Is there Anyone who bought medieval 2 just to play the vanilla game?

[Ξx⊂ΞLLΞ∩T]

No offence,but from my experience and the way I see things,combined with evidence from reddit/youtube/twitch etc... I can clearly see that most people(including me) just buy TW:M2 for the lord of the rings mods(TA/D&C/MoS/Reforged) . Am I getting mistaken?

[mypony89]

Honestly never even looked at mods for this game. Probably the only game I have that I didn't do today with.

[DerRitter]

^you should though, some of them (like Stainless Steel) fix issues with the game and improve it

[The_Machiavellian]

I have only played vanilla.

[EoNightcore]

I originally got it for Vanilla, then I discovered mods.


Now I play it for mods that modify the game to be like Vanilla, except enhanced by the modder's ambitions.

[Chris4th]

I bought for the Vanilla game but I stayed for the Stainless Steel and Vanilla. So mods or no mods I still play both.

[DerRitter]

The question is, does anyone play the Kingdoms campaigns?

[Fay]

Yes.

[Gwaine the Hunter]

I started with Medieval Total War Gold and it got me hooked with its unique (for me) style. When I lost my CD, I instead decided to buy M2TW (which is like 3 times more expensive compared to first one) but it left me incredibly satisfied with its more polished gameplay, better graphics and the fact that the expansion pack came with 4 more different and unique campaigns (bought the Gold edition). In time, I gotten onto Steam ports of both games, and started to mod the life out of 'em.

Overall, I started the game(s) with its vanilla content and (especially with Kingdoms content combined) and didn't feel like it needed any mods whatsoever. The game is fine just as it is for countless hours of play. However, the mods provide mostly divergence for people who may get bored of the vanilla content, so it is understandable if they buy the game just to play what kind of content they like most (fantasy&LOTR stuff like you mentioned).

For me, I stick with historical mods like Stainless Steel and Broken Crecent for now, as I am basically a Medieval nerd. Despite what I also said in the intro part, I like first Medieval's dark in Risk-style atmosphere more than the possibilities and polishing of the second; but in the end, both are incredibly good games that assure many many hours of gameplay, with or without mods.

[arthum.inglorion]

I have to say that this was the second Total War game I got and I got it purely for Vanilla after remembering how fun battles were in Rome(the first one, put the games CD code into steam and got it here as well once the game refused to get installed from the disk) and so far I haven't play the game too much but I loved it in vanilla and I'm guessing I will keep playing without mods :) Not a big fan or too knowledgeable about installing mods xD

[EoNightcore]

Publicado originalmente por arthum.inglorion:

I have to say that this was the second Total War game I got and I got it purely for Vanilla after remembering how fun battles were in Rome(the first one, put the games CD code into steam and got it here as well once the game refused to get installed from the disk) and so far I haven't play the game too much but I loved it in vanilla and I'm guessing I will keep playing without mods :) Not a big fan or too knowledgeable about installing mods xD

It's simple enough to start.

Just download some files here, move some files there, copy and rename a file here, and viola!

You're all of a sudden fighting with an army of Roman Legionaries, Chinese Crossbows, and Legionaries on Dinosaurs against an army of Teletubbies, Gungans, and Godzillas led by Klingon officers. (Planetwar Total War)

Though I would recommend you start with mods like Total Vanilla Expanded or Expanded Americas if you don't want to go plunging yourself into mods that vastly change the game or even the world.

[arthum.inglorion]

Publicado originalmente por EoNightcore:

It's simple enough to start.

Just download some files here, move some files there, copy and rename a file here, and viola!

You're all of a sudden fighting with an army of Roman Legionaries, Chinese Crossbows, and Legionaries on Dinosaurs against an army of Teletubbies, Gungans, and Godzillas led by Klingon officers. (Planetwar Total War)

Though I would recommend you start with mods like Total Vanilla Expanded or Expanded Americas if you don't want to go plunging yourself into mods that vastly change the game or even the world.

Oh man, that description :D I might give modding Medieval 2 a go at some point but so far I'm having fun simply playing the game as is :) But will keep in mind the two mods you proposed here :)

[Mighty Matt]

stainless steel

[Soldat665]

I play generic or the Kingdoms expansions. No interest in modding it.