city so be ready for a big battle.

  • @Zeitgeist2000
    @Zeitgeist200010 ай бұрын

    also, anytime a cavalry unit charges your unit, square formation, it doesnt matter if they hit you before you have formed up, the sooner you get into square the faster the cav dies, trust me, you will thank me for the advice in egypt.

  • @garrettsabol5838
    @garrettsabol583810 ай бұрын

    For battles in Napoleon Total War, I’d recommend concentrating your artillery in the center, and splitting your infantry on opposite sides with cavalry on the flanks. You can even use your light infantry to put up stakes in front of the artillery to prevent cavalry charges up the center.

  • @TaylorPrem
    @TaylorPrem10 ай бұрын

    Empire/Napoleon Total War. This game is what got me into history I really hope Empire Total War will one day get a sequel.

  • @muhammadhabibieamiro3639
    @muhammadhabibieamiro363910 ай бұрын

    Another amazing video

  • @VenomSeeker
    @VenomSeeker10 ай бұрын

    A very helpful piece of info: You can have your infantry form square against cavalry, I was watching the pitch battle outside of Genoa and a good hinderance to that cav charge the Austrians did would've been to have your closest infantry to them form square and their horses would've stopped dead in their tracks. As long as you have the square formation tech any infantry unit(bar lights and militia ) have the ability to form square.

  • @canadianrocketman3475
    @canadianrocketman347510 ай бұрын

    ive been looking forward to this for so long!

  • @thresh8086
    @thresh808610 ай бұрын

    Awesome vid looking forward to more

  • @scottyking6245
    @scottyking624510 ай бұрын

    Really looking forward to this series

  • @TheGreyWolf94
    @TheGreyWolf9410 ай бұрын

    Great video and glad you've got a big interest in this time period. I love the uniforms, the large battles, the gunpowder, cannons and old ships of the line having at each other. As well as Napoleon being my favourite historical figure. Imagine if Grand Tactician did a game on the Napoleonic Wars....I'd lose my mind through excitement. Keep up the great content as usual mate and thank you ☺️

  • @bernard3303

    @bernard3303

    7 ай бұрын

    Check out darthmod dev game " ultimate general " american independence mod, battles of 60000 soldiers with yourself commanding them, or giving command of parts of your army to ai and telling them to take a hill / bridge, defend a place or flank the enemy. Too expensive for me but maybe youll enjoy it

  • @Brantman19
    @Brantman1910 ай бұрын

    Played this one and put it on my own channel as well. I would suggest that you go for the mission objectives. For the most part, they have you bee line to the main objective. Peacefully occupy because you can't afford not to. Make sure there is a supply depot in every province you take because it increases your army recovery rate incredibly. I try to build to two armies. One to take the next region/mission objective, the other to be refitting. Then I just kinda hop over so I am assaulting with near perfect units. Also, don't forget you can toggle the run on your units in battles. That can help rush into position and flank the enemy. Just be careful of fatigue of your units. I would also move your units in battle a little less. This keeps your armies together and you can more easily prepare for the enemy if they are moving to you as well. Hope that helps.

  • @SmedleyDouwright

    @SmedleyDouwright

    10 ай бұрын

    Can you do group moves in this game like in newer Total War games. That is select multiple units in formation and have them stay in formation as they move to a new location?

  • @Brantman19

    @Brantman19

    10 ай бұрын

    I only ever do drag and drop selections so not sure if you can create and assign groups but you can drag them into formation at the moved to location or get them into formation and then click on a spot and multiple units will move there in the formation they are in.

  • @shradicle8576

    @shradicle8576

    10 ай бұрын

    ​@@SmedleyDouwrightyou see the button to the right side of the two swords ⚔️ button? Thats the group button

  • @jeanhubertgazon

    @jeanhubertgazon

    10 ай бұрын

    ​@@shradicle8576Or use G I think that the default key for grouping units

  • @IceniTotalWar

    @IceniTotalWar

    10 ай бұрын

    The only NTW i've uploaded and won 🤣🤣 1-4 atm definitely room for improvement.

  • @RKGrizz
    @RKGrizz10 ай бұрын

    I loved the Empire and Napoleon titles. Having my armies formed up in towns using the walls and buildings for cover was always fun.

  • @IceniTotalWar

    @IceniTotalWar

    10 ай бұрын

    The only drawback was never being able to fight actually in the settlements, they were always villages or forts. If we get an ETW2 i actually want to defend London/Paris/Rome/Istanbul.

  • @Burke1O1
    @Burke1O110 ай бұрын

    YOO Im so ready for this Napoleonic era / binge everyone is falling into

  • @winchelseabeach4863
    @winchelseabeach486310 ай бұрын

    I would recommend making it so that you can move the camera freely so that it’s not restricted to where your friendly units are. Also, I am very excited for you to continue this series

  • @theunfortunategeneral
    @theunfortunategeneral10 ай бұрын

    IF you are lucky you can ask Venice for military access, and just walk pass the mountains to the austrian capital.

  • @danielhovenden7877
    @danielhovenden787710 ай бұрын

    Ohhhhh yeah!!! Haven’t even started watching and I’m already into it.

  • @mangyminotaur30
    @mangyminotaur3010 ай бұрын

    Always a treat!

  • @scottm344
    @scottm34410 ай бұрын

    💥💯💥 another great vid. Thank you for the entertainment

  • @dannysullivan7622
    @dannysullivan762210 ай бұрын

    Yesss! Love your videos man

  • @Jake_the_Ging
    @Jake_the_Ging10 ай бұрын

    Glad to see you doing some Napoleon! Enjoy the game its mechanics can be wonky however its a wonderful game!

  • @slothyRMA
    @slothyRMA7 ай бұрын

    Glad you're back playing total war cant wait for more episodes

  • @andrewshaw1571
    @andrewshaw157110 ай бұрын

    Quick tips. 2 line depth in vanilla, its the best compromise between firepower and mobility. Use light infantry behaviour for light infantry, its just better. Your men duck so others can fire over their heads, they spread out so take less casualties, they can also shoot past each other, maximising firepower. They are fecked if cavalry hit them like that but they would be regardless. Be more proactive with the cavalry. Unless you are cheesing it with artillery tactics based around the ai, cavalry are the decisive force of the army. Their manoeuvres force the enemy into squares, potentially winning you uneven infantry fights or allowing you to dominate fair ones. They can get at the enemy general best and most important for a campaign, they can hack down fleeing units. In a campaign, enemies tend to break a lot, particularly the low quality stuff they often bring, they break early, your army is still engaged and the pish runs off, often coming back in the battle but sometimes not. This just means having to fight the same army again and again, on a map with a time limit. Keep some cavalry out of the fighting and have it farm the cowards, easy xp and can turn a second battle with an army from a fight with 500 men into a fight with about 40.

  • @HistoryMan-ko7qu
    @HistoryMan-ko7qu10 ай бұрын

    Love it!

  • @ottovonbismark7004
    @ottovonbismark700410 ай бұрын

    Would highly recommend the NTW3 mod for Napoleon Total War, its focus is on more realism and general improved gameplay. In my opinion a must for all history enjoyers.

  • @IceniTotalWar

    @IceniTotalWar

    10 ай бұрын

    Any problems running that considering all the recent NTW updates ?

  • @tileux

    @tileux

    10 ай бұрын

    Can you do that on steam without getting busted for hacking? I used to pvp this all the time - had 12 stars or whatever the max was. Havent played for ages - i find total war campaigns pretty boring and the pvp servers are pretty empty from where i am. My favourite game but i wish theyd brought out an official napoleon 2 and 3.

  • @ottovonbismark7004

    @ottovonbismark7004

    10 ай бұрын

    @tileux idk how you would get busted for hacking unless you were hacking.

  • @tileux

    @tileux

    10 ай бұрын

    @@ottovonbismark7004 dont mods count as hacks? Ive heard of some people getting banned from games for using mods but - as you can probably tell - I know SFA about tech' issues so I dont know if that will get you busted by Steam.

  • @dennypetrosian8589
    @dennypetrosian858910 ай бұрын

    Working and watching this! Let's do this.

  • @Staxx0
    @Staxx09 ай бұрын

    omg i love your other channel and had no idea you had this one! for sure gonna watch these videos too.

  • @seandilallo8718
    @seandilallo871810 ай бұрын

    Yes! You read my mind!

  • @Renamatic
    @Renamatic10 ай бұрын

    Me and my bestie used to play these games all the time. Our fav was Shogun TW and Rome TW. Such nostalgia with this!!

  • @codyyarbrough9514
    @codyyarbrough951410 ай бұрын

    Quick tip! If you hold down "ctrl" you can select multiple units and command them to move together and line up perfectly If you hold down "shift" it'll select all troops between the two you click You can also de-select a unit by holding "ctrl" and clicking that unit again

  • @Dragonite43
    @Dragonite4310 ай бұрын

    I've played through this campaign on Hard Campaign and Hard Battles. Here is what I suggest: 1. Build Supply Posts where you can, so you can replenish your army. However, do build trading posts if you feel your income is dropping too much. 2. Be aggressive and move quickly. You will be surprised how quickly you reach December 1797. 3. When you attack a city, if they have mostly the populace defending the city, try demanding their surrender. This avoids you auto-resolving and losing troops. 4. During Auto-resolve only. If Artillery is under Napoleon's command, the game will greatly value them in auto-resolve calculators. 5. Create multiple save files. What I do is, create a save file during the start of the turn, and create a separate save file for each of the battles I do during that turn. You can then create a separate save file at the end of the turn. For example, Jan 1797 (1) For the beginning of the turn, Jan 1797 (A) for a battle, and Jan 1797 (2) for the end of the turn. 6. When you have a general that has only cavalry, they are unable to assault or siege a city that has walls. 7. Units can replenish themselves by either having a general or by being within a city. 8. When using cavalry that can fire on horseback, don't have them engage in a fire fight with an infantry unit. Use them in hit and run tactics. 9. Units won't fire until they are properly in line. 10. Use your cavalry to run down fleeing units. They aren't fully shattered until their flag disappears over top of their head. However, when the game asks you to end the battle or continue, continue the battle. Use your cavalry to cut down the remanding troops on the field. If their unit count drops below 5, then that unit won't appear in the next battle. However, when charging down fleeing units using cavalry, only assign one cavalry for unit unit you are attack. If you assign two on one unit, then you will have chances of friendly fire. 11. During the winter season, to avoid your units dying from the cold, place them in cities or buildings (trading posts, supply posts, etc). 12. Always check the cities happiness. When you have garrison troops in the city, their happiness will be higher than when you don't have garrison troops. If a city's happiness is positive or neutral, then you are fine. However, if it is negative, then you have problems: One turn, you won't get income from that city, two turns in a row, they will damage a building, and three turns in a row, you will have an armed rebellion. 13. Because you are playing hard campaign, the AI will field a ton of troops and it will eventually backstab you. Peace is temporary. If I can, I tend to create puppets, as they are unable to attack you. Liberating nations is also a plus as they tend to gift you units, and you are likely able to create a trade partner and and a new ally. Sometimes you can use them as a buffer states against enemy AI. 14. You should avoid assaulting a city, unless you have to. Assaulting a city is a pain, as units within the city have increase morale, and on hard mode, they tend to not break. This means you are usually forced to kill all the units, or hold the center for a period of time. 15. If you are assaulting a city, you don't need to chase down fleeing units. The reason is, any units that are garrisoned within the city, will die automatically. However, any units that are sent to assist the city, but weren't part of the garrison units, will be able to flee. Chase those units down. 16. Killing the general is important, because if the general dies, then all units will suffer a penalty to their morale. This makes them more easily to break. 17. When using your cavalry, it's best to charge the line infantry on the flank or the rear. After they charge into the enemy, order them to run through the enemy, and away from the enemy. Your cavalry will tire quickly, which means that in an extended fight against line infantry, they will lose. If you need to attack a line infantry with cavalry, I tend to bring 2-3 cavalry to attack them. I send in one to charge the line infantry, and retreat after making contact with them. I then quickly send in the 2nd cavalry to charge the line infantry, before they have a chance to react. I then retreat the 2nd cavalry, and send in the 3rd cavalry if I have it, or I recharge the 1st cavalry against the line infantry. I tend to do this until the line infantry can't handle the assault, and they break. Keep in mind, your cavalry does the most amount of damage when they are charging. After they are done, I pull them back behind my forces to recover, as their stamina is usually pretty low after the assault. 18. When attacking cannons, preferably use cavalry. When using them against cannons, don't do a direct assault, they will be slaughtered. Instead, take two cavalry, march them on either flank of the cannon (and very enough away where the cannons can't hit them), and then wheel around to the rear, and charge into them.

  • @jayman1772
    @jayman177210 ай бұрын

    Nice love Napoleon total war, however you should use the Run command more for Flanking or repositioning orders it is really important and actually can make a massive difference

  • @Dragonite43
    @Dragonite4310 ай бұрын

    This is going to be epic! :D

  • @blayze0021
    @blayze002110 ай бұрын

    so happy youre playing this game. I would highly highly recommend downloading the darthmod mod for it. It is an incredible mod and makes the game a lot more fun. Improves AI and adds a lot more units, better gun sounds, smoke effects, larger unit size and on top of that, many more improvements!

  • @KeganStucki
    @KeganStucki10 ай бұрын

    What a callback! I never played Napoleon, but sank so much of my life into Empire!

  • @dressi6
    @dressi610 ай бұрын

    yay finally he played a total war game on this channel!!

  • @Hoube14
    @Hoube1410 ай бұрын

    so excited for this!!

  • @socrates6870
    @socrates68708 ай бұрын

    Hi a nicely played and commented campaign!!! I like you YT channel and recently subscribed to it. I played this campaign first on Very Hard back in 2010, did some research first on Napoleon's campaign in Italy 1796-1797 as I'm Polish and for us Poles it's a critical event - the Polish Legions were formed then and our national anthem was written...I pressed towards Klagenfurt with the main army, gaining supplies I created a 2nd smaller reserve army sent it South and made the historical move into Venice, it gives a large bonus and helps your logistics and supply. Hope it helps!! Keep up the good work! 😊

  • @sterijastanojevic8002
    @sterijastanojevic800210 ай бұрын

    Great game

  • @EmperorHeimrov
    @EmperorHeimrov10 ай бұрын

    Troop Movement in Battle - [Tip]: When a Selected Troop is moving and marching on the battlefield, if you want them to speed up or "Quick March" you can Press "R" on the selected troop and they will run/quick march to their destination. Your men DO however get tired and will force you to go back to marching speed if you utilize the running mechanic TOO many times. I would advise using that in your next battles when you want to quickly position a Troops if the tide of battle changes. P.S: You cannot make your Cannon Crews Quick March

  • @nanogintama8837
    @nanogintama883710 ай бұрын

    In my experience in the game, if you don't stumble upon broken terrain where your position is disadvantageous because of low ground, you fight battles where you have the highground but the enemy is in a city which makes it hard for cannonballs to hit their troops. Seldom do you fight on a plain or on a slope where you can target the enemy easily and enjoy seeing companies being torn by your artillery. To fix that problem and experience a more realistic napoleonic wars era, i suggest you install a mod named "napoleonic total war 3" and you'll know why a lot of people love it.

  • @usabestarmy
    @usabestarmy10 ай бұрын

    Highly recommend the darthmod mod. Really improves the game and was made by the guy who went on to make the ultimate general games and the like.

  • @vallergergo737
    @vallergergo73710 ай бұрын

    You have received plenty of gamplay tips, but to just add 1 more to the pile: Check diplomacy often, and make trade agreements as soon and often as you can. Also a fun fact, the "Revolutionary Infantry" are modeled to mostly be barefoot and with more ragged uniforms than the "Fusiliers", your other line infantry option, to hint at the condition of the army of Italy.

  • @_potatodude_542
    @_potatodude_54210 ай бұрын

    Been missing another Total War video from you, great to see it again! Though I would LOVE to see you try out the Napoleonic Total War 3 Mod for this game and do a Campaign there! It's a complete overhaul of this game and makes it very realistic and immersive. Battles are much deadlier on both sides, and strategy is far more important in the battles themselves. Everything is improved if you are after realism. This mod only works on the big campaign or custom battles though, so no Egypt campaign or Italy or anything.

  • @osheamat7549

    @osheamat7549

    9 ай бұрын

    Where can I find this mod?

  • @stargamerdude3592
    @stargamerdude359210 ай бұрын

    Finally! Always wanted a Total War campaign!

  • @londyngivens
    @londyngivens10 ай бұрын

    wow can’t tell you how long I’ve waited for someone with actual historical knowledge to play these games. Rome remastered, medieval 2, empire, shogun 2 are some of the best historical games

  • @mythicalrp5642
    @mythicalrp564210 ай бұрын

    Wow this is new. I just found out that you have a gaming series now, cool! I'm going to watch them

  • @andrewdad10
    @andrewdad1010 ай бұрын

    You need Darth Mod on this. It makes it so much more realistic.

  • @peterblood50
    @peterblood5010 ай бұрын

    It's always worthwhile to get a ground level look at the battlefield before the fight begins, especially when placing your arty. 😉 As Napoleon did, get down in the mud with your artillery.

  • @alenivancic5589
    @alenivancic558910 ай бұрын

    This is going to be epic

  • @asweettooth1288
    @asweettooth128810 ай бұрын

    "Hit em on the Ennd, roll them up!" "Get there firstest with the mostes" -N.B.F. (using napoleon tactics without knowing it was tactics.). 😅

  • @TheHistoryGuy

    @TheHistoryGuy

    10 ай бұрын

    Funny, I mentioned that quote in my VTH video today.

  • @asweettooth1288

    @asweettooth1288

    10 ай бұрын

    @@TheHistoryGuy I'll go check it out!. Post Script, Cannot wait for Whiskey and Lemons!!!. 🤓 The Hot wing left Tennant Commander may return a few months just for that!. Lolz.

  • @tomkmb4120
    @tomkmb412010 ай бұрын

    Nice to see people giving these older TW games some love

  • @IceniTotalWar

    @IceniTotalWar

    10 ай бұрын

    Still lots of channels covering them and new channels springing up all the time. And still many new mods for older titles coming out .

  • @bendsherman1984
    @bendsherman198410 ай бұрын

    Quick tip: Armed citizenry can be routed with just one cavalry unit so exploit that as much as possible.

  • @db123OG
    @db123OG10 ай бұрын

    Holy shit definitely watching this. Napoleon total war is so good

  • @Zeitgeist2000
    @Zeitgeist200010 ай бұрын

    you should be using the artillery as grape shot and put it into your line, with maybe a little tine divet behind your men, but in your line so that they can help the line battle, since round shot doesnt do much damage to anything thats not cav. try making small v fromations where the cannon is at the bottom of the v, and your line infantry are the sides of it, it will work wonders.

  • @jasonmurdick9864
    @jasonmurdick986410 ай бұрын

    Love the gunpowder series of TW so much more than the others. Using terrain and worrying about artillery was fun.

  • @christos49

    @christos49

    10 ай бұрын

    yes, peak Total war in my opinion

  • @Loowee__
    @Loowee__10 ай бұрын

    Napoleon Total War is my second most played game on steam (720 hours) only barely beaten by hoi4 (725 hours) cant wait to see you play one of my favourite game

  • @steveclarke6257
    @steveclarke625710 ай бұрын

    Ok as a game, its based on 'Empire' but does not quite have that games scope in its map, but its still basicaly TW:Empire. I have found in TW:E you need that combined arms approach. I try to go for 5/2/1 mix so for 5 infantry i have 2 artillery and 1 Cav, as infanty is the most useful unit type. Specialist units get intermixed so my infantry might be 3 line, 1 grenadier and 1 Chasseur (its very similarly to historical ToE). Of the troops you have try to get line rather than republican guard, as the latter is not going to stand up to an attack by Austrian line infantry inits (which are much larger than yours - you have 160 they have 200 in each unit), the Austrian also have super sneaky sniper units with the Garadini rifle but mostly they ose their Jagers like your chasseur units,- there are far too many cavalry combinations to consider- curassiers are the strike punch but are again expensive, the skirmishing Hussars and Carabineer troops are often effective to have. Ok the chocolate......French IG which you wont get yet, but they are like old boots, they are not superman but they are really expensive units to maintain.

  • @greeb666
    @greeb66610 ай бұрын

    This is a really tough campaign. You need to make your artillery work harder for you. In this game the AI does not really defend in open battle, he will charge right at you every time. I usually mass my artillery on high ground and make that the center of my line with your best infantry on either side, with lesser infantry outside that, with cav on the flanks. I like to use skirmishers to help break up infantry attacks on the wings. If you do it right, your artillery can chop up a large amount of the enemy force at long and medium range. when the enemy gets close I move my infantry on each side forward and screen the guns. A lot of the time the enemy will already be chewed up before they encounter your main line and they will retreat/run away quickly. You can then unmask your artillery again and shoot them again and other targets of opportunity. I usually send my cav early to attack the enemies guns as quickly as possible from the flanks using whatever terrain I can to mask them. This will cut down your casualties quite a bit. Especially if you can avoid melee with units that are not running away.

  • @B-Durry
    @B-Durry10 ай бұрын

    This is my two fav things put together haha

  • @eXistenZ15
    @eXistenZ1510 ай бұрын

    this game has the best intro of them all. its even better in french "they fear me, like a force of nature. A dealer, in thunder and death"

  • @rafaelcanosantos3554
    @rafaelcanosantos355410 ай бұрын

    I love this game

  • @titus6452
    @titus645210 ай бұрын

    He's using his light infantry wrong. If he puts his light infantry in front of his main line, then he can double his firepower and the battle will be nearly over without losing so many men. Using light infantry during Empire and Napoleon Total War can be crucial to a battle just as artillery, cavalry, as well as line infantry. But I would use light infantry that have a higher reload than accuracy like Grenzers, Voltiguers, Prussian Fusiliers Light Infantry, Russian Jaegers and the British Light Foot, because if they're going to be fighting in front of the main force, they need to be able to reload just as fast and as accurately as their aim.

  • @TheMaisterrudolf
    @TheMaisterrudolf10 ай бұрын

    This is my one of best total war games . Those were the days 😊😊

  • @dragonknightofgames
    @dragonknightofgames10 ай бұрын

    When you have a large adventage/chance of winning then save before the battle and autoresolve. If the casulities are too big, then reload and fight manully. It looks like an intersting series is about to come. Just Like Napoleon rise to power :D.

  • @Eso706
    @Eso70610 ай бұрын

    Small tip if u hold "m" you can see And exact position where you ordered your troops

  • @BorsElder
    @BorsElder10 ай бұрын

    Wish I could've seen you react to the intro/trailer to this game. Always gives me chills

  • @MrDavePed
    @MrDavePed10 ай бұрын

    You can hotkey groups of units. Then drag out a line of a group of similar units. Maybe you are waiting until you have more units to manage to do that I dunno.

  • @joshknauff2554
    @joshknauff255410 ай бұрын

    You should check out the NTW 3 mod. Makes the game a lot more immersive and realistic. You have to think a lot more tactically

  • @someonenew439
    @someonenew43910 ай бұрын

    Good work! I love this game. Total war needs to make another Napoleon or empire total war.

  • @SmedleyDouwright
    @SmedleyDouwright10 ай бұрын

    I have this game, but I have only toyed with it a little. It is quite different from the newer Total War games. Maybe I can learn how to play from Chris' campaign.

  • @frazierk300
    @frazierk30010 ай бұрын

    Hey chris idk if you have yet but i would love to you play some EU4 in the future!!!! Keep up the amazing content man!

  • @JimGreen569
    @JimGreen56910 ай бұрын

    YES!

  • @Elmarby
    @Elmarby10 ай бұрын

    I am a big fan of the Total War series (not so much their recent stint of Warhammer iterations) but I wouldn't dream of playing any of them un-modded. I do not know what the current main Napoleon Total War modification is but I had a hoot with the Darth Mod version of it back in the day. Made by the guy that went on to develop the Ultimate Generals series, so that is a pretty legit pedigree.

  • @jbrid348
    @jbrid34810 ай бұрын

    At some point, would love to see you try the Peninsular campaign as France...Really Really tough...

  • @deltasquad4
    @deltasquad4Ай бұрын

    hello VTH gaming, love your videos!! i've been wondering will you continue this series? even tho a lot of time has past i would still love to see you play it.

  • @michaelbuchinger6191
    @michaelbuchinger619110 ай бұрын

    you have to check out the Napoleonic Total War 3 mod, it makes the game so much more fun, bigger and realistic. I really enjoy playing multiplayer with it

  • @Duke_Krst
    @Duke_Krst10 ай бұрын

    I sat a defenceman force to hold back the Austrians. With the aim to knock put or peace out Sardinia if I remember correctly. Though i was able to counter act with the blocking force after a fairly rough battle against armies from Austria. Then rolled them up for awhile

  • @Odysseus1313
    @Odysseus131310 ай бұрын

    Separate your cav out of your army and use them to scout ahead , if battle comes you can always use them to reinforce

  • @indrayudhguha3491
    @indrayudhguha349110 ай бұрын

    Napolean surprised by enemy speed?!karma

  • @Chuck12312
    @Chuck1231210 ай бұрын

    I think, attack Turin, so you can be at peace with Sardinia-Piedmont and then make towards Milan then Mantua and onto Klagenfurt, at some towns, there is a button to demand surrender (usually if its garrison only units (militia)) and don't forget to press R to make troops run in a battle

  • @justinmangus567
    @justinmangus56710 ай бұрын

    shit i did not know they were making a movie, hot damn..im excited now

  • @TheOfficalCrimsonPlays
    @TheOfficalCrimsonPlays10 ай бұрын

    Please make more series about the game!

  • @scottyking6245
    @scottyking624510 ай бұрын

    Yeah all I could suggest is running your troops instead of letting them walk but when necessary

  • @freetolook3727
    @freetolook37273 ай бұрын

    When playing AI in Napoleon Total War, just deploy artillery in center with canister and wait for enemy cavalry and infintry to come to your center!

  • @kevinager2223
    @kevinager222310 ай бұрын

    form Square against cav red button on the right above troop icon

  • @darth-hellhound6534
    @darth-hellhound653410 ай бұрын

    I would love to see VTH play the history-focused NTW3 mod for Napoleon

  • @velbons
    @velbons10 ай бұрын

    Hell, yeah!

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