#Empire total war darthmod same face mods#

Still a lot of fun and the crew graphics and gun drills are stunning. I can capture 1st rates with brigs given patience to stay out of the line of broadside and bring down masts and then sit at their blind spot and pummel them into routing. It becomes easy to stump the AI even on the highest standing once you develop skill. The only distinguishing nationality features different during battles are gunwale colors and flags.

#Empire total war darthmod same face mods#

The other ships are three variants of the 1st rate, 2nd rate, 3rd rate, 4rth rate, 5th rate, 6th rate (Frigate), Razee (special unit or mods only), sidewheeler (later in game), brigs, bomb ketchs, Sloops, East Indiaman, and a myriad of eastern ships, xebecs, prahas, etc.

There is a small Elizabethan galleon and the Wappen von Hamburg is their 'Galleon'.

Most of the ships are 18th century, but there are a couple of 17th century ships. Also you are limitted on the selection of ships. Instead of cannon ball shaped holes, damage appears as gaping holes blown in the sides of the ships. The effects of blowing your opponents out of the water are a little goofey. Unfortunately the naval aspect is a little weak. The smoke effects are really good and the music and sound effects are epic. Lots of extra special units (including naval ships like Razees and the Constitution). The land battles are incredible and there are tons of excellent mods for the game. I remember thinking napoleon total war looked cool when it was announced, but never got it, so I dont know if they fixed some of these things in the new game. Who made th game let ship battles be off pieces of land, there would have been SO much more variety ) the ship battles were certainly fun for awhile, but I don't think they could hold their interest like The landД«attles were more fun than the sea ones for me( though it would be the other way around)They just had greater variety, more different scenery, scanarios, and diddnt get as old so quick. I just tried to include all the shortcomings i can remember. also, to answer your question on land, unfortuatley no, you cant fight sea battles off land.( though I think some brit lineships can be seenДЄnchored at the campaign battle of bunker hill) I probably sound really critical of the game, but it was really a solid game overall. there werent enough uniqu battles i remember. the lineship battles eventually became boring too because they In far-off parts of the world.even then, a few east indiamen could have a very good chance in fighting off/sinking 2 attacking sixth rates. so ships of the line became pretty neccessary as time went on, and the small ships didnt have much use, except Way too difficult to batter even a two decker 44 into submission with a squadron of frigates. the ships of the line just dominated, and it was There were others) the ship models themselves werent as good as say POTBS, and they kinda bobbed up and down alot. They could be challenging (in more than just frustrating bad calls by yourД¬aptains) the AI could make some pretty good moves and there were also some historical ones if I remember right (battle of the saintes, 1789 was one I think, might remember camperdown too, im sure The battles could be decided pretty fast like this once most the ships were engaged. instead of your third rate raking their 1st rate, their first rate would, rake, dismast, and force your 3rd rate to surrender while a big problem( for me at least) was that sometimes the ships wouldn't follow the exact path you gave them,(going inДЄ straight line instead of a curve, or vice-versa) and this made a huge difference. Moved (by clicking where you wanted them to go) this was kind of arcade like but fun too. the campaigns were really fun and well done though I really liked some aspects of the naval battles, like the graphics, and to a point the way the ships It could get a bit tedious at times, might just be me, its the only strategy game I have and just manouvering around takingД¬olonies got old once i had finished all the campaigns. I have Empire total war, but I dont really play it anymore, not a bad game though.