HUMANKIND - Our First Let's Play! - Pt 1 [Beginner-Friendly!]
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ส.ค. 2021
- This is the start of our first TH-cam-exclusive HUMANKIND Let's Play (I've also been playing on Twitch!) The first couple episodes of this series are going to be very beginner-friendly, almost #tutorial style. You can support this channel by buying HUMANKIND from this official affiliate link: link.xsolla.com/V4OGklDF
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I just opened steam and saw Humankind there, thought to myself "Hmm, there's probably a quill18 video on it" and voila
Same here :)
Yep! same.
Same! I'm wait for it to come on game pass for free so thought I'd watch quill play it first.
You know its gonna be good when Quill plays with himself.
:-3
hihi phrasing
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Doesn't sound weird
The most important thing when picking a culture is which quill looks the best, all other bonus or perks are secondary factors....
Let's play combined with a tutorial is probably my favourite format of quill's videos 😀
Same. I often feel like Quill's dedicated tutorial videos aren't that good, but where he just plays the game while explaining everything that happens are fantastic.
This is the first game i've waited years for, had the opportunity to jump in early (with the beta dev thingies) and just refused. I want it to be fresh on release and I cant wait.
Have fun! I played the beta and it was really fun both times.
How did you escape out of the darkest dungeon?
@@12Monkeysable While they are working on the sequal I managed to escape red hook studios and I have now reinvented myself. Do you need blight removed?
make your own game LMAO
@@Plague_Doc22 xD can't wait for darkest dungeon 2
Well I'm ready for the next episode! 4X games aren't really my thing but I'm really looking forward to this series. You explain your thinking and choices so well that I almost never fell lost to the big picture.
I'm yt viewer exclusively. Tried to watch some erlier raw stream footage of Humankind but the ones I picked up lacked tutorialy stuff. This one is amazingly good for someone who has no understanding of the game yet.
Finally a proper series! So excited for this, I really think it could actually give Civ a run for its money.
Zhou is pronounced like "Joe." In Pinyin transliteration the "zh-" is for a particular sound similar to the English "J-" sound. The "-ou" is a long "-o" sound usually. So the most similar English word that would sound like "Zhou" is "Joe"
Yes. This is the most correct pronunciation if one doesn't want to bother with tones and what not.
Hey Zhou, where you going with that spear in your hand?...
I got no idea but isn't it like a soft j? Thinking of tha 2nd g in "garage"
@@IguitarVreakI it's not like the second g in garage. It sounds most like the J in "joe".
Meet Zhou Solo, the brother of Han Solo.
I'm sorry but I had to do it.
Can't wait for this, 6 hours til launch. Thanks for the coverage on this Quil, got me very interested!
Cheers, been looking forward to your guidance on humankind ready for my first play tomorrow. You really helped me getting started on civ6.
This is great - really looking forward to all your tips as you progress through this first Let's Play. Can't wait for the next video!
Are we all just going to pretend Joel doesn't look like Quill?
@@derbymt Propably his lost cousin.
This is hands down the best tutorial for a complete new player to this type of game like myself. Finally understanding what I'm to do. Nice and slow, with great explanations 👍
Excellent video with clear instructions. Makes a change from other you tubers who just play the game without any advice. Great work.
As always, thank you very much for explaining how to play this game. Your way of teaching is really good. Thanks Quill!
Thanks Quill! Always love your videos and very helpful.
Thanks Quill, I have a pretty good handle I think on how the game plays but already found a small tip I didn't know so looking forward to the series.
Yes, the pre-download is ready for tomorrow on the release date :) Nice video Quil as always.
You explain this game so well. I'm hooked.
With the Neolithic Age and "Not much of a reason to though" in regards to adopting the first cultural identity - there are legacy traits which come from maxing out each of the stars for the Neolithic era, which in this play-through Quill had completed one, and was one star off doing so for another. It might have been ideal then to wait until he got the other legacy trait, and then choose his first culture. The other side to that is the culture you want to play first might not be available if you wait too long. [edit: As pointed out below this is incorrect and was per the beta version of the game and not the release version.]
This is what I had thought and then came to comments to check haha. I moved too fast in my first playthrough but slowed down in the second (balancing maxing benefits from each era while trying to move along quickly enough to get a civ I wanted) and it really made a big difference.
I thought you only got a legacy trait from the science one?
@@bumblewoot You do, I think you got them from the others in a beta version. Completing them still earns fame though. Science is the one you're probably most likely to want to delay for, but the others could well be worth a small delay I think.
@@bumblewoot I thought each one provides its own trait, but you may be correct - we'll be able to confirm tomorrow :)
@@bumblewoot Thought I better pop back here and confirm you are absolutely correct, it is only the science one that gives the legacy trait. :)
Used to watch you play Civ all the time, can't wait to see how this game plays glad to see you still doing your thing
5:00 Tribal Quill wearing glasses makes me lol
It is time! Quill shall be our benevolent leader!
Pacifism through force!
Nice! I was hoping you would make a TH-cam series in addition to when you stream it. I really appreciate the detailed explanations as well.
This was an amazing introduction to the game. Thank you!
Bloody Brilliant Quill
Just what i was looking for, thanks quill18
Glad to see a TH-cam series! The streams are nice but if don't catch them live it's a bit annoying with all the interruptions.
I've tried to get into civ 6 (failed) and europa universalis (failed) and just recently I got Hearts of Iron IV, haven't played enough but this game has been pretty cool so far.
EU and HOI are very rewarding games once you get the feel of them. Civ 6..not so much. Older Civ titles are better. Alpha Centauri is still amazing.
First video I've seen of yours. Love your explanations.
Cant wait to see where this game goes!
Nice Quill18, gotta follow this series cause. I was looking forward to watch you playing.
The best part about this game is that we can watch him watch himself playing, too!
Really looking forward to this game! Never played the Endless games but this game grabbed my attention immediately
I picked up endless legend after the same thinking as you, should try it for a couple games before this was pretty decent
Didn't like the endless games so I'm a little on the fence for this one
I was on the fence when watching his live video a few days ago. I prefer this video with him explaining things. I'm more into the game now where as the other one I felt a little lost and disinterested as a result. I feel like the early game is a little slow (compared to civ6) from a combat perspective, though from an exploration perspective it is superior to Civ6. I'm not sure if I'll like it as much as civ6, but it looks good enough to pick up. I'm in the middle of an rpg game right now, so I want to finish that first.
@@jimmym3352 that's reasonable, I have been avoiding a lot of videos because I want to learn on my own and not spoil things for say, What RPG are you playing?
@@Kbrookesy I'm actually replaying pillars of eternity 2. Underappreciated game, and better than the first one. I've played it once before. I'm trying out turned based mode, it's slower, but more rewarding. I prefer turned based games in general since I'm a slow methodical thinker to begin with, it's why I prefer games like Civ6 and most likely will enjoy Humankind.
I love the art style of the game.
Quill playing something he likes is some of the best marketing a game can get.
The biggest problem with Civ 6 is the feeling of feature bloat. In theory the features added to Civ with Civ 6 should have me swooning, but the game just turns me off.
I feel like Firaxis built too much upon the foundation of Civilization without expanding that foundation, leaving the features feeling like a jumble of mechanics you need to interact with in order to get to the fun instead of a unified experience and of course the AI and by extension the singleplayer experience suffers for it.
Humankind on the other hand, from my early experience (I played with the Open Dev), feels like what Civ 6 could've been like if you stripped away all the preconceived notions of what a Civilization game is supposed to be like.
You nailed it. Civilization feels like it peaked long time ago, the new installments are just more and more and more for the sake of releasing a new game.
the biggest problem with Civ anything is you get stuck just building stuff in towns. if you take any time going militant you fall so far behind it isn't funny. and it takes so long to get to an enemy turn wise that building the unit is a waste of time. i rarely get into wars. The only way to get to "FUN" is to use marathon tech and quick build times. which requires you to add in some mods to deal with your inevitable $ problems and attitude problems that have also been installed to do everything possible to deter war fare.
Downloaded last night from game pass. Can't wait to play.
Thanks for the extremely noob oriented video, I really needed those explanations for every single button, mechanic and other stuff!
That is exciting!
Picked it up lastnight and I'm definitely not disappointed 🤪
Great to see this. Amplitude are awesome. If you ever decide to do a Let's Place for Endless Space 2, I'd be ecstatic, as it's my favorite 4X game.
I haven't watched further on in the series yet but I think you should explain the game end and the victory system since it affects a lot of decision making. Keep up the good work.
need more now!...thank you
24:30 I disagree that there's not much of a reason to stick around in an old era: if you move on right away without finishing stars you're close to earning, you're giving up opportunities to earn fame, which is how you actually win the game. As an example, you were 1 point of population away from getting the growth star, which would have been fairly easy to get in a turn or two. Ultimately it probably won't make a huge difference here, but I think especially in later eras it's important to finish up stars before advancing.
Also, if you stick around in the neolithic era, you can amass a bunch of scouts which can go into early pop.
Plus, once you advance to Ancient, your nomadic units auto-upgrade to scouts, losing their ability to grow via food. In later eras, you also lose your ability to construct your culture's special units and districts. Though, conversely, putting off your advancement means someone else might advance before you and steal a culture that you had your eye on, so it's not like you can set up a general rule.
Literally just finished watching the last video thinking that I do not follow at all so I really appreciate this noob version 😂😂
More More More! :D Keep'em coming!
This looks sooo awsome:)
Your video made me want to play it!
Still by no means an expert on humankind, still learning.... Me too Quill, me too!
As always a fun and instructive vid. Who needs tutorials when we have Quill!
It amuses me quill says to focus on one star in the neolithic as if it's possible to control whether you run into food or science curiosities.
ANYWAY a bit of a note about outposts and the neolithic era: outposts have a cost based on number of outposts and distance from the nearest city. Since you don't have any cities in the neolithic era, that's just a flat "number of outposts" cost and distance doesn't matter, so it can be beneficial to make your second some distance from the first as a forward settle if you see a good resource spot. If you actually manage to scrounge up enough influence for a third, though, it'll be cheaper to hold it and set up an outpost next to your fist city, though.
Ya. I enjoyed this. Lets see more of it. :)
Wonderful, a real utube let's play!
Epic Quill18 Avatar!
Great video!
Roughly 3 weeks late but when I doubt quill it out😂😂
I've never watched and listened to a video so attentively.
If I'm not mistaken, you get to choose the neolithic legacy trait if (and just if) you get the knowledge star, as the game tells you at 5:01.
I think that's nice because during OpenDevs I felt that's generally the hardest neolithic star to get.
Still have to try it out, but I believe delaying your ancient era by 3-4 turns to achieve that is totally worth it. Getting a permanent +1 yield per pop for the entire game seems almost broken, especially for kickstarting the early ages.
What I am interested in is whether the things that torqued me in the Civ games happen, like having a b-52 shot down by a unit firing wheellock pistols at it.
As someone whos played like 100 hours already i can tell you that even a 2 point difference in a unit is huge. Esspecially with the late medieval era carracks the gap between just them is insane with only one star veterency
But yeah ik your pain bro i remember my tank losing to a damn spearmen one time i was livid
Can't wait for this badboy to unlock today
Sadly not yet, the release is listed as 17th of August and it's 16th of August the video goes live
Quill, extra stars give you lasting bonuses.
Homo Sapiens reproduction:
"Oh look, food"
-> random adult appears
The artwork is incredible!
30:40 Doesn't it answer his question about javelins in the bottom of the tooltip? It says combat penalty in melee.
Yes, I think he just missed it.
That Quill avatar! Oh my god!
The glasses and the hide skin vest, I can't - this is amazing!
EHH playing Brazil nice!
🔥 Finally
Me: I wonder if that nice chap who does the Paradox Grand Strategy videos has... yep, he has!
i remember playing this in july
HYPE!
For being in the Neolithic Era, your character has to be quite advanced to be wearing glasses! 😉
I think it runs better because the engine is less demanding than the Civ IV engine - on my ageing MacBook Pro late 2013, Civ VI tends to crawl and even starts to mess up the UI over time, whereas Endless Legend runs fine on it.
hey. I have been watching this game since it was announced and I am very curious on the one feature on making your own leaders. Could you show footage on it or something of that sort.
I've noticed that Egypt is quite popular as an ancient era culture.
I see you're playing against Marbozir. :) Well, not really, but that's the head of one of the AI regimes, which is kind of funny.
Anyway, thanks for the beginner's tutorial. That's very useful!
The greyed-out scout with the food meter is a hungry ghost.
Hell yeahhhh
Nice video, I noticed the science star said it gave you access to the legacy trait. Do you think it would be worth staying Neolithic longer to get that trait or is teching up as soon as you get any star more beneficial?
I suspect it's probably worth it to go for the trait IF you can get it fairly quickly.
@@daredaemon8878 gx
Rally well explain MR. Too bad Xbox app and Xbox Pass keep crashing with the game.
OMG i missed the start of this run :( ... well 7episode rerun during the weekend, guess that puts my bingewatch elsewhere on hold.
Still not even five minutes in yet and I have had high hopes for humankind and the gameplay but mostly for the late game Whare the domination victory become really fun
The only domination victory is total annihilation of every other faction. The other victory type is Fame
@@coyote47713 I thought I heard that even if you do that, when the game ends, whoever has the most game will win.
even if their civilisation was annihilated
@@vince8901 tbf if you dont get more fame while wiping everyone else off the map what are you Doing
@@xionkuriyama5697 true true but still technically total domination isn't a victory, not if you don't have enough fame
@@coyote47713 Fame is the *only* victory type. The game ends when you run out of time, when you destroy the world, or when anyone fulfills the game-ending criteria you select at setup (for Last Human Standing, that's eliminating or vassalizing all other players; for Space Race, that's colonizing Mars; for Default, that's either of the above *or* researching all techs *or* gaining all Contemporary era stars). Once the game ends, the winner is whoever has the most Fame.
Ironically, it's actually easier for a militarist player to win by disabling the domination end condition (by switching to either Space Race or Time Limit); then, they can wipe out everyone else and gather fame unopposed for the rest of the game. In practice, of course, that's extremely boring, particularly if you're the sort who'd want to wipe out everyone else in the first place (and Alexander wept, for there were no more worlds to conquer).
LETS GOOOOOOO
I really want this game but I know I'm not going to play it bc I like more interaction in civ builders like first-person. But I haven't found any games like that yet.
I think I'll wait until it goes on sale in December on Steam.
@Quill, IIRC you mentioned something during your beta LPs/streams about your character using your (personal, gamer) playstyle. In which case IMO it would be much more entertaining for you to play /not/ as your own avatar, but as someone who may well come up against 'Quill AI' to see how it interprets your playstyle.. ;)
just bought the game , still have 11 hours till release here in the midwest US
Does it do anything to get another era star in the nomadic era? Would there be a scenario where it would be worth it to wait just a little longer to get the 5 population one as well?
The easy way for English speakers to pronounce zhou is "joe". It's not correct of course, but close enough and really easy.
See also here for some other chinese dynasty names: th-cam.com/video/xJis9TSw1rE/w-d-xo.html
You win on deity almost every time 😱😱😱
Lol the person on the main menu look so much like you that it spooked me haha
It is him!
Thanks mate, didn't relate to your playtrough but using Linux and I thought it had a problem with the ugly cursor, turns out just the game
I'll just dig out my old version of "civilization" and save 50 bucks LOL
i dont know much about 4x games and this is literally my first time playing one with Humankind and now im addicted even if im losing. I really like to just kill and kill haha! but now, i want to learn how to win while killing everybody. haha
today's game launched brought me here. thanks
Still plays Civ 1. An old addiction ;)
I am missing some Brussels Sprout jokes.
So question, do you “lose” resources like horses by plopping outposts on them?
Auto-explore early is actually pretty OP, cos they auto-path towards the nearest resource pick-up.
Wait, you mean they autopath to it without knowing the location?
@@sopota6469 Apparently. I was watching Sacriel stream it and he was doing it (you can find the VOD on Twitch). I think it works best off of a fresh game start. Don't own the game so can't test it myself to find the limits.
1 more turn in nomadic and you would've gotten another fame point/population because of the sanctuary/food your tribe was at!