So, I was recently introduced to an awesome mod for MTW two, Third age Total war, a free to download and totally worth the time mod. It is easily among the best free mods ever.
Cons-
If an official version was made it would be a little better the mod has some issues, some of the battle maps are off or will not load most of the time like Dol Guldur or Minas Morgul, or if they do load its a tad funky. Some of the voices are off and some of the lines are still from Med 2, like a Dwarven diplomat saying "representing Scotland." And like any game it has bugs.
Pros-
Its free. They really did a great job with what they had to work with, fantastic unit graphics with the avatars,(bots, or whatever you want to call them.)its so cool to have an army of Silvan warriors at your command dressed in the same armor and wielding the same weapons as they do in the FOTR movie intro, or a sea of armored Uruk'hai assaulting Helms Deep. They got the middle earth map right on and really researched their Tolkien'ese. There is a wide variety of units and a few playable kingdoms I would not have thought of or would have mushed together, like the free peoples of Eriador, or separating the Orcs of Gundabad and the Misty mountains.
You can play as-High elves,(Imladris, Mithlond.)
Free peoples of Eriador which includes Hobbets,
Orcs of the northern mountains of Gundabad,
the Orcs of the misty mountains,
Isengard,
all the Dwarves are one kingdom,
Silvan elves(Lothlorien, Mirkwood.)
the men of Dale,
the men of Rhun,
the Haradrim,
Mordor,
Rohan,
and of course Gondor. Each has its own unique units and strengths and weaknesses. They just did a great job.
You have the Palantirs and the well of Galadrial for seeing through the FOW.(Unless you just ` toggle_fow)
Instead of the Pope you have the Dark lord, who can send evil factions on invasions, I.E Helms Deep or Minas Tirith.
The console commands from MTW 2 work for TATW. May require some adjustment or experimentation.
Summery-Awesome. Total-ly worth it if your into civ building strategy games and are a Tolkien fanatic.(Pun intended.)
Anyone have thoughts or comments? Or questions?
Other games open for discussion-
War of the ring
Battle for Middle Earth
Battle for middle Earth 2
LOTR online
Cons-
If an official version was made it would be a little better the mod has some issues, some of the battle maps are off or will not load most of the time like Dol Guldur or Minas Morgul, or if they do load its a tad funky. Some of the voices are off and some of the lines are still from Med 2, like a Dwarven diplomat saying "representing Scotland." And like any game it has bugs.
Pros-
Its free. They really did a great job with what they had to work with, fantastic unit graphics with the avatars,(bots, or whatever you want to call them.)its so cool to have an army of Silvan warriors at your command dressed in the same armor and wielding the same weapons as they do in the FOTR movie intro, or a sea of armored Uruk'hai assaulting Helms Deep. They got the middle earth map right on and really researched their Tolkien'ese. There is a wide variety of units and a few playable kingdoms I would not have thought of or would have mushed together, like the free peoples of Eriador, or separating the Orcs of Gundabad and the Misty mountains.
You can play as-High elves,(Imladris, Mithlond.)
Free peoples of Eriador which includes Hobbets,
Orcs of the northern mountains of Gundabad,
the Orcs of the misty mountains,
Isengard,
all the Dwarves are one kingdom,
Silvan elves(Lothlorien, Mirkwood.)
the men of Dale,
the men of Rhun,
the Haradrim,
Mordor,
Rohan,
and of course Gondor. Each has its own unique units and strengths and weaknesses. They just did a great job.
You have the Palantirs and the well of Galadrial for seeing through the FOW.(Unless you just ` toggle_fow)
Instead of the Pope you have the Dark lord, who can send evil factions on invasions, I.E Helms Deep or Minas Tirith.
The console commands from MTW 2 work for TATW. May require some adjustment or experimentation.
Summery-Awesome. Total-ly worth it if your into civ building strategy games and are a Tolkien fanatic.(Pun intended.)
Anyone have thoughts or comments? Or questions?
Other games open for discussion-
War of the ring
Battle for Middle Earth
Battle for middle Earth 2
LOTR online
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