7 Major Features in Field Of Glory Empires! 

Good. Paradox needs some competition to prevent them from releasing DLC platforms.

Looking forward to trying this one. FoG:E's main cutting edge, over games like Imperator: Rome for example, is the ability to play battles on a detailed tactical level, albeit using a separate game. For any self-respecting grognard this is huge. That said, I:R is making up lost ground. With the combined 'Pompey' and 'Cicero' updates the game is rapidly approaching the position of being a solid V1.0 release - the release we were expecting in the first place. I:R will never have tactical battles, that's just not what PDS do, but it does (now) have a more nuanced empire management approach to that of FoG:E. I still reckon there's room for both games in my play schedule but I have a sneaky feeling that I:R will become the proverbial come-back kid, not the least reason being that PDS support their games with continual updates whereas AGEod have something of a reputation for-- well, not doing that. Maybe FoG:E heralds a change in that policy - I certainly hope it does.

The battles are kinda genius, reminds me of Brytenwalda multiplayer on M&B Warband

A rival ? What to fight against when your rival already shoot himself ?

iirc there were no siege battles in FoG II, am I right? I guess they didn't patch them in for Empires... =(

Usually im allready excited if you tell me i can play the etruscans in a game because i study them. But fighting the battles only when im buying the prequel, otherwise auto resolve only? No, thanks. Hopefully they change this before they release the game.

I want to see more as well. And get some clarification; from what I see from other youtubers you cannot export siege battles so they always have to be auto resolved.. is that the case?

this is allready better than imperator rome at least 10x

I’m sick and tired of paradox after supporting their mediocrity for nearly 20 years. I hope you eclipse them with quality games like this and force them to reevaluate their positional security.

Looks like Imperator meets Rome II

It doesn’t really look up to par in my opinion I understand Paradox has a monopoly on grand strategy but it doesn’t mean the other games have to be so low tier, it looks like a game from 2012

if they changed two things I would buy it: 1. the fact that you have to own another game to fletch out a feature of the game, the battles is a massive drawback. That's a DLC policy that more insane of that of Paradox. 2. the fact that your building choices are random. That's total BS that you have to play a lottery on what buildings you want to build. Make the battles for Field of glory II, a main feature of Field of Glory Empires, and have the option to disable the random nature of the build order and I would buy this instantly.

Rival imperator lol what is there to rival

Something tells me this game will die off quickly, I hate paradox, but they own grand strategy.

Sponsored videos are lame.

Finnally some competition, so paradox stops selling shitty dlc for 20€ each

But where’s the mana?

I want to know more about this game for sure!

If they can manage to bring the battles into the game without having to buy the old one I´m willing to pay 60 bucks for this!

Looks like an interesting game but the exporting and importing seems a bit cumbersome. I'd love for the developers to try and integrate the battle a bit more seamlessly.

So basically is Rome Total War meet Europa Universalis?

I've been a beta volunteer for Empires since Dec. The in-game battles are not simple RNG auto-rolls. Terrain, leadership, supply, force composition and experience all play a role in determining victory. Ignore those and you're a breakfast entree. They added the FoG 2 system as a favor to those that own it, but you don't need it to play this game. I don't own it. Paradox gave you another serving of the same old thing. This is new. None of the factions are slaves to history. Rome isn't the one you know, it's the unique Rome you build yourself. Or you can win the game starting as Rhodes or the Picts. Yes the buildings are randomly available. However, you have several choices of buildings, so one choice is probably going to be a building you were going to construct anyway. I never had a problem forming a strong economy or great arsenal of empire. Everything works, if you let it. IMHO, this game is really awesome.

Seems promising though I'm not a fan of having to export battles in order to play them. Maybe once they are fully integrated I will consider it. Thanks for the heads up anyways :)

Slitherin becomes more and more the better paradox which completely lost me during the last two years due to their lack of quality

Different unit models for cavalry and it ISN'T a DLC!!!!

Saying "interesting" to the import export battle system...well, it's interesting. I would rather say a total bs. and i guess you would say that too if this video wasn't sponsored. Let's see: you load up main menu in empires, then load a saved game. When 2 armies engaging you quit, load another game main menu, load battle, play, quit. Reload empires main menu, load saved game and you have to this every single battle if you want to play it...yeah, interesting. Last time i saw this was about 10 years ago in fifa manager where you could play your matches in fifa. I hated that too and passing this one for sure.(sry for english, but i hope u got the point)

This really reminds me of the Dominions series. I’d love to see a sequel that builds in the option to control battles, or keep automating them, without an external game. Combine the two and have both an Empires mode and a scenario Skirmish mode. And either a Bronze Age setting, or mods that allow any pre-gunpowder period to be represented.

I was this close to getting FOG2 these sales, but I have to slim down my backlog just a bit more. Now this seems pretty amazing, a grand strategy with optional turn based combat is what I always wished for. Will be on the lookout for this one, had absolutely no idea it existed. Good vid my man.

I dunno man, there's not a developer who went bad that wasn't in Slitherine.

Hate how the buildings are random. I was actually considering getting the game before I heard that. Like seriously, what genius came up with that idea?

I would love to see more videos on this game

I tried this game , it is extremely slow, boring, not immersive, awful terrain layout (can’t really differentiate hills, always have to look at numbers ). I love medieval games but this is not it for me…

4 years late but with the soon to be released Kingdoms I finally picked this up and gave it a go. Absolutely adore this game. It's very different from the PDX offerings, it feels way more boardgame esq, and more focused on one thing, so it won't be replacing my PDX games anytime soon, but it's a lovely change of pace. Very excited for Kingdoms though, that's more my time period.

Excellent presentation, I enjoyed it very much and learned some more about the game.

It infuriates me that they ditched the awesome AGEOD system of realistic games for this "poor man's paradox wannabe"

This looks quite interesting. Seems like that might be a better fit for me than Paradox games. I much prefer being able to see how the fight actually play out and buy units than just watch numbers, bonus points if we don't have to pursue fleeing armies over hundreds of kilometers.

I hope you do a full review, i'll hold off purchasing until then. Thanks for the vid.

Imperator has a lot to learn from this game.

Very well done.

Looks rather simplistic, nothing we haven't seen before. UI is absolutely terrible as well. Still waiting for a major historical strategy title that will blow Paradox and CA with their anti-consumer practices out of the water.

Ares106 💜 this video.

i like that it has some form of actual battle if only imperator rome had this feature i would buy it

Rome was run like a giant Mafia. If you wanted to build something, you needed to pay off the right politicians and guilds. Thus possibly the randomness in building choice and the extra time needed to change,reflecting the wetting of the beaks that have to take place for such change to become possible. Annoying for the player, but realistic. You are only a faction manager in this game, not an absolute god.

Whats your thoughts about this game if it had Total War-esque battles?

That building system is shit. Lol I smell a loot box opportunity to get the right building :/

Definitely good to see some competition for Paradox. The number of provinces do look a little low compared IR or RTW2 but ok. The trade system is ok. The pop system reminds of Stellaris and I like it though constantly moving around popa manually seems tedious. The battles r ok. Didn't like the turn based battles so not gonna get that other game. However, the government system seems non existent. The whole decadence thing looks like OE from eu4. Tbh, I didn't like either this or IR. Gonna wait and see which gets turns to be better after a few updates

So Decay System is based around Sir John Glubb's Book Fate of Empires Book,Where Empire has a life cycle from the Beginning of Empire (Age of Pioneers) to downfall (Age of Decadence/Decay)?

I’ll give this game props compared to Paradox with at least having some sort of more interesting way of depicting battles that shows the different impact different unit compositions can have (if you chose to use a high ratio of archers for example you get to see that on the battlefield and watch the impact your choice has as the enemy gets hit with large amounts of arrows but at the same time seeing your infantry potentially being outnumbered). The battle system looks like it could allow for some degree of pre battle strategy or tactic that could be chosen before the battle starts but since the game actually puts the units on a battlefield and shows them fight it out your tactics could vary based on the enemy’s formations and numbers (ie. they have low amounts of infantry but lots of archers, while you have lots of cavalry? Chose a flanking focused tactic that has your frontline just try to hold and fight defensively or something while your cavalry waits for the infantry to engage and be occupied before circling around to the flanks on each side and attacking the archers back there before charging the enemy infantry in the rear). I couldn’t tell if the game has anything like this or not but it’s system seems like it would allow a much better tactics system than Imperator’s bland modifiers.

they could have cut half the features and it'd still be better than Imperator

"is a fully feature rich campaign game." sure, because thats totally a sentence someome that isnt being paid to say it would say.

Yes please do a review and maybe even a Let's Play when it's launched?

Random fun fact: the (I think PR manager of) Slitherine has announced than if the game sells 250k copies they'll release a full Latin version,as they have released a version of the game trailer in Latin.

Yes, I fucking LOVE THIS

Having to export the battles looks like a downside.

Hope they have it in their roadmap to just have FoG battle system in the game. Knowing that battle system exists just makes me want that, but I am not going through the process of closing-opening two separate titles...

The game need more factios!!!

i do not like what is hapening with buildings!

Thought this was Imperator wtf

The game is good and all but I think building slots and cap for pops kinda makes the game unfriendly for playing super tall, eh? Can we increase building slots and pop cap with using game mechanics? Better, can we remove building slots and pop capacity entirely via modding? I'm aware they put those limitations to balance the game and without those limitations, game would become unbearable to many people but it's also wrong to limit some players who wants to create an ancient megacity state :D Also this game needs India. Add China too and it's GOTY for me. DLC(which doesn't suck) when? Lastly, there should be a research and technology mechanic which gives bonuses to units, generals, trade, pop growth etc.

REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!

oh wow a grand campaign game with actual battles, i'm sold

I love it.

Ads

cool

Would love to hear mroe of this!

Are there family trees for other factions ?

look, Im just as pissed with Paradox and I:R as the next guy, but this seems inferior in almost every respect. except maybe the battles, but I wouldnt buy a second game and go through the trouble, personally.

Looks good. I hope you will do a review. Thanks

This is basically the chinese cousin (knockoff version) of Imperator Rome

I dont get it Just play Total war 🤷‍♂️ better all the way!

Great review! This is now on my wishlist.

Really good video pls make review or lore vids

Ace, great vid , cheers!

Another European Strategy game. How original.

SIGH!!!!!!!!!!!!! Doesn't sound very Roman to me ... archers ?? Citizens & Slaves ??? Where's Patricans & Plebs ? Where's the Senate ? No thanks.