Rome Total War Is A Perfectly Balanced Game With No Exploits

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  • čas přidán 7. 06. 2024
  • Welcome to Rome Total War a brilliant strategy where players are expected to expand the roman empire or dominate the sea and trade as Carthage. You can build giant armies of gladiator units, elephants and Persian cataphracts. Now we are going to go up against the barbarians of gaul and legions of rome but with a little challenge! But we will be playing as the british / britons today and using only peasant units! These peasant units are the single WORST UNIT in the entire game. They will flee at the first sign of combat but we will somehow use them to conquer rome and maybe do a world conquest using the worst unit in the game only. I have done archer only runs and sycthian horse only runs but no today this is going to be something special!
    steam description: Total War: ROME REMASTERED lets you relive the legacy that defined the award-winning strategy game series. Remastered to 4K with multiple improvements to visuals as well as refinements to gameplay, it’s time to revisit a true classic. Not everyone gets a second chance to conquer the Roman Empire.
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    title: Rome Total War Is A Perfectly Balanced Game With No Exploits
    chapters:
    00:00 - Intro
    01:51 - The British Faction!
    03:20 - Our setup
    05:09 - Our First Fight!
    08:31 - The British Horde
    10:55 - Nighttime Massacre!
    16:37 - Enter the Romans!
    17:55 - The Grate War!
    20:56 - Attacking the Romans!
    22:33 - The fall of Rome
    24:26 - Outro & Thanks for Watching!
    #game #funny #war
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  • @thespiffingbrit
    @thespiffingbrit  Před 11 měsíci +1667

    *I am sure the developers perfectly balanced the games auto resolve to factor in how weak peasants are relative to unit size...*

    • @andrewphillips8341
      @andrewphillips8341 Před 11 měsíci +11

      We aren't you saluting the King?

    • @Kingdom_Cow
      @Kingdom_Cow Před 11 měsíci +15

      For the Yorkshire Empire!!!

    • @theflamedragon2508
      @theflamedragon2508 Před 11 měsíci +14

      I love that you aren't saluting the king lol
      Things heating up in the british fandom

    • @kendog3419
      @kendog3419 Před 11 měsíci +6

      Ngl didn't know this was uploaded 30 min ago thought it said 30 days XD

    • @ctg4818
      @ctg4818 Před 11 měsíci +12

      A design choice (numbers > stats) that is in just about every single Total War game lol

  • @danielhale1
    @danielhale1 Před 11 měsíci +1510

    Spiff: They're affordable!
    Spiff: They're replaceable!
    Spiff: They're highly expendable!
    Me: I wish you wouldn't call me out like that

    • @AcornFox
      @AcornFox Před 11 měsíci +23

      easy just be landed gentry duh

    • @_Ciosu..
      @_Ciosu.. Před 11 měsíci +4

      No

    • @crissdace8358
      @crissdace8358 Před 11 měsíci +4

      @@AcornFox i literally learned what a landed gentry was like a week ago I'm pretty sure I forgot but isn't that an insult ?

    • @-NxPx-Phoenix
      @-NxPx-Phoenix Před 11 měsíci

      @@crissdace8358 in british english anything can be insult if you say it right, you absolute kettle.

    • @aaaaahhhhh9885
      @aaaaahhhhh9885 Před 11 měsíci +10

      ​@@crissdace8358nah it's just the people who own land/nobles

  • @Yamato-wx1mo
    @Yamato-wx1mo Před 11 měsíci +3035

    You clearly haven't seen the best offer the AI does in this game
    Our offers: Please don't attack us
    Their offers: Accept or we will attack

    • @simey5639
      @simey5639 Před 11 měsíci +59

      I think that's fixed in the remaster

    • @Gingerninja800
      @Gingerninja800 Před 11 měsíci +189

      isn't that just a non aggression pact

    • @leadpaintchips9461
      @leadpaintchips9461 Před 11 měsíci +48

      @@simey5639 Not fixed last I saw, plenty of screenshots of the remaster having it a bit after release.

    • @DeadObserver
      @DeadObserver Před 11 měsíci +85

      It is such a good offer that even I as a true diplomat myself use it in some rare circumstances!

    • @stevenwebb3475
      @stevenwebb3475 Před 11 měsíci +12

      ​@@leadpaintchips9461yeah but you can turn on the old diplomatic AI.

  • @No.00000
    @No.00000 Před 11 měsíci +2839

    "An army of sheep led by a lion is better than an army of lions led by a sheep." ~ true brexit geezer

    • @slvrshore5300
      @slvrshore5300 Před 11 měsíci +78

      so... based?

    • @insaniam_convertunt_scientiam
      @insaniam_convertunt_scientiam Před 11 měsíci +305

      And correct. It’s bad for morale if the troops eat the General.

    • @googiegress7459
      @googiegress7459 Před 11 měsíci +136

      @@insaniam_convertunt_scientiam Well it's certainly not great for the general's morale.

    • @XtreeM_FaiL
      @XtreeM_FaiL Před 11 měsíci +86

      @@insaniam_convertunt_scientiam are you sure? Italians seemed to do great after they killed Mussolini.

    • @TheTyke
      @TheTyke Před 11 měsíci +45

      Although the Romans actually stated that the average Briton farmer, let alone warrior was larger and stronger than the average legionary. And was trained in combat at a very young age regardless of their role in society. In terms of individual strength and talent, the Britons far surpassed the Romans. What the Romans did was use mass produced, uniform equipment and training, and political maneuvering (Divide and Conquer).
      As Tacitus (Agricola 21) said, the Romans could not defeat the Britons militarily, so they introduced them to convenience and vice, and their luxury became their slavery.

  • @PinataFreaks
    @PinataFreaks Před 11 měsíci +1105

    "You see, Killbots have a preset kill limit. Knowing their weakness, I sent wave after wave of my own men at them, until they reached their limit and shutdown. Kif, show them the medal I won."
    - Zapp Brannigan

    • @springpurse
      @springpurse Před 5 měsíci +7

      "Some of you may die, but that's a sacrifice I'm willing to make"

  • @XtreeM_FaiL
    @XtreeM_FaiL Před 11 měsíci +381

    -What are your orders, sir?
    -Kill their strongest units and the rest will run away!
    -Sir! Enemy doesn't have any strong units.
    -Wait what?

    • @nehcrum
      @nehcrum Před 11 měsíci +57

      Well, as we saw, it did work, when they killed Spiffs general.

  • @johnjo6315
    @johnjo6315 Před 11 měsíci +533

    Imagine being an elite soldier, trained only by the best and in an army of equally qualified and equally elite comrades and somehow you guys fight the average farmer armed with nothing but a rusted sword and the clothes on their back… and get absolutely manhandled

    • @ashenmask5301
      @ashenmask5301 Před 11 měsíci +23

      Every "h" work featuring elves vs orcs/goblins

    • @alexturnbackthearmy1907
      @alexturnbackthearmy1907 Před 11 měsíci +32

      I mean...there are billons of them and only few of yours. You kill one and 1000 men take his place and rob you from all your weapon and armor.

    • @sjs9698
      @sjs9698 Před 11 měsíci +9

      @@alexturnbackthearmy1907 iirc ther romans managed to win vs ~100-1 odds against the horde B. brought to try & retake britain & they weren't (all) peasants ^^

    • @alexturnbackthearmy1907
      @alexturnbackthearmy1907 Před 11 měsíci +7

      @@sjs9698 I meant game-wise. Its like a zerg horde, but with people, nightmare stuff.

    • @XenoEagle
      @XenoEagle Před 11 měsíci +9

      @@alexturnbackthearmy1907 Agree, being trained should help, but that's the exact scenario of being good at self-defense. Say you can easily defend yourself vs someone with even a knife. But then, there are 5 of them. Well that's that. You died. Unless we talk about stuff like tanks vs cave-men, training won't make you invincible.

  • @TheArklyte
    @TheArklyte Před 11 měsíci +733

    Spiff, destroying Roman Empire by using civilians with shivs: how oddly british...
    P.S.: I have a feeling that the "real" representation of battles would have been all roman legionaries being simply mugged in the night.

    • @tturi2
      @tturi2 Před 11 měsíci +48

      they'd get shived for their shoes

    • @TheArklyte
      @TheArklyte Před 11 měsíci +30

      @@tturi2 "I just want some shoes"

    • @topkek996
      @topkek996 Před 11 měsíci +32

      Should have attacked a day after a football game when the grugs are all hungover

    • @roxxdudeplayswow
      @roxxdudeplayswow Před 11 měsíci +16

      Let's go mug 'em!!!!!!

    • @aaronbates4848
      @aaronbates4848 Před 11 měsíci +10

      @@roxxdudeplayswow Hey! Gimme that gold or I'll mug ya!

  • @TheCulturedSwine
    @TheCulturedSwine Před 11 měsíci +201

    Missed opportunity of naming the “Dude printer” that produces tons of peasants ; better name: Pez Dispenser

  • @vinne6837
    @vinne6837 Před 11 měsíci +269

    Ah, yes, the timeless tactic of throwing endless amounts of under supplied combatants at your enemy

    • @hungrymusicwolf
      @hungrymusicwolf Před 11 měsíci +61

      Usually a Russian specialty but today replicated by the Britons.

    • @ravingcuriosity6345
      @ravingcuriosity6345 Před 11 měsíci +13

      @@hungrymusicwolf hahaha I was about to say something like "Welcome to Russia" hahaha

    • @aydenlegleiter7810
      @aydenlegleiter7810 Před 11 měsíci +4

      @@ravingcuriosity6345 was about to type something to the effect of 'the russian technique'

    • @Zeitgeist2000
      @Zeitgeist2000 Před 11 měsíci +2

      It worked in korea

    • @Almond19912
      @Almond19912 Před 7 měsíci +2

      The Moscow special

  • @teo8279
    @teo8279 Před 11 měsíci +75

    Gauls be like :
    " Accept our demand or we will attack "
    Their demands :
    " Please do not attack "

    • @teebob21
      @teebob21 Před 10 měsíci +5

      Never change, France, never change.

    • @greywolf7577
      @greywolf7577 Před 9 měsíci +4

      I think it makes sense. Basically it is saying "If you attack us, we will attack you back".

    • @Kerenskyz15
      @Kerenskyz15 Před 7 měsíci +4

      It is just a Peace Treaty with extra steps.
      Big stick diplomacy.

  • @Poweraded
    @Poweraded Před 11 měsíci +859

    He’s back with another amazing total war game never thought I’d live to see this again

    • @gijsjanssen8965
      @gijsjanssen8965 Před 11 měsíci +1

      Why

    • @IdentifiantE.S
      @IdentifiantE.S Před 11 měsíci +1

      It's just so cool , it would have been criminal not to make another one.

    • @incognitoman3656
      @incognitoman3656 Před 11 měsíci +11

      Total War: Crimes

    • @trentparrish9401
      @trentparrish9401 Před 11 měsíci +5

      I was watching his older total war videos when this came out I thought I had a break from reality. I even reread the title thinking I was reading what I wanted to see or something. I found this channel three months ago and have been binging through all his videos and have liked every video and even bought a few of the games he’s showed as I found myself liking the game.

    • @joshalmighty1901
      @joshalmighty1901 Před 11 měsíci +1

      IF YOU DONT LIKE IT DONT WATCH IT! AS FOR US TEA DRINKERS, WE CANT WAIT!!!

  • @sokandueler9578
    @sokandueler9578 Před 11 měsíci +113

    “17,000 people are about to discover what the definition of a war crime is”
    This had me rolling 😂😂

    • @normalhuman9878
      @normalhuman9878 Před 6 měsíci +1

      Technically the Geneva Conventions didn’t exist yet

  • @jordanhooper1527
    @jordanhooper1527 Před 11 měsíci +717

    Love this game, currently destroying the Romans as Britain.
    I managed to kill 1100 Romans with 6 heavy chariot units losing only 75men

    • @jackhazardous4008
      @jackhazardous4008 Před 11 měsíci +29

      75 man for one experienced kill? Now that's a trade deal!

    • @resileaf9501
      @resileaf9501 Před 11 měsíci +56

      Chariots are quite OP in Rome 1. Literally can chain rout an entire army in seconds.

    • @ThePastaSawce
      @ThePastaSawce Před 11 měsíci +17

      *me crying in Latin*

    • @antares4975
      @antares4975 Před 11 měsíci +7

      @@ThePastaSawce mama mia?

    • @ThePastaSawce
      @ThePastaSawce Před 11 měsíci +5

      @@antares4975 Mi Cannoli!

  • @budwyzer77
    @budwyzer77 Před 11 měsíci +115

    Chariots were SUPER overpowered in Rome: Total War's autoresolve so your general unit probably did a lot of the heavy lifting. That's why Britain and Egypt always took over their sections of the map.

    • @VoyageurCountry
      @VoyageurCountry Před 11 měsíci +4

      True but they were also hot trash that exploded at the sight of arrows and javelins

    • @budwyzer77
      @budwyzer77 Před 11 měsíci +26

      @@VoyageurCountry Not in autoresolve.
      In general chariots were pretty useless beyond scaring infantry and annihilating cavalry. Chariots mostly just knocked infantry down but cavalry lacked any means of getting back up.

    • @nehcrum
      @nehcrum Před 11 měsíci +30

      @@budwyzer77 Because Rome:Total War (and several other TW-titles since then) had a rock-paper-scissors approach, with spearmen countering cavalry etc. And chariots against spearmen, or even worse, chariots charging into the front of a phalanx, is just a quick slaughter. But the autoresolve just gives an arbitrary value to a unit, regardless of composition and counters.
      Hence, chariots are very powerful, in autoresolve, as counters don't count.
      Same thing here with the peasants. Experience levels up their melee attack and melee defence. But they have no shields and little armour, which aren't affected by experience, so the counter is ranged missiles, which will cut them down (the counter to ranged is shields), but again, those things don't count in autoresolve. And peasants, having the weakest stats, of course benefits the most from fixed bonuses.

    • @An0niem4
      @An0niem4 Před 4 měsíci +1

      Not only in autoresolve. I've had some absolutely incredible wins with the chariot-phalanx combo de Seleucids bring. Only a military genius can win this battle? Bring it.
      How I would defeat hordes of peasants? Some outstretched units of cheap phalanxes stretched out to fully join together in a continuous line blocking off a corner (or a full hexagon somewhere on the map) and the chariots running around, inflicting casualties, causing panic and keeping moving. As long as Seleucid chariots are not bogged down, they're invulnerable to anything without spears. If your chariots get tired, withdraw behind the phalanxes to rest. Peasants simply do not have the weight/armor to push through even a thin line of pikemen. With no chance of attacking from the rear, they will not get through. With a heavy cavalry general, you could sacrifice the bodyguard to break through, but guess what, this doesn't work with chariots, they die on impact.
      Both the phalanx and chariot are only defeated if you make a mistake. If you pay attention, you can rout armies with them.

    • @PreviewAvailable
      @PreviewAvailable Před 4 měsíci

      Yes, in retrospect, the chariot general was probably doing most of the work. They are completely obscenely overpowered and in VH/VH they are a menace that can solo your army. The minute his general died, everything fell apart.

  • @quintus6081
    @quintus6081 Před 11 měsíci +130

    This makes me remember the days when I conquered half of Europe with my legendary "Belenus the Conqueror". This game makes you so much intrigued with your generals career.

  • @7rich79
    @7rich79 Před 11 měsíci +86

    Who could have known that peasants and zerglings had so much in common?

  • @Tahulrik
    @Tahulrik Před 11 měsíci +28

    In the original game i once had the brilliant German ai send a diplomat with the terms of something along the lines of 'recieve 23 denarii, accept or we will attack'
    A truly outstanding move !

    • @KeljuIvan
      @KeljuIvan Před 11 měsíci

      It was probably some kind of money laundering operation.

    • @steemlenn8797
      @steemlenn8797 Před 11 měsíci +9

      I prefer the cases were they declare war on you and one turn later pay you money for peace. Several times in a row.

  • @whyjnot420
    @whyjnot420 Před 11 měsíci +56

    Back when the original game first came out one day I decided to do a small reconnaissance in force with a group of 3 or 4 cavalry units (the lowest of the Roman ones, likely was Julii) and decided to autoresolve everything. It took something like 10 battles without any reinforcements before they were finally defeated. No named unit, no upgrades, only the experience gained from the battles themselves. Near the end something like 20 people were defeating armies of several hundreds.

    • @Anomaly188
      @Anomaly188 Před 11 měsíci +4

      @@user-sj9mj3bf2m In the tabletop scene they call that "Tarpitting." It's a useful tactic to bog down the opposing HQ (Hero) unit and his guard contingent with cheap blobs of fodder while you deal with other units.

    • @nehcrum
      @nehcrum Před 11 měsíci +1

      @@Anomaly188 As well as hammer-and-anvil tactics. Have a hard unit hold the enemy in place and then hit them in the back with something heavy.

  • @richardfarrer5616
    @richardfarrer5616 Před 11 měsíci +102

    If it worked for Boudicca in Colchester, I see no reason it wouldn't work for Spiff in Rome.

    • @HideyoshiKinoshita84
      @HideyoshiKinoshita84 Před 11 měsíci

      Massacre and genocide civilians only to get absolutely curbstomped when facing a prepared actual army?

    • @Noble6Espeo
      @Noble6Espeo Před 11 měsíci +4

      I was about to make thi comment, you beat me too it and I tip my hat to ye

  • @smokinggnu6584
    @smokinggnu6584 Před 11 měsíci +22

    I remember wayyy back in the day playing the original version of this game. Had a city that revolted and the rebel army that occupied it was a full stack of peasants. Except the peasants had full experience (9 tiers) and full weapons and armour (gold for both). I attacked it with my best army in range of roman heavy infantry, laid siege... and my legionnaires got absolutely slaughtered on the walls as they climbed up the siege towers by all these peasants.
    Total war games, man.

  • @GoErikTheRed
    @GoErikTheRed Před 11 měsíci +57

    I think my favorite cheese campaign I did was as the Egyptians. No units, only generals. Egyptian chariots are a little OP in melee, but they also have the range and speed of horse archers, so you can kite indefinitely. I basically sent diplomats all over the world bribing generals then using said generals to take out entire enemy armies. With no army to maintain I was swimming in money

  • @RaDeus87
    @RaDeus87 Před 11 měsíci +131

    I guess they changed the population thing due to the population-moving feature: recruit dirt-cheap pop-heavy units in one town, and then disband them in a city you want to grow.
    It's really useful early on, when you can power-level your new cities with just a few units of peasants (like Segesta and/or Patavium if you play Julii) from your main settlements.
    Late game it's more useful to let a city rebel just so you can enslave them.
    It really keeps the squalor down 👍

    • @korub1
      @korub1 Před 11 měsíci +32

      Idk why they changed this tbh. It’s not like it’s ahistorical for there to be mass migrations, and balance-wise it feels more like a strategy game micromanagement tool than an exploit

    • @LordVader1094
      @LordVader1094 Před 11 měsíci +23

      I love when games take away mechanics and options from me instead of adding more :)

    • @czarkusa2018
      @czarkusa2018 Před 11 měsíci +17

      They CHANGED the POPULATION SYSTEM?
      Is there ANYTHING Creative Assembly won't intentionally destroy just to spite long time fans of older games?

    • @doctorfrohman5516
      @doctorfrohman5516 Před 11 měsíci +15

      It’s optional

    • @RaDeus87
      @RaDeus87 Před 11 měsíci +2

      @@doctorfrohman5516 I haven't played the remake, so this is good to know.
      I was kinda surprised that it wasn't a thing in TW-Warhammer.

  • @pyrrhusofepirus8491
    @pyrrhusofepirus8491 Před 11 měsíci +42

    One thing that I remember that is broken in Rome Total War, and I don’t know if they’ve changed it, is how experience works. With every experience point, they gain 1 attack point. That means a fully experienced unit has *9 more attack* then a inexperienced unit. It was amazing seeing what it’d do with Praetorians.

    • @MrDwarfpitcher
      @MrDwarfpitcher Před 11 měsíci +14

      There are other bonuses.
      It increases defensive skill and morale.
      Ranged units are also slightly more accurate in direct fire

  • @barrybend7189
    @barrybend7189 Před 11 měsíci +260

    A strategy game should allow peasant units to be upgraded to speciallized units for a cheaper price. It would be an interesting mechanic.

    • @mute1085
      @mute1085 Před 11 měsíci +81

      Mount and Blade allows just that, although you also need them to get some experience first

    • @googiegress7459
      @googiegress7459 Před 11 měsíci +43

      Civ 4 does this. Presumably you'd have to pay the difference in cost and time between the two unit types in order to upgrade. Which means it isn't a way to get strong units cheaper, just a way to not let the value stored in early units go to waste.

    • @countinwermsuwu
      @countinwermsuwu Před 11 měsíci +15

      Battle for Wesnoth has that, definitely worth checking out

    • @DrexSux
      @DrexSux Před 11 měsíci +13

      @@mute1085I was about to say… Bannerlord much?

    • @ShinForgotPassxXx
      @ShinForgotPassxXx Před 11 měsíci +5

      WoC have this mechanic in WH3. IT is pretty great.

  • @pocpic
    @pocpic Před 11 měsíci +6

    "Cheekily enslaving" is the classic British modus operandi of occupation.

  • @paulmaddison6193
    @paulmaddison6193 Před 11 měsíci +10

    'First we deal with the French'. As any distinguished British chap naturally would. Good show old bean! 🧐

  • @ctg4818
    @ctg4818 Před 11 měsíci +19

    Back when every single faction wasn't a $20-30 DLC. The good days.

    • @insaniam_convertunt_scientiam
      @insaniam_convertunt_scientiam Před 11 měsíci +1

      I get drip feeding new content. It makes sense and when done correctly keep a game alive for years more than normal. Of course, smart companies don’t overcharge just because they can. That’s begging for some upstart to knock them out. Paradox will learn when they need to learn it.

    • @FuhqEwe
      @FuhqEwe Před 11 měsíci +3

      Facts. It’s appalling that they would create the finished product, then deliberately remove content from it and try to sell it to you for more. It was _not_ add-on content that they made after the fact. That’d be like paying full price for a pizza only to discover 4 slices are missing. When you ask, they say you can have it for an additional charge.
      Hell, these scumbags even want to charge for the option to turn on blood. That used to be a regular option you could toggle. What will they try next? An additional fee if you want to play in a resolution above 720?

    • @e33d90
      @e33d90 Před 4 měsíci

      @@insaniam_convertunt_scientiamgood games survived without drip feeding bullshit, bad games need to drip feed to keep the sheeple on their dopamine high

  • @Hellscream_9999
    @Hellscream_9999 Před 11 měsíci +18

    Spiff: "...the German AI is just truly fantastic..."
    Me: remembering that time the German AI bought a lump of coal from the Brit for 100 gold
    Me: yup, that checks out.

  • @AlliedX
    @AlliedX Před 11 měsíci +39

    It feels as though he's still uploading 😥
    R.I.P. The Spiffing Brit
    1283 - 2023
    You will be missed

  • @anyone7165
    @anyone7165 Před 11 měsíci +2

    Villagers are dangerous, one almost killed a witcher using a pitchfork

  • @jacobgebhart7550
    @jacobgebhart7550 Před 11 měsíci +2

    As a Rome fanboy I have to say. You said Julius Caesar underestimated Britain but he was the first commander to navally invade Britain until the vikings almost 1,000 years later. If any side underestimated the other it was the Britions with Rome. When Caesar came with his nearly full army and navy the Britions didn't even attempt to to stop him. Instead they waited until he landed and fought him on land in pitched battles where he had a greater advantage. The first real military invasion of Britian saw Caesar successfully invading and setting up a client state until Claudius invaded, controlled, and centralized Britain 100 years later.

  • @LordWyatt
    @LordWyatt Před 11 měsíci +49

    I saw an unfinished challenge where someone tried to overwhelm/route enemy armies with (Egyptian) peasants only and it was awesome.
    I’m glad you’re doing a very similar challenge😎👌

    • @totalwar1793
      @totalwar1793 Před 11 měsíci +3

      Yeah, Legend of Total War lmao

    • @FuhqEwe
      @FuhqEwe Před 11 měsíci +1

      You didn’t think he came up with his video ideas on his own did you?
      They’re just recreations of ideas and videos from years ago.

  • @davidtitanium22
    @davidtitanium22 Před 11 měsíci +44

    a timeless classic, i've sunk hundreds of hours into this game in middle school

  • @Soccer_lover986
    @Soccer_lover986 Před 11 měsíci +2

    Holy crap, I thought this was an old video for a second. I’m glad you are back to total war!

  • @MartaviusGaming
    @MartaviusGaming Před 11 měsíci

    I’m loving the video and consistency! We love you spiff

  • @OneJazzyBoye
    @OneJazzyBoye Před 11 měsíci +5

    Bro is playing as the Skaven in RTW.

  • @heavyarms55
    @heavyarms55 Před 11 měsíci +3

    "What if the zombie apocalypse happened during the Roman era and what if the zombies had leadership" - What this video really is.

  • @Dragoon-zs8vm
    @Dragoon-zs8vm Před 11 měsíci +13

    Its a good day when Spiff uploads.

  • @abs_nobody
    @abs_nobody Před 11 měsíci +12

    I see that spiff is applying ancient (and more recent) continental tactics of "throw more people than weapons at the enemy"

  • @Edzward
    @Edzward Před 11 měsíci +24

    If it is Spiff asking me, I have my doubts in who would win, a Giant Death Robot, or a Peasant armed with a pitchfork... 😂

    • @nehcrum
      @nehcrum Před 11 měsíci +1

      Easy. The giant death robot.
      But the question, who would win between a giant death robot and an unlimited number of peasants, armed or unarmed.
      It's all about numbers. The robot may have higher stats, but quantity is a quality in itself.

  • @Balsiefen
    @Balsiefen Před 11 měsíci +4

    10:40 Damn, Spiff doesn't fall for Danegeld-strats. Britain could've used him in the 700s AD

  • @scaaarx
    @scaaarx Před 11 měsíci

    Only just found your channel and I am loving it! this was great!

  • @marvomaniac318
    @marvomaniac318 Před 11 měsíci +9

    I still fondly remember a playthrough as the Seleucids back in the day in the original in which I'd just buy off every city and enemy army. Conquered the entire map without ever fighting a single battle. :D

    • @dread8841
      @dread8841 Před 11 měsíci +2

      You don't need to fight if you are rich

  • @matthill5426
    @matthill5426 Před 11 měsíci +7

    Spiff should set his capital city in Somerset, England. Clearly, high quality British cheese is the fuel for his empire-building engine.
    Meanwhile, only Yorkshire Gold tea can grease the cogs of total Imperial hegemony!
    Tea & cheddar cheese, that's the key. And the occasional cucumber sandwiches. Cucumbers are the pistons in this engine of military and economic domination. :)

  • @DudeMcGuybro
    @DudeMcGuybro Před 11 měsíci +4

    It's true, I wasn't born, I was printed at a Spiffing Brit spawn point.

  • @DonSaborFlavor
    @DonSaborFlavor Před 11 měsíci

    I wasn’t sure about this video but I am Peasantly surprised. Another 10/10 video

  • @cameronmorgan1211
    @cameronmorgan1211 Před 11 měsíci +2

    Love your videos!

  • @Orncaex
    @Orncaex Před 11 měsíci +8

    Omfg I lost it when i saw the peasants flooding out of the gates and the AI instantly started panicking XD This is perhaps the most realistic response I've ever seen from an AI

  • @MooshroomBrosGaming
    @MooshroomBrosGaming Před 11 měsíci +9

    10/10 historically accurate peasant uprising!!!

  • @sethkorkowski213
    @sethkorkowski213 Před 11 měsíci

    Great job as always spiff

  • @snakelady647
    @snakelady647 Před 11 měsíci

    So excited that you're returning to Total War: Rome! I can't get into Civ 6 to save my life, but holy moly, I love me some Rome.

  • @wispyartist7953
    @wispyartist7953 Před 11 měsíci +27

    “An army of sheep led by a lion is better than an army of lions led by a sheep.”
    ― Alexander the Great

    • @sjs9698
      @sjs9698 Před 11 měsíci +3

      yes but also no: see the british army, for most of our empire's history it was 'lions led by donkeys'.

    • @Dong_Harvey
      @Dong_Harvey Před 11 měsíci +3

      "I think my horse is gay." -- Alexander the Great

    • @bobbobberson1923
      @bobbobberson1923 Před 11 měsíci

      I know where my bet is on this fight

    • @questionmaker5666
      @questionmaker5666 Před 11 měsíci

      @@sjs9698 The Duke of Marlborough, Duke of Wellington, General James Wolfe, and others would disagree. Even then the donkeys were often brave.

  • @n.henzler50
    @n.henzler50 Před 11 měsíci +4

    "Give everyone a stick and throw them into the grinder" is somehow the most British thing you've ever done.

  • @tempusavatar
    @tempusavatar Před 11 měsíci +1

    Thanks for the video. I met a Brit this week, and I asked about Yorkshire Tea; they reprimanded me and correctly opined that Yorkshire Gold is the Superior product.

  • @MrSkysenGames
    @MrSkysenGames Před 11 měsíci +2

    Enemy: "We have highly trained warriors, archers, horsemen, and strong fortifications."
    Spiff: "I have peasants."
    Enemy: "...What are your demands?"

  • @Doc_Tar
    @Doc_Tar Před 11 měsíci +8

    Watching this game get the heck exploited out of it reminds me of how much enjoyed playing "Rome Total War" back in the day. Hail, Emperor Spiff.

  • @patnor7354
    @patnor7354 Před 11 měsíci +3

    Hey, the "give us money or we will attack" worked quite well for the vikings against the brits ;)

    • @callum105
      @callum105 Před 11 měsíci +2

      "gimme all your gold or i'll mug ya"

  • @raptorbrotherhood766
    @raptorbrotherhood766 Před 11 měsíci

    Been such a while missed this dudes total war videos

  • @Jadriam
    @Jadriam Před 11 měsíci +2

    "Some of you may die, but that's a sacrifice I'm willing to make."

  • @Hyper_Fox06
    @Hyper_Fox06 Před 11 měsíci +7

    When Spiff said "because the British like things challenging" i thought he was gonna make a crack about British food. 😂

    • @Hyper_Fox06
      @Hyper_Fox06 Před 4 měsíci

      @@Mickyway I've seen stationed in England, they do have some nice food, I was just making a joke.
      While I don't understand beans on toast it's still pretty good

  • @mtndewfan66
    @mtndewfan66 Před 11 měsíci +6

    3:54 so you need a blacksmith to make weapons and a weaponsmith to make armor? It just makes sense

    • @irrelevant_noob
      @irrelevant_noob Před 11 měsíci +1

      Eh, from the description, they both increase both weapon and armour, but WS being the 2nd it therefore makes "better armour". 🤓

  • @orlandolopezdevictoria243
    @orlandolopezdevictoria243 Před 11 měsíci

    I love your commentary. Hahahahahahhahahahaha. Love the name changes to the cities.

  • @oscarxkee7921
    @oscarxkee7921 Před 11 měsíci +2

    He's gone from saluting the portrait of the Queen to saluting the Union Jack 👀

  • @elijahoconnell
    @elijahoconnell Před 11 měsíci +3

    my khergit strategy in warband is essentially zerg (zhergit lol) peasant forces primarily being khergits and specialized garrisons worth of a full partys worth of x type of unit scattered around the map. this would allow me to grab a chunk of trained soldiers to replinish any forces with or to save on travel speed but still grow larger and have a large defense in my cities

  • @dairoleon2682
    @dairoleon2682 Před 11 měsíci +5

    Rome: Heart of the Swarm is certainly one of the games of all time.

  • @mrbushi1062
    @mrbushi1062 Před 11 měsíci

    Man what a good throw back!!

  • @FlashMan16NG
    @FlashMan16NG Před 11 měsíci +2

    "Salute the Union Jack Flag." He knows what he's doing, he knows that line will deliberately annoy a lot of pedantic people out there.
    Allow me to sit back with my cuppa and watch them get annoyed.

  • @MonsterCC
    @MonsterCC Před 11 měsíci +4

    HECK YES! More Spiff and Rome, making a cup of gold for this one!

  • @lewiscoe4941
    @lewiscoe4941 Před 11 měsíci +3

    Ah the Bude tunnel, I didn't realise this iconic landmark in my hometown was so famous!

  • @milosstojanovic4623
    @milosstojanovic4623 Před 11 měsíci

    I even did not knew there is rome total war remaster, definitely gonna play that. 👌

  • @janhuber3708
    @janhuber3708 Před 11 měsíci

    YES. Glorious. The overlord graced us with another Total War Video.

  • @neilbrideau8520
    @neilbrideau8520 Před 11 měsíci +3

    Having played way too much Rome TW I finally understand what happened when I lost autoresolve battles against my high level Roman units. That is like a 20 year old mystery resolved.

  • @ppunion
    @ppunion Před 11 měsíci +5

    To be fair. A pointy stick is pretty damn good. And if that stick gets a pointy metal part it just becomes so absolute badass.

  • @casualbrowsingyeah
    @casualbrowsingyeah Před 11 měsíci

    I remember watching the AngryJoe review for this when it was brand new, and now here I am with TheSpiffingBrit. Time flies, God bless.

  • @johndiebold4587
    @johndiebold4587 Před 11 měsíci

    This was Spiffing excellent

  • @-BTE-
    @-BTE- Před 11 měsíci +10

    When my brother told about a man who preached tea and exploited games, I couldn't believe it as I didn't believe tea was that good. But the Spiffing Brit opened my
    eyes to the way of tea. No he did not threaten my family with tea for this I totally wrote this with my own free will. Praise the tea.

    • @scobra5941
      @scobra5941 Před 3 měsíci

      Have you tied the scones, old boy?

  • @Calvados656
    @Calvados656 Před 11 měsíci +3

    "Sir we've lost 2000 men during our last battle"
    Commander: "WHAT? What units?!"
    "It was the peasant legions, sir."
    Commander: "OH! (Deep breath) Phew... You had me worried for a moment that we had lost someone that mattered. Haha! Good one!"

  • @stinkypantiesss6009
    @stinkypantiesss6009 Před 3 měsíci

    I love your content man 😂😂😂

  • @HERETIC529
    @HERETIC529 Před 11 měsíci

    On a roll keep up the content!

  • @jackhazardous4008
    @jackhazardous4008 Před 11 měsíci +3

    Luv me pub, luv me 'ooligans, 'ate the romans, simple as.

  • @ianking7511
    @ianking7511 Před 11 měsíci +3

    I remember playing this back in the day, and noticing that the germanic peasant unit is actually a phalanx.
    Phalanxes in RTW are more or less completely unkillable from the front, so there was much fun to be had playing a german campaign and just making big spiky peasant squares for enemy armies to break themselves on.

    • @archiebellega956
      @archiebellega956 Před 11 měsíci

      Pretty sure it's greek, and it's their equivalent of town watch (2nd weakest unit after peasant). Yeah that thing is defensive powerhouses. In some run you can defend syracuse early on even though beginner guide rightfully told you to give up syracuse and rebuild from mainland greece.

    • @ianking7511
      @ianking7511 Před 11 měsíci +2

      @@archiebellega956 After a little searching I've come to the conclusion that the german spears were removed from the game at some point, probably because they were entirely, hilariously broken vs ai. There are a few ancient references on various forums, circa 2004. Alternatively, I may be misremembering Attila.

    • @be12
      @be12 Před 11 měsíci +2

      @@ianking7511 The German warband (what you get from the base tier muster field - ie what would be town watch for the Romans) is a phalanx unit, and as dangerous if not more than the Greek Hoplite.

  • @elderg1510
    @elderg1510 Před 11 měsíci

    I had just watched a total war rome video from spiff yesterday! THE POWER OF TEA HAS MADE HIM SENSE THIS AND MAKE A VIDEO IN RESPONSE HUZZAH

  • @Chaos8282
    @Chaos8282 Před 11 měsíci +2

    I actually bought this the day it came out and forgot I had it. Actually looks pretty good with all the improvements and modern hardware.

  • @efnick96
    @efnick96 Před 11 měsíci +3

    As a Greek, I am glad that Persians followed a similar strategy to conquer Greece, but thankfully they didn't have the auto resolve button

  • @steemlenn8797
    @steemlenn8797 Před 11 měsíci +4

    I did something similar with the warbands in the original. 3 exp level from a shrine and attack and armor from the smithes make some very efficient pointy tips.

    • @MrDwarfpitcher
      @MrDwarfpitcher Před 4 měsíci

      They also get a morale boost with experience.
      I think your warbands benefit from that greatly.
      Spiff also should have said that for the peasants. It makes it clear that poor morale turns into good morale if you try hard enough
      That said
      i loved my high morale militie in Medieval 2. They start to hold their own if you get them that far

  • @allenhollstein8820
    @allenhollstein8820 Před 4 měsíci +2

    So to summarize, as you said being attacked by a peasant is like having a soft breeze being blown in your general direction. So then it stands to reason that being attacked by ALLLLLL the peasants is like being struck by a hurricane. Well done my good man.

  • @leeewen100
    @leeewen100 Před 11 měsíci

    That mechanic of pops being used was good, I always made it feel more important where you drew troops from

  • @Mornech10
    @Mornech10 Před 11 měsíci +3

    Boudica--- "With this huge army of peasants I'll beat the Roman's out of here!"
    General Suetonius--- "No..... you won't."

  • @RaDeus87
    @RaDeus87 Před 11 měsíci +7

    I always liked rolling around with a Roman generals and a big heaping army of Barbarian mercenaries, basically reskinned warbands.
    It was about as fun as using war dogs to kill rebels on the Italian peninsula 😂
    Edit: Pure-Yolo gameplay at its finest 👍

  • @JacobSprenger
    @JacobSprenger Před 11 měsíci +1

    In the old R:TW with its population mechanics, pops are added whenever you disband a unit in a city, too - it's a handy way to resettle people no longer available in subsequent games.

  • @azearaazymoto461
    @azearaazymoto461 Před 11 měsíci +3

    24:21 "17000 people are about to learn what the definition of a warcrime is. Wabam." ~ The Spiffing Brit 2023
    This is the most beautiful quote I've ever seen.

  • @willh2690
    @willh2690 Před 11 měsíci +3

    As an unwashed barbarian who grew up on the streets of Croydon I feel both insulted and flattered by this video.

  • @zackali7890
    @zackali7890 Před 11 měsíci

    this brought great joy to me

  • @monkeywithplutonium
    @monkeywithplutonium Před 11 měsíci +1

    My soul is throbbing in anticipation for you to show us how perfectly balanced starfield is.

  • @peregrinemiles7936
    @peregrinemiles7936 Před 11 měsíci +44

    Wait, I thought that disbanding units gave you a population bump. Can you create population out of thin air???

    • @MartynWilkinson45
      @MartynWilkinson45 Před 11 měsíci +20

      The remaster doesn't do that by default. There is an option to toggle that on, though. It kind of gimps the ai, poor thing can really figure out population management.

    • @resileaf9501
      @resileaf9501 Před 11 měsíci +19

      @@MartynWilkinson45 The thing is that the population mechanic was balanced around units being of medium size, with large and ultra (and extreme in the remastered) being capable of emptying cities way too quickly, leaving you with no ability to train units anymore. Using the balanced option, population will be reduced by the same amount that they would be in medium size, ensuring that you don't make all your cities ghost towns that never grow.

    • @googiegress7459
      @googiegress7459 Před 11 měsíci +5

      @@resileaf9501 It feels like that should be an option that the player must manage; it's the classic balancing act between investing in economy vs. military. If you make the decision to ghost-town a city, it's probably a mistake, but the player might need to do that. The farmer cannot eat the seed he plans to sow.

    • @resileaf9501
      @resileaf9501 Před 11 měsíci +4

      @@googiegress7459 That *is* an option. You can make the population taken from your cities equal to the number of soldiers they took if you want.

    • @Dorsidwarf
      @Dorsidwarf Před 11 měsíci +1

      @@googiegress7459 this is fair, but it was kinda ridiculous how in tw Rome 1 your graphics option (how many men to display as being in a unit) affected the game balance so drastically

  • @theenglishknight1520
    @theenglishknight1520 Před 11 měsíci +4

    Most total war players: No some untrained civillians with pointy sticks shouldn't be able to conquer rome!
    Spiffing brit: Watch me

    • @nehcrum
      @nehcrum Před 11 měsíci +1

      Most total war players: Those unarmored, unshielded peasants will be slaughtered by missiles.
      Spiffing brit: Autoresolve doesn't care.

  • @rtmd926
    @rtmd926 Před 8 měsíci

    First time drinking tea while watching, whole different experience

  • @Istrino
    @Istrino Před 11 měsíci

    Graet vid! That music in the first minute of the video is so wonderful. Recognize it from Kings and Generals. Wish I knew the name of the track, could listen to it for hours x)

  • @kaltaron1284
    @kaltaron1284 Před 11 měsíci +3

    I love how even Spiff won't ask us to salute King Charles. I mean I would for the second maybe even the first but the third... not so much.
    Nice to see that they kept the ridiculous auto-resolve strenth of peasants. The more things change, the more they stay the same.