The Lord Of The Dead Rises To Conquer A New Realm! | Age Of Wonders 4 

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@@Dani_G_German Sorry about that, it has been fixed!

Thanks for the kind words, I'm glad that you're enjoying the series! I shall accept my tombstones with glee... I'm going to need them. (:

I'm glad that the recreation did our glorious Necromancer proud, and the Bone Golem is not only in this game but has already returned to serve me well! Near the end of this episode, he played a very useful role in charging down some horrific opponents; a role I suspect he will be repeating many times in the future. {:

It's great to be back in Iratus' shoes! {:

Hmm, I think there could be some more nuance to it than just winning a race but I will keep it in mind -- thanks for the tip! (:

Thanks for watching that long, and I'm always happy to spread the word of the Lord of the Dead! :D

You can definitely let your imagination run wild and get away with just about anything, but I also think that there is a meta that is slowly evolving. I think "Tier List" videos are starting to come out already but I'll just keep doing my own thing. Welcome to the channel! Most of what I know is based off the previous Age of Wonders titles, so we'll see how far that can carry me. (:

Thanks for watching that long in the video and welcome! I'm also learning a lot through trial and error so I'm happy to be of assistance. (:

Thanks, I'm glad that you're enjoying the series and I plan to see this run through to its brutal end! The second episode will be releasing in 9 hours or so. (:

Hah, I've gone out of my way to save units before... but only when my economy demanded I do so. The analytics on this episode are absolutely otherworldly. @_@

I'll have to keep my eyes open for it -- thanks for the heads up!

Just a fair warning: this was my first playthrough, and it shows. A lot. XD

Welcome to the channel! (:

Welcome fellow Iratus enjoyer, I hope you enjoy your stay! :D

Ohhh, I thought that "Enchantment" was just the umbrella term for both Minor and Major Transformations. I did know about the upkeep, but it's good to know that even a Minor race transformation doesn't cost upkeep -- thanks!

The lessons they learned from Planetfall have definitely improved the game by leaps and bounds! I was also kind of bummed to not see any variation of mods but I'm quite intrigued to see the Transformations lategame. You can have as many Minor Transformations as you can research, assuming you can afford the upkeep, and one Major Transformation that significantly modifies your faction. We'll see how they *stack* up to mods. ~ba dun tss~ I'm very much learning the game myself so I'm happy to have you -- and everyone else -- along for the journey! (:

I have played alot of strategy games and planetfall isn't even on my top 20 list. Personal taste I know but Civ 5,6, beyond earth, songs of conquest (still beta ), symphony of war, heros of might and magic 3-5, endless legend, age of wonders 3, victoria 3, thea 1-2, fort triumph, battletech, warhammer 40k gladius just to mention some of the 4x adjecent ones. Add rpgs and strategy rpgs like disgaea 1,2,5 fell seal, fae tactics, king arthur knights tale, x-com 1-2, wargrove, regalia of men and monarchs to the list and it gets silly. There are jrpgs with tactical combat as well and I haven't even touched starcraft, age of empires/mythology, grey goo and red alert yet. Planetfalls city expansion isn't my favorite and AoW4 copied it right over, the tombs is just AOW3 larger classes broken down into tombs with 5-7 choices in them. Double city que is nice and the change to healing is nice ( AoW3 healing is bs if exploited ). Leader trait and skill every 5 levels is similar to what you did in AoW3 with those points on level up...just different paint. I could pull from even older 4x games like warlock 2 the exiled that have its moments and graphics that is less detailed symphony of war and sit on 68% mixed reviews on steam for several reasons. With all of that all I need to lean on is the dlcs allready separated from the base before it even came out. The price for game+dlc separate is 90 dollars UNLESS you buy the season pass when you save 10ish dollars. There is negative review on steam from fiendish devil that cover alot of why this isn't game of the year. Badly made unlikely but it isn't game of the year material

@@Solus749 I definitely understand what you're saying. I wish it wasn't this way, but AAA grand strategy games don't release "complete" any more. Total War, Victoria 3, even Planetfall and Age of Wonders 3 took several patches, updates, and even DLC to fix bugs and flesh the game out. It doesn't help that Triumph was absorbed by Paradox Interactive, which is infamous for its "long-term design". Instability aside, I am very much enjoying Age of Wonders 4 and expect it to only get better with several patches and DLCs, although again I wish it wasn't this way.

@@Solus749 I've played a lot of strategy games and none of the games you mentioned are on my top 20 list.

@@Camcolito don't have to be, taste are subjective after all and there are ALOT of strategy games. Why civ is on mine is rather easy, I like empire building and the civ series is good at what it does. Allthough Endless legend would be my nr 1 among those. Victoria have less engaged combat but economic and political aspects of it is as deep as it gets. Why Age of wonders 3? I like how the fantasy race+ class+the level up/equip options for heroes work. Age of wonders 4 have made strides and outclasses 3 in some of those though. Symphony of war is oldschool ogre tactics reborn you don't like squad buildin you isn't gonna like that either, I do though. Wargrove is the same and pulls its inspiration from advanced tactics. Thea series for those that don't know is slavic pantheon lore rpg mixed in with tactical combat and resource gathering/survival. Very unique combat and challene system that isn't afraid to take your balls and feed it to you. Fort triumph is HoMs inspired but mixes combat up by allowing you to knock objects/enemies around ( ofc the ai/opponent can do the same to you ). Battle tech is what it says on the tin, you command a team of mercs and fight in giant mechs across several planets.Fell seal, fae tactics, disgaea king arthur pulls from final fantasy tactics combat maps with units that class/level up. Warhammer 40k gladius is the 40k universe distilled into a civ game but you play as tyranids, tau, spacemarines, orcs etc there isn't exactly diplomacy and trade... only war ( not for those that don't like 40k though ). Songs of conquest is made by HoMs 3 entusiasts but in pixel art graphics, still in beta though so no 1.0 yet. Unit and faction ideas are interesting though...one faction is swamp frogs and lizards as an example. Another is essentially the roman empire but they also use necromancy! That is the beauty of it we don't have to like the same things and that is fine.

Welcome to the channel, I hope you enjoy your stay! (: I think I've concluded that Underground starts are for masochists and/or Materia factions that can put Quarries in to overdrive.

I am yet to buy the game because I like to learn lots before I buy a new game. So I will be watching fully. I have seen a whole different play through its amazing to see you buying population instead of saving for the tombs and education buys. Very interesting spin on things. That is a great tip. So that would be for production focus? Or what? Sounds like a good build for quick buildings. I have seen someone else playing and I have learnt a lot from both you and them. So thanks. So enjoyable to watch! The way you explain and the way you play is good. So keep up the good work.

@@Kaiohyeah Thanks for the kind words, I'm glad to have been of assistance! I think purchasing Population with Imperium is all a matter of tempo. Early on, it's relatively cheap to buy Pop, and you don't have a whole lot of Empire Upgrades to spend Imperium on. Rather than let it accumulate until you can spend it, I think it's better to use it and get a jumpstart on your economy.

Thanks for watching that far and welcome! :D

Welcome to the channel and thanks for the kind words! Iratus is a definitive 10/10. I made tons of content for the game and still do one run through once a year on the channel. (:

@@Fableheim Awesome stuff, will have to check out that as well. It's been a while since I played the game myself so maybe your vids will get me in the mood again so to speak.

@@MrAnd3rsson The backlog is quite expansive, feel free peruse at your leisure! Otherwise, the traditional stream is on November 26th. ☺

Hah, there may be some truth to that. That said, there is actually a difference. In Total War, they pre-assigned values to just compare armies, and that's why there was like a year of 19 missile stacks auto-resolving the world away. In Age of Wonders, they actually simulate the fight. You can even watch the simulated fight after the auto resolve to see what the AI did. Usually it's just running it down and not using your magic. XD

I must have misunderstood so I'll be sure to test it for my next run -- thanks for letting me know!

Yep! Wrath of the Necromancer finished off the story. (:

They're serving me well so far!

Welcome to the channel! (:

Bro literally don't worry bout nothing, just bonk your way through the game. There's multiple facets of things in these types of games to be good at. Just focus in the thing you like the most, everything else will fall into place.

@@squirrelhallowino29 Thank you for your input brother! I got the game and enjoying my 1st playthrough, set the difficulty to easy and enjoy every bit of it!

Goooooooood (:

There'll be quite a lot of thematic enemies in the future -- thanks! :D

It's my greatest joy to supply our shared hyperfixation! :D

Is an indie game, basicly is darkest dungeon but reverse, instead of your heroes surviving, you want your causing strees and fear

Welcome to the channel! Iratus, the Lord of the Dead, is from an indie reverse Darkest Dungeon game and is the game I've made the most content for on the channel. If you enjoy those types of games, I highly recommend it!

@@Krysnha thanks for that. I’ll check it out. Sounds like some sinister fun for sure

ROCK AND STONE!

Thanks for watching that far in! Iratus is a great game, if you like the Darkest Dungeon subgenre. (:

Yeahhh, I usually turned off the Underground when I played Age of Wonders 3. I've enjoyed the theming and all, but it's been very slow going.

@@Fableheim It will be quite easy to fix: more ressources from excavating, more special ressources underground to make up for the lack of room and smaller cities. Eventually buff up the undergrounds traits. Hope modders or DLCs will address the issues.

@@etienne8110 Excellent points! I expect that both will address the issue, but modders will probably get there first. Every time I excavate nothing, a little bit of my soul dies, so I probably won't be playing another underground start until one or the other.

@@Fableheim Well, sometimes you do get an hostile bone dragon. That's something. ^^

They are really painful early game, but I'd rather face this than the Age of Wonder 3 spiders that incapacitated with their webs. >_

Hi, thanks! (:

I know of two ways to get your own personal Bone Dragon; regrettably, both are unrelated to Necromancy. The first is that there is a Golden Wonder that when annexed in to your domain will provide a Bone Dragon to recruit during the Rally of the Lieges. The second method is the first Chaos Empire tree upgrade allows you to spawn a unit based on the Infestation that you destroyed, so if you destroy an Infestation with Bone Dragons in it there is a high probability you will get a Bone Dragon.

Welcome back! Fighting bone dragons already wasn't exactly a part of the plan, but we dragged them down all of the same. Hmm, I can't recall any Meteors -- I'll check later! I do know that the later Chaos Tomes can set entire Provinces on fire. I think it comes from the Tome of Destruction?

Thanks for the pro tip!

Live now! :D

Welcome! :D

It took me a little bit to figure that out, but I got there! :D

@@Fableheim it took me a few turn to notice the range attackers added weaken my first time lol, I've still learning things from all the great videos like yours I've been watching

Silly? Yes. Something I would have done had I thought of it? Absolutely!

Hmm, that could work! There are very few instances where the player is referred to by their first name, and a lot where they are referred to by their full or last name. It would be funny to just see "So and so cowers before The Dead's might!" XD

'Tis the goal! (:

Yes! You can either start "holy" with the High Culture, grab the Tome of Souls to start to incorporate the Souls mechanic, pursue later Shadow Tomes to get more Undead, and even transform your people in to Undead; or, you can start as Dark with Tome of Souls and side step in to Order Tomes to use Holy/Zeal magic as the Dark Culture. You can also mix and match as any starting Culture, just be conscious that you need at least 6 of an Affinity to research the associated tier 4 Tomes and 8 of an Affinity to research the tier 5 Tome, so don't spread yourself too thin.

Only if you want to! It would only help in understanding some minor references or quotes, but the TL;DR is that Iratus is a Necromancer who has mastered death with the aim of unraveling life itself.

Thanks for watching that long! Iratus is from the indie game Iratus Lord of the Dead, which is a reverse Darkest Dungeon where you play as the ancient evil returned to destroy all Life. Highly recommended if you enjoy Darkest Dungeon-like games. (:

Welcome to the channel, I hope you enjoy your stay! The short and long of it is that the Algorithm™ and I have a rocky relationship. (:

Xenoplague was spicy for sure, and Grandfather Nurgle is woefully underrepresented. If Plague/wild evolution is on the development table, it'll be in the game's third DLC, which is all about Primal stuff.

oh yeah, kirko and xenoplague were my absolute fav

That is correct! You can also watch what the AI did during the auto-resolved if you're curious or would like to see what NOT to do. (:

@@Fableheim a bit late, but being able to watch what the ai does, also gives great insight into what the ai does best with so you can use that to your advantage

Yes!

Next series: Truck-kun

Thanks for watching that long! Undead has certainly been... disappointing. That said, I haven't completely given up on them yet.

This just in: it takes time to learn a new videogame. (: There are also two other Soul tricks that commenters have suggested -- Souldbind Army on enemy armies and keep enemy Heroes in the Crypt. Forum dwellers will discover it eventually... probably.

yea my list of rpg, strategy and indies is long and I am one of those that got 400+ hours in age of wonders 3. 4 though...the price, current build instability ( a decent number of negative reviews have less than 1 hour into the game because it crashes repeatedly for them ) and just not liking the classes from 3 getting broken down into 3-4 tombs each. It feels like it was build modular so you can sell smaller dlc packs repeatedly or add content that could have been in basegame later. That they took the city expansion system from planetfall didn't exactly do it favours either. The double ques and fixing the stall healing cheese tactics from AoW3 if you played certain classes is welcome but I am not paying 40 dollars for basegame with allready pipelined dlc for another 40-60 dollars

To me, Spellforce felt like a complete game, but Age of Wonders 4 feels like a strong foundation. Minus the current instability, of course. I wish it wasn't this way, but AAA grand strategy games don't release "complete" any more. Total War, Victoria 3, even Planetfall and Age of Wonders 3 took several patches, updates, and even DLC to flesh the game out.

@@Fableheim It is indeed a shame things are like such, I'm not exactly the poorest person in the world, but I stopped buying these games en masse as I did before simply because those are either very similar to each other, not very special, incomplete or buggy most of the time and for at least quadrupled price tag, ready to implement 5 DLCs and it just sometimes feels like buying gruel for the price of a gourmet meal :P Ofc I haven't seen enough of AoW4 to be able to say that about it, but I am definetly a lot more cautious with buying games now ^^

@@proestunicorn1883 same as me then, I don't preorder at all and if we got dlc on the way ever shows up before games are even released then I am 3 times as stinchy with my money. One of the few game content I prebought were pillars of eternties 2 expansions but that was pillar sof eternity that costs less than 30 dollars and is made by Obsidian entertainment. Essentially the guys who made baldurs gate, icewinddale, fallout new vegas and all those titles. I trust those to know what makes an rpg tick. The second game that make me consider upcomming dlc is the city skylines devs. City skylines devs basicly coded a city builder that outperformed sim city to the point EA dropped the title ENTIRELY not even wanting to compete. They know their shit but only get what you think works for you because that game is up to 40-50 dlc at this point. Thankfully bundles and sales 2-3 times a year isn't going to make your wallet cry but 40-50 dlc is still ALOT. Free upgrades to basegame everytime dlc drops have bought them some good will though. I do make exeptions if games do prove themselves to be good and not attempting to reach for your wallet so honestly it might be good enough to warrant it as it is now I am waiting for a "of the year edition" of AoW4. Game with dlcs that suprised me though was valkyria 4. They had a few dlc, the usual kind here is the crew from the first game, beach episode etc but if you bought 2 of them they gave you extra ones for free. Later down it had 5-6 dlc and they just upgraded EVERYONES version to complete edition with all the dlc included regardless of version you had. This was SEGA!

Always nice to see a fellow of culture, I hope it's going well! :D

@@Fableheim its going pretty well, but i am not playing on brutal difficulty so ... also, i was missing some customization options, perks and such i wished were in the game, so i didnt quite get to make actual drow. meh

​@@Dutyfreeftw Glad it's going well! There are already some neat customization things in the workshop, like banners and more army colors. Hopefully that continues to expand in time, and I expect the first DLC coming this summer to include some more customization options. That said, I'm not sure we'll ever be able to recreate Lolth in her true eight-legged majesty. Fingers crossed that we can get as close as possible!

Each subsequent Population requires more and more Food, and the higher the Food cost, the more Imperium it costs to instantly purchase it. On top of that, each Province adds instability to the city. I like to use Imperium early game to give my cities an initial boost and then only use it once its down to a few turns before expansion and cheap, assuming I'm not saving for any Empire Upgrades.

@@Fableheim I see, thanks for the reply.

Nice.

The ability to summon Skeletons is tied to the Tome of Souls, so any Culture can use it! As far as hero reanimation, I don't believe that is tied to either of them. Every Culture can build a Wizard's Tower, and every level 1 Wizard's Tower can construct the Crypt, which allows you to Reanimate Heroes that you have captured and slain. It's possible that Reanimating them as Undead is related to the Tome of Souls, while those without the Tome can simply resurrect them. The Dark Culture's unique benefit to the Crypts is that they gain 2 Mana per turn per Hero housed within them. I hope that answers your question!

@@Fableheim thanks for the info I was hoping that it was tied to the tomes and not the culture … the reanimating heroes was thematically quite cool I’ll have to test it out as two different heroes to see without going down the shadow tomes path if they resurrect as normal units compared to as undead units … I watched the dev stream where they reanimated an angelized hero as undead and thought that was pretty cool haha I’m still on my first play through and haven’t gone the shadow affinity route didn’t try resurrecting from the crypts as I figured it was probably tied to either the tomes or culture..

@@danielsgamerprofile4067 No problem! I saw the undead angel and was pretty hyped, so you may be right that reanimation is tied to the Undead Tome. All Cultures can build a Crypt, so there's definitely some interaction possible for everyone. Let me know if you find out!

​@Fableheim The Tome allows you to reanimate a slain hero in your crypt as an undead version without a crypt actually being built in any of your cities. This is actually a form of resource management for those using the Souls currency, as having several dead heroes in your crypt allows you to generate Souls outside of combat.

@@BadFiend on the stream to reanimate the hero cost souls I’m pretty sure so how does it work then if you do it in your crypt without going down the shadow tome path what resource is used instead?

That's quite bizarre but good to know!

Welcome to the club, both is good! :D

Thanks for sticking through the video that long, it's been a great time so far! (:

The devs played Iratus and fell in love with the Bone Golem just as much as I did! :D Jokes aside, it might because they changed his bone collection to just a better version of corpse eating. No more infinite scaling Collectors. :c

Thanks for watching that far and glory to the bone daddy! \(°□°)/

Hmm, I think there are a few changes that make it difficult to directly contrast power levels to AOW3, like increased hp across the board, changes to Morale, 5 total tiers instead of 4, and broad Hero support skills for the stack (+10% flat damage increase,+1 Armor/+1 Res, so on and so on). Unfortunately, I haven't played enough in the mid-late game to really assess the later units. From what I've seen the late game units don't feel as game-endingly powerful like in 3, but they scale pretty heavily with levels. AOW4 is a very different game that feels more like fantasy Planetfall; if you're on the fence, I'd recommend waiting until the first DLC this summer. Hopefully there will be a discount then as well.

Sorry, I'm not sure what you mean.

@@Fableheim sory im japanese. im not good at English. it was joke.

@@RR-kn1tg Ohh, no problem! I thought that might have been it but I wasn't sure. Greetings to Japan! :D

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In about 9 hours! (:

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What accent?

The Age of Wonders 4 Official youtube channel did a series of short videos to introduce players to the various aspects of the game that I would recommend, if you are interested.