Funfact: In the german version the game does not say race. That would be "Rasse" in german and a very fucking no no thing to say in regards to people. The german version of the game says "Völker" or "Volk", which essentially means a people. Calling it race is a very american thing to do.
When i read "race" i needed to proofcheck it. In German it is called "Volk" wich translates as "people". And the narrator voice is just simple High-German (Hochdeutsch) without any acting.
7:15 In german publications this effect was called the "Wuselfaktor" and became a genuine factor in judging city builder games. "Cultures" has a similar _Wuselfaktor._
Settlers 3, 4 has a forever spot in my heart for it's streamlined, yet surprisingly satisfying gameplay loop. There's something special about watching little dudes carry around materials, work, or build, that makes the game enjoyable even in the most mundane moments of your campaign. I've yet got to play a game that bests the satisfaction I get from conquering enemies and then planning out the land under new management. This video certainly brought back some great memories, I wish more people covered the early settlers games on youtube, but what can I expect when the entire series essentially belongs in a museum lol May the algorithm bless you 🙌
People joke about game manuals, but when you just bought a boxed game with your parents and read the (sometimes very elaborate, for example C&C TIberium Sun and the original Cossacks each had an amazing) manual for the game in eager anticipation to get home and sit through 10 mins of installation, it honestly felt a little magical. There is something about delayed gratification.
Race historically had a meaning closer to a group of kinsmen than the broad groups we use it for today. Going to an 1883 dictionary, the example for race it uses is the "Alban race", meaning the Scottish.
I remember coming up with a headcanon that the Settler people are capable of photosynthesis - miners need food because they are the only ones not working under the sun.
Finally A well produced English language video about this obscure(?) German RTS I also used to play as a child Don't tell me your next video is going to be about Close Combat 2 As an aside, I only played the other games in the Settlers series as an adult, and while yes, 3 will always have a place in my heart, 4 is mechanically superior, and 2 having the custom road system imo leads to more interesting gameplay variety Big love to the big scav from NZ
I got bored of video games when i realized its just numbers on a screen with pre determiniert equations meant to keep me distracted so that i dont cause a inner Revolt and free my mind but they can be fun if you forget about it
Video games are definitely not just that. Thats like saying art is just a piece of pater with a bit of water/oil based colored pigments. A Book is just a whole lot of letters that someone, somewhere already writ anyway. A game, a video game is more than just a distraction even if its just down to "numbers and bits" you're forging connections, growing your skills, experiencing a story or learning about history or a culture. Like take Kingdom Come Deliverance, I'm from Germany, but my grandmother is actually from the very same region KCD takes place in and had to flee after WW2 so the game in a weird way feels special. There was also an experiement in Denmark where a group of 5 seniors of 60 years old where to play Counter Strike for a while and tested for how they'd developt their skills which also turned out to be a success and also have positive side effects on their mental well being. Or check out the correlation between the Dark Souls games and depression. In the end im not here to conviince you that you have to play video games, I'll just want to show you that games or more than just a distraction, more than just a means to have "fun"
That happened to me with movies, 'it's just people pretending they're other people or people that don't even exist while also ignoring the ever present camera in an effort to distract one's mind from reality.' Thankfully it wore off after a couple years.
@@Mori-ey8wj I spent years of my childhood on gaming its not that i dont appreciate the games its that i didnt know about the main game so i couldn't compare it to reality because i hadent woken up so to speak :)
@@12isaac00 You are chosen to see trough the distraction its a lonely path but its the truth and it will set you free your mind reconnecting with your true eternal soul what bliss :)
Thanks to JuBuanArt for making the settler art in the thumbnail! Check them out in the top link in the description 😎
Funfact: In the german version the game does not say race. That would be "Rasse" in german and a very fucking no no thing to say in regards to people. The german version of the game says "Völker" or "Volk", which essentially means a people. Calling it race is a very american thing to do.
The way these pioneers move each individual post to move your border outwards was the most interesting thing to me back then.
When i read "race" i needed to proofcheck it. In German it is called "Volk" wich translates as "people". And the narrator voice is just simple High-German (Hochdeutsch) without any acting.
People would have been a much more fitting translation. Choose your race is quite the wild interpretation lol
7:15 In german publications this effect was called the "Wuselfaktor" and became a genuine factor in judging city builder games. "Cultures" has a similar _Wuselfaktor._
Nah "Egyptians", "Romans" and "ASIANS" is insane
Settlers 3, 4 has a forever spot in my heart for it's streamlined, yet surprisingly satisfying gameplay loop. There's something special about watching little dudes carry around materials, work, or build, that makes the game enjoyable even in the most mundane moments of your campaign. I've yet got to play a game that bests the satisfaction I get from conquering enemies and then planning out the land under new management. This video certainly brought back some great memories, I wish more people covered the early settlers games on youtube, but what can I expect when the entire series essentially belongs in a museum lol
May the algorithm bless you 🙌
Fantastic game, Iove the video
finding out im a year older then you was an experience
make that 2 for me
1:16, the one and only😈
MandaloreGaming's alter ego is working up a sweat lately!
People joke about game manuals, but when you just bought a boxed game with your parents and read the (sometimes very elaborate, for example C&C TIberium Sun and the original Cossacks each had an amazing) manual for the game in eager anticipation to get home and sit through 10 mins of installation, it honestly felt a little magical. There is something about delayed gratification.
Race historically had a meaning closer to a group of kinsmen than the broad groups we use it for today.
Going to an 1883 dictionary, the example for race it uses is the "Alban race", meaning the Scottish.
I started with the 5th and 6th games in the settler franchise, i really gotta get around to playing the older ones.
i played the settlers a lot back then and i allways ran short on ham. good times.
I remember coming up with a headcanon that the Settler people are capable of photosynthesis - miners need food because they are the only ones not working under the sun.
Finally
A well produced English language video about this obscure(?) German RTS I also used to play as a child
Don't tell me your next video is going to be about Close Combat 2
As an aside, I only played the other games in the Settlers series as an adult, and while yes, 3 will always have a place in my heart, 4 is mechanically superior, and 2 having the custom road system imo leads to more interesting gameplay variety
Big love to the big scav from NZ
Nice video
i still have an old cd at home of the original settlers3 and a seperate one with the amazon expansion. an old computer from 2002 and... well play.
Legendary video! I realy like your videos I played it in my 9y and it was good, but 6-7 are better for me
Sans serif is the most based font in existence
holy shit u r so young, i was expecting u to be born in at least 2004
Knights & Merchants is just this but jankier
I got bored of video games when i realized its just numbers on a screen with pre determiniert equations meant to keep me distracted so that i dont cause a inner Revolt and free my mind but they can be fun if you forget about it
Video games are definitely not just that. Thats like saying art is just a piece of pater with a bit of water/oil based colored pigments. A Book is just a whole lot of letters that someone, somewhere already writ anyway.
A game, a video game is more than just a distraction even if its just down to "numbers and bits" you're forging connections, growing your skills, experiencing a story or learning about history or a culture.
Like take Kingdom Come Deliverance, I'm from Germany, but my grandmother is actually from the very same region KCD takes place in and had to flee after WW2 so the game in a weird way feels special.
There was also an experiement in Denmark where a group of 5 seniors of 60 years old where to play Counter Strike for a while and tested for how they'd developt their skills which also turned out to be a success and also have positive side effects on their mental well being.
Or check out the correlation between the Dark Souls games and depression.
In the end im not here to conviince you that you have to play video games, I'll just want to show you that games or more than just a distraction, more than just a means to have "fun"
That happened to me with movies, 'it's just people pretending they're other people or people that don't even exist while also ignoring the ever present camera in an effort to distract one's mind from reality.'
Thankfully it wore off after a couple years.
@@Mori-ey8wj I spent years of my childhood on gaming its not that i dont appreciate the games its that i didnt know about the main game so i couldn't compare it to reality because i hadent woken up so to speak :)
@@12isaac00 You are chosen to see trough the distraction its a lonely path but its the truth and it will set you free your mind reconnecting with your true eternal soul what bliss :)
>1998
You are like a little baby...