IMPERIAL SPLENDOUR: NEWLY UPDATED EMPIRE MOD IS ONE OF THE BEST! - Total War Mod Spotlights

Of all the Total Wars games, Empire is definitely one of if not the most ambitious in the series. It was the first iteration of the brand new Warscape engine that we still use today. And From the visually stunning Naval combat or the gunpowder skirmishes of Empire battles to the awesome new technology trees, getting into this game for the first time as a teenager was a hell of a time.

But it did have its, shall we say, unpolished side. The AI often didn’t know how to use the systems it came with and is generally everyone’s first complaint about the game. The Warscape engine while decent enough for ranged combat showed its issues when it came to melee scuffles & just from a “will the game run properly” perspective it’s quite unstable compared to other titles.

Luckily though we have mods that make it an absolute gem of a game and today’s spotlight is on one such mod! Imperial Splendour may not be as complete as Darthmod but with the latest 1.2 Update released yesterday it's certainly one of if not the best modded Empire you can play today.

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[TheTerminatorGaming]

Thoughts about Imperial Splendour & this latest update?

[danielw.]

Love Empire, love its timeline, love its combat. However, I don't think I can ever go back, the inability for modders to add and create new land and split provinces was saddening. Because the biggest frustration in Empire, is the fact that places like FRANCE is just one massive province, and if Paris is taken even by one army or random army, the French lose everything immediately.

[leojordan]

Hey! From the Imperial Splendour dev team, thanks for covering our mod!

[Blackrew]

Empire Total War will always hold a special place in my heart. I've done multiple campaigns with Darthmod and this mod looks like a refreshing way for me to get back into the game

[mattg]

Even at 4 turns per year, IS feels too short from only 1783-1805

[quintushortensiushortalus]

Hi, thanks for the video and introducing our latest update :) And thanks for praising our mod :)

[Hybrid]

So I've kind of come to the realization that the possible reason for one province countries in ETW is it's supposed to represent the more centralized way of ruling that was becoming more and more of a thing during this era of history. 'Colonies' and other conquered territories are more decentralized because they are separate from the homeland even if they are under your rule, empires like Russia or Prussia were more regional powerhouses, so it makes sense that their territories are not represented as centralized as a power like France or the UK, who were more focusing on colonization than anything else. Still while I can understand and even appreciate this design philosophy, I think CA if they make a E2TW needs to make it a bit more decentralized, as there was a lot more to a government than it's centralization back then, and also purely from a gameplay standpoint it's very satisfying too.

[anthonyklanke]

Looks awesome dude! Thanks for showcasing it for us 👍I like the idea of balanced units for empire. In other eras (like rome) it makes sense for some empires land armies to dominate over others. But for empire, I think it makes more sense for the units of most nations to be comparable to each other :)

[evanoconnell]

I downloaded this mod a few weeks ago and im really loving it. The more unique cities and the ship variations are my favourite so far.
But overall it's extremely good mod. I just tweaked how many men were in each unit. Made them a few more. Standard line infantry upto 250 men. Makes the battles a little better.

[TaylorPrem]

I still hope to this day that we will eventually get empire 2 total war

[Ealdorman_of_Mercia]

For those who want to play this mod, beware, you will have lots of random crashes. I generally never have any issues with mods. This mod was staightforward to install, however it keeps crashing during AI turns, or simply by moving around the map, or whenever. I think its highly unstable. Crashed twice in 15 minutes.

[riverblack]

with my curious cases on freezing exactly the most enjoyable mods, DEI in Rome 2 and AE Community Patch in Attila, I might give Empire more time, Empire 2 mods runs perfectly, I have to finish there a campaign and should try this mod too

[Flikitos]

Glad to see my old mod is still a thing in the ETW modding community.

It has been almost 10 years I left the IS: RotR team and it’s still rockin’! Good job to the new team! 🫡

[thebadman]

Lme4 for Napoleon total war is for me the best mod for this era in solo campaign for me: skilled AI on battlefield, HUGE number of units for big factions and possibly huge number of troops on NTW by up the scale size of units in campaign in the scripts. Only problem for me are the low number of ammo and vanilla firing stats (to precise), i would like a slower pace of battle. Except that it’s almost perfect !

[TheBranchez]

Truly an amazing mod, played it a long time ago. Didn't know they've released an update. Thx for this, I will now play it again. Keep up the good work brother 🙏 💪 👏

[brentgerchicoff]

Hits the spot now that CA in their infinite wisdom wrecked Darthmod

[Milan]

Will definately try it out but i've been hoping for years for a Total War: Empire 2 game.

[KixSlim]

I just finished a French campaign in the previous version 1.19 not knowing this update was dropping like a couple days later … anyways I found the mod to be overly difficult, with the economy specifically being broken. It seemed like the AI one province minors could field unlimited (expensive) armies and fleets and made the game not fun. For example, I’m a veteran player and only managed to field 2 full 20 stack French armies while barely turning a budget surplus while little wuttermberg could field 4. Furthermore, navies like Sardinia could field 10 2nd rate SOL while building one costs 8 grand. Does the AI just get free money? Luckily I am able to defeat the AI in combat outnumbered 3-1 but it made the campaign an abysmal slog where I was only able to hold my starting territory and expand my borders a tad before 1803.

[saad]

Ahh ETW, time to come back again to this Masterpiece

[fancynaeser]

Imperial Splendour vs Empire Total War 2 ?
What are you guys saying O.o