Shogun II, purely by the magnificence of the ambience, art direction, sound design and soundtrack, you really feel like you're in the Sengoku Jidai when you're playing. One of my best video gaming experience of all times just for this.
Yes totally agree, especially with the agents, considering sometimes u have a total limit of 5/agent and when u hit the cap and they start dying off u really feel a hole in ur heart thinking of the number of turn it trains it
I think the settings and the mechanics are a perfect match. Such simplicity and balance works set in ancient Japan. Trying same with, say ancient Roman game might not work as well.
@@lukaskovac6778 I prefer the Attila building system. It's actually my favorite in Total War. I find the Shogun 2 buildings and public order to be confusing.
@@lukaskovac6778 The building system is not that difficult, it´s just unbalanced, especially for the Romans. The positive effects of high level buildings are usually not good enough to compensate for the downsides. In most provinces, you are unable to build max levels of buildings, because it would either make them unhappy, starve them, or cost way too much gold to maintain. On the other hand, it really makes it feel rewarding to finally get that max level palace or barracks, because you have to actually plan your entire province around it. Also, the battles in Attila, at least the open battles, are truly amazing. I like games focused on cavalry, and boy does Attila deliver.
You are both so wrong you should delete your youtube accounts, cancel your internet services, sell your computers and go herd goats in Tibet. My opinion is the only correct one!
I cracked up twice in this video, your random "Please remember I don't give a shit" and "please keep your death threats to a minimum" in the middle of a completely serious video killed me.
I want Empire II Total War 3 eras: also with mini campaigns 1700-1800: mini campaigns 7 Years War, American Revolution, etc... 1800- 1900: mini campaigns Napoleonic Wars, War of 1812, US Civil War, Anglo-Zulu War, Crimean War, etc... 1900- 1920: mini campaigns Sino-Japanese War, THE GREAT WAR, Russian civil war, etc... So many possibilities for an Empire 2 Total war
Shogun 2 was simply magnificent. After the first 10 turns the campaign turned into a complex playground of strategy, deceit, politics and pure warfare like non other.....
@@Graham-gt4gr to be fair, people have the right and reason to freak out because if they hadn't, we would continue to get shitty total war games...I mean look at the other game franchises like those from EA for example, that's horrifying.
I can´t argue much with this list, but what about Attila then should I not buy it? I´ve been wanting to play it for years, and I finally jsut got a new computer that will run it... so?
10:15 MrSmartDonkeyLP: "I have high hopes for Three Kingdoms... Who knows? Maybe it will flip this list upside down?" Game: "For two centuries they ruled with Absolute Authority!" MrSmartDonkeyLP: "That's gonna do it for the Top 5 Total War Games List!"
I personally like napoleon, the slow pace battles in lines where one charge can cause a mass route in the opponents army and positioning is key. And also the naval battles. But recently i play Shogun 2 alot ( How i found your channel)
@@MMadesen Third Age with DAC mod is the best TW Lord Of The Rings game...helped by fact Med2 engine best, especially on big screen. Dont even need a good pc to get max. Pleasure in Middle Earth.
@Louis CT I'm not sure. Been a while since I've been on Attila. WH2 is satisfying my fantasy cravings currently (helps that I'm a fan of the tabletop game too I guess!)
i liked empire and i loved the warpath campaign the most, maybe it had music taken from medieval 2 but i loved the fact that you could defeat skilled european armies with unskilled bowmen and tomahawk warriors just using successful guerilla tactics
That's really an interesting list. I'm surprised by your decision to keep Fall of the Samurai separate, but I can completely get behind your reasoning. If I were to pick, I think I'd actually pick Fall of the Samurai over Shogun 2. Maybe I just suck at RTS games, who knows.
Shogun 2 has wonderful aesthetics, but small scale games never worked for me. I'd die for a game in the period right after Attila, but I get why that's so difficult to get right. So, a close call between Medieval 2 and Attila for a 1st, with a 3rd being the original Rome. Still remember how amazed I was by that map.
Great list. I would have placed Medieval 2 in 1st place and Shogun 2 in 2nd but that's my preferences and you have yours:) I think the reason for me and many others why Shogun 2 is so great despite not having much faction and unit variety is because it has the same amazing atmosphere and immersion of the time its representing as medieval 2 just making everything feel so believable and enjoyable. It is also a very polished experience. Maybe I'm biased because of my love and passion for the sengoku jidai and european late medieval period and renaissance:)
100% agree! Total War Shogun, Fall of the Samurai, and Warhammer 1&2 are my favorites. I hope they don't give up on the historically accurate games though.
@@jorvach9874 well clea/rly they dont, because in 3K the arrow guys shoot machine guns like they do in warhammer. WTF is up with that? Cant even come to buy the game after seing that bullshit
Medieval 2, all-time best from Creative Assembly. Shogun 2 for me was just really lacking in depth. Pick Chosokabe clan and work your way East to Kyoto and fuck what they thought of you. It was never an issue, no one bothered to retaliate. TWM2 on the other hand, attempt the large campaign whilst trying not to piss off the Pope & dealing with the invasions from the far east? They're not even in the same league. If you got excommunicated in Med2, it was like blood in the water. Oh and I never played it modded or any of the TW franchise. For me, play the game the way it was intended or go play a different game.
Actually surprised to see Fall of the Samurai on the list, but hey. For me personally, list is incredibly simple: 1. Shogun 2 2. Rome: Total War (original one) 3. Medieval 2 4. Warhammer 2 5. Atilla Vanilla games only experience. Some games I actually prefer watching over playing, such as Warhammer. I find that game incredibly tedious to play. Not complex in a sense that it overwhelms you, just tedious in that in asks for 50 things to be done (also my complaint with Medieval 2 and bloody merchants and princesses and agents and holy fucking hell, let me just play the game). Napoleonic area of history is my favorite. Gun units in line formations, brutality on battlefields, amazing looking uniforms. I love that period. But all TW games set in it have been dreadful. Such a shame...such a shame.
Warhammer destroyed the franchise for me. Those games are so good that I can't get back into the historical titles (and that's coming from a historian).
The Warhammer games are by far my favorite of the series simply because it combines 2 of my favorite things warhammer fantasy and total war. While I certainly wish that seiges weren't haft assed and base building was better. I find that magic, monsters,the unit variety, heros, and much, much more just simply make it well better in my opinion than even shogun 2 the game that brought me back into the series.
Medieval 2, because it's the first TW series that I've played and instantly been hooked to, but more importantly, it's the first TW that made me proclaimed "Total War series is the best RTS game ever in my world of gaming!".
Feel like I am the only one that likes Napoleon total war for the line battles and scale. But over all Shogun 2 takes the cake as my favorite game as I love ancient Japan .
I am currently planning Rome 2 but I started my total war carrier with shogun 2 thanks to your faction overview videos (thanks a lot by the way) and I agree that shogun 2 is the best game and the more character driven one this along with with the short time frame 60 years makes a lot more personal by the way have you played the last roman dlc for attila total war? If so what are your thoughts on this one?
ive played rome 2 since 2013 and just got use to the political system and right after that they added the new political system in rome 2 and i was like screw it im playing shogun 2 from now on its simple and easy to play and a lot more fun
One of the main things that a lot of total war players forget about is the epicness of the history surrounding the game. Shogun 2 is also my favorite total war game. And possibly my favorite game of all time for all of the reasons he stated, but also how badass the history of Japan is. People don’t talk about the Bushido war, or the Sengoku Jida at all. It seems like an epic thing lost to history, and now all that japan is known for it anime and WW2 war crimes. Another thing about it is the art style. Idk but the Japanese and Chinese art style just has something so amazing about it. It just gives me a sense of satisfaction. I wish there were more games about the Sengoku Jida or the Mongolian invasion and other things like that.
I've played all historical titles and all are great. M2TW tops for modability and Shogun 2 for atmosphere and great animations. Rome II has great looking units and settlements but all games are better than anything any other company makes. Each one is a masterpiece.
Shogun 2 was such an amazing game and Fall of the Samurai was right behind it. How CA could go from that to the fiasco that was Rome 2 still mystifies me. You are not alone in sincerely hoping that Three Kingdoms can recapture the brilliance of Shogun 2.
Shogun was the game that popped my Total War cherry. I was very young, I want to say late elementary school or early middle school, but it certainly left an impression. I later played Empire and Medieval II (Rome as well, but hardly enough to form an opinion). Empire was fantastic, but I must place Medieval II at the top. I actually recently got back into Shogun, but just downloaded Medieval II this evening. I’m pretty stoked.
my opinion : 1. rome 2. shogun 2 3. rome 2 4. medieval 2 5. three kingdoms (ik its not yet out but im hyped) theres no warhammer here because warhammers are disgustingly hard to understand the ui there is so shit plus adding the fact the whole thing is fantasy theres just too much on the screen for me uptop i see that 300 souls have been sent somewhere so i can spawn another unit but boom suddenly an explosion happened (some spell) and then some griffin comes from nowhere like wtf
Shogun 2/FOTS is one of my favorite games of all time, It's so good. And the music, oh the music. IMO the best game OST of all time Sitting here wishing for Shogun 3
@@MrSmartDonkeyLP I stand corrected,great video btw, shogun has to be my favourite out of them all,I just love the cavalry impact in warhammer, but in fairness warhammer has 8 years on shogun tbh
I hate the cavalry impacts in Warhammer, they look cool, but they don't have the desired effect. In Shogun 2 if you charge in the back of a unit you kill dozens of men, in WH you charge in the back of a unit, or the front, or wherever from, and the entire unit flies 100 miles and everyone gets back up again as if unscathed.
Just bought this instead of the new three kingdoms, fingers crossed I’ve gone against my grain and not just bought the ‘newest one’ lol! Love it cheers geez! 😍
I just can't play Shogun 2. I don't know what it is about it, but I find the entire experience terrible. The battles are fun, I love the setting and atmosphere, but there is something that completely ruins it for me. It might be the general clunkyness of large scale battles, especially with fall of the Samurai. Battling two armies, one made up of mostly melee units and one mostly gunpowder units, simply doesn't work for me.
Damn I’m old cuz shogun was first game I played and been hooked ever since sadly med 2 was the last of the pure tw games and started the broken ai and shit dlc practices........
My Top 5: Shogun 2, Rome 2, Warhammer 2, Fall of the Samurai, Age of Charlemagne. I start playing total war with rome 1, and medieval 2... but definitily later game are much better. Three Kingdoms looks good, is like Shogun 2 on 2011.
i agree that shogun 2 should be number one because simply the fight scene animations when you zoom in are amazing never saw it on other total war games.
9:44 -- Biased since you haven't played vanilla M2:TW, but the best agent to get attached to is the Merchant from M2:TW. A good merchant basically carried a huge part of your economy and losing him felt devastating.
Ever since i was a child i was obsessed with Samurai and Japan. I was introduced to Shogun 2 about 2 weeks into my freshman year of college. My buddy had it on his computer and i fell in love immediately buying it once i had the money. While it has rarely stayed consistently at the top of my played games. It has always been there as a favourite to play.
Idk if I have a top 5, but I think my top 3 are: 1: Total War: Attila (aka TW: Alans & Himyar) 2. Shogun 2 3. Warhammer 2 I used to love Medieval II but these days it just feels clunky and unresponsive.
The most amusing thing about Empire, and Empire II (*If it ever comes out), is that it is most possibly one of the least fantasy-adaptable out of all of the time periods Total War once and will cover (along with Napoleon). If there was going to be an Empire II, it'll possibly be a very bad kick to the nuts for Warhammer-fantasy fans (for 18th century line infantry combat like the old Empire), a very bad kick to the nuts to historical fans (if CA ever decides to go for steampunk Victorian for Empire II), or an actual decent game that appeases both sides (when it come to realistic gunpowder units and mixing them with Medieval-influenced melee units that might as well also appease melee/fantasy fans, basically an Empire II in the 16th or 17th century is what I'm trying to say).
I would love to see a Total War: America’s. One where it focused on the amazing cultures that have lived and ruled there. Aztecs, Mayans, Incas, etc. could even have Indian tribes too. I just think the graphics would look amazing in a central/South American landscape. The jungle in the intro movie on warhammer 2 made me think of it haha
Could be like the Total Warhammer campaign. Everyone's happily fighting lots of wars with roughly balanced armies, then suddenly an OP force bent on wiping out everyone rocks up.
0:34 There’s a joke here somewhere... The irony of fearing death threats when talking about Total War... It’s not the “Reasonable Amount of War”-series...
What in the world are you talking about? First of all, Warhammer isn't a genre of games, so according to you if someone doesn't like FPS games they can in no way be a gamer? Just completely disregarding RTS, TBS, RPG, MMO, Platformers, Fighting Games, etc. etc. etc. Secondly, when did I ever mention FPS game are silly? I play loads of them, even on the channel from time to time, if I said anything of that nature it was probably in certain context or you just misunderstood me. Lastly, pretty sure I never said I don't like Warhammer either, I'm not a huge fan of the world necessarily but it's more the WH TW games I don't like so much, but I guess that means according to you that I don't like any TW games despite the fact that I play them on the channel everyday.
i hate some rankerslike you no offense i dont hate you i just dont like this ranking as ITS ALL BASED ON NOSTALGIA i just want to know which total war game is the best not how nostalgic it is. Rome 1 was my first total war game but if i made a ranking it wouldn't even make top 8
Idk I liked medieval more than shogun the dlcs such as the Viking conquest of the British isles made it have wayyyyy more replayability in my opinion tho my number one total war game is probably Rome 1 too many hours spent in it and multiplayer clan wars were amazing tho I do not like how after medieval 2 faction variety and unit variety was nonexistent until Warhammer sure Rome 2 and Atilla gave it a fair shot but every faction in a given culture was practically an exact copy , Warhammer brought a good change back to the direction of better faction variety and finally adding more game mechanics instead of removing them like Rome 2 empire and many more did, the campaigns lost that “grand” feeling to them when everything was easy to manage and simple as hell like Rome 2 , tho thrones of brittania was sadly boring and forgetful like empire, now we can hope that three kingdoms isn’t as much of a clusterfuck tho I would prefer more historical titles and for CA to not become like paradox and make shit like “blood dlc” in a historical title games are now released in a horrible state like Warhammer 1 which only had 4 races to play with? 4 campaigns until a new dlc was added and this constant paywalling everything has just made the experience worse in general.
Shogun I is the first Total War I played as well. I was 12 and my cousin had just bought it. I was annoyed because he picked the Hojo and I wanted to share the camapaign if he had picked the Uesugi. The first time the Ninja video popped up we were so excited. Or when another damn clan would send your emissary back with his head chopped off. It's crazy to think that was almost 20 years ago.
Shogun 2 was my first TW game and my favorite aswell. Over 500h hours on it. Ever since Rome 2 TW games have been quick combat simulators since their combat sucks
I'm part of a dying breed: those who love Empire. It was glitchy and slow but the scale just amazed me when it came out, and still does.
I'm with you, my friend :)
We are small group of Empire's fans but we are the best!
There are dozens of us. Dozens. Oh and i suck at it.
It's people who are adverse to ranged and sea battles possibly. Among other mechanics.
For the empire, mate.
Shogun II, purely by the magnificence of the ambience, art direction, sound design and soundtrack, you really feel like you're in the Sengoku Jidai when you're playing. One of my best video gaming experience of all times just for this.
Its a simple, yet elegant design - near perfect
Yes totally agree, especially with the agents, considering sometimes u have a total limit of 5/agent and when u hit the cap and they start dying off u really feel a hole in ur heart thinking of the number of turn it trains it
I think the settings and the mechanics are a perfect match. Such simplicity and balance works set in ancient Japan. Trying same with, say ancient Roman game might not work as well.
shogun 2 really really well made, but I just dont like japanese setting
SHAMEFUL DISPRAY!!!
Empire 2 or Medieval 3 next would be brilliant.
Id take off my pp for empire 2
@Andrew frrrrr
Well with Attila we kinda had an early (medieval) total war 3
Imma try and play as Poland always aka spending everything on winged hussars and walkways being heavily outnumbered
Medieval III will be amazing
Attila is underrated imo. I really got that apocalyptic feeling when playing the campaign, especially for west rome
It has some "questionable" mechanics, public order design, compare to shogun II, the building system is annoying puzzle... etc
@@lukaskovac6778 I prefer the Attila building system. It's actually my favorite in Total War.
I find the Shogun 2 buildings and public order to be confusing.
@@lukaskovac6778 The building system is not that difficult, it´s just unbalanced, especially for the Romans. The positive effects of high level buildings are usually not good enough to compensate for the downsides. In most provinces, you are unable to build max levels of buildings, because it would either make them unhappy, starve them, or cost way too much gold to maintain. On the other hand, it really makes it feel rewarding to finally get that max level palace or barracks, because you have to actually plan your entire province around it. Also, the battles in Attila, at least the open battles, are truly amazing. I like games focused on cavalry, and boy does Attila deliver.
If only it run smoothly for me that game is sloooow no matter wht although I love it
Unfortunately, your opinions are completely wrong. Please remove this video and replace with one that has CORRECT opinions.
You are both so wrong you should delete your youtube accounts, cancel your internet services, sell your computers and go herd goats in Tibet. My opinion is the only correct one!
Fuck off mate, your opinion was clearly wrong. You should be ashamed
Ever heard of personal opinion? Try searching for it and you'll understanf this video
Nah mate. Only my opinion is correct
@@SoulessShinobi Really?
6:53 "If these reasons are somehow not enough for you, please remember that I don't give a shit" hahahahaha
9:41 I don't usually feel attached to my ASIANS anymore in recent Total War games.
lol
I cracked up twice in this video, your random "Please remember I don't give a shit" and "please keep your death threats to a minimum" in the middle of a completely serious video killed me.
I would give an arm and a leg for a Empire Total War remake.
Das Berk Or medieval 3
Me too I love the naval aspect
And how do you want to play it, when you only have one arm left?
Kevin Schmidt If armless people can paint works of art with their feet, we can play total war with one hand and one foot. Bring it.
Hope you’ve seen the Empire 2 trailer
"If these reasons are somehow not enough for you, please remember, that I don't give a shit!"
--MrSmartDonkey, November 2018.
Not a single Ｆ was given
maybe i should become daimyo again and force you to play med 2 vanilla
I want Empire II Total War 3 eras: also with mini campaigns
1700-1800: mini campaigns
7 Years War, American Revolution, etc...
1800- 1900: mini campaigns
Napoleonic Wars, War of 1812, US Civil War, Anglo-Zulu War, Crimean War, etc...
1900- 1920: mini campaigns
Sino-Japanese War, THE GREAT WAR, Russian civil war, etc...
So many possibilities for an Empire 2 Total war
Phaire Couchpotato I think 1789-1815/20s deserves its own era or be part of the 18th Century.
@@markhenley3097 You know that's very close to Napoleon Total War's time period right?
: ) I would start as America but make the south RAAAAAAAISE AGEEEN
Imagine the emu war😂😂😂
@@moodylad2033 nah... Thats way too brutal. It would be 18+ and you should play it with your doctor as you would have a chance of fainting
Shogun 2 was simply magnificent. After the first 10 turns the campaign turned into a complex playground of strategy, deceit, politics and pure warfare like non other.....
shogun 2 is the most polished total war game so far
Not really it still a lot of bugs eg. Cannon sounds from archers, units falling through the ground, units ignoring commands
@@mitchell3593 I've never had any of those bugs.
darklord_silver The sound bug is from mods, not from vanilla Shogun 2 :)
@@mitchell3593 I have 400 + hours and have never had any of those bugs lmao
Loved it but ninja sieges were so bad, they tried to hide bad ai with that.
My first total war game was Rome total war then medieval 2 so there my favourites
For me, Rome 1 will always be the best. A time when substance and diverse, unique factions were focused on more than flashy graphics or DLC whoring...
It was fun for starting turns after that quickly gets boring like hell with that sleepy music played over and over.
Give us medieval 3 and i will kneel!
The first Rome will always be special to me. Armored Hoplites were so op
My opinion:
1. Medieval 2
2. Rome Total War Original
3. Shogun II
4. Rome II
5. Napoleon Total War
tbh rome 2 is so under rated, yes there are bugs but its a great game
@@nationwide1371 It's not even that buggy nowadays, the Emperor Edition was a quantum leap in quality.
Yeah once they fixed Rome 2 it turned out not to be so catastrophic. A lot of people just didn't have the patience for it and freaked out.
@@Graham-gt4gr to be fair, people have the right and reason to freak out because if they hadn't, we would continue to get shitty total war games...I mean look at the other game franchises like those from EA for example, that's horrifying.
I can´t argue much with this list, but what about Attila then should I not buy it? I´ve been wanting to play it for years, and I finally jsut got a new computer that will run it... so?
10:15 MrSmartDonkeyLP:
"I have high hopes for Three Kingdoms... Who knows? Maybe it will flip this list upside down?"
Game:
"For two centuries they ruled with Absolute Authority!"
MrSmartDonkeyLP:
"That's gonna do it for the Top 5 Total War Games List!"
Was it on purpose, am I a master editor? Find out next time on Donkey Ball Z.
Three kingdoms is the shit
What i see is three kingdoms was a setback
(Sees rome total war logo)
Me: (sniff) oh nostalgia.
I love the bow and arrow style. Completely satisfying battles when you have warrior monks on your side. What a game
“The Warhammer games all have different Legendary Lords that all have unique start positions”
*cries in Empire*
not anymore :D
SUMMON THE ELECTOR COUNTS
Ehhhh
Shogun 2 is my all time favorite game ever so far.
The Warhammer Guy yeah and it runs on my mac 👌🏽
I personally like napoleon, the slow pace battles in lines where one charge can cause a mass route in the opponents army and positioning is key.
And also the naval battles.
But recently i play Shogun 2 alot
( How i found your channel)
We both are on the same exact path
@@JC-gr5nw 2 years after kavhas, and one year after you, I'm going down the same path too.
I want a Game of Throne Total War
xrellikgr or a lord of the rings one
@@MMadesen Third Age mod for Medieval 2.
There's a mod for Attila that allows you to play as GoT armies
@@MMadesen Third Age with DAC mod is the best TW Lord Of The Rings game...helped by fact Med2 engine best, especially on big screen. Dont even need a good pc to get max. Pleasure in Middle Earth.
@Louis CT I'm not sure. Been a while since I've been on Attila. WH2 is satisfying my fantasy cravings currently (helps that I'm a fan of the tabletop game too I guess!)
Shgun 2 is maybe the total war game i have spend most time with
When i got Rome total war i played it for like 12 hours straight... When i was 12. On only custom battles.
When I was twelve I played aoe ror for 12 hours straight, on a demo scenario...
@@theyear750bc we are cut from the same cloth lol
The virgin Pokémon childhood vs the Chad Rome total war childhood
i liked empire and i loved the warpath campaign the most, maybe it had music taken from medieval 2 but i loved the fact that you could defeat skilled european armies with unskilled bowmen and tomahawk warriors just using successful guerilla tactics
That's really an interesting list. I'm surprised by your decision to keep Fall of the Samurai separate, but I can completely get behind your reasoning.
If I were to pick, I think I'd actually pick Fall of the Samurai over Shogun 2. Maybe I just suck at RTS games, who knows.
Shogun 2 has wonderful aesthetics, but small scale games never worked for me. I'd die for a game in the period right after Attila, but I get why that's so difficult to get right. So, a close call between Medieval 2 and Attila for a 1st, with a 3rd being the original Rome. Still remember how amazed I was by that map.
Same here. I like Total War for cultural clash. Small scale just doesn’t give enough variety
Great list. I would have placed Medieval 2 in 1st place and Shogun 2 in 2nd but that's my preferences and you have yours:) I think the reason for me and many others why Shogun 2 is so great despite not having much faction and unit variety is because it has the same amazing atmosphere and immersion of the time its representing as medieval 2 just making everything feel so believable and enjoyable. It is also a very polished experience. Maybe I'm biased because of my love and passion for the sengoku jidai and european late medieval period and renaissance:)
100% agree! Total War Shogun, Fall of the Samurai, and Warhammer 1&2 are my favorites. I hope they don't give up on the historically accurate games though.
Honestly I feel CA should split their studio to have a historical division and a fantasy division
@@michaelmayo2489 Afaik, they already did, even before you posted that comment. :)
@@jorvach9874 well clea/rly they dont, because in 3K the arrow guys shoot machine guns like they do in warhammer. WTF is up with that? Cant even come to buy the game after seing that bullshit
@@ellasOLE22 and now troy same shit as warhammer... Makes me sad
"historically accurate games" not a single Total War is accurate in any way. It´s more historical fantasy than anything else.
Shogun II and Napoleon
Medieval 2, all-time best from Creative Assembly. Shogun 2 for me was just really lacking in depth. Pick Chosokabe clan and work your way East to Kyoto and fuck what they thought of you. It was never an issue, no one bothered to retaliate. TWM2 on the other hand, attempt the large campaign whilst trying not to piss off the Pope & dealing with the invasions from the far east? They're not even in the same league. If you got excommunicated in Med2, it was like blood in the water. Oh and I never played it modded or any of the TW franchise. For me, play the game the way it was intended or go play a different game.
Rome total war is the only one play. It's so good.
Actually surprised to see Fall of the Samurai on the list, but hey.
For me personally, list is incredibly simple:
1. Shogun 2
2. Rome: Total War (original one)
3. Medieval 2
4. Warhammer 2
5. Atilla
Vanilla games only experience.
Some games I actually prefer watching over playing, such as Warhammer. I find that game incredibly tedious to play. Not complex in a sense that it overwhelms you, just tedious in that in asks for 50 things to be done (also my complaint with Medieval 2 and bloody merchants and princesses and agents and holy fucking hell, let me just play the game).
Napoleonic area of history is my favorite. Gun units in line formations, brutality on battlefields, amazing looking uniforms. I love that period. But all TW games set in it have been dreadful. Such a shame...such a shame.
This is the correct list, congratulations.
Same
Tried Darthmod for Napoleon? Might just change your life friend
I’m proud of shogun 2 making it In here, even if it’s dlc also made a separate entry.
Warhammer destroyed the franchise for me. Those games are so good that I can't get back into the historical titles (and that's coming from a historian).
The Warhammer games are by far my favorite of the series simply because it combines 2 of my favorite things warhammer fantasy and total war. While I certainly wish that seiges weren't haft assed and base building was better. I find that magic, monsters,the unit variety, heros, and much, much more just simply make it well better in my opinion than even shogun 2 the game that brought me back into the series.
Medival 2 is not number 1? Delete this Heresy
Medieval 2, because it's the first TW series that I've played and instantly been hooked to, but more importantly, it's the first TW that made me proclaimed "Total War series is the best RTS game ever in my world of gaming!".
Exactly
Feel like I am the only one that likes Napoleon total war for the line battles and scale. But over all Shogun 2 takes the cake as my favorite game as I love ancient Japan .
Totally nuts for not having Rome 2 in there SOMEWHERE
My favourites: 3) Medieval 2; 2) Shogun 2; 1) Napoleon (but only with Darthmod)
4) Rome II; 5) Rome; 6) Medieval; 7) Shogun; 8) Attila; 9) Warhammer II; 10) Empire
100% agreed. Shogun 2 is an incredible game. One of my most-played and no other Total War has come close since (aside from FoTS).
aaah shogun The game I can't beat. That's why love it.
Gnerally I give up on middle period of the game. Those bastard allies. They stab me behind.
you can’t deny the most iconic shameful display quote came from shogun 2
1. Medieval II
2. Medieval II
3. Medieval II
4. Medieval II
5. Shogun II
(bonus)
Rome I
1. Medieval 2
2. Medieval 2
3. Medieval 2
4. Medieval 2
5. Medieval 2
Honorable mention- Medieval 2
I am currently planning Rome 2 but I started my total war carrier with shogun 2 thanks to your faction overview videos (thanks a lot by the way) and I agree that shogun 2 is the best game and the more character driven one this along with with the short time frame 60 years makes a lot more personal by the way have you played the last roman dlc for attila total war? If so what are your thoughts on this one?
ive played rome 2 since 2013 and just got use to the political system and right after that they added the new political system in rome 2 and i was like screw it im playing shogun 2 from now on its simple and easy to play and a lot more fun
never really liked Rome 2 - i always go back to Shogun 2 as a better total war game
One of the main things that a lot of total war players forget about is the epicness of the history surrounding the game. Shogun 2 is also my favorite total war game. And possibly my favorite game of all time for all of the reasons he stated, but also how badass the history of Japan is. People don’t talk about the Bushido war, or the Sengoku Jida at all. It seems like an epic thing lost to history, and now all that japan is known for it anime and WW2 war crimes. Another thing about it is the art style. Idk but the Japanese and Chinese art style just has something so amazing about it. It just gives me a sense of satisfaction. I wish there were more games about the Sengoku Jida or the Mongolian invasion and other things like that.
Total War Battles : Shogun should be the winner and everybody knows it, Donkey.
You’ll see that game on a different list soon. 😝
Medieval 2 Stainless Steel is a better Version of Vanilla. Lord of the Rings never tried though. Maybe I should some day.
You should, but I prefer Stainless Steel.
I've played all historical titles and all are great. M2TW tops for modability and Shogun 2 for atmosphere and great animations. Rome II has great looking units and settlements but all games are better than anything any other company makes. Each one is a masterpiece.
Personally, I've had more fun playing Shogun 1 than any other TW game! But I guess I'm in a minority of 1...
Shogun 2 was such an amazing game and Fall of the Samurai was right behind it. How CA could go from that to the fiasco that was Rome 2 still mystifies me. You are not alone in sincerely hoping that Three Kingdoms can recapture the brilliance of Shogun 2.
Medieval 2 is the best one to date.
All other opinions are heresy and will receive Inquisitor visits, and appropriate cinematics in Italian.
Shogun was the game that popped my Total War cherry. I was very young, I want to say late elementary school or early middle school, but it certainly left an impression. I later played Empire and Medieval II (Rome as well, but hardly enough to form an opinion). Empire was fantastic, but I must place Medieval II at the top. I actually recently got back into Shogun, but just downloaded Medieval II this evening. I’m pretty stoked.
There needs to be a game of thrones total war game !
I'm a fan of Empire and Attila.
my opinion : 1. rome
2. shogun 2
3. rome 2
4. medieval 2
5. three kingdoms (ik its not yet out but im hyped)
theres no warhammer here because warhammers are disgustingly hard to understand the ui there is so shit plus adding the fact the whole thing is fantasy theres just too much on the screen for me uptop i see that 300 souls have been sent somewhere so i can spawn another unit but boom suddenly an explosion happened (some spell) and then some griffin comes from nowhere like wtf
Shogun 2/FOTS is one of my favorite games of all time, It's so good.
And the music, oh the music. IMO the best game OST of all time
Sitting here wishing for Shogun 3
I tried to buy Shogun 2 four years ago. Accidentally got FotS and haven't regretted it.
Shogun 2 with FOTS felt like Medieval and Empire/Napoleon clashing. Old and New Age of combat seeing each other one last time.
#1 is Rome 1
#2 is Medieval 2
#3 is Shogun 2
#4 is Three Kingdoms
#5 is Rome 2
Shogun 2 is my favorite, the art, sound, feel of the game is really well optimized, after that Warhammer 2 then 3 kingdoms.
My top 5 is
5: Shogun 2
4: Thrones of Britainia
3: Rome 1
2: Warhamers
1: Medieval total war (third age)
Empire is the best total war don't @ me
Did he say fots was based 700 years after shogun 2? Or did I roll this doobie too long
"Another reason is that there's a several hundred year gap"
I said "several", not 700.
@@MrSmartDonkeyLP I stand corrected,great video btw, shogun has to be my favourite out of them all,I just love the cavalry impact in warhammer, but in fairness warhammer has 8 years on shogun tbh
I hate the cavalry impacts in Warhammer, they look cool, but they don't have the desired effect. In Shogun 2 if you charge in the back of a unit you kill dozens of men, in WH you charge in the back of a unit, or the front, or wherever from, and the entire unit flies 100 miles and everyone gets back up again as if unscathed.
Just bought this instead of the new three kingdoms, fingers crossed I’ve gone against my grain and not just bought the ‘newest one’ lol! Love it cheers geez! 😍
Haha cheers, I'll be doing the same
Attila is the best!
Ok
I just can't play Shogun 2. I don't know what it is about it, but I find the entire experience terrible. The battles are fun, I love the setting and atmosphere, but there is something that completely ruins it for me. It might be the general clunkyness of large scale battles, especially with fall of the Samurai. Battling two armies, one made up of mostly melee units and one mostly gunpowder units, simply doesn't work for me.
1 Medieval 2
2 rome total war
3 hogun 2
4 dont care
5 dont care
Damn I’m old cuz shogun was first game I played and been hooked ever since sadly med 2 was the last of the pure tw games and started the broken ai and shit dlc practices........
Rome 1 for me then Medieval 2. Rest is meh.
My Top 5: Shogun 2, Rome 2, Warhammer 2, Fall of the Samurai, Age of Charlemagne.
I start playing total war with rome 1, and medieval 2... but definitily later game are much better. Three Kingdoms looks good, is like Shogun 2 on 2011.
Medieval II
i agree that shogun 2 should be number one because simply the fight scene animations when you zoom in are amazing never saw it on other total war games.
9:44 -- Biased since you haven't played vanilla M2:TW, but the best agent to get attached to is the Merchant from M2:TW. A good merchant basically carried a huge part of your economy and losing him felt devastating.
Agreed, they are the same functionally still, I Have the same feeling in Warhammer 2 still.
Shogun 2 is my favorite as well.
Ever since i was a child i was obsessed with Samurai and Japan.
I was introduced to Shogun 2 about 2 weeks into my freshman year of college. My buddy had it on his computer and i fell in love immediately buying it once i had the money. While it has rarely stayed consistently at the top of my played games. It has always been there as a favourite to play.
Idk if I have a top 5, but I think my top 3 are:
1: Total War: Attila (aka TW: Alans & Himyar)
2. Shogun 2
3. Warhammer 2
I used to love Medieval II but these days it just feels clunky and unresponsive.
The most amusing thing about Empire, and Empire II (*If it ever comes out), is that it is most possibly one of the least fantasy-adaptable out of all of the time periods Total War once and will cover (along with Napoleon). If there was going to be an Empire II, it'll possibly be a very bad kick to the nuts for Warhammer-fantasy fans (for 18th century line infantry combat like the old Empire), a very bad kick to the nuts to historical fans (if CA ever decides to go for steampunk Victorian for Empire II), or an actual decent game that appeases both sides (when it come to realistic gunpowder units and mixing them with Medieval-influenced melee units that might as well also appease melee/fantasy fans, basically an Empire II in the 16th or 17th century is what I'm trying to say).
I would love to see a Total War: America’s. One where it focused on the amazing cultures that have lived and ruled there. Aztecs, Mayans, Incas, etc. could even have Indian tribes too. I just think the graphics would look amazing in a central/South American landscape. The jungle in the intro movie on warhammer 2 made me think of it haha
Could be like the Total Warhammer campaign. Everyone's happily fighting lots of wars with roughly balanced armies, then suddenly an OP force bent on wiping out everyone rocks up.
6:53 "I these reasons are not enough for you, please remember: I don't give a shit." You are the man! 😃👍
0:34 There’s a joke here somewhere... The irony of fearing death threats when talking about Total War... It’s not the “Reasonable Amount of War”-series...
Doesn't like Warhammer itself and thinks FPS games are silly...
You're a gamer? How?
What in the world are you talking about? First of all, Warhammer isn't a genre of games, so according to you if someone doesn't like FPS games they can in no way be a gamer? Just completely disregarding RTS, TBS, RPG, MMO, Platformers, Fighting Games, etc. etc. etc.
Secondly, when did I ever mention FPS game are silly? I play loads of them, even on the channel from time to time, if I said anything of that nature it was probably in certain context or you just misunderstood me.
Lastly, pretty sure I never said I don't like Warhammer either, I'm not a huge fan of the world necessarily but it's more the WH TW games I don't like so much, but I guess that means according to you that I don't like any TW games despite the fact that I play them on the channel everyday.
1. Thrones of britannia
2. Napoleon
3. Attila
worst list .. ur an idiot
@@MrKirbinio Second that.
@@MrKirbinio lol it's my opinion so how can it be stupid???? It is just those games i like😂
Warhammer definitely best
lol have you really got death threats over this? Ah, the world we live in!
My only regret for Shogun 2 was no normal tensubo unit. I get there’s that hero unit but I wanted to be able to have a army of thic tensubo bois.
total war Attila is the best total war game ever..
Empire with darthmod v8... mmmm oh baby
Campaign: Empire, Medieval 2, Attila, Rome 2, Rome. Battles: Napoleon, Medieval 2, Rome, Empire, Anything else.
Prins van Oranje
And something else...very objective point dude.
i hate some rankerslike you no offense i dont hate you i just dont like this ranking as ITS ALL BASED ON NOSTALGIA i just want to know which total war game is the best not how nostalgic it is. Rome 1 was my first total war game but if i made a ranking it wouldn't even make top 8
It's not nostalgia for me, I just think mechanically some of these older Total War games are better than the newer ones.
@@MrSmartDonkeyLP ok that i agree on
For me :
1. Fall of the Samurai
2. Warhammer II
3. Shogun II
4. Rome II
5. Shogun. Yes I'm that old but it changed my gaming life.
Rome 2 > Rome? WutFace
Idk I liked medieval more than shogun the dlcs such as the Viking conquest of the British isles made it have wayyyyy more replayability in my opinion tho my number one total war game is probably Rome 1 too many hours spent in it and multiplayer clan wars were amazing tho I do not like how after medieval 2 faction variety and unit variety was nonexistent until Warhammer sure Rome 2 and Atilla gave it a fair shot but every faction in a given culture was practically an exact copy , Warhammer brought a good change back to the direction of better faction variety and finally adding more game mechanics instead of removing them like Rome 2 empire and many more did, the campaigns lost that “grand” feeling to them when everything was easy to manage and simple as hell like Rome 2 , tho thrones of brittania was sadly boring and forgetful like empire, now we can hope that three kingdoms isn’t as much of a clusterfuck tho I would prefer more historical titles and for CA to not become like paradox and make shit like “blood dlc” in a historical title games are now released in a horrible state like Warhammer 1 which only had 4 races to play with? 4 campaigns until a new dlc was added and this constant paywalling everything has just made the experience worse in general.
Wut
Shogun I is the first Total War I played as well. I was 12 and my cousin had just bought it. I was annoyed because he picked the Hojo and I wanted to share the camapaign if he had picked the Uesugi. The first time the Ninja video popped up we were so excited. Or when another damn clan would send your emissary back with his head chopped off. It's crazy to think that was almost 20 years ago.
I like his attitude
Shogun 2 was my first TW game and my favorite aswell. Over 500h hours on it.
Ever since Rome 2 TW games have been quick combat simulators since their combat sucks
Do you like total war three kingdoms more than shogun 2 i’m thinking of buying it
I’m starting to think that I do.