Total War Tutorial for Beginners (Attila Edition)

[@DragonHeart1791]

Thanks for watching. If you wish to see more, I recently started streaming on Twitch. Channel is Twitch.tv/princedragonheart

[@theglanconer6463]

Thank you after almost two decades playing Medieval total war 2 I tried Atilla and I was totally flabbergasted. Didn´t understand anything about it. And no manual in sight. Thank you for helping me out on this one amigo !

[@DragonHeart1791]

Thank you for the comment, I'm glad you found this video helpful 😀

[@flip2shoot567]

I loved Shogun 2 and played it a lot and my reaction to Attila was like "what the hell am I looking at"

[@MrDeutschGerman]

I just bought Attila on sale and its still downloading, and during the video I felt that look kinda similar (with the families and the shape of the settlements) but in needlessly complicated.

[@lukaskovac6778]

How do You deal with public order? _ I would say, that in Attila is broken in public order mechanic

[@tiramisuoais9302]

TW Shogun2 so simple yet fun to play. Unlike TW Atilla need to take consider lot of things.

[@durodemonte4709]

Same as u brother

[@matthewwebster3143]

Huh? Attila is way better but because of mods and that's okay with me, play medieval 1212 way better than shogun

[@gates7779]

I have just bought this game and was surprised there wasn't an actual tutorial in game.. I have tried looking up how to play but haven't found actual good guides, except this one. Very helpful and easy to understand! Thank you!

[@DragonHeart1791]

Thank you, I'm glad you have found it helpful :)

[@budlikycz2445]

There is a prologue thats their take on tutorial

[@mh-tw4kx]

@@budlikycz2445 the prologue is crazy hard for a beginner like me, napoleon and shogun has better tutorial than this

[@alexanderfeoktistov6826]

Perfect timing, I just started playing this game and its crazy hard. Playing the prologue I just get thoroughly smacked around by the Huns and its so dispiriting.

[@DragonHeart1791]

Thats good, I hope this helps you, good luck :)

[@jgamer2228]

Pikes and spearmen are good defenses against the Huns’ ridiculous cavalry

[@KokosNaSnehu2]

First game I played where I wasn´t able to finish tutorial... feels bad man.

[@julianorozaa]

Yeah the Huns destroyed me in the Prologue. I tohught the Prologue would go easier on me lol

[@waqarsaleem8611]

Played this game for 15 min and lost my mind, i play total war rome 2 tho but everything in this game was very different, ur tutorial provided a great help and now maybe i will resume it :)

[@DragonHeart1791]

Thank you so much, glad you found it useful :)

[@quintiax]

Thank you for the tutorial! Very clear to understand and beyond useful! Hearing you talk about the GTX970 and it being able to run max graphics is something I haven't heard in a while, can't believe it's already been so long since that card was seen as a strong gpu.

[@DragonHeart1791]

Glad it helped! Thank you for the kind comment. Yeah GTX 970 crew previously haha, I'm now using a RTX 2070 Super which is serving me nicely :)

[@wasteland9409]

public order is low , my troops get rekt by hun invasion , meanwhile Apulum is getting attacked , I just feel like the game expects too much from me :(

[@kam9201]

Well the Roman Empire (Eastern or Western) is incredibly difficult to survive as. I suggest playing as the Sassanid Empire.

[@tannu4377]

Lol get rekt

[@beezybuzyfamily]

Ere survived to medieval

[@davidballantyne5970]

I have the same problem 😕

[@kurumi9755]

Thanks for this. I bought this game after it came out since the battles looked interesting. I didn't understand why i kept losing after 40 hours in and dropped it. Thought about picking it up again and after watching this ill give it another try :D Thanks alot man

[@DragonHeart1791]

Thanks for the comment, I appreciate it, I'm glad you found the vid useful :)

[@werewolf1336]

Attila AI got way better over the Rome 2 battle AI. Kicked my ass and still is.

[@BeanutButterBoy]

Watching this while i'm installing the game, i haven't played in a while, and i'm excited to hop back in :)

[@stevebuscemi3622]

Just picked this up playing thru Rome Remaster for the first time, super helpful subbed

[@DragonHeart1791]

Thank you Steve, I appreciate it 😀

[@p3rformer]

Thank you for this awesome video! it really helped a lot and i enjoyed watching it!

[@DragonHeart1791]

Thanks Seba, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@_Gandalf_The_White]

Thanks for the video, very informative and easy to understand good work liked and subbed!

[@DragonHeart1791]

Thanks Gandalf :)

[@dazhibernian]

Game requires a fucking degree to play.

[@TheRockstarFreak9]

Fucking word

[@kaiwanxiao5352]

Play Crusader Kings 2 instead )

[@Staki6908]

Isnt Crusader Kings 2 even harder to play?

[@afterburner7847]

Trust me. This game is childs play compared to Crusader Kings 2, Europa Universalis 4 and Victoria 2.

[@budlikycz2445]

afterburner7847 thats true but crusaders kings 2 is fucking boring shot where shit happe s and you are requiered to read everything and thats fucking boring

[@oldnerdbeaver]

This is the best Total War tutorial video I've ever seen!!

[@DragonHeart1791]

Cheers Rabbit, glad you found it of use to you.

[@amandalott5432]

Thanks Dragonheart! nice to see a fellow welshie out there too.

[@DragonHeart1791]

Thank you Amanda, appreciate it :)

[@redacted3557]

I’m definitely getting this game, it looks complicated but fun.

[@precido]

Excellent video-well explained and concise...many thanks

[@DragonHeart1791]

Thanks, glad you found it useful :)

[@tomyoung2674]

Thanks for the effort!

[@isaachao1995]

Great video, and very helpful. Thanks for putting in the time.

[@DragonHeart1791]

No worries, I'm glad you found it helpful :)

[@milo20060]

Bought the game from winter sale now. Been playing shogun 2 and both warhammer games but this just has new interesting stuff.

[@DragonHeart1791]

I love Shogun 2 and Warhammer, they have probably been my two favourites out of the newer releases.

[@jamesmackay6893]

It's the 8th not the 9th @25.15

[@cultofmalgus1310]

irrelevant

[@hishamjalal9078]

@@cultofmalgus1310 just because you're an idiot, doesn't mean its irrelevant.

[@markhenley3097]

Playing as the Eastern Roman Empire, I always manage to defeat the Persians and create client states, or defeat the Romans as Persia, but the Huns just always destroy me in battle. Not sure why, every time I'm about to win, then one of their horse archer units charges my heavy melee infantry and my entire army runs away.

[@elliott7706]

Get Calvary, infantry gets slaughtered against horse archers

[@ivanvoloder8114]

I've tried to play as the Saxons 5 times and failed miserably. Now started play as Langobards and the start is much better. I have to admit it and shamefully is that I'm playing on easy difficulty. I can beat any other TW game on hard or even very hard, but Atilla is just a different game

[@ashleyradwell709]

very helpful vid, just got this from Rome 2 and there is definitely more politics involved need to think playing this campaign....

[@DragonHeart1791]

thanks, glad you found it helpful :)

[@robertavanesovru]

Very helpful! Thanks!

[@DragonHeart1791]

No problem, your welcome :)

[@punishediroh4242]

Wait how did you get such a performance using GTX 970 ;;

[@DJChipsandGarlic]

i swear i will play this properly some day. ive had it since day one. but have hammered total warhammer as its really easy.

[@pureblood4386]

Very nice guide, and your vocal presentation is excellent, (are you welsh?) i find it really annoying listening to commentators with bad habits like, clicking their pallet with their tongue, or swallowing all the time, saying eermm every other word, i have been playing this game for 2 days now and i have picked up quite a lot i have missed from your vid, thanks, maybe you could do a money and public order building guide as players seem to be have issues with them?, great vid well done.

[@DragonHeart1791]

Bigg Macca Thanks for the feedback, I appreciate it, I will be looking to domore guides alongside my campaigns :)

[@namelesscleric6657]

I subbed to your channel just because of the epic name... oh and Total War: Attila

[@DragonHeart1791]

Well that's a relief, glad you like the name haha :P

[@ClaudyMorning]

this is really well done, to the point and concise. Great job. BTW: VIII = 8, not 9

[@DragonHeart1791]

Thank you for the comment and no problem 😊

[@BigCraig431]

Hey I'm new, I just bough Attila and I don't have the Celtic, Viking factions and I have this really obnoxious white fog surrounding my entire map making it almost impossible to see ANYTHING. Has anyone else come across this?

[@DragonHeart1791]

The Celtic & Viking factions are dlc which you have to buy separate. The Vikings were a pre-order bonus previously. If you were interested in getting them its worth checking steam, GreenMan Gaming, CDKeys, GamesPlanet & Kinguin to see who has the cheapest price. If you do use Kinguin or GMG I got a referral in description if you wanna use it ;) The white fog may be the fog of war on the map. If you think it is too much then there should be some mods on the steam workshop that will reduce/remove it :)

[@TheKeyser94]

Wow, this game is fucking hard, even the major issues that I faced in the other games, like public order and rebellions are a piece of cake compared to this game, I really like this game, but it so fucking bloody difficult.

[@omarmordaa5760]

I know I'm a bit late but really good guide thank you so much👍🏻👍🏻

[@urbanwarrior3470]

i always start off with sanitation - fountains, waterworks - does make a difference

[@Alan-vb5pb]

good helpful video. I don't fully understand how hordes work??? how to play as the huns?

[@hollow9727]

well, playing as hordes is much different because you start with no cities but you can make a special troop movement in which your troops become a City and then you wont take damage, you can also take cities and one that have been left behind. When taking cities after you win, occupy it so you can build there, once you have taken/created a settlement you will no longer be a horde. hope i helped !

[@jameshunk7211]

since i never win the Adrianapole battle, i uninstall the game and never played it back. how to win Adrianapole

[@takeitsleazy6508]

When I battle it always shows a pin up description of the unit on the bottom left corner of the screen. How do I get rid of that?

[@thomasbreeze5832]

does age of charlamagne work on custom battles?

[@percyxl7752]

literally clicking every button..... nothing is happening.. the army i was unable to move still cant move because of the camp they set up... i am stuck in a cycle of ending turns because i cant do nothing........

[@jeremielongpre4118]

thank you! i had trouble with it

[@DragonHeart1791]

No problem man :)

[@Anglo-Brit]

You say you have the i7 4970k 3.4gz - Thats the non K version, the K vesion is 4gz. Which one do you really have?

[@DragonHeart1791]

This is the one I have, taken from my bios on dxdiag - gyazo.com/3b0f313b5be0a80a778b748e3b9596d1

[@Anglo-Brit]

***** Yes you have your CPU down as 3.4 GHz. Its 4.0Ghz. Im useing the non k version of your CPU with a better GPU can't get into Attlia as when units clumb up, it goes down to 12 fps at times. Sack that ...

[@bulldog6545]

I feel so vulnerable in this game

[@seanlynch2579]

set on easy and constantly invaded before having a chance to build any thing, tell me who is this game made for?

[@miyakita8895]

Don't play as the romes if your new :d

[@LinkLegend0]

champions of strategy.

[@Celetixx]

If you want to get blood effect do you have to buy a dlc for that?

[@DragonHeart1791]

Yeah, unfortunately blood is a dlc.

[@BeanutButterBoy]

The reason they do it is because they want to sell it as a T game, so if you want blood you gotta get a DLC so it practically bumps the rating to an M

[@MrDeutschGerman]

@@BeanutButterBoy so they should make FreeLC then ffs

[@jashanjeetsingh5388]

@@MrDeutschGerman then it will still be counted as an M rated game

[@DeclanCahill91]

Liked and subscribed, really interested in this game, considering buying it, but I'm not sure if laptop will handle it HP 250 3G, have virtually nothing else on the laptop

[@qinshi]

For some reason, i can play every Total War game on hard/very hard. But for Attila i cant even survive 50 turns on Normal .. wtf?! o-O Massive problems with public order and rebellions. Even though i put buildings that increase Public order.

[@Meade556]

Depends on which faction you play. Playing the Roman Empire, especially the Western Roman Empire is a cake walk compared to how it was in real life. Even if the Emperors and Generals had the best of intentions everyone was swarming in looking to take a piece of the pie.

[@mylan6894]

amazing this is

[@MNwork-ml7rr]

Thanks ❤

[@azraelselvmord3650]

I'm completely new to Total War. How do you control the battle camera? Is it WASD to move around the battlefield? or is there an option to assign keys?

[@dedeferreira98]

Azrael Selvmord it depends usually you use WASD... Attila is a hard game to beggin your total war experience... also try older total wars they are as good as the new ones :)

[@azraelselvmord3650]

Yeah, I prefer WASD. I find it alot more responsive than moving my cursor the sides or clicking on the tactical map.

[@JackKramme]

Yeah its WASD but Im having a problem with actually rotating the camera, I can move forwards and backwards and to the side, but I want to be able to rotate it. And for some reason it seems to rotate slightly on its own sometimes

[@misterfister7714]

VIII is 8 not 9 mate !

[@ashleyburns6752]

I have an Asus laptop with the same graphics card and the settings are automatically the same as what you have here but it makes my laptop hotter than other TW games, is it worth moving everything down a notch in case it fries it?

[@DragonHeart1791]

It would probably be the best to do that, Laptops usually overheat far quicker than a desktop as the components are cramped together.

[@ashleyburns6752]

DragonHeart, The Prince of Wales That's what I've read, thanks for replying. All the other TW games play on Ultra no problem with no noise or high heat but Attila is a big one haha. Merry Christmas :)

[@DragonHeart1791]

Ashley Burns No problem, merry Christmas :)

[@prodbyblake4408]

I can't even play the game it keeps crashing and I've only had it two days, I've tried everything

[@cultofmalgus1310]

do you have proper system specs? What anti-virus are you using? Using mods?

[@crusaderedits6247]

Does GTX 970 Still run smoothly?

[@alvinliu8525]

So which faction should I pick as a begginer?

[@angaddhillon9835]

Go barbarian migratory maybe ostrogoths they inherite Roman units

[@Athalfuns]

It's a year old but I'm leaving my suggestion to anyone that might check this from now on. Suebi, whenever you sack a settlement with one of your armies you get a -30% upkeep cost buff for that army, you can spam sack for as many times as you want in one turn so you can stack that buff for an undetermined number of turns and since suebi starts as a horde it's easier to manage than settlements.

[@Sew3r_rvts]

Not sure how you had such high graphical settings and still had stable performance, I have an RTX and it still ran like dogshit, had to spend an hour fixing the game itself

[@MrBobbyz24]

If a region revolts, and you defeat the rebel army, does public order get better?

[@fakechloe207]

Yes, significantly

[@StormRaider_93]

This game us awesome

[@DragonHeart1791]

It is, I hope you found the video helpful :)

[@KolateralXC]

16:08 so I don't get how an emperor who's 16 can have a daughter who's 18

[@الوعدالحق-ض5ن]

i cant find desert kingdoms ! whyyy

[@DragonHeart1791]

They are a DLC Faction, so you'll have to by the Empire of Sands DLC

[@sulphuricacid16]

Tried conquring a city as per advice of adviser twice and lost a winning battle...just because my catapults didnt attack...this game fucked me brain up

[@RamanShrikant]

How similar is this game to Medieval 2 Total War?

[@Athalfuns]

I would say there's nothing similar. But the 1212ad mod for Attila tries their best to make a new medieval tw over Attila. Medieval 2 and Attila are my favorites and for me one doesn't substitute the other.

[@samuelalves905]

You forgot to mention Portugal :" the Iberian Peninsula is 2 countries.... :"

[@sonofZekie]

can u make a horde tutorial

[@faydulaksono]

any tips for survive play as west roman?:-)

[@Athalfuns]

Abandon some areas you don't really care to maintain. It's easier to start your empire from scratch than to try and manage and defend if you're not familiar and comfortable with the game. This's afteral the period where the roman empire starts to fall. You can try to keep it all and strenthen your empire to then start to expand, but don't think you're doing awfully when you lose battles and settlements.

[@v1ncent111]

Thinking of getting attila for the medieval mod, is it gonna be the same?

[@moisuomi]

No

[@moisuomi]

Medieval mod is amazing

[@Eugenius-xw8qo]

What FPS did you have on campaign map? I've started playing Atilla recently, I've got rtx 3080ti, i7-1270, 32 gigs of ddr5 ram, but I get only around 30 fps on campaign map.

[@Hey-up5eo]

Might be limited by the game? Got a gtx 960 and get 30 fps too

[@matthewwebster3143]

Everyone complaining that its hard never played shogun 1 and medieval 1 and it shows 😂.

[@TheAwillz]

Cymru am byth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@Dazeencraft]

Heyy, I'm thinking about buying this game since I'm super keen on realistic medieval battle simulators but the problem is, can I even run HUGE battles with a "gaming laptop"? I have GTX 970M 3GB, i7-6700HQ 2.6GHz and 16GB of RAM. I did some system requirement test for this game at the website called *game-debate* and it shows I can easily run it but I'm worried it's going to get huge fps drops ingame with dozens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands troops on the field at the same time 😅 I'd appreciate any tips if you have. (and no I can't get a desktop because I travel from place to place several times a week)

[@pjishomo]

I asked the same question. I always game ps4 but consoles dont have medieval strategy games. So i googled it on the site can i run it and they said i can play it on minimum requirments. I wasnt very certain so I first bought medieval 2 and then Atilla. I have been playing them for hours and loving it. Game is awesome.

[@specter4440]

ik ben boe Attila is not medieval, its classical

[@MrRooibos123]

It runs really badly for me. I have a 1050ti and a Ryzen 1700X and 16gb of ram.

[@grimmyxx]

turning down Unit Decals and Unit Size to the lowest helped me a lot. I have the same GPU as you.

[@SlayPlenty]

VIII = 8. IX = 9. X = 10. XI = 11. Etc.

[@wasteland9409]

dude what do you mean get used to the controls ? I got crushed by the huns and raped so badly ! :)) or is that the grand campaign ?

[@DragonHeart1791]

Attila is probably one of the more challenging games in the total war series. What faction were you playing as?

[@wasteland9409]

***** I figured it out , I am supposed to lose to the huns and go south to the roman empire for shelter ... I then checked out the visigoths on a youtube documentary and it was awesome ! I am now playing the charlemagne DLC with The Danes , thanks for the reply

[@DoubleAsterisks]

"guvna"

[@fredyngvarolsen2780]

Downloading now, better learn me something, i tried rome back in 05 but then i was young enough to eat sand so cant remember shit and never did a battle:)

[@skysoftware4581]

Never saw anything so scummy in all my life like selling blood as a dlc 😆 🤣 😂

[@arulshankar5631]

9th legion 😂😂😂😂

[@stalhuth]

this game is for people who like political and corruption, I stay with age of empires

[@dedeferreira98]

Ernesto Reyes what? ahah total war is a master piece