Volound | The Disintegration of Total War's "Order of Battle" @Volound | Uploaded 4 years ago | Updated 16 hours ago
Or "battle structure", or "army cohesion".
Your units can't work together while some of them can't work at all.
There's no point in trying to have an integrated tactical plan that utilises armies when single entity units turn the battlefield into a MOBA, and your actual units are so often not much more than spectators.
Here's the playlist for this critique series: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlmEEm6A0j5BqZmcDFQHFJeS64-Mg2uAH
The cavalry merry-go-round of 3K:
youtube.com/watch?v=SADd54mAf6Q
The devolved discoordinated spread out clusterfuck that was my first Total War gameplay in 5y:
youtube.com/watch?v=91LLGLFZQmk
Ramming gates with heroes in Troy:
youtube.com/watch?v=gDPKnsw0fB0
The fundamental constant of katana vs. yari in Shogun 2:
youtube.com/watch?v=spqWRVd0qOc
My speedrun gameplay of Mission 2 of Soviet in Red Alert 2:
youtube.com/watch?v=52c_QSg64fs
The consistency in Dishonored 2 critique, this good video should have more likes:
youtube.com/watch?v=f88QFAImDbI
My using of spear circles in 3K to blob for trebuchets. Look at the kills the spears have at the end of the battle:
youtube.com/watch?v=SmUlpJP7wx0
Pikes being utterly worthless in Medieval 2:
youtube.com/watch?v=68aS2zrmPXQ
The extremely ambitious 3K battle:
youtube.com/watch?v=0VY1q6PkPf4
The appropriate fragility of cavalry in Shogun 2:
youtube.com/watch?v=sYyCBpQb0nM
The snorefest fight in Troy:
youtube.com/watch?v=IDGEkRdB27M
The Third Age gameplay: youtube.com/watch?v=eN6CqnrnESc, youtube.com/watch?v=86-rxsTfkKI
0:00 Intro
0:45 The spur of the video
1:40 Unit abilities and 3K's hideous meta
3:15 The relegating effect of heroes and single entity units
5:00 The importance of consistency
11:00 The extreme disincentive from infantry in Troy/3k
13:00 The proper role of infantry in Total War
14:15 The consistence of effective gameplay in these games
15:00 The frustration of Scotland play in Medieval 2
19:00 Spears in 3K vs. spears in Shogun 2
23:30 How infantry played in Medieval 2 and Third Age
#totalwar #troytotalwar #threekingdoms
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Or "battle structure", or "army cohesion".
Your units can't work together while some of them can't work at all.
There's no point in trying to have an integrated tactical plan that utilises armies when single entity units turn the battlefield into a MOBA, and your actual units are so often not much more than spectators.
Here's the playlist for this critique series: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlmEEm6A0j5BqZmcDFQHFJeS64-Mg2uAH
The cavalry merry-go-round of 3K:
youtube.com/watch?v=SADd54mAf6Q
The devolved discoordinated spread out clusterfuck that was my first Total War gameplay in 5y:
youtube.com/watch?v=91LLGLFZQmk
Ramming gates with heroes in Troy:
youtube.com/watch?v=gDPKnsw0fB0
The fundamental constant of katana vs. yari in Shogun 2:
youtube.com/watch?v=spqWRVd0qOc
My speedrun gameplay of Mission 2 of Soviet in Red Alert 2:
youtube.com/watch?v=52c_QSg64fs
The consistency in Dishonored 2 critique, this good video should have more likes:
youtube.com/watch?v=f88QFAImDbI
My using of spear circles in 3K to blob for trebuchets. Look at the kills the spears have at the end of the battle:
youtube.com/watch?v=SmUlpJP7wx0
Pikes being utterly worthless in Medieval 2:
youtube.com/watch?v=68aS2zrmPXQ
The extremely ambitious 3K battle:
youtube.com/watch?v=0VY1q6PkPf4
The appropriate fragility of cavalry in Shogun 2:
youtube.com/watch?v=sYyCBpQb0nM
The snorefest fight in Troy:
youtube.com/watch?v=IDGEkRdB27M
The Third Age gameplay: youtube.com/watch?v=eN6CqnrnESc, youtube.com/watch?v=86-rxsTfkKI
0:00 Intro
0:45 The spur of the video
1:40 Unit abilities and 3K's hideous meta
3:15 The relegating effect of heroes and single entity units
5:00 The importance of consistency
11:00 The extreme disincentive from infantry in Troy/3k
13:00 The proper role of infantry in Total War
14:15 The consistence of effective gameplay in these games
15:00 The frustration of Scotland play in Medieval 2
19:00 Spears in 3K vs. spears in Shogun 2
23:30 How infantry played in Medieval 2 and Third Age
#totalwar #troytotalwar #threekingdoms
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
