A Review of Wars of the Gods - Ancient Wars (Mod for Rome 2 Total War) 

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@@executrix2224 yeah... dei is hard to beat!

@clark cimmerian battles in Dei last perfectly long. You have to set it to normal battle difficulty or the stats will be broken.

@clark cimmerian well thats how battles were unless you are fighting someone non barbaric and a player is playing them heh. Also Unit sized should be on large not huge that I found to work much better.

@clark cimmerian yeah for the phalanx its better still large stops battles against humans from being a blobby mess

Thank you! I appreciate it.

Thank you very much! :)

@@GudeaTW yes I can agree you and Apollo are my favorites

Ahhh will definitely take a look at that. The strict realism mod I helped test for back in the day (made by members of the old Chivalry Total War team and Jam if I'm not mistaken) is outdated (not sure if it works anymore), but I will start digging. There certainly are a lot of mods for Shogun 2 out now...

Thanks very much!

Hmmm that's a good question. I haven't tried Para Bellum yet - will take a look at it! Seems like its installation has additional instructions... I'd say that I enjoy both DeI and WotG. Honestly, I enjoy vanilla Rome 2 as well... it's a tough call. DeI and WotG are very different mods... they are hard to compare. DeI is definitely more my style of mod (slower paced, more focused on building than constant battling). What kind of mod is Para Bellum?

@@GudeaTW Hard to describe, the campaign is a bit more WotG like, but the battles are amazing. They are the best since Total Realism III imo. I don't like the battles in DeI at all (campaign is nice though) and in WotG the battles feel too generic for me, even with Bran Mac's submod. I'd say campaign wise 6/10, 8/10 if someone likes WotG's campaign, in terms of battles 9/10 and in terms of asthetics it's the best total overhaul out there. It's incredibly beautiful, starting from the UI, unit cards, unit reskins all the way to sshaders and effects that the additional packs provide with the mod. So asthetically 9,5/10. Only Celticus HD reskins are better, which are only available for Vanilla as of now.

@@GudeaTW PB is almost same like WotG. Battles in DEI are boring and too slow, big problem is turm time after 100-200 turns.

You're welcome - hope you like it!

It's worth a try! There are so many optional settings to add and try that you can tailor it to your wants.

It is rather similar to RS2 good call

Hi Rishab, yes people have been suggesting Fall of the Eagles (and Europa Perdita). At some point I will review Fall of the Eagles by itself, and then with the Europa Perdita submod.

I dislike fall of the eagles and europa perdita because hordes dont survive at all

@@Smaug2b Hordes just weren't worked on. The Alans still get Germanic units while nomadic and only Alanic units when settled.

Shogun 2 is my favorite in terms of total war 2d art, followed by med 1

@@GudeaTW shogun 2 has more colourful and unique 2d art I have seen in games and I would choose shogun 2's 2d art above the others

No idea

When Rome 2 first released turn times were long, but now they're actually pretty quick for me... And I'm running it on a slow hard drive. Wars of the gods has pretty quick turn times too. DeI's are slower

Indeed it is more fun and not tedious to play like some other overhauls mods. It is very bloody though-battles are brutal.

@@jasonargos110 javelin men do some real damage in this mod. Slingers to

@@Scurge237 Yes indeed that is why I always have some to deal with pike armies.

That's definitely true, and in so many mods that have difficult to manage economy systems, the AI is so horrible that it becomes too easy for the player. However, I have to say that Wars of the Gods is HARD - the AI will steamroll you quickly if you don't build up your armies immediately and make alliances (I should know.... lol)

@clark cimmerian well, it is busy I will tell you that. But I have yet to lose a full stack vs stack battle so it kind of makes it redundant having all that difficulty.

@clark cimmerian maybe. I normally like more realistic mods though and casualties in this mod and DEI are already way too high for my taste.

@clark cimmerian There is no reason to believe they were more or less than at any other period in history. I mean, they die too fast and units break too late.

In this mod I use the Slower /Hard Economy sub mod and it tough to keep my economy going I have to think what to build and what armies to keep in the field. The Realism sub mod does the same thing but the AI has a more difficult time.

I'd say Wars of the Gods is definitely more battle focused while Divide et Impera is more campaign focused. However, Wars of the Gods does have submods that allow for a slower, more deliberate campaign.

Civilization 6

If you want a slower paced game with diplomacy etc. then you would have to use the Wars of the Gods-Slower Campaign sub mod. I do not use it myself cause I want action from turn one.

@@GudeaTW Yes there are several sub mods that do that-Slower Campaign and Hard Economy and Balanced Campaign and the Realism Campaign sub mods. That is why I think this is the best mod cause you can fine tune it to your play style-they even have different battle ai sub mods too.

Heheh will definitely keep up with the mod reviews... due to the events here, it's been hard to concentrate and work on reviews (LPs are somewhat easier for me), but I will try my best to keep them coming.

absolutely

I the most resent version that starting money has been cut by 50% or more. I use the Harder Rome sub mod myself as playing Rome faction now is more difficult.

It's definitely on my radar! Probably not next though.

It's very much in the vein of Darthmod in terms of the gameplay and design - lots of units, grindy campaign, epic/slow-paced battles... It's not the mod for me personally, but I can see why people enjoy it.

@@GudeaTW I can see that. Not for me, but to each their own. As for Darthmod, do you remember the one for RTW? I recall you could side charge a legionary with two cataphract units and the legionary would still win. Roman balance was thrown out the window in favor of just making them invincible.

There plenty of units to pick from cause they are from different surrounding cultures and all have different flavors and abilities. There are many many AOR units in the mod that you can only recruit from a certain area on the campaign map. Sounds like you did not play any campaigns-only custom battles.

@@jasonargos110 Yeah maybe I'd give it a second go. I did play campaign for a tiny bit and some of the economy and PO stuff felt rather simplified. Kind of more of a Roma Surrectum deal where DEI is more of a Europa Barbarorum. Maybe going at it again will give me more of a formed opinion, but I've lost enough of my life to Total War as is.

Its not that it felt off its just not fun to play at all.

I talk about this a bit in my DeI vid - Wars of the Gods is more like a Darthmod type game, while DeI is more Europa Barbarorum. Wars of the Gods has more battles and is faster paced, but a bit more grindy, while DeI is more slow-paced and encourages building, consolidating, and more decisive battles. It's up to you which one you prefer more!

@@GudeaTW Ok thanks for answer!

Here ya go! steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2078905770

Yes, not really my style

It is set hightfor the ai factions so they will not be steam rolled by the player as Rome 2 is very easy. For the player they can use the Hard Economy sub mod and or the Slower campaign sub mod Or the Realism sub mod. to concentrate on campaign management. If campaign management is really your thing them Total War is not the game to play. I would recommend playing Imperator Rome by Paradox. Total War has always been centered around fighting battles and war-thus the name of the series.

You start with a good amount of money but things are expensive. Trade is very important. If you want a more difficult economy there are sub mods for that.

Hi Farid, I will work on such a video - perhaps a top 5! I know there are a lot of great Rome 2 mods, like Hellenika, Rise of Christianity, Restitutor Orbis, etc...

@@GudeaTW please check out my overhaul titled Total War: NEW WORLD. There’s a massive update coming soon too!

Ohh nice. What kind of overhaul is it?

@@GudeaTW hey I’m so so so so sorry for the late reply. Been very busy :( It’s an overhaul mod focused on alternate history and I’m trying to make it as unique as possible. Look up NEW WORLD in the workshop and give it a look :) play around a little, and feel free to join the Discord server where you can see what I’ve been working on for the next update!

There is such a mod - Ran no Jidai. I will be reviewing it!

@@GudeaTW and i will definitely be playing it. Thanks!

xD good observation

Rome 1's battle engine is the best. Not even Med 2 can touch it

@@GudeaTW I think medieval 2 is better for its era because battles where a lot slower than early antiquity

@@notevenclown9304 not only the responsiveness, but the mechanics as well. RTW's battle engine has more complex mechanics (regarding missile damage from various sides of the unit, weapon damage, etc)

In terms of gameplay it isn't really like DeI at all. Much much faster paced, with an extremely aggressive AI

Nothing lie DEI a at all, this mod is way better

@@lencampey5685 Indeed it is nothing like DEI at all. This mod is a proper war game. The battles and the campaign AI is way more challenging.

Well just another stupid comment from you trolling about this mod. Not broken at all.. in fact quite the brilliant mod with dozens of brilliant sub mods. Amazing battles too.

​@@jasonargos110 yeah brilliant mod :-). Completely broken mod. Duplicate units with different names, weird and nonsensical economy, this mod looks like a bag of ideas from other mods. The teams from Divide et Impera and Para Bellum showed what a good mod should look like.