Rome Mod Questions & Recommendations

[Ancient Hunter]

I'm looking for a very rich and deep single player experience, and one that preferably presents a good Carthage campaign.

I'm thinking Europa Barbarorum, what do those who have played think? is the AI increased? I also love the concept of being able to recruit certain units in certain areas

[timdedarter]

hello tw-center
i'm playing now for a while the extended greek mod
it's a very good mod but too many bugs and not so many maps.
so now im searching for a better mod like extended greek mod but not so many bugs in it and more maps.
im only for the gameplay so i dont like european barbarum because its with strange names.
so please help me with finding a mod

p.s Sorry for my bad english

[Selifator]

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=138398
This thread is for mod reccomendations, so if you need any info on mods or what mods people think are good, follow the link.
Tip: Always read the stickied threads first before creating a new one.

[Prince_of_Macedon]

* Merged to the Stickied thread regarding the topic of "Mod Recommendations." *

[Scutarii]

RS 2.0 previews do look amazing. But if you want a currently out mod, I'd have to say either RS 1.5 or XGM.

[Murfios]

Flower Wars TW

[Ataegina]

RS or EB ... hard to pick just one :p

[AngryTitusPullo]

Any mod that depicts the Macedonians in all of their glory would be my favorite(s).

RTR VII did have plans for something that you'll probably like...

[Valerius Tiberius]

you can see that everyone agrees on this matter

seriously, everyone has his own opinion.
@zhangxy, what are you looking for exactly?
a tuff Roman campaign? a nice greek one? beautiful skins? .....?

[jackwei]

In terms of Skins and graphics:- RS,EB, SPQR,TE,Casus Belli, RTR, BBW.

Campaign wise:- RS, SPQR, EB, Casus Belli despite it being in italian, XGM,Res Belicae, TE,RTR, Imperator, BBW, Darth mod,Goth's BI Mod etc

Trait wise:- EB, XGM, BBW, SPQR and Res Belicae etc

gameplay:- SPQR, RS, BBW, Casus Belli, XGM, TE, Darth mod, Goth's BI mod.

these choices are to my taste, however it is hard to pick which one of these mods or more is the best, because they're too many to choose from that all have different features suited the gamers taste.

[PenguinsFriend]

Wow - so much to read and sooooo many different recommendations - which to choose?

So I like vanilla RTW and am looking at a new mod to spice up the game. I don't really want to add any nerfs or inaccurate troop types/factions and don't want to have to engage in a grind fest right from the get go (although playing RTW vanilla on VH as Selcuoid or Germany is pretty close to it lol).

I'm looking for:

- Historical accuracy (I still want the game to be fun though)
- Great AI (I'm tired of chariots and horses charging my hoplites front on inside cities - I place phalanxes at narrow hard points and watch the slaughter - wish the AI would stand off and use missles rather then send in charging peasants and horses - so stupid, but at least I'm unbeatable - the AI gets so frustrated it brings in 2 stacks with elephants no less lol)
- Accurate skins (if Spartans didn't wear armor, pls don't give them to me)
- Balanced (I don't need to play as a dominating powerhouse that uses might and no diplomacy)
- Great diplomacy (If your my ally, why do you spend all your time trying to bribe my generals?)

Well - that's my wish list. I'm betting it will be either RTR or EB - but I'm open to being steered in the right direction here and would appreicate it!

THANK YOU!

[Nergal1610]

There are many great mods out there. Quite a few of them are visually breathtaking and so I have listed some of my favourite mods:
I'd say EB has overwhelming visual quality. Everything is pretty good looking and original in its implementation. The campaign map is a huge step up from vanilla and every unit has been skinned with attention to historical details.

However, if you are looking for an even better mod, I'd say the upcoming RS.2 makes other mods look like pansies. The textures on the units are....just super. You should check out the previews here
The best is yet to come. They haven't done Roman preview yet so expect greatness. My favourite factions at this point are probably Armenia, Pontus and Parthia.

Another great mod is Rise of Persia. It's the only mod with Babylonians, Lydians and realistically depicted achaemenid Persians. The mod also has Spartans, Athenians and Egyptians. They are releasing 2.2 in the near future.
You just have to see the sight of persian arstibara fighting with spartan hippeis, and babylonian chariots crushing lydian hoplites while arrows and javelins blot out the sun <3

[Arthum]

Well, for some real eye-candy ,check out my top 3:

3.)RTR VII:Iberian Conflict
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=524
2.)Caius Britannicus Crusades:
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=36128
+ skinpack:
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=136523
1.)AND THE WINNER IS...

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

http://forums.totalwar.org/vb/forumdisplay.php?f=96

Honourable Mentions:
Ferres Legions Mod(s), just compare them with vanilla, 'nuff said and there are a lots more of mods and stuff, that are really great i.e. OiM,EB or Prometheus TS' stuff etc. etc. and of course I'm looking forward to RS 2.0 and Ran no Jidai.

[Ojf]

Casus Belli, when it comes out in english it could be a top mod

[Scutarii]

Wow - so much to read and sooooo many different recommendations - which to choose?

So I like vanilla RTW and am looking at a new mod to spice up the game. I don't really want to add any nerfs or inaccurate troop types/factions and don't want to have to engage in a grind fest right from the get go (although playing RTW vanilla on VH as Selcuoid or Germany is pretty close to it lol).

I'm looking for:

- Historical accuracy (I still want the game to be fun though)
- Great AI (I'm tired of chariots and horses charging my hoplites front on inside cities - I place phalanxes at narrow hard points and watch the slaughter - wish the AI would stand off and use missles rather then send in charging peasants and horses - so stupid, but at least I'm unbeatable - the AI gets so frustrated it brings in 2 stacks with elephants no less lol)
- Accurate skins (if Spartans didn't wear armor, pls don't give them to me)
- Balanced (I don't need to play as a dominating powerhouse that uses might and no diplomacy)
- Great diplomacy (If your my ally, why do you spend all your time trying to bribe my generals?)

Well - that's my wish list. I'm betting it will be either RTR or EB - but I'm open to being steered in the right direction here and would appreicate it!

THANK YOU!

I think the closest fit would be XGM.
It removes and fantasy units (dogs, screeching women) to enhance hitorical accuracy, has a unified Rome, but doesn't take the history far enough to hamper gameplay. I think the one fantasy unit may be the Spartan Royal Guard, and only because its out of place in time. But it wouldn't be XGM without its uber-ness.
For AI, XGM adds Darth Formations, which I think is the best you can get battle AI-wise. The campaign AI has been tweaked a lot to provide a harder challenge, particularly when facing Carthage or Rome.
For diplomacy, XGM is definitely the best one IMO. Diplomacy is largely hardcoded, but XGM adds force diplomacy, forcing the AI to accept any deal you offer, if you enable it in the diplomacy menu (so you can play with it off as well). Obviously you have to use house rules, and only offer balanced or generous offers to the AI, but it is very useful when the AI is being stuck up. ie: a faction has a couple cities and is crippled; you could kill them in two turns, but you could also make them a protectorate and spare them with force diplomacy. Also, you can force a faction to accept a ceasefire if you know you will crush them.

[PenguinsFriend]

Thanks so much, really appreciate the recommendation!

[Knight of Judgment]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8n-Y5bYisc

[Xavier Dragnesi]

XGM?

[Prince_of_Macedon]

"The Immortals and the Magicians"

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=95311

[If you read the description on the video (under "About This Video"), it says it right there ]

[Xavier Dragnesi]

Never heard of that lol.