Volound | The Degradation of Total War's Testudo @Volound | Uploaded 3 years ago | Updated 19 hours ago
If you wanted to check the pulse of Total War, what better way to do it than to test one of its most iconic systems, the testudo? And who better to do it than someone that's inflicted absolutely all of its modern Frankenstein iterations upon himself?
The playlist for this video series:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlmEEm6A0j5BqZmcDFQHFJeS64-Mg2uAH
The Reddit thread for this video series:
reddit.com/r/Volound/comments/is77kf/ideas_for_future_total_war_critique_subjects
Rome 1 being too cool for school:
youtube.com/watch?v=OaOke9F7V1M
The Ryse: Son of Rome gameplay showing testudo and pila:
youtu.be/5LNlW600koI?t=55
The Gamespot Rome 2 Teutoberg forest show:
youtube.com/watch?v=pKSkBEJ_wrM
How Rome 1's testudo works:
youtube.com/watch?v=EV60-dY5w4E
Watching my disciplined Romans melting miserably:
youtube.com/watch?v=0sCiuj_WspA
The first time we tested testudo in Rome 2:
youtube.com/watch?v=SMxdQNpKtvg
The extensive testing that showed Rome 2's testudo was borked:
youtube.com/watch?v=Z3QtcqtOAek
Examining Rome 2's testudo in 2020, 18 patches later:
youtube.com/watch?v=wSAi6Pd2nxU
Maximus Decimus Meridius' video poignantly summing up the "ship with shame" model:
youtube.com/watch?v=gsevGnolWF8
Examining Attila's testudo and getting a 1-man-thick:
youtube.com/watch?v=SldNjCytPlM
Examining the atrocious testudo of Three Kingdoms:
youtube.com/watch?v=GHW2NlC29ts
My initial observations immediately upon returning to modern Total War last year:
youtu.be/mQABbRul_mE?t=985
#totalwar #onemanthicktestudo #dontcarelookscool
0:00 The significance of testudo
8:15 The testudo at Carrhae
10:00 Rome Total War's original testudo
25:05 Rome 2's broken launch testudo
34:00 Testing Rome 2's current (fully patched) testudo
50:00 Testing Attila's testudo
54:30 #OneManThickTestudo
1:10:00 Testing Three Kingdoms' turtle
1:17:50 Conclusion and final words
Best way to support me and what I do:
http://www.patreon.com/volound
❤️ Thanks to all supporters ❤️
My complete gaming setup:
amazon.co.uk/shop/volound
Join my Discord server and elevate those sons of bitches:
discord.gg/cjWJfgM
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My Twitch:
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If you wanted to check the pulse of Total War, what better way to do it than to test one of its most iconic systems, the testudo? And who better to do it than someone that's inflicted absolutely all of its modern Frankenstein iterations upon himself?
The playlist for this video series:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlmEEm6A0j5BqZmcDFQHFJeS64-Mg2uAH
The Reddit thread for this video series:
reddit.com/r/Volound/comments/is77kf/ideas_for_future_total_war_critique_subjects
Rome 1 being too cool for school:
youtube.com/watch?v=OaOke9F7V1M
The Ryse: Son of Rome gameplay showing testudo and pila:
youtu.be/5LNlW600koI?t=55
The Gamespot Rome 2 Teutoberg forest show:
youtube.com/watch?v=pKSkBEJ_wrM
How Rome 1's testudo works:
youtube.com/watch?v=EV60-dY5w4E
Watching my disciplined Romans melting miserably:
youtube.com/watch?v=0sCiuj_WspA
The first time we tested testudo in Rome 2:
youtube.com/watch?v=SMxdQNpKtvg
The extensive testing that showed Rome 2's testudo was borked:
youtube.com/watch?v=Z3QtcqtOAek
Examining Rome 2's testudo in 2020, 18 patches later:
youtube.com/watch?v=wSAi6Pd2nxU
Maximus Decimus Meridius' video poignantly summing up the "ship with shame" model:
youtube.com/watch?v=gsevGnolWF8
Examining Attila's testudo and getting a 1-man-thick:
youtube.com/watch?v=SldNjCytPlM
Examining the atrocious testudo of Three Kingdoms:
youtube.com/watch?v=GHW2NlC29ts
My initial observations immediately upon returning to modern Total War last year:
youtu.be/mQABbRul_mE?t=985
#totalwar #onemanthicktestudo #dontcarelookscool
0:00 The significance of testudo
8:15 The testudo at Carrhae
10:00 Rome Total War's original testudo
25:05 Rome 2's broken launch testudo
34:00 Testing Rome 2's current (fully patched) testudo
50:00 Testing Attila's testudo
54:30 #OneManThickTestudo
1:10:00 Testing Three Kingdoms' turtle
1:17:50 Conclusion and final words
Best way to support me and what I do:
http://www.patreon.com/volound
❤️ Thanks to all supporters ❤️
My complete gaming setup:
amazon.co.uk/shop/volound
Join my Discord server and elevate those sons of bitches:
discord.gg/cjWJfgM
My FB Page for ranty longposts:
facebook.com/Volound
My Twitter shitterings:
twitter.com/volound
My Twitch:
twitch.tv/volound
