This is an updated version from our 2018 History of Total War (you can tell because I look about a decade younger lmao). But since they'd released so many new games, and I am so excited for Total War: Warhammer 3, there was much more history to talk about! If you want to jump around the video to your favourite game, here are some time-stamps 0:00 - Intro & history of Creative Assembly 1:25 - Shogun: Total War 4:38 - Medieval: Total War 6:18 - Rome: Total War 8:50 - Medieval II: Total War 10:22 - Empire: Total War 12:17 - Napoleon: Total War 14:05 - Total War: Shogun 2 15:26 - Total War: Rome 2 18:49 - Total War: Attila 20:15 - Total War: Warhammer 23:19 - Total War: Warhammer 2 25:09 - Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia 26:56 - Total War: Three Kingdoms 28:46 - Total War Saga: Troy 31:00 - Total War: Warhammer 3
@@Scruffest Yeah, lead the almighty tercios into battle would be great! Considering, well, that the “shot” part was not as much advanced at the time, the variety of differently armed and armored troops can be insanely wide!
My brother and I convinced my mom to buy us Shogun: Total War way back in the day based on one simple fact. My mother, being a religious woman, didn't want us playing games on Sundays, unless it had some sort of educational value. The historical credentials of Shogun made it a no brainer, and we've been fans ever since. Never had a history class that was difficult until college, mostly because of Total War and Age of Empires. Looking forward to playing the new Warhammer 3 co op system with my bro!
I fell in love with Total was since I was introduced to rome total war, now years later, I'm still in love with the series, along with all its faults and imperfections
I still love Empire Total War most, for what it was and what it could've been. I really hope they'll make sequel. Thanks for the excellent video mister Jewitt.
I really liked it a lot, but now I think it's unplayable. The campaign AI has 0 logic behind it's actions and special agents are lackluster. With these things fixed I'd play it again.
Rome Total War is what got me interested in history, and it's one of my favorite games of all time. I then also played Medieval II, Shogun 2, and Rome II, and of course Rome Remastered, but in general I'm not interested in the current direction of the franchise.
My dad introduced me to Rome when it was released and now to this day after buying every Total War game and all DLCs we still play multiplayer together all the time, And working towards becoming a full time streamer, Total War games take up a large chunk of my stream time so it has basically become my life.
My first experience with Total War was with Empire and I got to say, I loved it. I still look back fondly on my Poland-Lithuanian Empire that spread across Europe and even ruled colonies across the Atlantic
I picked up Rome Total War as a kid and was blown away. It's still my most played video game by time. I never played a game that took such immense amounts of time to complete. My friend and I would take turns playing it and could still take a few days to finish. Love it to this day.
@Ben they made the game because it's a time period they hadn't touched yet. It's a fantastic game. And based on you're points I can tell you either barely played the game or you haven't played it at all
Napoleon Total War is still my personal favourite! I really hope CA revisit this era and have a better go at capturing the period's warfare. To be honest, I'd be happy with 'anything' historic at this point.
The Warhammer series has been their most successful yet, that being said I'm pretty sure WH3 is the last in the Warhammer saga but I wouldn't be surprised if they dipped back into the Warhammer lore via 40k or AoS, They released 3 historical total wars between WH2 and WH3 so the next one should be a historically accurate one for sure.
I think there running out of history. The brought it all the way up to the 19th century and then started looking backwards going back to ancient Troy and then into Fantasy Land with Hammer. I think it's time to move forward, past the 19th century. I want to see the First World War represented barring that WW2. No more swords, spears, and muskets for me. I've played all those games and there great, but I want something new, not more Troy, Rome or Warhammer no more going back to ancient times. A new time period never covered. I want to see The Great War represented in all it's glory and all it's horror and if they can't think out of the box enough to do that then just do World War 2.
@@shadowreaver1851 i personally think that a medieval 3, or empire 2 with 16th 17th century would be better with larger maps and more factions, unlike empire, to add more cities (i hate the fact that spain, france, sweden are just one province and ottoman empire and russia are maximum 4 provinces bruh)
I really wish they would get back to their roots. They’ve gone down the route of fantasy and magic. Which is fine, but they’ve essentially abandoned the historical accuracy part of the game. Which is what a lot of fans fell in love with in the first place.
@@SuperBikerboy101 They should try south east asian kingdom becouse so many unique factions with great history. Ayutthatya, Majapahit, Srivijaya, Khmer ects. Don't forget Mongol invasion too.
I was a 6 grade student back in 2000. Then when I came with friends to the internet cafe and saw one of my friend play the Shogun, my mind was blown (back in the day not much ppl have computer at home, we were poor so the internet cafe was the only option for games.) I spent tons of time for shogun. Then i had my computer and got a cracked copy for Rome 1, spent months for that bad boy. Love the old days of total war.
I love empire for the ranged rank and file combat and I love Napoleon for the mods, would love to see updated version of empire, and then probably an updated ww1 mod not to mention a much more detailed map (and probably skipping the split map style)
@@andreguimaraes4355 yeah unlike 3K where you have like 5-7 spearmen units in the tech tree with 2 even having worse stats then the one that has no requirement
@@berno8535 nah I have 5000hrs on S2 the AI mostly keeps the entire Army in a good formation and takes an advantagous position on the highground downsides: - siege AI doesnt settleout or adjust to your ranged units (just as in every TW game) - being too aggressive with the general - charging cavalry into spears not recognizing and using ranged advantage/disadvantage until it lost all rnaged units (just like in all TW WH titles) it does flank with cavalry and doesnt blob up as much as in WH in summary I don't see it beeing worse then the "newest" WH2 AI worst spot should be held by Empire 2 AI walking gun units into your units (not even charging)
Fantastic video! I've only ever played he original Total War: Rome, something I've re discovered recently, and am keen to explore the franchise. This was a great gateway into doing that!
You kind of forgot about Medieval 2's expansions. They were kind of awesome. Plus, it has the most active modding community that I know of (LOTR mod, Stainless Steel, etc and weird stuff like Planet Wars).
This is a great documentry on the history of my favorite series. Well done. I still wish they would make Victorian Total War, with advances like smokeless gunpowder, and breach loading cannons.
Ι I am happy with the joy of the friends of fantasy titles but it is time now after the Warhammer3 to give us a good historical title. And by historical, I do not mean Jean-Arc chasing dragons or Napoleon playing karate with a Chinese general.
Three Kingdoms was my first ever TW title quickly followed by Warhammer 2. I've got to say, I am still flummoxed by how so many models can fit on my screen without it blowing up in my face. When Warhammer 3 came out, I cried. This studio has something really special and I will be keeping a close eye on their future titles. I hope they use Warhammer 3 as a testing grounds for new mechanics for their next games. One thing I would love to see is an updated version of their naval battles. I think I read somewhere they aren't allowed to have them for their Warhammer titles which is a shame, but I'd love me some naval battles. Perhaps a Pirates of the Carribean like title following mythical sea tales of piracy throughout the entire world. Just spit-balling. Either way, Im excited for what they make next.
Historical gameplay will always be my favorite thing about the TW franchise. I really enjoyed the mechanics and scale of Empire, and would like to see a true sequel. I also love Rome 2 and a third installment would be great just so they can incorporate the new tech and all that they've learned since the previous release. But my BIGGEST hope is that now that they have proven their ability to handle beloved fictional IP with the due diligence and respect of the fans, to see a TW that spans an entire galaxy far, far away! To trade naval battles for space, a campaign map that is truly 3-dimensional, and ground combat that can have heroes wielding lightsabers alongside blaster shooting rank and file would be amazing!
I started with Medieval I Total War; found the game in a LAN shop (this was early 2000's, when it was a thing). Got hooked, and bought the Gold Edition some years later. Really hope to get Medieval 3 next; that's the best time period for me.
Three Kingdoms Total War was perhaps the last total war game to be more historical authentic(Because The Romance of the 3 Kingdoms fictional novel was also based on historical Records as well), everything else will be either half history or full fantasy. I doubt CA will ever make Medieval 3. Now, I would rather prefer them to make a Sci Fi Total War game inspired by Alpha Centauri and Civilisation Beyond Earth game by Feraxis.
I'd love to see a 15th-16th century shot and pike era, having a mix of both viable melee and archery units being challenged but the ever growing and evolving firearm, having the slow progression from handguns(mini cannon on a stick) and Arquebus being held up by the little fork stands, some nations having spear like ends for melee combat all the way up to well proper muskets and bayonets, with archers being more nimble and probably hunters can move and have vanguard deployment and musketeers having more damage/armor pen, but are slower and cause blinding smoke from prolonged fighting.
This is a great video, but it does skip over some of the Sega/CA antics that caused issues with earlier games. Stuff like making some multiplayer units exclusive to buying the game from a specific brick and mortar store (TW Napoleon) and putting redshell (essentially spyware) into Warhammer early on. Those things are no longer issues thankfully. :)
Grew up sitting behind my brothers as they played Rome: Total War for their history class. When I was like 8 I was finally allowed to play it and I have been a fan ever since.
i would love to see a sequel to medieval... there is so much that happened in that time period and with their current tech it can be amazing. Also as a goal going into a ww1 type of total war. With gameplay testing and research im sure they could do it, trench building, tanks, biplanes, zepelins, naval warfare ect.... It could be done but its a massive undertaking since there are alot of things that would be new for a total war game.
Total War is easily my favourite gaming franchise! :p I've been playing the games from as young as like 9 years old :D I'm now 20 and while I'm not playing as much as I used to and haven't gotten too familiar with the Warhammer part of the games, I'm really eager to see what they do next!
My first Total War game was Medieval 1 back in 2004. I was in Iraq and brought a laptop exclusively for this game when we had some hours off back inside base. It was playing a war inside a war.
I really hope CA would bring back 19th century historical total war. Focusing on some famous wars after post-napoleonic era all the way to early WW1 warfare. That would be epic.
Thank god for total war and the hugely positive impact it had and still has in my life.. It made me a better historian and helped build friendships that last to this day.. Shout out to Warhammer as well, the 40k version is more my cup of tea but I love the franchise
Even though they aren't official total war games, I think it would've been cool to include some of the total conversion mods that expanded the life of certain titles. Like how 3rd age total war pretty much has stood the test of time and is super fun even to this day.
👎︎ 1. What about Rome Remastered by Feral, Sir? 2. This material lacks a segment about forfeiting mechanichs used in previous editions/titles. And I see it as a big-big no-no. Mechanichs like the Avatar conquest mode from Shogun2 for example. Not reappearing in any newer Total War title. That's a lot information skipped as a result. Avatars Conquest mode is was a huge experimental step itself. Other that come to my mind: Family tree that at first place wasn't intended to Rome2. Abandoning Family tree element met with huge controversy. So much that CA decided to add it afterall. Population transfer into soldiers - abandoned after Rome1 Naval Battles abandoned after Thrones of Britannia I think. Rock-paper-scissors base mechanic slowly being abandoned after Shogun2 Gun mechanics - totally abandoned after Shogun2 (not even appearing in Warhammers empire-gunners unit) Diplomacy practisses performed by sending an agent abandoned after Medieval 2 towards "¿satellite?-kinda form. 2 Difrent armies composed of totally difrent units from different games - appeared only in Shogun2 and Fall of the Samurai. - the idea so great, I'd even state pure gold for the franchise - got abandoned too. Serious sieges brought to Warhammer series only with WH3. Some see this as a big improvement, some find it as an essentially remarketed and sold for higher price feature - reinvented aspect of the gameplay that hasn't been improved since Rome1. All of those were evolution or devolution across the Total War history. Remake of Rome1 was an acklowledgement of that I think. As it is still completely diffrent from Rome2. A fundamental Conclusion: This video misses a huge aspect of TWs history. A segment dedicated to these changes would be big "+" in my honest opinon.
The first Total War game i played was Medival 1 back in the early 2000 and I was Hooked right away. Since then I have played every single Total war game from Rome 1&2, Shogun 1&2, Medival 2, Empire & napoleon plus spent countless of hours playing mods, I stoped buying CA games when they released the warhammer games series. However when I found out that they have released Rome Remasterd I bougt it and having a blast playing it with the RTR Imperium Surectum mod. I wish they would make Empire 2 or medival 3 and make it more mod friendly
What makes total war franchise great is that you didn't need to master resource management of any natural and non natural resources just the money you got. All you need to do is to master battles strategies and tactics and a little on resource management
Interestingly enough, Total War is what got me interested in finance. Played Rome 1 back in the day, managing my empires finances and organizing armies really helped my. Oddly enough grade 10 onwards my grades improved dramatically. I'm not sure how much I can attribute it to Rome 1 but something in this game "clicked", I had played RTS' before, but that doesn't compare to the amount of management needed for the scale of total war (at the time at least, prior to the competitors).
They should put more finance mechanics in total war! E.g. taking on debt to build your infrastructure and military, with challenging consequences if you struggle to repay the loans
If you weren't a Warhammer fan before TWW you have no idea how crazy and exciting it was to see a real, official Total War Warhammer game announced. Warhammer mods for Medieval 2 and a few other Total War games were around but I never thought we'd get a real Warhammer collaboration. 7 years later and I can say the Total War Warhammer games are some of the best and most enjoyable games I've ever played. Exactly the games teenaged me would have killed for 15 years ago.
As someone who's been playing Total War games since Rome Total War on my gran's Windows 98 PC this was such a great video! I hope they eventually make a Total War: Rome III, but fail to see how they could add substantial new content into another Roman map. A quest into South American history would also be very interesting with the likes of the Inca Empire??
This was a really nice history. I’ve been playing all the titles recently, collecting some titles I missed so that I have them all on Steam. I absolutely love this series. Like the narrator, my entry to the series was the excellent Rome. The period I’m missing is America’s Civil War. I’d love to see how Total War handles this.
If you haven't heard of it, check out Grand Tactician: The Civil War. Released in 2020, it is a sandbox like Total War. Still is being worked on but looks cool.
I’d like to see an Empire2 or Victoria Age. Late late game having navies like shogun2, naval bombardment and amphibious assaults on ports. Increased power of forts to create areas of attrition and being so advantageous that attacker needs treachery, politics, huge superiority or build trenches while besieging for many turns, increasing the possibility of a relief army coming. Separate units into professional armies led by generals and weaker militia units confined to regions with governors. Make more trade regions and increase the threat of piracy or unhappy units or regions turning pirate. Increase the significance of logistics, armies must have supply lines, or steal food, ammo, horses for various public order or diplomatic penalties. Big warships must use press gangs to keep crew levels up. For all TW games, discourage corner camping by making a perimeter zone that stationary units placed inside will suffer morale penalties or slowly have men desert. General are immune and maybe even draw peasants to build barricades if the attacker doesn’t attack.
There was a podcast some months ago with CA designers, they said that they were ready to start the development of a Total war 40k WH, and that it can happen. At this point i believe is going to probably be announce the next year or at the end of this one, because of the massive profits and also a good opening to new warfare eras. Speciall because if they manage to pull a solid 40k, there is litttle to no reasson why a WW1 and WW2 total war shouldn't happen.
They already have tanks and planes in Warhammer today, not to mention machine guns and Skaven (who fight like WW1 infantry). They can already make WW2 Total War with the existing engine.
Its Nice to see the the history of total war but it kinda makes me a little sad to se how the New history Games have become mediocre and makes me want to Get a medival three on pare with TWWH graphics but the WH series was one of the best beside the the old ones so its Nice to learn how we came to where we are now (but i have kinda Get a little bit bored at all the :the TWWH series are po poh: but they have a point when it comes to the New ones a little) but still good video
A little heavy comment but not all New TW game are bad 3K wasent that bad and the TWWH series was some of the best butte need a New medival game or a empire 2 game
@@Marthe535 3K had all the faults of modern TW games: bad battles that are HP blobs hitting the air, op magic, broken balance through difficulty nerfing only your melee infantry, single entity units, longer an dlonger loading times with each patch, terrain having no big influence, countless obsolete units on the upside the campaign mechanics especially diplomacy was a big step up, beautiful artstyle and music although the settlement mechanics force you into certain expansions and the building only one building at a time was atrocious, also having to conquer 100s of minor settlements with full garrisons through the mid and late game grinded campaigns to a snails pace
They should release a sci-fi Total War game that allows players to move spaceships in 3d space while also letting them conquer planets and move units across them.
The Minotaur wasn’t exactly seen; there was no mistake when coming up with the myth, they did not observe the creature wrong, so the man in the bull-skull doesn’t make any sense, since the Minotaur was just an explanation for the earthquakes in the area (whenever it got hungry, it shook the island).
I don't think that it will really fit in the concept. Total War is about battles and wars, while GoT is about politics, schemes, battle for the throne, court, etc.
The irony about this video title is that CA doesnt care about history anymore, and has completly abandoned that part of the fanbase with poorly executed titles like Rome 2 (which is still a mess after 5y of bugfixing), Brittania and Three Kingdoms (where the historical option is extremely feature ridden). I have no problem with Warhammer titles, they just dont interest me. All I wish is that CA would actually put the same amount of effort in historical titles. Shogun 2 was the last real historical gem.
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This is an updated version from our 2018 History of Total War (you can tell because I look about a decade younger lmao).
But since they'd released so many new games, and I am so excited for Total War: Warhammer 3, there was much more history to talk about!
If you want to jump around the video to your favourite game, here are some time-stamps
0:00 - Intro & history of Creative Assembly
1:25 - Shogun: Total War
4:38 - Medieval: Total War
6:18 - Rome: Total War
8:50 - Medieval II: Total War
10:22 - Empire: Total War
12:17 - Napoleon: Total War
14:05 - Total War: Shogun 2
15:26 - Total War: Rome 2
18:49 - Total War: Attila
20:15 - Total War: Warhammer
23:19 - Total War: Warhammer 2
25:09 - Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia
26:56 - Total War: Three Kingdoms
28:46 - Total War Saga: Troy
31:00 - Total War: Warhammer 3
get some sun
@@2prize I’ll go back in time and tell 2018 me that. Give me 45 mins yeah?
So they just stole your video?
@@guilty_mulburry5903 No I work for GameSpot and made the original vid for GameSpot too
@@IrregularDave ohhh that's grand then
I hope they will make Empire 2: Total War one day. Would love to see them return to 18th and 19th-century warfare.
personally i'd love a 1600's style Total war, just so i can play as the Spanish Conquistadors. but another Empires II would be rad.
Napoleon and Empire both didn't do to well, as an investment it's not sound, maybe after a pike and shot, and Rome III they might, but I'm not sure
@@Scruffest Yeah, lead the almighty tercios into battle would be great! Considering, well, that the “shot” part was not as much advanced at the time, the variety of differently armed and armored troops can be insanely wide!
not possible with the current engine
An Empire 2 or a Victoria TW would be absolutely amazing
Fall of the Samurai was worth a mention. It's cool how you included mechanical changes between the titles. 👍
The fact that you could call in off-map artillery from coastal ships was one of the coolest aspects for me.
One of the best DLC's alongside Age of Charlemagne, and Kingdoms for Med 2
I think fall of samurai can be played alone without Shogun 2.
It wouldn't count as dlc right?
@@loowick4074 It's called "standalone dlc"
@@loowick4074 Nowadays it would be called a Total War Saga.
What I liked so much was, it gave you a glance of modern (late 19. Century) combat.
My brother and I convinced my mom to buy us Shogun: Total War way back in the day based on one simple fact. My mother, being a religious woman, didn't want us playing games on Sundays, unless it had some sort of educational value. The historical credentials of Shogun made it a no brainer, and we've been fans ever since. Never had a history class that was difficult until college, mostly because of Total War and Age of Empires.
Looking forward to playing the new Warhammer 3 co op system with my bro!
Did your mother think of anything about Shogun 2?
@@Godzilla-bo4jj I'm pretty sure he was a grown adult by the time shogun 2 came out
What is your best tw? :)
Thats really cool, I dig that
Question 1. Who died in Honno-ji incident?
Maybe a legitimate LOTR total war game, that would be epic.
I've once tried the third age mod for Medieval 2 and was blown away how good that was
One based on the silmarillion would be amazing 😳
@@NeedSomeNuance Silmarillion: Total War mod
Warcraft Total War would be good too, if only Blizzard ang CA works together.
I really hope so! However there must be some licensing issue that blocks something so lucrative from happening ~
I fell in love with Total was since I was introduced to rome total war, now years later, I'm still in love with the series, along with all its faults and imperfections
I still love Empire Total War most, for what it was and what it could've been. I really hope they'll make sequel. Thanks for the excellent video mister Jewitt.
I agree. They would easily expand on it full global
I really liked it a lot, but now I think it's unplayable. The campaign AI has 0 logic behind it's actions and special agents are lackluster. With these things fixed I'd play it again.
@@Vincrand I play it every day
Rome Total War is what got me interested in history, and it's one of my favorite games of all time. I then also played Medieval II, Shogun 2, and Rome II, and of course Rome Remastered, but in general I'm not interested in the current direction of the franchise.
Medieval was the best and I still play it today.
Same here, Rome Total War got me hooked. Do you think a diversion into South American history could work, with the likes of the Inca Empire and such?
Same, waiting for medieval 3
Same, waiting for medieval 3
@@957xyb9 when is it coming?
My dad introduced me to Rome when it was released and now to this day after buying every Total War game and all DLCs we still play multiplayer together all the time, And working towards becoming a full time streamer, Total War games take up a large chunk of my stream time so it has basically become my life.
Wow... That is my hope with my recently born son l. You give me hope 😎💪🥳
A large part of the community are waiting for MEDIEVAL III, 15 years of waiting, it's time now
Eh. They have a huge expansion on it, with like 5 DLCs. I think Empire II would be a better addition.
M2 is still great.
My first experience with Total War was with Empire and I got to say, I loved it. I still look back fondly on my Poland-Lithuanian Empire that spread across Europe and even ruled colonies across the Atlantic
I picked up Rome Total War as a kid and was blown away. It's still my most played video game by time. I never played a game that took such immense amounts of time to complete. My friend and I would take turns playing it and could still take a few days to finish. Love it to this day.
Three Kingdoms is woefully underrated. The game is sooo good
it's good, but it's overshadowed by Warhammer 2 which is amazingly great.
@Ben they made the game because it's a time period they hadn't touched yet. It's a fantastic game. And based on you're points I can tell you either barely played the game or you haven't played it at all
@Ben you killed any argument you had by saying you’re OPINION was objective.
@Ben again with YOUR objectivity. Just stop, you're making a fool of yourself
TK and Troy are shame
I really like Empire's kind of musket line battles, hop they can do more games like that
it looks good in the video, but playing it is annoying the muskets sound horrible
@@User-xw5mk thats why they should make an Empire 2. Word modern te technologys
@@Robin...222 agree
Skarbrand may be the mightiest bloodthirster but his rage is no match for shouty Rome TW guy.
Rome TW Guy the Sassthirster
Napoleon Total War is still my personal favourite! I really hope CA revisit this era and have a better go at capturing the period's warfare.
To be honest, I'd be happy with 'anything' historic at this point.
Same tbh, i hope for a empire 2 with age of discovery period, from 1450 till at least 1650 yk
Bro your a legend
You deserve a medal for saying napoleon is yoir favrote
Hope they get back to real world history with their next game
How's my Barca man doing?
I mean,i kinda want in the world war 1 or 2,or probably on 17th centuries
The Warhammer series has been their most successful yet, that being said I'm pretty sure WH3 is the last in the Warhammer saga but I wouldn't be surprised if they dipped back into the Warhammer lore via 40k or AoS, They released 3 historical total wars between WH2 and WH3 so the next one should be a historically accurate one for sure.
I think there running out of history. The brought it all the way up to the 19th century and then started looking backwards going back to ancient Troy and then into Fantasy Land with Hammer. I think it's time to move forward, past the 19th century. I want to see the First World War represented barring that WW2. No more swords, spears, and muskets for me. I've played all those games and there great, but I want something new, not more Troy, Rome or Warhammer no more going back to ancient times. A new time period never covered. I want to see The Great War represented in all it's glory and all it's horror and if they can't think out of the box enough to do that then just do World War 2.
@@shadowreaver1851 i personally think that a medieval 3, or empire 2 with 16th 17th century would be better with larger maps and more factions, unlike empire, to add more cities (i hate the fact that spain, france, sweden are just one province and ottoman empire and russia are maximum 4 provinces bruh)
Thank you to everyone that had any part in to the Total War series. I am 39 years old. I played Shogun and ever since I've been a fan
same age and started on shogun 1 as well, nowadays little time to play campaign but still have time for a custom battle to quench some battle thirst.
Shogun II is such a great game. I really loved Rome too, the first one.
Still remember the joy that was shogun 1. It was such a great game at the time.
I really wish they would get back to their roots. They’ve gone down the route of fantasy and magic. Which is fine, but they’ve essentially abandoned the historical accuracy part of the game. Which is what a lot of fans fell in love with in the first place.
Problem with that is what should thet do? Just release remastered versions?
@@mrunitforge there are so many centuries in history and regional conflicts they can focus on. Such as pike and shot or early Victorian era
@@SuperBikerboy101 They should try south east asian kingdom becouse so many unique factions with great history. Ayutthatya, Majapahit, Srivijaya, Khmer ects. Don't forget Mongol invasion too.
@@hyeontube and Anglo-Burmese war would be epic like fall of samurai
I was a 6 grade student back in 2000. Then when I came with friends to the internet cafe and saw one of my friend play the Shogun, my mind was blown (back in the day not much ppl have computer at home, we were poor so the internet cafe was the only option for games.) I spent tons of time for shogun. Then i had my computer and got a cracked copy for Rome 1, spent months for that bad boy. Love the old days of total war.
I’d love it if they made another empire total war. From the French Revolution to the Anglo-Zulu war. Include the U.S. as playable.
I love empire for the ranged rank and file combat and I love Napoleon for the mods, would love to see updated version of empire, and then probably an updated ww1 mod not to mention a much more detailed map (and probably skipping the split map style)
My favourite has definitely been Shogun 2, that game is a masterpiece!
I love how in Shogun 2 every unit has a role, you can still win using ashigaru against a monk or samurai unit, it is greatly balanced. My favorite
@@andreguimaraes4355 yeah unlike 3K where you have like 5-7 spearmen units in the tech tree with 2 even having worse stats then the one that has no requirement
Except the battle AI, total war has had issues with it for ages, but Shogun2 have some of the most derpy moments when commanding units.
@@berno8535 nah I have 5000hrs on S2 the AI mostly keeps the entire Army in a good formation and takes an advantagous position on the highground
downsides:
- siege AI doesnt settleout or adjust to your ranged units (just as in every TW game)
- being too aggressive with the general
- charging cavalry into spears
not recognizing and using ranged advantage/disadvantage until it lost all rnaged units (just like in all TW WH titles)
it does flank with cavalry and doesnt blob up as much as in WH
in summary I don't see it beeing worse then the "newest" WH2 AI
worst spot should be held by Empire 2 AI walking gun units into your units (not even charging)
@@maxmustermann-zx9yq empire AI is terrible. Such a shame, because I really like the game, if it had a good AI it would be fantastic
I'd love to see Empire 2 set from 1754 (French and Indian War) to 1905 (Russo-Japanese War).
Fantastic video! I've only ever played he original Total War: Rome, something I've re discovered recently, and am keen to explore the franchise. This was a great gateway into doing that!
You kind of forgot about Medieval 2's expansions. They were kind of awesome. Plus, it has the most active modding community that I know of (LOTR mod, Stainless Steel, etc and weird stuff like Planet Wars).
Crusader and Teutonic campaigns 🙌
I still play medieval 2 total war, love playing as the Middle Ages version of the Roman Empire.
Total war defines my life, at least my spare time life 😁, Never have I put so many hours into any single game franchise as I do with total.
Shogun 2 still holds up amazingly
This is a great documentry on the history of my favorite series. Well done. I still wish they would make Victorian Total War, with advances like smokeless gunpowder, and breach loading cannons.
1:19 is that some Dungeon Keeper soundtrack? You sir have earned my sub
We need empire 2, the fantasy mumbo jumbo has been fun and all but its time.
Thank you Michael Simpson for the best electronic experiences I've ever had
Anyone else hoping for an Empire 2, first one was so underrated.
It certainly has the most potential for expandion
Total war series changed my life almost as much as Sid Meier’s Civilization did.
I'm literally begging for Empire 2 over here
Ι I am happy with the joy of the friends of fantasy titles but it is time now after the Warhammer3 to give us a good historical title.
And by historical, I do not mean Jean-Arc chasing dragons or Napoleon playing karate with a Chinese general.
Oh god... You're gonna jinx us all. If Fate: Total War becomes a reality I swear I'll hunt you down and sacrifice your soul to Skarbrand.
@@andrewsuryali8540 oh god i can take wh but fate? 🤮🤮
Three Kingdoms was my first ever TW title quickly followed by Warhammer 2. I've got to say, I am still flummoxed by how so many models can fit on my screen without it blowing up in my face. When Warhammer 3 came out, I cried. This studio has something really special and I will be keeping a close eye on their future titles. I hope they use Warhammer 3 as a testing grounds for new mechanics for their next games. One thing I would love to see is an updated version of their naval battles. I think I read somewhere they aren't allowed to have them for their Warhammer titles which is a shame, but I'd love me some naval battles. Perhaps a Pirates of the Carribean like title following mythical sea tales of piracy throughout the entire world. Just spit-balling. Either way, Im excited for what they make next.
18:35 rise of the republic was released on August 9, 2018 which makes it the last pack to be released for total war Rome 2
Historical gameplay will always be my favorite thing about the TW franchise. I really enjoyed the mechanics and scale of Empire, and would like to see a true sequel. I also love Rome 2 and a third installment would be great just so they can incorporate the new tech and all that they've learned since the previous release. But my BIGGEST hope is that now that they have proven their ability to handle beloved fictional IP with the due diligence and respect of the fans, to see a TW that spans an entire galaxy far, far away! To trade naval battles for space, a campaign map that is truly 3-dimensional, and ground combat that can have heroes wielding lightsabers alongside blaster shooting rank and file would be amazing!
I want Empire 2 Total War 😎
Minor mistake, but Rise of the Republic was the latest campaign pack to be released, not Empire Divided.
Having historians use a strategy game to reenact battles is an amazing idea for a show I wish they still did that
I started with Medieval I Total War; found the game in a LAN shop (this was early 2000's, when it was a thing). Got hooked, and bought the Gold Edition some years later. Really hope to get Medieval 3 next; that's the best time period for me.
Three Kingdoms Total War was perhaps the last total war game to be more historical authentic(Because The Romance of the 3 Kingdoms fictional novel was also based on historical Records as well), everything else will be either half history or full fantasy. I doubt CA will ever make Medieval 3. Now, I would rather prefer them to make a Sci Fi Total War game inspired by Alpha Centauri and Civilisation Beyond Earth game by Feraxis.
THIS IS A GLORIOUS video WORTHY OF ROMAN likes (clang).
I hope the next historical game will be about the thirty years war.
I'd love to see a 15th-16th century shot and pike era, having a mix of both viable melee and archery units being challenged but the ever growing and evolving firearm, having the slow progression from handguns(mini cannon on a stick) and Arquebus being held up by the little fork stands, some nations having spear like ends for melee combat all the way up to well proper muskets and bayonets, with archers being more nimble and probably hunters can move and have vanguard deployment and musketeers having more damage/armor pen, but are slower and cause blinding smoke from prolonged fighting.
I think mods for medieval2 were worth mention
Yes-yes, need more of these video-flashies!
This is a great video, but it does skip over some of the Sega/CA antics that caused issues with earlier games. Stuff like making some multiplayer units exclusive to buying the game from a specific brick and mortar store (TW Napoleon) and putting redshell (essentially spyware) into Warhammer early on. Those things are no longer issues thankfully. :)
Grew up sitting behind my brothers as they played Rome: Total War for their history class. When I was like 8 I was finally allowed to play it and I have been a fan ever since.
Total War is the greatest RTS franchise we ever get. Fufill the dream of patricipating in battle we often see in movie
I want to see an epic Total War, covering a much longer timeline with a full world map.
i would love to see a sequel to medieval... there is so much that happened in that time period and with their current tech it can be amazing. Also as a goal going into a ww1 type of total war. With gameplay testing and research im sure they could do it, trench building, tanks, biplanes, zepelins, naval warfare ect.... It could be done but its a massive undertaking since there are alot of things that would be new for a total war game.
A series based on the silmarillion of LOTR would be the most amazing thing ever 😳
Well there are mods...
Total War is easily my favourite gaming franchise! :p I've been playing the games from as young as like 9 years old :D I'm now 20 and while I'm not playing as much as I used to and haven't gotten too familiar with the Warhammer part of the games, I'm really eager to see what they do next!
Played since Rome, lots of good memories.
Medieval II, Empire, and Rome II are my favorites.
11:10 As a Dutchie we got cover art of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, very cool detail!
I still have my old big box copies of these games. But now I play them on Steam, Rome & Empire are still in my top 10 games of all times.
My first Total War game was Medieval 1 back in 2004. I was in Iraq and brought a laptop exclusively for this game when we had some hours off back inside base. It was playing a war inside a war.
There is a dark time-line where CA never leaves EA... I'm glad we got this time-line
EA? I thought they were Activision, prior to Sega.
I really hope CA would bring back 19th century historical total war. Focusing on some famous wars after post-napoleonic era all the way to early WW1 warfare. That would be epic.
I won’t lie though the concept and how Three Kingdoms turn out make me want them to do Imjin War
Thank god for total war and the hugely positive impact it had and still has in my life.. It made me a better historian and helped build friendships that last to this day.. Shout out to Warhammer as well, the 40k version is more my cup of tea but I love the franchise
Even though they aren't official total war games, I think it would've been cool to include some of the total conversion mods that expanded the life of certain titles. Like how 3rd age total war pretty much has stood the test of time and is super fun even to this day.
Third age total war is one of my favourite all time total wars. Amazing game and it's not even an official game.
Shogun 2 is my favourite. But Attila and Napoleon deserve respect, they are the most underrated games in the series.
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1. What about Rome Remastered by Feral, Sir?
2. This material lacks a segment about forfeiting mechanichs used in previous editions/titles. And I see it as a big-big no-no. Mechanichs like the Avatar conquest mode from Shogun2 for example. Not reappearing in any newer Total War title. That's a lot information skipped as a result. Avatars Conquest mode is was a huge experimental step itself.
Other that come to my mind:
Family tree that at first place wasn't intended to Rome2.
Abandoning Family tree element met with huge controversy. So much that CA decided to add it afterall.
Population transfer into soldiers - abandoned after Rome1
Naval Battles abandoned after Thrones of Britannia I think.
Rock-paper-scissors base mechanic slowly being abandoned after Shogun2
Gun mechanics - totally abandoned after Shogun2 (not even appearing in Warhammers empire-gunners unit)
Diplomacy practisses performed by sending an agent abandoned after Medieval 2 towards "¿satellite?-kinda form.
2 Difrent armies composed of totally difrent units from different games - appeared only in Shogun2 and Fall of the Samurai. - the idea so great, I'd even state pure gold for the franchise - got abandoned too.
Serious sieges brought to Warhammer series only with WH3. Some see this as a big improvement, some find it as an essentially remarketed and sold for higher price feature - reinvented aspect of the gameplay that hasn't been improved since Rome1.
All of those were evolution or devolution across the Total War history.
Remake of Rome1 was an acklowledgement of that I think. As it is still completely diffrent from Rome2.
A fundamental Conclusion: This video misses a huge aspect of TWs history. A segment dedicated to these changes would be big "+" in my honest opinon.
The first Total War game i played was Medival 1 back in the early 2000 and I was Hooked right away.
Since then I have played every single Total war game from Rome 1&2, Shogun 1&2, Medival 2, Empire & napoleon
plus spent countless of hours playing mods, I stoped buying CA games when they released the warhammer games series.
However when I found out that they have released Rome Remasterd I bougt it and having a blast playing it with the RTR Imperium Surectum mod.
I wish they would make Empire 2 or medival 3 and make it more mod friendly
I remember buying the OG Shogun in Elementary School… it inspired me to become somewhat of a history buff
Keeping in mind many problems, Atilla is my favorite total war game.
What makes total war franchise great is that you didn't need to master resource management of any natural and non natural resources just the money you got. All you need to do is to master battles strategies and tactics and a little on resource management
Rome 2 and Attila are so good, I have both here in my computer, I hope that one day they make Rome 3.
Interestingly enough, Total War is what got me interested in finance. Played Rome 1 back in the day, managing my empires finances and organizing armies really helped my. Oddly enough grade 10 onwards my grades improved dramatically. I'm not sure how much I can attribute it to Rome 1 but something in this game "clicked", I had played RTS' before, but that doesn't compare to the amount of management needed for the scale of total war (at the time at least, prior to the competitors).
They should put more finance mechanics in total war! E.g. taking on debt to build your infrastructure and military, with challenging consequences if you struggle to repay the loans
If you weren't a Warhammer fan before TWW you have no idea how crazy and exciting it was to see a real, official Total War Warhammer game announced. Warhammer mods for Medieval 2 and a few other Total War games were around but I never thought we'd get a real Warhammer collaboration. 7 years later and I can say the Total War Warhammer games are some of the best and most enjoyable games I've ever played. Exactly the games teenaged me would have killed for 15 years ago.
As someone who's been playing Total War games since Rome Total War on my gran's Windows 98 PC this was such a great video! I hope they eventually make a Total War: Rome III, but fail to see how they could add substantial new content into another Roman map. A quest into South American history would also be very interesting with the likes of the Inca Empire??
Rome Remastered is so underrated...
This was a really nice history. I’ve been playing all the titles recently, collecting some titles I missed so that I have them all on Steam. I absolutely love this series. Like the narrator, my entry to the series was the excellent Rome. The period I’m missing is America’s Civil War. I’d love to see how Total War handles this.
If you haven't heard of it, check out Grand Tactician: The Civil War. Released in 2020, it is a sandbox like Total War. Still is being worked on but looks cool.
@@irishleonidas2274 Thanks my friend. I will.
I’d like to see an Empire2 or Victoria Age. Late late game having navies like shogun2, naval bombardment and amphibious assaults on ports. Increased power of forts to create areas of attrition and being so advantageous that attacker needs treachery, politics, huge superiority or build trenches while besieging for many turns, increasing the possibility of a relief army coming.
Separate units into professional armies led by generals and weaker militia units confined to regions with governors.
Make more trade regions and increase the threat of piracy or unhappy units or regions turning pirate.
Increase the significance of logistics, armies must have supply lines, or steal food, ammo, horses for various public order or diplomatic penalties. Big warships must use press gangs to keep crew levels up.
For all TW games, discourage corner camping by making a perimeter zone that stationary units placed inside will suffer morale penalties or slowly have men desert. General are immune and maybe even draw peasants to build barricades if the attacker doesn’t attack.
Man, imagine Total war Dune.
Are there that many factions though?
@@Portaldog I'm sure CA can figure out a different new game mechanic to compensate for that.
The first concept I'd been hoping for even as a mod was Watership Down: Total War.
Rome 2 is still my favourite. A complete masterpiece. Although I also really enjoy the Warhammer series.
But I'm looking forward to Medieval 3.
Love this franchise so much !!
There was a podcast some months ago with CA designers, they said that they were ready to start the development of a Total war 40k WH, and that it can happen. At this point i believe is going to probably be announce the next year or at the end of this one, because of the massive profits and also a good opening to new warfare eras. Speciall because if they manage to pull a solid 40k, there is litttle to no reasson why a WW1 and WW2 total war shouldn't happen.
They already have tanks and planes in Warhammer today, not to mention machine guns and Skaven (who fight like WW1 infantry). They can already make WW2 Total War with the existing engine.
man i really want a napoleon total war 2, or maybe empire total war 2, i love the musket era in general, and i think there is so much that can be done
One of the top 3 best Strategy game series out there imo, which includes TW, Civ, and Paradox games.
Its Nice to see the the history of total war but it kinda makes me a little sad to se how the New history Games have become mediocre and makes me want to Get a medival three on pare with TWWH graphics but the WH series was one of the best beside the the old ones so its Nice to learn how we came to where we are now (but i have kinda Get a little bit bored at all the :the TWWH series are po poh: but they have a point when it comes to the New ones a little) but still good video
A little heavy comment but not all New TW game are bad 3K wasent that bad and the TWWH series was some of the best butte need a New medival game or a empire 2 game
@@Marthe535 3K had all the faults of modern TW games: bad battles that are HP blobs hitting the air, op magic, broken balance through difficulty nerfing only your melee infantry, single entity units, longer an dlonger loading times with each patch, terrain having no big influence, countless obsolete units
on the upside the campaign mechanics especially diplomacy was a big step up, beautiful artstyle and music although the settlement mechanics force you into certain expansions and the building only one building at a time was atrocious, also having to conquer 100s of minor settlements with full garrisons through the mid and late game grinded campaigns to a snails pace
That's why after Rome 2 my interest shifted completely towards Paradox games. Never went back to TW since then.
Funnily enough i got into the total war series after buying rome total war at a book fair in the mid 2000s lol fell in love with the series ever since
Well put and very informative video 👌
This guy is like a reincarnation of Danny O'Dwyer. All his videos are full of great information
Please, do a Bronze age total war.
the fog between myth and history is astoning.
They should release a sci-fi Total War game that allows players to move spaceships in 3d space while also letting them conquer planets and move units across them.
Total War: Middle Earth and Total War: Westeros will be epic
The Minotaur wasn’t exactly seen; there was no mistake when coming up with the myth, they did not observe the creature wrong, so the man in the bull-skull doesn’t make any sense, since the Minotaur was just an explanation for the earthquakes in the area (whenever it got hungry, it shook the island).
I started this series with Rome total war. My favorites are shogun 2, rome total war, medieval total war 2 and troy
thank you so much for this just what the doctor ordered
A Game of Thrones Total War is something I would totally be interested in.
I don't think that it will really fit in the concept.
Total War is about battles and wars, while GoT is about politics, schemes, battle for the throne, court, etc.
Always loved Total War since Rome 1. But anyone remember Spartan Total War on PS2? Still one of my fave games ever as a kid
Medieval 2, and all its possible mods, is my favorite.
The irony about this video title is that CA doesnt care about history anymore, and has completly abandoned that part of the fanbase with poorly executed titles like Rome 2 (which is still a mess after 5y of bugfixing), Brittania and Three Kingdoms (where the historical option is extremely feature ridden).
I have no problem with Warhammer titles, they just dont interest me. All I wish is that CA would actually put the same amount of effort in historical titles. Shogun 2 was the last real historical gem.