Let's Play: Urban Empire - A Multi-Era City Ruler! - Part 2 [Sponsored] 

Quill is really showing his "canadiness" here. The political axis makes perfectly good sense in the context of European political history.

My God, quill is turning into a mix of Castro and Nixon.

I've been refreshing for this.

These can't release fast enough to be honest. I'm actually ridiculously excited to play this game. I'm like a kid at Christmas but its January.

Left - Right is the economic axis, Conservative - Liberal is the social axis. So a left conservative would be a communist, a left liberal would be a progressive, a right liberal would be a libertarian and a right conservative would be a fascist. Roughly speaking in extremes, that is.

I've been waiting days for this to come out XD

I wonder how long into the game Quill realizes that the pressure options in voting actually costs goodwill.

We want more of this quill!

Think there's a bit of an audio desync on this one? Also, lol on the limited liability - "We don't want government interfering with our businesses - we also do not want to be held responsible if we screw up!"

Quill put them faster!! even if it is a sponsored thingy

It's clear Quill is having a lot of fun with this so far, which is a really nice reflection of the game.

Mr Mayor why did you tens of thousands of dollars into a pub? Quill: I do all my drinking there

I really like this let's play

man I've been waiting for this vid

please do more of this. I come back every night to see if there is more to watch before i go to sleep

I really think the political element and the detail in what is produced adds a lot to the game. I can't wait for more, bring it on Quill!

That gift from Penultimo is an awesome easter egg! 😂

Quill, you should note that at least in the United States, the Democratic party was considered the more conservative party, while the Republican party was considered the more Liberal party. Hence the fact that with issues concerning slavery, the modern day democratic party was for Slavery and the modern day Conservative party was Against slavery.

"*OBJECTION* It will be fine, for I, Miles Edgeworth, find it a delightful name!"

anyone else just love the ka-ching sound on the start. Good old quill

I wonder how long into the game Quill realizes that the pressure options in voting actually costs goodwill.

Thank you for the Let's Play series....you have made it fun and engaging!

It's like Sim City, but with bureaucracy and politics preventing you from doing what you want. As someone who plays city builders as a creative outlet, this doesn't look like the game for me. But thanks for showing the gameplay. You learn a lot more about a game from watching people play it than reading reviews and watching trailers.

I'd wish he'd look at a balance sheet or something to see where the expenses are.

Quill is taxing his city to death and doesn't even realize it...

Love the fact you actually announce this is a sponsored vid - new to your stuff, but the lines are generally a bit blurred

I'm glad good strategy games are still being made and played! Especially by good players!

It's crazy how much better Quill is at this game then some other RU-vidrs. Lol

Seriously Quill. Would you open business in a deserted town that has 25% taxes for business and 20% for people? Would you even move there?

Quick correction, labour unions gives you a quick, decent boost to the health, but also increases health demands, so its a short term invrstment that booms your city up a bit but you have to deal with the backlash later, as the demand increases for ever, while the boost doesnt

Quill, just so you know, progessive laws like labour unions and such increases the supply of the wheel of life temporarily, but increase the demand for the wheel of life permanently, so these laws are double edge swords.

In which Quill learns you can't tax a population into prosperity

Great, now I need to wait for episode 3, and 4, and 5.. :D

Edgeworth! next is certainly gonna be Whright!

I don't know but I looooove this, please update more

Your industry is tanking. Might be a good idea to slightly lower business taxes?

20:52 HAAAAAAHHHAHAHA!! Penultimo, my favourite character from Tropico-series!

Hey you should upload this more often it's very entertaining

19:37 The implication that things might go wrong for her if she refuses to sleep with me. Now, not that things are gonna go wrong for her, but she’s thinking that they will.

We have to make CENTREQUILL great again. Yes, we can.

Looks like a Civilization and City Skylines lines, combined. I am talking about the Tech, the zoning.

That British novel "A Modern Prometheus," is probably more recognizable by its other name, "Frankenstein."

A little hint on the political compass. Up is socially conservative maybe even authoritarian. Down is socially liberal and maybe even closer to minarchy. Left and right are the economic spectrum. The left being higher taxes etc, the right being free markets etc.

This was a good playthrough of the game, I've watched some others and they've been absolutely god-awful, not because the let's player was a bad presenter, but they just got too bogged down in explaining each aspect of the game, they would spend 5 minutes explaining an option while I (the viewer) wanted to just see the consquences of the action play out, it was painful. Great job! Look forward to playing this (I just pre-ordered!)

"didn't even cost us any good will" yes it did, dont know why it didnt show in results, but it definitely went down

I want more of this!

Quill is now a combination of Castro and Nixon

A llama from a tropical country? Yeah, right... that makes a lot of sense...

Quill, please. You gotta put a courthouse in Edgeworth. For me. That randomly generated name was fate.

In a sixty member council if 41 seats are with one party, I don't think there is much point in doing anything with other parties.

need these daily until the game is released.

MOAR, please

"the modern Prometheus" was the alternate title of Frankenstein.

The left vs right axis was a bit confusing for me as well. But I think the issue is that it is with respect to an monarchic empire reaching towards democracy. While we are used to think of it with resspect to an established demoacracy. So I don't think it is 'inverted' but more like a huge shift to the right (I think?) happened. What they think is 'right' is 'left' from our view.

The demands interaction doesn't appear to show a goodwill change but the tooltip when selecting which stance to take shows the cost

this looks great and you got them another copy sold with these videos

What defines 'left' and 'right' as well as 'conservative' or 'liberal' are quite a bit subjective to both era and country. The word 'liberal' in the US for example was used in fact to describe people believing in more economic freedom until the 1950s. Then there was a grand realignment of parties and labels between the 50s and 80s here until Reagan, when republican pundits imposed a new definition of 'liberal' in the media for propaganda purposes that since stuck. On the other hand, the word 'liberal' in, for example former Eastern Bloc countries still carries the older notion of economic freedom. Curiously though, in Europe 'liberal' is associated with social freedom as well, just like in the US. Other contrast on definitions include the historic French revolutionary government, labeled 'extreme left' due to its extreme government control and ultra-nationalism, while the German Third Reich is labeled as 'extreme right' for the same features... The point is: if your argument is based on labels such as 'liberal' or 'conservative' you may not have an argument...

Kalypso?? NOOOOOOOO!!!! I still havent forgiven them for Tropico 5.

Unions is like the most important thing in the world, support them all the way I would say.

Just one word-MOAR

My wallet does not like you anymore Quill. You put taxes way too high!

thanks for doing this. Always enjoy your series and this is a game I've already invested in. Like that you don't restart after mistakes but try to play through them. You have the advantage over me of actually having play time, but I think you might want to use a lighter touch on the political end. Kind of like playing a violin... you don't want to grind it.. you want to caress your opponents. just my opinion.

This was probably commented in the last episode, and it's not like you're gonna read this anyway, but you always use some goodwill when doing any of the influencing.

Limited companies are such a pain, we should never have allowed them anywhere, that is how cowboy builders were made.

Quill thinks the way for a city to prosper is to keep raising taxes... Which is killing his city I'm pretty sure.

Quill is terrible at this game...but I can't stop watching. I want to play this.

I hope you continue to play this game

There isn't enough graft in this city, you need to make at least 10x as much money and you need to implement beatings if your citizens don't pay.

more!!! i cant wait for this

More of this Quill!! I agree with some other ppl here. It might be a good idea to lower taxes for the commercial buildings.

In this game Right and left leaning is in the classical sense, by definition liberal means to desire new ideas, and conservative means to desire more of the same. The meaning is the same politically speaking, but "liberal" for this time was the concept of laissez faire.

Super interested in this game, I'm only bothered a little bit by the lack of tooltips after playing so much Paradox games. Then again, maybe it is intentional to hide the effects of some political events until you make your choice. I'm not sure if that's a good thing or not!

The lack of tooltips for some of these decisions is really bothering me. Like, how do I know whether I should choose police or clinics? What's the effect of doing so?

5:58 "Laissez-faire" ... Montreal speaking right there

Holy crap you have to lower taxes, not raise them. The reason there's no demand is because the taxes are too high!

They should probably have named the left-right axis the "authoritarian-libertarian" axis instead, if they want to use the US parlance. Especially since most Americans think of the conservative-liberal spectrum when the terms left and right is used, and since conservative-liberal is already on the compass in-game it would seem silly and redundant and confusing at first glance.

I love this game

@quill18 you're having a crappy economy because you raised taxes too much. The citizens get paid and then they get taxed. They shop with what they have left, and if there isn't enough left, commercial and industrial (your major sources of income) suffer. High taxes also reduce the number of people willing to move into the city, which does not help with your money issue.

Over taxing can hurt your Economy overall .. I think increasing the taxes that high is making the businesses in town go bankrupt and reduce consumer spending.... might be why you are losing money even with higher taxes ie: less people making less money to pay the Tazes

taxes was the best strategy for starting off, but I believe that`s what shrinks economy, so industry section doesn`t grow as you expand... Probably lowering taxes from 20% to ~15-17% as soon as you hit the point of establishing 2nd district would be the way to go forward...

There is not a single policy that Quill doesn't like!

Hey Quill! you are not attracting enough people and industry. short term your taxrate may profit you. But in the long run it could be wise to lower your taxes. :) Keep up the good work! Real fan of your work.

Well, it's more 19th century politics, Quill. Laissez tend to be more liberal thing when in a time when traditional usually represent aristocracy. At least in Central Europe and Germany where an example would be Kaiser Wilhelm would be conservative but support welfare policy to 1. compliance through rewards 2. strengthen government control. Though Britain might be those since free trade tend to be rival with more conservative members, like Corn Laws.

I think it would be fair to replace conservative with authoritarian, and liberal with libertarian. Anyways, in 19th century Europe, there was a divide between the old style conservatives, who wanted more power to the king and believed in government's power to keep order, and the liberals, who wanted free markets and laissez-faire. I am pretty sure that is what the alignment system means.

Left and right just implies what side of the senate you sit on.

20:29 El Presidenté congratulates you

This looks like it could be a great game.

Hmmm, I wonder if waiting to place any services until you have four districts in a nice square block and putting all the services in the center intersection is a viable starting strat.

Quill, there is no traditional "left and Right" in this game ;) Remember, it's using the more realistic system of political alignment

Thining that raising taxes helps development is very wise

it's the early 1820s. "liberals" (i.e. classical liberals) were considered left-wing for most of the 19th century. conservatives were generally anti-capitalism, anti-free trade etc., viewing them as dangerous and destabilizing to the old social and political orders, and so were right wing. when social liberals (the current American "liberals") came around, they took the left, while conservatives became associated with classical liberalism. classical liberalism is also strongly associated with right libertarians (left libertarians are "libertarian socialists").

They still got Tropico Economy where your profits go every were for random resons

You really like taxes at the city level.

"Business is booming: Funeral Parlor" BYE

"A Modern Prometheus" is Frankenstein. Someone who's technologically inclined should be down with that, right?

Thank you so much

I was going to the tosche, tosche station... to pick up some power converters...

Edgeworth. The name of the new district. Seriously

Watched a lot of "lets Plays" of this game and am completely confounded as to why everyone uses THREATS as their principal method when dealing with the Parties. Makes absolutely no sense to me and shows the players lack of understanding of a political system and how it works. There's a old saying "You attract more flies with Honey rather than Vinager". This is a great game and can't wait until its release. Neil W

quill lower taxes that's causing issues to your businesses if you look on district view you see negative effect of high taxes