Shadow Empire | Minos Tribe | Ep. 003 - Interior Council for Great Justice! 

I think your Shadow Empire lets plays are very entertaining. For this reason, I decided to create a comment for the youtube algorithm for each video in this series.

Of all play through series on Shadow Empire, yours are my favorite. I especially enjoy you talking through your strategy while providing enough information for the benefit of new players who are trying to learn the game. I hope you keep these up. Thanks!

Honestly i use these videos as a combination of seeing someone play a game ive got no shot of ever mastering and just simply having something to listen to, your voice is perfect for that to be frank!

I feel like this game is a chore to play and i enjoy more seeing other people play it than myself

Hey never change your play style it’s great shows off the whole game the war gaming and economy, side of it

I do appreciate your candid and lighthearted approach to commentary on these videos. The level of explanation is excellent. For some reason, your voice reminds me of Daniel's narrator voice from the first Amnesia horror game. The commentary provides a healthy amount of engagement without being overwhelming.

Hey man. When I play these long strategy games myself, my interest and probably more likely my attention span wanes. I don’t think I have ever watched anyone’s long play series all the way through. I just pick up tips to take me further in my own play throughs. Basically they inspire me to play longer and teach me things. I find your stuff really entertaining. But I kinda want to win on my own!!! if that makes any sense. you dom 6 really helped me, made me buy, and kept me playing, and now I will be playing shadow empire again soon. So you’re winning!

I love that you comment so much what you are doing in game

Hi Ben. Been working my way through your Dom 6 and Shadow Empire series. Thoroughly enjoying both. I also am looking forward to your K, D and H series. I can't keep up with all of your great content! After many hours of trying to learn SE, it finally clicked and I am absolutely addicted to it. It's all I want to play. Keep up the great work!

If you like long lp series you should consider starting a second channel. Run 15 to 20 episodes on main channel and moving later episodes to second channel after stats start to drop. Just a suggestion.

I've tried SE a few times and I think if I just sat down and really learned it I would enjoy but, but I also enjoy watching Let's Plays of it, and by far you are my favorite. You manage that balance between explaining the game, explaining what you're doing and actually playing, REALLY well! And looking at your numbers, seeing almost 4k views on episode 3 of a niche overly complex war game is honestly kind of insane! Love what you do, keep it up! I'll try to keep up commenting lol.

Bought this December 23rd and already racked up 300+ hours. Was upto episode 68 life on seth when this dropped 🎉 (slightly addicted)

a QOL tips about replacement your troops : on mng tab select model, for example in infantry model you put old model as low and new model as reg. then you click on HQ by infantry tab you select low row and click all to turn into tollerate , now you create on replacement the newest model of infantry and end your turn on new turn on replacement you will find old model infantry brought from the field replace by your new model ,you just upgrade your old model into new model and so on untill all you infantry will replace with new model . Ps if my tips is hard to understand you can learn about this on steam guide complete with picture explaining this. PPs. IC is important because his/her job is to train all your leaders to be able perform their job better by issuing card like cabinet retreat ,governor convention,wargames etc. By doing this my leaders in mid games have their suitable very high above 100 everyone of them.

I really like the portraits. I haven't seen them before.

I remember learning about this game from a RU-vid video a few years back. And now, the algorithm suggested me your first video of this playthrough. I have a bit more of an appreciation for how detailed this game is, after seeing you set it up for the first time. I'll probably binge some of your earlier series as well while waiting for your next videos. Good luck on your playthrough! Edit: Probably one of your earlier series has this, but I'd like to see a breakdown of the core mechanics of this game, just so that I may better understand the situation on the proverbial table. Macro aspects are mostly self-explanatory, but some more involved things like worker/population management, resource production, construction, combat, etc elude me for now. Thanks a lot! Have a good day!

It is such a cool game with such a cool player. Keep it up body. Binge watching since yesterday.

I love that you talk a lot. I have been trying to learn how to even approach this game to play a first game. There is so much! And unfortunately, most tutorial videos about this game are from when it first released. The game is WAY different from release.

I concur on not being quick to go to war, early, with 'major AIs'. Just not affordable, particularly on higher settings. The economic & scientific benefits with those that are willing to be 'friendly' can be enormous. There is no need to fight everyone to achieve victory...fortunately. :)

I'm enjoying this! I watch you on x1.25 speed, or rarely at x1.5, but I appreciate your descriptions of your thinking. Hearing your thoughts helps me better understand how your take on the game (and whatever new details you've learned) meshes with other players' understandings. It helps me learn the game, even though I'm not sure I'll ever pick it up myself.

Another thing about "don't trust the odds" is that in my experience, what it tells you is affected by your recon, so the less recon you have, the less accurate it is.

Have no doubt that I'm very, very, very happy that your doing this series. Shadow Empire is the bomb ‼️ I've missed you being on the RU-vid 👍

Thanks for explaining your reasoning so much. I agree on not attacking the major regime so early especially when they're friendly, but attacking into nomads is a pain as it's so much time just for barren hexes.

Awesome! Really enjoying this.

Gday mate - you probably won't see this because it's not the latest video you've posted, nonetheless I just want to say that I really enjoy your style. Your pacing of 'lets plays as a learning experience for others' is perfect. Aside from all the ADHD kids squealing at 200 wpm my second pet hate is the ol "now this is the income symbol, if you hover over it you will see..." . No shit if I hover over my income I can see where it is coming from and going with associated modifiers. You avoid all that an instead assume we have a brain - your version would be something like "ok incomes a bit low lets check our 'x' - oh x seems reasonable I'm going to take a look at 'y' now... hmmm are there any 'z' available we could use to improve apon.." It's perfect (and yes I am up to your latest video - still watching - but thought I better post it here). I rarely bother logging in or 'subbing' - Told Das the same thing when I logged on just to comment and sub to him. I remember the very few people I like watching continually so there's no need, but I digress. You're content is A1 - and even though I may not be logged in or comment - just know I am one of many who search out to check if something new is posted with no need to be 'notified'. Thanks again. Edit to add: subbed anyway - just coz :P

I am enjoying the playthrough, I bought Shadow Empire a over a year a go and bashed my face against it for a few games before moving on, this is wanting me to launch it again,

It is always good to hear you explaining things

I for one love this game and will always watch a series of it when you have one going! Seems to be a good start so far especially considering you started with a major right on your border. When I play now I prefer to start on tech level 4 to jumpstart it a bit, but watching you play on 3 makes me think I should go back to it

I'm really enjoying the series so far! Thanks.

On the leader screen you can 'rename' your leaders and add their CAP number behind their 1st name (i don't bother with CAP 1's). That way for decisions you can hover over their pic and see their value quickly, plus you can spot a newly made leader faster

Micromanagement is likely most effective when you're small but somewhat unavoidable when you grow big. Since you can't automate your zones. Though admittedly I rarely paid much attention to the water intake from the initial ice-mine since water was usually plentiful. I don't really lose attention for series like this, more often I've found the people playing them seemingly lose interest and either switch to a new game or just call it a victory before the end screen comes up. I'm in this for the long haul. I'm too curious about all the new changes.

8:50 good old destroyer of empires, too much papers to fill

Your SE content is the bomb. Thx for sharing it.

A lot of the GR units use energy based weapons and you are currently losing energy. So perhaps you need to build a scav furnace quickly if you want to use the new unit. Also I would set up the economic council as this office will not only unlock useful tech, but you might also discover resources.

This series was good timing. I've come round for my next cycle of being interested in Shadow Empire after a hiatus. Giving me lots of motivation. Might be time to go full autocracy and see if they are as good as you indicated.

Tell you what I don't like? Well, I like it _all._ The problem is just that there's only 24 hours in a day, so I can't watch _everything_ on RU-vid. But I do try. :) (That's why I don't play Shadow Empire very much, either. There are just too many games and not enough time for everything.)

Quick suggestion on the "too slow/too fast" conundrum. When you've got a complex decision to make, stop the recording, figure it out off line, then explain your final decisions when you come back. Good example here is trying to work out what to do with your leaders. There are all sorts of angles to this and trying to figure it out on line means your commentary can interfere with your thought process and your thought process can interfere with your commentary leaving you in danger of appearing to go round in ever decreasing circles. If you worked out stuff like this off line then your commentary and execution would probably be more cohesive and faster. You'd also probably get more turns in per episode although each episode would take a bit longer to complete, not sure what the balance is there, but I think more turns per episode propels the playthrough's narrative which probably leads to greater engagement.

Realy enjoy your content, keep it up.

Nice Vid :) glad to see your back putting SE out :D wuhuuu

NICE! I get out of school and you upload :3

Thanks!

Oh wow I knew this game looked familiar, the combat seems to be run in the same engine or style as the decisive campaigns series, idk if you’ve played any of those but it would be great to see you play one

Great video. Thanks. Oh one thing amused me a lot you forgetting to get the economic council going. Don't know if you recall making the Skuld advisory video for me? But you said that not getting the early economic techs was a 'common newb mistake/trap' to be avoided like the plague. Who's the new now? (just joking) :)

great serie, game seem so complex

Speaking of Beetlejuice, they've started advertising a sequel called "Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice" lol

micromanagement: when you hurt your chances to feel good about why you lost 😂

im enjoying this so far! /new subscriber

I always get really anxious when youre expanding out with such large gaps in your territory. That AI up north in particularly has me worried. That said, Im still a wee baby when it comes to this game so Im way more cautious than you would be

more power to the algorithm

Move Zig!

Greetings from Germany.

How is anyone supposed to survive in 46C weather!?!?!?!!?

Why does Porky Mitchmoon look just like Tom Selleck?? 😂

First off, these are trivial complaints, I love your content, just providing requested feedback: (1) It bothers me you never seem to finish a game so we really ever see endgame strategy, tactics, and units (2) You over dither on choices. Make a decision, move forward. Some dithering ok but not ad nauseum. (3) Related to two but scatterbrain (sorry can't think of a better term) a bit much too, i.e. like someone with ADD you jump over all the place rapidly on tangents without ever completing the damn action/concept you were trying to complete, like "let me assign a leader to this task oh look a pony let me look at the geography report design a bomber hit next turn" and you never assigned the leader, finished the bomber, or rode the pony.

"This is cool" The thing I dislike is that the map is "barren". I wish the dev would do a terrain overhaul. But a desert planet is the ugliest ^^

I'm not sure you can afford Medium engine Buggies with this oil income, let alone Light Tanks. I think you should never lower Truck or Rail Station Production below 100%. This reduces range points, which is horrible.