The best part about FOTS is that the battles - and the naval gunfire that you can bring in battles. Also, the MUSIC was 10/10 it made you really feel japan was changing

@AndysTake

2 жыл бұрын

Yes very much so!

@MedjayofFaiyum

2 жыл бұрын

@@AndysTake FOTS is the perfect platform to make a Victoria total war isn't it?

@AndysTake

2 жыл бұрын

@@MedjayofFaiyum exactly

@MedjayofFaiyum

2 жыл бұрын

@@AndysTake they should do it

@path1024

2 жыл бұрын

​@@AndysTake Yes, exactly. It's exactly true that the best part is that the battles. I love it when things! Have you ever? Once I. And then I. But the best part was definitely. Welp, time for me. See you.

4:10 Empire had this feature where you had to manage your ministers. To be honest, Empire's campaign mechanics have insane amount of depth compared to even the latest historical game - 3K. CA kept removing features which were great in Empire.

@AndysTake

2 жыл бұрын

True, Empire actually had some nice ministerial management, I just feel it was a bit too anonymous as you never really HAD to deal with them, I felt.

@madkoala2130

2 жыл бұрын

Original Warhammer TW had ministars system in Empire of man and it worked same as in Empire TW and its SHITTY system like whole empire TW and calling out CA for removing features that were in game that wasnt fixed in 10 years and still is broken.

@mark-o-man6603

2 жыл бұрын

Insane amount of depth? The minister system was nice but extremely shallow and depended on dice rolls. It only provided some stats. And no, those stat bonusses were not a removed feature in later titles. Shogun 2 and FotS had ministers + adding agents with skill trees, so you could use a Geisha for example to boost region growth and public order. Same thing just in a new dress. Even Rome 2 (ee) has various systems to control certain aspects of your empire on a political level.

@tomzicare

2 жыл бұрын

@@mark-o-man6603 Yeah, insane amount of depth compared to other TW titles. You read it correctly.

@Mr100111100

Жыл бұрын

@@AndysTake a a

"The Satsuma look kind of like the faction from 'Last Samurai'" - well, they are the faction taking part in Last Samurai. The Satsuma rebellion started the boshin war and they were the main supporters of the emperor. ;)

@AndysTake

2 жыл бұрын

Oh shiiii son, that’s awesome :D

@maunz5791

2 жыл бұрын

Yep, I thought that was pretty interesting when I found out. But impressive you noticed the similarities - good eye for details :D

@flaggy185

Жыл бұрын

Also Choshu, that also they are the desendants of the Mori Clan, that we're (kinda of) betrayed by the Shogun

Would've LOVED to see a US Civil War version of FotS. I just don't think CA has the talent anymore to do it justice.

@Smackindaface

4 ай бұрын

ACW mod for Empire total war is better than anything CA will make

as a matter of fact the general you see in the last samurai is your commanding general in fots saigo takamori. he conquered the whole of japan and then got betrayed by the emperor and had to make a last stand in satsuma aka what we refer to as the last samurai battle scene.

@AndysTake

2 жыл бұрын

For real :O that’s awesome!

@VenomCold

2 жыл бұрын

@@AndysTake yeah just load up your satsuma campaign or open a new one and check your generals he should be there

@Real_British

Жыл бұрын

@@AndysTake you could also try the historical campaign, which sums to what he says

@devinsweeting4978

Жыл бұрын

I wouldn't really call it a betrayal. So much as it was a radicall difference in ideas for Japan's future and the Samurai's Place in it.

I like how the alliances you make in this game have an underlying political purpose. In Shogun, every alliance is temporary.

@seangallagher9435

Жыл бұрын

I never really played with the alliance system. I preferred to just go republic, and turtle until I get a huge army to stampede through the map

@phantom498

Жыл бұрын

@@seangallagher9435 it’s pretty cool I enjoyed fostering and protecting my remaining imperial ally and using all my agents to support their expansion. My last ally was down to their last province and I managed to get to the mainland in time to sabotage and the enemy army and incite revolts in the territories adjacent to them as well as buying out multiple stacks of armies threatening to end them and take their territory 😂. If it wasn’t for me spending 10s of thousands of my currency they would’ve been dead very early in the campaign but ended the game having 13 territories and managed to take the north (with my help mostly from agents) while I focused on taking south of Japan. Idk what it is but It’s really fun to foster the AI and help them grow strong.

2:01 Bruh, no. The Shogun was embracing modernization in the waking of Chinese defeat agaisnt the Brits (1st Opium War). The Emperor was the one calling to "expel the barbarians" (which was only a propaganda piece since both side argees modernization is important).

@AndysTake

2 жыл бұрын

Ah really? My bad! Thanks for the clarification :)

@eric1221bday

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, this expansion is definitely great from a gameplay perspective, the closest TW games ever got to industrial combat, but good history it was not. Historically both sides equipped themselves with guns and artillery, and the reason the Shogunate lost in the end is quite complex, and doesn't boil down to some luddite sentiment rejecting modern weapons.

@AlbeitBasilisk

2 жыл бұрын

it says that in the intro

@unserkatzenland8884

2 жыл бұрын

@@AlbeitBasilisk yup

@andrewle7429

2 жыл бұрын

@@eric1221bday part of which is due to in fact that the Shogun was not doing their job that was the whole point of the position of the Shogun was originally made in the first place. The title of Shogun was like "generalissimo that quelled barbarians", which was not happening with the Western powers in Japan. If I remember right though, the Emperor did not issue the order to "expel the barbarians" of his own, but was kinda more forced/persuaded to do so by Pro-Imperial factions. Which is where the order came to clash with the Shogun as they knew full well they couldn't execute the order or wanted to at that. The game also doesn't go into the fact that the original pro-imperial faction of Choushu, actually held out against punitive expeditions against it by other factions called upon by the Shogunate which included Satsuma at the time. Choushu held its own against a large Shogunate force made up of several clans and if I remember right, and the battlefield scene was close to something that would've been seen during the American Civil War; and I believe trenches were used as well. As we know, Satsuma would later switch allegiance to Imperial and after the Boshin War would have a rebellion, (due to the abolition of the Samurai class), and would have to fight their former Imperial allies (of which Choushu took great pleasure in taking revenge).

Shogun 2 Total War Fall of the Samurai, Truly the Panicle of Total War. The Graphics, the Sounds (Guns and Cannons never sounded so good or since), the Music (Seriously best music in TW game iv played, while im sure its the same stuff from shogun 2 it works), It all just pulls you into the setting and the way the entire map changes between seasons also adds to the immersion. Their is just something about "Transitional" periods that meshes well with Total War, be it Fall of the Samurai or Attila with the end days of the Roman Empire. The clash of the Samurai vs the Western style of Rifles, Cannons and Saber cavalry just FEELS SO GOOD! The Art for the unit cards and that old photograph look for buildings Looks amazing. While you cant upgrade the ROADS in this (though you do get a railroad), you can upgrade the TOWERS for the castle and the first time i saw the range on those cannon battery towers my jaw hit the floor, they covered the entire map. While the castles do get old it is nice to see them progress from a FORT with archer towers to a STAR FORT with cannon batteries and Gatling guns. This is also the first game where your navy is more then just a Water Taxi/Trade Defense fleet with the ability to provide fire support and Bombard the shore. The port battles are also pretty fun. However the game does have its flaws (mostly AI related), like you said their aren't that many maps though i can't say i ever noticed it, though i did notice their are only 4 or 5 siege maps. The Defensive Naval AI is frustrating beyond belief with how it just sits in spawn waiting for you to get into firing range (sadly this ai seems to have spread to the OTHER game periods as well, which makes those battle less fun then they should be). And just like in Shogun 2 the siege ai will just climb the walls while getting shot up by your troops, its even EASYER to defend in FotS the it is in Shogun 2, unless they bring artillery and Ship bombardment.

@AndysTake

2 жыл бұрын

Very true. Again, great take!

@jaywerner8415

2 жыл бұрын

@@Etaoinshrdlu69 Id agree with one small thing, they need to reimplement more "unit autonomy", like how units do firing drills in Empire or Napoleon without needing to click a stupid button.

@jaywerner8415

2 жыл бұрын

@@Etaoinshrdlu69 No wonder their games haven't gotten any better over the past DECADE! Their are so many little things from the past several games that brought together would be grate.

@darrenegan3891

Жыл бұрын

@@jaywerner8415 no wonder their game franchise has never gotten stale and has been running for over two decades* fixed that for you mate 😁

@jaywerner8415

Жыл бұрын

@@darrenegan3891 Really, you gonna be one of those people? Sorry to disappoint you but IT HAS. All the "little issues" are becoming more and more noticeable with each game and their becoming more streamlined. "Less strategy required" Like how the AI still does the SAME SHIT its been doing for 10-20 years.

Quick thing to remember while factions start out equal the shogunate side as a whole has the majority control over Japan meaning playing through as an Imperial faction is more difficult as more clans are prone to picking fights and being overall more hostile in diplomacy.

@andrewle7429

2 жыл бұрын

if I remember right, the Imperial factions were disjointed while the Shogunate factions were grouped up together more. However, I'd say the Imperial factions generally have better start positions. We already saw how Satsuma not only starts at the bottom of Kyuushuu, but their starting town also has a blacksmith. Choushu's position is alright at the southern edge of Honshu, and Tosa basically starts where former Chosokabe clan starts at the southern part of Shikoku. There's also the DLC factions of Saga and Tsu, where between the 2 I'd say Tsu is the hardest Imperial start position of pretty much where former Iga clan starts. Tsu's traits are also not that great either in my opinion. Conversely, Saga starts at the northwestern edge of Kyuushuu and has better traits I'd say. Of the Shogunate factions, I'd say that Aizu is the most interesting, though they start in northern (but not the northern edge) of Honshu. What makes Aizu interesting is that they have uniquely named units based off of directional animal guardians (such as White Tiger infantry, named after the white tiger known as Byakko in Japanese and Baihu in Chinese). Their start position presents a dilemma for the player to either expand North, (which involves fighting other pro-shogunate factions, though we all know that the AI can sometimes switch at the drop of a bucket so the early game allegiance of AI are fickle), or expand South and encounter Imperial factions faster.

@Red-S-267

2 жыл бұрын

Shogun friendly clans wiped out a lot of the pro imperial clans while I was building up in Satsuma. So I spent 60+ turns taking Hyuga, Bungo, Higo, and Buzen. Then I just brought back the Choshu, Fukue, Hiroda, Saga, Goto, and Tsushima as vassals. Then I made sure Tosa survived. Basically took only the provinces necessary for railroad and made vassals out of everything else. It’s been my most interesting campaign so far.

@bandenere7774

2 жыл бұрын

*SATSUMA REPUBLIC*

Arguably the most OP unit in FOTS is the Tosa Riflemen. I had about 6 or 8 of them garrisoned in a city which was attacked by one of Aizu’s full stacks. I auto-resolved and practically wiped out their army with virtually no losses to my garrison :)

@seangallagher9435

Жыл бұрын

Tosa riflemen are my favorite units. But it’s sad because I’m not a fan of tosa’s campaign position

One thing is that when you auto resolve traditional samurai army vs modern rifles, traditional samurai units are always losing. somehow they made it that way. So if your modern rifle army has some traditional units (samurai Calvary etc.) and you auto resolve the battle with another army which has some modern rifle units, you will lose all of your samurai units in your army. This forces you to fight the battle to win instead so you won’t lose the samurai units.

@bandenere7774

2 жыл бұрын

True. On the other side, if your foe is a full shogetai stack, even gatling guns will have a tough time stopping that horde(not autoresolve)

I remember the excitement i had for this DLC when i first saw the trailers, my first TW game was Empire and Napoleon(got them together in one box) and it got me into the whole era of gunpowder, and i remember being so hyped for this DLC when i saw the trailer, i kinda wish i could experience it again

@AndysTake

2 жыл бұрын

I can feel the excitement haha, it was a truly great game. I really hope they return to gunpowder in historical Total Wars again!

@ThePolistiren

2 жыл бұрын

If you have Medieval 2, there is also the Lucium mod. That would be more 17th-century style-wise if Empire was 18th century and Napoleon early 19th century.

Naval bombardments and ship schematics are incredible. This is the most complete total war game ever released

2:17 Funny, satsuma was the first one I could learn without butchering it because we have oranges called satsuma in the UK ...lol

@AndysTake

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah it’s probably the most easy to pronounce haha

Some of the clans in fots are descendants of the ones from vanilla. I mean the Satsuma family have the surname Shimazu, Choshu-Mori

@axelNodvon2047

2 жыл бұрын

I also agree with the building UI pictures, they were so much nicer looking than the symbolic ones we have now.

@AndysTake

2 жыл бұрын

That’s true, it’s very cool that you can find the family names of the clans within the faction itself :)

My first game on steam when i started gaming on pc seriously 10years ago. Never did i hate this game or never did i stop playing it❤️❤️❤️

The best Total war. Very worth to buy.

Not sure how I missed this video of yours considering FOTS is my favorite piece of Total War content EVER! Great video my man 🤘

@AndysTake

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, Punggles! :D

I checked your review at Steam about this game and came to the link address, what a very good review than what I expected! (I'm subscribed!) :>

@AndysTake

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, Apolaki! That’s so nice to hear, hope you have a good one, man 🙏

Great video as someone who plays shogun and fall of the samurai I couldn’t have said it better myself keep up the great work

@AndysTake

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Seal! Great to hear, truly awesome games!

Fots is probebly my favorite total war even if i play warhammer more. I just love the time period and its the closests we´ve come so far to victorian warfare. Will sadly have to say though that i still prefer the cannons from napoleon and empire more. Theres just something statifying seeing cannon balls bounce all over the place

The only real issue I had with fots was how easily ships, even the ironclads catch on fire and rout

Still appreciating this game and your videos featuring it. Thanks

I love FOTS, unfortunately the campaign is too fast to fully appreciate some of the final technological advances, like cannon towers. The geography of the map also means 2 well equipped stacks will be enough to eat up the whole maps. Open battles in FOTS are a camper's dream and IA artillery can be easily tricked into uselessness with almost zero casualties. Having artillery always permits you to use defensive strategies because the IA will ALWAYS advance against your artillery. Also, if you think a cavalry charge can solve your enemy artillery issues like in every other TW title, you are in for a big shock😭 Damn I've spent way too many hours on that game...

@AndysTake

2 жыл бұрын

It would’ve been cool to see it today, CA would probably have made an even bigger and more detailed map! Just think of how massive they made Greece in Troy!

@bandenere7774

2 жыл бұрын

@@AndysTake haven't tried that title yet, I'm still hoping to see an Empire 2 with all the continents(also Rome 2 siege cities) so I can utterly break history with my Zulus😅

@AndysTake

2 жыл бұрын

@@bandenere7774 Haha sounds like a plan! :D would love an Empire 2

@theaverageitaliandon998

2 жыл бұрын

From what I noticed FOTS battles become incredibly easy once you start fielding artillery in decent numbers, this is the only total war game in which artillery is ACTUALLY better than infantry and not just some gimmick unit like in Rome Total war ( where artillery was only useful to quickly capture cities with stone walls ) , artillery basically allows you to defend, thus allowing your infantry to always fire the first volley as well as allowing really shitty infantry to win gun fights against mid to late game infantry ( I’ve lost count of the amount of times I’ve seen levy infantry beat line infantry or some sort of bear infantry thanks to artillery support ).

the satsuma look like the once from The Last Samurai because they are you can Look up the satsuma rebellion

Just the music i could listen to that for days

Nice! Fine entertainment for the train back from the cabin

@AndysTake

2 жыл бұрын

Lovely to hear, bro ❤️

One thing I was bugged about was bayonets that were never included but thankfully mod fixes that.

Great Retrospective -ty😍

amazing review subbed

@AndysTake

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks man, appreciate it!

nice review, subbed

@AndysTake

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

I tried Atilla 3 times and never played more than a few rounds..it feels so weird to me. Fall of the Samurai is my Second favorite one (after Napoleon) And now I am waiting for the Last Alliance Mod :D

Currently my favourite TW. Do wish you could trade provinces though. Coastal defences are both good and bad. Depending if you are attacking or defending.

when i played FOS only with traditional units.. it was one of the coolest gaming experience ever

@Trash-bin-kicker

2 жыл бұрын

because of katana vs gunpowder or what do u mean?

@HavanaBobChannel

2 жыл бұрын

@@Trash-bin-kicker yea, I played as Aizu. (Pro shogun, traditionalists) . Only cold weapons.

@dwl3006

Жыл бұрын

@@HavanaBobChannel But that's fake history, the Shogun factions used firearms.

@HavanaBobChannel

Жыл бұрын

@@dwl3006 what the way I play have to do with real history? What a f lunatic

@rgddydshevchenko2448

Жыл бұрын

@@dwl3006 gee idiot, I wonder who claimed it was historical...

The best total war, by far. FOTS deserves a video only for its mods.

Nice; I love FotS, it’s maybe my favorite Total War in general. It’d love to see CA really push the envelope with the gameplay from here, blur the lines between the battle and campaign maps, and jump into the 20th century with WWI and the beginning of the end for the colonial era. I guess it could be Empire’s FotS. They’d have a lot of innovation to do, but I think it could work, and is just the kind of shot-in-the arm revolution the series needs.You could simulate the rhythm of the war and the change in technology and doctrine with the tech tree: suicidal frontal attacks give way to long term defensive investment on the campaign map as you try to hold out long enough to get the tech tree and unit requirements to break the deadlock with combined arms, fire and move tactics supported by creeping artillery. What are your thoughts? I say it’s all there in FotS in seed form.

@AndysTake

2 жыл бұрын

Well I think it sounds awesome. One could even use the trains to get the soldiers to the frontlines. There definitely needs to be some change if one wants to go to the WW1 era as you say, and I think it would’ve been a very interesting shake up of the total war formula.

The best Total War game for me, I just miss the Bayonets on certain units.

Thanks for the review Andy. I also watched your Shogun 2 in 2022 video. What do you suggest, should I grab Fall of the Samurai (with DLCs) or Shogun 2 on Steam? I thought Fall of the Samurai was a DLC for Shogun 2 but that doesn't seem to be correct and I'm confused now.

@AndysTake

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching! Yeah FOTS is a standalone expansion, it’s a bit weird. Either way, I’d say it comes down to your preferred time period. I personally think FOTS is the most fun and dynamic, but the original Shogun 2 is a great place to start if you like samurai and feudal Japan, and something of a more slower paced campaign.

Best gunpowder total war ever not even questionable

This was a joy to watch!

@AndysTake

2 жыл бұрын

So glad you enjoyed it! :D

0:54 actually, shogun 2 vanilla is anachronical. Though it does give prominence to the bow, spear and arrow, it takes place during the sengoku jidai, the era duiring which the japanese realized that you don't bring a katana to a gun fight

Been able to PFS the Artillery was epic

Wish we had a WW1 Total War Game, Naval battles would be awesome

@AndysTake

2 жыл бұрын

Yes would be so awesome

@matthewhousewright8037

2 жыл бұрын

The Great War mod for Napoleon.

@Duke_of_Lorraine

2 жыл бұрын

Land combat wouldn't fit the period. Any attempt of making a pitched battle would be pointless suicide with the power of artillery and machineguns. And forget flanking, the western front went from the Swiss border to the ocean. Battles were more a question of bruteforce logistics than tactics. Total War should stop at approx 1880-1900 when new weapons like the Maxim Gun and smokeless powder change everything.

the battles in Empire Total War in early game are dynamic as well, but this will give dynamic a totally different definition. Defenetly wishlisted

Got a bit tired from 10th anniversary mod... Then remembered that I didn't play fots in ages, all in all, i spent the better part of the last two days in conquering all of shikoku, then make my landfall on honshu complete through harima (the province to which you can move from the tiny eastern island) and beyond... Now I'm daijin daijo within the imperial court

@Real_British

Жыл бұрын

Im just using 10th anniversary mod for upgrading the looks, but for gameplay should try total fots

Hey hey, I've been interested in trying out the Total War games for quite a while now and I've heard especially good things about Shogun 2 - would you say this game and its expansions make for a good entry point for newcomers to the series?

@AndysTake

2 жыл бұрын

Hey! Yes for sure, Shogun 2 and Fall of the Samurai would be great starting points, especially if you love the settings and time periods. Then you could branch out to some of the other games if you’d rather have something European, for example. What historical setting would you say you’d rather play in? Either way, you can’t really go wrong with Shogun 2/FOTS.

@HansAlRachid

2 жыл бұрын

@@AndysTake Sweet, thank you for the reply! From what I've seen, I feel like the setting in Fall of the Samurai in particular is really appealing to me - any historical setting undergoing a transitory period with regard to technology instantly gets bonus points in my mind, that clash is really interesting. Aside from that, I think either the early years of the Holy Roman Empire for its sheer scale or the Anglo-Saxon/Briton conflicts with their guerilla-esque skirmishes could make for particularly interesting backdrops. In any case, I'll definitely give Shogun 2 a shot!

@AndysTake

2 жыл бұрын

@@HansAlRachid I would DEFINITELY check out FOTS and Attila if I were you. I have a review of Attila Total War in 2021, check it out if you will and let me know what you think! Attila and FOTS are my two favourite TW games in the past decade, they’re both brutal, they’re both beautiful, and they’re both in that somewhat darker transition period. Attila also has a DLC featuring Charlemagne, which is just awesome (and a Medieval mod which is extremely good)!

@HansAlRachid

2 жыл бұрын

@@AndysTake Went and did just that - great review, by the way. Attila looks great, I love the use of orange tinting, both visually and thematically - the twilight hours of the roman empire. The gameplay sounds great as well with how varied the factions play. Also really cool how they use DLC, if FotS and that Charlemagne one are any indication - remixing and expanding existing systems to such an extent is a fun angle. I'll definitely check it out after Shogun 2, as I've already gone and bought that one after your review. I'm sort of worried about how Attila will perform on my system, as I have a multi-core CPU setup and you mentioned that the game struggles with that, but I'll cross that bridge when I get to it. Thanks for the recommendations!

@AndysTake

2 жыл бұрын

@@HansAlRachid Ey, thanks for watching, mate! Glad you liked it. Definitely, have fun with Shogun 2 first and see if you like it. I hope you do, Total War can be absolutely amazing, especially if you’ve never really played them before. Let me know how you like it once you’ve gotten a feel for it ;)

Actually I don't agree with you on naval battles in this game. They are borderline unplayable thanks to the AI that when attacked will ALWAYS just camp at the edge of the map, with sides turned to you and will not move ever.

@bandenere7774

2 жыл бұрын

Split your navy and go Zulu Dawn on them. It will trigger a reaction. Still not as enjoyable as Empire's naval slugfests though, I know what you mean.

Ay first play through I alway have difficulty defending my castle towns, especially when my forces are outgunned. Then I started placing all of them around the castle, with line infantry forming a square formation around the castle structure with support units behind them all away from the walls that the enemies climb on to. This way the enemy units will be tired once they reach the top, and when they do thet trickle in one by one allowing my ranged infantry to pick them off from a distance compared as to engaging them on the walls where the defending players suffers more casualties. Some melee units do get a chance to charge at my riflemen but with the right placing of other units to support them they can fend of a charge before breaking it completely. Gatling guns at the far corner of a castle covering a wide stretch of wall ensures casualties, provided of course they don't get hacked to death by charging enemies.

Shogun is the number one total war in my opinion. Everything is perfect 💯

@AndysTake

2 жыл бұрын

It’s REALLY solid and polished, if this is one’s favourite setting, then I totally understand that it can be your favourite TW game!

@brobiewankenobi9492

2 жыл бұрын

It would be my byyy farrr fav if they had more unit diversity... but ig you can’t have everything perfect

@georgyhot1

2 жыл бұрын

@@brobiewankenobi9492 I agree but remember this shogun was released 10 years ago. Hopefully they will create a new shogun in the future.

I think shogun 2 is by far the best total war ever made it was their baby and they treated as such with updates post release content everything. I don't think no other total war has had the care and love put into it as shogun 2 has had put into it.

I hoped after FOTS there would be an American Civil War game since it had similar tech.

can't wait for shogun 3, a mix of the historical gameplay with the character focus like 3kingdoms. ooooo the dream

@AndysTake

2 жыл бұрын

Never thought of a shogun 3 actually!

@mark-o-man6603

2 жыл бұрын

They should go for the drawn art style for characters though like they did in 3K and Koei's Nobunaga series. I wouldn't mind if they present all those characters in a bigger than life fashion without affecting the gameplay too much (heroes)

whats the dei of this game. The complete better vannila experience mod for this game?

Downloading it right now (again).

@AndysTake

2 жыл бұрын

YAAAS Have fun! :D

Honestly, this dlc is my favourite campaign of all time. And that won't change for a while

Decided to do a brand new FOTS campaign as the Satsuma and I managed to get all the pro emperor clans to be alive by the time of realm divide. And I only had to Make the Saga and Choshu vassals. Stupid Jozien navy invasions.

total war attila is the best man, everything about it I love it , and the thing i notice if you play on very hard difficulty for example the strong faction lets say easter empire dont lose the teritories, for example is i play as aksum and i attack sassanid empire, rome easter empire dont lose the west part from macedon agaist the hords the game is exceptionall very well concept , everything is perfect from the diplomatic way up to , let me give you another example if you are in good terms with a faction and you send a monk to covert the enemy area , automatically they start becoming aggresive towards you , anways what i want to say is buy total war attila guy amazing expericen even after so many years i still brake it i just lose my notice of time in it.

@Smenkhaare

Жыл бұрын

Aksum is so good in this game and it is my favorite faction

After playing Rome 2 I cant go back to old games. Waiting forever for new units to join your army kills it for me. However an Empire 2 that takes the mantle from FOTS would be great

@mark-o-man6603

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, micromanagment can be a pain in the butt. Global recruitment from WH2 was the perfect compromise.

Oh yes, i can remamber dad playing this game on his potato laptop, but he was a hsrdcore player, he did never play multiplayer but when i grew up, that was 6 or 7 years ago by the way he kept both the CDs for the game. He now is very buisy so when i saw the cds still there i was like waw new tw game!!! I got the CD key on a paper and got the game from steam with all the DLCs he got the game and all thoes on his birthday in 2012 and i got to play the game, it was cool just got a short campaigns on medium to see how is the game on rise of the samurai (DLC) with it took me about idk but i remamber 5 hours as mostly a new tw player and still i am

Been playing shogun 2 since release yet for whatever reason I never touched fall of the samurai this video has totally convinced me however

One of the best and timeless Total War games out there and personally my favorite. You can still feel the battle for the soul of Japan even after 10 years when Fall of the Samurai was released, and it will still be epic and relevant for decades to come.

Maybe one day they'll make another Historic Total War with this level of details, maybe...

It's Last Samurai the game (basically yeah). I'm 99% certain every dev had watched it when making Fall of the Samurai. I wonder if there's a mod that uses TLS soundtrack.

I love this game but I must say I wish there were more options and progression for traditional units.

@Red-S-267

2 жыл бұрын

Would definitely have been cool to have like… a large chunk of the base game units brought into this for traditional. Warrior monks and Naginata samurai or more Nodachi weilding units with Anti-Cav bonuses.

It mis only bayonets and squer formations in game also more units can be also edet with uniq weapons like old blonderbes and such

6:58 lucky unit

I love it and I started recently to stream it on twitch Masterpiece

@AndysTake

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! :D

FOTS was peak histroical total war. Shogun 2 set such an amazing precedent and then everything seemed to go downhill from there. Warhammer is good yes, but that's because they are contracted to hold it to the same standard as the Warhammer franchise itself. I wish they'd give the love they put into Shogun2/FOTS and Three Kingdoms into a new Empire game

This looks amazing. I’m an avid total war player since 2005. I completely missed this title. And I’ve missed no titles besides the fantasy and didn’t play thrones. I can’t believe it. I missed a really really good one. If CA went back to this they would be ok.

@jakegreen5682

Жыл бұрын

and your video just sold me on buying it. thanks my friend. i will sub now

@TheRealBrotherLance

Жыл бұрын

Thrones is awesome. Best sieges ever!

HOW HAS IT BEEN 2YEARS!!!

@AndysTake

11 ай бұрын

I know… did you watch it back then?

@Sentinel_White

10 ай бұрын

@@AndysTake Yeah I had the cov19 back then and was getting into total war games. lol and now 2years had gone by and now I have all the games in the series

@AndysTake

10 ай бұрын

@@Sentinel_White haha Damn! Glad you liked it then! :)

Can you play in 1440p or 4K???

Any link to download that game!!

SOLD! I do wish they would re-make Empire and not have to rely on mods

This I my favorite one tbh and attilla second

the buildings, units, tactics, tech etc.... are different from Shogun 2, it deserves its own stand-alone game.

I like trains

The game has high replayability value. I reinstalled and replay FOTS more than I did with other TW series

FOTS is why I want a total war game set from 1500-1650 IMAGINE THE GUNPOWDER

I suck so bad at this game but I love it haha I always fail because I suck at keeping an economy I either run out of money or rice......

How is attacking siege AI ? Vanilla attacking siege AI for Shogun 2 was rubbish.

@bandenere7774

2 жыл бұрын

To be honest, there's only one castle type(ok, 1 and 2 ½) where the IA can rip you apart with cannons. The concentric one with zero cover on a plain and to a much lesser degree a couple others. In most other cases their range barely reaches the final walls. Once you're played the same map often enough you'll realize the IA always uses the same fixed positions for their artillery, which helps when prearranging your units.

I like FOTOS the most :)

@AndysTake

2 жыл бұрын

It’s amazing!

This and napoleon/empire really made me think that total war was leading towards The Great (total) War

I like it ^^

a last total war game with emphasis on tactics and strategy not on having a blob with better stats

should i buy fall of samurai in 2021?hell yeahhhh!!!!

@AndysTake

2 жыл бұрын

Damn straight!!

this is the best total war shogun 2

My major gripe with the game is the INSANE level of anti player bias on hard difficulty and above. Basically every clan will switch to the opposite of your allegiance. Republican is pointless because you're fighting the entire map anyway.

My favourite total war game ever, I felt like they finally got the formula they had been working on since at least empire perfected and then…. They completely abandoned the whole thing and really just started going downhill

gatling go brrrrrrr

It was such a good DLC that the beings of pure greed that administer CA are selling it as a full game now, 10 years after it's launch, by the price of a full game, they are calling it a "total war saga" now.

I used to be a big fan of TW Napoleon for it's gunpowder warfare, then I played TW FotS. Let's say I am not as a big fan of Napoleon as I used to be. FotS is so much more fun!

I prefer close combat with swords.

Total war civil war I want ir

The downside of this game is that all of the factions are virtually the same. I find it bizarre that as an Imperial faction that I could also recruit traditional units if I wanted. What's the point of it then if you can have both? The point of the game is to pit traditional vs modern not for both sides to have both types.

@Someone-wj1lf

Жыл бұрын

The reason for that is that both factions in reality were modernised. The reasons for the civil war are quite muddy, but it’s not a traditional vs modern war

I'd like to buy FOTS, but not for 30$ Steam...

I really lvoe the feel of the military coalition youre building ... feels meaningful. Not like in Napoleon where as Prussia for example youre busy fighting the French and suddenly the Russians decide to backstab you lol - thanks for nothing..

best total war, but also the worst because it is so good and crashes every time when Ioading for a battle : (

@AndysTake

2 жыл бұрын

Oh no :’( perhaps looking up a fix? Uninstall, delete every folder, and reinstall?

As more realistic and modern FOTS feels, I was never able to accept its' design over the original Shogun 2 as superior. Shogun 2 was beautiful in every aspect and very lively compared to FOTS where it just felt very...bland to me. The battles are great but it wasn't anything special to look at on the map itself.

1:46 yup, totally not gonna become completely obsolete fairly soon... The line inf was already beginning to become obsolete thx to cheaper medthods of rifing, reloader, corn-shaped bullets and precision artillery. The advancements in industry and weaponry will prove the tactics used in Napolenic era completely obsolete as the Confederate charged into the firing range of Gettysburg.

@ticketschreiber3326

2 жыл бұрын

and jet it was used from the middle of the 17th century to the middle of the 19th century so couldnt be that bad

I don’t wanna spend another 30 bucks tho I’m not Elon musk