Empire: Total War Game Guide

[@leftyfourguns]

11 years (Jesus) later and this is still one of the best guides out for the game

[@HemGlassBilen73]

Hear Hear!

[@anoniem012]

Why Jesus (PBUH)?

[@Anakin.xx1]

​@@anoniem012because he played too much crusades in medieval empire 2

[@swordpvnk]

14 years later and i finally found this guide. thanks ya'll

[@guitarmaniac004]

never played this game before, but my friend said it was his favorite of the total war series and highly recommended I get it. Felt quite confused from the amount of manus and options so this video definitely helped quite a lot! Thank you so much 15 years later!

[@samhorder2259]

Desperate for a empire 2. They should mix it with HOI4, with more political options and more technology research details.

[@redpanda7967]

Sam Horder I agree but the joy of empire is that it’s simple and total war politics are very basic usually. Research trees need to have faster research but more stuff because end game tech you only can really use at the last few turns

[@594-d9b]

May as well go all the way, make it as deep as EU4. That'd be amazing. Vicky 2s population mechanic would be pretty cool as well, but just a simple population system such as in Rome 2 DEI would be sufficient.

[@imperialfront6366]

wtf is a hoi4

[@timfizz5678]

@@imperialfront6366 Hearts of Iron 4

[@Siptom369]

Still one of my favourite games. The feature of different buildings placed around the province is something that needs to be brought back

[@GuyaneseGriot-592]

This is a really good game guide. No waffling. Straight to the point. This is how u do a Total war guide.

[@armylordgames]

before you start playing campaign (if never played total war series) to do a few battle you create, also battles where you are in disadvantage so you can use those grey brain masses. when you start campaign I advise starting with a bigger nation so it takes longer for you to die if you aren't used to the game (that way you learn as you die) for example I started with Great Britain (used to total war) and I took over quite fast. have fun playing

[@storrho]

The battles are the easy and most predictable part of a TW campaign, especially because most of the time you're the one choosing them.

[@britishgrenadier2800]

Why am I watching this I have over 600 hours on Empire total war.

[@prussen9889]

Same here haha

[@truffelnootje]

Started my first campagne 2 weeks ago. I guess that this unpolished diamond makes for a game that seems super interesting and makes u feel free to go nuts with your campagne, also because you feel in the beginning like there is so much detail to take into account, IF it was only polished enough and was given more time to develop more in detail, so it’s potential could be used effectively for the enjoyment of the game. THIS ( I think) makes people want to know more about the game; because you wish it had more dept, care and attention to detail given given to it so

[@Jan_III]

Yup Same Here, but I have to say the list tip is really nice, because I often forget to move this one army. Though I have to say the way tax works in empire isn't exactly the way portrayed. More people doesn't equal to more tax. Tax is a percentage of the regions wealth. The regions wealth grows due to the towns and different technologies and the growth is hampered by a high tax rate on the upper class. So to sum it up: lower taxes on upper class = more wealth in the provinces = more tax in the long run Lower taxes on the lower class = more/faster towns = more regional wealth grow = more taxes (or other stuff like research if you choose so)

[@khalidhawi6986]

Why not?

[@WarshMeh]

Fantastic, Finally a tutorial that is basic, well explained and detailed....subscribed!

[@iamlevik]

Glad that you've mad such a basic and efficient tutorial for noobs like me ! Thanks ,ready to conquer Europe thanks to you!

[@Tiberiusx26]

I focused to much on military and completely neglected my populace and farming and stuff and ending up going bankrupt and losing units and getting taken over

[@JCG56]

That happens to most of us the first time

[@sethkiparis7783]

Same, but for me it was in Medieval 2. Always on the verge of bankruptcy with a solid army.

[@Vigilante-3-1]

Tiberiusx26 Good waxy to learn the game... the hard way

[@taylors2482]

Tah

[@kronus4915]

Funny but I usually end up getting destroyed because I neglect my enemies and focus instead on securing trade nodes and managing trade. Netherlands is great to play as if you want to make money

[@billyjohnson3674]

Actually a larger population doesn't affect your wealth. It's what structures you build that give default wealth to your regions and there may be a steady growth over time. However, everything else you said about population is correct.

[@Arachija]

Very very good video. It helped me out lots. It was a wonder why i was finding the game annoying when things weren't going to plan. If i could give this video a double thumbs up then i would. I hope to see many more of your work Mr. Beaumont!

[@thatsMrSmileytoyou]

I came from Command & Conquer and love strat games with a certain passion. I really thought I'd never like this game after seeing a bit but after playing it, I'm literally in the process of buying it right now via steam Thanks for the video man very informative. My campaign should go very smooth from the get go

[@order_truth_involvement6135]

Whem it comes to trade ports, you also need to look at how much of that region's resources are being exported. That will also determine whether you need to upgrade your trade port or not.

[@TheWougi]

Thank you this was really helpful I hate the fact that empire total war doesn't have its own tutorial, but you did a great job helping me out :)

[@SuperlukLps]

I'm starting the game only now and this tutorial is awesome, great job

[@cRizy89]

I wished I had watched this video before I started playing it. Even now, after I know most stuff, it helped a lot. Thanks!

[@paulmorris5166]

A huge thank you from 2023. Hope you have had a great life.

[@DeskTopGamers3]

Its based on play type. If you want to kill all of your Enemy and lose some more of your troops continue the battle. If you want to save some of your men end the battle. The first one is more satisfying.

[@Jurian81]

Nice review! Clear in the build up of the game, especially the trade part was very clarifying. Cudos

[@GAMEREVIEWERMAN]

i just got this and compared to age of empires 3 i was overwhelmed. thanks for this awesome tutorial.

[@In.Gy.]

You saved my life!!!!!! Do some of this on military tactics like field tactics and sea battles!

[@viktorkalef]

I started with Great Britain in short campaign and just finished it and now i think to conquer all the world. It was my first campaing in ETW and i made some mistakes but with the time goes on i learn from them.

[@jonasmejerpedersen4847]

i a history nerd was happy when i found out that you start in 1700 at the start of the great northern war between denmark, Poland-Lithuania and russia VS Sweden

[@leothesquid4099]

Yeah me too. I'm going to play as Sweden to see if I'll be able to change the outcome

[@wolx3226]

Bro probably doesn't know that he's helping me 15 years later thank you, kind sir

[@Dreamer151-h3q]

Same here

[@samuraijack9614]

Me too 😅

[@Anakin.xx1]

KZbin is a craziest innovation ever. Medievals would burn people like us on stakes

[@JihadJoeArabianHero]

Great video guide on the basics of this great game. Hope to see one on the basics of army and naval creation and tactics. Cheers

[@mrdagger21]

hey i know this might sound weird in a total war game but can u win the campaign through trade and fending off attackers until the enemy is so weak u can just capture his cities??

[@sevengoals]

That was a great introduction!

[@madeking4]

i should point out you do gather resources, its just the game automaticaly sells them and buys the resource you need to construct. (check the trade pannel for a list of resource prices)

[@FrasierCraft]

I really got to say that the tutorial was very basic, but the last stuff you said was very (and then i mean very!) interesting. Hope you make more detailed videos on each problem, if so you just got another subscriber! :-)

[@SquidMonke4]

Gotta prepare for when it comes on mobile

[@kilmat1945]

really good tips thank you, really helped me out :)

[@cRizy89]

How do you get the "Prestige Victory" & "World Domination" in the start menu when you choose the length of the campaign?

[@3ch056]

Question, do troops replenish or do you have to retrain them? I like how Total War changed their play style when they made troops replenish than to go through retraining..

[@LastTruth23]

@paintballer1231 If you haven't done this already then you might want to try this, try offering unlimited military access as this will be a huge advantage when negotiating. This works well with the smaller nations as well. They never take advantage of it.

[@atagamedev]

Thanks!

[@DCCRocks]

@Killerkid282 I had this problem, for me it was cooling. My processor got really hot and the game lagged. I got a new big CPU cooler and didn't have anymore problems.

[@Patrick-st3fp]

Just completely destroyed Paris for the United Kingdom, today was a good day.

[@henkajax3438]

7:35 2x Times Ottoman Empire??

[@EpicAMV911]

On Empire total war campaign is it better to continue the battle when asked the option and chase down the enemy or just end it there with the same results? Also obviously Gentleman can be moved to schools to increase the speed of technology, but what else can they do? I heard that they can steal technology from other nations some how? Also can the preachers/church people lol can they do anything else besides convert people? Newbie in need of some advice.

[@blane2056]

SSJ Carl sup 6 year old comment

[@BridgewaterTrevor]

That was helpful and informative, thank you.

[@JMoneyhungrydummy]

now i see where i went wrong, i was sweden and i went out on a grand military expedition and by the end of 12 turnss i took 5 cities, then went broke

[@johnnyd3387]

Excellent video thank you.

[@putz5872]

I’d love to see a sequel where the late game takes you into world war 1.

[@undolf4097]

Someday we’ll get another gunpowder total war with the scale of Empire If it got the treatment the later games did, I know it would be epic

[@arnolddonaldson7129]

How does Empire compare to Fall of the Samurai? I have played many hours of FOTS. I have been debating whether I should try Empire.

[@HarveyTheHunter]

@OroxProductions nope actualy i live out in the contry side and do shooting ferreting and hunting. and it took me about 1 minuet to do both thes comments thats not my whole life. get ur facts strait boyo

[@sebastianhard4511]

I love that you play as sweden! Gustavus Adolfus 🇸🇪

[@JulianLondono9]

I need some help with this game. When I conquer other regions they allways form rebellions and take them back no matter if I exempt from tax or rebuild town. It says that its because they don't like my form of government, what can I do to expand my empire without having rebellions?

[@ICe4563]

i think 1 of the best way to make money is capture regions nab the ports and just trade with as many as you can

[@McSvorsk]

@markisonlin3 a much cheaper way than that (if u have a laptop) is to buy a extra fan that u connect via USB and just place it under the laptop, my laptop got so hot that some wires actualy melted :S and then i bought it and now its not even so warm :D

[@dimitrijedjordjevic9323]

i don't speech english very good so this help me a lot for this game,thanks.

[@kartikaytiwari7387]

what if you're already at war?

[@deadtako]

I was wondering where the genocide option was, welp now that I know you can't massacre the populace, I'll have to watch my trigger finger, thx for the tips bro!

[@ThisOLmaan]

GameSpot :: i just pick it up 11/5/2019 and yes it very overwhelming. i been wanting to buy a Total War Game for so long, but i know nothing of this game?, i am contemplating getting a Refund but then again i wanna give it a fair chance. But don't have time to think for steam gives you a certain amount of time for Refunds. You think i should keep it? and take time and watch a few youtube vids? Guess i haven't found a good strategy game hopefully this will be it. i Mean looks Awesome and the video game plays i watched are Epic and fun.

[@selder_7]

Always struggled with empire after Rome and medieval 2 where I could just roll over the world with a few good armies with ease. Have to play the long term economic game here, not smash and grab

[@Spetsnaz0o1]

can you buy the game from a shop/store and still play it online? or do you have 2 get it off steam?

[@Rob_The_Zombie]

All I want is empire 2 mixed with Rome two and shogun for the navy battles against cities and the train from shogun and they can incorporate China Japan Korea more of Africa and South America and truly make it the world but so far empires is my favorite out of all of them

[@MrRedcarpet02]

It's a great game. Get it if you don't have it yet.

[@jeanhubertgazon]

This game has so much potential 😭

[@m2y8v]

Great guide

[@CFKceoofworld]

but when will you know when to attack?

[@codythemadman]

do i need to buy the trade ships or r the all automatic???

[@Devon1251903]

Great video. Watching while I DL the Gold Edition :)

[@Messiah114]

I want to buy Shogun 2 with all the DLC's anyone thinks if it's worth it or not

[@albertcamus9338]

+Soviet “mr” Trollzz I know this is old but if you haven't bought it yet a gold edition is coming out in march

[@Messiah114]

Mr.Gamgam Hahaha Late indeed,Got the game a while ago :P

[@albertcamus9338]

Soviet Trollzz XD well thought I'd try to help.

[@TheGreatBlandino]

Nicely done

[@IllyrianPrince14]

i love this game but i hate playing as england or france or united provinces as focusing on multiple continents is annoying to me

[@bp837]

That's the whole fun of the game, though! Building up an elite unit of marines ready to jump in and conquer coastal provinces in one turn is one of my favourite things to do!

[@Pandacamper]

I got it work it so cool to have conquered france but once they were gone I kinda missed them also it made the game less historically accurate

[@strawberrylife2956]

Thanks this really helped Me

[@tonymartin3906]

really helpful thanks!

[@hqm85y]

@metaknight95 its amazing, one of the best total war games to date

[@Goblexter]

There's a shitload of information.When I first saw all that I was totally confused since it's completely different from the previous games.But that only makes it better since there is so much more you can do.

[@rasmusx15]

@piellamp Do you have taxes higher than 50 %? If yes, then you do. If no, Denmark have higher taxes.

[@Vigilante-3-1]

+GameSpot Population and Tax Income have nothing to do with one another. Cherokee Territory has a very small Population but can have a huge Wealth/Tax Income. For me Cherokee Territory has about 17000 of which I get 20% Taxes.

[@SWDarmanfan1998]

I'm new to the Total War franchise and Empire realy crashes me as often as possible. I tried so many different things, but I get smashed every single time.

[@THEHEADOFTHEPACK]

I played Britain in my playthrough, i currently own everywhere in the US bar one iriquis territory and i still need to demolish my current allies , ( ottoman empire , sweden and Netherlands)

[@weatherspoonelias]

Lassiez-faire economics at its finest

[@odeg13]

oh thanks i just got this game and i didnt really understand how to play

[@josepineroify]

press fucking space!!!!!

[@Peaty1992]

Thanks great tutorial

[@Killerkid282]

I recently bought this game, and I have encountered many lags eventhough my pc is relatively new. Can somebody help pls? My specs are i7-950, sapphire 6870 and 4gb ram. Can this actually run on ultra on high because it lags when I try it.

[@kevfanful]

can anyone help me i downloaded a torrent i tried to buy the game but i couldent find a copy anyway the game was in russian and can anyone tell me how i could change the languge to english or bangali or anyone language i would really appreciate the help thank you

[@Jamster9000]

Edward was taking to the tower with his brother...

[@drd444]

I did it just make them happy by building and helping them out.

[@MyNameIsW00t]

Can u do this video in swedish to?

[@totalwarfan6]

thanks for the tips.

[@JiB112]

nice man! great tips :)

[@hqm85y]

@airsoftkid65 You not only get to watch the battles happen but you get to control them! You see everything in fantastic graphics with thousands of troops. i have spent well over 200 hours on this game. look at the battle gameplays on utube.

[@BailleyJoeLyons]

There are probably too many schools and industrial buildings in mainland france for the population to be happy, garrison a decent sized army in there and destroy anything that has a negative effect on happiness until you get them under control.

[@amralkhatib5031]

old but gold

[@ZimNanigans]

Hi how dp i recruit more agents please help. Thanx

[@sethkiparis7783]

You don't.You can influence the rate of their spawn. You increase the limit of your agents by building churches(priest),inns(rakes,thugees,hashishins) and schools(scholars and gentlemen).

[@jackwei22]

Seth Kiparis I think since patch 1.5 the gentlemen spawn limit is 6 :(

[@sethkiparis7783]

Adrian Jackson Possible. Though isn't it patch 1.6?

[@jackwei22]

oh yes it is 1.6 me bad!! I hated it when they nerfed the native american factions who use to be very hard to deal with in the early patches as they would spawn lots of stacks it was when the game was so much fun.

[@sethkiparis7783]

Adrian Jackson Wouldn't know, I bought the game later, in 2012 when it was patched up. For me it was annoying that jannisaries and Maratha infantry couldn't use fire by rank. Darthmod can bring the power of Native Americans to a proper level; played as the OE and conquered some territories in North America. Of all the armies I fought, the Natives gave the most challenge. Lost many men to them

[@zekerniet28]

I beleive having more population in a town doesn’t result in an increased taxe income. This is due to The fact that The wealth of a town times The tax rate is The tax income. I could be wrong Though

[@ShoopJaWhoop]

this game always makes me laugh its just so funny to win lol

[@Foxyfreedom]

When I play as Britain. I can never get Sweden to trade with me lol. This guide was helpful.

[@TheFazer1992]

They start by trading with you😂

[@Foxyfreedom]

@@TheFazer1992 yea but they get all weird when you ally with Prussia

[@TheFazer1992]

@@Foxyfreedom I tend to try and do a historical Gibraltar take so realistic Spanish succession. So staying allied with Austria normally ruins Prussia for a bit. Sweden always declare on Hanover or has a succession war with me so they never stay loyal for long.

[@Foxyfreedom]

@@TheFazer1992 how come in every game Maratha confederacy rules the world like an empire

[@thetotalwarsmaster]

I have to disagree with not building large armies at the start...if you have a large army you can conquest your enemy qucikly and get that tax money thus funding your army.

[@EpicAMV911]

Explain gentlemen to me where do i place them?

[@thewanderingdoomed4883]

At school chain building, you can place them on your richest province with school, then you can research something to make you province more rich Or you can get them on you enemy school an then you can steal their technology

[@millionhera22]

Thank you!

[@rensknoors]

yeah how about a battle guide? i still find naval battles hard

[@CornSw]

Awesome!