Total War: Rule Britannia, literally.

[Andsed]

Been playing three kingdoms I love it. The romance mode with your awesome heroes is great and I love that the relationships between characters change and can effect game play. The diplomacy and espionage are so much deeper and I also love the fact that there our other ways to win aside from simple conquest. And the battles are still as fun as ever and the duels and the powers of your heros have given it some new refreshing depth.

It is very different than some of the older games but honestly I don't think that matters very much.

[Impaled Nazarene]

Been playing three kingdoms I love it. The romance mode with your awesome heroes is great and I love that the relationships between characters change and can effect game play. The diplomacy and espionage are so much deeper and I also love the fact that there our other ways to win aside from simple conquest. And the battles are still as fun as ever and the duels and the powers of your heros have given it some new refreshing depth.

It is very different than some of the older games but honestly I don't think that matters very much.

Some great positivity! I wish i would get it at a discount or as a gift, money has been tight after I built my new pc. I'm already downloading Rome 2 then next I'll try Attila which was the first game that lagged way more than it should have.

[The Huskar Social Union]

Yeoooo first campaign victory as liu Bei

Very fun experience, im quite liking this game so far. Thinking of who to play as next, might go with one of the yellow turbans.

[Impaled Nazarene]

Yeoooo first campaign victory as liu Bei

Very fun experience, im quite liking this game so far. Thinking of who to play as next, might go with one of the yellow turbans.

Lu Bu

[The Huskar Social Union]

Yeoooo first campaign victory as liu Bei

Very fun experience, im quite liking this game so far. Thinking of who to play as next, might go with one of the yellow turbans.

Lu Bu

But that would mean killing... THE DONG.

[The Two Jerseys]

Lu Bu

But that would mean killing... THE DONG.

Imperator Rome-Three Kingdoms crossover: ya Boi vs. the Dong

[Impaled Nazarene]

But that would mean killing... THE DONG.

Imperator Rome-Three Kingdoms crossover: ya Boi vs. the Dong

Whoever wins we all lose.

[Impaled Nazarene]

How does one WRE in Atilla?

I want to try it because i hate myself.

Aggressively.

You need to consolidate the British Isles and Africa immediately. Pick a religion and stick with it, push it hard. I recommend Graeco-Roman Paganism - the short-term losses do not outweigh the long-term benefits of no-upkeep religious buildings and that point of free sanitation. Lower taxes and raise armies - limitanei and their successors can hold off the early barbarian invasions if used right. Keep peace with the ERE. Punish the Quadi immediately - they will wreck you if allowed to grow. Raid the Germans regularly - the plunder will keep the border tribes weak and give you desperately needed upkeep money. Do not allow hordes of any significant size in your lands early on - levy from them and destroy them as soon as you can. Spain and Italy don't need defenses, and neither will Africa once you consolidate it. Keep the borders strong. Don't be afraid to raze troublesome enemies - only your own lands are sacred. Keep armies for punitive expeditions.

As long as you withdraw the legion from Britain to France, you can hold the Rhine.

Fucking ridiculous.

You have to push Britain and Ireland early so you have a base to distract the fucking Vikings. Otherwise holding the Rhine is impossible. They pour in along the coast otherwise.

I finished WRE on Legendary a whiiiiiiile back. Held onto Britain with minimal effort and eventually took all the isles, despite the army stationed in that area shifting back and forth between isles and mainland constantly.

Can't reiterate enough that you gotta get rid of the stupid Christian buildings in favor of sanitation and public order. Or any buildings that require upkeep, really, lol, cuz the WRE economy is so terribru. And, yeah, what someone else pointed out; fight literally every battle to bleed the AI wherever possible, with a focus on completely killing units, not just causing casualties across numerous units. If you can win, that's even better, since the AI seems to enjoy burning settlements down, thus increasing immigration and making public order terribru.

I'm fairly certain my eastern border was an utter mess; I think two entire provinces were burnt down before I could control the situation. Somehow, I managed to retain Illyria and its handydandy trade ports.

It's a helluva slog, fighting every. single. battle. because you must absolutely be in tiptop condition to always fight off the next barbarian horde, the next wave of rebellion, the next warlike neighbor. There are so many enemies everywhere, that definitely I had to beat up an opponent, peace them out and have them pay me big bucks, then turn around and march to beat down the next enemy to get them to pay up. I think by the time the third or fourth barbarian horde was dead, there should be few enough stronk enemies around to look to expanding for real again.

Trying WRE as my first ever Attila game. Wish me luck and prepare the "You Died"s

[Bloodshade]

Yeoooo first campaign victory as liu Bei

Very fun experience, im quite liking this game so far. Thinking of who to play as next, might go with one of the yellow turbans.

I also just got Liu Bei victory a while ago! My first ever 3K victory! Guan Yu and Zhang Fei carried my battles more times than I could count!

Biggest nuisance in my campaign was Cao Cao and CA suprisingly made him act like the real double-crosser that he is in diplomacy. Just when I was on the verge of defeating him, he became the vassal of Yuan Shao who descended upon me and Kong Rong with the fury of his many vassals. After a long slogfest with Yuan, I ended up pushing him back hard and guess what, Cao Cao declares war on Yuan Shao and indirectly helped me take what's left of his territory.

Cao Cao was the highlight of my campaign and I've never felt the multitude of emotions that I did during my first Liu Bei campaign. I've never had such a crazy TW historical experience for a long time now.

Even though Cao Cao lost in the end, my man is pretty much the 'Littlefinger' of China.

[The Huskar Social Union]

Yeoooo first campaign victory as liu Bei

Very fun experience, im quite liking this game so far. Thinking of who to play as next, might go with one of the yellow turbans.

I also just got Liu Bei victory a while ago! My first ever 3K victory! Guan Yu and Zhang Fei carried my battles more times than I could count!

Biggest nuisance in my campaign was Cao Cao and CA suprisingly made him act like the real double-crosser that he is in diplomacy. Just when I was on the verge of defeating him, he became the vassal of Yuan Shao who descended upon me and Kong Rong with the fury of his many vassals. After a long slogfest with Yuan, I ended up pushing him back hard and guess what, Cao Cao declares war on Yuan Shao and indirectly helped me take what's left of his territory.

Cao Cao was the highlight of my campaign and I've never felt the multitude of emotions that I did during my first Liu Bei campaign. I've never had such a crazy TW historical experience for a long time now.

Even though Cao Cao lost in the end, my man is pretty much the 'Littlefinger' of China.

Cao Cao was such a fucking dick in my game as well lol he kept going to war with me and then vassalising himself to someone else in the south (not Yuan Shao tho who was also a pain but the likes of Sun Cee tc) and then ganging up on me with the overlord a few years later when i was fighting someone else

Killed his wife though and turned him into a vassal before he died so fuck him i won.

[Forsher]

As long as you withdraw the legion from Britain to France, you can hold the Rhine.

Fucking ridiculous.

You have to push Britain and Ireland early so you have a base to distract the fucking Vikings. Otherwise holding the Rhine is impossible. They pour in along the coast otherwise.

What do you mean by push?

Is this push them out the door/kick them to the kerb? Or push them hard/build them up?

[The Krogan]

When you've spent half your campaign developing a kick ass group of generals together only for one of them to gain a conflicting trait with the others...

[The Krogan]

Well just had a funny little plot twist in my Three Kingdoms campaign as the bandit queen, Yuan Shao started a coalition with me titled "Against the Barbarians". Is that his default coalition name or something?

[Kannap]

I want Three Kingdoms but I don't want to pay $60, so I'll have to wait a while.

[The Huskar Social Union]

Started a new game as Gong Du, one of the yellow Turban fellas, in records mode as well. Bit of a different playstyle, diplomacy basically amounts to asking people not to fucking murder you for wearing yellow and thats it, though ive heard once they become more powerful the yellow turban lords get access to more traditional diplomacy stuff. But yeah not bad so far.

Also started a new romance game as the Bandit Queen.

[Andsed]

Just won my Kong Rong romance game. I found it really enjoyable with the more economic and such focus.

The biggest pain in my ass was definitely motherfucking Cao Cao. The dick started multiple proxy wars involving my allies which drew me in and whenever I was done beating his ass and was about to finally end him he made himself a vassal of some other powerful warlord who then came to beat my ass.

Seriously Three Kingdoms just feels so much more complex than previous total war games and I love it.

[The Huskar Social Union]

Man people really do not like the colour yellow.

[Impaled Nazarene]

bought 3k now to play my first game as He Yi since i can't play as Dong Zhou.
Wow battles are fucking hard.

[The Huskar Social Union]

bought 3k now to play my first game as He Yi since i can't play as Dong Zhou.

Defeat him in battle or become emperor and you unlock him.

[Impaled Nazarene]

Fuck me this game is eye torture, let me know if a dark theme mod comes out because all this white is blinding.

[The Huskar Social Union]

Fuck me this game is eye torture, let me know if a dark theme mod comes out because all this white is blinding.

Records mode is a bit darker in colour scheme but not by much, mainly in the battles from my experience.

[Impaled Nazarene]

This game is really good but my enjoyment is limited because of how different it is from your standard total war game. I have a lot to learn and this learning curve seems steep by total war standards.

Playing Cao Cao because he's recommended as super easy. I just formed a coalition with Sun Jian who is blobbing better than I am. Having knowledge of the Three Kingdoms period would probably help me a lot and prevent me from doing something idiotic

[The Huskar Social Union]

This game is really good but my enjoyment is limited because of how different it is from your standard total war game. I have a lot to learn and this learning curve seems steep by total war standards.

Playing Cao Cao because he's recommended as super easy. I just formed a coalition with Sun Jian who is blobbing better than I am. Having knowledge of the Three Kingdoms period would probably help me a lot and prevent me from doing something idiotic

Sun Jian in my experience can die pretty damn quickly, but he is the southernmost lord you can play as, and he only has to deal with the Han Empire for the most part, so he can blob out of control a bit. His son Sun Ce was a major pain in the ass for me in my Liu Bei game because he owned near everything south of the Yangtze river alongside Cao Cao.

[Chan Island]

Benn hearing and reading a lot of good things about 3 kingdoms. Would you lot recommend it?

[Impaled Nazarene]

Benn hearing and reading a lot of good things about 3 kingdoms. Would you lot recommend it?

I do yes but it sadly limits who you can start as due to the steep learning curve and unusual difficulty
If you want the best Total War game since shogun 2 get it now or else wait for a sale.