The Great War western front. There’s a steam link in the description if you want to check it out. It’s an acquired taste, so I’d take a look at a bunch of different reviews before buying though.
@frame5g8004 күн бұрын
@BroughtToBear thank you 💕
@vaastavmishra20355 күн бұрын
Great
@BroughtToBear5 күн бұрын
It really was. I was slightly worried about what the battles would be like for the great war western front, because the campaign (though I love it), is very much the same thing repeated again and again, but this battle was actually a good one. Game on for getting gold!
@vaastavmishra20355 күн бұрын
@@BroughtToBear hmm i have seen the gameplay for this game It kind of gets repetitive after a while but i didnt know it had a historical battles game mode Good job on the win
@heavenbright23426 күн бұрын
I still cannot wrap my head around this This is how they fought WW1 = horrifying
@BroughtToBear5 күн бұрын
It really is. Modern urban warfare and the scale of weaponry used is definitely horrifying, but the concept of straight forward charges into MGs and artillery is just a whole different type of hell. And that's without adding in the logistics troubles and realities of just living in a trench during this time period. I enjoy the game for what it is, a game, but the cinematic intro and outros instils nothing but respect for those who made it through. It's like the colourised videos of the WW1 footage that Peter Jackson made, they just hit home. I love that the devs included these.
@vaastavmishra20357 күн бұрын
I like how the enemy cavalry just melts when they make contact with the legionaries in the remastered however they won't budge even if flanked on all sides
@BroughtToBear5 күн бұрын
I am seeing this and hate it haha. I was looking over the stats for units and realised that owing to the experience and gold weaponry/armour, even skirmishers are actually on par with most of the players infantry. I've actually had to start studying units pre battle in order to plan. I resent the effort it's forcing me to give, but honestly that was something missing from how I play. I guess it's a good thing then... Going to dedicate this weekend to it I think. 2 hours remastered, 2 hours on Rome 2. I do not expect to win though haha
@vaastavmishra20355 күн бұрын
@@BroughtToBear take your time dude. I too am facing this and have noticed this,since i am new to total war i dont actually understand most of the stats and what those icons mean i try to do my best to optimally use the units but cavalry getting defeated by skirmishers was something new for me Still great video and keep doing what you are doing
@BroughtToBear9 күн бұрын
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@vaastavmishra203512 күн бұрын
Good battle You should also try out Rome total war remastered historical battles Literally they are so tough and also some battles I beat on the original in the first try but in the remastered version I am still unable to beat them like Battle of lake Trasimene
@BroughtToBear12 күн бұрын
I totally forgot about remastered! Good shout and consider it done. Have to hope for some of the other classic total wars to be remastered too, get a second shot at medieval 2.
@vaastavmishra203511 күн бұрын
@@BroughtToBear i think the AI in the remastered version cheats in the historical battles That or I am just bad But some battles are just impossible to do on very hard difficulty
@BroughtToBear11 күн бұрын
@vaastavmishra2035 I’m going cheats. Just took a go at asculum and the method I used in Rome didn’t work, at all. Thinking they must get a higher buff or our units are de-buffed more. Having triarii and principes break on contact, not to mention velite struggling to get through elephants is weird to say the least.
@vaastavmishra203511 күн бұрын
@@BroughtToBear exactly It took me around 10-15 tries to get it in that battle in the remastered But in the original i did it first try This was exactly my point
@lakeoffm14 күн бұрын
Very low level of gameplay 😢
@BroughtToBear12 күн бұрын
Very fair, started this campaign rather sketchy. Though thankfully legendary difficulty is quite forgiving in three kingdoms.
@JohnSmith-kn5xx16 күн бұрын
8:27 weakest unit of spartan hoplites
@BroughtToBear12 күн бұрын
A true spartan wouldn't even singe their beard against flaming onagers, and use those arrows and javelin to pick their teeth.
@jaywerner841517 күн бұрын
Remind me, Titus was a Captain in the Previous game yes? While it most certainly TOTALLY SUCKS, if I remember my Military Ranks correctly, Getting Demoted from Captain to Lieutenant isn't THAT bad when ya think about it. Hmmm, that Space Marine combat knife reminds me of a Bowie knife or something judging by the Tip. Although given its size its probably the size of a Roman Gladius. Meanwhile the Bayonets on the Guards Guns may as well be a Toothpick. Ya know.... odd as it might sound they should make a game like this but with the Mechanicus, the things you could do with Customization and Loadouts alone would be pretty Cool. After all, who doesn't want to play as a Leggio Cybernetica?
@BroughtToBear5 күн бұрын
Yes, Titus was a captain and demoted when becoming a primaris. But I think that the idea is that he was a Black Shield(?) removed of rank and serving in the death watch. So becoming a lieutenant was a promotion from no rank to rank. Though that's just me trying to make sense of the story. What I do know is that chainswords are cool and Titus likes to use them =]. Although I would 100% play a mechanicus version, I'm still hoping for more imperial guard stuff. I want to play a Commisar, slowly replacing limbs as I loose them and bestowing the Emperors justice unto Xeno and Heretic alike.
@jaywerner84155 күн бұрын
@@BroughtToBear Hmmmm, So basically Cyberpunk but in 40k? DUDE HOW HAS NO ONE DONE THAT YET?! Warhammer 40k First Person RPG, has a nice ring to it.
@jonahmohammadi365622 күн бұрын
Nice Gabriel Angelos quote.
@BroughtToBear21 күн бұрын
His voice is how I imagine all high ranking space marines to speak. And that is not a bad thing.
@gruffalobill481222 күн бұрын
Wait till you play operations, then you will use parry 😆
@BroughtToBear21 күн бұрын
I didn't want to spoil anything, so I've only played the first operations mission. That said I always try to play as the honour guard, Sword and board + Plasma for the win!
@jaywerner841523 күн бұрын
DIDN"T SEE THAT ONE COMIN! But I'm here for it, Proceed to RIP AND TEAR until it is done. Wait.... thats a little too Khorne ish. Um..... yeah I got nothing, LETS PURGE SOME XENO HERITICS! Ya know, I'm surprised someone hasn't made a 40k Strategy game on a Galactic scale. Like Empire At War, but 40k. Cus LIKE HELL am I trusting CA to make anyone worthwhile that isn't Alian Isolation related.
@BroughtToBear21 күн бұрын
Against the scourge of the Xeno, I'm sure the Emperor won't mind looking the other way. There are lots of mods for just that, Foreman was playing a really cool one awhile ago, but I've forgotten the name unfortunately. There's still always dawn of war thankfully. After playing Pharaoh in prep of the total challenge, I have to agree. CA is kind of loosing their way right now. Loved 3k, had issues with, but still love Warhammer 3. Troy and Pharaoh however are pretty hit and miss with character selection from what I've played. With more misses than hits unfortunately.
@jaywerner841521 күн бұрын
@@BroughtToBear Yeah Troy and Pharaoh Back to Back was a pretty bad move on their part. Especially when later on they added Greece to Pharaoh (effectively combining the 2 games), on top of that they _appear_ to have started to pull a "EA" by readding OLD features and calling them NEW. Not gonna lie though, the most likely FALSE rumors of a Star Wars game would be nutz if true. Because then they would have to fight the STAR WARS community and the Empire At War community. Now that Battle WOULD be Legendary! Of course, let us not forget they also have that 100 MILLION dollar loss with Hyenas, which I'm still puzzled how it got SHOT DEAD at the last possible moment. Sega must know something the rest of us didn't and if Concord was any indication, that turned out to be a smart move. The studio also got GUTTED as a result. Still, at least all the Alien Isolation fans are getting a sequel.
@Leithener23 күн бұрын
I remember when I played this battle for the first time. It was also my first historical battle, so I didn't know there is no placement time etc. Just after the start, i got surprised by the Teuton cannons that started to shoot, and when i tried to organize my troops, one of cannons hit my King, and I lost this battle, like, 10 seconds after it started, because Jagiełło cannot die to win xD
@BroughtToBear21 күн бұрын
SAME! It's a dirty move to stick a cannon against you when the king's in range. A great lesson in getting the heck out of the way, but can lead this battle to being a matter of luck if they get hit, particularly right at the start.
@semikh570524 күн бұрын
Rus not Russia
@BroughtToBear21 күн бұрын
My bad. I'm only a little familiar with how the meaning of Rus changed throughout history so I always get confused and then when Russia joins the mix, I completely loose the plot. Cheers for the shout, I'll add it to the back for this time period.
@MsSirAndy24 күн бұрын
Best game ever
@BroughtToBear24 күн бұрын
It’s up there. Medieval and shogun are in a weird position of being so different to the rest of total war, but still being some of the best games around.
@MsSirAndy24 күн бұрын
Great guide! I love this game <3
@BroughtToBear24 күн бұрын
Glad you liked it. The game that started it all, a true strategy classic.
@KeepitFrosty124 күн бұрын
Congrats on the 1k bro much deserved . Hopefully speak soon I sent you a message on insta .
@BroughtToBear24 күн бұрын
Cheers mate, I’m finally going back to a reasonable schedule at work so will be able to set up a proper chat soon :).
@rallejensen379528 күн бұрын
Wassub
@BroughtToBear24 күн бұрын
Wassup!
@rafaaksamit2432Ай бұрын
my buge is amazing I can't get out of the water. mission on the ship
@BroughtToBearАй бұрын
I’ve read a variety of bug fixes (had a lot of game breaking ones myself) and generally they all come to same solution of reloading save files prior to the bugs occurrence. This lead me to having to complete an entire level again, but it did work in the end. It’s a good game and worth completing, but insanely buggy. Good luck with it, the only other alternatives I found were loading on different computers and bringing the save files (once you pass the section with the bug) back onto the original one.
@jaywerner8415Ай бұрын
"We have done every game from Shogun to troy..... and we haven't had a diplomatic game" Well it _is_ Total War after all, but well... lets be honest that was more down to Total Wars Diplomacy more then anything else. It didn't really "get good" till 3Kingdoms and so on. Speaking of Diplomacy, hopefully one of these days they make having Vassels worthwhile. Like bring back the "admin" tax and let us give Vassels LAND via diplomacy. The best thing this game added was the Resource system, something that I hope stays in Total War. Its funny, its one of those things we don't really think about till it becomes a thing. Something other then Gold to worry about to add a little bit of depth, after all "worth its weight in gold" is saying for a reason. Anyway, certainly going to be a interesting contrast between Historical and Mythical.
@BroughtToBear21 күн бұрын
The total war diplomacy has always been a bane for me. Honestly it's why I learnt to hate allies, which was only made worse thanks to Shogun 2. I'm hopeful for this one though, particularly in the early game. The resource system has been interesting, definitely feels better to have more than just one resource be the determiner. Means taking settlements becomes a bit more a necessity and trade can actually be useful for once, rather than a cheep way to sell access rights for gold. Really looking forward to mythical. This is my first historic and I've tried the truth behind the myth, but mythical will be a first time too. Not sure who to play yet, thinking Amazon (love this faction) for truth behind the myth and Odysseus for mythical as I've heard good things for their missions.
@rallejensen3795Ай бұрын
Great man stay blessed🦵
@BroughtToBearАй бұрын
Cheers, same to you.
@rallejensen3795Ай бұрын
Great commentating
@BroughtToBearАй бұрын
Cheers, always worried about it when the battles start getting harder but glad to hear it was good:)
@AdmiralSpaceballsАй бұрын
Where it all started for me , shame it cant run on modern computers
@BroughtToBearАй бұрын
And on that day, total war did steal our lives. I’m going to need to test shogun on my new pc, it worked fine on my laptop from like 2018, but I’ve yet to test it on anything more recent. Fingers crossed it’ll still run.
@IceniTotalWarАй бұрын
Congrats on 1K Subs m8 👍👍keep it going.
@BroughtToBearАй бұрын
Cheers mate, I’m slowly catching up to ya haha 😜.
@XuanNguyen-ng2fuАй бұрын
Zhang Fei Decline Duel again Cao Cao. WTH man!!!
@BroughtToBearАй бұрын
I was expecting to need him to fight elsewhere. Then the battle ended haha. It’s alright though, Zhang Fei had basically just carried the entire three kingdoms campaign before this. This battle was his day off.
@leonrobinson2053Ай бұрын
Should have used some of the cannons to target their infantry before climbing the hill. Also when you'd broken through, you did a great job moving your cavalry up but should have charged the retreating units, if you catch them with some of them going through the gate, you'll capture the gate house and wont have to wait
@BroughtToBearАй бұрын
All solid tactics and I definitely agree on the cavalry chase. I honestly didn’t expect to win this battle first time through, I don’t really expect to win any of the battles first time and so tactics are more just reactions than solid plans. Coming close to completing all of the total war historical battles now (just finished three kingdoms) so might be returning to see if I can do better on some of the old ones for a stream one day. Cheers for the shouts, I’ll keep them in mind for next time.
@joshreynolds2456Ай бұрын
Nice keep it up
@BroughtToBearАй бұрын
Cheers, on to the next total war.
@RealRotkohlАй бұрын
Damn, i'm struggling with the historical battles on easy difficulty, while you're crushing them on very hard. Absolutely amazing work, much respect! :)
@BroughtToBearАй бұрын
Cheers, some of these battles are blooming hard so good luck getting through them, particularly in the old total wars.
@RealRotkohlАй бұрын
@@BroughtToBear Thanks! I will try my best to master the historical battles.
@RocketsredbearАй бұрын
The narrator's voice is so dang good! Great job!
@BroughtToBear21 күн бұрын
I think it's all Sean Pertwee, incredible voice and incredible actor. They really should get him back for more of the games, he did a top notch job for this one.
@RocketsredbearАй бұрын
I remember the first time the Golden Horde arrived and ruined a playthrough of mine. I remember the second time they arrived and I was prepared. >:)
@BroughtToBearАй бұрын
They’re a nasty surprise to drop on the campaign, though it sounds like vengeance was served ;).
@RocketsredbearАй бұрын
Definitely. I was the Byzantines and had multiple stacks 2 territories away. they exited Anatolia quickly by force.
@ZachHumphrey-hi9wtАй бұрын
Please also click on the unit stats post-battle summary button for future videos. I want to know how the Zweihander did.
@BroughtToBearАй бұрын
I honestly wasn’t sure if people would want to see so thanks for this, I’ll remember it for the future, cheers.
@robertfisher8359Ай бұрын
This video dropped in my recommended. I see someone already mentioned why the French have the Scots Guard and also the Archduke of Austria/Holy Roman Emperor/King of Spain. I'll take things a step further. In the medieval period and Renaissance, it was pretty common for armies to include foreign soldiers in its ranks, whether by treaty (such as the Scots Guard), as foreign recruits (ref Byzantine Empire's Latinikoi), and mercenaries (Papal Guard, Swiss Pikemen, Landsknecht, and more). Between 1081 and 1204, the Varangian Guard - bodyguards of the Byzantine emperors, guards of the imperial treasury, and the elite shock troops of the Byzantine Army - saw a major change in its ranks. Originally consisting of Russians and Scandinavians, Emperor Alexios I received a massive exodus of Anglo-Saxon refugees from England fleeing Norman rule. In exchange for many of them joining the Varangian Guard, the Anglo-Saxons were gifted some land in the Crimea and allowed to settle a colony there (called New England). While cavalry would continue to dominate the battlefields of their era, these English Varangians acquitted themselves dutifully, covering the retreat for Dyrrachium in 1081 (which, tbf, they caused the Byzantine defeat in the first place) and Constantinople against the 4th Crusade. Some sources even mention descendants of these Varangians still serving in the 15th century, at the very end of the empire's existence.
@BroughtToBearАй бұрын
And this is why I love historical games, the community just freely offers up a history lesson! Cheers for the read mate, don’t suppose you remember any good books for these events? I’ve been wanting to get back into reading history, I’ve spent too long reading fantasy at this point and need a change of pace.
@charliecordell4760Ай бұрын
omfg while playing I felt like (damn this feels like a mobile game) lol
@BroughtToBearАй бұрын
It was an incredible mobile game! Honestly wish they’d make another for mobile as this is the sort of game I’d like to play on one.
@charliecordell4760Ай бұрын
@@BroughtToBear most definitely. It's an okay game to play. Kind of boring on PC but cool to play while watching yt videos or something. Would be perfect on a tablet or mobile!!
@johnnytilar792Ай бұрын
just subbed hehe
@BroughtToBearАй бұрын
Why thank you. Glad you’ve enjoyed :)
@vaastavmishra2035Ай бұрын
This version of the battle of Hastings seems more detailed and large scale compared to medieval 2 version Not saying the other one is bad but this one is better even though its doesnt look graphically appealing
@BroughtToBearАй бұрын
Totally agree! The close up battles are better from Rome onwards, but the scale was just different pre Rome. Both Rome and medieval 2 are incredible games and epic in their own rights, but old school tiny sprites running from one end of a massive map to the next just hits different.
@kubotaisnice1895Ай бұрын
This one will be hard not because the game is hard but its so shit you want to quit (in my opinion)
@BroughtToBearАй бұрын
Honestly, I really did enjoy my (short) time with the amazons, but the play test using Achilles got pretty old pretty quick. Seems like there are going to be a whole lot of rebellions going on in this campaign.
@Hølløwguy-f7qАй бұрын
The way Achilles just stepped on bro like a door mat😂.
@BroughtToBearАй бұрын
Brad Pitt would be proud!
@TheEnginseerАй бұрын
Great video, been meaning to play this game again
@BroughtToBearАй бұрын
It’s well worth going back too. Romance mode I have to say is the best way to play, mostly as it gives epic battles like this one.
@juuzousuzuya654Ай бұрын
Flipping epic video dude ^-^
@BroughtToBearАй бұрын
Cheers. Always know it’ll be a good one when Zhang Fei shows up ;)
@Adelnoor_2 ай бұрын
Very professional review, well done! Currently the game "63 Days" is about to be released from the same devs and your video helped me get a grasp on what the previous title looked like
@BroughtToBearАй бұрын
Glad you liked it and that it helped with the decision. I hadn’t kept up with the devs for a while so cheers for the shout about 63 days, I may need to do a little snooping into things for that now too.
@legocult2 ай бұрын
My best experience in this game - enter .conan. and play as Rebels. Constant battles against whole world from turn 1.
@legocult2 ай бұрын
I recommend to play on Normal difficulty. Starting from Hard, peasants can slaughter feudal man at arms, it's weird.
@BroughtToBearАй бұрын
Completely agree for an intro campaign. Normal is the best way to get to grips with all the mechanics and the unit balance. I kind of made these videos for me, since as a kid I always tried on higher difficulties and completely failed haha.
@gabe750012 ай бұрын
Good job, how do your generals have so many skills though?
@BroughtToBear2 ай бұрын
They’re what the game gives you for the historical battles. I’m honestly not sure why there are so many, particularly as the devs included skills to use while riding elephants, even though they give you characters on horseback.
@azylumZ2 ай бұрын
once you kill kutuzov and take redoubts, any unit on the left flank routs. that's how i won first time, was left astonished lol. sadly i haven't been able to win it in mp yet
@BroughtToBearАй бұрын
Haha a true general snipe. Good luck on doing a historic battle in mp, that sounds way too hard, or do the armies get balanced a little better for mp?
@1tsFawkes2 ай бұрын
Great video, I've yet to beat this battle. I was wondering why flags would come up instead of the unit formation when you made them move. Do you shift click for waypoints every time when ordering movement?
@BroughtToBear2 ай бұрын
Cheers, glad you enjoyed it. Been a long time since I recorded anything for the old total war games, but I’m pretty sure it’s due to the shift clicking (setting waypoints to travel) or just simply clicking instead of dragging the click to create the unit formation. I use the waypoints to set up flanking manoeuvres mostly. Anything that takes a long time to pull off, mostly as it means I don’t have to watch the movement and can take care of the rest of the army while my cavalry is finishing getting into place…and then forget about the cavalry until after I needed them haha.
@1tsFawkesАй бұрын
@@BroughtToBearthanks for the reply on an old video. I've since moved on to medieval 2 and while I have a soft spot for 1, I have to say 2 is really fun and epic with the animations, charges and voices (plus the music, damn). Medieval 1 shows its age a tad too much even for me
@gemc46342 ай бұрын
Thank you, I was doing so well and then troops got into my undefended territories, I started losing everything and rebellions sprung up literally everywhere. With this information I'm going to try another run
@BroughtToBear2 ай бұрын
No problem. Good luck with your campaign =].
@pablogomeztorres8922 ай бұрын
Damn, i didnt remember how music in this game slapped
@BroughtToBear2 ай бұрын
Medieval 2 had the best of the entire franchise. Iconic, legendary and timeless. (honorary mention for the original Rome)
@PB-pe6dv3 ай бұрын
fots legendary campaign with traditional only please ; )
@BroughtToBear2 ай бұрын
I have tried this a few times and it is a serious slog. Tempting...might add it to the list for when the total challenge is over.
@Augustinb323 ай бұрын
The Priest follower only affect the ennemy province public order. It's actually the beat follower to use on governors after the scribe I believe
@BroughtToBear2 ай бұрын
Yeah I misread a few of them unfortunately. I'm not sure what it is about Thrones (and Rome/Troy/Attila for that matter) but I seem to get a lot of the text mixed up when I read them. I normally play a lot slower than I do when I'm on KZbin so it might just be me rushing things like that. Cheers for the shout though.
@Augustinb322 ай бұрын
@@BroughtToBear yeah you play great though, fun yo watch