Gaul Campaign: Rome Total War (Ultra-Difficulty) Part 1

[@lugotorix6173]

Probably my most chaotic start to a campaign yet...

[@kianbakker3691]

youre first attempt was good, if you sieged the settlement you could have taken it next turn and if you took both generals you could have built forts to delay them and make good units out of londinium. Thats how I would have tried that. Basicly you were to slow, like Legend always says you have to be agressive, if you siege them they will attack you from the city with theire army and you wont be surrounded or they will still go around and you can block them out and make good units

[@kianbakker3691]

BTW could you send the safe file, or make it public? would love to have a try at this

[@lugotorix6173]

@@kianbakker3691 That's a good point. I did consider sieging them from the bridge, but I wasn't sure if it would move me off the bridge. The delaying with forts tactic is a good one that I'd forgotten about, thanks

[@lugotorix6173]

@@kianbakker3691 That's a cool idea. I'll probably release the save file once the series is complete

[@benhickey3189]

You might want to set battle controls to FPS it is closer to Shogun 2

[@quno5174]

Irish campaign - both leaders are horrible drunks. I always knew Rome total war was the most historically accurate.

[@pyrrhusthegreat2103]

Lugo created his own "Saving your disaster campaign"

[@craigwck7626]

Gods.....I haul Gauls.... But I'll make an exception for this campaign.....

[@lugotorix6173]

haha we're roleplaying as Ireland if that's any consolation

[@Icemann89]

"One small village against the huge Roman Empire." - That sounds familiar.

[@Chance-u4i]

The return of the king! Not a day passed in where I didn't't miss your videos. Glad you see you back Lugotorix!

[@lugotorix6173]

Thank you for the support!

[@crisptos251]

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a campaign at this level of difficulty. Can’t wait to see more! Glad to have you back

[@lugotorix6173]

Thank you. It's definitely my biggest challenge yet

[@justderp5713]

We're so glad to see you back, man. Even if it's for just one more series, you always make great RTW videos. This series alone starting off 324 turns in, not just on the back foot, but stuck in a ditch is great. A unique challenge like this really sets it apart from the crowd. And n-none of us would ever dare doubt your supreme strength Lugotorix... of course... but this will most certainly be a great test of will!

[@lugotorix6173]

Thank you, yeah I wanted to try something different and this certainly is a challenge. Lots of content to come! Part 2 is out in a few hours

[@paulwood6729]

Fun fact, the only remarkable thing about visiting the Hill of Tara is how unremarkable it is! But Newgrange is nearby and that's fantastic.

[@lugotorix6173]

ohh that's interesting. I might visit if I manage to complete this campaign haha

[@TheCoffeybeans]

Please do visit! 😁

[@paulwood6729]

​@@TheCoffeybeans Absolutely. That area has Tara, Newgrange, Slaine, Kells, the site of the Battle of the Boyne plus a whole lot more!

[@internetguy2760]

It’s good to see you on KZbin again, Lugotorix. In case you’ve forgotten, let me remind you of the crucial importance of using the warcry ability when fighting as the Gauls. When fighting with most Gallic melee infantry, don’t forget to use their warcry ability before sending them to face the enemy! With warcry activated, your troops will have +10 melee attack for the next thirty seconds, which may be enough to turn the tide of a battle against more experienced enemies. The only downside is that your infantry will not be able to brace against a charge when doing their warcry animation, where they bash their swords and shields together and shout for a brief time before attacking. This is going to be a tough campaign, but I’m sure you’ll be able to use every tool in your arsenal to achieve victory. I wish you luck! 👍👍

[@lugotorix6173]

Thank you, I'd forgotten the bonus was that much. I will try to remember in the heat of battle haha

[@msb7289]

The irish fighting the british, never seen it before lol. The irish being actually french is a twist that brits won't like but Lugotorix fan certainly would. All family members having a whole antourage of drunks and "wise men" which is also probably a type of drunk means that your factions military campaigns feel more like a village wedding than war, this would explain the warbands breaking after literally just seeing the enemy.

[@lugotorix6173]

hahaha yeah I noticed lots of funny ironies too. These men have spent their whole lives drinking in Ireland, it's going to be an interesting campaign for them

[@Nekroleinchen]

Gauls are not french

[@martonk]

I'm so happy you came back, I really like the oldschool content

[@lugotorix6173]

Thank you!

[@olafurwerner]

Welcome back, Lugo! Definetly excited for this one Edit: Amazing first battle, man, what a start

[@lugotorix6173]

Thank you. Yeah the first battle was a shock lol

[@theblitzraider3563]

I could not believe my eyes when I saw this video's thumbnail. Glad you're back, Lugotorix!

[@lugotorix6173]

Thank you, it's good to be back

[@tldr7159]

So happy to see you back Lugotorix Gauls yes!!! Also I love that you read out loud the traits. One of the things Ive truly loved about RTW for around 20 years now have been to read the trait descriptions, building descriptions and the manual. It was just so much fun. I found out though that a very simple fix to the triggers for some of the traits were missing. Like iirc you can never improve good siege attacker. A bit odd something so simple wasn´t caught before the release of the game. My fav thing was when I got a 10/10/10 general on VH. Very fun. Was done as the Scipii (the best long-term roman factions imo)

[@lugotorix6173]

Yes I love all the small details of Rome Total War, it really makes the experience immersive. 10/10/10 general is super impressive, I didn't even know that was possible

[@Th3Darkn3s]

Cool to see the historic total war community so active. Cheers to the content, I will be running some campaigns in Remastered!

[@mikbolon]

Cool idea, looking forward for the next parts 👍

[@lugotorix6173]

Thank you, part 2 coming out tonight

[@CrimsonCavalierGaming]

What makes your content great is honestly your commentary. Top notch comedy.

[@lugotorix6173]

Thank you! Glad you enjoy

[@nephalos666]

The man, the myth, the legend. LUGO HAS RETURNED!

[@SEAPICKLE1]

Welcome back Lugotorix! Gonna love watching this campaign and many more!

[@lugotorix6173]

Thank you!

[@JayU10]

I missed this guy. Whenever I fought Gaul and faced Lugotorix, I'd almost not wanna end him. Almost.

[@christopherkelly7940]

Great to see you back bro!! As an irish guy I'm particularly looking forward this

[@lugotorix6173]

Thank you! Ireland really deserves its own faction

[@spencertaylor-mrliltay]

Lugatorix coming in here at the beginning of 2024 and instantly making it a better year than the last 2 years without. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Been dying for any of my favorite Rome Total War KZbinrs he comes back. 😂 Crazy to me how old the game is now.

[@lugotorix6173]

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoy the content :)

[@windblownleaf6450]

Whaaaaaat.....?! Lugotorix has returned??!!!! Bro, I'm hype for this video. I understand if you were burnt out on rome after making videos for so long. Maybe do roma surrectum 3 or europa barbarorum after this if you need a change

[@lugotorix6173]

Thank you, yeah perhaps I will try out some new games at some point :)

[@aaronlockley9207]

This challenge looks fun! The only issue i have with choosing a non-Roman faction, is that atleast 1 Roman faction gets their ass kicked. The Gauls will smoke the Julii, or Carthage will dominate Scipii, (Brutii are usually always a big player in my games) but thats my issue. I want to be a distant civilization, that conquers and grows, and eventually has to deal with a vast Roman Empire.....not 1 game has worked out this way lol

[@koolaidman2702]

I feel like i am alwayys dealing with rome as Seleucids

[@lugotorix6173]

yeah I agree, but in this campaign I am dealing with a vast Roman empire because I have simmed so many turns. Usually one (or more) of the Roman factions struggle, but eventually they will always prevail. In this campaign most of the other factions have been destroyed lol

[@naruto1999sakura]

Welcome back Lugotorix, the best general of total war!!!

[@justsammy2023]

Our savior returns! Now we just need to somehow get Melkor back and I can pretend the last 3 years didn't happen XD

[@MelkorGG]

😉

[@agustinsanchez8095]

Welcome back, Lugotorix! Hope you had a nice break.

[@lugotorix6173]

Thank you!

[@psychotic.reaction]

haven't laughed that hard in a while. that first battle was hysterical lol

[@lugotorix6173]

hahahaha and I made so much effort to get to the bridge

[@Wolfogre]

Lugotorix is back! That's some serious gigachad energy!

[@trzcinson]

great video, keep up the good work!

[@lugotorix6173]

Thank you!

[@CryptoInFocus]

Damn I can't believe you came back. Good stuff!

[@joelunderwood163]

So happy you’ve returned mate!! Hope all is well. Keep it up 👍🏼

[@xmarkrulez1x547]

Hehe every time I get back into rome total war I always come back to your videos, I'm glad you came back Weirdly enough I fall asleep to your videos

[@rightfeelI]

the legend is back

[@Soccer_lover986]

I’m quite intrigued by how you started this campaign, you start at a technological disadvantage and you started on Ireland. I’m excited to see your approach to this campaign. Good luck!

[@lugotorix6173]

Thank you, glad you enjoy!

[@mondeli7593]

THE RETURN OF THE KING

[@omicroneridani7456]

Welcome back, Lugotorix! It's definitely been ages...

[@No_Oofense]

I started rome remastered watching your guides welcome back.

[@shago6684]

welcome back!

[@tiberist9456]

Really greatful for the challenging start. I enjoy a tough game. I once modded my files to start as seleukid in a 400 pop town in the corner north right, with just 1 general and nothing else. It was very fun trying to figure out how to expand and prosper. Keep it up

[@palacehaunter5442]

No shame losing, lost Alexander campaign with Alexander, killed by Persian Empire with 81 turns to go. Starting again.

[@lugotorix6173]

Yes and I think it's more fun when there's a real challenge too. Good luck with your campaign!

[@aw-daf]

Welcome home 🙌 I’ve played a few times and every time I spot Lugotorix in game I think of you 💪😂

[@PlayerName2007]

I literally was scrolling in your videos the other thay, and now I see you`re back! Hype! :D

[@lugotorix6173]

Thank you, lots more to come!

[@urosvesic9520]

Typical bridge gambit, you either destroy 2 armies, or lose everything. Great start to the campaign.

[@lugotorix6173]

yeah normally its a pretty safe gambit but this time the front line troops were no good. Glad you enjoyed :)

[@masseym7362]

I was just rewatching your Greek campaign great to see you back mate looking forward to this one

[@lugotorix6173]

Thank you, Greek campaign is a favourite of mine

[@kungfubrew23]

ty for making quality old school content

[@Herosquadnation]

Welcome back. Missed your content.

[@VonKrauzer]

Oh hey, look who's back! Welcome!

[@atomicstarlord3567]

So happy to see you back

[@lugotorix6173]

Thank you, happy to be back!

[@Inquisitor_Vex]

Just saw the part 2 pop up on my feed. LETS FOOKIN’ GOOOOO!!!!!

[@craigdarling8106]

Great content! Keep the campaign going bro

[@lugotorix6173]

Thanks! Will do!

[@florinz8847]

Welcome back king!

[@lugotorix6173]

Thank you!

[@aretiredsubberl7036]

Lugo I love your content, you are one of my favourite youtubers out there. thanks for coming back. I am currently at 21:50 One important thing I notice is that you dont use warcry before engaging the enemy. The buff is HUGE. You need that because you will always have an inferior army. More so when your enemy uses it and you dont. Another minor thing is general units are the strongest units you have. You should probably bring the the other guy with you as well even when he is a drunk useless geezer. Other than those 2, it's just general potatoness lmao. Hope it helps! The campaign is really interesting.

[@lugotorix6173]

Thank you, yeah I'd forgotten how powerful the warcry is, I'll try to remember. And yeah, I think I need all the heavy cav I've got!

[@gIyphz]

What a surprise! It's been quite a while. Welcome back!

[@lugotorix6173]

Thank you, it's good to be back

[@philip2111]

Welcome back!

[@Southwesterner1986]

Love it, great idea!

[@napoleon6221]

Awesome to see you back

[@ChroniclesofToast]

Glad your back! Also, rough start, but still a really fun video!

[@lugotorix6173]

Thank you! Yes its a challenging start lol

[@Sam501UK]

Hi there, this looks fun. I've subscribed 👍

[@lugotorix6173]

Thanks for subbing!

[@cjm9426]

YES YES YES YES 🙌🏻 welcome back 🫶🏻

[@scorpiloo]

Yay! I love your videos. Good to have you back!

[@lugotorix6173]

Glad you like them!

[@OuhHey]

Hey Lugotorix LegendOfTotalWar started doing Rome/Med 2 Disaster Campaing again and I think that it would be funny if you send this one to him, you could even revied what he did in a video/stream idk Anyway it's good to see you again 🗿

[@lugotorix6173]

That's a cool idea haha, maybe I will send it to him once the series is complete and we can compare

[@gordonchard6243]

Love this channel , it's so funny even when not even intentional.

[@lugotorix6173]

Glad you enjoy! :)

[@ΛΕΥΤΕΡΗΣ-λ4μ]

THE LEGEND IS BACK (yes i noticed a bit late)

[@PreviewAvailable]

Amazed there weren't tons of rebel and british boats guarding the channel. When you first landed you oughta sieged the city. Taken it then defended. The very first fight was the morale penalties but also that you were being attacked from both sides. The men were shaken by chariots but also by enemies approaching from the rear. That will absolutely terrify them in vh/vh. Second fight, those are very much not chosen swordsmen you are controlling. Maybe setting up an ambush would have been helpful. Saving those skirmishers for the chariots. Even setting yourself way back so you can tire out the enemies a bit and make them a bit more disorderly.

[@gtout12]

Welcome back Lugo!

[@Shoyoxc]

Welcome back! Already hocked!

[@lugotorix6173]

Part 2 coming out in a few hours

[@novemberly]

this is seriously my favorite youtube channel you should start a patreon i would support you a bit if you provide regular content. hi from Tokyo!

[@lugotorix6173]

Thank you! I will think about a Patreon at some point, might also be some opportunities for livestreaming on KZbin soon :)

[@kyleburke4813]

In the next game you send your faction leader out to die so your men have the other general be there leader and have great morale maybe your bad faction leader can do some damage before you are attacked

[@Xander77Ru]

Oh hey, welcome back.

[@gideonborisonkramer9206]

Welcome ser 🎉

[@name-os8kl]

Great video!

[@lugotorix6173]

Thank you!

[@Lee-z7e9n]

In my whole playing of Rome total war 15 years + I’ve never seen a mass rout that quickly but then I do play on Hard Campaign but easy battles

[@lugotorix6173]

on very hard the troops break very quickly unless they have huge bonuses lol

[@onlyws6810]

THE MASTER HAS RETURNED

[@leiziru9642]

Oh boi, for the Gaulperor!

[@SuperJoshdave]

You are a mad genius

[@jamesocallaghan2699]

Really cool challenge. Out of interest, did you consider playing with the remastered RTW? If so, why did you decide against it?

[@lugotorix6173]

I haven't played it yet but I might, I don't have much of an opinion on it yet. But I love the original tbh

[@Tejmaster1]

Remastered is really nice, also easier for me personally to watch videos on because the graphics and UI are sharper

[@curiousdave]

He's back!

[@legatuslegionarii2284]

Great stuff!

[@gabork5055]

Considering how useful all of these units were at the first battle i would have just went and disbanded everyone except cavalry units (though you can probably do just fine without light cavalry anyway)to train some completely not broken Wardogs and abuse mass routs using heavy cavalry but then there wouldn't be much of a challenge. To save some money in the long run building early simultaneously with the Wardog unit trains would have been probably worth the denarii, taking Londinium would have probably been easy against the like 2 defending units there without any losses since Wardogs replenish and don't cost much in terms of upkeep so you would end up barely in the positive after taking Londinium.

[@lugotorix6173]

That's interesting I haven't thought much about wardog units before. Definitely I'm not going to be relying on those early game troops again lol

[@zuko73]

Babe wake up Lugotorix just posted

[@nicolaaffatati5355]

Sir, first of all, welcome back! Then, i should admit, the setting of this campaign could seems intresting, it adds a fresh difficulty novelty to the game but, still i must admit nit the kind of changes i like, i hoped more into a standard campaign, probably something like a seleuchid cone couöd be intresting. Unfortunately this game to me has suddenly stopped working properly a day the day before it works fine, while the day after, didn't. Trust me, i tried anything, seems like my computer didn't like the game anymore, so i can never play again this awesome game...

[@lugotorix6173]

Thank you, will be doing vanilla campaigns at some point too :) Do you use steam version?

[@nicolaaffatati5355]

@@lugotorix6173 no a very old cd version given by an ol friend during the low school era...

[@lugotorix6173]

ahhh that probably explains it, Steam version is pretty reliable for me

[@nicolaaffatati5355]

@@lugotorix6173 probably i shall try it, the problem it self wasn't the game but the in game cursor, too slow and laggy...

[@drakengarfinkel3133]

*Sees the factions at end-turn” “Brutii, Scipii, Pontus, Julii, Britons, Thrace…where are the rest???”

[@lugotorix6173]

They have all been destroyed, most likely by the Romans. By this stage of the campaign only a few factions remain, but most people don't ever make it to this point

[@Balon_Swann]

HE’S BACK

[@yourtotalwarmaster3635]

He back!

[@sebie8514]

HE HAS RETURNED

[@Zamalshkay]

can u share the save file id like to try this out for my self, btw welcome back

[@lugotorix6173]

Thank you. I'll release the save file once the series is complete

[@Zamalshkay]

allright my bro good luck@@lugotorix6173

[@umaraziz1360]

RETURN OF THE KING!

[@thekandalf]

It is good to see you back.Do you consider playin rome remastered vanilla or Imperium surrectum?

[@lugotorix6173]

I think Rome remastered is most likely first, but I'm not sure yet

[@iseeallforme]

Starting off at the negatives, ah the trappings of EB

[@ianv.a.4040]

Dam man, do you know how much you remind me of Mrgstar321? It's insane.

[@lugotorix6173]

I don't know who that is haha

[@nikola8]

I'd be interested to see how you replay battles or load saved games. I believe that a campaign should not be in one duplicate.

[@alexr6642]

This is great!

[@Oakenlix]

British generals don't actually get an upgrade, they stay as chariots

[@Cyencrey]

This is pretty much how it feels to play spain

[@merkbromerkington3215]

It’s him It’s him It’s him It’s him It’s himmmmm!!

[@ithinkabout4369]

Please make faction overview videos for the newly playable factions in Rome Remastered Barbarian Invasion

[@catholicphoenix7969]

Chadgatorix

[@YlL-ji2sl]

Nice to see you back. I loved your faction guides. But how did you not get attacked by the pirates? I think you cheated.

[@lugotorix6173]

Thank you! No cheating, I think less rebel navies spawn in the late game, and none of the settlements are rebel by this point. Was lucky the Julii fleets didn't attack me though