Rome Total War But I Use Guns

[@Patterrz]

If the Romans wanted to conquer Scotland, why did they not simply create AK-47s? Curious

[@commandcoded]

They didn’t have enough tea.

[@alasdairwhyte6616]

they did not have access to modding tools?

[@EEEEEEEE]

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[@mariuszsz5986]

... because they are Italian, not Russian... Duh 🙄

[@maycontainnuts3127]

@@mariuszsz5986 of course, they'd be making Fiat-Revelli Modello 1914s and L3/33s instead

[@leondavis1093]

The Romans really thought they had a chance once they got into melee range, but they underestimated the deadliness of a group of lads with knives from London.

[@grtwhtbnr]

Toss a knife, save a life ::laughs in American::

[@jigmedradulthinley4406]

@@grtwhtbnr *Laughs in Vietnam*

[@Joe-xf5ot]

@@grtwhtbnr Yea things look like they're going great and you can all definitely be trusted with guns

[@grtwhtbnr]

@@Joe-xf5ot I could give you a solid breakdown of gun violence in the USA. From community issues, mental health issues, gang/drugs/human trafficking, etc. But you're just trolling and you wouldn't appreciate it

[@grtwhtbnr]

@@jigmedradulthinley4406 bro EVERYTHING in Vietnam wants to kill everything and everything in Vietnam is ready to die at a moments notice. How do you beat that?

[@cristianescamilla8673]

all I can think of is that meme of a knight with a pistol saying "parry this you filthy casual"

[@EEEEEEEE]

@@thespiffingbrit Tea

[@12.7x99mm]

@@EEEEEEEE tea sums everything up.

[@imperialguard9246]

Meme lord

[@Ballin4Vengeance]

“Parry this thou filthy peasant”

[@instathrill8845]

Which in turn reminds me of Indiana Jones, Pistol trumps Sword. lol

[@jelledonders6557]

I really love mods like these that add to the historical accuracy.

[@rotnSamerhi]

Lol

[@adamkavanagh9079]

What is the name of the mod?

[@guacre2675]

People tend to forget gunpowder was invented by creeper hunters from Brittania in 300 BC.

[@ttvwhitewolfgaming2326]

What’s the mod called

[@pink_pnthr6208]

@@ttvwhitewolfgaming2326 supreme range

[@obamaprism1277]

Time Traveler: “Breathes air in past timeline” The Timeline:

[@kermitthecommenter6794]

Kermit the frog here wishing you a great day

[@obamaprism1277]

@@kermitthecommenter6794 Thank you!

[@commissargab6181]

hi kerm i watch your prn videos its intertaining thanks for spreading happiness!

[@GamerBoy870]

@@thespiffingbrit Thanks Spiff for making these videos

[@capitanrexofsparta3261]

@@commissargab6181 Wait what????

[@ResonantRTS]

Flashbacks intensify

[@ishowhalal]

how many bruhs can i get off this comment . 1st bruh : Bruh

[@SymbioteMullet]

@@ishowhalal i say brother, i believe the word you are looking for is "tea"

[@megaming371]

@@ishowhalal tea

[@limjingheng186]

@@ishowhalal tea

[@ishowhalal]

but i first need bruhs to drink tea with :(

[@xolotlnephthys]

"Here we have Camulodunon. Not quite London, not quite Cambridge." It's worse, it's Colchester.

[@spwicks1980]

A true Essex shithole :D

[@kari8327]

As someone who lives in Colchester…you’re not wrong 🤦‍♂️

[@Karagianis]

It's never been the same since Boudica and the Iceni burned it to the ground.

[@rlauder7210]

@@Karagianis Being burnt to the ground is probably the best thing that could happen to Colchester TBH.

[@spwicks1980]

@@kari8327 Halstead boy here. I cant talk too much shit :P

[@AsbestosMuffins]

"You vandals!" "No we're british!" "What?"

[@schiz0phren1c]

Now that's a Hun of a Pun!...and Spiff's a Son of a Gun!

[@timothybartlett5493]

*gets time machine* Spiff: "Hold my tea--I'm going to spice up the Ancient Britons."

[@AxxLAfriku]

OH NOOOOOOOO!!! I have two girlfriends, but very few people on YT are happy for my relationship success. They disl*ke all of the videos I make with my 2 girlfriends. Please be kind, dear tim

[@MrDragonheart1996]

Just imagine how happy Spiff gets, if he remembers that the game plays 1950 Years before the Geniever Convention

[@beveragebrit]

Geneva

[@thepny_chasseur_de_tricera5361]

@@beveragebrit grevious convention

[@beveragebrit]

@@thepny_chasseur_de_tricera5361 aye it is

[@jaredjosephsongheng372]

@@emperor_s9 Geneva Recommendation

[@BioHunter1990]

It’s not a war crime the first time.

[@rifflerunderhill7006]

The brits actually had amazing food before coal. Unfortunately, the advent of coal changed how the very pots and stoves were designed to avoid you know, making a mess and killing anyone, and subsequently most things had to be baked or boiled in closed containers to avoid being covered in soot. Victorian Farms does a lovely piece exploring how much effect coal had on the food industry, among other incredible changes throughout British history. Thank you Ruth!

[@the_retag]

Victorian farms? Couldnt find it on KZbin

[@christianZaal]

Hadn't thought of how much coal would change indoor life - but now that you mention it, of course it would. Thanks for sharing

[@mikfhan]

"Sticks and stones may break your bones, but RPGs will kill you." -- Hastati veteran, retired, 45 AD

[@jasonnewman7554]

I immediately read this as “but roleplaying games will kill you.”

[@samorniv7911]

I mean, it ain't wrong.../hj

[@Dong_Harvey]

That was no veteran, they all died

[@timetotalk2023]

fk rpgs get the fatmans

[@weizhao7349]

Well, there are no veterans, but survivors XD

[@ItsBofu]

"The British Secret Service will come to your house and force you to drink tea" Don't threaten me with a good time.

[@CM-wr6zn]

If anyone is wondering, he’s using a mod called Supreme Range

[@KayEhny]

I was wondering how he was doing it. Does it add the explosive effects as well?

[@maxwellheenan458]

This is no mod. This is the power the British get when they drink yorkshire tea

[@greenleaper3791]

@@KayEhny I think the explosive effects are mods too. I played as Briton once and I certainly don't remember the slingy boys armed with explosive rounds. I don't know what kind of mod is that but my God, I'd love to install it as well lol.

[@kinokos8980]

Nonsense. He used TEA

[@robocop1279]

Oh great (just dont tell the british their is magic helping them)

[@monokuma316]

“Oh no they are t-posing in the water” I thought I will never hear those words

[@EEEEEEEE]

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[@EEEEEEEE]

@@thespiffingbrit Tea

[@Zero_Chill_Gaming]

@@thespiffingbrit also how they are born

[@KK-cp4bh]

It reminds me of one of the best sayings i heard in gta Look at that shark eating a cheeseburger

[@q.parablesque5610]

I love those little historical easter eggs. The Romans were pretty famous for using the T-pose as a form of capital pumishment.

[@ijustsawthat]

Spiff: Explodes Rome into submission Rome: Desperately tries to make peace Spiff: *[PEACE WAS NEVER AN OPTION]*

[@pinkbunchan9258]

It’s not “civilian casualties,” it’s denial of potential enemy recruits

[@notasimp976]

It's not a cannibalism, it's an among us reference

[@gen169]

@@notasimp976 it's not cannibalism it's the denial of food to their mouth and into mine

[@shanedoesyoutube8001]

@@gen169 (can't process shit anymore)

[@jay_deadeye4274]

"We're weaponizing the druids" never thought I'd hear that in my life.

[@joehemmann1156]

"Can you beat Total War: Rome 2 with guns?" Honestly, I would think losing when you have guns should be pretty difficult...

[@thedodorex7612]

@Kyle Banister let them figure it out, worst case scenario we get Julius Cesar beating the Gauls to the death with an M16.

[@custink22]

Eh, depends on how many guns, bullets, and enemies you have. But thats why they make bayonettes.

[@robert.7230]

How to lose: more gun

[@MrMarineBro]

Like playing FoTS for shogun 2. Cannon and rifle beats bow and yari ashigaru.

[@hopelesslydull7588]

@@robert.7230 Or more people. Ancient armies could get absolutely enormous, so if you're the Britons fighting the entire force of the conquering Roman army, you're probably still losing unless you have the military infrastructure for more than just guns. The reason the Scots were never conquered by the Romans is because their lands were so hard to get though with Roman chariots and horses and the Scots knew how to take advantage of that.

[@DanGer-re8dh]

"We have to invade them. Can't let the Welsh manage their own gold mines, no. We have to do that for them". Speaking as a Welshman, sounds pretty historically accurate.

[@robtoe10]

It's ironic - the ancient Britons *were* essentially Welsh lol

[@shanedoesyoutube8001]

@@robtoe10 yeah, where did the modern Briton came from really???

[@kavky]

@@shanedoesyoutube8001 Saxony and Normandy.

[@shanedoesyoutube8001]

@@kavky I only thought they are derived from the Normans but the Saxons???

[@kavky]

@@shanedoesyoutube8001 Anglo-Saxons migrated to Britain before the Normands.

[@ZoobieDoodie]

When Todd Howard made this game, this is exactly what he had in mind!

[@orjetshkodra614]

@@thespiffingbrit Very!

[@CapitalTeeth]

All of it, it just _works._

[@joehemmann1156]

@@thespiffingbrit was that a typo of canon, or did you mean you have cannons vs bows and swords? lol

[@davidodonovan1699]

It just works

[@julianolima3500]

@@joehemmann1156 That's the joke.

[@ComicalRealm]

Rome wasn't patched in a day.

[@tardvandecluntproductions1278]

Couldn't even start it for 2 weeks and it took myself doing a registry cleanup. Faulty firewall rules.

[@richardhicks5031]

@@tardvandecluntproductions1278 I still have a bricked PC just to lazy to fix

[@soupwizard]

7:47 Sacking Rome in 243 BC isn't revenge since they won't invade Britain for another 286 years - it's prevenge!

[@shanedoesyoutube8001]

Prevenge XDXDXD

[@BluePhoenix_]

Prevenge of the brits

[@lawpiecla1]

Legend has it Steven is still waiting atop the gate of Rome for Spiff to help him down.

[@romainfr2981]

"A very high level spear unit" The spear unit: vigiles 😂😂😂

[@puntellipuna1061]

All those photos of Roman soldiers with modern weapons or exiting an APC will forever be contextless gold

[@SuperMichael996]

Lesson learned, always trust the court mage when he comes with a cart full of strange green coconut-like objects and says you should use them in the battlefield.

[@downix]

Fun fact: you can use slings in modern warfare. Grenades are the same size as a sling stone.

[@hopelesslydull7588]

Legitimately tho, it'd be simple engineering to design a sling that hooks into the pin of the grenade so it pulls it as you loose it.

[@Alexander-cg1ey]

@@hopelesslydull7588 I think you underestimate the danger of a live explosive being released as a projectile based on pressure created by centrifugal force

[@hopelesslydull7588]

@@Alexander-cg1ey if you can jump out of an airplane with grenades attached to you and you can throw a grenade with your hands after pulling the pin, you should be able to throw a grenade with a sling that pulls the pin the moment that it is loosed.

[@wargpug6084]

@@hopelesslydull7588 that is a very bad idea, for one you can't cook it any longer so it might land and not explode when you need it too. and what is worse is your release could be off and you end up blowing up yourself and allied units.

[@hopelesslydull7588]

@@wargpug6084 Soldiers are already trained not to cook grenades anymore because it's a really dangerous idea with low reward but also, slings can throw things really far and trained soldiers were so accurate with slings that they were preferable to archers for a long time when both technologies overlapped for a while. It wasn't until bow designs were made better and better that they passed usefulness, and that still wasn't for accuracy on the battlefield but for lethality with enough archers or on horseback.

[@aspopulvera9130]

I hope the enemy soldier would someday say... "You aren't suppose to do that!" or "hey! That's illegal!"

[@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014]

*Tears from Roman soldiers, tears from cruelty in person*

[@ohgnabil]

Or hey!! you can’t park here

[@Randomboi863]

@@ohgnabil Parry this you filthy casual

[@reed00112]

As a proud citizen of Exeter (Isca) i'd like to point out that we are in Devon Haha :P The roman wall in Exeter that enclosed the old city is still partially in tact and you can go on a walk around the old perimeter wall it's pretty amazing. And also lots of places in Exeter are still named Isca after the old settlement Exeter came from. There's Isca road, and lots of buildings and businesses with Isca in the name. Just some random trivia.

[@haydensmith859]

Imagine the Gauls come to sack Rome and find that it's already occupied by Brits wielding rpgs lamo XD

[@jamesparson1233]

I can just Imagine the Romans complaining about the 'British weather' while rocks from the slingers drop onto them

[@noctisumbra3015]

Utilizing "Slingers", and making them "Urchins with RPG's". They went from 'rock's to 'Rock'ets.

[@JohnDoe-on6ru]

Poor Steven, he's on that wall alone like "God can this day get ANY worse?!"

[@Jdm_lover230]

Jokes 👏🏽

[@WildBluntHickok]

...and that's when it starts pouring rain.

[@bobthebob5843]

If you gave spiff enough time he would probably break the space time continuum just by giving a Neanderthal a flintlock pistol

[@Yoshijosh31]

1:13 is perhaps the best description of Colchester I've heard

[@DauntlessAdonis]

*PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT* "Remember to be drinking your warm cups of Yorkshire Gold tea ladies and gentlemen! 🍵 🇬🇧"

[@EEEEEEEE]

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[@EEEEEEEE]

@@thespiffingbrit Tea

[@joehemmann1156]

Folgers... far superior...

[@danthiel8623]

E

[@danthiel8623]

TEE

[@MrFarmer110]

*Rule Britannia plays* Random Roman soldier: "Why do I suddenly hear boss music?"

[@yendrian44]

Steve, Guardian of Rome's gate. The legends say he is still up there menacingly watching every person who tresspasses the gate

[@Mhuahaha]

For those wondering, that thing in Rome where horses go round in circles is called Circus Maximus.

[@adamcetinkent]

The one in Constantinople is the Hippodrome.

[@WildBluntHickok]

@@adamcetinkent Wait are you saying they have horses instead of hippos in the hippodrome?

[@lordmaul7904]

I'm Irish. The Takeover in this Video Brought Back all My Family Tree Knowledge

[@magosmallen2973]

This is just what happens when the Gate anime is put into total war

[@vihj3645]

Can you imagine the damage of the Scythian Horse Archers with M16 assault rifles?

[@christiandauz3742]

Had the Scythians Industrialized they would have conquered Assyria, India, China, Greece, Egypt and most of Eastern Europe Persia, Korea and Japan wouldn't exist

[@gallendugall8913]

What I always ran into with RTW2 was Rome instantly implodes along with every other big name country from history and you end up being harassed by the Dofussian Tribe you never heard of as you grind your way towards victory.

[@535phobos]

Rome usually does okay (not the power house Empire it was, but okay). Carthage on the other hand gets wiped every time.

[@pollishion8394]

“I’m sure there where no civilian casualties” **shows destroyed village**

[@faelirra]

Can't be civilian casualties if there are no witnesses to witness civilian casualties.

[@minaly22]

Spiff: "They are T-posing in the water." Me: "You mean, they are posing as tea leaves?" (leaves the room)

[@johngammon6450]

Time traveler: wears pajamas: the timeline: B a t t l e p a j a m a s

[@Gormathius]

18:28 "They're tea-posing in the water" -The Skiffing Brit

[@12.7x99mm]

"Our leaders armed with fusees, and we with hand grenades." British Grenadiers

[@Cyrathil]

"T-Sauce Michael, here. And this is exactly the question I'm going to answer" I'm entirely okay with the stereotypical VSauce intro becoming a common thing.

[@HD.Keem96]

FYI for anyone wondering the name of the mod being used is Supreme Range and yes it adds explosive damage

[@SlackKeyMinecraft]

Steam workshop?

[@chrislaws4785]

"when you think Britain you think tea, coal, rain, depression....OH MY GOD its a death spiral." THAT is actually why TEA became so popular in Britain, the caffeine has been the ONLY thing that gets you people out of bed in the mornings and has kept you all from either hanging yourselves or just laying there in bed and dying of starvation. LMAO.

[@robert.7230]

As an English person can confirm. Tea is very important for getting us out of bed

[@jacobmennig8187]

@@robert.7230just gonna…. Skip over the rest? Okay I guess

[@robert.7230]

@@jacobmennig8187 doesn't need confirming

[@johngammon6450]

If only spiff could mod a unit to be innsanely overpowered and have him do a challenge where he only has 1 in each army

[@josephchanley7228]

Then you have a stack of 20 separate armies reinforce one another

[@joehemmann1156]

"Oh someone lived in this tiny tent? I would like them to move out, they're ruining the view" - The British, probably

[@JohnTrustworthy]

"God is on the side with better artillery."

[@KXNG_BXNZ]

When I think of England I think of monocles, singing chimney sweeps and workers shoveling coal into furnaces with no real indication on what it is for

[@Kemot300]

Ah yes, guns vs spears. Truly the British Art of War

[@lonewanderer1900]

1:45 - "We've glimpsed into the future using the incredible powers of tea." I can just see Spiff reading tea leaves.

[@xtz2100]

18:29 did i hear tea in the water? this is giving me boston flashbacks

[@earthdinotime4548]

Patterson fire a warning shot Sir this is a m32 rotary grenade launcher A potato patota just fire a warning shot Patterson

[@ontaka5997]

As far as the game that you can download from Steam, I think they have removed the graphic feature with those explosions. Also, apart from the charge bonus of 3, all stats have been lowered. However, they still have a good range of 150. I didn&t notice any recent patches though.

[@ondank]

23:35 Spiff : Why did you just run away? 5 minutes earlier Spiff : Lets surround the city so they can't escape.

[@henrytrimmer2363]

You were right about one thing master… the negotiations were short

[@ersetzbar.]

ah yes aiming throwing and grabbing the next ammonition in under 1 second very balanced

[@TemporaryINTER135]

reminds me of Gate: thus the jsdf fought there

[@Simlatio]

11:50 Mars looking down on all this being destroyed and saying 'Feasts, sacrifices, parades... I can't stand it but BLOWING SHIT UP, I LOVE THIS!'

[@nitroglycerin_3455]

"Help I am afraid of heights" - Steven 243 B.C.

[@lucoa4282]

Sooo @ 0:13 ... the enemies now know what it feels like to be the tea who got dumped into the water, because they're TEA-posing in the water :D

[@vooks319]

*"It is the preenkipez!"* - The Spiffing Brit, 2021

[@LeetleToady7]

“We have glimpsed into the future using the power of tea“ Me: But Britain didn’t have tea until- y’know what, spiff magic.

[@shellbackbeau7021]

First thought upon seeing the title? "yeah, shooting your gaming rig with buckshot will definitely break the game."

[@Cxltures536]

This guy is the only Brit I like

[@The_Good_Captain]

you just got to love the depiction of us celts on the battlefield, they look like a bunch of penknife wielding pajama party goers lmao not wrong.. barrring the pajamas lol

[@Baiswith]

I love that the first thing Spiff does, aside from arming the street urchins, is invade Wales xD

[@foxcrafter9007]

When friendly fire is scarier than enemy fire

[@knowledge.6655]

Those Britons are really ahead of their time, since I'm pretty sure tea wasn't popular or even existed in Europe at that time.

[@lukejones6742]

This reminds me of the show gate where A bunch of ancient fantasy creatures try to attack modern day Japan, Japan beats them then goes through to their world and just completely fucks up their entire army

[@erinrensburg7529]

Gate is a freaking masterpiece

[@nikypercea]

if there is gonna ever be a season to, according to the manga, there should be ship battles against the americans... because there is actually more than one gate that can open at a time :D

[@sakib6258]

@@nikypercea *laughs in A10 Warthog*

[@williamblazkowicz5587]

@@nikypercea I just imagine them pulling a reverse "Day Of The Black Ships" By coming through a gate and pulling a gunship rescue, American rebels look on in surprise as the warships of the British empire get shredded by missiles missiles. Japan declares that they come to help the Americans, that they have come to change history. The episode ends with American cheers fading into a foreshadowing scene of George III receiving news of the Japanese rescue. He ends the episode with a foreboding "of course you realizise, thus means war." As it cuts to black.

[@sylviefay6110]

"they're t-posing in the water!" so they're.... t in the harbor? ;3

[@schmuckers7461]

Hehe good one

[@AlpenSkyWatcher]

Add Japan as a faction. Let the JSDF wreak havoc against dragons. Then add aliens with better technology to challenge the JSDF.

[@shanedoesyoutube8001]

The jsdf??? In the time when Japan was in the yayoi period???

[@AlpenSkyWatcher]

@@shanedoesyoutube8001 Hehe... I was just imagining mods for the following stories. Gate: Thus the Japanese Self-Defense Force Fought There by Takumi Yanai Japan Summons (Nihonkoku Shoukan) by Minorou

[@timothyjosephbonilla1108]

@@AlpenSkyWatcher Haha guns are a type of magic

[@SimulationEvolve]

*Plays as Brythonic tribe* "ok so we now have the Welsh as well as all of the Southerners subjegated" But all Brythonic peoples are Welsh, at least according to the Anglo-Saxons 🤣

[@p.r.1308]

I love when diffrent centuries get mixxed together. Medieval knight with guns? Goofy and insane but yes please!

[@citcoin-official2681]

Medieval Knights with Guns is not necessarily a mix of centuries. The Medieval period was a pretty big chunk of history and some of it had guns. Samurai with Lasers though- Now that's just Star Wars.

[@biancabee499]

WH2 Gelt campaign was my favourite too. Excellent use of the Hellstorm Rocket Batteries :>

[@tmanatee9567]

You know Spiff, your not really playing as the English. Your playing as the PROTO WELSH BABY!

[@Valkorion9872]

There’s going to coffee drinkers trying to point out that we didn’t have tea but they will never be better that the amazing Yorkshire tea drinkers

[@koksmakrone]

I‘d like to imagine that spiff is the reason why there are only ruins left from this time ^^

[@chookmin3888]

Thank you for helping me with my school history project :D

[@Hexmonkey]

I think the warrior stuck on the wall was the lucky one, stay up there till the battles over and climb down carefully once everyone is gone.

[@Mr.Maverick.Hunter]

that 1st battle in a nutshell: It's not a warcrime It's denying the enemy potential recruits.

[@lohema7827]

1- Create time machine 2- Go to the year 476 3- Give ak-47 to romans 4- R O M A A E T E R N A 5- ????? 6- Space marines in the XIX century

[@custink22]

Theyll be Ultramarines though...

[@shanedoesyoutube8001]

Make sure you do the same thing to Japan so I can hear those Samurai space marines yelling banzai

[@admiraltopazblue826]

The man who can make the UK look badass

[@Arch_Twisted]

In Warframe, we have a bow called the Kuva Bramma. It's basically firing an RPG round from an english longbow. Thats what this reminds me of.

[@Kaltsit-]

“When you think Britain you think tea, coal, rain, depression, and self-loathing oh it’s a death spiral” Me: “Well, to be honest it’s mostly rain. Nothing really compares to rain (except maybe tea.)”

[@LyricalDJ]

When you think about it tea is simply weaponised rain.

[@irfanfirdaus7861]

T-posing in the water? Are you sure they aren’t just STEEPING tea? Haha I’ll see myself out

[@soupwizard]

I was scrolling down scanning comments and went back up to upvote this pun.

[@dexybrd3280]

This video helped get my son to sleep, thanks Spiff!

[@mooham8762]

Im always so impressed with how you find these exploits, insane!

[@kolos0139]

Another Rome 2 video? Sign me up!

[@manueljoshua175]

I'm doing an apprenticeship as CNC mechanic and the company just ordered one. It's probably gonna mostly print tool holders, but we are allowed to use it for our own projects as long as we buy the filament and it gets approved by our Meister. (Teacher) I think teaching workshops might be very interested since you also get good customer service and that might become quite important. Also for the industry it might be big plus that it is manufactured in Europe. (Safety rules etc)

[@IDKman555]

I love videos where there are exploits in the game. When the exploit is "I installed a mod" or "I modified the game files" I find those videos just boring. It's like activating god mod and that's the video. I love Spiff but these types of videos I lose interest in almost immediately and never find them entertaining. P.S. I would still love to see Kenshi, but that may be with guns or game files. So be it, I need it.

[@2A9D8F]

08:47 : Fall of Constantinople 1453 (colorized)