I Rank the BEST MOD for EVERY Historical Total War Game in 2024

[@nubbyshober1283]

Great guide! Thank you! Thanks for introducing Medieval Kingdoms 1212 for Attila; and the updated version of Stainless Steel for M2TW; for which Broken Crescent should've gotten a runner-up award. I've been a fan of Dresden and his incomparable DEI mod for Rome2 since the beginning!

[@gabinchorein-parisot3255]

For Napoleon Total War, don't forget NTW3 as a MP mod (even if the campaign works well and does have some appreciated changes) and the Napoleon Era mod that allows to play basically any campaigns from the Revolution to 1815 (and with upcoming 18th and 19th century conflicts too)

[@Der_Herzog]

you can play this in mp? tried this few years ago whith a friend, didnt work

[@liama2846]

@@Der_HerzogNTW3 is purely for MP. It doesn’t really add to SP from the base game

[@texenna]

cant forget NTW3

[@Anonymous_Gentleman]

FCN, too. Personally I like ACW, the community is much better imo

[@chickenpusher5471]

Please list the mods for each game or create titles chapters. I don't know what the names of some of the mods are !

[@skaor8036]

Glad to see that Gilded Destiny has taken to ordering ads. The game looks like a good competitor to Paradox games. Would love to see more attention around it.

[@AndysTake]

I'm very excited for it, super happy to be working with them :)

[@danthemantis3878]

Thanks for giving FCN a mention! We really appreciate it❤ Great War mod is absolutely amazing, and I would have to say for NTW there is too many great mods to set a number one for me personally, as it’s really down to personal opinion, what niche you enjoy more etc. Great video, and it’s always good to see what mods are best for each game because I never have a clue what to download haha

[@toddanderson6568]

Your best video yet. It is a really good summary of the series as to play unmodded would be unthinkable. I would recommend making this an annual video that includes any updated information such as the new time period for DEI in December. Including time stamps might be helpful, but I quibble.

[@AndysTake]

Thank you so much! I'll include time stamps when I have time, thanks for the suggestion :) Will definitely keep up to date with the mods going forward as well, although the ranking probably wont change since both MK1212 for Attila and the Great War are doing major updates (likely) this year which will cement them further as amazing. Of course the Dawnless Days mod is also adding their campaign so.... man, it's gonna be a good year or two for Attila modding! Which new time period is DEI adding? Gotta check that one out!

[@Lucpol1986]

Have thousands of hours on the clock and have not used any mods since original TW came out. So unthinkable it is not 👍🏾

[@AndysTake]

@@Lucpol1986 that’s wild haha, why haven’t you tried a mod yet?

[@Lucpol1986]

@@AndysTakeI will definitely dip my feet after seeing this useful video 🙂. It seems that they open up a new realm of new possibilities!

[@basileusp5494]

Thanks for highlighting these mods. I will definitely be trying some of them especially the mods for Empire and Napoleon as I just purchased these two games. I will only play mods now as they are always better than the vanilla games. Modders deserve so much gratitude that they can never be thanked enough for their work!

[@TrojanR6]

You didn't mention TW3K Mods. They added the MGU + TUP Mods overhaul, Or The TROM Mod pack, which adds unique portraits and a multitude of historical characters that CA neglected in the base game.

[@midshipman8654]

I think a shout out should also go to tsardoms total war for medieval 2. both the 1300s version and 1400s version. beautiful models, really cool attention to detail, historical information, interesting scripts andmap gameplay and really fun battles.

[@Punggles]

Looks like I've got some mod downloading to do... excellent video and list!

[@natoslayer2907]

9:44 Shogun 2 10:55 Rome 2 Divide et Impera

[@mirceaiulian6960]

Tsardom for MTW II is also awsome, with tons of events about the fall of the Byzantine Empire

[@axondrey9991]

I'd like to share one the best mods I've ever come upon: "Last Alliance:Total War" on Shogun 2. It takes place during the Second age of Middle Earth and although it's still in development, there are alpha releases on moddb and even at the stage, I can already say that it's a pretty amazing mod

[@Smaug2b]

Fireforged empire for base game attila has his letter of nobless

[@rosswilson3612]

Damnn that intro !! Shivers dude ! Sums up the joy that is total war !

[@AndysTake]

Exactly what I was going for, thank you so much ;)

[@rosswilson3612]

@@AndysTake keep up the good work my man ! can we agree also that Jeff van dyck clearly knows what total war is all about too ? Hope CA remembers at some point...

[@rosswilson3612]

Total war is about making us feel like we are a part of history. Putting the player into the struggles of history. No other series of games makes you feel as involved as total war does and it's a shame we don't get that same feeling as the pre Warhammer games. They just feel flat compared to the old school total war games.

[@buinghiathuan4595]

DEI, hand down the best mod. It fundamentally change how the game work. From rock paper scissors to maneuver warfare. Unit have more weight, moral play central roll in any battle. And don't forget about logistics, which vanilla total war didn't have

[@luigisaguier8336]

Carlist Wars for Shogun 2, OWO and Last Alliance too! Shogun 2 will simply rock this 2024

[@DivineAlchemyOfSouls]

whats OWO? also the carlist wars is the one mod that im fucking CRAVING, its finally gonna scratch that empire 2 itch ive had for so long. Also, is the last alliance worth it at all?

[@cvanvslivs2406]

No Tsardoms: Total War for M2TW? Why?!😭

[@basiliimakedonas1109]

Because Byzantine gigatank kataphracts

[@diamondgaming63]

Third Age: Total War mod for Medieval 2 takes the top spot, no other mod even comes close.

[@Cambo1579]

Specifically the divide and conquer mod

[@krystofcisar469]

divide and conquer is absolute bnager. unfortunately even the latest version crashes and sometime saves dontwork :(

[@josephwait7384]

While nostalgia will always give mad love to third age. Divide and conquer surpassed it and became a better overall product...and while it started as an add on to third age it is it's own standalone mod now. Nostalgia will mean that the time I spent and loved third age will never be replaced and I'll always hold it in a special place. But if you're going to play one of the two today...divide and conquer is the way to go.

[@tswims92]

The only other option would be Europa Barbarorum II

[@RickyRamsey-kh2gm]

Thank you for this. I’ve been playing total wars since shogun 1 and some of these I’ve never heard of.

[@nicolasahumada8974]

I love how each of your games look. Would you make a video or maybe post a comment on your graphical mods and reshade for each game? thank youuuu

[@liama2846]

Andy has done videos on this before

[@ryanwingfield6092]

Is it possible for you to do a full video on the Shogun 2 Master of Strategy mod? I don't think there's a single youtuber who's done an overview video on it yet

[@3musketerantidbd174]

Have you considered to play Napoleonic era chapter mod for Napoleon Total war?

[@oliverhughes610]

Can't really fault any of your choices for the games I've played. I would add another mod to the Shogun 2 list - the expanded Japan mod. The additional provinces and clans really adds a lot of depth to the experience and works with the other mods you mentioned. Worth mentioning as well that RTR:IS is a mix (in practice) of the original Rome Total Realism and Roma Surrectum mods for the original Rome Total War. RS3 is definitely my vote for the best mod of the og game.

[@mezjean5966]

I have put so many hours into stainless steel, such a great mod! However those turn timers are absolutely insane. Easily spending much more time waiting for the next turn.

[@elkingoh4543]

Shogun 2 Ultimate Immersive Mod is legendary, man

[@andrewfish3141]

Hey ma' mannnnn :) nice vid,i can feel your pasion about the TW games ^^ how about Europa Barbarororum 2? for Medieval 2? redo the list for Med2 and imo Shhip,EbiII and D&C v5 are the Goats for MED2 just a gamer personal opinion ,anyway high quality vids form your like usual,when i look on them i can feel the gamer talkin^^ Well played all good mods out there for all TW games and imo DEI,1212 AD,Ancient Empiers (Classical Empire) and Europa Barbarorum 2 are best mods ever made by moders til now.

[@Smenkhaare]

Ancient /Classical Empires are great mods. Classical Empires needs to be tweaked more IMHO.

[@Jixxor]

It's impressive for sure but over 2000 provinces on the map sounds so overwhelming that it'd never even wanna try it at all

[@jereboy2005]

Theres a good amount of choices for Rome Remastered nowadays, which i love! I havent checked out that RTR mod in probably over a year. Sounds like its done good work! I never played it too much as i found their campaign map just a little too large for my attention span gameplay. But what you show here does make it seem like i should give it a check, at least play around with a greek faction for a bit.

[@b-dizl1716]

Great video!

[@AndysTake]

Thank you! Great mod :)

[@Smenkhaare]

Rome II's Medieval Mod is great... I think it is called 1100 AD. I agree with your mod choices for all of the games up to Attila... I don't have Thrones of Britannia, no Three Kingdoms, I have Troy on Epic and am going to get Pharaoh sometime in 2024.

[@portman8909]

I tried it, but meh. Just not a fan of Rome 2 tbh.

[@Smenkhaare]

I hear you. I totally dislike Rome II and love Atilla. The 1100 AD mod is good and hard though. So I played a full game as Makuria and loved it. It is hard to make money and conquest is slow and well earned. I used a lot of mercenaries in Europe and Balkan units as my base units and mercenaries were not well equipped for those fights. I had all of Africa and the Middle East. Two pronged fronts in Italy and Spain that I linked up in the middle of France. I then head east and grabbed the Balkans. The Byzantines were my one and true ally and I used them to help me clean up in the east. Both 1100 AD and 1212 AD need to fully implement navies. 1100 AD claims it does but as Makuria I had absolutely no Navy... just armies.@@portman8909

[@marcinzok8972]

Better mods are from M2 - few of them include all world map and some fantasy.

[@DrewDawg733]

I totally get that it is more work on your end, so I'm not asking for every video...but dividing this up with timestamps and links to mod in your description would be extremely helpful. KZbin is going crazy lately on people that are searching through videos. So, if I am looking for a specific TW game and its recommended mod on this game I am hit with a commercial each time I jump to a different time in your video. I just honestly gave up because I was seeing more Ads than content while trying to find the title of the mod. The links would help because sometimes there are multiple versions of a mod or extreme similarities between titles. Sometimes closed captioning does you a disservice too. Called the Rome Remastered mod "Imperium Rectum", which I'm pretty sure isn't correct lol. Big fan of your content and 100% understand Ads on your content, but I am positive this is not what you intended. It seems like the past couple months that youtube has been punishing those searching for specific moment within the content. Thanks for all you do and good luck bud. Gilded Destiny looks pretty cool too. Hope they give you some first look material to dive into.

[@kenc9236]

EA should employ modders as they have kept the games alive for many years. Bravo and thanks to you modders.

[@milansvancara]

Before I watch, the right answer for every title is ''Better Camera Mod'' :D

[@roberthara1603]

Still playing Divide et Impera at almost 800 hrs, Ive only played a couple of factions!

[@WalkingLegacy]

I'm surprised Divide and Conquer wasn't called out for Medieval 2.

[@AndysTake]

I guess you didn’t watch the video then?

[@WalkingLegacy]

@@AndysTakeI must have missed it! I was listening while playing with my toddler. That's on me, Andy.

[@Cambo1579]

It was weirdly given a runner up for it despite being the best mod across all games, let alone medieval 2

[@kristijangrgic9841]

​@@Cambo1579maybe for you but for me. Its not even in top 3 in M2TW. People have different tastes.

[@Cambo1579]

@@kristijangrgic9841 I get that you can prefer different mods, but when it’s a debate of what’s best, divide and conquer takes it. No other mod out there has done what they have. They’ve created a whole new world to play in with so so much detail and variety or troops and detail to the lore as well as capturing the magic of lord of the rings as if it was a new total war game all together if not better. Perhaps if you haven’t played it you won’t know what I mean but if you have you’d understand whether or not you prefer other mods this one is one of if not the very best.

[@anathardayaldar]

May favorite Shogun2 mod and what I'm playing right now is Imgin War/Morning Sun. It extends to map to include Korea, China and Mongolia. It includes those factions plus more factions beyond those three. I'm currently playing as Korea fighting off the Japanese invasion. My hope is to uno-reverse them and invade Japan as the Koreans! :D It is buggy, caveat emptor. The wako pirates event still lags like crazy and the region they raid is rendered unplayable. But otherwise, this newest version hasn't crashed... yet.

[@mattcat83]

His B-Roll footage carefully avoids showing any sprites from M2TW as the LoD has always been janky even with mods.

[@brkenppt2222]

Two comment only to sh*t on this guy video, great addition to the comment section

[@BigMacnCheese]

Cant get Sship to run stable unfortunately :(

[@jakmilz]

La Montee De l'empire is also a good NTW mod, very good for single player battles

[@90Rush]

Napoleonic Eras seem to be a new mod that might become even better?

[@scott9954]

It would be helpful if you had the name of the mod up on the screen when talking about it. It is sometimes difficult to understand what you said.

[@Astraben]

I´d have loved some more info on the ToB scene, because Shieldwall, as good as it is, is dead and done.

[@AaronM909]

This is my top list for mods that I love and will always come back to. Rome 2 total war. NEW WORLD - Alternate History Overhaul. Three Kingdoms total war. Chibi Start Date Shogun 2 total war. Fourstrider's Medieval 2 total war. 100% Broken Crescent there has never been a more better Crusader mod,

[@izzitfs2311]

Last Alliance mod for Shogun 2?

[@DameWhoGames623]

For me NW3 is by far, keeping to the original, the best Total War mod for NTW... The detail, units, slow pace of battle, if this was made today, I would creaam myself

[@park1699]

i think for attila ancient empire come equivalent to the mk1212 mod if a player prefer the roman time period over the medieval one

[@mattcat83]

What is going on with this guy's UI? Does he play with his face two inches away from his screen?

[@glen7k621]

where's Three Kingdoms?

[@wingdingman76]

I tried installing the great war mod and it doesn't work. I've installed it in order and when launching the game it seamlessly crashes and requires other mods to be implemented even tho the total mod Alone is installed. Which leaves me with other mods for other total war games and yet have same issues with them as well

[@ibinado1]

Agree with all picks, except for Attila - 1212 ist not even in my top 3 for Attila - its big but not deep (no naval, etc.)

[@PAINNN666]

What mode for Three kingdoms you say?

[@JALCO13]

Sship mod, the best historical mod for M2TW, pretty challenge and historical!!!

[@ЯрославЯковлев-ш8х]

What graphic mod do you use for Pirates Uber Ales? Your map looks soo good and crisp

[@ivanbro1208]

cant wait for guilded destinies

[@aramokurdo]

no Europa Babrarorum?! no Imperium Romana?! :\\\\

[@ZunaidIslam-m9p]

Great vid! I downloaded PUA but my graphics (even after changing scripts) doesn't appear as nice yours, yours has better shadows, form and almost has a nice glow, could you tell me how you set the graphics EWT PUA?

[@CheriShin21]

Have you done the part in the installations steps where you click the PUA graphics button in the launcher?

[@Starfix00]

Man, your video could be interesting but seriously... no chapters, no separators titles in the video, no links, no extended comment to quickly refer which base game with which mod... result is poor and looks like a lazy production..

[@bbdawise]

I wish you had links in your description to all these mods :/

[@jasonargos110]

Rome 2 best mod is WARS OF THE GODS-ANCIENT WARS. Should have mentioned it as a runner up at least. And a call out to Para Bellum mod also.

[@marcopc220]

Is “DEI” Divide et Impera?

[@Gyratus]

How did you get such clean and nice visuals on DEI Rome 2 ? Even on max settings the game is still a blury pixelized mess

[@liama2846]

What about Napoleonic Eras?

[@Formally-known-Prince-Andrew]

Do all mods make these games harder I'm looking for a m2tw with a better battle ui that's it lol

[@owainevans89]

Miedieval total war XL mod should have been mentioned. A very good mod for the original

[@Zeek-Tomo]

Bulat Steel and/or 1191 for Medieval II.

[@ms_publisher7143]

DAC mentioned woooo

[@mamascookin]

Wish FOTS made the list I agree with all the other mod choices for 2024 wish Shogun 2 was working rn 😣

[@ScaniaVikings]

Did you miss ToB mate? Pretty sure it's historical :)

[@bobcyr1815]

you know that ATW MK1212 was stolen from PG 1220

[@calumlittle9828]

Can someone find a way to mod the youtube shills out of total war?

[@oooeee5556]

Anyone has the name of the TW3K one?

[@MrAMT92]

Well, for 3K:TW I'd recommend Shatti's Record's Mod, which rebalances the game for even more strategic experience.

[@-hms34]

Best mod to Fall of samurai? ^.^

[@freundlichefrikadelle634]

cool video but you forgot total war shogun fall of the samurai XD

[@TheBranchez]

Why choose Pirates uber alles instead of Empire II?

[@AndysTake]

I like it more

[@TheBranchez]

@@AndysTake Fair enough Andy but I was hoping for a wee more detailed explanation :)

[@inquerion8867]

@@TheBranchez Empire 2 mod has terrible new morale system (units break in seconds) and too many cloned units (5-10 almost identical versions of the same unit). They also removed some cool Empire features, like religion.

[@CheriShin21]

Watch TheTerminator's review of Pirates Uber Alles to know more :D

[@inquerion8867]

@@CheriShin21 I watched his video. As always, he praises the mod but completely skipped PUA faults and weak points.

[@ZenAndPsychedelicHealingCenter]

This video is poorly done since it's hard to follow which mods you're talking about at any time. Also, use timestamps. It's not 2004. Then there's that you pay no attention to comments. All of this means that frankly you aren't worth following. Your approach is lazy and disrespectful to your audience.

[@NaughtyNuxia]

Need time stamps!!

[@mohamedelhakem3931]

For me Trom mod 1and 2 is the best mod for Etw & Ntw

[@pauljs3278]

Masters of Strat looks like such a great mod. But it’s a mess to download! There’s no 1 package download like Darth or Radios

[@Pururin_Purin]

Best mod for Medieval 2 is JLMP Vanilla Kingdoms. You get the vanilla + kingdoms experience. Mods like stainless steel, sship quality is all over the place.

[@CheriShin21]

I think a lot of Medieval 2 players have played the game since release, so a vanilla-like mod might be too simple for their taste. At least it does for me.

[@tictac-bl4so]

Im sorry but third age is the best total war mod period and easily the best medieval 2 mod

[@VaporFox25]

Divide and Conquer

[@brkenppt2222]

Personal opinion ect..

[@peter208720]

Divide and conquer way better

[@horithehearty5460]

Nah g Elder Scrolls Total War allday

[@thejanitoryt8583]

Call of warhammer: BOTET

[@portman8909]

Mic too loud

[@revali8349]

?

[@fly_pie_1172]

someone here clearly hasnt played radious mods

[@killerboy4441]

Putting Pharaoh as a historical title is beyond stupid...

[@sway3566]

Fine I’ll subscribe and like the video 😂

[@ZenAndPsychedelicHealingCenter]

No links and no timestamps. This is lazy.

[@erikpittau5371]

Team bellum crucis for Medieval II ⬇️

[@Listitan]

Hmmm i think divide and conquer is better than SSHIP :S

[@cerdic6586]

Divide et impera for Rome 2 utterly transformed an otherwise mediocre game. I think Radious was a much better mod for Thrones than shieldwall.

[@AirAssault7]

Fall of the Eagles is a great mod for Attila, but Medieval Kingdoms 1212 AD is also good.

[@SFTaYZa]

Divide et Impera, the only good dei.

[@DJ-mp1zz]

I don't know why a super incomplete mod for an unpopular remaster (Rome 1) was mentioned and not Europa Barbarorum for Rome 1, which is probably the greatest and most morally just mod ever made for TW. It undid the fantasy and offensively wrong aspects of Rome 1 that make Rome 1 such an awful game by modern and historical standards. Like in the description for the mod mentioned here it only has done Greeks.... and eventually will do Romans, but those are already the least-awful factions in need of the least fixing

[@AntonioBarbarian]

Because it's already based on both Roma Surrectum 2 and Rome Total Realism, so the entire map and factions are already historically accurate, they're just redoing them on a modern level of quality and at a far larger scale than what EB could. Also, Rome Remastered is a much better game than OG.

[@ElCidTheScienceKid]

My man chose Radious 😂😂😂

[@isaiahjolin7178]

Hello Andy my name is Isaiah and I have something important to say to you. God loves you and like any father he wants to help you and keep you safe especially from the devil. But I am not just speaking to you about this I am also talking to your fans about this. God loves you all and especially in the times we our living in we are in need of him more than ever. But the choice is ultimately yours have a nice day Shalom Shalom.

[@ZenAndPsychedelicHealingCenter]

Stop spamming other people's channels. You can be banned from KZbin for doing this. Get some mental health help.

[@pittsburghpirateshat8950]

Pharaoh is not a historical game, it’s like a poor copy of an actual historical game that wasn’t made with any thought or care. It was made to try to desperately woo back the history fans who left total war after Warhammer. It didn’t work. CA just keeps shooting itself in the foot.

[@laisphinto6372]

Oh that Bad?

[@marcinzok8972]

@@laisphinto6372 It is great - at least we can laugh at them.

[@geoffwitt4227]

I personally enjoy playing and modding Pharaoh total war. But it or stop the lame complaining.

[@peterjoy1606]

You don't sound like you've actually played half of these mods, you're just reading a summary of the features

[@AndysTake]

You don’t sound like you know anything about me or have ever seen any video on this channel

[@peterjoy1606]

@@AndysTake I've seen quite a few and with respect they're quite formulaic.

[@AndysTake]

@@peterjoy1606 for the most part they’re meant to be introductory and showcases, giving an overview over why they’re great, not necessarily showing a 100 hour playthrough

[@Joamamabsus]

FIRST

[@Joamamabsus]

And btw i love your vids

[@wilhelm7450]

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[@wilhelm7450]

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[@marcinzok8972]

In todays epizode of Shill from CA.....

[@AndysTake]

Oh wow! You have to be truly brain dead to think that valuing the incredible work of passionate people who provide FREE STUFF is shilling for a company (five dots in a row)

[@marcinzok8972]

@@AndysTakeYeah yeah cut the crap. You are so hopfull for CA (or was not long ago - when criticizing CA was bad) that your brain is on vacation (where are arguments other than "well CA will do better - i am shill so they will so buy the games and DLCs).

[@AndysTake]

@@marcinzok8972 stay in your swamp if you want to dude, I’m too busy loving life and having fun with these mods and the incredible people who work on them :)

[@marcinzok8972]

@@AndysTake Don't talk about better people than you using them as a shield - you don't deserve any respect - they do.

[@DimitarFCBM]

HOW the hell is Bulgaria not in the Great War mod?? Like, they were the best fighters in the whole war, beating armies much more larger and well equipped?

[@sncaz1767]

still reckon darthmod is the best for empire, makes the battles way more epic and the ai is smarter (not in diplomacy tho lol)