The Best Arena Game I've Ever Played | AoE2 

The sound, the camara and the fog of war is excellent!

This is a top 10 AOE2 game of all time. I still cant beleieve you came back from the position you were in. Moving vills out and forcing him to react was brilliant. I will remember this game for a long time. Well done man!!

I like it the way it is now, otherwise, you could do a "Hera realizes" series, where you feel you had a lot of things missed in a match, and watch the whole replay from the opponent's perspective, without the fog of war

Incredible move to send those vills out to die to save the game and make an incredible come back, knowing you had an eco lead. Bro your game sense is just insane. Thanks for this recap/tutorial and keep on doing this series it's super instructive, keep your camera and voice as it is, and also the fog of war since we can fully understand your decisions with the vision you have in-game. You just proved your the n°1 aoe2 player in the world at the moment, given your winning streak in S-tiers tournaments, what a run. And on top of that you make so much content to help us, low elo legends, improve at this amazing game. Cheers and congrats bro

this is so cool, to see this game again through your eyes; camera is good, backround is appaling; perhaps another colour at least; i enjoy the way you talk, weather it' s more boosted or more calm, your voice is interesting, familiar and crisp clear; fog of war - yes for me, this series is about your prospective on the game, and that fits that smugly

Yes to camera, yes to natural "normal" tone of voice, yes to fog of war

Def go back and forth on the FoW from your perspective and maybe those instances where you were surprised by a play or move and maybe what he was doing and how you could have better reacted next time, I like 👍

Like the series! Voice level good, and I like keeping the fog of war initially and revealing at the end. Or, if there's some pivotal moment in the game where it makes sense to pause, do a temporary reveal, and then undo it to continue the match

Feedback on your 3 questions before I watch the entire video: 1) Camera seems fine there. Don't mind it, but also wouldn't really mind if you take it off. Doesn't matter to me either way. 2) Since I haven't watched this video yet I might still change my mind on this, but the softer more narration-style voice in the previous videos in this series are better for this series of videos. Since you're not trying to cast the match but analyze the player's inner thoughts it makes more sense that you narrate in a softer tone instead of "caster-voice" 3) Fog of war is a hard one. I'd say leave the fog of war on for the viewers to truly be entrenched in your perspective of the game. It will also then be good to occasionally (temporarily) switch to all visible just to check what the opponent is up to. An example that could come to mind is something like: "So as he was up a villager before/after me I was thinking to myself that he was going to focus heavily on booming instead of going for the relics" - and then just temporarily switch to all visible to show if your prediction was correct. Other than that, please do continue with these analysis videos. They are much more entertaining and informative that just pure gameplay videos

Definitely like having the fog of war, I want to understnad what you were thinking with the information you actually had. I love when you say things along the line of "I didn't know my opponent was doing this explicitly obviously, but I felt pretty confident they were because x, y, z." (e.g. ~ minute 7 where you're explaining how you narrow down what Tatoh's approach is going to be) That's what is giving me the best insight into how pros think. I also really liked your analysis of the matchup. Sounds like Tatoh was really cooking there!

Such a nice and creative content. I hope the series not get cancelled.

The fog is important to understand your pov (its always really nice to watch theses contents)

Hera is just such a legend man. So humble and genuine

Great game! The "Why" is always very interesting to know. Happy to see more of that!

"A toddler could do this opening" Me, a 1k: repeatedly gets housed and has to make +3 feudal vills before getting an 18 minute Castle

This was one of the great arena games from the S tier tourneys.

Hearing you speak like this keeps my focus on topic, usually listening your tutorials I drift away at the 5 minute mark.

On the chess analogy, this reminds me of Ding Liren vs Fabiano Caruana FIDE Candidates 2020 Round 3. Caruana prepared an all-in attack. Theoretically, Ding was in the better position but he had to play perfectly. Instead, he played a "bad" move that confused Caruana, and the Italian American's whole attack broke down.

hera this video was simply amazing!!! not just for the epic and historical play that you played but for the whole analysis!!! what is shoking is that u make it seems so simple when its almost impossible to play in such a condition of pure pressure against one if the top 10 best players in the world!!! i feel like u are the only one who could pull this off!!! congrats man!!! keep it up

Like the format. It's crazy that Tatoh didnt need to sell stone to get his 21+2 uptime but he just sold the Stone anyway. Major factor here in the lategame: Burgundian BBCs 1 shot a monk. really important bc it turns the MU around. if monks can facetank 1 hit they win every time.

This game was one of the best for sure, especially seeing it live! Love this setup with the fog of war, camara and this video showing your point of view during the match. Congrats on the W.

What a crazy game. Loved the chess analogy, indeed going with the vils outside didn't seem like the right decision on first principles but it gave you the time to push back. Massive kudos on using the skirms too as you melted those monks in seconds! And of course, your micro and macro was just perfect. I would've conceded on the first castle right away 😂

I watched this series the other day was throughly enjoyable. You played incredible.

Camera and voice are good. Fog of war is usually fine but there can be moments of turning it off to show things that make sense. Such as I saw them on stone. Guessed the castle was going here but this is where it actually landed

So glad to see this series back! Absolutely loved the first two episodes.

Like the camera, fog of war makes sense for this type of videos. Thanks for sharing.

More! And the soothing voice was good. Go back to it. Also, this game was the most insane I have ever seen.

Camera and voice is perfect! What a game

Fog: ON. That's the most important one. It's supposed to show your thought process, and your thought process is based on what you can see. Voice: the one in this video is soft enough (I can feel it caressing my ears) Camera: idc, I'm not looking at you too much (you're too cute, it's distracting)

Hey Hera I can tell ya, if you keep making videos like this with your thought process and commentary, I'm gonna watch it for sure. I liked your voice volume the fog of war and the camera too. I actually prefer watching tournaments from the player's POV rather than the 'no fog' casters' perspective, so I especially liked watching that. keep up with the good content ❤

Good content man keep it up the series is top top notch everything is great

fog of war makes total sense. so we can interpret what you were really aware of at the moment, it is better for the explanation of your thoughts I believe

Quick RU-vid protip for you: even if you're only playing and recording in 1080p you should still render out and upload the videos in 4K. RU-vid compression absolutely nukes the quality at 1080p and it's especially bad with the kind of footage aoe2 produces in the late game. Because of this a 1080p source rendered out and uploaded in 4K looks almost indistinguishable from a native 4K upload, while a native 1080p video uploaded in 1080p looks worse than an uncompressed native 720p source

the sound and the camera is great. regarding fog of war. I think it goes as you see fit. I think though that when you want to discuss what your predicting. you can remove fog of war and show the enemies POV

Fog of war makes a lot of sense for this series, softer/calmer tone isn't necessary imo: there are moments where you're playing and thinking LETS GO and excitement in your voice might help convey moments like "oh this tactic change will be yuuge"

Views and Money Checked, great video!

Regarding the fog of war i think we should see what the oponent is doing as long as we know what you are seeing. If you make predictions it's easier to keep track of them and to see how concrete they are from a positional point of view. And i like the chill voice i think it makes these videos different from the rest lol.

Requested feedback: - Fog of war makes sense cos it shows people why you're making the decisions you are, in the context you are. - Normal voice, yes. It's a more of a "live" video feel than other videos. - Camera, unsure. Maybe if you shave. Bonus. "This is Arena. A toddler could do this opening". Shoots fired against 90% of the player base :p

Go Hera, your best played Arena game, my best spectated Arena game. Great commentary!

This was amazing to watch happen man, so beautifully done.

"I did i move" All i heard is, im gunna do what i call a pro gamer move 😂

THAT WAS AN INSANE COMEBACK!!! ❤

I could not believe that you won this. Great performance.

I kinda like seeing fog of war off to see what opponents are doing but I also like to see your perspective so maybe a bit of clicking back and forth?

I like showing already recorded videos as you don't have to jump around as much on the screen if you're not playing. Full vision with times when you toggle having fog on would be my preference.

thank you so much for your videos, voice in great man

TaToh vs Hera is already a classic, my favorite classic.

I miss the climb the ladder series. Where did that dissapear? Camera is great, the voice sounds more genuine this way and id like to see what the opponent is doing, maybe even get a quick sum of his strat.

I give you that - definitely a genius move and you deserved to win the tournament. Congrats!

AMAZING HERRAAAAAA GOALLL!

Voice and camera were nice, about fog of war I think you shoudn't be so rigid, you can switch it on/off depending on what you want to explain, maybe turn it on to show what the opponent's doing vs it switched off to show what you thought he was doing for example

Show the fog of war from both perspectives sometimes. 90% you, and sometimes from your opponent in crucial moments

You are a genius. IQ is off the charts for this legend.

it feels nice to have fog of war, we really have the impression we can understand what you thought whereas with all visible, as we see from casters POV, we tend to judge on what should have been better (which is not the only way to win games)

Love this content. The voice and fow settings are right

Reviewing your own tournament games. I could watch that all day. Especially, when its an amazing game like this.

At this stage of the scene, no other player could make that comeback. That was a GOAT game.

What a game! Nice job Hera!

What a comeback ! Great series. Perhaps a bit slower narration. Fog of war good. Camera is fine.

oh I saw this one live, was one of the better games I've ever watched, thought for sure you were dead

He sacrificed, THE ROOOOK!!! - TM GothamChess

1- Camera is fine. I have a habit of seeing you like this in streams. 2 - I believe a softer tone would be better for both your throat as you might have to speak for a long stretch of time, as well as for us. 3 - I prefer the vision of the whole map. That way we can get what your thoughts are at that time, as well as you can reflect on what was happening in the game, and what could've been a better choice/ mistake to avoid at that point of time

Great game! Suggestion for new series: „so you want to play against …“. Would be great to change perspective 😊

"Best arena game ive ever played" "Im not gonna spoil the results" Yesh everyone was wondering, im sure....

This Hera guy has the potential to become a pro❤

The sound is nice Camera is nice and perspective is awesome 👍 Keep going 👍

Fantastic clip, please make some more

Fog of war is good but i think you should disabled it a few times per game to show what the opponent is doing

You have just played the strategy of iSit, but more advanced. Your opponent had tried to play a different strategy than iSit, so he had quit the game before he should.

Hera i love the way u speak either way, best men greetings Form Germany! Keep it up😊

Thanks!

I hate that now almost no body use fog of war, that gives you a better perspective of how the player is seeing the game and how he/she approaches. i like it.

Hera, time to win Masters of Arena. That and Rage Forrest would be the hardest tournaments for you to win. Everything else you dominate already

Great series and loving your content. Not sure if it is already said. But you tend to talk a bit fast. For especially foreign players it can be a challenge to keep up with it. Sometimes I need to rewind cus I missed a word or phrase. Thats how I experience it sometimes. So if you could talk a littlebit slower I think it would be perfect.

Saw this one already on T90's channel, and I prefer to have no fog of war b/c just looking at one player the whole time can be a bit boring. You could switch between no fog and with fog

Fog on, use Talk as It comes natural for you, i think you can improve the lighting and background camera is ok

The way it is here is good

Wtffff literal genius playing

8:44 "town thenter". That is all.

When you where getting pushed by Spears and Monks why did you not add any Archers? Wouldn’t they have helped?

i luv this series

This was fantastic.

why did you remove the donjon only video you just uploaded i finished watching it & was gonna comment & it said it was removed

About the perspective, I prefere if you switch from your and his perspective.

Sound idc both fine, camera no preference, fog of war big YES, it was how you saw it in the game as well.

As feedback for your tone I think it needs to be higher pitch like a banshee to be more entertaining 😂

1. Indifferent on camera--do what makes you comfortable 2. Normal talking, please and thank you. Be yourself, brother. No need to play a character of yourself. 3. Like this fog of war--that's the point of this series in my opinion: what were you thinking with the information you had. If you'd want to toggle to show some hindsight point, then go for it.

Maybe Tatoh should have let you build the tcs outside and just focus your main base?

Been watching your stuff for a few months now and you have noticeably slowed down your speech to where I can understand what you are saying. I watched this game live and believe me, I think all your supporters were having a heart attack. Well done though. You deserve all your success. Love your content.

Congrats on winning the Warlords tournament!

Fog of war is EPIC

what a masterpiece!!

Normal voice; fog of war POV is awesome; camera works great

Actually you are right about chess... Nice hold

Honestly at this point you could narrate a potato being microwaved and ill watch as long as you throw in an AoE2 tip

tatoh watching this like you sob

Prefer the following - your exact perspective - your regular voice is better than soft - didn't notice camera change or mic change

The voice tone is better on this video. Keep the fog of war. I don't care about the camera

Amazing

it would be cool to switch between fog on and off