I think the vast majority of us would be just fine if you became an AoW4 channel for the time being. Its a blast to watch all the different builds, and tbh youve kinda covered everything in civ 6 at this point.
Potato, I don't come to your channel for your Civ content. I come for YOUR content. Play whatever you want my man, your style of explaining what your doing is what keeps me coming back.
Replacing a civ addiction with an age of wonders addiction is like having "Call me Maybe" stuck in your head and listening to "Let it Go" to get rid of it
Ok Im seriously impressed with how well you explained everything. Feels like I learned a lot, and I never felt frustrated by things progressing too slowly.
Looking forward to giving this a try when it releases for the general public and I manage to find a few hours - your passion for the game is really coming through
Nice to see you here Perun! Really loved your most recent video too, although I had hoped you might mention the 2 billion euros worth of EU procurement effort for ammunition for Ukraine that the EU council recently passed, and not just ASAP. Perhaps you can mention it another time! Hope your schedule isn't too overwhelming to play some AoW4
Old John Brown's body lies a-mouldering in the grave While weep the sons of bondage, who he ventured all to save! But though he lost his life while struggling for the slave His soul is marching on! Glory, glory, hallelujah! Glory, glory, hallelujah! Glory, glory, hallelujah! His soul is marching on! John Brown was a hero, undaunted, true, and brave! And Kansas knows his valor when he fought her rights to save! Now though the grass grows green above his grave His soul is marching on! Glory, glory, hallelujah! Glory, glory, hallelujah! Glory, glory, hallelujah! His soul is marching on! He captured Harper's Ferry with his nineteen men so few! And frightened old Virginny till she trembled through and through! They hung him for a traitor, they themselves the traitor crew! His soul is marching on! Glory, glory, hallelujah! Glory, glory, hallelujah! Glory, glory, hallelujah! His soul is marching on! John Brown was John the Baptist of the Christ we are to see! Christ, who of the bondsmen shall the liberator be! And soon, throughout the sunny South, the slaves shall all be free! His soul is marching on! The conflict that he heralded he looks on from Heaven to view On the army of the Union, with its flag red, white, and blue! And Heaven shall ring with anthems o'er the deed they mean to do! His soul is marching on! Glory, glory, hallelujah! Glory, glory, hallelujah! Glory, glory, hallelujah! His soul is marching on! Ye soldiers of freedom, then strike while strike ye may! The death blow of oppression is a better time and way! For the dawn of old John Brown has brightened into day And his soul is marching on! Glory, glory, hallelujah! Glory, glory, hallelujah! Glory, glory, hallelujah! His soul is marching on! His soul is marching on!
I never got 3 cause around then i had switched to console. I have every other game in the series though and the first one is still pretty much one of my faves. Got planetfall too but i disliked the scenario setup a lil too much in the sense that i was forced to drop my custom player a lil too quickly by the campaign.
@@xBINARYGODx back early 2000s pc hardware and videocards needed updating every 6 months almost. After over a decade of pc gaming ( i started gaming on atari then commodore 64 and my first pc was a 386 ) i switched over after having a really bad experience with a self customised pc setup. These days i should probably switch back to pc if you consider the fact i like crpgs the most. However these days i’m just too lazy to invest time in setting up pc stuff and internet safety again.
You should keep making AoW4 videos! I sat through this entire video because of your sheer enthusiasm for the game, and now I'm thinking about getting it too.
I'm so happy to hear you're enjoying yourself with this game finding those types of games that make one wanna play them all day is kinda rare nowadays, at least for me
Wow. A LOT of thought went into the game design. This isn't merely a reshuffling of known game mechanics, or flailing in random directions. These guys clearly took a serious look at past games and refined subpar mechanics. The major/minor war justifications and rivalry system in particular caught my eye. Someone on that team must have really hated getting diplomatic penalties for dealing with passive aggressive neighbors.
All other videos have just been scratching the surface of the tactics this game encourages you to employ. Yours just goes all in and makes it work, which them makes it actually understandable by the rest of us. Thank you, and I'm looking forward to more crazy builds and brutal tactics.
I watched about 2 minutes and i already know that i ll get this game asap You showed me so many good games mr. Potato, great thanks for all of them 4x game with magic is just what i wanted from life at all
I often speed youtube videos up by 1.5x when I watch them. I find it saves me a little time with no loss of comprehension. I do not do this with potato videos.
This did not feel like an hour long video. I'm really looking forward to this game! Thank you for your content! Also really interested in seeing where this Mystic Empire goes.
Appreciate both the effort and risk taken for such an information-rich style of presentation here - absolutely for me your delivery is the best way I can remember being introduced to a game like this one and if the channel stays like this for a while it'll keep me engaged - I wouldn't have bothered with yet another 4x title otherwise - thanks!
I am super excited to see more of this game and I love the lets play format where you are taking time to explain the game and your decisions. The live streams were fun, but I'm learning a lot more from this which I appreciate.
I'm a huge fan of Master of Magic (it is one of my favourite videogames of all time), and this one feels like a super-rework and keeping pace with the times. It seems to have similar mechanics to Civ 6 which are good (neutral cities, cities developing tile by tile and not horizontally) and much more (uplifting other factions and your own faction), super-tactical and strategic combat... It is HUGE.
Don’t worry about it Potato! Honestly watching you play any game is fun! I use people I’m subbed to on TH-cam to branch out into new video games. I’ll probably try this game when it releases
I just read an article about this game last night and thought I wish there was a play through I could see before buying. I am loving this! It like a combination of Civ and D&D, my two favorite things to play. Would love to see more of this content.
You sold me on getting this game once you said it is like a modern Master of Magic game. That was a huge part of my childhood and I am always on the lookout for a game like it.
Whenever Potato review a game I’m like “um but what about when potato is super knowledgeable in the game like he would be with civ after so many hours” glad this game is getting the potato brain dissection
I love how you explained every single thing. The game seems very complicated at first with bonuses and options everywhere, but you made it very digestable for a new viewer. So far, I like this game more than Civ6, maybe it's just because it's new, but fantasy settings talk to me more than just historical.
NGL these game companies need to start paying you. I got hooked on Humankind (i know everyone hates it) and Civ 6 because of your videos. AoW4 looks INSANE. And this video has me pre-ordering it. I'm more of a roguelite player and really big on ARPG looters like Path of Exile. I preordered D4 as well so maybe I can get this game out of my system before then.
I had to check the playback speed every 5 mins, its was the kind of level of excitement and conversational boost observed with folk returning from the bathroom having "powdered their noses".... That good, huh? :)
Fantastic video! I tried my first game and was kinda lost with how many different mechanics there are to learn, your explanations filled in a TON of questions I had and gaps I didn't even know I was missing!
Wow. Haven't even gotten super deep into the game yet and im hooked. I played a lot of aow2 when I was younger, never played 3. But I saw Paradox picked it up and I knew it would fire. Your video confirms it.
Fun episode, love the depth of this game. The build definitely seems super strong, especially starting off fist and being able to double cast and weaken
Im so hyped you made this video! Ive been watching all your livestreams lately and wanted a more in-depth explanation of this game i9m definitely getting it!
I've watched 30 minutes so far and I'm loving this. On top of that this game is really complex. When I start thinking about how I want to play a game then I know I really want it.
This is my favorite thing to ever happen. I got a little worried when you were so reserved with your comments in the sponsored video - I have been so hyped for this game & I was gonna be super disappointed if it didn't live up to your standards. It showed up on my radar out of nowhere due to watching so many Civ videos recently, and now I have watched every single dev livestream and tutorial possible. I even tried playing AOW3, but it's not nearly as awesome as AOW4 looks. Definitely gonna grab this when I can afford it!
Honestly man i enjoy watching you play many games , not just civ , i think is the way you play it and talk that i find it relaxing and entertaining to watch
As per your orders... Iiii mean Request. I did pick this up. I don't play 4x games at all, but this looked like a good intro point. I made an easy map, with easy opponents and created an army of Paladin Rats that were master architects. I had planned to win by allying myself with everyone and expanding... however that fell through when one of my opponents decided that they didn't like rats. So we rose up along with the other faction, the dwarves, and combined our power to slay the racist elves. I didn't expect that to end the game immediately since my enemy was gone, and I was completely allied with the dwarves at that point! What a delightful game this is, thank you.
Potato, I found you while looking for Civ tips and tricks, staying for the real talk and rambling, leaving with more steam games in the steam library that I'd have never found out about if you didn't play em. I'm here for your passion in games.
Leader: @PotatoMcWhiskey Trait: Entertaining All enemy Units of the field become Viewers. Each turn, Viewers move 1 tile towards the closest Trap type Spell casted by the leader. Signature Spell: Video [AoE, Trap] Viewers lose Action Points based on the Watch Time. Causes Distraction. Upon critical hit, the trait Viewer is added permanently. Distraction When stepping on Video, Viewer loses 60% Focus. If remaining Focus is below 30%, triggers Time Steal. (Ignores Defence) Time Steal Maximum Watch Time (length of Video) is automatically applied. If affected Viewer has the trait Busy, Viewer gains Procrastination.
Regarding resistances, I love that there is no hard cap, but instead a series of diminished increments by design. Because there is a natural stopping point when the apparently linear costs situationally outweigh the gains. As a game dev, I naturally had to rev-engineer the resistance formula: It's as simple as 1-0.9^resistance I.e. R1 yields 10%, R4 34.39%, R7 52.17% A more general approach, where you want to hit a value of X after N levels of resistance would be 1-( (1-X)^(1/N) )^R For example, to hit a value of 30% after 3 levels of resistance R0 = 0% R1 = 11.2% R2 = 21.16% R3 = 30% R4 = 37.84% R5 = 44.81% R6 = 51% Pretty neat.
A tip for grinding Pantheon points: 1v1, Close positons, custom realm with no oceans and no free cities. Use your units to find the other ruler. Soon as you do, declare war, then become a vassal to end the war. Counts as a victory for you and only takes 2-5 turns. Grants you a full level everytime.
Just bought this game and I can see why it took over your gaming life. There are just so many satisfying, well-designed and implemented mechanics at play here, as well as some great visuals and attention to detail. It's one of the very few games I've played during my game-playing time on this planet that instills that "Just one more hour of play, then I'll bathe and eat" life decisions. The dev team have done a great job with this latest AoE iteration.
Hi Potato, back then I stopped playing AOW3, because there was one very successful strategy: 1. Don't do diplomacy (here with whispering orbs and such), but just capture all cities immediately by force. You always say that you are a fan of lump sum or immediate bonuses (more important in earlier turns), yet you explain how you intend to grind allegiance in astral anchorage, 6 turns to pact of cooperation, then more turns, then more turns. How many turns will this need? 25 - 35? If you attack and capture you get all the cities production in 5 turns. Just saying that, let's say you meet 3 cities and do 30 turns diplomacy, e.g. total annexation in maybe 45 turns vs. attack and conquer doable in maybe 15 turns. Which one produces the bigger snowball? 2. Gold was the single most valuable resource in AOW3. If you manage to generate it well , you win. Is it the same?
12:09 Two jobs: - Find other playes - Find free Cities - Find mana pickups 19:38 Could that purge remove refuge? That would leave the serpent at only Stunned. 22:00 TLDR: Free Cities are city states you can fully annex and that are exceptionally hard to take from you. 30:58 I wish there was a way to stop evolution. Turning a Ranged unit into a melee can easily ruin your gameplan. And with shared XP, you can not avoid evolving.
New sub here. I just randomly came across your channel. TH-cam algorithm gods did its wonder lol. You have calm voice. And the way you explain, like a teacher, but video games haha. I look forward to watching more of your old and new content. 👍
Just picked this up, very glad you have a series and two guides on it so far. I watched your Civ 6 videos back when I played that and so I wondered if maybe you were into AOW4 or not. Glad to see you are!
Some skill tree for units and like every third node to be an "evolution", something like disciples but with skills in between. edit: game looks great, even tho pdx can be greedy, they are still the best at this customize stuff, creating your own races, champs, kingdoms and all that. this is like stelaris 2 in medieval fantasy world
The explanation of unit health affecting unit damage just instantly makes me think of D&D Swarm mechanics, and that's all I need to know to want this game.
I foresee a disturbed sleeping schedule in the near future. 31:20 100% agree. I would love a system that gave your units promotions not only that you could choose, but also based on what they did/achieved. If a unit did something really impressive in one battle (like idk defend against 10+ attacks without dying) they should get a special name and bonus to what they did (in the given example hat would be some kind of defensive bonus). You could end up with armies full veteran marines, or experienced mage-killers, etc. That could be super flavorful. Maybe even add some small visual changes: that battalion carrying their banner into battle or showing off their valor with bright feathered helmets etc.
I picked this game up yesterday, quickly did one of the intro worlds and didn't learn much. Immediately made my own faction and jumped into a huge map with max AI just so I can learn and I still think I learned more in this 1 hour video than I did played 3 hours yesterday
I am absolutely down for more of this content. Gotta pick the game up too, right up my alley lol. It's actually kind of refreshing to get away from civ tbh, it was getting a tad bit stale and this one has way more complexity. Would love to see the unit upgrade system get overhauled like you had talked about, would be super interesting. Mods will do it if they don't lol.
As soon as you said “it is what a modern Masters of Magic game should be” you had my attention and based on this vid, absolutely spot on! Can’t wait until I have the opportunity to enjoy it myself!
Not going to lie... I don't think I've ever played a game like this.... the closest I can even remotely compare it to might be starcraft and that was at least 20 years ago. Watching this really makes me want to try when this comes out in a few days lol
Having played the other age of wonder games, seeing your video just reignited those fond memories of the other games. I always wished my friends would play AoW3 with me. Can't wait for game 4 after seeing those old mechanics back.
I'm seriously overwhelmed by this! It does look great, and normally I love the snappy quick editing, but looking at something completely new that is also so different, not having 2 seconds to let what you say sink in is really rough on me. Is there an unedited version of this somewhere? At least the first few episodes I think I'd prefer to watch at a slower pace. Cheers!
I was scared to get it because people reporting all these crashes. Knowing I wanted to play it on my GPD Win Max 2 didnt help. I pulled the trigger and it works fine! I really wish the options menu for graphics was better. Why no dedicated fullscreen? You only have the choice between windowed mode and boderless. And which makes it you cant set resolutions and havce to use that horrible render slider. Which even with the smallest of reduction gets the 3D world map extremely blurry. But that being said, the game itself is a blast! Glad this channel is covering it, itll be great to follow these videos to learn more about the game! Cheers!
BTW, it's better to attack with your ranged units before moving your melee units all the way up because the melee units do block LOS if they're not in the hex directly in front of your ranged units.
this feels like coming home. one of my firrst games ever played was lords of magic and I kept it in loving memory. AoW4 looks like a graphically and mechanically pimped LoM and I'm 100% in if you cover other games than civ for a while. tbh you played every leader in civ at least twice I guess, so time to move on. great work as always 👍
is anyone else extremely happy Age of Wonders got 'revived' in the past few years? like i remember the original series was like an underrated counterpart to HoMM 3 which was wildly popular and then AoW3 came and now with AoW4 i can see the series is in good hands. need to load up this bad boy
This game looks sumptious. I'm liking the vibe and can imagine a ton of modding for the future. Looking forward to seeing this through and have it on my wishlist now. It also gives me a reason to return to your channel; i.e. something that isn't the 2K data mining game breaking disaster that they call a launcher. It's not Civ, or XCOM, but 2K that I'm mad at.
buddy! i highly doubt a majority of people follow and subscribe to your content for the civ6 stuff alone. you have a great way of explaining things with a touch of humor that makes it one of the most enjoyable channels to listen to. i cant even play civ6 past default difficulty after watching tons of your videos! but i still watch! lol. (civ6 just aint my jam. same with starcraft2)
I hadn't heard of Old World until you played it, and I bought it after watching your play-through. I had heard the AoW name before but didn't know anything about it. Definitely going to watch the rest of your videos on AoW4 and I give 70/30 odds of it ending up in my library. Looks really cool so far.
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I think the vast majority of us would be just fine if you became an AoW4 channel for the time being. Its a blast to watch all the different builds, and tbh youve kinda covered everything in civ 6 at this point.
I agree. Especially since ill be playong this game too and want to drink from the potato flavored wisdom
I came here to say this.
I have my sights on this one since potato's early access gameplay. With this kind of endorsement from him I think I will be getting it next month.
Absolutely, I would love this so much
I second this
Potato, I don't come to your channel for your Civ content. I come for YOUR content. Play whatever you want my man, your style of explaining what your doing is what keeps me coming back.
More please!
Couldn't agree more!
Replacing a civ addiction with an age of wonders addiction is like having "Call me Maybe" stuck in your head and listening to "Let it Go" to get rid of it
Romeo save me, I've been feeling so alone...
This is disrespectful to Carly Rae Jepson; Call Me Maybe is way better than Civ 6
@@Sn0wG0lem CORRECT
Ah, but do you want to build a snowman?
@@Sn0wG0lem Call me Maybe is a fucking slapper, Civ 6 is like a slapper but its kinda broken and not very fun
Ok Im seriously impressed with how well you explained everything. Feels like I learned a lot, and I never felt frustrated by things progressing too slowly.
Watching you play is like watching a game dev who knows all aspects of the game playing it. It is incredible. 10/10 commentary
AGREED! wow!
Looking forward to giving this a try when it releases for the general public and I manage to find a few hours - your passion for the game is really coming through
Nice to see you here Perun! Really loved your most recent video too, although I had hoped you might mention the 2 billion euros worth of EU procurement effort for ammunition for Ukraine that the EU council recently passed, and not just ASAP. Perhaps you can mention it another time!
Hope your schedule isn't too overwhelming to play some AoW4
The “one more game” or “just one more turn” syndrome is the sign of a great game!
"Just one more XY..."
10 hours later, sun is rising.
Omg I need to sleep.
You, IndridCasts, and Quill18 all did the mana addicts combo for your videos today...that's kind of hilarious Edit: Not Indrid, that was Pravus
also Pravus lol
Old John Brown's body lies a-mouldering in the grave
While weep the sons of bondage, who he ventured all to save!
But though he lost his life while struggling for the slave
His soul is marching on!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
His soul is marching on!
John Brown was a hero, undaunted, true, and brave!
And Kansas knows his valor when he fought her rights to save!
Now though the grass grows green above his grave
His soul is marching on!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
His soul is marching on!
He captured Harper's Ferry with his nineteen men so few!
And frightened old Virginny till she trembled through and through!
They hung him for a traitor, they themselves the traitor crew!
His soul is marching on!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
His soul is marching on!
John Brown was John the Baptist of the Christ we are to see!
Christ, who of the bondsmen shall the liberator be!
And soon, throughout the sunny South, the slaves shall all be free!
His soul is marching on!
The conflict that he heralded he looks on from Heaven to view
On the army of the Union, with its flag red, white, and blue!
And Heaven shall ring with anthems o'er the deed they mean to do!
His soul is marching on!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
His soul is marching on!
Ye soldiers of freedom, then strike while strike ye may!
The death blow of oppression is a better time and way!
For the dawn of old John Brown has brightened into day
And his soul is marching on!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
His soul is marching on!
His soul is marching on!
This was, uh... not coordinated, I promise.
@@Turnil321 always good to meet a fellow JB fan!
I guess great minds think alike!
Uh Oh - if Potato is going this hardcore it must be a very interesting game!
Planetfall is good
I never got 3 cause around then i had switched to console. I have every other game in the series though and the first one is still pretty much one of my faves. Got planetfall too but i disliked the scenario setup a lil too much in the sense that i was forced to drop my custom player a lil too quickly by the campaign.
Every strategy game player that has got their hands on this game is totally obsessed lol, seems amazing
@@hanli5416 "i had switched to console." for shame!!!
@@xBINARYGODx back early 2000s pc hardware and videocards needed updating every 6 months almost. After over a decade of pc gaming ( i started gaming on atari then commodore 64 and my first pc was a 386 ) i switched over after having a really bad experience with a self customised pc setup.
These days i should probably switch back to pc if you consider the fact i like crpgs the most. However these days i’m just too lazy to invest time in setting up pc stuff and internet safety again.
You should keep making AoW4 videos! I sat through this entire video because of your sheer enthusiasm for the game, and now I'm thinking about getting it too.
I'm so happy to hear you're enjoying yourself with this game
finding those types of games that make one wanna play them all day is kinda rare nowadays, at least for me
You should give factorio a try
@@Voldotcom Ah so you want me to relapse.
@@Voldotcom dudes here recommending people literal crack
@Tomaz Podgornik this guy isn't your friend, wants you down the rabbit hole
Yes! I Absolutely agree with your comment
Haven’t been this hyped for a game in like a decade!
Wow. A LOT of thought went into the game design. This isn't merely a reshuffling of known game mechanics, or flailing in random directions. These guys clearly took a serious look at past games and refined subpar mechanics.
The major/minor war justifications and rivalry system in particular caught my eye. Someone on that team must have really hated getting diplomatic penalties for dealing with passive aggressive neighbors.
All other videos have just been scratching the surface of the tactics this game encourages you to employ. Yours just goes all in and makes it work, which them makes it actually understandable by the rest of us. Thank you, and I'm looking forward to more crazy builds and brutal tactics.
I watched about 2 minutes and i already know that i ll get this game asap
You showed me so many good games mr. Potato, great thanks for all of them
4x game with magic is just what i wanted from life at all
same!! last time I played human kind I said, man if they make a fantasy esque version of this game I'd never play anything else.
@@nickbandman3207 Actually exists, is called Endless Legend.
I often speed youtube videos up by 1.5x when I watch them. I find it saves me a little time with no loss of comprehension.
I do not do this with potato videos.
It will sound like alvin and the chipmunks on anphetamines xDDD
This did not feel like an hour long video.
I'm really looking forward to this game! Thank you for your content!
Also really interested in seeing where this Mystic Empire goes.
With all these stackable modifiers, I can’t wait for Spiff to get his hand on this game!
oh god perfectly balanced aow4
you can see into the future....... Im watching the vid right now
@@zegrusher5825 It was inevitable.
Appreciate both the effort and risk taken for such an information-rich style of presentation here - absolutely for me your delivery is the best way I can remember being introduced to a game like this one and if the channel stays like this for a while it'll keep me engaged - I wouldn't have bothered with yet another 4x title otherwise - thanks!
I am super excited to see more of this game and I love the lets play format where you are taking time to explain the game and your decisions. The live streams were fun, but I'm learning a lot more from this which I appreciate.
I'm a huge fan of Master of Magic (it is one of my favourite videogames of all time), and this one feels like a super-rework and keeping pace with the times. It seems to have similar mechanics to Civ 6 which are good (neutral cities, cities developing tile by tile and not horizontally) and much more (uplifting other factions and your own faction), super-tactical and strategic combat... It is HUGE.
Hard to get a better recommendation than that.
Don’t worry about it Potato! Honestly watching you play any game is fun! I use people I’m subbed to on TH-cam to branch out into new video games. I’ll probably try this game when it releases
I just read an article about this game last night and thought I wish there was a play through I could see before buying. I am loving this! It like a combination of Civ and D&D, my two favorite things to play. Would love to see more of this content.
You sold me on getting this game once you said it is like a modern Master of Magic game. That was a huge part of my childhood and I am always on the lookout for a game like it.
Whenever Potato review a game I’m like “um but what about when potato is super knowledgeable in the game like he would be with civ after so many hours” glad this game is getting the potato brain dissection
I love how you explained every single thing. The game seems very complicated at first with bonuses and options everywhere, but you made it very digestable for a new viewer. So far, I like this game more than Civ6, maybe it's just because it's new, but fantasy settings talk to me more than just historical.
NGL these game companies need to start paying you. I got hooked on Humankind (i know everyone hates it) and Civ 6 because of your videos.
AoW4 looks INSANE. And this video has me pre-ordering it. I'm more of a roguelite player and really big on ARPG looters like Path of Exile. I preordered D4 as well so maybe I can get this game out of my system before then.
I had to check the playback speed every 5 mins, its was the kind of level of excitement and conversational boost observed with folk returning from the bathroom having "powdered their noses".... That good, huh? :)
I'm new here, and very much arrived for the AoW4 content. Thanks so much for these great looks at the game. I look forward to more :D
Man you are so excited that I had to check if the video was on 2x playback speed.
Fantastic video! I tried my first game and was kinda lost with how many different mechanics there are to learn, your explanations filled in a TON of questions I had and gaps I didn't even know I was missing!
Wow. Haven't even gotten super deep into the game yet and im hooked. I played a lot of aow2 when I was younger, never played 3. But I saw Paradox picked it up and I knew it would fire. Your video confirms it.
Fun episode, love the depth of this game. The build definitely seems super strong, especially starting off fist and being able to double cast and weaken
Im so hyped you made this video! Ive been watching all your livestreams lately and wanted a more in-depth explanation of this game i9m definitely getting it!
I've watched 30 minutes so far and I'm loving this. On top of that this game is really complex. When I start thinking about how I want to play a game then I know I really want it.
The Perfectionist Artisans trait is giving me vibes of the golem faction in Civ4 Fall from Heaven, which was my favored civ there.
Nobody is here just for Civ. We here for Potato gaming
13:13 I don't like how that polearm dude is lookin at me...👀
I went from being mildly curious to not being able to wait to play this game! You did a great job of explaining the mechanics in a simple way too.
This is my favorite thing to ever happen. I got a little worried when you were so reserved with your comments in the sponsored video - I have been so hyped for this game & I was gonna be super disappointed if it didn't live up to your standards. It showed up on my radar out of nowhere due to watching so many Civ videos recently, and now I have watched every single dev livestream and tutorial possible. I even tried playing AOW3, but it's not nearly as awesome as AOW4 looks. Definitely gonna grab this when I can afford it!
Honestly man i enjoy watching you play many games , not just civ , i think is the way you play it and talk that i find it relaxing and entertaining to watch
Bought it already and you are the reason why. You seem really invested in this game and I love it!
Am loving your AOW4 content. AOW3 was of my favorite turn-based strategy game of all time. This game looks incredible. Thank you.
"Got to get it out of my system" I totally get this, It's a great feeling (until it's not). Really enjoying the play through.
As per your orders... Iiii mean Request. I did pick this up. I don't play 4x games at all, but this looked like a good intro point. I made an easy map, with easy opponents and created an army of Paladin Rats that were master architects. I had planned to win by allying myself with everyone and expanding... however that fell through when one of my opponents decided that they didn't like rats. So we rose up along with the other faction, the dwarves, and combined our power to slay the racist elves. I didn't expect that to end the game immediately since my enemy was gone, and I was completely allied with the dwarves at that point!
What a delightful game this is, thank you.
Honestly, anything you put out, I would watch. Spuddie for life
Potato, I found you while looking for Civ tips and tricks, staying for the real talk and rambling, leaving with more steam games in the steam library that I'd have never found out about if you didn't play em.
I'm here for your passion in games.
This might be the first 4x game apart from the Civ series that gets me hyped this much, this looks absolutely amazing
We are a full time AoW4 channel now, and I am fully behind it
Lol I’m considering buying this game because of how hard you’re pushing it
Same!
he did say this is the best 4x game since Civ 6 which is a pretty bid statement
@@jgalvan09 Civ 6 is one of my favorite games so that definitely caught my attention.
Leader: @PotatoMcWhiskey
Trait: Entertaining All enemy Units of the field become Viewers. Each turn, Viewers move 1 tile towards the closest Trap type Spell casted by the leader.
Signature Spell: Video [AoE, Trap] Viewers lose Action Points based on the Watch Time. Causes Distraction. Upon critical hit, the trait Viewer is added permanently.
Distraction When stepping on Video, Viewer loses 60% Focus. If remaining Focus is below 30%, triggers Time Steal. (Ignores Defence)
Time Steal Maximum Watch Time (length of Video) is automatically applied. If affected Viewer has the trait Busy, Viewer gains Procrastination.
Regarding resistances, I love that there is no hard cap, but instead a series of diminished increments by design.
Because there is a natural stopping point when the apparently linear costs situationally outweigh the gains.
As a game dev, I naturally had to rev-engineer the resistance formula:
It's as simple as 1-0.9^resistance
I.e. R1 yields 10%, R4 34.39%, R7 52.17%
A more general approach, where you want to hit a value of X after N levels of resistance would be
1-( (1-X)^(1/N) )^R
For example, to hit a value of 30% after 3 levels of resistance
R0 = 0%
R1 = 11.2%
R2 = 21.16%
R3 = 30%
R4 = 37.84%
R5 = 44.81%
R6 = 51%
Pretty neat.
I was on the fence on this game; thank you for your detailed explanation. Super excited to get sucked in. Subbed.
A tip for grinding Pantheon points: 1v1, Close positons, custom realm with no oceans and no free cities. Use your units to find the other ruler. Soon as you do, declare war, then become a vassal to end the war. Counts as a victory for you and only takes 2-5 turns. Grants you a full level everytime.
I'm only 28 mins into the video, I was kinda interested in the game and I think you've explained it really nicely.
Masters of Magic! Lots of great memories of that game. This game looks pretty cool, thx for the video
Just bought this game and I can see why it took over your gaming life. There are just so many satisfying, well-designed and implemented mechanics at play here, as well as some great visuals and attention to detail. It's one of the very few games I've played during my game-playing time on this planet that instills that "Just one more hour of play, then I'll bathe and eat" life decisions. The dev team have done a great job with this latest AoE iteration.
Hi Potato, back then I stopped playing AOW3, because there was one very successful strategy: 1. Don't do diplomacy (here with whispering orbs and such), but just capture all cities immediately by force. You always say that you are a fan of lump sum or immediate bonuses (more important in earlier turns), yet you explain how you intend to grind allegiance in astral anchorage, 6 turns to pact of cooperation, then more turns, then more turns. How many turns will this need? 25 - 35? If you attack and capture you get all the cities production in 5 turns. Just saying that, let's say you meet 3 cities and do 30 turns diplomacy, e.g. total annexation in maybe 45 turns vs. attack and conquer doable in maybe 15 turns. Which one produces the bigger snowball? 2. Gold was the single most valuable resource in AOW3. If you manage to generate it well , you win. Is it the same?
Nice to see a 4x game where you can war early without feeling like you just hurt yourself with some niche build
amazing short insight into a potentially awesome game. looking forward to see more, love when you`re passionate :)
Potato talking about 90% of the game mechanics at the start: It's a surprise tool that will help us later
love the vid
12:09 Two jobs:
- Find other playes
- Find free Cities
- Find mana pickups
19:38 Could that purge remove refuge? That would leave the serpent at only Stunned.
22:00 TLDR: Free Cities are city states you can fully annex and that are exceptionally hard to take from you.
30:58 I wish there was a way to stop evolution.
Turning a Ranged unit into a melee can easily ruin your gameplan. And with shared XP, you can not avoid evolving.
New sub here. I just randomly came across your channel. TH-cam algorithm gods did its wonder lol. You have calm voice. And the way you explain, like a teacher, but video games haha. I look forward to watching more of your old and new content. 👍
Just picked this up, very glad you have a series and two guides on it so far. I watched your Civ 6 videos back when I played that and so I wondered if maybe you were into AOW4 or not. Glad to see you are!
Some skill tree for units and like every third node to be an "evolution", something like disciples but with skills in between.
edit: game looks great, even tho pdx can be greedy, they are still the best at this customize stuff, creating your own races, champs, kingdoms and all that.
this is like stelaris 2 in medieval fantasy world
The explanation of unit health affecting unit damage just instantly makes me think of D&D Swarm mechanics, and that's all I need to know to want this game.
I foresee a disturbed sleeping schedule in the near future.
31:20 100% agree. I would love a system that gave your units promotions not only that you could choose, but also based on what they did/achieved. If a unit did something really impressive in one battle (like idk defend against 10+ attacks without dying) they should get a special name and bonus to what they did (in the given example hat would be some kind of defensive bonus). You could end up with armies full veteran marines, or experienced mage-killers, etc. That could be super flavorful. Maybe even add some small visual changes: that battalion carrying their banner into battle or showing off their valor with bright feathered helmets etc.
I picked this game up yesterday, quickly did one of the intro worlds and didn't learn much. Immediately made my own faction and jumped into a huge map with max AI just so I can learn and I still think I learned more in this 1 hour video than I did played 3 hours yesterday
Really great walkthrough of the early game. I’m new to 4X games so it was helpful to hear you talk about your decision-making process.
I am absolutely down for more of this content. Gotta pick the game up too, right up my alley lol. It's actually kind of refreshing to get away from civ tbh, it was getting a tad bit stale and this one has way more complexity. Would love to see the unit upgrade system get overhauled like you had talked about, would be super interesting. Mods will do it if they don't lol.
As soon as you said “it is what a modern Masters of Magic game should be” you had my attention and based on this vid, absolutely spot on!
Can’t wait until I have the opportunity to enjoy it myself!
Not going to lie... I don't think I've ever played a game like this.... the closest I can even remotely compare it to might be starcraft and that was at least 20 years ago. Watching this really makes me want to try when this comes out in a few days lol
Watched the live stream and I would love to see more potato x AoW4 content
Having played the other age of wonder games, seeing your video just reignited those fond memories of the other games. I always wished my friends would play AoW3 with me. Can't wait for game 4 after seeing those old mechanics back.
I'm so excited to hear that you are excited about this game!!!!! Can't wait to play it
I'm seriously overwhelmed by this! It does look great, and normally I love the snappy quick editing, but looking at something completely new that is also so different, not having 2 seconds to let what you say sink in is really rough on me. Is there an unedited version of this somewhere? At least the first few episodes I think I'd prefer to watch at a slower pace. Cheers!
1:03:13 Note that selecting the quarry automatically gave a refund to the blacksmith in construction.
Well, I hadn't planned on buying it but this gameplay and your break down was so good, I just pre-ordered it. Game looks amazing.
Wow! " What a modern master of magic game should be."
I will go and get this then. Thanks for delivering such high praise of it.
I was scared to get it because people reporting all these crashes. Knowing I wanted to play it on my GPD Win Max 2 didnt help. I pulled the trigger and it works fine! I really wish the options menu for graphics was better. Why no dedicated fullscreen? You only have the choice between windowed mode and boderless. And which makes it you cant set resolutions and havce to use that horrible render slider. Which even with the smallest of reduction gets the 3D world map extremely blurry.
But that being said, the game itself is a blast! Glad this channel is covering it, itll be great to follow these videos to learn more about the game! Cheers!
Awesome video, I really appreciate how well you explain the game. It's a great way to demonstrate the mechanical richness.
BTW, it's better to attack with your ranged units before moving your melee units all the way up because the melee units do block LOS if they're not in the hex directly in front of your ranged units.
This is now a AoW4 channel as I need you to feed my addiction until I return home in a couple months to play it myself lol
This game looks absolutely amazing for a civ channel to start covering and explaining! Keep the content coming!
this feels like coming home. one of my firrst games ever played was lords of magic and I kept it in loving memory. AoW4 looks like a graphically and mechanically pimped LoM and I'm 100% in if you cover other games than civ for a while. tbh you played every leader in civ at least twice I guess, so time to move on. great work as always 👍
is anyone else extremely happy Age of Wonders got 'revived' in the past few years? like i remember the original series was like an underrated counterpart to HoMM 3 which was wildly popular and then AoW3 came and now with AoW4 i can see the series is in good hands. need to load up this bad boy
Can't wait for an AoW4 Overexplained. Just bought the game today and even the stuff you explained here has been helpful!
Your mention of customizing unit advancement immediately brings to mind the "Fallen Enchantress"
Nah it made your channel more interesting. You've kinda covered most of the Civ content right now
Awesome!!! So hyped because of your content.
First time viewer here and have to say amazing commentary and explanations and a soothing voice to bat definitely hitting that sub and like button
Already picked up the premium edition a few days ago. I'm glad I have confirmation that it was a good idea. 😂
These people nailed the game, they deserve big applause. Potato too, i am so happy when people do their job right!
Even without your recommendations I was going to pick up this game. Except now I know it’s going to be great
This game looks sumptious. I'm liking the vibe and can imagine a ton of modding for the future. Looking forward to seeing this through and have it on my wishlist now.
It also gives me a reason to return to your channel; i.e. something that isn't the 2K data mining game breaking disaster that they call a launcher. It's not Civ, or XCOM, but 2K that I'm mad at.
buddy! i highly doubt a majority of people follow and subscribe to your content for the civ6 stuff alone. you have a great way of explaining things with a touch of humor that makes it one of the most enjoyable channels to listen to.
i cant even play civ6 past default difficulty after watching tons of your videos! but i still watch! lol. (civ6 just aint my jam. same with starcraft2)
very well explained, you are talented in presenting stuff, good work, thx for your work
I hadn't heard of Old World until you played it, and I bought it after watching your play-through. I had heard the AoW name before but didn't know anything about it. Definitely going to watch the rest of your videos on AoW4 and I give 70/30 odds of it ending up in my library. Looks really cool so far.
This game so far 30min in reminds me a lot of Heroes of Might and Magic!
With that being said, I am sold!