Broken Crescent
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Summary
Broken Crescent is a modification for Medieval 2: Total War, focusing on the Middle-East and its warfare between they years AD 1174-1400. Unfortunately its release date has been pushed back even further to allow the Imamat of Oman and Strelac's Byzantine units to be included. A possible release date would be around Christmas.
Factions
Muslim:
- The Ayyubid Sultanate
- The Abbasid Caliphate
- The Great Seljuks
- The Turkish Sultanate
- The Khwarezm Shah
- The Sultanate of Ghazni
- The Ghorid Sultante
- The Imamate of Oman
Christian:
- The Byzantine Empire
- The Kingdom of Jerusalem
- The Kingdom of Armenia
- The Kingdom of Georgia
- The Kingdom of Makuria
Hindu:
- The Rajput States
Pagan:
- The Kypchaks
Emergent:
- The Mongol Empire
- The Timurids
Additional factions may be added in later versions.
Features
All new
Travel anywhere from the Middle East to India in search of becoming the greatest ruler and general the world has to offer. Books of great knowledge were written throughout these parts, and can now be acquired as ancillaries. People of certain regions were better at certain activities; have them follow you and aid you in governance and warfare. Perhaps your men take to the exotic lands where they have traveled, and become very much like their foreign counterparts due to all the Vices and Virtues available?
The mod includes many new traits as well as ancillaries for each new culture and religion to further immerse the player into the world at war.
Area of Recruitment
Broken Crescent will feature a special Area of Recruitment system. Each faction will only have home regions, where it can recruit its units. In the regions it conquers, it will only be able to recruit local levies and special units. For example, the Hindu Rajput States will be able to recruit unique elephant units in India, but conquering factions will only be able to recruit ordinary elephant troops.
New Religions
Having a part of India in the campaign, the modification will feature the Hindu religion. It will be the official religion of the unique Rajput States faction. In addition, Broken Crescent will feature the Kypchaks as a fully playable Pagan faction.
Titles
The mod will have all-new Titles which will bring the game alive. Certain titles will be based on ownership of regions, while others can only be attained by killing the present holder of that title.
- Caliph Title
The Abbasids will begin the game with their leader as the great Caliph. This title will be hereditary; but if another faction leader defeats the Caliph in battle, he will gain the glorious title.
The Campaign map
Broken Crescent features a brand new campaign map spanning from Anatolia and Egypt in the West, through Mesopotamia, Persia, and Afghanistan, all the way to India to the East.
Hundreds of New Units
Broken Crescent will feature hundreds (250+) of completely new units made from the ground up by the skinners AlphaDelta and Strelac. The differences and variety of looks within a unit are seen far more, rather than minor differences, and each faction is balanced and unique with their own strengths.
The Team and Contributors
Mapping
Coding and Scripting
Reaserch Director
Skinning
- AlphaDelta (leader)
- Strelac
Modelling
2D Art and Design
Lead Researchers
Music
- Aeranis (soundtrack)
- Ahiga (director)
- AlokaParyetra (indian music)
Faction Researchers
- Tadzreuli (Georgia)
- Indian_Boy90 (India)
- Khaled.Ibn.Waled (Muslims)
- Manuel Komnenos (Byzantium)
- Jermagon (Abbasids)
Technical Contributors
- Beiss of Xenophonia (audio advisor)
- DeRougemont of The Character Names Project (names tutorial)
- bdh for his mapping technique
- GrumpyOldMan mesh editor tool
- KnightErrant models.db entry duplicator, unit cost script, mount to mesh, faction viewer
Research Contributors
- John I Tzimisces (Armenia)
- Jerusalem (Georgia)
- Drtad (Armenia)
Text/Descritption Contributions
- Ahiga
- AdmiringtheEnemyEh?
- teh.frickin.pope
- Ieuano
- Tadzreuli
- Irar
- Jermagon
- Player44
- Kalos
- Bernem
- The Celt
- Keravnos
- Drtad
- Lykaor
Advertising
- SirPaladin
- Kalos
- Meat Popsicle
- The Celt
- King Arsen
- DreadKing
- Alias
- Drtad
- Ermeni
- Crucifix
- Kobi118
- YodaTwin
- Qarama
- Hissing Fauna
- SickBoy13
See Also
Broken Crescent - Mod Registration Form
External Links
- Broken Crescent hosted forum at TWC.
- Official Screenshots.