Need help finding my first Total War game
I've been looking at trying out a Total War game to play. The problem is, I'm not rich, so I need to choose only one to start out with. I've been doing a lot of research on what I'd want out of a Total War game, but research doesn't seem to help me much, so I am deciding to turn to this subreddit for help finding one to play. The things I have decided that I would like are:
• 100% a historical game (sorry Warhammer, I love you but I want some real battles and not 20+ dlc goblin fight clubs)
• many and varied factions (absolute must)
• fun combat that is easy (or easy-ish) to learn and entertaining to watch/play
• preferably one in Europe and the surrounding area (if all the Europe ones are utter butt cheeks or don't fit the earlier requirements, anywhere historic is fine)
•possible modding capabilities if need be
All of these can be disregarded if you know of one in mind that seems fun, except for of course the faction one.
For anyone reading this, I would really appreciate your help in finding one. This series looks amazing, but there are too many choices for me to decide without some outside help. I appreciate any and all feedback.