Dominate the 18th century on land and sea. Command the seas, control the land, forge a new nation, and conquer the globe. Empire: Total War takes the Total War franchise to the eighteenth century Age of Enlightenment — a time of political upheaval, military advancements, and radical thought.
The Fourth Anglo-Dutch War and the political & military indecisiveness of stadtholder William V have become grounds for a looming civil war in the Netherlands. Ever since the Glorious Revolution of 1688 the House of Orange has shown its true colours of wanting dynastic and hereditary rule over the United Provinces. With William V's Anglophile views and his wish to centralize the political power his father was granted during the War of Austrian Succession, the stadtholderate is slowly turning into a monarchical pawn for the great powers surrounding us. Our embarrassing military display against the British on the African and American continent and likewise the Indian subcontinent uncovered the gross negligence, corruption and ineffectiveness in our empire. Spending has been going into the wrong pockets and the utter disrepair of our naval forces following the sham victory at Doggersbank has shown that although the Staatse Vloot is still a force to be reckoned with, it is a shadow of its former self. Our supposed ''alliance'' made with France during the American debacle has shown us that we cannot stand on our own two feet without the assistance of foreign nations. The Brest Affair has shown our military indecisiveness in the face of foreign allies and has been grounds for our international isolation following the Paris Peace Treaty. With Britain gaining free trade passage in the East Indies we have lost our overseas monopoly in the Spice Islands but warm relations with the new parliament in Britain has made an alliance a possibility. William V's marriage to Wilhelmina of Prussia made way for good relations with the Prussian Kingdom and secured our German holdings in the Holy Roman Empire. The Austrians however, smell our weakness ever since we entered the war with Britain. They're looming on our doorstep ever since they nullified the Barrier Treaty in 1781, now moving to open the Schelde with force if necessary. So, after our position in America and Asia being returned to a form of stability with the French handing us our crucial colonies back our European position remains uncertain. Patriotic Excercitiegenootschappen (Civil Militias) are being formed and are roaming the countryside in defiance of the undemocratic antics of the stadtholderate and are becoming a thorn in our side. As the country steers further into instability the future lies in your hands to decide to continue the status quo or defy either the general populace or the stadtholderate institution. Act decisively, before we turn into a mere pawn in a chess game.
Dragoon of the "Garde Dragonders" and Officer of the "Hollandse Garde":
Officer of the "Hollandse Cavalerie" and Fusilier of the "Oranje Lijninfanterie":
Fusilier of the Swiss Infantry and Grenadier of the "Waldeck" foreign Infantry:
Grenadier of the "Exercitiegenootschappen" patriotic militia, notable for their role in the 1787 Patriottentijd "rebellion" and Fusilier of the "Schutterij" militia, the old (Orangist) militia of the Netherlands:
Dragoon of the "V.O.C. Dragonders" and Swiss Regiment de Meuron (1795), in service with the VOC:
(Please note that all of the presented units are still WIP and might be changed in versions after RotR 1.3)
Stadhouder: Willem V
Staten-Generaal:
1. Raadpensionaris: Pieter van Bleiswijk
2. Thesaurier Generaal: Dirk Rudolf Wijckerheld Bisdom
3. Hoofdschout: Abraham Calkoen
4. Kapitein Generaal: Lodewijk Ernst van Brunswijk-Wolfenbüttel
5. Advocaat Fiscaal: Joan Cornelis van der Hoop
6. Bewindhebber van de W.I.C.: Jan Bernd Bicker
7. Gouverneur Generaal van de V.O.C.: Willem Arnold Alting
Opposition:
1. Engelbert François van Berckel
2. Carel Wouter Visscher
3. Hendrik Daniёlszoon Hooft
4. Adriaan van Zeebergh
5. Pieter Paulus
Also, we added updated flags for the campaign and battles. Have a look at how the colonel's colours for the United Provinces were created:
This article details the specific changes for the new orientation of my mini-mod. I write about the main changes.
Today we released a bugfix for RotR 1.2. It fixes the random campaign crashes and the unwanted disabling of late-era ships.
Today's blog is all about Poland! So take a look at what will be in our next upcoming update.
Hi to all! Welcome to my second mod news article for 2024. I deleted all of my past articles so we can get a fresh start on up-to-date news on my mods...
Replaces the bumblebee style yellow and black hulls for more authentic wooden ones.
My Custom Ship's Mod (sails, hulls, mast, rigging, deck) Just drop into data folder (work in progress, please let me know if you encounter any issues)
Add Georgia as a playable faction with it's own unique roster. Minor bug fixes and balances for Persia with ability to recruit Xebec from trading ports...
Version temprana del mod con unidades y facciones agregadas que principalmente participaron en la guerra de la triple alianza
Demo of the 1830 starpos. Not compatible with FiI. Install over fresh vanilla.
Second and possibly final version of this mod. Updates to diplomatic relations, start date, family trees.
this is a very broken game...
loved this game, couldn't get enough of it. for all those who bitched about "spending money on a bad game" well if you don't like it thats your own damn fault, thats kinda why they make demos eh?
you're full of crap, I've played all the total war demos and they never reflect upon what the actual game is.
I liked Empire: Total was but didn't feel it was worth 50 dollars...
I played the e:tw demo, that was what made me buy the full game. the campaign map CRASHES every time I play it.
It's a decent game, but the AI is not challenging at all. For long time TW fans its a big let down, but for people that are new to the series I can see why they like it.
i find the campaign AI all right but OMG lauch naval invasions for crying out loud! as for the battlefield one its pretty easy but i fail at them so its fine for me but i can see it becoming boring just lining your grenadiers behind the enemy lines and blowing them all to pieces every time cause they wont turn around.
(buried)
Waaaaaay overrated game.
Where have all the mods gone?
You know what a Good mod/game would be if they did through total war is a World War 1 strategy.
very true..... i was very disappointed...... my 50 dollars was not well spent... and steam constantly makes it lag for me when i try to run it, along with the fact that for some reason i can get the graphics in medieval 2 to be amazing compared to empire total war.
the best i can make empire go without lagging is low shader quality, and almost all textures at medium.....
and that makes their guns look like sticks
on medieval 2 i can turn everything literally to top quality, it doesn't lag, and it's fantastic.....
what about buying a new computer?
Well the latest patch doubled performance for all users.
Doesn't that say anything to you? 3-4 months after release, they released a patch that double performance, imagine how much better reviews would of been if that had been in release?
It's just when a game gets released buggy, it's hard to forget.
"Doesn't that say anything to you?"
That tells me that they are good developers, who even long after release, and knowing that reviews will not be any better because of it [altogether with not have any notable increase in sales], they still work on making the experience better for their current community.
The fact is they released it without it, and easily could have. They're just doing it to cover their ***** so people will buy the next one.
The Reviews were fantastic for the game, citing the technical issues were minor. It was just a rushed release on their part, you can ask anyone.