The Fallacy of Total War "Unit Diversity"

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Total War: Rome II
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Total War: Rome II (2013)
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Like a criminal returning to the scene of the crime, secretly hoping to get caught.. fanboys can't seem to help but to put their weakest foot forward, to open the set with their worst joke. I can only take that on its merits.


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The brief coverage I already did of "diversity":
https://youtu.be/zCJjDyrFp8Y?t=3000
See for yourself:
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22unit+diversity%22
My Triplex Acies attempt in RTW:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHaWnCiuztg
Hastati and principes redundancy focus video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNRHIFyQbCM
Rome 2's roster is one big copypasted reskinner box:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5WH8HzS6lM
The AoE2 naval jostle:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSHjS6rz2EQ
Encompassing the immense unit variety of all of Shogun 2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tS7nq16SeeU
Shogun 2's spears having inconceivably multiplicitous gameplay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfmz0mDeA3s
Absolutely bizarre juggernaut behaviour in 3K:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtM6nx3nX8c
Medieval 2's flamethrowers, used in conjunction with gunners and artillery:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XScZlNPlpFo , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yf-fLcq83FQ
Homeworld introducing units with a red carpet:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bWAPNQmq08
The podcast in the month after Rome 2 talking about reskinning:
https://youtu.be/LDfCEeFhU4M?t=4885
Intense barbarian vs Roman combat in RTW:BI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqFtWoiPnUw

#reskinnerbox #unitformity #dontcarelookscool

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0:00 Intro and context
4:05 "Diversity"
4:30 Devil's advocate
9:30 Skinner boxing
12:30 True unit variety
14:40 Shogun 2's "unit diversity"
17:15 Detracting units
26:20 Games that kill their own variety
29:55 Unit variety creating gameplay in Total War
31:30 Polish and actual gameplay consideration
35:45 Calling it 8 years ago, proving it today

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