

Even a bit of technical turmoil at launch is still lovingly remembered by many and is often overlooked by more targeted cousins in Napoleon: Total War.Įmpire: Total War was also the first Total War game to introduce tactical naval battles. That doesn’t mean there aren’t good options for boosting the vanilla experience, but some are still maintained today.Įmpire: Total War begins the modern era of the series with shiny new 3D graphics, a new updated engine, an advanced period set between the era of colonization and a truly “global” setting. If you're interested, Simple Navy is here: take a look at some Empires: Total War Mod.Now more than a decade later, the empire was by no means the least popular Total War game, So the scene is very mature and sparse in some respects. If you struggle to survive because of an early invasion which you can't defeat, then the invasion can be avoided by giving the invader military access to your nation at the start (this is an exploit, because AI factions don't seem to be able to cancel military access, but it is available as a last resort.)įor what it's worth, my recommended combination of mods is here: (in fact, now I'd use the Simple Navy mod instead of Equal Navy. My strategy for Ireland is explained in Eiri Amach: Irish Rising (Ireland AAR): (Ireland-AAR)-updated-February-22-2015 (it involves a rebellion and an ambush). For example, I enjoy playing as Ireland but it's challenging to survive the initial invasion by Britain. Some minor and emergent factions will normally be invaded by a powerful neighbour early in the campaign. You could fix this with a unit mod, such as the impressive Additional Units Mod or the more basic Minor & Emergent Factions Pack.

Some are quite easily playable (I've had a lot of fun as Venice, Denmark and the United States in the Grand Campaign) but some have very small rosters. With these mods, more factions are unlocked.

Emergent factions are the ones which appear if a rebellion occurs in their home region(s) and if the rebellion captures the region capital, such as Quebec, the United States, Norway, Scotland, Ireland and Afghanistan. Minor factions are small (normally unplayable) factions which are on the campaign map in 1700. It allows you to play minor and (most) emergent factions. It allows you to play minor factions.Įmpire Total Factions is here: (Last-updated-17-08-2011). Yes, you could either use Empire Total Factions or All Factions Unlocked.Īll Factions Unlocked is here: !-WORKING!-Downloadable-Now!&p=15094003&viewfull=1#post15094003.
