Endless Legend Review

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  • Опубликовано: 22 дек 2024

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  • @MandaloreGaming
    @MandaloreGaming  7 лет назад +452

    THE LIST - docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_K3ziSxT9zcUUGCddS4sF1uNJTWHSbOwB1CQX2Rx4Uo
    Endless Legend goes on sale fairly often, so I'd recommend getting all the expansions at once when it does.

    • @needlermasta
      @needlermasta 7 лет назад +2

      yo whats the song at 2min on this video, its so familiar

    • @Qrzychu92
      @Qrzychu92 7 лет назад +4

      do Submarine Titans! :D

    • @lancevance6413
      @lancevance6413 7 лет назад +1

      Can you start listing the music you use?

    • @JeremiahBostwick
      @JeremiahBostwick 7 лет назад +1

      Does this game get a recommendation? That art style is incredible, but it doesn't sound like you actually think the game is worth long term playing.

    • @John190assman
      @John190assman 6 лет назад

      What music video?

  • @PhoenixStriker1
    @PhoenixStriker1 4 года назад +1578

    “Dust is a...” Looks at magic space cocaine, “Let’s just say it’s your money in this game.”

    • @joaogomes9405
      @joaogomes9405 4 года назад +239

      As a beloved african warlord once said, it's a crypto currency farming nanomachine cloud computing network that gets smarter as it gets larger

    • @diamondmetal3062
      @diamondmetal3062 4 года назад +74

      The Dust must flow

    • @Self-replicating_whatnot
      @Self-replicating_whatnot 3 года назад +68

      @@joaogomes9405 It's a cryptocurrency you can snort. Truely the precursors' most wonderful creation.

    • @BestCupid
      @BestCupid 3 года назад +6

      @@joaogomes9405 I miss that warlord's descriptions of things. So unique and eloquent

    • @WingMaster562
      @WingMaster562 3 года назад +5

      @@BestCupid why miss it? He's still doing it

  • @TrenchWife
    @TrenchWife 6 лет назад +799

    "I'm willing to bet money that there a bunch of D&D Nerds who have this stuff saved and didn't know where it came from."
    You got me. I had a bunch of those Cultists saved thinking 'damn these guys would be absolutely perfect for a game!' and didn't know that they totally were.

  • @That_Montage_Nerd
    @That_Montage_Nerd 6 лет назад +694

    "I'd still recommend waiting for it to go on sale though. It does go on sale pretty often."
    Oh cool. I'll just add it to my steam wishlist and wait for that moment.
    *Game is on a 75% off sale as soon as I open the store page.*

  • @purpleisthesneakiest
    @purpleisthesneakiest 4 года назад +493

    Bonus round: There've been two extra expansions since this video went up, which were stated to be the last for the game.
    Inferno adds volcanic regions, which produce insane amounts of industry, but no food. Also, they prevent all unit regen and have lava rivers that melt armies that cross them. It also adds dust eclipses, which have a chance of happening once each summer. During a dust eclipse, the entire map becomes the aurora borealis, dust clouds descend upon the map which hide anyone inside, and all temple and sunken ruins can be searched again. Confluxes spawn on the map similar to pearls, giving a substantial boost to health, damage, or speed to any army that picks them up for the rest of the eclipse. Also, every faction gets a unique effect during the eclipse. These are absurdly strong. We're talking Vaulters teleporting entire armies to lone heroes, Wild Walkers seeing the location of all armies in the game, and Necrophages getting McDonalds toy units with their Food Stockpile Happy-Meals just to name a few.
    The new faction is the Kapaku, a bunch of alien migrants. They used to live on a nice volcanic planet, but then the Sowers, a terraforming faction of religious eusocial robots made by Virtual Endless (which also feature as a major faction in ES1 and a very strong minor faction in ES2), showed up and started turning it into a horrible green ball. The Concrete Endless, seeing this, decided to move them to Auriga, a horrible green ball with far more volcanoes than what the Sowers would leave behind. In terms of gameplay, the Kapaku's unique shtick is that they are the only faction that can get food from volcanic terrain, and they get a lot! They're also the only major faction that can regenerate in volcanoes and swim in lava (the minor faction of daemons was updated to have this capability). They can even spend strategic resources to convert non-volcanic tiles into nice burnt ones. Also, did I mention that their mainline infantry unit has no upkeep? To compensate for all this, they can ONLY get food from volcanic terrain. This severely limits their expansion opportunities, and forces you to prioritize strategic resources as though you were a Vaulter in order to get more land once all the volcanoes are taken up. Fortunately, they can create golem districts disconnected from the city proper, so that they can get the best out of a weirdly shaped or non-volcanic region early without breaking the bank on strategics.
    The last expansion, Symbiosis, adds the Urkans. These are three gigantic bug monsters that tunnel out of the ground over the course of the campaign, occupying an entire region and shedding lice that cause destruction for everyone around Cloverfield style. Every so often they tunnel around, to spread the love more evenly. Once a faction is strong or wealthy enough, they can either bribe the bug with luxuries or beat it into submission to tame the urkan, allowing them to control it. Once owned, they can either stay enrooted to lock down the region and siphon all of its resources for the empire, tunnel through the ground to resurface somewhere more useful, or uproot so that they and their lice can be used as an army. You can also spend luxuries to teach them neat tricks, like how to give all friendly cities next to them +50% food, dust, or +50 approval (or minus that for enemies), or cause earthquakes to damage enemy cities.
    The last major faction is the Mykara, which is literally just a gigantic fungus. Much like the Cult, they only have one city, but they don't expand just through minor faction villages. Instead, you can spend food to turn any resource or structure on the map into a fungal bloom over a few turns, giving the city its tile's FIDSI and providing a unique effect. More mundane structures, like villages, watchtowers, or resources, give you the standard bonuses, but the real good shit comes from the ruins. You can teleport your armies between any two ruin blooms instantaneously, which allows you to efficiently wage war, snipe urkans right before (or after) others get them, and generally be the only faction that can afford to ignore the ocean on non-pangaea maps. Also unlike the Cult, you don't instantly burn down enemy cities when conquered. Instead, you overgrow them, freezing all groeth and sending its tile FIDSI yields back to the home. Keep a city for long enough, and you get a symbiosis buff according to the faction. All in all, they highly incentivize military play - which is an issue, because their units are mediocre. Their biggest problem is that their primary damage dealer is a very squishy cavalry unit - meaning their core gets slaughtered by militia, which every city gets for free. In my time with them, I've found myself relying on urkans and minor factions to do the heavy lifting rather than my own units.
    One last thing about the Mykara is that they get absurdly better with other expansions. The second unique watchtower that you get with pearls from Shifters gives you the FIDSI of every tile around it instead of just its own, making you as much of a pearl hog as the Allayi, and their dust eclipse effect is the ability to instantly complete fungal blooms with Dust - an essential tool for spreading quickly.

    • @Phoen_x3258
      @Phoen_x3258 3 года назад +28

      POV: you haven’t seen the sun or any live women in 3 years

    • @roguepsykerhaaker4813
      @roguepsykerhaaker4813 2 года назад +88

      @@Phoen_x3258 that's just rude frankly

    • @CoolerXavier
      @CoolerXavier 2 года назад +37

      This is honestly a great little write-up! Thanks for doing this :)

    • @crenfick7750
      @crenfick7750 Год назад +37

      @@Phoen_x3258 I guarantee that in their personal life, OP is more well-liked and respected than you are due to your respective personalities.

    • @johannesjrgensen440
      @johannesjrgensen440 Год назад +22

      @@Phoen_x3258 i’d rather play endless legend than fail to form a relationship like you.

  • @leviusify1985
    @leviusify1985 7 лет назад +1417

    playing with the cult:
    Cult: Have you heard the good news?
    Me: No, what are you talking about?
    Cult: Well, all of your villages just did!
    All Minor Factions: PRAISE BE!

    • @potatoesstarch2376
      @potatoesstarch2376 5 лет назад +192

      @plaguelock They heard the good news. It's a perfectly understandable comment.

    • @Harril8265
      @Harril8265 5 лет назад +84

      @plaguelock It makes perfect sense, dude. Are you not familiar with cult stereotypes?

    • @kalacs32
      @kalacs32 5 лет назад +15

      @@potatoesstarch2376 Truth be told, it's grammatically incorrect tho. If you say "Have you heard...?", then the sentence referring back to it is supposed to be " All of your villages just *have*."

    • @johnathanera5863
      @johnathanera5863 5 лет назад +33

      @@kalacs32 doesnt matter. Its clear either way what the sentence was trying to convey.

    • @kalacs32
      @kalacs32 5 лет назад +6

      @@johnathanera5863 Someone did comment that they can't understand though. I just explained what the problem is (5 months ago, to boot). You're the one making an issue out of it :).

  • @windig1991
    @windig1991 7 лет назад +608

    "Uncle Ben's Rice is uncle Ben." I lost.

  • @ColdHawk
    @ColdHawk 4 года назад +569

    “Do you wish dragons were real and on C-Span,” slayed me!

    • @ColdHawk
      @ColdHawk 4 года назад +12

      2 months since and this line, with the understated delivery, still makes me chuckle.

    • @OtakuAudioRedux
      @OtakuAudioRedux 4 года назад +6

      I know I’d actually WATCH C-SPAN if there were dragons on it.

    • @gorway9371
      @gorway9371 3 года назад +2

      maybe my favorite mandalore joke of all time, kills me

    • @hoosierfoodog
      @hoosierfoodog 3 года назад +12

      I would be very interested in watching Draconian politics... oh wait

    • @wyvernharries4788
      @wyvernharries4788 3 года назад

      @@hoosierfoodog what?

  • @blackberry2156
    @blackberry2156 7 лет назад +2984

    4 reviews in one month... is someone holding you at a gunpoint?

    • @dajuanmoten7278
      @dajuanmoten7278 7 лет назад +77

      Black Berry no but I have him in my basement

    • @NOSOUND921
      @NOSOUND921 7 лет назад

      Black Berry it’s Christmas

    • @KawaiiSoulB42
      @KawaiiSoulB42 7 лет назад

      this review are depressing just black berry was....ughhh oh well.

    • @Messiah114
      @Messiah114 5 лет назад

      He's mom had him at gun point cause he didn't have real job

    • @cyberdiver7076
      @cyberdiver7076 5 лет назад +11

      He must know his transformation to Sseth is inevitable so he started churning out as many videos as he can before he succumbs to Mbeke.

  • @ThatIdiotJSev
    @ThatIdiotJSev 7 лет назад +1256

    "You make money and you don't stop until your city looks like a castle in a Yung Lean video."
    Yep that's pretty much my entire experience with the Broken Lords.

    • @Self-replicating_whatnot
      @Self-replicating_whatnot 6 лет назад +43

      I made a custom faction Even More Broken Lords once, with cheap districts and every money bonus under the moon. That was fun.

    • @datuputi777
      @datuputi777 6 лет назад +7

      Johnathan Severasse
      Food or no food don't really matter much. Once u master the way of making dust early and fast(broken lords heroes) rest could be done with stockpiles.
      Edit: Roving Clans Heroes Are highest dust makers when you have multiple cities with multiple trade routes.

    • @Self-replicating_whatnot
      @Self-replicating_whatnot 6 лет назад +13

      Food stockpile will give you 1 pop a turn at best, iirc. Cash money can buy you as many as you can afford instantly. Also, stockpiles are not discounted by empire plan, unlike buildings.

    • @datuputi777
      @datuputi777 6 лет назад +4

      Self-replicating whatnot
      u skip to pop 6 if u have 1 population with one stockpile of 1600 food costing only 400 dust on average at market. There are more ways to increase it further that u can skip to population 18 in a turn in one stockpile of food. Of course the yield gets slower as you get more population but it is fundamentally cheaper than the broken lords way.
      Talking about buildings it's definitely cheaper to build buildings with industry stockpile 1600 industry is an almost instant 1 turn done for nearly anything from era 1 to 3.
      Science stockpile is also out of the world 1600 science on average is 4-6 cities worth of science.
      But in the end all I was saying is that if you can make dust fast everything becomes easier and that "dust is how to rule them all"-roving clan guy.

    • @Self-replicating_whatnot
      @Self-replicating_whatnot 6 лет назад

      Hmm i gotta try that someday.

  • @matthewy2j
    @matthewy2j 4 года назад +236

    Mandalore has an Endless Legend Review, Sseth has an Endless Space 2 Review. Perfectly balanced, as all things should be.

    • @orilevi1123
      @orilevi1123 2 года назад +5

      i'd have loved to see a Sseth Endless Legend Review because you can do some pretty mad stuff in this game

  • @TheDragonReborn93
    @TheDragonReborn93 6 лет назад +916

    >Drakken player name: BadDrakken
    Nice.

    • @connormacleod4922
      @connormacleod4922 5 лет назад +22

      I noticed it too. Didn't think Mandalore would know such a company.

    • @atomicanachronism8849
      @atomicanachronism8849 4 года назад +50

      Mandy is good friends with SSeth. It’s not surprising when you think about it.

    • @chipskylark5500
      @chipskylark5500 4 года назад +18

      @@atomicanachronism8849 both Mandy and Sseth are Mr. Struggle

    • @josh223
      @josh223 4 года назад +3

      i actually one time got a set of drakken units with 4k health each. dont remember how its been awhile but it steamrolled

    • @wildbeast7375
      @wildbeast7375 3 года назад +1

      @@josh223 Drakken are great for beefy units, gotta love insanely tanky units 6 levels ahead of everyone else's.

  • @Self-replicating_whatnot
    @Self-replicating_whatnot 6 лет назад +544

    Roving Clans ban Morgawr from market. Next turn Morgawr ban Roving Clans from life.

    • @mrwindupbird101
      @mrwindupbird101 5 лет назад +35

      I just throw the mark on them, wait for the other factions to do my dirty work and all the while throwing their minor factions into chaos and watch as their economies implode safely from my sea fortresses.

    • @Self-replicating_whatnot
      @Self-replicating_whatnot 3 года назад +6

      @@mrwindupbird101 That's what i meant. Morgawr's black mark is the same is Clan's market ban, except instead of economic inconvenience it opens a free for all hunting season.

  • @anderty4088
    @anderty4088 7 лет назад +1603

    You clearly miss Drakken strategy. Yeah, they are intended to be peaceful faction. But force to peace has one of best options to steal unguarded cities in one turn and just force peace right in the same turn as war was declared. Just be sure that other faction armies are far away. And here you have one of the dirtiest and powerful abilities, how to obliterate factions by peaces.

    • @usoap141
      @usoap141 6 лет назад +226

      Anderty Had AI do this to me... stole my city and when I destroy his army otw to liberate my city he force peace.. i was like wtfff

    • @Mr.Mosquito89
      @Mr.Mosquito89 5 лет назад +206

      [laughing in Necrophage]

    • @milanstevic8424
      @milanstevic8424 5 лет назад +44

      rest in peace

    • @Self-replicating_whatnot
      @Self-replicating_whatnot 5 лет назад +39

      @@Mr.Mosquito89 With Morgawr's black mark everyone can be a necrophage for a day.

    • @theoneandonlymichaelmccormick
      @theoneandonlymichaelmccormick 4 года назад +79

      Anderty A bunch of smug assholes who are willing to claim that their goal is peace as long as nobody questions when they subjugate the weak? Sounds like the Tau.
      “You are being emancipated. Do not resist.”

  • @ehmaysi
    @ehmaysi 7 лет назад +419

    I feel so spoiled with all these videos recently. I love it.

  • @firewolfandrewb
    @firewolfandrewb 3 года назад +24

    I just realized this was uploaded before the Volcano Gremlins were added.

  • @ZeMalta
    @ZeMalta 3 года назад +67

    It’s kinda fun when Mandalore makes a review about a game and then Sseth makes a sequel or sucessor, or vice versa. Both videos will be awesome and the back and forth is awesome

  • @Three60Mafia
    @Three60Mafia 7 лет назад +26

    Mandalore, I just found you but I love you already. Having the Endless Ocean theme (Hayley Westernra - Prayer) play while you're talking about ocean dwellers in game called Endless Legend... that is some deep meta!

  • @QuestionableObject
    @QuestionableObject 6 лет назад +105

    While I can't argue that the Drakken are pretty anti-fun most of the time, the amount of thought that went into how their society and architecture is structured is really clever and I have to give props to Amplitude for that.

  • @heavilyaugmented5308
    @heavilyaugmented5308 7 лет назад +21

    Goddamn, it's not even funny with how consistent your videos are now. Keep up the great work!

  • @scruples
    @scruples 7 лет назад +36

    Impeccably edited and written. Great job.

  • @detectivelizard9532
    @detectivelizard9532 7 лет назад +20

    I gotta say this is a fantastic review. It's detailed, informative and I even got a laugh or two out that elf race joke. Great job man.

  • @thebusiness8212
    @thebusiness8212 3 года назад +38

    I like how the Drakken were so annoying and left such a big impression on Mandy that even elves were considered decent

  • @LargenirGK
    @LargenirGK 5 лет назад +15

    One of the best games in the genre - EVER!!!1 I love that in EL you can really chose how to develop your civilization - their science system so good, flexible and allow you to make real choices.

  • @ArbiterLibera
    @ArbiterLibera 7 лет назад +118

    I think this might actually be the best review of Endless Legend I've come across so far.

    • @BGstefchoARS
      @BGstefchoARS 6 лет назад +1

      It's the best one! Period!

    • @MDMDMDMDMDMDMDMDMD
      @MDMDMDMDMDMDMDMDMD 5 лет назад +2

      He's very nice to AI games, which felt very hopeless to me. And the advice I got from other players was to constantly bribe the AI with free stuff so they don't attack you. So I quit playing because that is dumb.

    • @Rise65487
      @Rise65487 5 лет назад

      @@MDMDMDMDMDMDMDMDMD for having played the Cult and the necrophages, i never felt like i needed to do that shit
      then again, the Cultist are already pretty godamn strong, and the Necrophages can't use diplomacy at all
      they're a real blast to play tho', especially the Necrophages, once you snowball, you're unstoppable
      next game, i'll either play the Eldritch-abomination, or the giant-fungus things
      yes i'm really into weird factions, i don't like the usual typical factions

    • @MDMDMDMDMDMDMDMDMD
      @MDMDMDMDMDMDMDMDMD 5 лет назад +2

      @@Rise65487 try another race, I really enjoy learning the lore of the different races through story mode. And maybe I was playing as myself, instead of roleplaying the race. That might be part of the issue

    • @Rise65487
      @Rise65487 5 лет назад +2

      @@MDMDMDMDMDMDMDMDMD first, i find the term "race" offensive, you should use the term "non-natural and non-moral-bounded species"
      and second, what make you think i didn't relate to be a 6 legged undead Chilopoda bent on breeding and killing everything in sight?

  • @SpellCorrectly
    @SpellCorrectly 3 года назад +7

    the endless ocean reference at 18:40. beautiful

  • @kippos4365
    @kippos4365 2 года назад +6

    "Bizzare sci-fi french RPGs"
    Damn, Mandalore has had the Ring on his radar for a long ass time

  • @johngrunwald3029
    @johngrunwald3029 7 лет назад +2

    Love your reviews man. I really like how you make references to other games to compare, and you really go in depth. A+ content

  • @BrJPGameplay
    @BrJPGameplay 7 лет назад +187

    So when's Endless Ocean? The true sequel

    • @niallreid7664
      @niallreid7664 5 лет назад +18

      Wow I had totally forgotten that game was a thing.

  • @ianmckay2542
    @ianmckay2542 6 лет назад +8

    Endless Legend in its completion is available on the Steam Summer Sale and I picked it up because of this review. It is immediately engaging and I spent maybe 5 hours yesterday really getting into a game to learn the dynamics before restarting and doing it all right. It's an enjoyable, difficult, infuriating but overall amazing game, thanks for the recommendation.

  • @jpao420
    @jpao420 7 месяцев назад +78

    Who came here bcoz of 100% Sale now on steam,

  • @pixelnpc8480
    @pixelnpc8480 3 года назад +3

    14:40 iunno Mand. that dragon guard got some cake there. I think he can solve world peace by himself.

  • @CHURCHISAWESUM
    @CHURCHISAWESUM 6 лет назад +423

    "They're a group of desert nomads that has control over the whole world economy"
    :thinking:

  • @Tagis672
    @Tagis672 7 лет назад +912

    Mandalore-chan truly is the best girl.

    • @kultiplexify
      @kultiplexify 7 лет назад +75

      best game reviewer-fu

    • @Tagis672
      @Tagis672 7 лет назад +137

      It's a well known fact that obscure game reviewers need a daily diet of headpats to survive, and Mandalore is clearly no exception.

    • @reubenlovegrove6939
      @reubenlovegrove6939 7 лет назад +56

      i wish Mandalore was my Onii-chan

    • @Tagis672
      @Tagis672 7 лет назад +60

      ;w; m-masaki?!?

    • @stormtrooper9001
      @stormtrooper9001 7 лет назад +4

      Titus Mede I

  • @fishpop
    @fishpop 3 года назад +31

    This game has an interesting aesthetic.
    Science Fiction characters in a High Fantasy setting.
    Refugees from a crashed spaceship going up against Ents and Golems etc.

  • @ivanrzhanoy9389
    @ivanrzhanoy9389 7 лет назад +184

    Hold on, a weird sci-fi rpg? Could he be talking about E.Y.E: Divine Cybermancy?
    I so want to see a video on that.

    • @SgtZaqq
      @SgtZaqq 7 лет назад +8

      I immediately thought about E.Y.E. when he said that.

    • @StrikeFromTheSkies
      @StrikeFromTheSkies 7 лет назад +10

      A weird French sci-fi RPG is pretty much certainly EYE.

    • @CherryNobody
      @CherryNobody 7 лет назад +31

      I'm from the future, It's EYE.

    • @broomy1610
      @broomy1610 5 лет назад +3

      I’m the future too, and yup he’s done it

    • @Mecha_Hitler
      @Mecha_Hitler 4 года назад +6

      I'm from future, it was bubsy 4

  • @Elementroar
    @Elementroar 7 лет назад +4

    Hey Mandalore! Thank you for this! I grabbed Endless Legend last year, after I played enough of Civ 5 and wanted more variety for my 4X itch. But was kinda hesitant since this was a new franchise for me. This review helped me understand it better, like a primer!

  • @DAXminer-g1g
    @DAXminer-g1g 7 лет назад +2

    Can't stop watching your reviews, you won a sub and a like.

  • @foreignuser_
    @foreignuser_ 6 лет назад +26

    "do you wish dragons were real and on c-span? subbed

  • @allaion2897
    @allaion2897 5 лет назад +40

    That music at 14:48 confirms that Mandalore is Sseth

  • @Supercohboy
    @Supercohboy Год назад +4

    11:23 They followed the Bionicle model of fan-inclusivity, honestly the most wholesome way to directly engage with your community imo. Contests that get everyone excited and creative, bouncing ideas off of each other and building each other up, leading to a fantastic final product quite often, one that the fanbase is "personally" connected with as a group.

  • @Befuddled_Ostrich
    @Befuddled_Ostrich Год назад +5

    18:36 Really appreciate the Hayley Westenra insertion in this section. Endless Ocean should be considered an unofficial prequel. Or sequel. Which ever makes the most sense.

    • @someguy5308
      @someguy5308 Год назад +2

      I was looking for this comment thankfully I’m not the only one who caught that

  • @resonantevol
    @resonantevol 6 лет назад +13

    Wow this was a really good review. Props for going through all of the factions and being so concise. Most reviews that try to be thorough ramble on and I end up skipping parts. This was enjoyable from start to finish!
    On a side note I wish I had friends that played this game... or any 4x game... or just any friend that played any game. Would make games more fun.

  • @xITZxGODZILLAx
    @xITZxGODZILLAx 7 лет назад +5

    By far one of the most underrated RUclipsrs

  • @DoctaDiesel
    @DoctaDiesel 6 лет назад +6

    The game just so happened to be on sale after I watched this video and I gotta admit, I kinda love the game. I played a lot of Civ 5 and really enjoyed that game but I'd personally say I enjoy Endless Legend even more. Managed to convince some of my friends to get it as well and its been an absolute blast seeing us all main a faction and learning their in's and out's. As of 1/11/19 its currently on sale on Humble Bundle along with two of the expansions and I'd definitely recommend picking it up.

  • @frankbologna28
    @frankbologna28 7 месяцев назад

    7 years later I found this review. Love the brutal honest mixed with comedic hot takes. 10/10 will be back again. Cheers.

  • @MrRotch61
    @MrRotch61 7 лет назад +229

    I feel like you sounded a little too harsh about the combat. I mean, the combat looks better than what I've played in the Civ games, and look at how batshit insanely popular those games are.

    • @MandaloreGaming
      @MandaloreGaming  7 лет назад +202

      It's better than "right click to attack" but at the same time it's especially harsh in multiplayer waiting for battles. The main thing is you just click on who attacks who and wait, and their formations get messed up if an enemy unit dies in the fight and they auto readjust what they're doing. You have very little input once the combat starts. Like I said, it's not terrible, but it's a shame that it only reaches for adequate when everything else is well done

    • @TheRoberick
      @TheRoberick 7 лет назад +34

      It's more extensive than in the civ games but it's not fleshed out and you don't have a lot of control over it.

    • @YourFavoriteDerp
      @YourFavoriteDerp 7 лет назад +60

      Bruh, Age of wonders did an amazing work with combat in a 4x. Endless combat is not that great, if you have anything else to compare it to. Civ combat thing comes with the simplicity which makes it good enough.

    • @xthebumpx
      @xthebumpx 7 лет назад +41

      It doesn't gain enough in terms of fun or strategy to make up for the slower pace and increased complexity. I actually prefer Civ combat.

    • @RabidHobbit
      @RabidHobbit 7 лет назад +5

      I agree too harsh. There are some benefits to this style of combat and I don't see it as inferior to an Age of Wonders or HoMM, but just different. War resolves much faster than thoe other games. Also the slight lack of control is immersive and freeing to a some extent. You are more like a general giving orders than someone who directly controls each pawn. Freeing because you know the chaos of battle can ruin your plans and it wasn't your fault. I like it for what it is. Maybe there could be some more clever tricks added to make it stand out a bit more though.

  • @Malaikat31
    @Malaikat31 6 лет назад +2

    That Kirby Air Ride music during the smug dragons part is a touch of genius.

  • @allisknu11
    @allisknu11 6 лет назад +47

    "Do you wish dragons were real and were on C-SPAN?" XD

  • @CheeseDanish85
    @CheeseDanish85 4 года назад +16

    Me: watching this video in 2020.
    MandaloreGaming: shows Uncle Ben's rice with Uncle Ben still on it
    Me: Ouch, right in the nostalgia, man!

  • @851852093114208513
    @851852093114208513 7 лет назад +2

    Finally, RUclips suggests something good. I've been watching your reviews all night ever since your EVE review popped up on my feed. You deserve way more subscribers than you have, but there's one more now, and I hope you'll be getting a lot more in the future

  • @Voitan
    @Voitan 7 лет назад +160

    BLING LORDS BEST EVERYTHING

    • @KeramatZMode
      @KeramatZMode 7 лет назад +4

      Is this game legit good? The mechanics of different faction looks fun. Bling Lord has nice ring and gameplay.

    • @Mr.Anticannon
      @Mr.Anticannon 7 лет назад +6

      img.ifcdn.com/images/260a32c61b66bb8df24069fd58d08922d73f8fc2403e1f97810348df2dfc8645_1.gif

    • @Voitan
      @Voitan 7 лет назад +2

      It's great, Bling Lords might spoil you on all the other factions, because their mid to late game is so dominating, it's ridiculous gaining a new megacity+ubergeneral+army all at once.

    • @drharnsaft1005
      @drharnsaft1005 5 лет назад

      I once made a custom faction with them. I have very fond memories of stomping the bugs and nomads with them.

    • @niallreid7664
      @niallreid7664 5 лет назад

      @@KeramatZMode Its good... for a time. I am of the opinion that the Endless series is very shallow mechanics wise. The factions and lore do carry the game. But yeah, it's worth playing.

  • @robertmunroe9635
    @robertmunroe9635 6 лет назад

    your videos not only are reviews but amazing guides on how to play. thank you

  • @FrankHarrison12
    @FrankHarrison12 6 лет назад +6

    The combat isn't as bad as he makes it seem. You have a fair bit of agency in placement, and you can choose which unit attacks which, as well as being able to manipulate each unit/hero to have stats that support your strategy. Also you can set combat speed to take less than a minute per battle.

  • @honestheuristic5467
    @honestheuristic5467 7 лет назад

    Don't stop mandalore these videos are amazing

  • @adrienbelhabla2554
    @adrienbelhabla2554 7 лет назад +32

    I heard the risk of rain soundtrack, awesome!

  • @happykm1837
    @happykm1837 7 лет назад

    This was one of the most straightforward in-depth youtube video I have ever seen put out by someone in the 4X community. Well done, subscribed!

  • @happy_bracket
    @happy_bracket 2 года назад +4

    "All those factions I mentioned earlier are living in the same place. Thinking they'll all get along isn't naive, it's just stupid"
    Oh wait, you're not describing humanity

  • @AzazelTheMisanthrope
    @AzazelTheMisanthrope 7 лет назад

    Thanks for always putting out the reviews that I actually want to see.

  • @Denizu
    @Denizu 5 лет назад +3

    2:08
    Interesting, the song in the background is "Chanson d'automne" from the risk of rain OST. The one who made it is heavily against using it in media that isn't risk of rain related or directly related to the song. He's pretty efficient at finding videos with the song used in it, I am suprised this one managed to stay up.

    • @MaskofPoesy
      @MaskofPoesy 4 года назад +1

      It's quite subtle. But still good to know!

    • @samsong8355
      @samsong8355 Год назад

      did he explain why though? I mean its his right for sure but why exactly?

    • @Denizu
      @Denizu Год назад

      @@samsong8355 it used to be on his website, but it's something along the lines of it being disrespectful to his craft and how it is enigmatic of the rampant devaluation of music.

  • @MrDrCthulhu
    @MrDrCthulhu 6 лет назад +1

    Oh man! That Lethal League music at 12:30! I'd love to see a video on that game. So underappreciated.

  • @hisaluteseven2803
    @hisaluteseven2803 7 месяцев назад +9

    Currently free on steam before 23/05/2024

  • @nathanmarineau3993
    @nathanmarineau3993 3 года назад

    Great overview! I love how professional your videos are.

  • @MrOldmanjenkin1
    @MrOldmanjenkin1 7 лет назад +92

    Do pathologic if you are up to it very obscure and artsy

    • @ThePolistiren
      @ThePolistiren 7 лет назад +11

      I actually recommended Ice Picked Lodge's next game which was The Void. That's way more obscure than a game whose remake was a successful Kickstarter.

    • @moritzzz1
      @moritzzz1 6 лет назад

      >very obscure
      >seriously?.jpeg

    • @In_The_Base
      @In_The_Base 6 лет назад

      MR Flarg @

    • @helios2939
      @helios2939 5 лет назад +1

      Wish Granted,

    • @Harril8265
      @Harril8265 5 лет назад +6

      @@moritzzz1 ...Yes. Compared to a mainstream game, Pathologic is nearly nonexistent. The first time I ever saw it was randomly stumbling across it during a Steam sale.

  • @kezi_
    @kezi_ 7 лет назад

    2-week release schedule is fucking fantastic. Loving all these new videos. Thanks Mandalore.

  • @AddamSolo
    @AddamSolo 7 лет назад +56

    I loved age of wonders 3 because of the combat. I can't play endless because I love great combat. Why can't the two studios come together and create "Endless Wonders." That game would consume life.

    • @Self-replicating_whatnot
      @Self-replicating_whatnot 6 лет назад +4

      I played and enjoyed both games, but it is as you say - combat in AoW3 is the tits, whereas Endless Legend is autoresolve city.

    • @1Korlash
      @1Korlash 6 лет назад +1

      I'd even say Civ 5 has superior combat to EL. It's simple and not super deep, but at least I get to control everything that happens and make tactical and strategic decisions.

    • @veen182
      @veen182 5 лет назад +1

      Saw this comment browsing some Endless Legend reviews.....so what do you think of Age Of Wonders: Planetfall? To me it feels like a perfect mix of these two games!

    • @obviouslygay7184
      @obviouslygay7184 4 года назад +1

      @@veen182 I'm playing WH40k Gladius Relics of War for combat and it leaves me satiated so other games don't hurt as much

  • @SamPolch
    @SamPolch 3 года назад

    Talks about not being a "Risk-o-verse" then immediately begins playing the soundtrack from Risk of Rain.
    Amazing Review Mando, always keep it up and keep loving the craft!

  • @coaxill4059
    @coaxill4059 4 года назад +4

    At 2:21 no lie I thought "why is he showing me a two page artwork from the Space Wolf codex?"

  • @MrTombombodil
    @MrTombombodil 5 лет назад +2

    This series has the best Soundtrack of any strategy game I've ever played, maybe any game series period. It can be kind of unassuming at first, but it's SO GOOD and I listen to it constantly even while playing other games.

  • @BorrisStonoyanovich
    @BorrisStonoyanovich 7 лет назад +14

    I feel very thankful that you can make a 20m video about a fantasy strategy game but still drop kanye beats and yung lean references along with my favorite gachi

  • @roberttausig9170
    @roberttausig9170 5 лет назад +1

    The music around 2:20 is
    Chris Christodoulou - Chanson d'Automne.

  • @demnachos9576
    @demnachos9576 7 лет назад +86

    ever thought about doing dwarf fortress seems like your type of game

    • @evanmagolor1812
      @evanmagolor1812 7 лет назад +5

      Would be harder to explain to viewers than EVE.

    • @Superschokokeks
      @Superschokokeks 6 лет назад +6

      he did a decent job with Aurora4x, so.. time for DF!

  • @stevenotter7078
    @stevenotter7078 4 года назад

    Mandalore, that voice crack at 1:27 was EPIC.

  • @despondentanura6939
    @despondentanura6939 5 лет назад +9

    Broken lords has achieved victory (Economic) has been seared into my skull

  • @LevelUpAndFly
    @LevelUpAndFly 7 лет назад +1

    What a complete review!
    I don't remember if you said it but the soundtrack is awesome and available online legally for free ;)

  • @vj7248
    @vj7248 3 года назад +7

    Looking around, there's apparently a Community Patch that vastly improves the AI. As someone who enjoys singleplayer 4X experience, that's important to me. Also, I love making the factions works very differently from each other compared to Civ. I think I'll finally check this game out...

    • @commissartrogdor7799
      @commissartrogdor7799 2 года назад

      What is the patch called?

    • @vj7248
      @vj7248 2 года назад

      @@commissartrogdor7799 "Endless Legend Community Patch"

  • @pineapplegamer6986
    @pineapplegamer6986 7 лет назад

    Oh my god this recent slew of videos has been so good please don't stop

  • @chevere17
    @chevere17 5 лет назад +5

    That yung lean reference! So glad i subscribed

  • @AtticusHimself
    @AtticusHimself 6 лет назад +2

    I came here from the Humble Strategy Bundle. Big fan of Civ and nerdy DnD sh*t. Really liked your style so I subscribed.

  • @nickdaboii
    @nickdaboii 4 года назад +7

    9:38... Did you just reference Yung lean? I'm so confused.

  • @joshuamoniodis6555
    @joshuamoniodis6555 2 года назад

    Love the music choice for the Drakken section, this is why you and Sseth are the kings

  • @scaredstiff7176
    @scaredstiff7176 6 лет назад +5

    I like how you just started playing endless ocean music when the Morgawr showed up.

  • @soygoratsu
    @soygoratsu 2 года назад +2

    The Endless Ocean reference, chefs kiss.

  • @chicagobreed502
    @chicagobreed502 4 года назад +8

    I HEARD THAT ENDLESS OCEAN MUSIC AND OH BOY THAT NOSTALGIA HURT

  • @Morkftw
    @Morkftw 6 лет назад

    15:58 that made me laugh so hard! Fantastic review overall, thanks, Mandalore!

  • @DrasticPurpleHippo
    @DrasticPurpleHippo 6 лет назад +6

    "Uncle Ben's rice IS Uncle Ben!" -Best line

  • @CraftyMatt
    @CraftyMatt 7 лет назад

    All these great reviews in such a short span of time! Keep up the great work! Cheers

  • @SecretAgentMan00
    @SecretAgentMan00 5 лет назад +11

    9:28
    when talking about dust and money you show a city called "Goldsachs"..... LOL

  • @auzz-2526
    @auzz-2526 3 года назад

    7:41 just realized that's the Thraddash theme music in the background. Mandalore I would LOVE to see you review star control II !

  • @shiishani3302
    @shiishani3302 3 года назад +3

    "Uncle Ben's rice IS uncle Ben." 😂👍

  • @Zero5897
    @Zero5897 7 лет назад

    The games you have reviewed are great and in detail, gives a person who have never played a deep look into it. A way grasp at what to expect, and you are unbiased, you which is always a good thing, you deserve more subs

  • @tximistarissole
    @tximistarissole 5 лет назад +4

    Yeah but what the _fuck_ is that model of Inika Jaller at 5:23

  • @tylerh2548
    @tylerh2548 6 лет назад +1

    11:25 Count Olaf is really branching out in his choice of disguises

  • @maurobrunosolavergara5041
    @maurobrunosolavergara5041 5 лет назад +3

    Love the risk of rain ost in the background

  • @DarkMorningFilms
    @DarkMorningFilms 5 лет назад

    I am LOVING your channel! I see you are on twitch but would love to see some of your let's plays. Esp since you play such a wide variety of games~
    Much love and thanks for uploading~
    :3

  • @AsaelTheBeast
    @AsaelTheBeast 5 лет назад +5

    They've added two races since this came out. Do you plan to update the video?
    They've already said this will be the last race added, so there is no chance of it going out of date if you do.

  • @jrstrey
    @jrstrey 3 года назад +2

    This channel is absolute gold.

  • @ajshell2
    @ajshell2 6 лет назад +6

    18:38
    I"m laughing out loud at the Endless Ocean music right now!

  • @maggiem6209
    @maggiem6209 2 года назад +2

    Morgarr expansion: *Endless Ocean music plays.*
    I spit my tea. Well played. 😆

  • @byzantine2516
    @byzantine2516 5 лет назад +3

    I watched this video, went to Steam, saw it on sale, and bought it.