Japanese - New AoE4 Civ Summarized! 

That wraps up my previews of all 6 new civilizations coming to AoE4 in about 2 weeks! That said, stay tuned... more videos are on the way!

Although crossbows were used in Japan I think this is an appropriate choice for a mounted archer instead

OMG that over-the-top view of the map is so cool. Why cannot we not do this freely in replays!!! You always make this game look it's best.

I actually called it! That one of the ages was going to be a choice between Shinto and Buddhism

Most anticipated combo: the Japanese Civilization with a video from Age of Noob!

interesting to see how shinobi is played at the highest level PS: the zoomed in shots and birdview are awesome

Japanese basically never used shields, only veeeery early on in ancient era. I hope horsemen with round shields are placeholder

5:57 handheld Bombard is my new favorite unit.

dang, it was fun to enjoy the BGM of your intro of all new civs. with the "goodbye " in different lang. ( i realise its goodbye until zhuxi, and confirmed at this video)

As always, a wonderful video. You are the master of AoE videos. Thank you so much for sharing them with us. The hype for the DLC will be much bigger because of you!

I am surprised that they have not added warrior monks, and I hope that the shield riders are only in the previews, and that the samurai with a bow is not a fake like the Ottoman sipahi that did not have a bow and spear before launch but apparently after Relic made Company of Hero he forgot how to make historical games

honestly love the concept & the aesthetics of the japanese. The only question mark I have is trade as an imperial landmark - at that point in the game it might be too late already. Mongol trade is strong because it comes online so early.

Best channel out there

How do you capture all this amazing footage? Do you use a mod to zoom and do all those close up low shots? Panning?

ah secunda, i see you are a man of culture

THIS civilization seems to have a gameplay that fits me way more: micro, with a bunch of way to keep the enemies crazy thanks to shinobi

I have been really waiting for this civ thanks age of noob for provide good news

Finally something to scratch that Shogun 2 itch

Great video, and damn man that Skyrim music makes me nostalgic

would be cool if the samurai can mount and dismount. infantry mode = good armor rating and high swift melee damage, cavalry mode = high slow melee damage but faster moving. mounting/dismounting takes deployment time like siege engines.

A japanese cataphract wielding a naginata and a roundshield. Now i can finally say, i've seen everything

Those top-down view footages are gorgeous

So excited

this civ looks fun. cant wait for deep dives. nov 14 cant come quick enough

So hyped to play samurai units, but i hope the devs can add native civs like the Aztecs, Comache, or Incas.

These zoomed views are next tier!!!! Imagine some gameplay in that angle!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥

Yes finally!

"Civilization deep dive coming very soon" . Will the NDA be lifted before the release or will we have to wait for the release date for more vids?

The Japanese are one of my favorite civilizations. The Shinobi seems like a treat for players who love micro in this game.

The extra bonus for the blacksmith makes sense. I already wondered, why they picked the smith, given that you probably build multiple of these buildings, and the benefit would be limited. (Yes, you research faster, but over the game, you will definitely build more than 2-10 smiths.)

How do you change the player colors to the one like in the vids?

These are Civilisation VI soundtracks!

I'm not sure about the smoke bomb ability. This is like how I felt about the Musofadi stealth. In AoE3, stealth meant units were just less visible and not auto-targetable, not completely invisible. I thought the smoke bomb would be something like a stealth forest, not straight up teleportation. How 'magicky' are we ok with abilities being?

Do we get instructional videos of the Devs showcasing the new civs? Just like they did with the malians and ottomans?

Is the Samurai Bannerman one single unit? Or are these two different units: The Bannerman and the Samurai?

I don't know how many details you're allowed to share yet. Are you able to reveal how many Daimyo manors the Japanese player is allowed, or if it has to be your starting TC? I ask because I like to build a secondary forward military base closer to my opponent and I would prefer to have a samurai castle in that location.

Ngl im a bit scared bout Shinobi. In the hannds of an avg player seems pretty counterable, but pros can be really scary with that

They sound like they could be my new favourite civ.

Everything is so perfect but the cavalry shields.. please change them so that they’re not round ❤️

this and the new HRE variant seem really interesting.

FREAKING FINALLY! I will finally have a reason to actually buy this game!

I am hyped for how they play, as Japan was one of the few civs I kinda wanted on launch but I get why it took them this long to add them in, now all we need for the next DLC is more Asia and Africa focus civs to help round things out better as we have most of Europe covered. (I say Most and yet there are many more they can add and should add but I'm talking for Basic match ups)

I want to zoom in like your video, pls show me how? Thank you

the connections between the buildings look very nice... is this a mod? In the real game I have not yet noticed these so strongly pronounced.

The ratio of unit size to buildings... are you using a mod?

that villager is a spy!

04:56 the view :O

I need Ashigarus and Ashigaru Improvements like Total War: Shogun 2 for their famous Yari Wall.

Red alert 2/3 players laughing themselves sick right now.

How do Shinobis sabotage buildings? Temporarily stops their productivity or deal a single siege attack to drop their hp to critical levels? Can outposts, keeps, and scouts detect (but not auto attack) Shinobis?

What could be the Japanese navy be? Would they have boarding ships?

Did the japanese horsemen use shields?

cant find the japanese campaign in aoe4, is it unlockable?i have the dlc sultans ascend

Spirit of the Law must be hard

Wow... really. Up to 17th century? That like... End of Sengoku Jidai period and start of Edo. They should have soooo much gun pounder weapons. They're pretty much up to the Age of Empires III Japan. The hand canons showed off seem too primitive, however. The tanegashima guns looks more like a European Arquebus. Which is not so weird since it was from the Portuguese they got the design. Edit: I just notice one unit that actually seem to have the correct style of firearm. Though... I am not sure...

General Shinobi!

Skyrim had the best soundtrack. Nice.

面白そう

This game sits somewhere between aoe 2 and 3 personally

I like the each faction got unique play style, but Japanese took so far.. almost every units are unique and sooo many another level features. Every Dev resource for Japanese could been 2 whole new faction instead 1 Japanese !

So british and Japanese will be the two main easy to play casual civs. both have good high level play and are easy to get into.

Uhm the no hunt thing from aoe3 got canned. Shamed cuz it's an interesting mechanic and historical trivia that I didn't know about.

mighty?

Why u showing palace guards in this video? Do the japanese have them? Also the lancers just look like the chinese lancers. Are these reused assets?

ha you are using the music in Civ6

Onna-Musha means female warrior. Are their voice lines gonna be female? Thats a new thing to look forward to😄

Daimyo = Lord

This civ is the only reason i might get the new DLC. I hope they replaced the wheat fields with rice fields!!

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Horsemen with shield? Hmmmm

Tenno heika banzai!

Yes I hear skyrim soundtrack

This Shinobi... Honestly i never look at my villagers 💀

Onna Bushi looks so authentic and on point. But the Japanese knight(?) unit looks awful. A mongolian style heavy cavalry with a ROUNDSHIELD?? Man.

"Onna-Musha" is literally just "Female Warrior" in Japanese, that's it and nothing more. "Yabusame"(a type of Japanese mounted archery) or "Yabusame Archer" should be a better name and used in AoE3. But I guess the devs really want a female UU for some reason.

Am i the only one that is very confused by seeing japanese horsemen wearing round shields?

Bro I really wonder whether these shinobis're going to be able to extinguish the upcoming Byzantines ground burning skill with their smokebombs 😂 😂 That's what we used to do in CS Go!

I dont like how Japanese handcannoners are not carrying Tanegashima matchlock like the Ottoman's Jannissaries... Disappointing!!!

I'm gonna love reddit, nerf shinobi posts 😂.

farmhouse is folwark from AOE2 shinobi a.k.a ninja : THERE IS IMPOSTOR AMONG US and looks like japanese will get organ gun too

why does japan feature some chinese units? strange

wait a minute. that one mf looked korean

Should be free tho...

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My worry is that this civ feels pigeonholed into this DLC, and I’m worried that it means we shouldn’t expect more DLC. I hope I’m wrong

they make Japanese units no different to Chinese or Mongols, just some unique unit like Samurai, Shinobi, Ozutsu... I waited so long and expected Japan faction look so unique to actually Japanese, so disappointed, no buy from me of course

Japanese with round shield?with spear on the other hand?seriously?

I'm sorry, do the Shinobi actually teleport now?! 🙄

I don’t speak Japanese. - Valkyrie

1. The Japanese never used early handcannons (the kind that handcannoneers use in AoE4). They saw the Mongols use cannons during the 13th century, but they were described as strange fire tubes or bells, and were never reverse engineered by them. The first cannon the Japanese ever got their hands on was imported from China in 1510, and the Japanese didn't start producing firearms until the Portuguese introduced them to arquebuses in 1543, which they quickly began to mass produce. So they skipped the early handcannon entirely in their firearms production. 2. The ozutsu is a later evolution of the arquebus. So it being shown as coexisting with early handcannons is doubly nonsensical. It's like showing M16s alongside Brown Besses. The Japanese handcannoneer should be replaced with an arquebusier that uses a long gun, not a handcannon, like the Musofadi Gunners and Janissaries do.

why I constantly see Chinese units and buildings in this Japanese introduction video

They used Chinese building design ....that's extremely pooor

man they destroyed this game with pathethic childish ,cartoonish graphics..i was hoping for more realistic art style... this art is fortnit style... what a shame ! i have been playing age of empire 2 for the last 20 years of my life, and one of the things which was appealing to me about the game was its art style, it felt realistic considering the time when it was initially released ..

Terrible building design.😂😂 why chinese style?

Why does AoE4 look so ugly? AoE2 is much better and more serious.