What are the best Total War mods of all time?

[naghimamoli]

Particularly from Rome up to Shogun 2, since my PC can't play further than that. I've played Roma Surrectum before but got a bit bored plus that was around the same time I went into TW hiatus. Now I came back to playing (being addicted to) this game again.
I've heard people say Stainless Steel and intending to try it soon anyway since I'm on a Med 2 roll, however would like some more opnions on other mods as well. Not interested in fantasy mods so Third Age is out of order

[Colino Deani]

Imma drop my vote for Rage of the Dark gods.. the Warhammer mod... its so superb... barely even crashes.. I've fought battles with 5-6 armies on the field.. and the story line is SOLID... very will done mod..

[Dismounted Feudal Knight]

^ Completely missed the second half of the OP. Lets try that again.

Stainless Steel + SSHIP, Europea Barborum 2 (I know I spelled that badly), Broken Crescent, Deus Lo Vult, Eras Total Conquest, Rise of Three Kingdoms and 1648 - Thirty Years of War all rank high for me in historical merits, gameplay and stability. Other mods exist, but while I might have missed a few, most from here lack scale, stability, finished gameplay or historical validity (ie, gaping holes compared to the efforts listed or too focused on just enhancing/remaking the vanilla experience).

Extending a bit beyond medieval 2,
Rome has EB, that's about the only one I'm aware of that's competitive, despite it basically being the prequel to what you get from EB2. Empire+ you have Darth Mod and I believe Raidous as solid overhaul options, but once you get in that generation it becomes more of a pick and choose deal. I'm not especially familiar with Empire/Napoleon/S2 modding, so I couldn't say what specifically is really good. Rome 2 has Divide et Imperia, a competitively good overhaul to get the best out of a warscape rome experience despite it being out of scope for your system. While a bit of a superficial game, you could consider looking at Thrones of Britannia on sale as it is a relatively friendly game in comparison to others that have come since S2 performance wise. I suppose the lack of depth would be a part of it, but it's a viable entry regardless. I still wouldn't suggest it at full price.

[Colino Deani]

^ Completely missed the second half of the OP. Lets try that again.

Stainless Steel + SSHIP, Europea Barborum 2 (I know I spelled that badly), Broken Crescent, Deus Lo Vult, Eras Total Conquest, Rise of Three Kingdoms and 1648 - Thirty Years of War all rank high for me in historical merits, gameplay and stability. Other mods exist, but while I might have missed a few, most from here lack scale, stability, finished gameplay or historical validity (ie, gaping holes compared to the efforts listed or too focused on just enhancing/remaking the vanilla experience).

Rise of the three kingdoms Crashed for me anytime I got near Lou Yang... haven't played it since.. did you experience that and fix it? or no?

[Dismounted Feudal Knight]

Rise of the three kingdoms Crashed for me anytime I got near Lou Yang... haven't played it since.. did you experience that and fix it? or no?

No, but it's not my cup of tea for a mod either, so I wouldn't know beyond the very basics. I don't suppose you've used Gig's installer anytime recently?

[herne_the _hunter]

So many to choose from and I still haven't tried them all

Those that I have really enjoyed:

Chivalry, Europa Barbarorum, Rome Total Realism and Extend Greek Mod for Rome 1

Mod 2 Retrofit, For King and Country, Call of Warhammer, The Long Road and Stainless Steel.

Empire Empire Total Realism and Terra Incognito.

Infact the best mods I have enjoyed the most are the small mods that change the games beyond their size Retrofit for Med 2 and the one that changes the gun sounds in Empire (I can't remember its name sorry) are worth their weight in Gold.