Did Total War Just Re-Enter the GOOD Timeline?

[@AndysTake]

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[@tylerrobbins8311]

This popped up in my feed, you fet a sub just for being a good wife, your man is blessed.

[@bauer9101]

For the first 5 seconds I thought ‘Andy sounds different’😂

[@TheRevan1337]

hmm :P

[@basileusp5494]

Me too.

[@ellagg]

And because the channel profile pic changed I thought I had accidentally clicked on the wrong video. 😂

[@disillusioned8686]

The first 5 seconds? I thought he sounded different the whole video…

[@ardvar2585]

It's Andrea's Take

[@michaelr3583]

Andy, your wife is a champ

[@Pilps]

Damm Andy, hope you feel better soon and make a full recovery! Much love and amazing Wife for doing this for you!

[@AndysTake]

Thank you my friend! I'm a very lucky guy!

[@cdm1972]

Andy’s wife is a gem to do this.

[@charlesmiv3842]

Hearing a member of the female species cover total war, let alone historical total war is a first, I think.

[@xystondory1726]

It is scary

[@idontlikerome2744]

"The other half of our species" lol I remember there were a lass playing Rise of the Republic faction, just forgot the name of her channel

[@charlesmiv3842]

@@idontlikerome2744 I’d like to know this.

[@AlexTTzer0]

A wife who is a fan of Total War? This is the best DLC ever!

[@idontlikerome2744]

Dude got an exclusive, secret DLC lucky lad

[@fearan9406]

Now this is a gender reveal

[@AndysTake]

LMAO

[@robevans8629]

Now this is pod racing!

[@idontlikerome2744]

"Chosen a new leader to lead "Legion Andy's Take" in the meanwhile"

[@SergeantPsycho]

I think we're way overdue for another gunpowder Total War game. Empire 2, Pike and Shot era, or something in the 19th century would be awesome.

[@TheLeemaVids]

American Civil War perhaps? Or the second German Empire with Bismarck?

[@SergeantPsycho]

@@TheLeemaVids Both would be interesting, tbh. Maybe if they did something like with Kingdoms for Medieval 2.

[@idontlikerome2744]

@@TheLeemaVids Why not both? With a big map like Empire TW

[@hansmatos2504]

Total war Warhammer 4 instead

[@Ronin.97]

@@TheLeemaVids They can do the civil war with empire like they have before. Empire 2 is way over due at this point but that would mean they would have to bring back naval combat which they abandoned long ago. Probably too much investment for them.

[@Konrad_IV]

Caught me off guard for a sec, but a nice surprise that you are delivering the good word. Best wishes to your husband!

[@kobakareli]

My first time on this channel and, wow, that’s true partnership right here

[@paul_mumford]

Hope your husband recovers soon.

[@ZorroOfTheLaw]

Surprisingly good narrating from your wife, Andy. Props to her.

[@dmitrikulkevicius9161]

They should have spent that time remastering Medieval 2 total war.

[@AndysTake]

Would really love a Medieval 2 remastered

[@khal7702]

why u want them wasting time on remastering go play medieval 2 with mods

[@JesseStinkman115]

@@khal7702 mods have limits though, Rome remasted looks way better than any mod could have made the original game look. And with the mod support it has, you can only imagine the possibilities we would have, if they remasterd the most beloved Total War game - Medieval II

[@wilsun3638]

I’ll be real and say I’m honestly waiting for Shogun 3 more

[@jonasmollghin9719]

I wan't Medieval 3 more Medieval 2 remastered

[@RogueRanks]

Andy's wife killing it out here! Amazing job & great video as always. Here's hoping our boy gets his voice back soon

[@lordgong4980]

Boy Andy sure sounds different today

[@idontlikerome2744]

What pneumonia does to someone's voice man...

[@kakarotwolf]

First time seeing this channel, it was wholesome. The fact that your wife did an entire dedicated video for you is awesome.

[@mcmarkmarkson7115]

More like damage control after they wanted to really pickpocket their customer with inferior products. They try this all the time. The insanely expensive DLC in historic total wars, the Rome 2 release. The censorship on the forums for simple criticism and then again trying to make $$ with inferior DLC

[@Da-Big-A]

Not until the Empire 2

[@virmontis2754]

And medival3

[@swissarmyknight4306]

@@virmontis2754 I'd love that. I'd also love something from the era of Fall of the Samurai. Its time for 1800's content.

[@virmontis2754]

@@swissarmyknight4306 that could be included in empire2 like an extra campaign

[@LiquidDIO]

God no. There's no way CA wouldn't screw that up by making a mechanically backwards, DLC laden, dumbed down and streamlined big steaming mess.

[@spiffygonzales5160]

​@@virmontis2754 Ladies and gentlemen: the "I'm totally a fan of the old games even though i started with Warhammer" mindset. No, it shouldn't be a dlc. If were gonna make dlcs for games like the old stuff it should be the whole of asia. The whole of africa. Not just one friggin nation.

[@dritzzhaynes7217]

I hope Andy gets better soon. Miss his videos. But good job Nabine (apologies if spelt wrong)

[@AndysTake]

Neven :) And thank you so much!

[@dritzzhaynes7217]

@@AndysTake men are terrible spellers 🙈😆

[@khal7702]

I really believe that scope doesn't make game great, Shogun 2 was my favorite because it localized the warfare n had better focus. Now Dynasties is great, it adds a lot that future total wars should implement. Forts, civil wars done right, each major faction having different mechanics n much more.

[@Sinful_Lich]

This really isn't the historical title we are looking for. We want the old tactical interactions back, a world map to play on with a good variety of factions and playstyles, and logistic features. Pharoah slapped on a bunch of cities, but it's the most simplistic of all the historical titles. Don't let God rays fool you, there is actually far less to this game than Rome 2 or Empire total war. Hell even Thrones of Britannia is more interesting from a tactical and logistical perspective.

[@lp4514]

I would say it has a good variety of factions and cultures after the update (like Egyptian. Hittite, Babylonian, Assyrian, Elamite, Mycenaean/Greek, Thracian, Cimmerian, Canaanite, Nubian, Libu, Urartian, Sardinian/Italian) and definitely is more complex than Rome 2, are you sure you remember vanilla Rome 2 and not some mod like DEI that adds a ton of complexity that vanilla Rome 2 didn't have? I'm not saying Pharaoh is perfect and there will be some mods that make cities/buildings and trade more complex and add things like a population system, kind of like DEI, which will make Pharaoh much better, but even now it's not the most simplistic tw title.

[@thomaslacornette1282]

If some old peoples remenber "conquest of the new world" it was a awesome conquer/colonization game: battles were like some kind of checkboard but were still cool for the 90s. There was a lot of building cites and ressources logistics, this type of game combined with total war batles would be awesome. CA have to renew the genre badly. A little bit like M&B should have integrate Crusader kinds gameplay outside of battles. CA assembly could also have create their own M&B lol... This company make the same game since they born...

[@Sinful_Lich]

@lp4514 agreed, this is also my point. Pharoah Is a great canvas, for them to create another masterpiece. but I play total war games all the time and I can't help but pick up on how much is lost. Plus I miss the European factions

[@johnirby8847]

Pharoah is still 1/10th the game compared to Rome 1 and Medieval 2.

[@johnirby8847]

And the mods for the remaster have some of the largest maps and factions in any total war game.

[@eduardowollants820]

GREAT VIDEO. thank you for taking over your husband's work, and I hope he gets better

[@sophicEnt.]

Andy your wife is a real one. Splendid job on the video. Get well our friend, Andy

[@nothing00164]

Good lad Andy is and his lady is a kind for this hope you get better soon Andy

[@GuymontagFahr451]

Completely agree about the family tree mechanics. Thats table stakes at this point for a historical TW title.

[@spiffygonzales5160]

This just goes to show that the Warhammer fanbase has totally taken over total war. Nobody wants "faction mechanics". The idea that Prussia doesn't play different than Britain in an empire is a joke. The idea that not having faction mechanics hurt the game is a joke. The idea that the empire is somehow even more accurate historically than anything in the old school games is a straight up middle finger to the old fanbase. Pharaoh didn't succeed because it made old total war fans happy. It succeeded because Warhammer fans are braindead consumers.

[@xiuhcoatl4830]

Good. Fuck medieval whiney babies.

[@branislavkocic3518]

Hope you get better soon, love your videos!

[@predragkandic3126]

Wishes for fast recovery Andy!

[@fearan9406]

napoleon and shogun 2 have enough mods to replay for a lifetime, there not getting a cent more until big historical game comes

[@blackbeard2.0]

Can you recommend a napoleon tw mod to make it more historically accurate other than darth mod

[@fearan9406]

@@blackbeard2.0 ntw3 install didnt workout for me, might try darthmod tomor, i saw people say a french named one is amazing but havent found it on moddb

[@legobatman5067]

@@blackbeard2.0You should check out Napoleonic Total War 3. Adds tons of new units and factions

[@liama2846]

@@blackbeard2.0LME

[@ivvan497]

@@blackbeard2.0 eras

[@GusingtonOne]

Great job, Wife of Andy!

[@ThomasRifleman96]

Thanks Neven and Andy, you guys are the definition of "Keep up the good work" ❤

[@Arhatu]

Short answer : "No", Slightly Longer Answer: "Player base will set the limits."

[@chensel65]

Wishing Andy well, and hope for a speedy recovery!

[@Panagiotis1709]

Too early to celebrate. I want to see them release a major historical title without dropping the ball for once.

[@TheVenge]

Wow, awesome kudos to Andy's wife! You're a keeper, for sure.

[@Swedish_Napoleon]

Sad to hear that you are not feeling well but your wife delivered an amazing video, I hope that you get well soon, love from Sweden❤️🇸🇪

[@markuswil-fart1901]

Aw shoot! Sorry to hear about Andy!.... Hope he gets well soon.... thanks to your wife taking over for a bit!

[@jorgedeanoperez2997]

Here's hoping that Andy recovers soon!

[@chadfromchad4662]

Miss Wife, you have to take into consideration Shogun 2 with its campaing. Altough small and focused solely on Japan, it worked amazingly well due to the Sengoku Jidai era as well as the Boshin War. This could be used for China and the Warring States period if made historical and not that slop we got with Three Kingdoms.

[@endrelunde]

Andy, god bedring! But also - consider having your wife join you for more content! She is a great narrator, and I think collab videos between the two of you could add even more to the channel!

[@dangthach5744]

andy got a godly of a wife

[@mikeboix3315]

0:19 those blue-shielded falangites look amazing, what faction is that?

[@AndysTake]

One of the Assyrian/Mesopotamian factions!

[@georgimihalkov9678]

The "unique mechanics" (ancient legacies) in Pharaoh sound good on paper, but are nothing more than flavour mini games adding nothing to the main loop. You can go along a full campaign without touching the "Ancient Legacies" systems (or the court for that matter). We need CA to step in and design a game around a few core mechanics with meaningful and stategic decisions (which punish the player for making a bad decision in some cases). Being it in the form of "unique mechanics per faction" or a few core mechanics for all factions, they should add something to the core game loop. Kudos to Andy for finding a girl who plays strategy games lol

[@bnjmndrf1055]

Nope Most of player just want big battle. With the court I can find myself King of the Universe figthing Big civil war.

[@georgimihalkov9678]

@@bnjmndrf1055 Everybody has a personal opinion of course. Although according to the player counts and Pharaoh & Troy's reception (and commercial/financial failure) don't seem to like the direction CA has been taking the games in. You can have big battles in all TW games, that's a given and the point of the game.

[@sfp2290]

Only time will tell, if historical Total War has come back. As for myself, I am still not going to give Total War: Pharaoh a chance.

[@AndysTake]

One of us! One of us! One of us!

[@RealHistoricalAlternativeHub]

I hope Andy gets better

[@vukasinvlajic152]

Get better soon Andy, gj on the misses for jumping in.

[@divanbuys1484]

Okay... but why does Andy's wife (sorry, don't know how to spell the name) sound exactly like Andy. Intonation, accent, all of it is just like a female version of Andy lol. Champion stuff!

[@PK-se2jh]

hope Andy get healthy soon. I am his view from India 🙂🙏

[@alexanderhowarth6460]

People really need to stop buying these lazy cashgrabs. I can't tell you how sick I am of how the boring stuff, like managing your family and meaningless events, gets more and more complex every year and time consuming, but we can't build forts on the map to control areas like we could in Rome I. I want to have more strategic options, I want to know where allies are coming from before I start a battle. I don't give a shit about the arbitrary loyalty of some nonsense picture card, I couldn't care less about that "+2 command" stat

[@MedjayofFaiyum]

I hope your husband recovers well!

[@VictusChannelHistoryWargaming]

I will add the same as Medjay here! great content as always, Greetings Medj!

[@_ShahriarKabir]

Seeing the thumbnail and the title I though Total war now have plan to release medieval 3 total war

[@Brutik5]

I think it's overly optimistic that total war is "saved" because they released one good title. But, CA seems to be for now on a good path, let's hope they can stick to it.

[@briancline7349]

I was wondering why Andy stopped giving us his “take” on everything… Im glad he got well!

[@CertifiedFreshMemes]

Dude you married a professional narrator

[@MedjayofFaiyum]

This is the Ultimate Bronze Age Total War Game!

[@guyeldoon207]

Appreciation comment and for pushing the algorithm❤🎉great job!

[@sharif7099]

So the channel is in regency now. But who is the heir?

[@Afsheenn]

Not the best fan of Andy, but he owes you for doing this for him. Great work.

[@pompeythegreat297]

Total war will be saved when they release a unanimous banger

[@Barrystue]

Eh Even if they made the perfect fantasy total war game, there’ll still be people who get pissed off And even if they made the perfect historical total war game, there will still be people who get pissed off

[@xiaoshuchu4095]

Bye-bye Andy, we don't need you anymore, as long as we have your wife with us.😏

[@andrewm78]

Hope you feel better soon Andy! The wife did a great job! I agree with your sentiment about Dynasties redeeming Pharoah, it is just a shame that it first had to release in the horrible state it was in for release.

[@penzorphallos3199]

I had a thought. CA was big into adding more historical and plausible female characters. But why no queens? if the heir is still a child you get a high chance to get a free regent queen character. Think of cleopatra, bilqis, zenobia, mavia or boudica.

[@redbluegreen1062]

Did they blackwash the Egyptians

[@NosreBDF]

Petition to rename the channel to Andy's Wife's Take, which may feature guest stars such as Andy.

[@zelikris]

Thank you Niveen!

[@majorianus8055]

Wow thank you for Andy's wife! ❤

[@Dalinok]

This is so wholesome. But also, well done, ma'am!

[@ThunderingVipers]

Get well soon Andy 😊

[@catalinmarius3985]

Congrats to Andy's wife for the effort! There is only 1 thing that I still hate in Dynasties, and miss in the old game. Starting with more than 1 region. This would allow you a lot of flexibility in terms of management and expansion. In Warhammer & Shogun it made sense for everyone to start with only 1 region, but not in every other Total War game. I miss playing as an actual country or state rather than 1 single town. If in Dynasties the major factions & rulers would start with say 2 full regions, they would truly feel Major both when playing with and against them.

[@lp4514]

Only a few factions start with literally just one region/town, most start with 2 or 3 and there are also some that have more. With Assyria (the minor faction) you start with 6 regions, with Merneptah you start with 5 and Amenmesse and Agamemnon have 4 regions. Also there isn't really a difference between major and minor factions in terms of size or power, like Assyria and Merneptah (the current Pharaoh, so he's the main Egypt at the start of the campaign) are minor factions while Ramses who basically historically was still a nobody at the beginning of the campaign (which is why it makes sense for someone like him to only control a few towns) without any power is a major faction.

[@catalinmarius3985]

@@lp4514 There is a huge gap between the 2-3 starting towns in Dynasties and the number of starting towns in older Total War that I was talking about, where you actually felt like you ruled a country. That's the issue, there should really be a difference between major and minor factions in terms of size or power, that's why they are called minor and major.

[@lp4514]

@@catalinmarius3985 All the factions I played in older Total Wars also had only 2-4 regions, like House of Julii/Scipii in Rome 1 had 2 regions, Romans in Rome 2 had 4 regions, England in Medieval 2 had 3 regions, England in Empire had 3 regions. The only exception was Eastern/Western Rome in Attila. I guess you were always playing the ones that start with more, but I'm pretty sure most factions in older total wars also started with just 2-4 regions. Personally I prefer that, to start small and get a big country over time (and often it just takes 15-20 turns to conquer 10+ settlements anyway, so doesn't take that long until you play as a big country). And as I said the terms "major" and "minor" factions have nothing to do with the size and power of a faction neither in the game nor historically, the developers explained that this is only about how much features a faction has (major factions have a unique faction leader with character art, some unique buildings, more unique units etc. and minor factions don't have those things).

[@DustKingArchives]

Family trees need to have a search filter because my family tree is like 100 people

[@emperoroak7331]

Damn, Andy , you have amazing supportive wife

[@ragnarok6521]

Thought Andy had hit reverse puberty! Good job carrying the mantle Andy Wife, while Andy recovers.

[@twostickzach1739]

imagining Andy tied up while a positive video is made lol

[@mikehatton7908]

Too many lies, too many broken promises, and the best they've managed here is to "fix" something by bringing it up to a level that's only slightly worse than what they've done before. I fail to see a great game here. CA haven't gotten any of my money for a while and I'm still not convinced to part with it. I'll judge the next game and call this just another write-off. Ps, I find it unfair and distasteful for CA to put so much blame on the Sophia studio given the circumstances surrounding this games development.

[@eslembelabed7148]

basically, the more total war games take from EU4 / Paradox games the better they will be. and i do approve this message.

[@paulomosqueira4741]

Hope he recovers!

[@redpanda3339]

I tried Pharaoh: Dynasties and I loved it. I just hope that it gets enough support so it won't be abandoned too soon.

[@adrianrafaelmagana804]

Great work, do you play TW too. That's an unfair and amazing power couple thing if so, playing campaigns together would be amazing...you could trade in 3 dimensions. I'll help you in that war if you do the dishes for a week or something...or surprise attack your spouse cause their chicken was overcooked...just amazing

[@AndysTake]

Thank you! And stop giving me ideas on how to own Andy, he can only take so much!

[@ivan200804]

I played all Total war games, since 1999 Shogun Total War. My only gripe is that battle mechanics did not change much. Its always 20 v 20 for the past 25 years, but ok, your information for Pharoh got me interested.

[@Alesayr]

Shogun and medieval 1 were 16v16

[@ivan200804]

@@Alesayr Loved Medieval

[@smokinfree5555]

Well Andy's Wife, that was every bit as good as if Andy had brought us this video himself, I'm well impressed. Please give my best to Hubby & wish him a speedy recovery. Thanks :)

[@konstantinpobedonotsev5589]

You’re awesome for taking up the mantle for this vid. I hope your husband is feeling better!

[@1helluvaguy738]

Hey Andy. She’s a keeper.

[@johangroenewald2140]

nice to meat you misses Andy's wife

[@temijinkahn511]

Well done review. Earned a sub!

[@metalcorefan93]

I've been complaining about not getting a medieval 3 since the first Warhammer came out. It could be a massive and great experience if it came out today but I'm also not holding my breath because I've been let down hard before with past releases.

[@gamble9437]

Question for the good peoples. Do you prefer the Rome 2/Warhammer etc. type of city building with limited number of build slots. Or, Med 2 type where every settlement can eventually build almost every building, with distinctions between castles and city. Personally the Med 2 city building style is by far my favourite but wondering what everyone else likes.

[@enlilofnippur8409]

Fantastic job holding the fort for Andy! Though I hope he is doing okay 🙂 Force him to rest… resting to get 100% better is never fun but it is so necessary.

[@dodge33cymru]

Fantastic job Mrs Andy, excellent video (sorry, not sure how to spell the name)

[@Martin-sf8nx]

It might be an unpopular opinion but I'd love to have a 1650's total war game with the battlefield shared between guns and swords and canons, siege warfare, wars of religion, exploration of new world and Asia... That would be so cool.

[@DGPStudios]

They can add another 1000 regions and faction mechanics, it won't change a thing regarding the main problem of the latest games: Battles. CA does not realize that if I want to play campaign only, I will play Paradox games. Their focus should be on the battles: More realism, more physics simulation and less +1 buffs aka spreadsheeting. There haven't been any meaningful improvements how mele engagements work with warscape, we are stuck since Rome 2. The fact that Medieval 2 was the last game where formations like testudo actually worked is painful. Cavalry units clashing with other cavalry units still looks horrendous. So no, TW is far from saved.

[@DGPStudios]

See an very old comment from me, see how nothing has been adressed: "I appreciate the effort, but for me Rome 2 marks the beginning of where CA forgot why we play their games. Units are not floaty because of short battles! I suggest watching the Rome 2 review from Reynold Sanity. They should honestly just scrap the entire warscape engine. It does well on ranged combat, but that's about it. Better armor is not reflected in different materials and weapons behaving different towards it, but because of +2 piercing armor. The units don't feel lifelike at all, they move in perfect unision, clip though eachother, search their targets like drones and when killed die with the same death animation. Units end up in giant blobs since Rome 2 as every unit tries to attack into the center of an enemy unit... I want a battle SIMULATION, no spreadsheet calculator! ​​⁠There is a lot of matched combat, but that just means that second rows in a formation will do nothing. If they do the entity stops mid-animation and dies by the only non-matched animation in the game. To this day they have not fixed the moments between matched combat animations, meaning units will stupidly stare at each other and awkwardly move into position for the next animation. Absolutely zero dynamics here. Compare that to Medieval 2! Battle lines do not move and still look inferior to Rome 1 heavy units simply pushing through peasants. New physics based engine, more lifelike animations, ragdolls, collsion, mass, formation combat, etc. Why is Total War rendering so many units only to handle them like Age Of Empires units? That one poor roman soldier does not have 75hp but 1 life and if he gets stabbed at the right angle he dies immediately. I think Totally Accurate Battle Simulator does a better job at Battle Simulation than Total War currently..."

[@williamcase3494]

Hear hear! The campaign layer has become cluttered with pointless busywork and +2% bonus spam. Meanwhile the battles have accumulated more and more ability buttons and meaningless numbers. Nothing, however, that adds any meaningful combat simulation.

[@byshopwilliams8256]

​@williamcase3494 "Simulation" I think Field of Glory or Wargame/Steel Division is what your looking for Shiiii give ARMA a try but I don't think "sim" has ever been total wars strong suit or goal at that

[@DGPStudios]

@@byshopwilliams8256 Not their goal? Older Total Wars always tried to sell the immersion of being a battlefield commander to the players. That is why CA worked on this aspect until rome 2. Units would react when getting hit by bullets in empire, show exaustion in shogun or have conversations in rome 2. Rome 1 would be used for documentations and game shows who wanted to immerse you in being a historical commander as well. TW has not improved since, units are still opening randomly their mouth as if they are chewing gum.

[@SupaKlab]

There is great significance with the passage of time!!

[@TheGamingSyndrom]

Love this format and your covering of Total War, feel free to take the staff from your husband from time to time!

[@ferdeboergd256]

Take care of each other and get well soon, Andy!

[@TheLastMando08]

Andy wife sounds exactly like just with a higher pitch 😂

[@Blaze2435]

A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one.

[@billdavies8018]

Get well soon Andy.

[@Matthew-cc4xt]

I can't imagine going back to something like this after playing TW: Warhammer, Anbennar or DaC.

[@ClipCraze-i8j]

Aint no way Andy pulled a girl