@@kemosonicfan123lbp Considering that the cross-continental empire that Genghis Khan started proved instrumental in the rapid spread of the Black Plague, that seems rather appropriate.
@@brendanhart517 The Mongol Empire brought political unity and stability to the Silk Road region, making cross-continental trade safer and easier. As a result, when the Black Plague developed somewhere in Central or East Asia, it was easily transmitted along the Silk Road in a relatively short span of time.
"The governors of outlying cities were executed by pouring molten silver into their eyes and throats. They smiled and laughed at all the yummy-yummy silver in their tummy." "Seperate mountains were made of the skulls of men, women, children, horses, dogs and cats. They were already deceased, and we only exhumed their bones for our ossuary." There. Definitive edition proof that the Mongol conquest of the Kwharazmid empire was an entirely peaceful and consensual affair.
@@turmunhkganba1705 when I searched these, couldn't find anything about "mountains of skulls" or "molten metal poured into governors throats as a method of execution". Are these events invented by the game makers to exacerbate the real brutality of Mongols conquests, I assume?
@@renzoraschioni3886 Genghis' army did make piles of skulls at the sack of Nishapur (part of kingdom of Khwarezm along with Samarqand), after Genghis' son-in-law was killed by the Nishapurans.
@@renzoraschioni3886 Real mongols would probably take these lies and roll with them. Exacerbated brutality = more of those willing to surrender. And you don't even need to work to plant these!
And interesting thing about the mongol conquests was the despite their brutality being known, most people still chose to fight. Victory or death never surrender.
@@Carpatouille Surrender of on the battlefield was not an option, but when the mongols sent a messanger asking you to submit or die you could surrender pay your taxes and no war would take place.
@@baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714 I know it was an option for the Huns but I don't know if it was possible with the mongols under Genghis Khan seeing how they wanted to conquer the world
Hm, heroes cannot be trained though... does that count as 0 resources? Or as infinite because a hero can never be replaced? Or do we have to look at his stats to try and figure out how much he is worth in cav archer equivalents? Gosh, you are correct, we do need a SotL video :D
If we're going to proceed in spirit of law style, we must first take the derivative of the hero and find the break-even point for 40 of them in the imperial age.
@@f.c.laukhard3623 Heroes are worth 100 resources, as all heroes grant you 20 points in the score if you kill them and you lose 10 points when you lose one. Of course, it's impossible to say what exactly those resources are.
"The western Powers are weak from suffering their 0 losses in the crusades." I love the alternative history you are creating here and I wish it were in book form
Yeah, yeah beating "Into China" is cool and all, but you're telling me the backgrounds for the little tiny building icons were cut from the Windows XP desktop background??!
Yeah I think thats the only bad thing from the Definitive Edition. The art style is not bad but the cutscenes are very lame in my opinion. I miss that Joan the Arc watching France after her death in the final mission and Genghis Khan darkest figure in the intro of the campaign.
Especially since the village has not much to do with the feud between Genghis and Kushluk AND the fact that converting Kushluk alone i not enough, he has to be deleted so the sacrifice of the five brave soldiers would have been for nothing in the end.
Jin: "What do a people who sleep in tents know of the word 'culture" Big talk for people who only a few decades or so before this time slept in tents and invaded from the north to topple the Song Dynasty. XD
They were actually asking this question not to be derisive, but rather to be introspective and humble about their own self-growth. Just as we had sought to conquer them with pacifism, they had sought to enlighten us with self-reflection!
Geographically the editors effectively placed the Tangut / Hsi Hsia as the Jin, the Songs as Hsi Hsia (or Dali), while the Jin was actually the Song because of the river. The Jin also conquered the Song almost a century before being treated similarly by the Mongols
@@patrickovsiu No, the geography of the map is largely correct. The Great Wall runs east-west, so the thick river you cross to attack the Jin is actually the north-south stretch of the Yellow River, which turns eastward when it intersects with the Wei River, represented by the thin river separating the Song from the Hsi Hsia and the Tanguts. This puts the Jin to the east in the Shanxi/Hebei area, the Hsi Hsia to the west in northern Shaanxi, the Tanguts to the west in the Ningxia area, and the Song to the south in southern Shaanxi. EDIT: The Jin didn't conquer the Song, just the northern half in 1125. The Song Dynasty continued on for another 152 years, lasting until Kublai Khan's final victory in 1279. The Jin Dynasty fell to Ogedei Khan's forces in 1234.
@@ScottyShaw Still that means the Yangtze was omitted which was a significant inaccuracy. On a side note, the Yuan believed itself taking the Mandate of Heaven from Jin instead of Song. Many also see the Song between 1127 and 1234 a vassal of Jin. So it could be argued that the Jin conquered the Song, just that it did not annihilate the state like the Yuan did.
I think the main reason you gained so many subscribers, including me, might be fact as to the quality of your videos are really high quality, I think we just really appreciate all the effort you put in
Well, La Hire, when is killed in the cleansing of the Loire is only considered wounded(also Panos Nautikos in Bari). So that one kill might not be a kill
Another excellent episode, can't wait for the expansion campaigns - these videos are absolutely brilliant and I hope your channel continues to grow, T-West
Thanks for these videos, they are pretty interesting and different. It's cool to see the mastery of the game on this level, clearly and entertainingly shown.
This channel is criminally underrated. I wish we could have a collab of you and Spirit of the Law. Not only would it undoubtedly be a great video but it would also grow your fanbase.
T-West: We have finally conquered the Persian Empire and the Rus of Kiev as well as Siberia with only religious conversion and without killing anyone, even the Sha. Mongol Hordes: 17:03
Hah. I beat the whole Genghis Khan campaign with zero kills when I was 10. "i r winner" "i r winner" "i r winner" "i r winner" "i r winner" "i r winner"
Amazing series, I can only imagine how many days and maybe weeks you spent researching and playing the scenarios, not to mention the editing of the videos, gigantic effort
I started watching you when you began your pacifist runs but I never noticed that you had only 5K subs. I assumed by the quality of the content that you were on par with SotL and other aoe2 channels. I have subscribed now. You deserve so much more than this. I will be watching your career with great interest. *wink* *wink*
bruh that age of kings title screen is a right time machine for me i must have been 5 or 6 when i first played it i even remember that back then i was only able to beat the first missions of joan and saladin and ghengis kahn and not even the first barbarossa one good times
Man I just played that scenario today. In DE Ran off without killing the champ. King Sancho got angry, sent those conquistadors. I tried running towards the NW corner,towards that monastery with 6 monks. Turns out, the monks vanish if I become Sancho's enemy. Bam. No EL CID. More importantly, no objectives either. But the game went on somehow without any objectives
@@szymonkoruba2875 I don't think that's possible; as I recall, Sancho's troops will hunt you down and kill you. (Besides, it's probably the guilt from slaying Sancho's champion and knight that drives El Cid to pacifism.)
Possible way around it: it is a tournament and not a real fight so nobody is supposed to die. Either the opponents are just wounded (do I hear La Hire here?) or they died accidentally which did happen and does not really make you less of a pacifist.
Whilst much of the voice acting is for the worse, I didn't realise just how much effort they put into updating the old campaigns with new units/civilisations/map improvements
' You men . You will visit each of the Outlying countries. You must spread our pacifist mission and conquer the world without killing anyone . But beware Onagers, Castles and Towers . They are without honour.'
I WAS REALLY LOOKING FORWARD FOR THIS THANKS MR T WEST I HAVE BEEN WATCHING ALL OFF YOUR VIDEOS SINCE 2 MONTHS AND I CAN SAY THAT I AM REALLY IMPRESSED
This was absolutely beautiful. Best trolly problem ever. Although as the initial goal is speedrun and kill kushluk, I would argue killing the 5 Cav Archers would be the track switch, and since he dies anyway I think speedrun is optimal.
paintstakingly avoids any bloodshed in the mission - executes enemies by pouring molten metal down their throats in the cutscene. This Genghis Khan character is really written quite inconsitantly!
Awesome series! It's really joy to watch. The editing, narrating is so well put together. I love how you add background info about the game and its mechanics. I am really looking forward to future episodes!
Great series, looking forward to the next one.:) One thing to note, the hard spelling of the River Sajó, which is like sha-yo. I know, Hungarian can be crazy.:)
Once again amazed by these. This man talks about how long the "Into China" Scenario takes and 3+ hours is the minimum for me in most scenarios as I have bad micro and unit comps and tend to just grind out scenarios with long trash wars
You're just amazing man, honestly what a great job! I love watching this series and all your videos because they are INCREDIBLE!! I really think u deserve a ton more subscribers but I'm sure that you will get them all! Keep up the great work and best wishes from Colombia!