I really, really, really hope the Developers add an Insect/Insectoid race to the game. Similar to the Kirko. I just love Insect races, and Fantasy settings don't have enough.
Really appreciate you having a small go and then mianly 'playing with us' its a much more enjoyable viewing experience for us (or me at least haha) as opposed to other vids where the creator has pumped dozens of hours in, knowing everything, gives a rushed explanation of some stuff if you are lucky then just assumes you know as much as they do! Cheers
I might be wrong, but I think the surrounding provinces glowing green and the icons being colored in when you click on your city means you have unused capacity for province claiming. Pretty sure you got it the same turn you paid to expand twice so it got lost in the shuffle.
I was planning a similar empire build once the game comes out. But instead of good, I will go neutral for more bonuses for positive stability and I will take the imperialist trait for the gold and stability bonus.
This faction looks really powerful I think I'd probably make snow elves with a high culture like the falmer in elder scrolls before the nordic invasion.
Excellent coverage, so glad they gave you early access as I enjoy all your videos, especially AOW3, AOWP & WarTales. Still waiting for your cat to make an entrance in his helicopter!
I've really been looking forward to watching you play AoW4. Your AoW3 playlists was some of my favorite content on your channel. It's all fantastic obviously lol. Regarding the missing keybinds menu, it must to be a preview build thing, although it is rather strange. I find it hard to believe it'll be a missing feature on release though lol.
I am glad to see you playing this prior to release, this will give me a great look at it and help me decide if I want to get it on release day or just wait for a sale.
I love how AoW4 looks like Triumph is applying everything they've learned so far into it, artistic and gameplaywise, everyhing i see about the game is a step up from 3 and planetfall, and i want to put some emphasis on the artistic direction because, i know i'm gonna sound mean, AoW3 was the "TES4 Oblivion" of the AoW franchise and the character models didn't look that great even though the gameplay was pretty fun. I'm always a bit skeptical about any new game releases, but i can't help feeling excited for AoW4.
Good comparison, you're right. They've finally done something about the core aesthetic, it really feels modern. I think that's half of its success, because the dynamic itself is not that much different (apart from some really fresh stuff, most of which isn't exactly front and center), but people are much more willing to play it.
Looking forward to playing this game and have been watching the dev videos as we get closer, Then Indrid Casts puts this video out and it only increases the hype. 💛
Great coverage. I bought the game a few days ago in Gog and looking forward on playing it now my work is done. Will check out other parts of this one. :)
Was going to watch, but I was planning to play a generic order human with high or feudal culture in my first run which will likely be almost identical to yours. So I won't spoil it. May still watch it later after wrapping up my first game.
@@Psunabudes In AoW3 ranged attacks always hit, but falls off in damage the further away you are, or if the enemy is behind cover. It's one of the benefit of AoW3, to be honest. It makes battles much more precise, without any chance-based mechanics. Percentage to hit was only introduced in later expansions, and only for the halfling races, where supposedly it is due to the halfling's 'luck'.
i will admit that i am really annoyed that we can't actually pick the size of the map for ourself. if i want a huge map with only 3 people for me and my friends to explore? then i make a huge map for 3 people.
I love the video and the introduction to the game! I think that you can mess with the hot keys in the menu by clicking where it said “keybindings” under the main tab
I think they should put in an intrinsic trait set for each race, in addition to having custom traits so you can have specialized flavors of races that are still distinct. I'm also looking forward to other races potentially being added; wolves, avians, and lizards/draconians among others.
Don't underestimate archers in early game, they might be not the strongest unit to win the toughest battles, but they are a key tool for passing through easy battles with minimal damage.
Scouts are useful entire game, park them near enemy locations, they have higher sense range then any other class. Allows you to see your enemy advancements to your domains.
Super excited for this series, been waiting all day for it to pop up haha! The systems all look really neat, I like the provinces though they seems a bit hard to see the borders but maybe there's a filter for that?
im jealous beyond belief, i been avoiding everything AoW related even ending my long lasting planetfall campaign to stop myself from being overhyped while i wait for the game to launch
Damage doesn't scale with the number of models strictly speaking. Stronger units often have less models even. It's a similar system to Civ, where damaged units lose models and deal reduced damage. This game calls these Casualties. Units that have less models are less affected and singular units such as giants are immune. What this does is incentivise attacking with ranged attacks before engaging in melee as any retaliation is reduced meaning you come out on top in an exchange.
I would have my race be Goblin. The culture would be either F or High or Mystic. Then I pick one of the order civics and then one of the Nature ones. I would make my ruler a Champion, and make it a female goblin and name her Minn.
7:20 They are not aesthetic choices actually, just because you can customize the traits fully DOESNT mean that the "body type" doesnt come with its own unique traits.
"a few powerful stacks" beats the definition of common. Common, by definition, is what you usually meet, 90% of the time (or more). Unlike UNcommon, rare, exceptionnal.
sure "a few stacks" isn't common, but having common mean 90% makes for kinda boring maps. Should probably more in the 30% - 50% range. So still more common than anything else, but you actually see something else to
I rather preferred the "candy cane" look of 3, akin to HoMM3; everything looks so dark in this. Do you know if you can still launch an attack using your fastest unit in the world map, even if your other units don't have any movement left?
Ummm...i don't know for sure, as I don't have the game; You say there's no hot keys as you look through the options. But I seen "Key bindings" option on the main option screen
I agree on forms. Having drastically different races be mechanically interchangeable feels narratively silly and mechanically boring. Some customisation of subraces would be fine, but no unique traits, units, spells or structures is disappointing.
I'm the opposite, I love playing certain races cause I love them, not because of certain mechanics they bring. I'd hate if by default elves were always gonna be the best option for ranged/battlemage focused builds, rather than me wanting to go for dwarves that are magical or orcs, or things ending up with each form gets different traits for different things, but X traits are just far superior than another for doing such a playthrough like for some reason moles are best at magic and then elves' traits are just the worst. I love the freedom, feels more like an MMO where you pick whatever you fancy looking at or speaks to you, not because it mechanically means anything. To some that feels pointless, but to me that's a golden choice. It's all up to the player playing the game if you wanna stick to what makes sense or not.
@@prinstyrio0 Personally, I am not all that interested in purely cosmetic choices. Its hard to feel invested in a choice where there is no weight attached to that choice. The characteristics of races are part of what adds to their thematic character and makes them interesting. In AOW3, orcish and elven warlords were both interesting and valid choices in a way they could not have been if they were purely cosmetic. So long as the dev takes the time to make a racial variant of a culture that is actually compelling, like the elven mounted archer or the orcish warbreed, them not being perfectly balanced doesnt matter. So long as each combination has some benefit, and its not just a strictly inferior choice with only downsides, that's fine. There is still a reason to take that combination. Ultimately, obsessing over balance doesn't make sense for a game played overwhelmingly against AI and where huge rng in map generation can significantly imbalance games. MMOs need to have little weight attached to the choice because they need to be tightly balanced, but even in MMOs where top end gameplay is highly competitive like WOW, minor racial traits are still allowed. Also, some of the things this could give rise to are frankly quite silly, like moles having inferior underground capabilities and superior swimming capabilities relative to toad people for example.
@@notalefty999 Whos to say that in someone else's realm that The moles have conquered above ground, dominated and forgotten their ways? And have forced the Orcs halflings underground. The point of having the customisation is to create your own Faction/Race your own story, and your own heros from whatever story you want to play. You are not required to customise if you do not want too.
@@BrockyB91 That isn't how evolution works. When lifeforms change in function, they change in form. When certain species mammals evolved to live in the sea exclusively, their physical form had to change dramatically to accommodate this. If moles adapted to live exclusively above ground, they would change in form. Mental gymnastics aside, no, it is not reasonable that forms as different as toads and moles are entirely interchangeable in their characteristics. It strips the choice of mechanical significance and narrative coherence. Its not "creating" your own story. Its just gibberish. Making race purely cosmetic doesn't add to the richness of the lore, it detracts from it.
slightly sad that there is a proper Evil playstyle but Order is mostly vassal focused.. would prefer if there is more such as how some other games did their Light spells (damage vs undead) or maybe Pyromancy + Order gives something like a damage dealing sun-spell against all enemy types
Hi Indrid when you create your character can you please quickly go though all kind of character like elfkin so we can see what they look like and also good evil army too thanks🎉❤
@@dnaseb9214 I found it clunky, unresponsive and unimpressive to look at. The price was also way too high. Spellforce CoE was cheaper and far more impressive in all respects. Honestly it seemed like few resources were spent on it.
Been seeing many people showing the game off, but Indrid is always my go-to with Age of wonder
I really, really, really hope the Developers add an Insect/Insectoid race to the game. Similar to the Kirko. I just love Insect races, and Fantasy settings don't have enough.
good news, they did it
Really appreciate you having a small go and then mianly 'playing with us' its a much more enjoyable viewing experience for us (or me at least haha) as opposed to other vids where the creator has pumped dozens of hours in, knowing everything, gives a rushed explanation of some stuff if you are lucky then just assumes you know as much as they do!
Cheers
It's great to see you get early access to the game, your playthroughs of AoW3 and Planetfall were always fun to watch.
Thus begins a new era... Indrid's new journey begins!
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You can increase city cap multiple times in the empire development tab…the imperium cost goes up every time
I believe it’s called expanded governance
30:10 the hotkeys are in key bindings
It's there?! I'll have to go and check that. I am so very blind.
@@IndridCasts Ha no worries, had a good laugh watching you hover over it.
Was just about to comment the same thing haha
@@skeletalarkeus5728 Same haha
🤦♂
The way Indrid says "double tabbard!" at 14:59 kind of reminds me of the assistant guy in stronghold going "double rations!"
The customisation is amazing, massive improvement from 3, great video .
Your AOW3 Elf Sorcerer series got me into the game, back in I think late 2017-ish. I can't believe it's been over half a decade already.
I might be wrong, but I think the surrounding provinces glowing green and the icons being colored in when you click on your city means you have unused capacity for province claiming. Pretty sure you got it the same turn you paid to expand twice so it got lost in the shuffle.
I was planning a similar empire build once the game comes out.
But instead of good, I will go neutral for more bonuses for positive stability and I will take the imperialist trait for the gold and stability bonus.
This faction looks really powerful I think I'd probably make snow elves with a high culture like the falmer in elder scrolls before the nordic invasion.
Excellent coverage, so glad they gave you early access as I enjoy all your videos, especially AOW3, AOWP & WarTales. Still waiting for your cat to make an entrance in his helicopter!
I've really been looking forward to watching you play AoW4. Your AoW3 playlists was some of my favorite content on your channel. It's all fantastic obviously lol. Regarding the missing keybinds menu, it must to be a preview build thing, although it is rather strange. I find it hard to believe it'll be a missing feature on release though lol.
I am glad to see you playing this prior to release, this will give me a great look at it and help me decide if I want to get it on release day or just wait for a sale.
I wasn't expecting a full Order/Paladin build but I'm here for it!
Good to see that some of the people I watched take on Age of Wonders 3 and Planetfall are now getting their hands on the new game. Hope you enjoy!
I love your videos m8! Calm voice, high quality recordings, i even watch your warhammer stuff even i dont play that game.
I love how AoW4 looks like Triumph is applying everything they've learned so far into it, artistic and gameplaywise, everyhing i see about the game is a step up from 3 and planetfall, and i want to put some emphasis on the artistic direction because, i know i'm gonna sound mean, AoW3 was the "TES4 Oblivion" of the AoW franchise and the character models didn't look that great even though the gameplay was pretty fun.
I'm always a bit skeptical about any new game releases, but i can't help feeling excited for AoW4.
Good comparison, you're right. They've finally done something about the core aesthetic, it really feels modern. I think that's half of its success, because the dynamic itself is not that much different (apart from some really fresh stuff, most of which isn't exactly front and center), but people are much more willing to play it.
First gameplay ive seen of the order class. Glad to say it looks perfect thematically and mechanicaly!
THANK YOU INDRID for ACTUALLY UPLOADING IN 4K...ITS 2023 .. And you are the only one in it
Your old AoW3 videos got me into the series, so here we go again
Looking forward to playing this game and have been watching the dev videos as we get closer, Then Indrid Casts puts this video out and it only increases the hype. 💛
yeess! I was wondering if you are going to get a early access, thats cool Indrid, congrats brotherman! love your vids!
Great coverage. I bought the game a few days ago in Gog and looking forward on playing it now my work is done. Will check out other parts of this one. :)
Was going to watch, but I was planning to play a generic order human with high or feudal culture in my first run which will likely be almost identical to yours. So I won't spoil it. May still watch it later after wrapping up my first game.
Nice, I did not realize this is nearly out!
Why on earth did they bring the percentage to hit from AOWP to this game...
@@dasilentzealot i only played planetfall, whats the alternative to % chance to hit?
@@Psunabudes In AoW3 ranged attacks always hit, but falls off in damage the further away you are, or if the enemy is behind cover. It's one of the benefit of AoW3, to be honest. It makes battles much more precise, without any chance-based mechanics. Percentage to hit was only introduced in later expansions, and only for the halfling races, where supposedly it is due to the halfling's 'luck'.
@@dasilentzealot thanks!
13:15 - >Looks at icons
There is a nordic rune there. It's the 10th row second icon. That's Othila/Othala.
Thanks for what you share, am very excited for this game.
Awesome new playthrough ! ThXX alot !
i will admit that i am really annoyed that we can't actually pick the size of the map for ourself. if i want a huge map with only 3 people for me and my friends to explore? then i make a huge map for 3 people.
I love the video and the introduction to the game! I think that you can mess with the hot keys in the menu by clicking where it said “keybindings” under the main tab
Yup, am blind. I recorded a few episodes already.
I understand and I am very excited to see future episodes! Thank you for introducing me to these new games!
I think they should put in an intrinsic trait set for each race, in addition to having custom traits so you can have specialized flavors of races that are still distinct. I'm also looking forward to other races potentially being added; wolves, avians, and lizards/draconians among others.
Lizardfolk are confirmed for the first DLC.
Don't underestimate archers in early game, they might be not the strongest unit to win the toughest battles, but they are a key tool for passing through easy battles with minimal damage.
Indrid you can do what you want but you are my hero! ^^
Holy crap these DOW II mods are something else.
Scouts are useful entire game, park them near enemy locations, they have higher sense range then any other class. Allows you to see your enemy advancements to your domains.
This looks neat as hell so far. Any input on how good/bad it runs on medium to lower end rigs?
You just created the Highmen from the original game. At least that's how I always envisioned them.
Super excited for this series, been waiting all day for it to pop up haha! The systems all look really neat, I like the provinces though they seems a bit hard to see the borders but maybe there's a filter for that?
Yeah they are very difficult to see by default. If you select any province you get highlighted borders though.
Nice, been waiting for you to make a video with baited breath
Nice. Was wondering if you was going to cover this game as I've been watching your plantfall videos
Love this! Keep them coming!
man i cant wait to play it. Just 20 more hours!
Looks so good, my god!
I loved age of wonders 3 and planetfall was a good bit of fun. Hoping they get the same music producer as 3.
"So we're going to be High... High Humans."
*Looks at calendar.*
Strange, it's not 4/20 anymore.
im jealous beyond belief, i been avoiding everything AoW related even ending my long lasting planetfall campaign to stop myself from being overhyped while i wait for the game to launch
Definitely hyped for this.
Damage doesn't scale with the number of models strictly speaking. Stronger units often have less models even. It's a similar system to Civ, where damaged units lose models and deal reduced damage. This game calls these Casualties. Units that have less models are less affected and singular units such as giants are immune. What this does is incentivise attacking with ranged attacks before engaging in melee as any retaliation is reduced meaning you come out on top in an exchange.
I would have my race be Goblin. The culture would be either F or High or Mystic. Then I pick one of the order civics and then one of the Nature ones. I would make my ruler a Champion, and make it a female goblin and name her Minn.
Indrid first, then everybody else ^^
7:20 They are not aesthetic choices actually, just because you can customize the traits fully DOESNT mean that the "body type" doesnt come with its own unique traits.
31:34 Dude blinds the snake, then skips to attack it with the unit right in front of it...
I think its the case that the city cap doesn't stop you having cities, it just gives you penalties to upkeep
Yes it reduces city resource production. I think it's -30% but might be remembering it wrong.
@@IndridCasts nice
Well this was quite good content. I enjoyed this.
Nice Moses faction
In the options, there is a "Key Binding" button. It can help.
Yup, missed it like a big blind derp.
We definitely need more colours for customisation there is way not enough
"a few powerful stacks" beats the definition of common.
Common, by definition, is what you usually meet, 90% of the time (or more). Unlike UNcommon, rare, exceptionnal.
sure "a few stacks" isn't common, but having common mean 90% makes for kinda boring maps. Should probably more in the 30% - 50% range. So still more common than anything else, but you actually see something else to
Had been a while since a video made me want to buy a game.
30:21 Main page ... KEY BINDINGS ... Seem to me there is hotkeys :)
Isn't Hotkeys just Keybindings? Which is definitely there under the 'Main' menu.
Yup, missed it for four episodes!
@@IndridCasts Ahahaha nice, happens to all of us. ;D At least you found it though!
I rather preferred the "candy cane" look of 3, akin to HoMM3; everything looks so dark in this. Do you know if you can still launch an attack using your fastest unit in the world map, even if your other units don't have any movement left?
Yup I'm aware of that. May have missed some instances to use it.
I think you can change hotkeys in the setiing ( main -> key binding)
I am apparently very blind. I'll check! I've already recorded four episodes without it.
Yeah xD just wanted to comment about it 30:21
Ah, nice to see you playing Age of War... I mean Dawn of Wonders
Ummm...i don't know for sure, as I don't have the game;
You say there's no hot keys as you look through the options. But I seen "Key bindings" option on the main option screen
Yup I missed it.
and there is my new game!
I agree on forms. Having drastically different races be mechanically interchangeable feels narratively silly and mechanically boring. Some customisation of subraces would be fine, but no unique traits, units, spells or structures is disappointing.
I'm the opposite, I love playing certain races cause I love them, not because of certain mechanics they bring. I'd hate if by default elves were always gonna be the best option for ranged/battlemage focused builds, rather than me wanting to go for dwarves that are magical or orcs, or things ending up with each form gets different traits for different things, but X traits are just far superior than another for doing such a playthrough like for some reason moles are best at magic and then elves' traits are just the worst.
I love the freedom, feels more like an MMO where you pick whatever you fancy looking at or speaks to you, not because it mechanically means anything. To some that feels pointless, but to me that's a golden choice. It's all up to the player playing the game if you wanna stick to what makes sense or not.
@@prinstyrio0 Personally, I am not all that interested in purely cosmetic choices. Its hard to feel invested in a choice where there is no weight attached to that choice.
The characteristics of races are part of what adds to their thematic character and makes them interesting. In AOW3, orcish and elven warlords were both interesting and valid choices in a way they could not have been if they were purely cosmetic. So long as the dev takes the time to make a racial variant of a culture that is actually compelling, like the elven mounted archer or the orcish warbreed, them not being perfectly balanced doesnt matter. So long as each combination has some benefit, and its not just a strictly inferior choice with only downsides, that's fine. There is still a reason to take that combination.
Ultimately, obsessing over balance doesn't make sense for a game played overwhelmingly against AI and where huge rng in map generation can significantly imbalance games.
MMOs need to have little weight attached to the choice because they need to be tightly balanced, but even in MMOs where top end gameplay is highly competitive like WOW, minor racial traits are still allowed.
Also, some of the things this could give rise to are frankly quite silly, like moles having inferior underground capabilities and superior swimming capabilities relative to toad people for example.
Seems like there should be a balance between the two - some level of customization but from options that match the racial form
@@notalefty999 Whos to say that in someone else's realm that The moles have conquered above ground, dominated and forgotten their ways? And have forced the Orcs halflings underground. The point of having the customisation is to create your own Faction/Race your own story, and your own heros from whatever story you want to play. You are not required to customise if you do not want too.
@@BrockyB91 That isn't how evolution works. When lifeforms change in function, they change in form. When certain species mammals evolved to live in the sea exclusively, their physical form had to change dramatically to accommodate this. If moles adapted to live exclusively above ground, they would change in form.
Mental gymnastics aside, no, it is not reasonable that forms as different as toads and moles are entirely interchangeable in their characteristics. It strips the choice of mechanical significance and narrative coherence.
Its not "creating" your own story. Its just gibberish. Making race purely cosmetic doesn't add to the richness of the lore, it detracts from it.
by no options for hotkeys do you mean setting your own key bindings? Because it's in the settings at 30:23
Yup I missed it.
Can I make all my units stronger but also more expensive, as a customization option?
Wow I never know there is 4 coming🎉 do they have elf??
Is there a way to turn the combat screenshake off ?
slightly sad that there is a proper Evil playstyle but Order is mostly vassal focused.. would prefer if there is more such as how some other games did their Light spells (damage vs undead) or maybe Pyromancy + Order gives something like a damage dealing sun-spell against all enemy types
When you went into the options menu at 30:20 under the main tab I see a Key Bindings.
There is full section saying key bindings that you looked at saying that you can't change that...\
im screaming EDIT KEYBINDS 30:20
Nice discount code ;)
How does the game run on steamdeck?
You can annex another province for your throne city.
i was in agony when you didn't claim another province despite having enough pop to do so
do you prefer AoW4 or AoW planetfall?
Too early to tell. Planetfall is awesome and I imagine AoW4 will prove to be as well. Early impressions are good.
I'm looking forward to seeing if they take lessons from what works here and what doesn't for an eventual PW2.
I thought I saw a key binding button in the Setting/Main tab
Key bindings is right there, first tab.
Key bindings are in the main tab.
No hotkeys? Then what settings are in Key Bindings?
I am very blind, am glad it's there!
would've been fun imo if you didn't make your race's hair color white since theres an order tome race transformation that does that
Wait a minute... We do have a list of custom commanders, right?
Hi Indrid when you create your character can you please quickly go though all kind of character like elfkin so we can see what they look like and also good evil army too thanks🎉❤
hot keys might be under key binding
I'm a high human after every 4:20pm
cool
i wish this game has real time battles like totalwar
he talks about hotkeys ... while keybinds is staring at me in the middle of the screen ... its in the main part of the menu
Please Sir, now that you started AoW 4,dont forget to keep playing Planetfall, even after the Amazon campaign will end, please sir!!!! ❤
30:20 - "No Hotkeys" Meanwhile - in the middle of the screen: "Key Bindings"
Yeah, it's insane how the people who showcase new games are always so bad.
I missed it. Relax.
30:20 You mean 'Key Bindings'?
Why haven't you annexed another territory around your capital?
Is it better than Master of Magic remake ?
Shouldn't be too difficult.
@@leeboy26 what do you mean ?
@@dnaseb9214 It was grossly underwhelming, even as a 1:1 remake of a pretty old game.
@@leeboy26
What aspects did you not enjoy ?
I liked it. Saw it as better than aow 2 or 3. Or endless legend
@@dnaseb9214 I found it clunky, unresponsive and unimpressive to look at. The price was also way too high. Spellforce CoE was cheaper and far more impressive in all respects. Honestly it seemed like few resources were spent on it.