Empire: Total War™ - Elite Units of the West DLC

Magnific unit pack with special and very powerful units. You have tu bought it in sales because it could be cheaper (0.99-1.25€)

These units do not have a significant impact on the gameplay (maybe for the better) and there are too few per faction to matter anyway.

This is a review of the Elite unit of the West DLC for Empire: Total War This DLC is a must if you are really into the multiplayer but that said it sorta adds the under priced USMC which can be spammed so be carful if you see someone being usa and know that your just being an ass by just brining USMC. It is also very good for campagin and gives more unit variety to factions It also adds the most powerful cavalry unit the Gard de Chevel. Along with other powerful cavalry units like British horse guards and Dutch garde de corps and 2nd Hussars The most powerful infantry unit the Swiss Guard are also in this. along with other great infantry units like Hungarian grenadiers, Frei Corps, Blue Guard and alot of other great units List of units: US Marines (USA), Legion of the United States (USA), Guard Grenadiers (Poland), Walloon Guard (Span, Simvotic Foot Guards (Russia), Garde Chevel (Russia), Frie Corps (Prussia), Bosniaks (Prussia), 2nd Hussars (Prussia), Guarde de Corps (Dutch), Blue Guard (Dutch), Swiss Guard (France), Horse Guards (Great Britian), Hungarian Grenadiers (Austria)

As in the description The Elite Units of the West DLC adds 14 new units to major eastern factions. A greater variety of available units is always welcome. If you like one of these factions you'll love this add-on.

Elite Unis of the West DLC adds a bunch of special units to many Western nations like USA, Russia, Prussia, France, Britain and so on. +More units to use. +They look pretty good. Its not really purchasable anyways, you get it when you get the main game itself so you just have it really.

2025 review : i give this DLC : 7/10. useful if you like the game. === if you already own the game and like it, buy this too (on sale), it adds a little something to a game you like. but if like me you did not enjoy the game (2025 play), then SKIP adding a few more units to it. obviously i bought the game and all DLCs on sale ! i read a few of the other reviews who mention this DLC being useful in multiplayer, well there are no players now so. if you don't own the game already you can read my review under steam profile. in short the game is not FUN in 2025, i gave it a 6.5/10. and i think the game and all DLCs should be like 10$ . === if you read this until here i made a game for iOS called "FatHatBoy" please check it out <3

The eighteenth century being a time of standardization and mass production also leads to it being a time of soldiers all looking the same. There is a certain appeal to that clean and efficient look, but it also gets boring. All of these units are just higher stats and a different look - not really any unique mechanics, but they make the game look more interesting. Many of these new units are region specific or even require certain buildings and even sometimes monuments to build. This makes these elite units a bit more interesting (although harder to replenish).

The units are top notch and this is a good DLC. As a rule of thumb, the units are capped at 1, in terms of how many you can recruit. Certain ones (Hungarian Grenadiers, Freikorp, Legion of the United States) can be recruited in greater numbers. In some cases, the elite units can be recruited very easily, which is helpful on a campaign level, and others can be recruited in bulk which again, is very helpful on a campaign level. In terms of multiplayer usefullness, these units will undoubtedly give your armies quite a bit of extra punch, which is important, obviously. Edit: I'd also like to take this moment to call Valve Corp. out on its recent anti-consumer practice of subtly hiding negative reviews. Read here: https://steamcommunity.com/games/593110/announcements/detail/1808664240333155775

This is my favorite DLC for Empire. Playing as the US, I got tired of London constantly declaring war on me, so I sailed over the pond and quickly annexed England. Naturally, the other Britonnians weren't too pleased with me, and seeing as how they held Scotland And Ireland in addition to four powerful navies still in those docks (Strange, I came up from the south with my fleet and landed my army, they never caught my fleet as it fled back west), I knew that any chance of holding London was to dig in and declare war with the bluff of threatening Scotland. This in itself worked out to my advantage, as they took the bait, allowing me to replenish my troops quell the populace and draw forth regiment upon regiment of stalwart newly minted "American Englishmen" to help secure my half of the Island. Depositing Pulaski's cavalry (Excellent shock value if you charge them from behind) with 8 support cavalry regiments onto the island, I moved them up north and sent a force compromising of my general, 2 regiments of US Marines, 6 regiments of Guards, the New York, the Delaware, 2 units of rangers and the rest line infantry to straddle the area outside of the Scotland provinces capital and establish a fort. Upgrading that fort to have artillery forts surrounding the main fort, I moved up my cavalry force so it was inside the reinforcement zone, and then moved up 12 regiments of line infantry to support it. Britain declared war on me 2 turns later as I finished off both the Iriquois, Choctaw, the forces of Spain in the continental US, Mexico (MEXICO!!! I didn't even KNOW that Mexico could be formed! As soon as their nation was created, I was so overjoyed I sailed over and killed them off) and the remnants of Britain provinces in Canada. They attacked my fort in England with 4 armies comprising of over 7400 men while I was defending with a paltrier 5200. My US Marines saved the day, holding off the northern wall as over 800 men attempted to assault 2 regiments of 120 men. The Line infantry broke and retreated over the corpses of their comrades back to the Union Jack's lines, as the enemy guard advanced under withering musket fire and percussion shells desperately being fired in their direction. As they climbed the wall, they met the fierce charge of continental Marines angrily bayoneting them, remember my previous assault on London which cost me a whole regiment of Marines when I attempted to scale the walls with Line Infantry and Marines. The final tally was 600 dead enemies to my 221 Marines. One regiment had only 16 men left, the other only 3, yet with my general and Guards in close proximity along with their integrity they never retreated. Oorah! I heartily suggest this pack if you love Marines, or just seeing hordes of corpses surrounding your units. You could bum rush them with line infantry, but really? Would you REALLY NOT use Marines if they were available?

[h1]Empire: Total War™ - Elite Units of the West DLC[/h1] [h1]What does this DLC add to the game?[/h1] +(Austria) [b]Hungarian Grenadiers[/b] - [i]Grenadiers[/i] +(Great Britain) [b]Horse Guards[/b] - [i]Heavy Cavalry[/i] +(France) [b]Swiss Guards[/b] - [i]Heavy infantry[/i] +(United Provinces) [b]Blue Guards[/b] - [i]Heavy infantry[/i] +(United Provinces) [b]Gardes du Corps[/b] - [i]Heavy Cavalry[/i] +(Poland-Lithuania) [b]Guard Grenadiers[/b] - [i]Grenadiers[/i] +(Prussia) [b]2nd Hussars[/b] - [i]Hussars[/i] +(Prussia) [b]Bosniaks[/b] - [i]Irregular Melee Cavalry[/i] +(Prussia) [b]Frei-Korps[/b] - [i]Riflemen[/i] +(Russia) [b]Gardes à cheval[/b] - [i]Heavy Cavalry[/i] +(Russia) [b]Siemenovski Foot Guards[/b] - [i]Heavy infantry[/i] +(Spain) [b]Walloon Guards[/b] - [i]Heavy infantry[/i] +(USA) [b]Legion of the United States[/b] - [i]Light & Line Infantry[/i] +(USA) [b]US Marines[/b] - [i]Line infantry[/i] [h1]The Truthful Hard Facts[/h1] [table] [tr][td]Acquirement Method[/td][th]Steam store[/th][/tr] [tr][td]Price Paid[/td][th]$2.99[/th][/tr] [tr][td]Type of DLC[/td][th]Content add-on[/th][/tr] [/table] [h1]Check out my Steam group for more Reviews![/h1] [url=http://steamcommunity.com/groups/thisgrouplinkwasavailable]STEAM REVIEWS GROUP![/url] [h1]My YouTube channel![/h1] https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4BQSDGExl23rHcd9ML2mRw?