Medieval II: Total War

[Coey]

NTW2, although lacking a campaign, is one of the best mods for RTW. Very polished.

And for those who liked Kingdom of Heaven http://forums.totalwar.org/vb/forumdisplay.php?f=134

 

[Mobius One]

Alright, when MTW2 comes out, you guys wanna get some multiplayer action down to see who's God at this game?

Also, another interesting thing to do is to do chain campaigns, where one person starts a campaign and plays on it for x amount of years, then saves the campaign save file and uploads it for the next guy designated plays the campaign for x more years from there. This worked very interestingly in MTW, let's see if we can do this with MTW2 or at least right now RTW.

 

[[5.SS]Strother]

Also, another interesting thing to do is to do chain campaigns, where one person starts a campaign and plays on it for x amount of years

What is the point? To see who conquers the most? What if someone wants to screw everyone up? I dont have RTW on my laptop, probably won't for a couple weeks....so I guess I'll be the odd man out.

 

[Coey]

Maybe to simulate new kings taking over? I've never done it myself but it does seem like a good idea.

 

[King Ragnar]

tried it but its hard to do as people constantly want updates and it gets annoying.

 

[Coey]

I think It'll be a good idea, but that's just me. If possible a weekly update could keep the wolves from the door. I like the idea alot.

 

[[5.SS]Strother]

It would be interesting seeing how other people can progress your nation...the hard part is the conflict in styles of combat. What if I made the units I wanted and then had to give the campaign to someone else and they **** with those units? It would be very interesting. Would we allow people to alt f4 after something bad happens before a save?

New video..I think you will like it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6FTh5DmS_o

 

[Comrade Wasabi]

NTW2, although lacking a campaign, is one of the best mods for RTW. Very polished.

And for those who liked Kingdom of Heaven http://forums.totalwar.org/vb/forumdisplay.php?f=134

Yes indeed, Caius' mod is shaping up. He was recently grilled by a couple of people who thought his mod was pointless with M2TW coming out so soon. His response was pretty much "**** you". Caius is a god

 

[Coey]

Yep, Caius is indeed a god. Those smiley hidden links could quite possibly be classed as cruel and unusual torture. But, his mod is shaping up to be the best released for RTW yet, therefore ever, and with only a team of 3 (plus task monkeys), it's quite an achievement.

Anyway;
Varangian Guard unit preview http://www.totalwar.com/index.html?...einfo/units/index.html&nav=/en/medieval2/1/2/

And a new vid on sieges
http://au.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/medieval2totalwar/media.html

Also, that idea of an e-mail campaign sounds very nice indeed.

 

[King Ragnar]

Ive been looking at that crusade mod for some time but NTW 2 has me hooked at the minute

 

[AKA]

I'm actually starting to get excited about this era...lots of possibilities, I want to assassinate the pope . *Note to big brother, I mean the pope in the game, not the real pope* I've thought about being Britain and going rouge and crushing Europe, or being Byzantium and be the Frontline guardian of Europe. Are there any other countries with good pikeman, bowmen, and decent calvary other than Britain? Britain just seems so cliche.

err.. The Holy Roman Empire (read:germany) have quite a few interesting units.

Forlorn Hope
The 'Verlorene Haufe' or Forlorn Hope as they are known, are comprised of prisoners and volunteers desperate for glory. Their job is to lead the first and usually fatal charge used to break up enemy pike formations. Forlorn Hope are heavily armoured and wield massive Zweihanders. These units are vicious assault troops who can chop a man into bloody pieces.


Reiters
Reiters derive their name from the German word reiter, meaning horseman/rider. Generally from German states, Reiters are armed with a cavalry pistol and cavalry spear, and protected by plate armour. Reiters are trained in the use of firearms, sometimes using two pistols, and often employ the shooting circle tactic enabling riders to create a continuous cycle of firing and reloading.

Serpentine
The Ribault also known as the organ gun due to its many pipes is a fearsome spectacle on the battlefield. Armed with six short ranged barrels, it is often used in the defence of other longer ranged artillery. Able to fire all six barrels at once, it makes the enemy think twice before engaging!

 

[[5.SS]Strother]

actually those 3 units arn't what I want. The rockets take to long to reload/move and arn't accurate, the zweihanders arn't spearman, and the calvary use pistols. I guess I'll need to go into skirmish mode and read about all the countries.

 

[Denwad]

Landsknecht spearmen!

 

[BlitzForce]

been able to mod the demo

 

[El Cid]

They had an article of Medieval Total War 2 in the german gaming magazine "GameStar" and it recieved a 91% rating. I dunno if you guys already know but you choose between the Germans, French, Spanish, Venice or England at the beginning. The rest is the same as Rome: conquer the enemies in the short or long campaign to play as that faction. I can't wait for this awesome game :3~~~

 

[Pycckuu]

Hopefully someone will find a way to unlock all the factions, I really want to start with Russia, and then move on to France or Spain.

 

[2ltben]

Factions are hardcoded into the engine. You can change the factions, but you can't change the numbers, so if you want to play the Papacy or Kievan Rus, you have to trade a faction to replace it. Creative Assembly dislikes modders profusely.

 

[Coey]

Papacy are in. Can't remember if their playable though. I think they are.

 

[2ltben]

Nope. They act as the Senate. You can play them if you change their slot and have another nation act as the Papacy, or sacrifice the slot so it gets removed immediately, but someone else would have to go.

 

[Tomcat_ha]

I want to pwn the world as turk. Are there multiple turkish states? I hope so. If mtw started around 900 i could play as my own family. ;o Would get pwned tho as they only controlled egypy and a part of saudi arabia for 50 years.