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Historical Inaccuracies in Medieval II

2016-07-15T21:14:31Z

AdelhochJ:

Various criticisms about historical inaccuracies have been made about [[Medieval 2: Total War]]. Whilst the game is obviously designed around a historical setting, some compromises may have been made to balance good game play versus total historical realism.

In some cases the reasons why the game would not be designed for total historic accuracy can be easily imagined, for example:

*The name "Budapest" is used for one city when in fact the settlement there was three separate cities (Buda, Óbuda and Pest) until quite recently, (see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest#History Wikipedia article on Budapest]). However, three separate cities would not fit well on the map in terms of game play and Budapest is likely to be the name most players would be familiar with.
* Spain did not own Toledo until 1088. Giving it to the Moors would've made Spain incredibly weak early in the campaign.
*Each campaign turn is two in-game years, but the characters in the campaign do not age at the same rate. If they did age two years every turn, however, the characters would die much earlier, and may lead to the extinction of the faction due to lack of heirs.
== Mods Aimed at Improved Historical Accuracy ==

As with [[Rome: Total War]] the modding community has produced or is in the process of producing many modifications designed to enhance the historical accuracy of the game in some way.

Released mods that deal with specific aspects are:

*[[Character Names Project]] - which gives more authentic period names (with proper spellings and accents, etc.)

*[[Xenophonia]] - Replaces several factions' speech with their native languages, making them speak e.g. German, French or Italian instead of broken English.

''(more mods and the aspects they deal with should be entered here)''

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File:Anglo-Saxons.png

2014-06-04T19:52:20Z

AdelhochJ:

Saxons (M2TW Faction)

2014-06-04T19:52:10Z

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{{Faction|image=[[Image:Anglo-Saxons.png|Faction Symbol for Saxons]]|Name=Anglo-Saxon England|Game=[[Medieval II: Total War]]|Religion=[[Catholic]]|Culture=[[Northern European]]}}
The Saxons are not playable and do not appear in the Grand Campaign without modding.
=Gameplay=
== Faction Details ==

The Saxons of Medieval II: Total War only appear in "The Norman Conquest" tutorial campaign, where they control London and Nottingham. The campaign, starting in 1066, pits the [[England (M2TW Faction)|Normans]] against the Saxons for control of England. The Saxons are isolated in their strongholds, and can be easily picked off relatively quickly after completing the mandatory steps of the tutorial.
===Starting Position===

*London: English Capital; - South East England

*Nottingham: English Castle; - Central England

(in grand campaign it depends on the modder)

===Campaign Objective===
hold regions Rome, Constantinople, Jerusalem and take 45 regions

==Units==

*Light Infantry
**Peasants

*Spear/Pike Infantry
**Peasant Spearman
**Theigns

*Heavy Infantry
**Huscarls
**Earl's Huscarls

*Light Cavalry
N/a

*Heavy Cavalry
N/a

*Missle
**Peasant Archer

*Artillery
N/a

If you have further detailed information on the faction, such as strategies, AARs, pictures, or history, please post it on the Faction Details page in a new sub-section so that this page can be kept clean of opinionated information.

[[Saxons Details (M2TW Faction)]]

{{M2 Factions}}

Rebels (M2TW Faction)

2013-06-12T19:58:44Z

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{{Faction|image=[[Image:Symbol_slaves.png|The Rebels' faction symbol]]|Name=Rebels|Game=[[Medieval 2: Total War]]|Religion=Heritic|Culture=Variable}}

Rebels are an unplayable faction in M2TW. If you make them playable using by editing the descr_strat.txt file they will apprear as "slave" instead of rebel. There are also no known bugs to having the rebels unlocked.
== Starting Position ==
Faction Leader: N/A
Faction Heir: N/A
Generals: Varies
Starting Regions: Aleppo (Seljuk), Baghdad (Seljuk), Vilnius (Livonian), Tbilisi (Steppe), Jedda (Arab), Mosul (Seljuk), Edessa (Seljuk), Arguin (Saharan), Timbuktu (Saharan), Valencia (Spanish), Dijon (Burgundian), Metz (Burgundian), Antwerp (Flemish), Bruges (Flemish), Florence (Italian), Cagliari (Island), Ajaccio (Island), Zaragoza (Spanish), Pamplona (Spanish), Durazzo (Greek), Dongola (Saharan), Sarkel (Steppe), Volga-Bulgar (Steppe), Prague (Bohemian), Stettin (Germans), Breslau (Rebels), York (British), Inverness (British), Dublin (Irish)

'''Agents'''

-Heritics

-Witch

'''Victory Conditions'''

Short- Hold 80 regions and the Rome Province

Long- Hold 100 regions and the Rome and Tenochtitlan Provinces

'''Gameplay'''

There are a few things to get used to while playing as the rebels.

-The only naval unit that the rebels can create is a war galley (pirate cogs appear at arbitrary times)

-If you lose a battle all your forces that participated in the battle will be killed

-Armies and agents come onto the map at random

-You start with 5000 florins, but it will go quickly and greatly into the negitives

-You may (although rare) get a region because it rebeled

-You have no family tree and no faction leader, however every turn (or almost) a message will appear asking if you want to adopt ______ as the benefactor

'''Strategy'''

-If you don't start off with a heretic you may want to start over until you get one

-Try to start making money as fast as possible

-When taking out a faction try to either only eliminate the family (that way you don't have to take the city) or keep the family members alive so you get them as generals.

'''Note'''

-also see Rebels Details (M2TW Faction)

-If anyone who is better at making wiki pages wishes, feel free to improve on the page :)

{{M2 Factions}}

Rebels

2013-06-12T19:45:04Z

AdelhochJ:

'''Rebels''' are a faction that appear in every ''Total War'' title to date, most notably in ''[[Medieval 2: Total War]]'', where they take the place of minor factions.

== Games ==
* [[Rebels (M2TW Faction)]]
* [[Rebels (ETW Faction)]]
* [[Rebels (NTW Faction)]]
* [[Rebels (S2TW Faction)]]