True ... I almost cried when I see it I played countless hours in rome .. and since that time I literally fell in love with total war and I bought every total war game with all its dlcs
@@Pagao-wx2qr Feral is not mobile devs. They have made ports of lots of games to mac and linux for years. Rome 1 is stil on the store, in the collection with the dlc.
@@Pagao-wx2qr feral interactive isn’t a bad 'mobile' dev team at all. They are around for over 2 decades now (since 1996 actually. They ported a lot of games for macOS and started to port games for other platforms in 2013, if I remember it correctly.
@@Pagao-wx2qr I think you just vie for attention, coz if you researched a bit, I think i saw some content creator say that the original Rome can be played by people who already own it and i think those who buy the remastered also get Rome GOLD So you point makes absolutely no sense at all.
guys, i think people that say "ugh its just a remaster" (some of my friends did), dont really realize that since its a 2021 game, it will support the steam workshop.. this is huge, because many amateur modders prefer steam workshop over moddb for the simplicity, plus the steam workshop makes small improvement mods really shine (like a small economy rework for some faction to make it historical a bit more)
The older TWs are great for modding but the infrastructure to access those mods is horrendous. It's been 10 years and I still have no idea how to mod M2TW because the info and tutorials are absolutely scattered all over the damn place. Some modders just throw their mods out there with zero instructions on how to get them working. And if you ask for help some will even have the audacity to say " if you don't even know the basics you shouldn't even be trying mods".
I was introduced to the franchise with Rome 2. Can you tell me if the controls of the remaster were redefined to be similar to Rome 2?! Because that's a crucial point for my decision.
@@HeirofCarthage nah, you're well seasoned, just like me ;) (My first computer game encounters was Battleships and Tetris on the 4" B/W CRT screen of an Apple II)
@@HeirofCarthage So are all who remember your begginings:( It's kinda crazy, when I first watched some of your videos, I was like 11 or 12, now I study medicine and you are still dojng youtube.
Fun fact, I used to be best friends with the son of the guy who did all the African and Greek voice overs back when I was in school! I got my first copy of RTW from my friends dad as a bday present :D
From other comments I’ve seen, Merchants are essentially the ones they added in Medieval 2, so it fits in the system (since Med 2 was built on the Rome engine)
Most of the mechanics for medieval 2 was already in Rome total war, strangely enough in medieval some stuff like testudo and phalanx was disabled. Plus all the early rumor console cheats that are still published for some reason but don't work. The whole engine was at its peak in barbarian invasion. Imo balance reasons made them cut stuff out.
Oh man this brings back memories of a world conquest as Sparta with a crazy commander who literally used to paint his ass purple but was undefeatable in battle with so many stars for martial prowess.. Almost brings tears to my eyes
When the first Rome came out I was 15 years old and my computer at the time couldn't run it. I had to go to my friend's house to play it and we would spend entire weekends playing through the campaign. Damn, the nostalgia is hitting me like a freight train. I never pre-order games, but at $15 bucks I'm SOLD!
I was 12 years old playing Rome 1. It got me oriented historically and introduced me to all the various players in Classical Antiquity. I know European geography better than my own country's because of games like Rome and Medieval 2 lol
For real this was me as well at 16 in 2004, I had an old Toshiba M50 as my first laptop and it couldn't run Rome:Total War but could run the demo for some reason. Had to play it on my friends old desktop on weekends while we hung out. Then the expansion Barbarian invasion dropped and the game had a LAPTOP MODE. I was ecstatic and over the goddamn moon for months playing it all the time. I'm not ashamed to admit that my heart skipped a beat and I might have shed a tear or two seeing the remaster announcements.
@@s163000 I had to save up for over a year to get the parts I needed to rebuild my computer in 2005 to play it. When Barbarian Invasion released it was so cool to have night battles and seeing all the torches.
I remember some classic Rome Total War memes when about to use a Diplomat: Players: ''Oh sh*t Diplomacy" Modder: ''Oh sh*t Diplomacy'' Devs: ''Oh sh*t Diplomacy"
The thing I miss most about the old TW games was the fact that when you built a city it just got better. Why did practically every single strategy game get so obsessed with provinces and city's always having trade offs? "Sure sire you could build a port.... but it will mean you're going to have to tear up all our farms!" "Why?" "Because those are the rules!!"
More interesting gameplay, basically. If the correct strategy is always 'build more stuff', then city building is an afk task (which it more or less was in Mediaeval 2 and Rome, esp. compared to the original Mediaeval Total War). All cities are more or less the same in Rome, which makes the strategy layer kind of boring once you've worked out the optimal building order. Mediaeval tried to spice this up by creating two different city types, but this really just meant you had to memorise two build orders. In Rome 2 and onwards you at least nominally have to think about what the actual best building to put in the individual settlement is based on what you want to do with it. As an example of how this was also really stupid - you can't fortify your settlements in Rome and Mediaeval 2 beyond what their settlement level would allow, for example, so your border regions were always more vulnerable than your core regions despite that logically you would want to focus fortifications on borders with tough enemies, which you could do in Mediaeval 1, and which was reintroduced in later Total War games. I did prefer the original Mediaeval system where certain buildings were locked based on what resources were available in the province, recruitment was based on building synergies (including the resource-locked ones!), and you could rush nearly any building tree but the main cost to you was the amount of time it would take to build the thing, so you had to consider very carefully what, where, and if you wanted to build at all. Empire/Napoleon /almost/ returned to this system but used cost gating instead, which I dislike, and which basically every Total War since has used, which reduces strategy in a different way, but to 'spam resource buildings for more money'. I think Troy was a step in the right direction on that front, but Troy also had a bit too much resource availability and more or less the same cost gating issue.
@@therat1117 I get why strategy games shifted to trading off this for that with settlement development. Originally I thought it was a cool concept. Then every single game decided to do a version of it and now they all just seem like math class and their rules are all arbitrary. It's just to roadblock the player with an annoyance, it's not historically accurate whatsoever in most cases. In the time period of Rome some cities really could have all those buildings, and some of them did. They weren't given arbitrary game blockers for the sake of a challenge. I don't know it's just my preference. I think the concept has become pretentious and I would rather go back to a simpler time.
@@chrisgibson8863 I feel that. I feel like you should be able to build massive cities with all the buildings, but have a realistic balance of time and cost to this, and not the stupid squalor or public order sinks. The idea of increasing city size with development is good, but the idea and balance of it is too underdeveloped in Total War rn. I especially don't like gating individual building tree progress behind settlement level - that really is arbitrary.
i dont think ppl understand the amount of hype that exists for me right now...literally have thousands of hours logged in this since 2004, and have saves files over a decade old ahah. God i love Total War. Been following you since back then. what a nostalgia trip
Rome one is the reason I played total war in the first place, prince of Macedon was the reason I got into it and started watching you, and boy am I glad
I’ll do you one better. I remember following campaigns on some old Rome total war forum where people posted their campaigns using photos uploaded to photobucket (because youtube and Let’s Play’s were in their infancy). I remember following one guys campaigns who went by the username Attila16 and basically did to Rome total war what Legend-of-total-war does with the more modern titles. Good times!
To this day I keep trying to play Rome 2. It just makes me want to play Rome. So I then go play Rome and actually have fun. I am very excited for the UI and system improvements in this Remaster.
Rome Remastered looks great! They've updated the controls, the graphics look wonderful and they even brought the original score! I'm looking forward to a full Carthage campaign from you in the future.
Funny how I was literally talking to a mate yesterday about how I was annoyed the og rome wouldn't run on my modern pc then bam this gets announced couple hours later crazy.
6:25 this feature has always been in the game.. but it was hidden without the game telling you how to get to it. But when selected a city you just had to right click the building browser or the garrison browser and you got this list for all citys and/or generals.
This is the perfect game for an Online (co-op) campaign. 1. Probably the Shortest endturn Times of All Total war games 2. Modabillity to create small, fast paced campaigns with even shorter endturn times 3. Fast Battles 4. Both or (if you really want to make us happy) all three players Could play as the different Roman factions 5. Rome vs Carthage would be epic 6. Its Rome Total war!! We all loved it and Played it a thousand times over, its time to get competitive and See who really Mastered Rome Total Wars Campaign
I prefer the UI of the old Total War games (e.g. Rome & Medieval 2). E.g. the easy to see buttons, easy to remember key commands & limited unit options to make play focus on tactics and enjoying watching the battles, instead of trying to remember and click on all of the little recharging unit abilities.
I still play medieval 2 after playing shogun 2, Attilla, and warhammer 2. It might be my favorite, and then all the mods it has to offer from the community is mind blowing. I kind of enjoyed the Call of Warhmmer mod more than WTW in some ways.
For all those with a CD key for Rome total war. This can be added to steam for a free steam copy of Rome total war gold edition. This will give you half price for the remaster edition. Props to Assassin Of Power for posting this.
@@Nigel_Camilleri While it doesn't work with other older TW games. I'm guessing they added in Rome due to the remastered edition. I believe that Napoleon TW came with a steam key. But if you only have the cd key it would only take 5sec try it.
They currently don't plan to remaster any of the old games (said here www.totalwar.com/blog/total-war-rome-remastered-faq/) but maybe if this does well they might reconsider!
Dear Heir, I have been a big fan of yours all the way since your original Rome total war Carthage campaign. I’m so hyped for this game to release and I’m super hyped to see this campaign! Throw back to the glory days!
Wow, this game feels really innovative, notice how the units push and pull, dynamically moving between the battle, and how each unit feels like it's own entity. The collision system is also a massive improvement. The music is probably the best in the series so far, and I love how towns and diplomats are separate entities. Really feels like this game is shaping up to be a huge improvement over the past titles. Here's hoping they don't start simplifying Total War!
This is awesome!! Exactly what you were talking about Heir. Can't wait to get my Seleucid empire up and running - silver shield pikemen, armored elephents, cataphracts, silver shield legionaires...oh my!!
Hands down the best game soundtrack of all time. Also one of the only TW games where the "skirmish" command actually works for skirmishers. What will really make RTW remastered amazing will be the Modders.
Dude this is crazy. I was like 13-14 and in middle school when i first started watching your videos (back when Rome was big) and now here i am, 23, watching heir of carthage play rome total war. This channel and content aged like fine wine.
Just recently finished an ERE campaign on barbarian invasion. Will be nice to have a little fiddle on the remastered version. I just really hope medieval 2's remaster is dark and gritty as opposed to cartoony/gimicky. Good to see this anyway
The nostalgia... this game was my introduction to the Total War franchise. This brings me back to my very first experiences in the game, and I still remember when you were playing this on your channel Heir! This remaster looks good! I like that they brought in the Merchant type agents from Medieval 2, nice touch. Not to mention all of the quality improvements to UI, graphics, etc. Very nice!
Love that they remastered the best total war of all time. Just wished they added a coop campaign. Playing this gem with or against Friends would be a Dream come true.
I know you said you don’t like the replenishment in this game and but I think it’s more realistic which makes it fun for me. I see why people don’t like it but it makes recovering from a Pyrrhic victory much harder. Looking forward to this release more than any other total war game
HI HeirofCarthage , ,i have been playing the original RTW since it first came out over 16 years ago ,and what i would like to say is the lobby is a VERY important part of the game ,this is where we meet up ,make friends ,Private message each other and make clans ,so a lobby is essential for the multiplayer community ,i just wondered if you could ask the developers of the game to include a lobby in the game ,as this is viewed as very important part of the social side of RTW.
Nostalgia factor. I used to watch PoM and your channel all the time back in the early 2010s or whenever it was. Now suddenly your video is recommended. Fun stuffs.
Its wild to think that I first found this channel with Heirs tutorials on how to make massive amounts of money through trade on this game. Young me was totally in awe at what was happening, this is a wonderful things and I'm happy this exists
Okay but whoever is behind the UI is a god: - more detailed buttons in the grand campaign map - simplified logos/textures and use of contrasting colours in battle Modern and tasteful update to everything while still staying mostly staying true to the original. Does this guy have a degree in this stuff? Straight up professional work. Bravo.
It seems the exact opposite to me. The old UI was incredibly simple, especially in the campaign map. You had everything you needed, in a simple and clean design, and nothing you did not need. This new design looks way more over-engineered, with more crowded panels, more buttons and panels for the sake of it (not saying that some additions are not useful, but most seem less than necessary). The same goes for the battle UI. It was really simple, easy to use and elegant in its simple design. The new design is modern, sure, but it misses what made the original good in my opinion. An excellent example is that they have zoomed the camera out substantially on the battle map, making it much more in line with newer games like R2 and Atilla. This might seem insignificant, but being close enough at maximum zoom to still be able to distinguish individual movement is a big deal for the feel and visceral impact of the game. The fact that you can see less of the battlefield also forces you to take a more active role, zooming around more and paying more attention, thus involving you more in the action. This is where a decenty large and easily accessible UI is important, all things in it should be very easy to access, all the time, because my focus is on the field, not the buttons. Im afraid I also dont find the uppdates very tasteful at all. On the campaign map the soft, subdued colours and mix of sharp and blurred lines with soft contrasts has been replaced by much sharper lines and much more garish colours, making the overall Impression and feel a far cry from the original. The effect is similar in the battles, with bright orange range-indicators with opaque lines (which incidentally also take away the need to pay attention to your units) as just one example. From the trees in the battle around 30min into the vid, they also have not been very thorough in making the game look good, focusing on certain parts only. Overall I dont see a tasteful uppdate, but a clumsy attempt to paste the look and feel of newer games onto the old, with very little respect for what it was, why it was that way and what made it great.
I never thought I'd be so excited for a total war game that's just a remake of the original. The pre R2TW games are where my heart will always be. Also, RTW introduced me to mods like Europa Barbarorum, which satisfied my need for a TW game with historical accuracy, depth, variety and immersion that few mods have provided.
I remember playing as Parthia and Rome over and over again on EB. Easily thousands of hours were spent in my teenage years playing this mod and it’s still the pinnacle of a mod in my eyes. I love that this is going to come back.
This brings back great memories of me and my buddy taking turns on a Julii campaign for a whole weekend when he first got it. There were MANY mistakes made and multiple restarts :) I fell in love with the Total War franchise immediately. We had his PC set up on an end table, in the middle of his bedroom, an A/C running in the window and a desk fan blowing full-blast directly into the opened side of his tower just trying to keep it cool enough to not crash out! No money, but great times! Now I'm off to the Steam store to pre-order - April 29th can't come soon enough!
I loved this game so I bought it last week to try and dive in again. But coming back from Warhammer 2 was so hard. I couldn’t do the outdated controls and UI....safe to say I am stooooked for this! Thanks for sharing Heir, you the man!
LETS GOOOO BABY!! I remember watching your original total rome campaign videos in my frehsman college dorm and would often stay up till like 4am to watch whole series. Cant wait to now call in late to work instead of class cause of these Im pumped
I'm glad you were also a fan of Prince of Macedon, he recently also uploaded TW content again! Thanks HeirofCarthage for the video! Gotta love the remaster for one of my favourite games ever made!
Carthage did not really had a flag or symbol according to the historical notes, the closest they used wasthe image of goddess Tanit. The crescent is modernized version made with crescent moon which is NOT correct (having spoken with Tunisian historian professors AND browsing through archives of universities in Marrakesh and Cairo). Ottoman specialized professors in UK universities also say the same. The crescent is a modern interpretation, as islam came many centuries after Carthage's downfall and went into the sands of time.
Literally no one cares or thinks about what the Punic flag was like. And I'll be completely honest on top of that I think you're lying about these interactions you've had. I doubt you have just randomly asked this many professors randomly about the flag used to represent carthage in a 17 year old game. Literally no one thinks about this
@@loganw3443 Actually it matters, because it sends false impression of parallels with muslim influence to Carthage. It becomes more and more stuck in 'westerners liberal mindset' much different from us in the middle and far east
Such a nostalgia hit. HoC was the first TH-camr I watched who covered Total War when I first started playing the series, as a doe-eyed pre-teen! It's like nothing's changed :D
I bought my first PC 9 years ago specifically to play Rome 1 after watching heir, PrinceofMacedon and the like. Damn, I feel old, and I certainly feel excited.
Just hearing the music makes me 15 years younger, damn. Looks like they did a fine job with the remaster which is a rare sight these days. Hats off to the guys working on this one.
The idle resource reminder is surprisingly helpful. I have been playing a lot of med 2 recently and have had many moments where I realized I left a merchant or diplomat in the middle of nowhere.
4:50 I reckon one of the most important aspects of Rome's brilliance is it's simplicity. This seems to be lost on CA's modern games. I picked up Troy Total War a few months ago but was quickly overwhelmed. I've only got a few hours a week to play video games and Rome is simple enough to never be lost in the weeds.
I like the replenishment system. Losses are permanent and must be replenished using reinforcements. Just merge units cards and bring in new units. It's not a hassle. I never liked the idea of insignificant losses where losing 40% a unit card means nothing so long as there will no be a fight in a turn or two, because it will be replenished for free.
Rome 1 just has superior mechanics that makes it a nice game to play. They should not have made Rome 2 on the Warscape engine in the first place. It’s like those Need for Speed games on Frostbite. You just can’t eat your soup with a fork.
Good times Heir i remember watching PoM's Macedon vs your Carthage battle in the forest map and subscribing in 2010. Left it during empire as i was not interested, and back in Shogun. Thanks for all the fun you brought over the decade. Long live Carthage and i will sacrifice 3 roman babies to Baal Hamon for this great news!
I'm happy You and the Prince Of Macedon are back on Rome, Macedon was the First and You was the Second TH-camr I Subscribed too. Watching You guys play Rome Total War.
Is there an option for longer, slower battles? That was what turned me away from Rome; it's hard to process what's happening in battles without frequent pausing because units will rout within only a few seconds of entering combat and units move around the battlefield so quickly
Everybody is so excited, what exactly are you excited about? They didn't even rework the ai fighting mechanics, You guys really have fun beating and playing against brain dead ai? People that buy this are doing nothing but supporting the further down-fall of Total war.
This game would be awesome with challenging battles and just better AI in general. I played the EB mod for the historical depth and detail but I could never finish a campaign because it felt so unrewarding with the low difficulty.
Good to see you kept up the playthrough. Time to start with part 1. I hate it when people make a part 1, then quit. That's like releasing only the first episode of a TV show. You set up a story, then end it...
So many nostalgias....what are your thoughts on this Remaster of the Classic Rome Total War?
Ya, I’ve already bought it. It’ll be nice to have it be much smoother
Already bought. Take my money!
Hate you Heir, you got Early access? Damn you sir, damn you nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
it will be real for me when I can set up a greek pike blender at a collapsed wall in siege defense.
Ill say this, saw the video, thought it was a mod. Saw the pre-purchase button, fucking creamed myself. I fight for Beloved Carthage!
You know what? I think this has to be the most community-friendly decision CA has made
True ... I almost cried when I see it I played countless hours in rome .. and since that time I literally fell in love with total war and I bought every total war game with all its dlcs
how is it community friendly? it's a half-assed remake made by mobile devs, it looks bad, and they removed rome 1 from the store which is scummy.
@@Pagao-wx2qr Feral is not mobile devs. They have made ports of lots of games to mac and linux for years. Rome 1 is stil on the store, in the collection with the dlc.
@@Pagao-wx2qr feral interactive isn’t a bad 'mobile' dev team at all. They are around for over 2 decades now (since 1996 actually. They ported a lot of games for macOS and started to port games for other platforms in 2013, if I remember it correctly.
@@Pagao-wx2qr I think you just vie for attention, coz if you researched a bit, I think i saw some content creator say that the original Rome can be played by people who already own it and i think those who buy the remastered also get Rome GOLD
So you point makes absolutely no sense at all.
"the effect of squalor is capped" that right there in itself is a selling point for me..
No more force rebellions and retake (enslave/exterminate) city
Guess we won't have to do the seasonal mass executions
@@ecargfosreya more like seasonal genocide
It was capped in the original, at 100% Real players can control big cities effectivly and don't ask modders for the pussy way out.
I never had a problem with squalor, i just spammed peasants to deal with it. I don't understand how other people had problems with it
guys, i think people that say "ugh its just a remaster" (some of my friends did), dont really realize that since its a 2021 game, it will support the steam workshop.. this is huge, because many amateur modders prefer steam workshop over moddb for the simplicity, plus the steam workshop makes small improvement mods really shine (like a small economy rework for some faction to make it historical a bit more)
Yes the fact that mods will hit the workshop is huge.
Europa barbarorum anyone
The older TWs are great for modding but the infrastructure to access those mods is horrendous.
It's been 10 years and I still have no idea how to mod M2TW because the info and tutorials are absolutely scattered all over the damn place. Some modders just throw their mods out there with zero instructions on how to get them working. And if you ask for help some will even have the audacity to say " if you don't even know the basics you shouldn't even be trying mods".
I was introduced to the franchise with Rome 2.
Can you tell me if the controls of the remaster were redefined to be similar to Rome 2?! Because that's a crucial point for my decision.
@@victuz not sure if for rome 2 but camera controls are the same os modern total wars since the old controls were super bad..
I started watching Heir when he was playing as Carthage on Rome 1, the nostalgia is reeeaaal. I feel old.
same!!!!
I am old! :(
@@HeirofCarthage nah, you're well seasoned, just like me ;)
(My first computer game encounters was Battleships and Tetris on the 4" B/W CRT screen of an Apple II)
@@HeirofCarthage So are all who remember your begginings:( It's kinda crazy, when I first watched some of your videos, I was like 11 or 12, now I study medicine and you are still dojng youtube.
Same bro 😭
Heir sends a spy first thing into Roman territory. Rome sends one back.
Heir: "Sounds like the Romans, treacherous, untrustworthy..." xD
Fun fact, I used to be best friends with the son of the guy who did all the African and Greek voice overs back when I was in school! I got my first copy of RTW from my friends dad as a bday present :D
Dang that's dope
From other comments I’ve seen, Merchants are essentially the ones they added in Medieval 2, so it fits in the system (since Med 2 was built on the Rome engine)
*Angry legend noises*
Most of the mechanics for medieval 2 was already in Rome total war, strangely enough in medieval some stuff like testudo and phalanx was disabled. Plus all the early rumor console cheats that are still published for some reason but don't work. The whole engine was at its peak in barbarian invasion. Imo balance reasons made them cut stuff out.
@@flopus7 The Russell Crowe of the Total War world. Grumpy, belligerent Antipodean and always looking for a brawl ;)
Oh man this brings back memories of a world conquest as Sparta with a crazy commander who literally used to paint his ass purple but was undefeatable in battle with so many stars for martial prowess.. Almost brings tears to my eyes
None of the enemy soldiers could see him. Smart.
@@bobomob111 Orky Scieunz!
Your first Carthage campaign is when I started watching you, can't believe it's been like 10 years
Same for me
When the first Rome came out I was 15 years old and my computer at the time couldn't run it. I had to go to my friend's house to play it and we would spend entire weekends playing through the campaign. Damn, the nostalgia is hitting me like a freight train. I never pre-order games, but at $15 bucks I'm SOLD!
I was 12 years old playing Rome 1. It got me oriented historically and introduced me to all the various players in Classical Antiquity. I know European geography better than my own country's because of games like Rome and Medieval 2 lol
@@worsethanjoerogan8061 well, RTW Is why I know the ancient names of cities
For real this was me as well at 16 in 2004, I had an old Toshiba M50 as my first laptop and it couldn't run Rome:Total War but could run the demo for some reason. Had to play it on my friends old desktop on weekends while we hung out. Then the expansion Barbarian invasion dropped and the game had a LAPTOP MODE. I was ecstatic and over the goddamn moon for months playing it all the time. I'm not ashamed to admit that my heart skipped a beat and I might have shed a tear or two seeing the remaster announcements.
@@s163000 I had to save up for over a year to get the parts I needed to rebuild my computer in 2005 to play it. When Barbarian Invasion released it was so cool to have night battles and seeing all the torches.
just play the original on steam, this is just crap.
I remember some classic Rome Total War memes when about to use a Diplomat:
Players: ''Oh sh*t Diplomacy"
Modder: ''Oh sh*t Diplomacy''
Devs: ''Oh sh*t Diplomacy"
Man the music in this game was top tier. Bring back Jeff van dyck
Music was best part of TW up to Shogun 2 I wish Jeff was still composing music. I still don't feel Beddow, he never struck me as good composer.
first thing i did when Rome 2 came out. i downloaded a mod that changes the music to rome 1
Imo, Beddow is good compositor too.
Attila OST is the best after the Rome 1 and Medieval 2 (imo)
Wow, to think that I also started with PrinceofMacedon as one of the pioneers on TH-cam!
prince is the og total war youtuber
@@shpongle7322 exactly
Him shouting him out was awesome. Prince of macedon is why most of us are here
Never knew id see you on this channel
The thing I miss most about the old TW games was the fact that when you built a city it just got better. Why did practically every single strategy game get so obsessed with provinces and city's always having trade offs?
"Sure sire you could build a port.... but it will mean you're going to have to tear up all our farms!"
"Why?"
"Because those are the rules!!"
My Lord we can either build a barracks or a granary. It cant be both.
More interesting gameplay, basically. If the correct strategy is always 'build more stuff', then city building is an afk task (which it more or less was in Mediaeval 2 and Rome, esp. compared to the original Mediaeval Total War). All cities are more or less the same in Rome, which makes the strategy layer kind of boring once you've worked out the optimal building order. Mediaeval tried to spice this up by creating two different city types, but this really just meant you had to memorise two build orders. In Rome 2 and onwards you at least nominally have to think about what the actual best building to put in the individual settlement is based on what you want to do with it.
As an example of how this was also really stupid - you can't fortify your settlements in Rome and Mediaeval 2 beyond what their settlement level would allow, for example, so your border regions were always more vulnerable than your core regions despite that logically you would want to focus fortifications on borders with tough enemies, which you could do in Mediaeval 1, and which was reintroduced in later Total War games.
I did prefer the original Mediaeval system where certain buildings were locked based on what resources were available in the province, recruitment was based on building synergies (including the resource-locked ones!), and you could rush nearly any building tree but the main cost to you was the amount of time it would take to build the thing, so you had to consider very carefully what, where, and if you wanted to build at all. Empire/Napoleon /almost/ returned to this system but used cost gating instead, which I dislike, and which basically every Total War since has used, which reduces strategy in a different way, but to 'spam resource buildings for more money'. I think Troy was a step in the right direction on that front, but Troy also had a bit too much resource availability and more or less the same cost gating issue.
@@therat1117 I get why strategy games shifted to trading off this for that with settlement development. Originally I thought it was a cool concept. Then every single game decided to do a version of it and now they all just seem like math class and their rules are all arbitrary. It's just to roadblock the player with an annoyance, it's not historically accurate whatsoever in most cases. In the time period of Rome some cities really could have all those buildings, and some of them did. They weren't given arbitrary game blockers for the sake of a challenge.
I don't know it's just my preference. I think the concept has become pretentious and I would rather go back to a simpler time.
@@chrisgibson8863 I feel that. I feel like you should be able to build massive cities with all the buildings, but have a realistic balance of time and cost to this, and not the stupid squalor or public order sinks. The idea of increasing city size with development is good, but the idea and balance of it is too underdeveloped in Total War rn. I especially don't like gating individual building tree progress behind settlement level - that really is arbitrary.
i dont think ppl understand the amount of hype that exists for me right now...literally have thousands of hours logged in this since 2004, and have saves files over a decade old ahah. God i love Total War. Been following you since back then. what a nostalgia trip
That glorious Rome Total War theme music......The main theme of history
Rome one is the reason I played total war in the first place, prince of Macedon was the reason I got into it and started watching you, and boy am I glad
Same for me. I bet most of us got into it with Rone1 and PoM
I’ll do you one better. I remember following campaigns on some old Rome total war forum where people posted their campaigns using photos uploaded to photobucket (because youtube and Let’s Play’s were in their infancy). I remember following one guys campaigns who went by the username Attila16 and basically did to Rome total war what Legend-of-total-war does with the more modern titles. Good times!
This is by far the video that I wanted to see the most after I heard about the Remaster. Next to a potential POM Macedonian Campaign.
- Sun Jetzu
Hey why you here I didn't know you like Rts games
@@bluey_fan968 That’s where he got his start.
@@SteveSmith-ty8ko sheesh okay I'm not a day 1 I've only been subscribed since 6k
@@SteveSmith-ty8ko And check if you're still subscribed because it just unsubscribed me
To this day I keep trying to play Rome 2. It just makes me want to play Rome. So I then go play Rome and actually have fun. I am very excited for the UI and system improvements in this Remaster.
Same
I tried It twice, Gave up on the first week, while in Rome I play for weeks
@@sandroribeiro7644 there is just something about Rome 2 that is off.
Idk if its the province system or what it is.
@Exalt Chrom I agree. I liked when we could make mega cities all over the map.
@atombrain111 which sounds like a direction I should 100% enjoy more but for some reason I still enjoy 1 over 2
Rome Remastered looks great! They've updated the controls, the graphics look wonderful and they even brought the original score! I'm looking forward to a full Carthage campaign from you in the future.
I remember full stacking berserkers just for the heck of it.
Lol 😆
Same for chariots with a full stack back up of inf.
I used to to have armies of heavy armored skirmishers in Greek city states and I would crush everyone
Funny how I was literally talking to a mate yesterday about how I was annoyed the og rome wouldn't run on my modern pc then bam this gets announced couple hours later crazy.
6:25 this feature has always been in the game.. but it was hidden without the game telling you how to get to it. But when selected a city you just had to right click the building browser or the garrison browser and you got this list for all citys and/or generals.
My god...This really takes me back
So spend the $30 for a remake. Oh, and another $60 for DLC. " 16X the resolution and it just works". You'll never learn.
@@Primarch19th what??? have you even seen the footage and features you spud
This is the perfect game for an Online (co-op) campaign.
1. Probably the Shortest endturn Times of All Total war games
2. Modabillity to create small, fast paced campaigns with even shorter endturn times
3. Fast Battles
4. Both or (if you really want to make us happy) all three players Could play as the different Roman factions
5. Rome vs Carthage would be epic
6. Its Rome Total war!! We all loved it and Played it a thousand times over, its time to get competitive and See who really Mastered Rome Total Wars Campaign
I prefer the UI of the old Total War games (e.g. Rome & Medieval 2). E.g. the easy to see buttons, easy to remember key commands & limited unit options to make play focus on tactics and enjoying watching the battles, instead of trying to remember and click on all of the little recharging unit abilities.
Now we need a remastered medieval 2 total war
I still play medieval 2 after playing shogun 2, Attilla, and warhammer 2. It might be my favorite, and then all the mods it has to offer from the community is mind blowing. I kind of enjoyed the Call of Warhmmer mod more than WTW in some ways.
I remember watching your OG RTW videos back in the day! Good times! 👍
For all those with a CD key for Rome total war. This can be added to steam for a free steam copy of Rome total war gold edition. This will give you half price for the remaster edition. Props to Assassin Of Power for posting this.
Does this work with Napoleon Total War?
@@Nigel_Camilleri While it doesn't work with other older TW games. I'm guessing they added in Rome due to the remastered edition. I believe that Napoleon TW came with a steam key. But if you only have the cd key it would only take 5sec try it.
@@visor9916 I actually went to try it and it worked, thanks for bringing it up. Now I'll just find my old Rome CD and get that on steam :)
If they can remaster Rome TW, then they should give us *Medieval II remaster* as well or better, *Medieval III* .
I'll take both.
They need to remake medieval
They currently don't plan to remaster any of the old games (said here www.totalwar.com/blog/total-war-rome-remastered-faq/) but maybe if this does well they might reconsider!
@@blitz_3746 money speaks
Hell let's see a Empire 2
Dear Heir, I have been a big fan of yours all the way since your original Rome total war Carthage campaign. I’m so hyped for this game to release and I’m super hyped to see this campaign! Throw back to the glory days!
Wow, this game feels really innovative, notice how the units push and pull, dynamically moving between the battle, and how each unit feels like it's own entity. The collision system is also a massive improvement. The music is probably the best in the series so far, and I love how towns and diplomats are separate entities. Really feels like this game is shaping up to be a huge improvement over the past titles. Here's hoping they don't start simplifying Total War!
Lol 😆 While I do feel like some modern Total Wars are improved I can't deny the truth of some of these sarcastic statements .
I find the lack of carts and trading ships on the campaign map disturbing
I see ships
You can see the carts and ships later in the video when he's got roads and ports built
It will happen with trade right+ roads/naval bases
Yeah, you can see them at 39:30 for instance!
This is awesome!! Exactly what you were talking about Heir. Can't wait to get my Seleucid empire up and running - silver shield pikemen, armored elephents, cataphracts, silver shield legionaires...oh my!!
Selecuids were always fun cause their roster felt pretty unique.
@@HeirofCarthage Exactly, a little bit of everything! And a somewhat challenging start being so spread out similar to Carthage, but less navy based
*legionaries
Hands down the best game soundtrack of all time. Also one of the only TW games where the "skirmish" command actually works for skirmishers. What will really make RTW remastered amazing will be the Modders.
I really respect you for mentioning and crediting PoM!
He was the original :) It was awesome getting to meet him at CA events. Love his videos.
Dude this is crazy. I was like 13-14 and in middle school when i first started watching your videos (back when Rome was big) and now here i am, 23, watching heir of carthage play rome total war. This channel and content aged like fine wine.
Just recently finished an ERE campaign on barbarian invasion. Will be nice to have a little fiddle on the remastered version. I just really hope medieval 2's remaster is dark and gritty as opposed to cartoony/gimicky. Good to see this anyway
I really like the BI expansion. It really was great and didn't seem to get much love.
@@HeirofCarthage I'd call it Total War's best hidden gem for sure.
@@frozenlimemix I agree. It’s amazing
The nostalgia... this game was my introduction to the Total War franchise. This brings me back to my very first experiences in the game, and I still remember when you were playing this on your channel Heir! This remaster looks good! I like that they brought in the Merchant type agents from Medieval 2, nice touch. Not to mention all of the quality improvements to UI, graphics, etc. Very nice!
Love that they remastered the best total war of all time. Just wished they added a coop campaign. Playing this gem with or against Friends would be a Dream come true.
the shogun 2 co-op mode should be in every Total War game
I know you said you don’t like the replenishment in this game and but I think it’s more realistic which makes it fun for me. I see why people don’t like it but it makes recovering from a Pyrrhic victory much harder. Looking forward to this release more than any other total war game
THE HEIR HAS RETURNED TO HIS RIGHTFUL HOME, BA'AL HAMMON BE PRAISED!
As someone who started watching your channel when Rome: TW was the focus, I cannot tell you how excited I am to watch you play the game again.
Super happy to see this!!! Now give me Medieval 3 total war
If M3 is built on the warscape engine I'd probably actually be happier with medieval 2 remastered on the old engine like this game is.
Why does this feels ironic
If they do medieval 3 I highly doubt they will build it on warscape
HI HeirofCarthage , ,i have been playing the original RTW since it first came out over 16 years ago ,and what i would like to say is the lobby is a VERY important part of the game ,this is where we meet up ,make friends ,Private message each other and make clans ,so a lobby is essential for the multiplayer community ,i just wondered if you could ask the developers of the game to include a lobby in the game ,as this is viewed as very important part of the social side of RTW.
Praise Baal Hammon
Ba'al Hammon be praised!
Why would Baal send such a vision? He's not cruel, he has watched over us, we have had victories aplenty in war.
The children will stop crying tonight.
Nostalgia factor. I used to watch PoM and your channel all the time back in the early 2010s or whenever it was. Now suddenly your video is recommended. Fun stuffs.
Now imagine how good the medieval 2 remaster will be in a year or two. I’m gonna have to put another 800 hours into it
rookie numbers
Its wild to think that I first found this channel with Heirs tutorials on how to make massive amounts of money through trade on this game. Young me was totally in awe at what was happening, this is a wonderful things and I'm happy this exists
Nothing beats the old-school music. Such nostalgia.
Okay but whoever is behind the UI is a god:
- more detailed buttons in the grand campaign map
- simplified logos/textures and use of contrasting colours in battle
Modern and tasteful update to everything while still staying mostly staying true to the original. Does this guy have a degree in this stuff? Straight up professional work. Bravo.
It seems the exact opposite to me. The old UI was incredibly simple, especially in the campaign map. You had everything you needed, in a simple and clean design, and nothing you did not need. This new design looks way more over-engineered, with more crowded panels, more buttons and panels for the sake of it (not saying that some additions are not useful, but most seem less than necessary).
The same goes for the battle UI. It was really simple, easy to use and elegant in its simple design. The new design is modern, sure, but it misses what made the original good in my opinion.
An excellent example is that they have zoomed the camera out substantially on the battle map, making it much more in line with newer games like R2 and Atilla. This might seem insignificant, but being close enough at maximum zoom to still be able to distinguish individual movement is a big deal for the feel and visceral impact of the game. The fact that you can see less of the battlefield also forces you to take a more active role, zooming around more and paying more attention, thus involving you more in the action. This is where a decenty large and easily accessible UI is important, all things in it should be very easy to access, all the time, because my focus is on the field, not the buttons.
Im afraid I also dont find the uppdates very tasteful at all. On the campaign map the soft, subdued colours and mix of sharp and blurred lines with soft contrasts has been replaced by much sharper lines and much more garish colours, making the overall Impression and feel a far cry from the original. The effect is similar in the battles, with bright orange range-indicators with opaque lines (which incidentally also take away the need to pay attention to your units) as just one example. From the trees in the battle around 30min into the vid, they also have not been very thorough in making the game look good, focusing on certain parts only.
Overall I dont see a tasteful uppdate, but a clumsy attempt to paste the look and feel of newer games onto the old, with very little respect for what it was, why it was that way and what made it great.
@@gustavchambert7072 I was somehow mistaken thinking this was the work of a mod team. Now I know CA was behind it it does seem less impressive
I honestly credit solely this game for my love for history, specifically Roman history
I never thought I'd be so excited for a total war game that's just a remake of the original. The pre R2TW games are where my heart will always be. Also, RTW introduced me to mods like Europa Barbarorum, which satisfied my need for a TW game with historical accuracy, depth, variety and immersion that few mods have provided.
Another year for Europa Barbarorum remastered!!! =)
I remember playing as Parthia and Rome over and over again on EB. Easily thousands of hours were spent in my teenage years playing this mod and it’s still the pinnacle of a mod in my eyes. I love that this is going to come back.
This brings back great memories of me and my buddy taking turns on a Julii campaign for a whole weekend when he first got it. There were MANY mistakes made and multiple restarts :) I fell in love with the Total War franchise immediately. We had his PC set up on an end table, in the middle of his bedroom, an A/C running in the window and a desk fan blowing full-blast directly into the opened side of his tower just trying to keep it cool enough to not crash out! No money, but great times!
Now I'm off to the Steam store to pre-order - April 29th can't come soon enough!
I remember the height of you and PoM online multiplayer days as well as RTR mods.
I loved this game so I bought it last week to try and dive in again. But coming back from Warhammer 2 was so hard. I couldn’t do the outdated controls and UI....safe to say I am stooooked for this! Thanks for sharing Heir, you the man!
"Mighty general! Mighty lord! Great lord!" Get the poor man a thesaurus!
Between this and the C&C remasters that happen earlier my child-hood RTS games are back. Its crazy and fantastic.
This is awesome. Please for the love of god I hope the remaster medieval 2.
LETS GOOOO BABY!! I remember watching your original total rome campaign videos in my frehsman college dorm and would often stay up till like 4am to watch whole series. Cant wait to now call in late to work instead of class cause of these Im pumped
Egypt needs a whole ass makeover though. They’re 1500 years out of date 💀
lololol :)
Mod support will fix this
I have a feeling that workshop support will remedy that eventually.
Full mod support baby, that'll change in a month
Very wise if they were historical they just be another Greece clone
I'm glad you were also a fan of Prince of Macedon, he recently also uploaded TW content again! Thanks HeirofCarthage for the video! Gotta love the remaster for one of my favourite games ever made!
Carthage did not really had a flag or symbol according to the historical notes, the closest they used wasthe image of goddess Tanit. The crescent is modernized version made with crescent moon which is NOT correct (having spoken with Tunisian historian professors AND browsing through archives of universities in Marrakesh and Cairo). Ottoman specialized professors in UK universities also say the same. The crescent is a modern interpretation, as islam came many centuries after Carthage's downfall and went into the sands of time.
Literally no one cares or thinks about what the Punic flag was like. And I'll be completely honest on top of that I think you're lying about these interactions you've had. I doubt you have just randomly asked this many professors randomly about the flag used to represent carthage in a 17 year old game. Literally no one thinks about this
@@loganw3443 Actually it matters, because it sends false impression of parallels with muslim influence to Carthage. It becomes more and more stuck in 'westerners liberal mindset' much different from us in the middle and far east
@@loganw3443 it''s not about asking them about the particular flag in this exact game, it's about using the crescent itself that is wrong
Such a nostalgia hit. HoC was the first TH-camr I watched who covered Total War when I first started playing the series, as a doe-eyed pre-teen! It's like nothing's changed :D
Ah, it is once again time to end the Scipii blood line on the fields of Caralis
I have never seen any of your videos, i dont know who you are, but the algorithm says that i may like this, and i do💛
Now all we need is a Rome 2 remaster
Man the mention of Prince of Macedon brought me back. I have such fond memories of watching both of your campaigns
PoM's channel is still active, too! I just looked him up.
roads are useful in palma? as i remember, they only increase land trade so they are useless in the balearic islands
I bought my first PC 9 years ago specifically to play Rome 1 after watching heir, PrinceofMacedon and the like. Damn, I feel old, and I certainly feel excited.
Am I awake watching this?
No probably just a very nice dream
Been binging your Rome 2 Carthage playthrough - its awesome
finally Sparta doesn't have a wall anymore
Just hearing the music makes me 15 years younger, damn. Looks like they did a fine job with the remaster which is a rare sight these days. Hats off to the guys working on this one.
Some new units would have been cool just for a bit of balancing, but everything seems to be in shape to be super fun :DD
Agreed. Maybe that can add some later. Would be a really cool thing to have.
Shogun 2 with improved texture and controls and medieval 2 also, this would be so sick. Glad CA went back to the older game
There do seem to be a fair amount of new features. There wouldn't be multiplayer campaigns, I suppose?
Only multiplayer battles sadly
@@Speederzzz Hotseat campaigns? They were supported in Medieval 2 and Rome 1 via a mod.
The idle resource reminder is surprisingly helpful. I have been playing a lot of med 2 recently and have had many moments where I realized I left a merchant or diplomat in the middle of nowhere.
Wait wait wait. Europa Barbarorum mod on this would be amazing.
Say no more
Love this. So many years since I watched an HeirofCarthage video :D Good to see you back, brother
The children will finally be quiet tonight
4:50 I reckon one of the most important aspects of Rome's brilliance is it's simplicity.
This seems to be lost on CA's modern games. I picked up Troy Total War a few months ago but was quickly overwhelmed. I've only got a few hours a week to play video games and Rome is simple enough to never be lost in the weeds.
If the remastered is just as "Mod friendly" I'd love to play Call of Warhammer or Third Age on this. Hopefully steam mods too please.
Third age on this would be a game-changer.
I like the replenishment system. Losses are permanent and must be replenished using reinforcements. Just merge units cards and bring in new units. It's not a hassle. I never liked the idea of insignificant losses where losing 40% a unit card means nothing so long as there will no be a fight in a turn or two, because it will be replenished for free.
Rome 1 just has superior mechanics that makes it a nice game to play. They should not have made Rome 2 on the Warscape engine in the first place.
It’s like those Need for Speed games on Frostbite.
You just can’t eat your soup with a fork.
You could really feel and see the units clash in these old games
Good times Heir i remember watching PoM's Macedon vs your Carthage battle in the forest map and subscribing in 2010. Left it during empire as i was not interested, and back in Shogun. Thanks for all the fun you brought over the decade. Long live Carthage and i will sacrifice 3 roman babies to Baal Hamon for this great news!
Looks good, but not a fan of the "mobile app" UI. Hope that mods are coming to a rescue!
You can get rid of that I think
I'm happy You and the Prince Of Macedon are back on Rome, Macedon was the First and You was the Second TH-camr I Subscribed too. Watching You guys play Rome Total War.
Is there an option for longer, slower battles? That was what turned me away from Rome; it's hard to process what's happening in battles without frequent pausing because units will rout within only a few seconds of entering combat and units move around the battlefield so quickly
No option for that that I am aware of. The battles are much as I remember. Fast and you can't allow yourself to get rear charged.
Gotta wait for the mods to come out Man Fred. Pretty much every historical mod for any TW game makes the combat slower and longer.
Such an awesome video. Rome: Total War brings so many memories back! Really looking forward to a continuation to this series. Rome must fall!
Everybody is so excited, what exactly are you excited about? They didn't even rework the ai fighting mechanics, You guys really have fun beating and playing against brain dead ai? People that buy this are doing nothing but supporting the further down-fall of Total war.
This game would be awesome with challenging battles and just better AI in general. I played the EB mod for the historical depth and detail but I could never finish a campaign because it felt so unrewarding with the low difficulty.
Loved watching both you and PoM back in the day, still watch you now however, keep it up Heir
Did they improve the AI? By far the biggest downside. They're so stupid
look exactly the same tbh they could barely even form battle lines in empire total war
Good to see you kept up the playthrough. Time to start with part 1. I hate it when people make a part 1, then quit. That's like releasing only the first episode of a TV show. You set up a story, then end it...
so CA can't make an actually good historical Total War game anymore, so instead, they went back and made a facelift for the original good one?
3k is a good game. Shogun 2 is good game. Warhammer 2 is a good game. Napoleon is a good game. What are u talking about
CA literally had nothing to do with this game other than greenlighting the remake??
CA did nothing, this is feral Interactive
Another step closer until a medieval 2 remaster! Im glad this is actually a remaster and not just a graphics update.
This is what Rome 2 should have been like.
Nawh I liked Rome 2. They're both good games.
@@RomeCorgis it could have been had it actually worked half the time
You've put out Brilliant Content for many years!! Semper FI