I've sunk a ton of time into the Total War franchise but they're never as good as I want them to be. It's hard to pick a favorite because every game has caveats and major downgrades from its predecessor. The battles have strongly trended towards a simplified arcade style and the campaign map is a grab-bag of random features they'll never use again (Troy's resource system is great).
What's your favorite Total War?
Pic is mine, my fifth rate got a broadside into the stern of a pirate galleon. I ended up winning that battle and capturing every ship less the one that exploded.
Did you play naval battles?
What changes would you like to see? What are your ideas for new games in the series?
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Medieval 1 is really good if you can get over how old it is.
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I've pretty much given up on this series. Since I discovered Paradox grand strategy games they've felt redundant.
I played lots of Medieval and Rome 1, but after then the controls started to feel weirdly mushy, like you have to spam orders to get units to actually do what you want.
It took a long time for me to learn my lesson, though. I really wanted to get into Three Kingdoms but the visual filters they used were so overdone that I couldn't see what was going on. Tried Warhammer but found the fantasy setting lame.
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