Holy Roman Empire (Medieval 2: Total War)
Well, here everyone writes about different countries, here, as it is not difficult to guess, we will talk about the Holy Roman Empire.First, about the starting position. This is not England, a larger territory, but not France, a rather disadvantageous geographical position, there is only one seaside city, around unfriendly countries, be it Denmark or Venice, or even worse, the Papal States, because they want to excommunicate from the church. In reality, it was the opposite!
A huge amount of historical inaccuracies. Formed by Charlemagne several centuries after the fall of Rome, it was originally called the New Western Roman Empire, which expressed the people's desire to return the old days. But soon after its creation, the Franks, Anglo-Saxons and other small kingdoms left it, as the monarchs were afraid of losing their power in the event of the restoration of the "one and indivisible" Roman Empire.
From history, the Holy Roman Empire was the leading state in Europe from the 8th to the 14th century. Only after the discovery of America did it begin to lose ground. And in the game she is surrounded by many rebel cities that historically belonged to her, not to mention the real military power of the country. Although the cities really should not be very large and developed, because before that these lands belonged to barbarians.
My assessments for the German units:
Cavalry 3 is a fairly wide selection of cavalry, but in this regard it cannot be compared with France.
Infantry 4 is a good set of inexpensive foot troops.
archers 4 - also good, but far from ideal.
Fleet 2 is the standard fleet set available to all nations.
Bianor
The main expansion should be in the Apennines (at first, of course). With rich Italian cities close at hand, you don't have to worry about the flow of money into the treasury. And locks for protection. How to wage a war with pasta with bare rear areas?
What bare rear are we talking about? Crushing Denmark with its two starting cities is a matter of a couple of first moves. In the north, a black spot is already spreading, in the Alps places are difficult to pass, in the south Venice and Milan are knocked out at once, that's all, the Germans spread to the west and east, and in the south one army reaches Palermo, after which it goes to Tunisia, and from there shoots to the east , to the Muslims.
Well, I just basically want to be the first to take out the Italians, and leave the Danes and Poles for dessert. Well, indeed, you can decide with the Danes in the first moves.
That's just at the "increased" level of difficulty. Denmark captures Hamburg faster. The Duchy of Milan quickly captures Dijon, Bern. And all of you are gathering at least some kind of militia to take Prague.