One reason I think Fourth Age isn't talked about that much is definetly the Third Age mod to M2TW. It's just such a good and popular mod that I think people forget about the RTW mod
Yeah. It's a really a shame many people don't talk about it as much as Third Age, I heard majority of people complaining that Tolkien didn't had time to flesh it out. I think the FATW is pretty balance, aspects like population, building tech tree, unit rosters, fortress, and for the highlight, the soundtracks. Some of those were made by David Arkenstone. Underrated composer I might say. Try listen to his Middle-earth album!!! It's a pretty great album and also could compete with LOTR soundtrack imo...
Could weirdly never get into eb. I appreciate the effort that was put it though but personally it feels to slow for me. I like mods that still have a bit of a vanilla feel e.g the recent barbarian empires mod. Makes vanilla even better
Of course EB. Nothing really even comes close in my book. When i first saw the tomb of Alexander in Alexandria i was floored. The level of historical accuracy and detail will have you reading as much as you are fighting.
Top 10 Rome Total War RUclipsrs 1.Melkor 2.Melkor but if someone accidentally put him in second when he's actually number 1 3.Melkor but if someone accidentally put him in third when he's actually number 1 4.Melkor but if someone accidentally put him in fourth when he's actually number 1 5.Melkor but if someone accidentally put him in fifth when he's actually number 1 6.Melkor but if someone accidentally put him in sixth when he's actually number 1 7.Melkor but if someone accidentally put him in seventh when he's actually number 1 8.Melkor but if someone accidentally put him in eighth when he's actually number 1 9.Melkor but if someone accidentally put him in ninth when he's actually number 1 10.Melkor but if someone accidentally put him in tenth when he's actually number 1
Darthmod was my enterence into Rome Total War mods. I played it because i just wanted more Rome Total War than the base game has to offer. Next to the map changes, it made some minor factions more playable with new buildings i think (it's literally been years since i played it). Had good fun with Macedon, Britannia and Numidia. That last campaign seems to have made the biggest impression on me, because it just seemed like an impossible campaign. The difficulty just made it fun though. A hard war to beat Carthage, and then the Romans show up and all hell breaks lose. I remember i had to grind myself through Sicily and southern Italy killing army after army with skirmish tactics. Also after that i played Roma Surrectum & 1 or 2 other mods. But for now i still had the most fun with Darthmod!
@@dimostychalas9716 well fair enough, too bad the battle scaling was divised by a fat neckbeard whose never left his mums basement and only knowlege of realistic combat comes from playing warhammer tabletops. Last time i used that mod i laughed myself sick watching my elite units hold out for days as a small dot within a giant a swarm of decent units. lol! btw, was using the recommended hard difficulty for battle.
Melkor i am extremely mad at you and the community too! :D Well some modes that people may be interested and personal favorites SOMNIVM APOSTATAE IVLIANI : it is about Julian the apostate Constantine the second and their successors the barbarians are in full tilt undoubtedly the hardest total war experience i ever had.(You an play as the barbarians too if you are one :P )It has insane historical accuracy the most i have ever seen and it has absolutely terrifying battles(My favorite mod) Hegemonia City States:About the greco persian and peloponesan war you can play as any nation you like and truly city models and unit models are the prettiest i have ever seen every battle is to be screenshoted!
Darthmod is what Vanilla RTW should have been. Everything is the same except a more detailed and accurate campaign map which, properly represents the strengths of each faction as the campaign time goes by. For example Parthia becomes a proper superpower in the east to rival Rome in late game. I dont find Europa Barbarorum and Roma Surrectum interesting because they feel like totally different games, I mean I prefer the Vanilla mechanics much more.
darth mod is really good. removes the militia units, removes peasants and gives out the rebel settlements to appropriate powers. everyone seems to get bigger armies. and is able to fund bigger armies, so you just end up with a huge clusterfuck pretty quickly
@@grantaum9677 it sure is the mod added the island where the city was unique units but sadly the game crashed after ending the turn if i remember correctly it has been many years since i played it
I Just Downloaded Extended Cultures. I really Reminds me of Rome 2 in Units,They are Really Well Structured compared to the Original Units,They are far more. With Interesting Factions, Bosporus, Gaul(Britannia),Pergamum. Etc. Although The Battle can Get Chaotic sometimes (Although that may be Because I'm playing at Bosporus and have Nomads as Enemies). Personally Really like this Mode, Because it has Nice Money making ways, Really Nice Rosters and A lot of interesting Factions.
There were two very promising mods, Hegemonia City States and Rise of Persia, which were sadly abandoned. They are both in unfinished but mostly playable states though. There's also Viking Invasion, a re-creation of the expansion of Medieval 1 which was cool. Couldn't get that one to work with Steam though.Also I've been thinking of playing a mod that enhances the vanilla experience instead of totally overhauling it. Out of Extended Cultures and Vanilla Enhancement, which was one is better recommended?
I'd be more interested in trying some of these mods if they kept bronze age egypt. I don't care that it's not historically accurate, it's fun and it's what I'm nostalgic for.
For Medieval 2 Total War I think it would be a close call between Lord of the Rings and the Game of Thrones mods( I lost count how many GoT mods for Med 2 there are)
What about Rome Total History Mod, it is the mod which has sooo much stuff added it is crazy with a lot of new buildings, units, map extenision, etc... I learned so much new stuff from that one and the name says it all. It is a masterpiece this mod. This mod impressed me most from all the mods and has a lot more to offer than the most famous mods like darth mod and others.
Some other good mods are Ran no Jidai, Warhammer Total War, Chivalry Total War. Edit: Rise of Persia, Hegemonia City States too (though unfortunately is buggy).
There's also Viking Invasion 2, which is really good, especially with the Dominion of Britannia submod. It's a recreation of Medieval 1's expansion on the Rome engine.
The number 10 doesn't seem to work with CD rome total war version , and my Gold steam one , nor does it work with cracked 1.6 version. It looks fun but doesn't work at all. Any idea on how to run it?
the mod i play is holland toral war, its just a fun mod to play thats all, so, i'm interrest to know new mods like the one's i know, but to me, a mod is just mod
The modding I've done is mostly to improve unit rosters. Like giving Carthage the Bull Warrior and Scutarii since i don't play spain and wouldn't get to use those units if i didn't put them in the Carthaginian roster. Or giving Carthage archers because holy fuck does that faction need some archers
Rafael Ruiz - hoggy went on to work in 3D modelling. There was a later version which was mod foldered and patched to 1.9 fixing a lot of the bugs. Probably still available via TWC.
The numbers show the average placement. So if one person ranked it number 1, and another person ranked it number 10, then the average ranking would be 5. If everyone voted 1, then it will show it as everyone averaging 1st place for that mod.
will any of these work with the steam version ? i used to love RS but after losing the disks. i bought steam version. could never get it to work without crashing. ultimately waited to long now cant even find RS links anymore and you need Alexander to run them lol i just got the steam rome now
I think that lord of the rings mod may have scored high bc of the RTW engine. that particular engine had a great feel that is unique to all the other ones ive played. Shogun, M2TW, EmpireTW, Shogun2, and R2TW.
I prefer Lord of the Rings mod for Alexander TW. Its just perfect, and it has some pros over Third Age TW (Both great :D). Very dark and sad atmposphere when playing for Noldorin elves ah... and music...
You really didn't include two of the biggest and best mods (RTR and SPQR) For real? Ban all your friends, because you my friend ... will have to remake the video. And besides ... asking random people on discord about RTW mods, while you could research the "twcenter.net" gives you kinda shabby credibility...
I am the largest daily RTW and Med 2 channel there is, even back when this video was made. My Discord is closely connected to the HotSeat Hub, run by TWCenter admins and the RTW Modding community who also inputted. I don't use TWCenter as, according to the mods and Admins I have spoken to, it's dying and becoming more and more pointless. That's why their moving parts over, like the Hotseat Hub, to Discord. As for the SPQR Mod, I've never heard of it. RTR, I agree, great mod.
Generally every mod has their own manual, I remember the first mods (before a patch, I think) where you cannot install them without altering the base game, then they added a folder for mods and a command to use them through direct access. On Steam there is a problem: direct access is only a call for Steam, so you must add the command inside the game options on Steam. I'm thinking on download a Morgan edition for using mods, pre-Steam versions allow us to use multiple mods using a direct access.
used to love RS!! but now i cant even find a download and last time i tried years ago kept getting CTD lol fun times though spent soo many hours on that game
Should I do other Titles' Mods? Medieval 2? Attila? Rome 2? Maybe Even Warhammer Mods Eventually? : )
Rome 2 might be different because it has a workshop and most of the mods are small scale. You cant find mods as in rome 1 I think.
@@bramlinssen6940 You are quite correct, the only big names really is Divide et Impera.
Yeah would love for you to re-do medieval 2 mods
Are these compatible with steam please?
yes, they should all work for steam version
Bronze Age total war: Where you can play Vanilla Egypt and not feel like a massive anachronism.
>be dev of Bronze age
>Make Egypt
>Change nothing
One reason I think Fourth Age isn't talked about that much is definetly the Third Age mod to M2TW. It's just such a good and popular mod that I think people forget about the RTW mod
I liked the lord of the rings total war more, mainly because it was familiar to me
Yeah. It's a really a shame many people don't talk about it as much as Third Age, I heard majority of people complaining that Tolkien didn't had time to flesh it out. I think the FATW is pretty balance, aspects like population, building tech tree, unit rosters, fortress, and for the highlight, the soundtracks. Some of those were made by David Arkenstone. Underrated composer I might say. Try listen to his Middle-earth album!!! It's a pretty great album and also could compete with LOTR soundtrack imo...
Your name is Melkor for gods sake. Of course there will be Lotr fans among your viewers.
Invasio barbarorum. One of the most underrated mods for rtw bi. Not that surprised it’s not here though.
There are some other great mods like Rise of Persia, Ran no Jidai, Warhammer Total War, Lord Of The Rings Total War, etc.
After playing EB I could never go back to playing another mod. Just the amount of historical details the team put in it was amazing.
Is EB the best you reckon?
@@jackyarnell4707 One of the best, I remember when they were working on the beta versions back 12 years ago... Top recommend
I can't get EB to run without crashing after every battle
Could weirdly never get into eb. I appreciate the effort that was put it though but personally it feels to slow for me. I like mods that still have a bit of a vanilla feel e.g the recent barbarian empires mod. Makes vanilla even better
its boring tho
Of course EB. Nothing really even comes close in my book. When i first saw the tomb of Alexander in Alexandria i was floored. The level of historical accuracy and detail will have you reading as much as you are fighting.
well i cant get it to work...so that sucks
I knew EB was up there, absolutely amazing mod
Could never download it properly
Crashes too much tbh
Top 10 Rome Total War RUclipsrs
1.Melkor
2.Melkor but if someone accidentally put him in second when he's actually number 1
3.Melkor but if someone accidentally put him in third when he's actually number 1
4.Melkor but if someone accidentally put him in fourth when he's actually number 1
5.Melkor but if someone accidentally put him in fifth when he's actually number 1
6.Melkor but if someone accidentally put him in sixth when he's actually number 1
7.Melkor but if someone accidentally put him in seventh when he's actually number 1
8.Melkor but if someone accidentally put him in eighth when he's actually number 1
9.Melkor but if someone accidentally put him in ninth when he's actually number 1
10.Melkor but if someone accidentally put him in tenth when he's actually number 1
Randomstuffs216 total war?
*Randomstuffs216 total war* is their next title after Troy
11.BradenLord
Darthmod was my enterence into Rome Total War mods. I played it because i just wanted more Rome Total War than the base game has to offer. Next to the map changes, it made some minor factions more playable with new buildings i think (it's literally been years since i played it). Had good fun with Macedon, Britannia and Numidia. That last campaign seems to have made the biggest impression on me, because it just seemed like an impossible campaign. The difficulty just made it fun though. A hard war to beat Carthage, and then the Romans show up and all hell breaks lose. I remember i had to grind myself through Sicily and southern Italy killing army after army with skirmish tactics.
Also after that i played Roma Surrectum & 1 or 2 other mods. But for now i still had the most fun with Darthmod!
I'm quite sad that Rome total realism doesn't get much publicity.
This one looks quite good you should also try Rome Total History Mod which is quite impressive...
probably because the music in in it is complete crap. I wouldnt even play it if i hadnt managed to revert it with the stock RomeTW tracks.
@@anasevi9456 I quite liked the music, especially the menu one
@@dimostychalas9716 well fair enough, too bad the battle scaling was divised by a fat neckbeard whose never left his mums basement and only knowlege of realistic combat comes from playing warhammer tabletops. Last time i used that mod i laughed myself sick watching my elite units hold out for days as a small dot within a giant a swarm of decent units. lol! btw, was using the recommended hard difficulty for battle.
@@anasevi9456 holy shit the mod made you very angry i see
I'm honestly shocked that you didn't include Rome: Total Realism. It was my favorite, and I sunk hundreds of hours into playing it back in the day.
Extended cultures isn't new. The latest version might be.
Melkor i am extremely mad at you and the community too! :D
Well some modes that people may be interested and personal favorites
SOMNIVM APOSTATAE IVLIANI : it is about Julian the apostate Constantine the second and their successors
the barbarians are in full tilt undoubtedly the hardest total war experience i ever had.(You an play as the barbarians too if you are one :P )It has insane historical accuracy the most i have ever seen and it has absolutely terrifying battles(My favorite mod)
Hegemonia City States:About the greco persian and peloponesan war you can play as any nation you like and truly city models and unit models are the prettiest i have ever seen every battle is to be screenshoted!
my favorite are about the barbarian invasion, Somiun Apostatae Iuliani and Invasio Barbarorum Falgellum Dei. great video!
Yea they’re great. It’s a shame no ones completed a let’s play with those mods
*A NEW POWER IS RISING!*
Wait... that's not my line...
Darthmod is what Vanilla RTW should have been. Everything is the same except a more detailed and accurate campaign map which, properly represents the strengths of each faction as the campaign time goes by. For example Parthia becomes a proper superpower in the east to rival Rome in late game. I dont find Europa Barbarorum and Roma Surrectum interesting because they feel like totally different games, I mean I prefer the Vanilla mechanics much more.
darth mod is really good. removes the militia units, removes peasants and gives out the rebel settlements to appropriate powers. everyone seems to get bigger armies. and is able to fund bigger armies, so you just end up with a huge clusterfuck pretty quickly
Other good mods worth mentioning would be end of days and end of days 2. Vampires, ghosts, demons, Lycans, lots of fun!
That was a bloody great mod!
MELKOR: I love mods that keep the vanilla feel and expand it
Medieval 2 tvb: am I a joke to you?!
Bit late but thank you so much for this video aaand all the others!!
Thanks for posting this. I will have to try out some of these.
Personally, I don't like the mods that unite Rome.
I really like the idea of the competing Roman families.
I always thought the atlantis mod for rome 1 was very interesting but i never managed it to make it work fully
Wow sounds cool
@@grantaum9677 it sure is the mod added the island where the city was unique units but sadly the game crashed after ending the turn if i remember correctly it has been many years since i played it
@@HeliodromusScorpio very interesting! I've always been fascinated by the legend I might see if it will work for me 👍
@@pietro1557 www.moddb.com/games/rome-total-war/downloads/return-of-atlantis this should be it
I Just Downloaded Extended Cultures.
I really Reminds me of Rome 2 in Units,They are Really Well Structured compared to the Original Units,They are far more.
With Interesting Factions, Bosporus, Gaul(Britannia),Pergamum. Etc.
Although The Battle can Get Chaotic sometimes (Although that may be Because I'm playing at Bosporus and have Nomads as Enemies).
Personally Really like this Mode, Because it has Nice Money making ways, Really Nice Rosters and A lot of interesting Factions.
Battle for Hellas: Risiang of Macedonia is a fantastic thematic and atmospheric mod. Thoroughly enjoyed ,y hours on super detailed Greece map
Always wanted to try the Zombie mod, but never succeeded in getting it to stay stable :/
Goodbye, old friend
There were two very promising mods, Hegemonia City States and Rise of Persia, which were sadly abandoned. They are both in unfinished but mostly playable states though. There's also Viking Invasion, a re-creation of the expansion of Medieval 1 which was cool. Couldn't get that one to work with Steam though.Also I've been thinking of playing a mod that enhances the vanilla experience instead of totally overhauling it. Out of Extended Cultures and Vanilla Enhancement, which was one is better recommended?
I believe the previous version of Rise of Persia is fully playable if I'm not wrong.
Have never heard such an accent where he is from middle onion ring cry hot potato in this line of throat
A Lord of the Rings series that comes later.... ooof. That didn't age well in hindsight! But agree with the list!
I'd be more interested in trying some of these mods if they kept bronze age egypt. I don't care that it's not historically accurate, it's fun and it's what I'm nostalgic for.
Lotr total war (third age as well) i loved it myself.
For Medieval 2 Total War I think it would be a close call between Lord of the Rings and the Game of Thrones mods( I lost count how many GoT mods for Med 2 there are)
Im looking for a mod that only changes the nonplayable or bad factions to make more "Good" any suggestions?
Darthmod i guess is the closest to what you want. Although it changes the Ai
that"s some great stuff here
Hi is Europa barbarorum actually good? I heard alot of people said the ai is less agressive in campaign map..
No Rome Total Realism?
Srsly???? Ikr
What about Rome Total History Mod, it is the mod which has sooo much stuff added it is crazy with a lot of new buildings, units, map extenision, etc... I learned so much new stuff from that one and the name says it all. It is a masterpiece this mod. This mod impressed me most from all the mods and has a lot more to offer than the most famous mods like darth mod and others.
I was a bit let down in how dismissive you sounded towards the Fourth Age mod.
The devs put a lot of care and polish into it.
You should really do medieval 2. There are so many good mods for that.
Again the fridge, how many people do you keep up there?
Jesus I played a lot of these mods 15 years ago.
Some other good mods are Ran no Jidai, Warhammer Total War, Chivalry Total War.
Edit: Rise of Persia, Hegemonia City States too (though unfortunately is buggy).
There's also Viking Invasion 2, which is really good, especially with the Dominion of Britannia submod. It's a recreation of Medieval 1's expansion on the Rome engine.
The number 10 doesn't seem to work with CD rome total war version , and my Gold steam one , nor does it work with cracked 1.6 version. It looks fun but doesn't work at all. Any idea on how to run it?
Man I have played more of the honorable mentions than the actual list's mods lol
the mod i play is holland toral war, its just a fun mod to play thats all, so, i'm interrest to know new mods like the one's i know, but to me, a mod is just mod
Any lotr mod is best mod.
It saddens me that spqr mod its not is not mentioned 😣😞
I was expecting that as well, very good mod, is the one im currently using
Yeah i have it too bro SPQR mod is amazing and really and crazy hard.
Also surprised that’s not in. SPQR was the among the first big mods to get a full grand campaign release and LT updated it for years.
@MELKOR you should consider to make a video about SPQR Mod
Thank you.🎉
The modding I've done is mostly to improve unit rosters. Like giving Carthage the Bull Warrior and Scutarii since i don't play spain and wouldn't get to use those units if i didn't put them in the Carthaginian roster. Or giving Carthage archers because holy fuck does that faction need some archers
honorable mention: Invasio Barbarorum collection www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?113-INVASIO-BARBARORVM-(IB)-(BI)
Bronze Age is unstable. More unstable that Rome 2.
What's the Mod for Barbarian Invasion that brings all the cities from the base game into Barbarian Invasion?
I approve.
5:08 oh my god
Blue lotus was great until the modder disappeared and didn't update it to the newer versions
Rafael Ruiz - hoggy went on to work in 3D modelling. There was a later version which was mod foldered and patched to 1.9 fixing a lot of the bugs. Probably still available via TWC.
@@Severinate wow I never knew that. It was a fun mod, I'll go find it now thanks!
Found here in case anyone is reading and can't find it :)
www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?686607-Blue-Lotus-Total-War-MODFOLDERED!
Comparing to netflix means it downgrades in quality, but I guess it is not what you meant?
Are the bars reversed? Like the 10th supposedly seem to have a lot more votes (if that is what the bar indicates)
The numbers show the average placement. So if one person ranked it number 1, and another person ranked it number 10, then the average ranking would be 5.
If everyone voted 1, then it will show it as everyone averaging 1st place for that mod.
one like for disturbed man
Can it be used for android?
will any of these work with the steam version ? i used to love RS but after losing the disks. i bought steam version. could never get it to work without crashing. ultimately waited to long now cant even find RS links anymore and you need Alexander to run them lol i just got the steam rome now
My favorite is the amazons mod.
For.......reasons
Can i use mods for mobile version rome total war?
Sadly mods don't work for mobile version.
@Melkor
Is there a mod or coding work that makes rtw hotseat but not multiplayer(single pc that can run multiple factions). Like retrofit mod of m2tw?
There's stuff out there. But I don't know what it is called or how it works. But I know it does exist, which sadly can be the best help I can give XD
@@MelkorGG that still does help;)
I was a bit disappointed by the DarthMod, there were no sith lords in it at all
imagine a star wars total war mod
@@fatnootz3466 I remember a model of stormtroopers, someone was working on a mod, but I don't know what happened with it (it was in 2008-2009).
Dumb question but you think any will work for mobile?
Mods, sadly, don't work for mobile version.
Looking for a mod alike europa barbarorum, but with actual custom battles
OK extended cultures does all that and its easy to download
all mods 10 not work
mean all folders empty
We need that serie to continue to diffrent games from TW series .
I have Rome total war on my phone do any of these mods work in mobile
Nope. Sadly mods only for pc version.
I’m not a lord of the rings fan
Bring it.
XD
Noooo!
I am a tolkienist, now its balanced.
4 turns per year with season effects, ups it’s Rome 2 ...
RTR 8, Ab Urbe Condita 6
LOTR mod is actually extremely well rounded, you could even say that total war Warhammer copied them, especially for Dwarven factions
I think that lord of the rings mod may have scored high bc of the RTW engine. that particular engine had a great feel that is unique to all the other ones ive played. Shogun, M2TW, EmpireTW, Shogun2, and R2TW.
You must include Hegemonia City States (brand new - AND SUPERB - city models, proper hoplite phalanx).
It's buggy unfortunately, especially the earnings you get each turn.
@@KaRoU323 Ok, but it is still worth a showcase... These people have created the best custom cities RTW has ever seen.
anyone have a link to a website that won't break my computer?
EB and RS I agree with. #3 I would have RTR 6.0
Hello I ve downloaded the extended greek mod but the others wont work (europa barbarorum barbarian empires and roma serrectum) can anyone help me
XGM is the best!
Do those mods work in the disk version
Will these mods work in the android version?
Attacking Cataphracts with simple light cav are you insane??? 1:00
How does one download these mods with steam rome
I prefer Lord of the Rings mod for Alexander TW. Its just perfect, and it has some pros over Third Age TW (Both great :D). Very dark and sad atmposphere when playing for Noldorin elves ah... and music...
where is Rome: Total War Enhanced mod? for me this mod is number #1
Nobody at all suggested that one. It may be good, but I have to assume no one would vote for it if no one suggested it.
Do a rome remastered best mod
You really didn't include two of the biggest and best mods (RTR and SPQR) For real? Ban all your friends, because you my friend ... will have to remake the video. And besides ... asking random people on discord about RTW mods, while you could research the "twcenter.net" gives you kinda shabby credibility...
I am the largest daily RTW and Med 2 channel there is, even back when this video was made. My Discord is closely connected to the HotSeat Hub, run by TWCenter admins and the RTW Modding community who also inputted.
I don't use TWCenter as, according to the mods and Admins I have spoken to, it's dying and becoming more and more pointless. That's why their moving parts over, like the Hotseat Hub, to Discord.
As for the SPQR Mod, I've never heard of it. RTR, I agree, great mod.
*No one*
*absolutley no one*
*Melkor laughing at his own joke*
hehe.. hehehehe...hehe
Where can i get this expansions?
how is it the cultures spread
could explain me one, how i can install this mods?
Yes, i need help with this too
Generally every mod has their own manual, I remember the first mods (before a patch, I think) where you cannot install them without altering the base game, then they added a folder for mods and a command to use them through direct access.
On Steam there is a problem: direct access is only a call for Steam, so you must add the command inside the game options on Steam. I'm thinking on download a Morgan edition for using mods, pre-Steam versions allow us to use multiple mods using a direct access.
used to love RS!! but now i cant even find a download and last time i tried years ago kept getting CTD lol fun times though spent soo many hours on that game
IT BETTER BE EB!
it is possible to adapt these mods for android version of rome total war?
Sadly not
where did you download that game?
Wasn't really a fan of Darthmod for R1. Some of the changes he made I didn't really like.
Rome total realism is the best total war i ever played :)
No one added Amazon total war huh