Medieval 2 England Fell To The Welsh

[@ryanmaris1917]

We love the Med 2 videos, a part 2 would be welcomed.

[@johanlarsen7656]

Agreed! A part 2 would be amazing!

[@mrghede]

Most definitely!

[@andregon4366]

Another 98 minute video preferably.

[@Fireground42]

I'd watch a part 2

[@edwardvlad]

I agree, I crave a second part

[@bihkerdothskim6508]

BASED Medieval 2 content.

[@wmmchap]

Do you know what based actually means lol

[@Encovelicus]

​@@wmmchap🤓

[@dimitriostsiampalis364]

​@@wmmchapHe does, you don't.

[@slinkyslink5161]

Based on what?

[@codyj9983]

@@dimitriostsiampalis364 Based: "being yourself and not caring what others think of you-to carry yourself with swagger."

[@DahakaProd]

I'm sure this will flop in terms of analytics but it's a bloody good revisit, hopefully with more to come

[@LegendofTotalWar]

Actually it's doing really well.

[@King.Leonidas]

dude even if i'm not watching i put the video on watching the entire thing to help with the analytics

[@Mars_junior]

I'm actually back for the first time in a little bit. I think people are finding they've had enough Warhammer(not everyone) but even I've gone back to the other games lately.

[@marcgw496]

@@Mars_junioryeah I started playing Rome remastered with mods

[@codyj9983]

I bet it does just fine. One of the best TW games out there. I LOVED the colorful cavalry!

[@lokey85]

This clearly needs a "Part 2"

[@Mr.WattsVR]

HOLY I missed those talking generals. Med 2 was such a blast to watch you do.

[@winndypops]

The speeches always slapped.

[@Mr.WattsVR]

@@winndypops Right! Every faction spat on each other with a Poetically comedic tone. I believe that’s one of the reasons why people look back fondle at this game.

[@malekiththeeternityking5433]

Legend posting a Med 2 video in 2023? HOOOOORAY

[@Freewata]

OMG it's been ages since i've seen this particular campaign map XD. excited to watch!

[@markuswil-fart1901]

It's wonderful!!

[@rumplstiltztinkerstein]

The OST is also great. So much nostalgia.

[@Floris_VI]

Hey freewata, fancy seeing you here😁👍

[@Nikolas5842]

I didn't knew how i missed seeing the good old Medieval campaigns. Even tho obviously they are now not so cool ,and flashy like Warhammer. They still have their charm, and are amazing to this day even without mods.

[@Floris_VI]

Yeah i love them, medieval 2, rome, shogun 2 are just goated

[@tropicdr3am866]

I love base game medieval 2, and also the lotr mod for medieval 2 is phenomenal

[@Nikolas5842]

@@tropicdr3am866 Yep the lotr mod was blowing my mind as kid, and to this day it in some aspects is more epic than TW: Warhammer

[@frost.0707]

Warhammer is too flashly

[@Snotlingfondler]

Having only ever seen his warhammer videos this is fucking surreal. I've played medieval 2 to death.

[@lokenontherange]

Legend used to mainly play this. Then he played Attila and Rome 2 and was absolutely miserable as LegendofTotalAutoresolve before eventually playing Total War Warhammer and getting really into the expansion, TWW2.

[@Snotlingfondler]

@@lokenontherange I've only recently got a laptop that can play the total war games beyond shogun 2. So I've been catching up on them all, but used to replay shogun, Rome, medieval 2 and shogun 2 over and over.

[@williamguy88]

Check out his m2 disaster videos!! They are 2-3+ years old now, but there are dozens of these. My favorite of his content by FAR

[@lokenontherange]

@@Snotlingfondler I have a very good pc and I still play the older ones more. The warhammer games are frustrating to me because of how much the AI is able to cheat, even inside of battles. Your units don't pursue units correctly, they seem to be able to detach whenever they want and your units will just stand there doing nothing even if you've previously told them to fight, the battles are so absurdly quick because of how ridiculous every units dps is, and the sieges are so unbelievably bad. Outside of battles the ai has infinite money, can always have multiple full stacks, takes no attrition, has absurd casualty replenishment, and only attacks with overwhelming force so you constantly need to spam either ambushes or lightning strike. Your garrisons are also near useless because the ai will never attack you unless the odds are ridiculously in its favour. Honestly I'd still advise people play the lord of the rings mods for medieval 2 ahead of the warhammer games unless all the want is pure spectacle.

[@Snotlingfondler]

@@lokenontherange well I've been playing warhammer 2 and a bit of 3 and I enjoy them. There's definitely problems but not enough to make me hate it (all the games have problems). There's much to be said for the huge faction and unit variety and faction mechanics. But I only play on normal difficulty so maybe that's why there's a dissonance in our opinions of it.

[@smartalec2001]

"3200 florins is good, but do you know whats even better? Bluuugh!" *Sounds of executing prisoners*

[@MDE_never_dies]

“AAAAAAAAGGGGHHHHH” *Hacking slashing and the sounds of blood and muffled screams*

[@Jimbo7P]

Legend, I never comment on videos but I'm making an exception - Medieval 2 content is awesome and would love to see a part 2 of this campaign. There's a lot to do still to bring it back.

[@mocod_2402]

I feel like you had more fun in this video than in most past ones of the last few days. Felt nice.

[@berserker4940]

warhammer TW is a trash strategy game. It's just superficial role play elements and a spectacle game. Not the same stuff real Total War games were made of

[@stephen257]

Medieval 2 video LETS FUCKING GO

[@ddandymann]

Man the nostalgia is real in this video. All it's missing is squeaky voice legend swearing every sentence and it would feel like 2014.

[@coffeedrinker6011]

Yeah missed that one 😂🤣

[@coffeedrinker6011]

And the glory of only peasant campaign lol.

[@RychNovsky-ld3hf]

What a great day waking up to a medieval 2 disaster campaign *Edit* - Would love to see you keep going with a part 2 of this

[@ViciousMachineWaifus]

Look how much faster cavalry runs down fleeing units. So cathartic to watch a Med2 disaster campaign - the battles feel so much punchier even with the dated interface and graphics. Thanks for this one Legend.

[@-pancakes7205]

Medieval 2 while a very old game it still does a lot more right than Warhammer in many aspects.

[@ViciousMachineWaifus]

@@-pancakes7205 seriously - like Legend notes that upgrades actually provided visual updates to the units and buildings.

[@leofwulf268]

dated interface? absolutely dated graphics? idk chief they feel more real than the high quality models from the new games

[@ambrosiogiovanni6952]

Oh yeah, cavalry in Rome/Med 2 was insane, i loved it. Playing as Parthia and going full Cavalry army was so satisfying.

[@rainbowevil]

Were we watching the same video? Every time the cavalry was used it was just dire how it responded to instructions and sauntered into a non-charge! Modern total wars definitely leave a lot to be desired, but the clunkiness of the cav in this video was kinda painful to watch.

[@keiran5170]

Hearing that Van dyke masterpiece of battle music play again is literal music to my ears

[@LoneWanderer727]

I looooooove medieval 2 content. One of my all time favorite games and some of my favorite content on the channel. Happy to see it return and hope we see more in the future!

[@lukerevelt7265]

Props to this guy for playing england as a newer player and sticking through it

[@Talon18136]

Major props I’ve had many failed campaigns playing England first as a kid

[@Cool_Night_King]

In M2 you kill the general to rout the army , in later TW games you kill the army to rout the general.

[@lelouch19]

Ikr I went from MD2TW straight to Warhammer 2 that legendary lord bullshit had me angry. Literally I'd have 4 units wailing on one guy and he's just chilling, really annoyed me when I lst a battle after killin all his soldiers and one prick on a chariot just ends 409 elves on his own. Like Ty game I needed that

[@digiorno1142]

Unless you fight the vampire counts then you kill the general and the entire army disintegrates lol

[@monsieurfuch7882]

Yeah Med2 is back ! Just hearing those amazing soundtrack makes me wanna start a new campaign

[@greghamilton9421]

Nice to see a campaign again, I like the battles you do but the reason I watched your channel In the first place was for the campaign strategy and how you play things out, great to see and hopefully more campaign stuff in the future.

[@juicemoose11]

The audio of executing prisoners is just fantastic. The soundtrack is amazing too!

[@monsterfurby]

I can't get over how much more epic these battles looked despite the more primitive graphics.

[@berserker4940]

They were better games back then. Not just corporate slop made for paypigs

[@ResistTheGreatReplacementEU]

That’s because it had a better engine where individual soldiers actually acted realistically to their situation instead of just engaging in an obviously choreographed animation every 2 seconds like it’s a shitty movie.

[@R3GARnator]

The forts system they brag about in Pharaoh is based on the forts in this Kingdoms Britain campaign here. Medieval II still influential.

[@Rynewulf]

The forts are way way older, Rome 1 old so years before Medieval 2's Kingdoms expansion So like triple silly so sell forts as a new feature

[@Zarastro54]

I mean, there’s a lot of stuff that they stupidly took out that they should put back in, even if they do try to sell it to us as “new.”

[@ChaosReaper426]

Wow I think I started watching you to get better at medieval and Rome way back in the day. What a blast from the past to watch these old total war games again. Imo they still feel so much more epic than the games we get nowadays bar the total warhammer series due to why those games need to feel different. Hope u post more in the future!

[@xensonar9652]

I wish they'd make Medieval 3 by building upon Medieval 2 rather than building upon the more modern games. Include the quality of life changes obviously, but there's a lot that got lost along the development of the franchise.

[@brettsteuart]

Med 2 is in my top 5 favorite games of all time was the first RTS I really dove into and I love seeing you play it! Great video

[@user-cm4of8xc2l]

We need more M2TW content!!!

[@lanelesic]

Mate its such a treat to watch you play Medieval 2 👍

[@marioleggiero215]

Honestly, as others said, I too wouldn't mind a part 2. Feels good to see again some Medieval 2 and the nostalgia effect really be hitting, damn.

[@lukacvitkovic8550]

In all my years of playing RTW, only once did I have a truly anomalous general in terms of age. It was a Bruttii campaign and the guy lived to be 100, and his bodyguard alone grew to over 200 men. He had the trait Horribly scarred, which struck fear in children AND his enemies.

[@michaelglynn7010]

Yes Medieval! Love that game 💪

[@TamAviv]

The Kingdoms expansion for M2TW was so bloody good, all 4 of the campaigns were great.

[@azhaag1898]

I'm a relatively new fan since I started watching you with Warhammer 3. But this was an awesome video and would be great to see more of the other total war games that you get submissions for. I'm considering getting this game now after watching it.

[@makislazer5118]

you should definitely do that mate, med2 is the probably the best game of the series. The Kingdoms DLC is a must too. And there is a huge selection of insanely good mods to spice things up if you are interested. (stainless steel and third age total war are the best ones imo)

[@iced2594]

The Welsh have invaded Me screaming in British "OH BLODDY HELL NAW!!!!"

[@knight252003]

As someone still relatively new to TW, I'm a huge fan of the disaster campaign videos. So much to learn from; how things can go wrong and how to get out of it. Hope to see more of them in the future.

[@silentdon40k]

The maps feel so much larger than in warhammer! You can actually use your cav. I think medieval 2 and attila have the best cav feel. Every other total war you just spam ranged or shitstacks for autoresolve. Thank you for this vid! Hope to see med3 some day.

[@jakobrandel8105]

I finally understand why people were so bummed by the sieges and map sizes in WH2 and 3. God, to have fast units and kite around massive maps and castles like that...

[@vangoghsseveredear]

They were also ALL unique. You can also have campaign map based battles, eg. If the battle takes place on a bridge on the campaign map, you will fight on a bridge. If you fight in front of a river, the fight will take place in front of the river. It was super cool.

[@berserker4940]

Even warhammer 1 basically has no sieges. Just a single wall and units automatically scale them and go up and down the interior walls? CA wtf

[@zinswear6117]

4:30 ''You could send spies in there', but that requires a bit of luck'. Knowing your luck in M2TW that's probably why you don't use spies that way. Like that time you sent 2 spies with a 95% chance of success and both failed and died :-D Nice to see Medieval 2 total war again.

[@mondoexpedition]

I'll sometimes dig through Legend's old playlists and videos simply because I enjoy seeing the gameplay of the historical titles. Very pleased to see this one pop up in the feed!

[@HORDEchannel]

You sound like you're having fun, a lot more than I usually hear in your voice. This has been great to watch, thank you!

[@DarkFilmDirector]

An old Legend subscriber here. Let me tell you having not watched any of the fantasy Total War game videos, it is funny hearing Legend critique the controls on Medieval 2 compared to the newer games. A few years back, Legend would say Medieval II beat the piss out of most of the newer TW titles. Thanks for the nostalgia and its a humorous reminder of how times and people change.

[@Nekroleinchen]

Please make more videos with Rome and Medieval. i was really surprised to finally see something not warhammer

[@booradley6832]

He's talked about this before. He's dependent on you for content. If you want to see something, then start playing that game and when you get into a disaster, send it in. He does so much warhammer because he gets so much warhammer.

[@Floris_VI]

I know right! It feels so fresh now, finally not the worries, annoyances and missed potential the think about😂

[@MinecraftSons]

My God atmosphere of Medieval 2 is something else. I've just returned to my early teenager years lol.

[@Pingas31]

Man I forgot how good all the banners looked in Medieval 2, been a few couple years since I touched it. Something about seeing all the little banners and whatnot as units gain experience really makes you feel like they're veterans fighting for their country, particularly as a group of knights charge superior numbers.

[@RockyX123]

Wow I was JUST playing Medieval 2 yesterday, what a coincidence!

[@SereglothIV]

Been some time since I saw a good ol' forced draw-out!

[@paulmuntean1459]

I waited YEARS for a video with historical total war from Legend Total War so I can finally watch some content from him. The wait has paid off. See you again in few years

[@danielheikkila3352]

THANK FUCKING GOD, MEDIEVAL II AND LEGENDOFTOTALWAR AT THE SAME TIME, MISSED SO MUCH✨😭

[@willg3226]

Legend, I originally came to your channel for your Warhammer content, but this is one of my favorite videos you've made all year. It was a good dose of nostalgia seeing Medieval 2 again, and this was a TRULY disastrous campaign situation. I'd personally love a part 2.

[@ShapelyFish]

"Nottingham is on the verge of revolting" truer words have never been said

[@SoraTheHappyEmo]

I only did my first play through of medieval two the other day, so seeing this is a joy

[@roguewasbanned4746]

Don’t play defensive or you die like this England player. Play defensive if you want it to be harder, but attacking is always better

[@SoraTheHappyEmo]

I played as HRE and expanded pretty fast, I'm at the point now though where I'm at war with catholic factions constantly but not strong enough to tell the pope to go to hell, so I'm always making peace with one power while taking a settlement from another, etc @@roguewasbanned4746

[@Talon18136]

Minimize field battles as much as much possible always attack at cities or forts or castles easier to kill the whole army rather than chasing them down like this guy does in large open maps always be a defender on bridge battles never attack a guarded bridge that kind of stuff the game is a lot of fun been playing it for years now

[@MRB1157]

The amount of nostalgia from this video was insane. Reminds me of the good old days when the legend's content was actually good.

[@patrickswayze3086]

Medieval 2 content is very refreshing since I fell out of love with Warhammer 3

[@gobs379]

This is some vintage Legend content right here. Love to see it.

[@jeezjack3282]

The Medieval 2 content was pretty interesting! Weapons team armies are fun to watch, but I don’t mind this at all, I actually enjoyed it more than I thought I would!

[@Snowstrider0001]

Part 2 would be a lot shorter than part 1 at least. I don't know if the original player could reasonably pull their bootstraps up from that, even with the big boost you've given them. I do like Medieval 2 every once in a while, thanks Legend.

[@mohammedel-kalache7765]

it's so refreshing to see how archers die so quickly to cavalry charges. warhammer franchise made me forget about how it's supposed to be. damn Ellyrian reavers losing to archers

[@genericcommenter1267]

Was going to try and get an early night tonight. Plans changed immediately when I saw this.

[@endoftheroad6513]

Oh Baby, it's the little things in life 🎉

[@tscchope]

That was a fun experience. You got him out of debt. When that Scottish diplomacy came in, i was sure it was going to be a DoW. Were this my campaign, which it is not, I'd want to repair my damaged units and cities. I don't understand why raising fresh units is better. I'm pretty sure I don't know how to take a city with just cavalry. Sniping enemy commanders? Sure, but you know what you are doing. I know I'd appreciate a part two for this campaign.

[@Talon18136]

Fresh units are not better but bc there probably wasn’t a lot of time before end of game in this one he just doesn’t bother to do repairs or retrain the units in these disaster it’s not always a god way to play bc veteran units usually have higher morale and don’t break as quick

[@mikev4135]

I would personnally love to see a part 2, even if its a short mopping-up video

[@tomm9963]

Thanks for uploading this Legend. I know you said in your DM on twitter that you were undecided. Glad you have, looking forward to watching this

[@leh2012]

Ahhh, I love Medieval 2! Such a great game! Great video as well! Keep them coming!

[@pb3662]

A quality of life feature I noticed that isn't in Warhammer is at least the unit markings (when you drag them out) show up with contrast depending on the terrain colour. That would be a nice feature to turn on. Snow battles with arrows and white markings kind of suck.

[@slaviclettuce7937]

I thought I clicked on an old vid, glad to see you back on the Med II grind.

[@lawrence4301]

am really glad to see this is doing so well by youtube analytics, both for the growth/long term success of your channel and also in terms of interest in other total war games.

[@LeoJakeMaxi]

Man medieval 2 is still a great game. Really enjoyed this

[@nonono4160]

Damn, the maps in the WH feel claustrophobic by comparison.

[@lookslikechicken6578]

I love the steam library arrangement of categories at 5:05

[@SpazzyGenius]

Rome 1 in bad, time to riot

[@uroplatusfimbriatus2603]

@@SpazzyGenius It may be for compatibility issues that some experience.

[@bloodmagiclord8253]

Nice, I've really missed these med 2 videos

[@anthonymcelveen6711]

Honest question: If the disaster campaign videos do well enough would you consider something like pulling off a campaign victory from a disaster start over the course of a livestream? I feel like itd be interesting to watch.

[@Floris_VI]

Yeah i was just thinking this, i dont see Legend ever doing it but it would be super interesting for sure

[@orbitalsummer]

i think he did this already with France in MW2. 2 or 3 episodes with France in high debt and a live stream to finish it.

[@RandomName55]

Definitely up for more campaign content regardless of the game.

[@SplendidFactor]

Ah yes, the become vassal cheese. Works like a charm whenever you're desperate.

[@tonnehead777]

I love how mass and formations interact in the earlier titles!

[@killer5934]

When Legend lost both of his spies and gave us his iconic laugh, it made my day!

[@xiaoxiaoxiao4]

Ah i remember medibal 2. It was my first total war i ever played, it was a lucky day i found this in my local game store. I was like "you like medival, you like strategie, this game sounds to good to be true" and i had a blast playing it even if i had to play it on low graphics on my good old potato.😂❤

[@MrGhostly12321]

Yo, we doin medieval 2 again? Fuck ya Bois!

[@evilbaerchen824]

Today I learned after countless of hours of Medieval ii in my youth that you can take ladders of the wall and re-use them...

[@Babakanosh4]

Love the medieval 2 videos, its scratching that itch we all had🤣.

[@MrBawBagz]

1st time ive aee you play m2 and 1st time ive seen you charge in , without have to lure and separate. Was a nice little change , thanks ❤❤❤❤

[@nikolozgilles]

43:29 SLOWEST charge in history oh my god btw please do more medieval 2 total war i like it

[@varagianafro9755]

FINALLY some good fakin FOOD

[@phosphorneuntausend8868]

Man I love medieval 2. The soundtrack also slaps!

[@bar_jumper1312]

"Help, help i m beeing represt", " BLODDY PEASANT!"

[@The_Seeker]

medievalbros... we're so back

[@BrentMattherson]

Part 2 would be amazing! Your ME2 videos are such a joy to watch and a nice bit of nostalgia! Keep'em comin! :-)

[@unifieddynasty]

Gods, few things in life are as satisfying as a Medieval 2 cav charge.

[@connoisseurofcookies2047]

God I miss Medieval 2. Back when the devs had so much passion for the genre.

[@oliverhughes610]

lol I love how youtube didn't recommend me a single one of your videos after the last one of your med 2 videos I watched years and years ago, but gave me this one

[@battleshipman56]

Ireland is legit the most op faction in the game, love this back when i was young af. Max dificulty and battle difficulty and gg easy with Muire soldiers and Mounted Calivermen / calivermen are just so good along with Lord’s Retinue is just the best late game, can pretty much beat any army

[@funguy398]

Also they have King with a ton of dread

[@kamikazebanzai1005]

I love how the maps in this game are more than just small plains with small splotches of forest littered around

[@hjluke4807]

Horse sandwiches! Horse sandwiches!

[@alex_zetsu]

I don't mind an old game as long it is a good disaster that's winnable. Like the "a few samurai" video was a great one. The only problem with the older titles is that often disaster battles are usually impossible. Usually most veterans know all there is to Rome 2, so even Legend can't win if they haven't. But if you ever get a good Rome 2, Warhammer 2 or Shogun 2 disaster, I'm willing to watch. Yeah I don't think anyone is sending a Warhammer 2 disaster nowadays, but if you get a good one...

[@Nikolas5842]

Yeah cause WH2 is not messed up like third one. Especially with the AI.

[@alex_zetsu]

@@Nikolas5842 WH3 I kind of feel like Rome 2. Rome 2 is a good game (after the patches), just look at the reviews on steam. But not only did it launch badly, if they could have just taken the best of Rome 1 and the best of Rome 2 and put it all into a single game, you'd have an S-tier game.

[@michaelmoran6364]

"that charge was just awful...." Gotta love old school total war. Amazing sound track

[@francesco.virzi4]

That is what we want to see.

[@Lin117]

Wow a Medieval 2 vid. My original Total War experience, one of the best in the series. Ngl though I don't know how you lose settlement battles to the AI in Medieval 2 it's pretty easy to comp stomp in almost any situation in this one.

[@microwaveenthusiast7410]

Man Warhammer 2 graphics aged badly.

[@shmekelfreckles8157]

Seeing this made me realize how much I want more map variety in Warhammer. Bigger maps. Maps with more interesting impassable terrain like rivers and canyons. I wamt a good bridge battle every once in a while, you know? WH2 had stuff like that, am I just unlucky to not see it in WH3?