Best Total War Game?

lol trick question?musicalmac

[QUOTE="musicalmac"]lol trick question?Stevo_the_gamer

I haven't played Empire or Shogun, nor have I played the first Shogun or Medieval. I must say that, based on my experience and preference, Medieval II was the most entertaining. The time period interests me. I am also Catholic, and it is interesting replaying that time period to some extent. I must say, though, that mods really make the game what it is. Stainless Steel for MII made it great. EB and RSII make Rome more interesting. Unfortunately, turn-times with my laptop on Stainless Steel are extremely long, so I've been trying to play vanilla. It's still good, but just not the same as with mods.

Also, Steam can make it a pain to mod for Rome and Medieval because of Steam DRM that changes the launcher .exe and/or how the game launches. There was less support for Steam when they were made, though, and this should become more and more rare as DD becomes the standard.

[QUOTE="Stevo_the_gamer"][QUOTE="musicalmac"]lol trick question?musicalmac

LOL. gtfo.Stevo_the_gamer

Rome: Total War with Third Age... uhhh I mean Medieval 2 second

with the terrible reviews Rome 2 is getting, I'm thinking of going back to Rome 1 or MTW2 - not played them in years but I remember they were excellent. What are the best mods for these?  Thanks!

The best ?

Shogun 2 and it's expansions. (Love FoTS myself)

My favorite ?

Medieval 2

Shogun 2 for me.

Napoleon and Shogun 2. Alot of Rome's praise comes from nostalgia.

Napoleon and Shogun 2. Alot of Rome's praise comes from nostalgia.

uninspiredcup

my vote is for the first shogun tw, need more poll options.

Also Shogun 2 has both Rise Of the Samuria and Fall Of The Samurai, both taking places hundreds of years apart.

Also Shogun 2 has both Rise Of the Samuria and Fall Of The Samurai, both taking places hundreds of years apart.

uninspiredcup

TWs get their add-ons right. Some of the best expansion packs ever.

AdrianWerner

Right ?
They're like games in their own right.

Loved the ME2 expansion as well.
Teutonic Order one especially.

Currently: tie between RTW and ME2TW

In 6 months-1 year~ from now: R2TW

I think we can all agree:

Vannila-Shogun 2

Modded- Rome

In terms of gameplay Shogun 2 was best out-of-the box. But when you add the new mods for Rome it becomes a new game.

I'm sure Rome 2 is probably the best, but I haven't had time to play it yet. My favorite so far is Empire. I really liked the large campaign map, naval trade theatres, etc. There were a few unfortunate design decisions, but I really think an Empire 2 with a few tweaks could be the perfect game.PurpleMan5000

[QUOTE="PurpleMan5000"]I'm sure Rome 2 is probably the best, but I haven't had time to play it yet. My favorite so far is Empire. I really liked the large campaign map, naval trade theatres, etc. There were a few unfortunate design decisions, but I really think an Empire 2 with a few tweaks could be the perfect game.XxR3m1xInHDn3D

Rome II

So I haven't played Rome 2, but do you guys think if all the performance problems and bugs were ironed out, it would be the best Total War?tagyhag

too soon to tell. People are still either unreasonably angry about the performance issues or they are in the honeymoon stage.