EPIC SIEGE OF CARN DUM - Third Age Total War Gameplay 

I've never understood the timed battle thing. Like, you're fighting to the death, then suddenly, "oh, it's 7:00, gotta go to dinner. See you tomorrow."

This should get it's own dedicated series if Synn of the Darkcloud, and Paladin Bob are just going to keep flushing out these babies.

thanks amillion apollo" ^^ glad u liked the replay, next scenario i make will be crayz, gonna make it sometime this week xD and thank you again pbob for sending this in"

medieval II still has the best battle simulation of all the tw games.

Huge armies, Awesome settlement, Apollo talking And popcorn HEAVEN

Man, your Third Age vids are truly satisfying to watch Apollo, keep it up! Btw nice stream last night!

So many big battles lately! Keep it up Apollo you are so entertaining to watch.

MORE MORE MORE THIRD AGE CAN YOU DO AN ARENA BATTLE TO SHOW THE STRENGTHS OF CERTAIN UNITS

the timer thing was great in the beggining when every armed just clashed in a row of death but it completely killed the bridge taking part for both sides. Anyway one of the greatest first 30 minutes ever in your videos :D

i really like your videos, and i do like the close ups, but more birds eye views would be nice, especially when catapults fire :D keep up the good work :D

do the 2nd crusade, fall of Jerusalem, Balien of ibelin defending Jerusalem against saladin and the 200,000 Saracens. ( do smaller than 200,000 unless you want a new computer)

Such an awesome re play!!!! I enjoyed this one. I ate like 12 bean burritos/soft tacos from taco hell during this re play.

Synn of the DarkCloud did a spectacular job on this scenario, it was amazingly set up and perfectly executed. Especially the way the timer forced aggressive play, rather than a battle of skirmishing for an hour.

I absolutely love massive sieges in total war, definitely my favourite part of total war games. Can't get enough of these videos PA.

How come this channel is so small with such good content? I mean, I never played a game like this, but I love watching these big wars sooo much. Btw gj on the giggity

pixelated nice job the music was perfect for this battle i thought that i was going to get bored watching this but there never was a moment when i was tired

Hi there! Something i'd really like to see in third age is a historical battle series with reversed roles of good and bad, for example: Helm's Deep Uruks defend, Rohan attacks, Rhun's cavalry come to save the defenders and trolls come instead of Ents. At Minas Tirith you have orcs defending agains't the hordes of Gondor, with rhunic cav coming instead of rohan and elven archer cav instead of Mumakils, instead of the ghost army coming to save gondor you have a swarm of nazgûls/black nümenorians/mumakils coming as the last ditch effort to save the defenders. I think it would be really fun to see!!!!!

a epic vid by Apollo here...large forces on the battlefield can crash a recording..so kudos to him for doing this :D.....I bet he had a few oh-no moments in this battle until the numbers went down :D

Gotta be my favourite videos man... love these third age strory battles, everytime i watch one im straight on the game my self xD

holy shit. when he showed the settlement all i could see was the huge amount of troops....one of the largest sieges ever... well done

I couldn't see this without imagining this: Witch-King: We are outgunned! Outmanned! Outnumbered and Outplanned!

This fortress is a defender's dream.

apollo: "its not going to take over an hour to do this replay" me: [looks at video duration] apollo wtf

Awesomeeeeee!! I almoust watched all pf your 3rd age total war videos and my favourite units elfs and gondor! Very cool video!

I've watched a hundred and 2 vids, this is my favorite yet.

This battle replay was amazing! A little unfair, mainly because it takes such a long time to get through the choke points, but still amazing! Please do more replays like this one!

Maybe the siege of Gundabad next time? It's chronologically accurate :)

Hey Apollo what pc/laptop do you use?

Omg the music fits so good! Awesome vid! :D

23:20 gotta love those troll catapults animations. The trolls look so scared firing it.

FAVORITE BATTLE EVER. AMAZING artilary shots. favorite team won. closeish ending. just amazing. I wish I could like it 100 times

Paladin BoB has out done himself again! He is amazing and should deserve wayyyy more noteriety, without him I wouldn't be able to watch this! Thanks BoB

this is one of the best siege battles ive seen

This is the best siege battle I've ever seen in third age total war!! just amazing XD

last time I came so early my gf left me

That battle has the defenders at such a good advantage holy :0

0:44 greatest sight you can get in third age total war omg

53:25 Guy at the down right corner is just like "Coming through! Excuse me I'm coming through."

Omg lol at those two Catapult shots on the bridge at 51:17 (somewhere near there) I was thinking to myself that the defenders would not be able to win unless they get a couple miracle shots, then just as I thought that those shots came from nowhere and landed right in the orcs.Oh how I love Third Age Total War

18:42 That was thee greatest arty volley on Apollos Channel ever!

Because the 3 troll units were like 1% of the army, the % looked in favor of the good guys for most of the match. The evil armies probably would still have won even if the good guys didn't have a timer.

I love it when you say "ya know". I just love it!!

This is the first video I've ever watched in 1080p :D

One of the best videos u have made

Just decided I would give in some lore info for the curious This battle in the lore would have been a field battle in Northern Arnor a bit further south than Carn Dum, fought between The Witch King himself and opposing him a Massive army from Gondor, so massive there was supposedly not a coastline in Eriador that could fit the entire transport fleet. This army was lead by Prince Earnur of Gondor, and was supported by an army from Lindon lead by Glorfindel. "Realistically" There would be so few Arnorian warriors left(That were in a position to be able to join the battle) that having an army of only Arnorians would simply be impossible in the battle, though it could be assumed there were a few regiments of Arnorian troops sprinkled here and there amongst Gondorians. Ultimately the battle would be a success for the "Good Guys" with the Witch King fleeing to Minas Morgul all the way in mordor after Glorfindel managed to route him. Earnur wanted to chase him down after the Witch King's embarrasment when he scared Earnurs horse near off the battle field making it seem that he was retreating yet he managed to regain control and continue. but Glorfindel advised him not too, saying the whole "He will not be killed by the hands of man" thing.

another apollo and paladin combo yes just yes apollo your videos make my day everyday thank from the UK

When he tried to say, "They have taken a lot of casualties," It sounded more like, "They have taken a lot of cowsualties."

I decided to replace the onion analogy with, life is like minas tirith, it has layers.

what a battle, cant wait for rise of mordor mod battles

awesome vid apollo

Hey Apollo, can't wait for the event tonight! And by the way I haven't watched the video yet but I already know I'm gonna love it.

I like the pressure that the the time limit brings to the attackers but i still feel that in this case it would’ve been nice to see how it could have played out.

" Pretty good hit here, took out one guy " Pixelated Apollo on catapults

This is covered in The Battle for Middle Earth 2 The Rise of the Witch King

I may be mistaken, but I don't think Carn Dûm was ever besieged. I believe that the battle was fought outside the ruins of Fornost. The Arnorian king Avedui (which means last king ironically) sent for aid from Gondor to fight the Angmarim forces but they arrived 2 years too late. They knew that the North-Kingdom had fallen by now, yet they still decided to meet with the forces of Lindon and Imladris led by Glorfindel and possibly Cìrdan...? The Witch King surged out of Fornost to attack the free people's but was almost immediately pushed back by the elves and men. A rout of the orcs began but they became completely beset by the Gondorian cavalry which Eärnur, Prince of Gondor had sent up and around the Hills of Evendim. Every single member of the Angmarim forces was slain and the war ended with the Witch King using his fearful scream to make Eärnur (prince of Gondor) to lose control of his horse he unwillingly fled. He made to pursue him but Glorfindel (of Fellowship of the Ring fame) said "Do not pursue him! He will not return to this land. Far off yet is his doom, and not by the hand of man will he fall." However, Eärnur thought himself disgraced by fleeing before the Witch King and either 7 into his rule as king, the Witch King (who I believe was in Minas Morgul at this time) called him to the Tower of Dark Sorcery for a duel and the king went, as the Witch King had insulted his honour and his steward Mardil was no longer able to restrain him, as he had for the 7 years prior. Eärnur was never seen again.

amazing battle my favourite along with the river crossing one in medieval 1212AD

pls make more of those scenarios i love them its really fun to watch this

Man, I've always thought the troops and animations in the Medieval 2 engine looked a lot smoother and organic than they do in Rome 2. Dunno what CA did with their new engine, but they really screwed the pooch.

Hey pixelated Apollo how do you generally do downloads of the single player of third age total war on the computer because I really don't how to do downloads on any computer so how do you actually do downloads on the computer and do it correctly for total war third age online?

Awesome battle, thanks for the replay! Whats the name of that sound track that you loop btw? it sounds epic

Love ur vids pixelated apollo. Keep up the good work! That's one more subscriber! Thanks for no swearing. I hate swearing

Ohhhhh i am so excited to watch this thanks Paladin Bob and Pixelated apollo

Apollo Says "Not over an hour" sees 3 minutes more "TRIGGERED"

One of the best sieges on this Channel !

great video! Pixelated Appolo keep up the good work

I dont know why but the battles and the family tree from MTW2 are the best Sega has done. if they could mimic it for every historical total war that be great.

I know it's a long shot but is there any chance of doing a attack on angband that took place in the first age? I know it was destroyed by the gods but hey a couple of huge elves and men armies would mimick those pretty good

JUST CANT GET ENOUGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Of Pixelated Apollo

Call To Arms was great! Thanks for the good times.

This channel is a display case of Badassery

You should do Battle of Dale during the War of the Ring! That would be so awesome!

are you using a shader or graphics (sub)mod?

Wonderful)))))Hey,Apollo!Will you make any medieval 2 total war battle?

The kingdom of arnor, with a lot of arnorian soldiers- pixelated apollo

Hands down best looking custom settlement

Apollo you are the BEST, you are my favorite youtuber ever 😄

NASA called . They want their computer back. :3

Wouldn't it be possible to use Devide and Conquer for online battles to get the other units, factions and maps?

PIxie lov e u and your vids keep up the good work 200,000 soon

Actually it was Synn who created this map

48:56 LOL you cant hide that from me pixe by saying it quickly i always get it.

will you be making videos out of the m&b events for us who could not join?

First time we have a timer in med 2 siege battle ... man I would like to see it to the bitter end.

this custom battle gonna be good series to your channel :D

PIXELATED APOLLO WHAT PC ARE YOU USING???

Lol, Synn always putting himself in the absolute best situation on his created maps. Can't say I blame him.

Great vid, plz do a life of a soldier on the Orc spearman at 34:20

Omg thank u so Much Apollo❤️

10:29. aaaah! this is disgusting. (fainting from pleasure)

Awesome trebuchet shots at the beginning in slow motion, and you miss them hitting the ground, why?! 😂

An epic battle of men and elves

life of a soldier for that morranon guard spearmen dude

I'm so early again and you still the. Greatest of all time

What game is this a mod of or is it its own game?

Hey Apollo how come this mod doesn't have the Tree Ents for the good guys?

Pixeleated i don't know if you will answer on this but i found you get excited very much every time you comment battle replays with TATW unlike your other series so why not make more and often TATW videos this was just a remark, not a critic^^

Pixelated Apollo I have a suggestion for your total war game play stuff Maybe you could play games of this with your subscribers if you can in total war because it might be more entertaining sorry if you have already tried this or if it dosnt work because I do not have this game and I am a new subscriber :)

Pixie poo on point with those hour long third age sieges

holy shit that's way too many troops but 1 hour long videos are the best

Where did this map go? It's so awesome! Looking forward to a juicy fight from years gone by!