total war series, any good?

I've played four or five of these, starting with the first Rome and others have said, I enjoyed Medieval II by far the most. Sure, features have been added to the map game since, but the tactics allowed in MII just felt the most well-rounded and satisfying, with just the right amount of possiblities offered.
 
thanks for the input people, I can get total war Attila tyrants of the king edition which comes with 2 dl content I think for under £8 at the moment and I'm very very tempted, if I stick it on easy etc would this be noob friendly to start at? or am I still best going with something like shogan 2?

thanks again

EDIT; Never mind, just seen a review of it and apparently its quite complicated compared to some other total war games and pretty hard to get to grips with especially for noobs so ive just bought shogun 2, installing it now :)

thanks
 
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Just pick the era that most appeals to you. I've played ever Total War game since the original Shogun and loved every installment.

The mods make a huge difference imo, SPQR for the original Rome 1 and Darth mod for Empire/Napoleon were standouts for me. Just be warned though at maximum settings and creating huge armies wll tax every part of you system, there's no room for any weakness if you want the full experience of epic battles with 1000's of men fighting each other.
 
Freddie1980 said:
Just pick the era that most appeals to you. I've played ever Total War game since the original Shogun and loved every installment.

The mods make a huge difference imo, SPQR for the original Rome 1 and Darth mod for Empire/Napoleon were standouts for me. Just be warned though at maximum settings and creating huge armies wll tax every part of you system, there's no room for any weakness if you want the full experience of epic battles with 1000's of men fighting each other.
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can you suggest some mods for shogun 2 please?
 
stick with vanilla for a bit, get used to the command map style play and the battle map.


Command map tips:
If you don't have an economy, you can't wage war.

Battle Map Basics:
Swords beat spears
Spears beat horses.
Horse charges beat swords.
Archers are good against all, but die in close combat/run out of ammo.

Horses are best in charges, don't let them get swamped into a standing fight.

Hit flanks, never charge a spear/pike wall with anything, higher ground tires enemy as they scale it and improves visibility and archer range.

charging downhill gives benefits.

Don't get flanked.



Thats enough basics to get the ball rolling, there are a whole slew of advanced tactics and strategies to employ and once you've tried some basic battles and got a feel for units you can look into these.


General overhaul mods that improve the game generally limit your ability to churn out huge armies late game (usually mid to late game you begin to snowball into an unstoppable machine)

They limit this by making recruitment pull from your population, and so you can't recruit if your population reaches a minimum level. This forces you into smaller numbers of armies and makes you MUCH more tactical about the battle map as you fight tooth and nail to win with the least losses possible, which isnt an issue in vanilla as you can just keep producing more people to replace losses no problem.
 
Loved all of them, biggest favourites are Med 2, Empire and Shogun 2. Least favourites have to be Rome 2 and warhammer, not because theyre bad games ( I enjoy both) but rome 2's scale is too big for me even coming from empire and warhammer has removed a lot of the quirks that previous games had i.e spearwalls, different archer units, weird AI and lately annoying DLC factions that will randomly spawn in the middle of your territory.

I'd still say theyre all 'good games' just pick the era that appeals to you most!
 
Good decision to start with Shogun 2 as it's the most beginner friendly out of them all and still looks quite nice.
When your really confident with the game, try a mod called darthmod, makes the game hugely amazing.
 
thanks for tips etc, I'm working my way through the tutorial at the moment and only done the first boat bit at mo, I thought I had only been on the game for 15min and turned out it was over an hr lol even that seemed quite tactical and I was left with one boat against 3 but I still won but I guess its made to win in the tutorial lol

I am enjoying it so far and just about to jump on now for a session :)
 
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A good starting faction when you start the grand campaign is the chosakabe they start on a small island.
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thanks for the tip, I will choose them then, I'm still working my way through the tutorial and liking the game more and more, ive finished the battle tutorials now, man its a tactical game lol I'm going to really try and master this game no matter how long it takes as I would like all the other games in the series as well :)

this is so far away from the games ive played in the past but its a refreshing change, I LOVE it :D
 
Love the Total War series. Had a break from the PC so missed Attila and Warhammer but reading this thread has got me downloading Napoleon again.
Not sure why but theres something about charging a line of muskets :D

Considering Rome was my favourite I just can't get on with Rome 2 :(
 
Great games. The first Rome and Empire 2 are good classics and decent early entry points (wouldn't really bother with anything earlier) of the rest they have went through various incarnations but IMO are all pretty good games.

I prefer Rome 2 and Empire the most (Warhammer is good but pretty substantially different from the main series) I'm not a fan of Shogun but I think that is more because the era doesn't interest me than anything wrong with the game. I would say start with Empire but I'm just in love with that era, most probably wouldn't agree with me :p
 
I'd love to go and play some of the older games i.e Shogun or empire. However, I do have Medieval and trying to play it after playing R2/Atilla/Warhammer is just hard work, even the camera movement while in battle is horrible!
 
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