Total War Attila Ancient Empires
Apr 30, 2018 Total War: Attila. Ancient Empires overhaul mod. Early access. Playing as Roman Republic on Legendary difficulty. Goal: Showcase this mode. Probably will do about 10 episodes regardless of how far. Carthaginia takes Genua from the Ligures and Limonum from Bituriges as their conquest continues. This is my campaign as Carthage in the Ancient Empires Mod for Total War: Attila, played on Hard difficulty settings. I'm proud to present the Ancient Empires overhaul for Attila with a Grand Campaign that begins in 202 BC just prior to the climax of the Second Punic War at Zama. Carthage has been severely weakened, and the now united Numidians have their eyes set on their territory. Rome itself now finds itself as.
So, for the past few months I've been playing a mod for Attila named Ancient Empires.The mod has been in development almost since Attila was first released and it basically takes the time period of Rome 2 (minus 70 years) and brings it into Attila. This is a lot more incredible than it sounds because Attila has features such as siege escalation, a family tree, and a more detailed in-faction political system that Rome 2 lacked until recently. There are only a few factions playable at the moment, mainly Greek and Eastern kingdoms, and its still rough around the edges but it's the most fun I've had playing a Total War mod since Divide et Impera.If anyone is interested in trying it for themselves or you have a question about the mod, feel free to ask here and I'll answer them to the best of my ability. 'Life is more fun when you are insane. Just let go occasionally'.- yakcamkir 12:14'It is not numbers, but vision that wins wars.' - Antiochus VII Sidetes'My magic screen is constantly bombarded with nubile young things eager to please these old eyes. This truly is a wonderful period in which to exist!
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Welcome to!A subreddit for all of those who love the Total War series. HiI am considering playing total war. I am a big fan of the civilization series, but would like to dive deeper into the world around the ancient roman empire.I´ve looked at some reviews of the Total War:Rome II, and they sound horrible.Emperor edition of Rome II sounds better, but it looks like it still has some issues.Total War: Atilla with the mod Ancient Empires sound extremely good. But I am a litlle relucatant to place my buy based on a player developed mod.So do you have any opinions on what is best for playing in the world around the time of Punic Wars? Rome II Emperor Edition or Atilla the Hun with the Ancient Empires mod.Cheers. Don't listen to anyone who sais Rome 2 is shit.
There is a reason why it's the currently most played Historical Total war, and been so for a while. It's just plagued by it's botched launch.
Yes there are issues, but every title has it's issues.With that being said, it has a very streamlined nature in terms of empire management. Which is cool for some, though I MUCH prefer the complexity and intricate features of Attila.If you coming from Civilizations, Attila is definitely the game for you. Will be awhile before there is a campaign for the Ancient Empires mod. Don't be put off by Attila's time period though, I was heavily put off at first as it didn't interest me.
Though hours in it starts sucking you in.In short Rome 2 is great, though might be too streamlined for what you looking for. Attila is great and probably what you looking for, you just need to get past the time period and/or wait for the Ancient Empires mod. Neither.Rome 2 is not a good game. People will come up here and fuss about it, but it's still a heavily flawed product, and will always be the black sheep of the family. It's only claim to fame, and the only thing is does 'right' is it's very historically accurate in comparison to the other Total War games.It's not a good place to start with for Total War. It's got a list of problems a mile deep you need to 'ignore' to get to the good parts, and will likely turn you off the rest of the franchise. The only time I'd suggest playing Rome 2 is if you are extremely patient, and are hyperfocused on historical accuracy.
Even then it's still not the best option.You are right though, Atilla with a mod probably isn't a better solution.Your best bets?. Get Rome 2 and skip Grand Campaign. As I said, it's a mess still. Instead grab Caesar in Gaul and Hannibal at the Gates. Both of these are still epic campaigns easily timing in at 30-40 hours, and both are significantly better then the base game of Rome 2.
They also focus on two major events in Roman history, namely the Punic Wars/Caesars Conquest of Gaul. They aren't as realistic as you may like ( the Hannibal AI rarely reaches Rome in HatG since it has no scripting to do so, and the Scipo AI rarely ever goes to Africa since again, no scripting ), but they do let you play around with those periods and alt history it up.You could also then play the Imperator Augustus campaign, which further fixes a lot of the issues inherent to Rome 2 and focuses on Octavian.Get Rome 1 and just play Rome 1. It's not historically accurate in the slightest, but it's a super fun game still, and a great entry to the franchise. Play as the Scipii and fight the Punic Wars for the glory of Rome!.Get Rome 1 or Medieval 2 and install Europa Barbarorum. This is a very historical mod ( down to giving each faction the name they called themselves ), and starts you right before the Pyrrhic Wars which lead directly into the Punic Wars for Rome. Good scripting, lots of cool events, well built historical map, but still has a lot of that Rome 1 fun in it.Get Rome 1 and install Roma Surrectum 2.
It's an EXTREMELY script heavy mod, so I usually recommend EB over it, but it's still a lot of fun if you want it's particular brand of overhaul. EB tends to be more freeform/alt history/do what you want which is what I prefer, while RS2 tends to be more 'this is how history happened, here's a big text box telling you about this year/whats going on, here's a bunch of scripts that'll make sure things happen historically.' .You are probably thinking 'Ok buddy, so you say don't grab Atilla with a mod, but Rome 1 with a mod is fine, what's this about.' And you are right, I'm slightly hypocritical here. The reason why is because most of these Rome 1 mods have been finetuned for years, and almost all of the modmakers behind them now work at CA/have jobs in gamedev. The modding scene back for Rome 1 was also a lot more fleshed out, despite CA's 'support' for modding, the newer games are apparently more locked up then the old games were in terms of massive overhauls.There's also just the fact that Rome 1 is still really fucking good, and in a lot of ways maintains features they had to cut in later games that make better.
The family tree, battle map being based off world map ( so rivers/bridges matter. ), more aggressive AI, physically present units, etc etc. When you mod Rome 1, you can basically only make it more historical like Rome 2. When you mod Rome 2, you are basically trying to fix fifty different design issues that make the gameplay not work great, and can only fix half of them. It's a hard sell.As a Civ fan, it's basically the Alpha Centauri/Beyond Earth comparison.
Like would I tell someone to start with AC? I'd say start with Civ 5 with the expansions ( Atilla base ), or Civ 4 with the expansions ( Medieval 2 ). But if they really wanted a sci fi space Civ game, I'm going to point them back to AC and tell them it's not that badly aged rather then suggest they play Beyond Earth. Lost all credibility after recommending Rome 1 over Rome 2 in the year 2017 to a newcomer of the series. I try to respect your opinion but I cannot let that stand without commenting.Rome 2 might be flawed but it provides possibly the best introduction to the series. It's more forgiving than Attila (which is argueably the better game) and Shogun 2 (which is certainly the better game), more accessible than most other titles and provides an interesting Total War experience that is less specialised than other games in the franchise.I do agree that some of the DLC campaigns are great and I highly recommend the Augustus campaign (which comes for free), but vanilla is great as well.If Ancient Rome is your thing, then by all means jump in. Vanilla without mods and without dlc will still offer lots of complexity for the newcomer with interesting battles and province management.Rome 1, while I have super fond memories of it and EB1, is ridiculously outdated, UI and UX is horrible, it's super complex and shallow at the same time.
Total War Attila Ancient Empires Review
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It's a diamond of the series, but it's not where I would start coming from Civ.