Westeros Total War Enhanced
A submod for Westeros: Total War designed to bring the look, the feel and the sounds of HBO's Game of Thrones to the world of Westeros.(Alas I have no affiliation with HBO)This submod is currently for version 0.53 of Westeros: Total War which is currently in Alpha stages but with a devoted mod team working hard to bring it to a full release. The submod is compatible with both the Standard (Vanilla) version of Westeros 0.53 and also the Enhanced version.It is highly recommended that you visit the official mod page at TWCenter.net to get precise details and installation help. Hello Mod team.while I do appreciate you all taking the time to get this game to the point that is, when you compare it to Third Age Total War and Elder Scrolls Total War, this Game of Thrones Total War mod is utterly unfinished. I do not quite understand why this did not have the same quality and scope as the other two games. I am enjoying playing the mod, but I really do wish it was the same in size, scope, quality, etc. As other mods. It seems like this mod was very rushed, not thought out, and simply unfinished and not updated.
This is not meant to berade you, but to recommend ways for you to finish what you started. I will address some specific concerns:- Map is very very very small. Martin's entire world is up for grabs here, but the map for this mod is so tiny. Westeros alone could be expanded four times as large in scale to include all the missing settlements.- Basing everything on Season 3. There are all of the books, plus now all 8 seasons of the show. The mod is sooooo limited because it's based on Season 3.
This mod would be so much better if you had included Essos and all the settlements there, the settlements north of the Wall, etc.- Blockish/cartoon like unit graphics. The texture of all units in the entire game is in a very early condition. When you compare the fine detail of this mod against the two Third Age and Elder Scrolls Total Wars, this mod doesn't have the same quality. When you right click on a unit, the information isn't even complete. No details or description, and even in 4.9 most units have no picture. Just the peasant in brown with a dagger.- Settlement upgrades. Most Total War games allow the player to upgrade settlements after a certain population is reached.
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Third Age has some settlements marked 'Reduced building capabilities' because they are in heavy forest or the baren north. However, if I want to use my Lanister gold and upgrade my castles, I think I should be able to.- Building in each settlement. Every single building, with the exception of some of the religious ones, is taken directly from Medieval 2.
The pictures are the same, and the descriptions are the same. In Third Age and Elder Scrolls, new artwork was drawn that represented each building as it would appear in that particular culture. There should be more unique buildings as well the Citadel in Oldtown, the Sept of Baylor in Kings Landing, etc. I am sure that some of the moders are good at art and could have drawn out all this work.- Voiceovers. Mod team, you could have done this yourselves.
Record some voices rather than have everything (except the famous characters) using the stock soundbytes from England faction from Medieval 2. You all are creative enough, evident by your doing the mod in the first place.
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Pick a faction and try to do some authentic voiceovers.- Atlas. The Third Age mod team included the 'Atlas of Middle Earth' for each settlement on the map. The paragraphs told you all about that settlement and its history. This would have been a great addition to your mod. Martin has his 'Fire and Blood' encyclopedia, which would have been great source material.- Major events. Similar to the Oblivion invasion script from Elder Scrolls Total War, or for older reference the Mongols from Medieval 2, if this mod were updated to reflect the entire series, a script could be written for the White Walker invasion.Now that the show is over, can you guys bring this game to where it needs to be to compare equally with the other great mods?
Can you reach out to the mod team for Third Age and Elder Scrolls and have them help out or provide recommendations and assistance? Like I said, I like the game right now. But it could be so much better. I was really let down to be honest. Please, if any of you can respond with your thoughts, I would really appreciate it.
Westeros Total War Enhanced Mod
Westeros: Total War Enhanced (Medieval II: Total War: Kingdoms)If you've dreamed of commanding armies and taking Westeros by the throat, this is the mod for you. Built on the framework of Westeros: Total War, a mod that has not been updated in some time, Enhanced adds in more characters, reworked family trees, local Kingships, and more. While this mod is a couple of years old already, it bring the Game of Thrones experience into Medieval II: Total War: Kingdoms, which could give you a reason to install it again.