The faction customization here is absolutely insane! There are so many possible (and viable) permutations and variations... I can't wait to test them out. If you're looking for even more information about Age of Wonders 4, you might like my other video here - ruclips.net/video/noOriABuTgI/видео.html ! Otherwise, keep your eyes peeled for more to come on this channel very soon ;). Enjoy!
"viable" being a crazy keyword here, as most 4x games tend to be so unbalanced that doing anything besides a few specific builds is just a handicap. but AOW has always done a good job at making everything feel fun, even back in 1. incredibly excited!
Hey! Do you think you could do a similar showdown of all the tomes with the influencer stream that should happen tomorrow? Your presentation of the T1 tomes was the best by far, so many people hope you'll do the same with all the other tomes!
I can see some possible wombo combo-ing here: Body Trait: Wolf Mounts Mind Trait: Overwhelming Tactics Then you can either go Dark culture to use "Cull the Weak" on targets you've used "Enfeebling Howl" on via your mounted troops, OR you can go Feudal culture -so all your mounted units do 44%~ish more damage with a 20% crit chance when they're next to each other. Feudal Wolf Knight all cavalry does sound really fun.
Only problem I have with the Body and Mind customization is that the mount options and climate adaptations is including in that. I wish they were separate options.
You have limited mount selection in the racial customization that is available for everyone. The racial mounts in the body type are more like mythic versions.
Excellent showcase of Forms, Traits, and Tomes. Most informative AoW4 video that has been released so far. Kudos. Looking forward to your future videos
Really excited for this game. Elder Kings 2, an overhaul mod that adds fantasy elements to Crusader Kings 3, has been the most popular mod for several months straight now. Clearly there's an appetite for this type of game
So generic. Only bipeds playable, with exactly one reptile and everyone else is a mammal. Where are bugs, amoebas, avians, immaterials, shadows, dragons, plants... Planetfall had far better races even on launch.
@@Isnogood12 There's literally going to be a reptile race and dragon leader type in the future, so what are you even talking about? This is what they've announced for the future: Archmage Attire: Special outfit pack unlocks a new set of clothing you can wear as a whole, or to be mixed and matched with other in-game items. Dragon Dawn: This content pack includes a new Dragon Ruler type, a Reptilian Form, and New Tomes of Magic; Empires and Ashes: Full expansion includes a new Culture, new Tomes of Magic, new Empire Building options, and a new Story Realm. Primal Fury content pack: Create races using new beastly forms and a primeval culture, with new Tomes of Magic that tap nature’s hidden powers and the Fey realms! Eldritch Realms: With new strange monsters, new racial forms, magical realms, and locations, this full expansion will bring a new dimension to the game.
@@Isnogood12 Yeah, content costs money to make, because developers be they artists or programmers don't work for free. Who the fuck would've thought of that?
One more thing: In one of the dev diaries (#4) they've mentioned that you can unlock extra society traits and ruler origins with the Pantheon system, meaning that what we are seeing here could be the tip of the iceberg.
Can't wait to see how your gonna necron theme a faction in this game also really looking forward to campaign gameplay. Edit: Funny take on Queek Head taker with Quick Neck taker.
Looks like a proper upgrade from AoW3 so far. Really happy you can be a wizard king again! Biggest reason I switch from AoW3 to AoW SM once in a while.
I've played other Age of Wonders games, but THIS looks to be the True Successor of Master of Magic that I've been waiting for!! Thank you for showing us the depth that this one will provide!
Its a small thing, but its nice to see returning faction leaders from the past games. Artica, Werlac, Karissa, Edward, Ham and even Fangir are all from past games. Pretty sure I missed some but the only games I've played at any length are 2 and 3. Makes sense too since the games take place a few decades at most after the third game.
Lack of Julia, Meandor, Melenis and Merlin is painfull, as Julia is the closest one to be the protagonist of Age of Wonders series and others have strong connection with her.
@@secondaryfront Hopefully they all show up later, I doubt they're gonna be completely absent from the story since Julia would still be on Athla, helping to fight the invaders. Melenis I think died in the canon ending, and Meandor could very well be in-game later on. I know not all the leaders in the games tend to make it into the pre-built ruler pool. Hope they do end up in there though, since like you said it'd be a shame otherwise.
@@picklefathernurgle2719 I would think Julia and Meandor make appearances in the story realms. If not, I will certainly be making my own leaders to represent them!
Wonder if there might be an invader mechanic, as in your faction and leader might show up in another’s play through. It be cool to see an faction and know someone real crafted it.
I'm hoping for a Insectoid Race in the future. I like to play as the Kirko in AoW Planetfall, I will most definitively play the insectoid race in AoW4.
I'm so Hyped for this game! Combining Feudal with horde tome and Overwhelming tactics seems like it will be very exciting! reminds me of when I messed around in AOW3 and spammed orcish musketeers.
My first custom is 100% going to be High Skaven, which is basically diametrically opposed to how they work in Warhammer. I'm a bit sad that unicorn mounts would be a bit bad though, on one hand phasing is awesome and unicorns are awesome but on the other hand... Wolves get one active, one passive and synergize with more body and mind traits.
Some of the abilities in those items were actually Hero skills or other perks like buildings. Not all of them are spells. Granted, we need access to the full game to be sure how many there are but it looks pretty nifty - a tome giving you more than spells, adding extra flavour to your people and heroes. :)
Looks really interesting. I hope they didn't scale back the excelent mechanics from Planeftall (after all the expansions). that's how a game creates true replayability.
Didn't see much of this game until now, so I am blown away by it all! Love the customisation potential! Not just to decide, make a highly synergistic nation where all the perks and bonuses work together? Or make a diverse nation where you have access to a little bit of everything?
I'm so excited to try out some of those new features but I'm a bit sad it would seem I will not be able to create my favorite custom character again (Lord Vermilion The Draconian Dreadnought And Master of Fire)
Draconians will be added in one of the dlc's (you can check a brief description of them on the steam store page, the pre-order announcement gives some info on what's coming in the season pass)
Hope there will be a good campaign. Customisations are great, by I see myself playing a couple maps with interesting mixing. Where most of my play time will be finishing available story.
While I already like what I see, I hope that via mods, DLC and patches this system is further improved and expanded over the years. This is where a lot of potential for replayability lies imo.
This game needs better marketing. I bought Age of Wonders 3 at discount... Best purchase ever. I did not even know of that franchise if it was not for AoW3. Also, Tome of Wind would be cool, this element is always forgotten.
Very interesting; it gives me some AoW1 vibes and the options seem good as well. We'll see how the gameplay turns out and - of course it's Paradox - how the DLC structure looks like.
Wow, I didn't even knew their was a age of wonders 4 I play 3 never beaten it but will get this one for sure. I love games that give players lots of customization options. Hope they add even more races as DLC (Would like a wolfkin race faction)
Heyyyy, finally, an age of wonders game. People kept trying to convince me that planetside is an age of wonders game. It isn't. Where's the wizards, where's the wonder? There's just age of. Anyway, so far looks great.
The faction customization here is absolutely insane! There are so many possible (and viable) permutations and variations... I can't wait to test them out.
If you're looking for even more information about Age of Wonders 4, you might like my other video here - ruclips.net/video/noOriABuTgI/видео.html ! Otherwise, keep your eyes peeled for more to come on this channel very soon ;). Enjoy!
100 or 200 permutation
"viable" being a crazy keyword here, as most 4x games tend to be so unbalanced that doing anything besides a few specific builds is just a handicap. but AOW has always done a good job at making everything feel fun, even back in 1. incredibly excited!
Maybe I just missed it but I think you forgot to mention what the Tome of Roots does.
Hey! Do you think you could do a similar showdown of all the tomes with the influencer stream that should happen tomorrow? Your presentation of the T1 tomes was the best by far, so many people hope you'll do the same with all the other tomes!
I can see some possible wombo combo-ing here:
Body Trait: Wolf Mounts
Mind Trait: Overwhelming Tactics
Then you can either go Dark culture to use "Cull the Weak" on targets you've used "Enfeebling Howl" on via your mounted troops, OR you can go Feudal culture -so all your mounted units do 44%~ish more damage with a 20% crit chance when they're next to each other.
Feudal Wolf Knight all cavalry does sound really fun.
Plus make those knights cat people riding wolves
Only problem I have with the Body and Mind customization is that the mount options and climate adaptations is including in that. I wish they were separate options.
Agreed ! There should be a third trait. Something like "world trait".
Hmm now that you mention it...I fully agree. I was already thinking how can I mix and match this but giving 3 options instead of 2 might be better.
Agreed, maybe you should have to pick a climate preference + one they dislike.
Mount options should be separate too.
You have limited mount selection in the racial customization that is available for everyone. The racial mounts in the body type are more like mythic versions.
Agreed. It almost makes me think that is was.
Excellent showcase of Forms, Traits, and Tomes. Most informative AoW4 video that has been released so far. Kudos. Looking forward to your future videos
Glad to hear it, thank you!
Agreed. Excellent showcase and summary. Will be back for more on the 24th of April.
I liked how your wizard king leader was a cat and the actual faction were rats.
There's actually a cool WW2 cartoon about the dangers of appeasement based around that idea.
That's actually what I planned to do as my first faction lmao
Rule through terror
@@khelgarironfist3301 love it
They are crushing it with the civ customization. Looking really good so far
Really excited for this game. Elder Kings 2, an overhaul mod that adds fantasy elements to Crusader Kings 3, has been the most popular mod for several months straight now. Clearly there's an appetite for this type of game
Looks rich, detailed. Hopefully there will be some really bonkers combinations for levity and fun
So generic. Only bipeds playable, with exactly one reptile and everyone else is a mammal. Where are bugs, amoebas, avians, immaterials, shadows, dragons, plants... Planetfall had far better races even on launch.
@@Isnogood12 yeah, could use some more variance, but the other elements seem promising.
@@Isnogood12 There's literally going to be a reptile race and dragon leader type in the future, so what are you even talking about? This is what they've announced for the future:
Archmage Attire: Special outfit pack unlocks a new set of clothing you can wear as a whole, or to be mixed and matched with other in-game items.
Dragon Dawn: This content pack includes a new Dragon Ruler type, a Reptilian Form, and New Tomes of Magic;
Empires and Ashes: Full expansion includes a new Culture, new Tomes of Magic, new Empire Building options, and a new Story Realm.
Primal Fury content pack: Create races using new beastly forms and a primeval culture, with new Tomes of Magic that tap nature’s hidden powers and the Fey realms!
Eldritch Realms: With new strange monsters, new racial forms, magical realms, and locations, this full expansion will bring a new dimension to the game.
@@crepooscul And all of those will be 10-15€ a pop, because Paradox.
@@Isnogood12 Yeah, content costs money to make, because developers be they artists or programmers don't work for free. Who the fuck would've thought of that?
One more thing: In one of the dev diaries (#4) they've mentioned that you can unlock extra society traits and ruler origins with the Pantheon system, meaning that what we are seeing here could be the tip of the iceberg.
Can't wait to see how your gonna necron theme a faction in this game also really looking forward to campaign gameplay.
Edit: Funny take on Queek Head taker with Quick Neck taker.
Necro Frogs would be awesome
Well, their sponsorship through you hooked at least one person. I'm sold!
Looks like a proper upgrade from AoW3 so far. Really happy you can be a wizard king again! Biggest reason I switch from AoW3 to AoW SM once in a while.
6:20 Feudal Lords seems like a bonus that should scale with map size, flat bonus might be OP on small maps
Holy modifiers
Right?! It's wild!
I've played other Age of Wonders games, but THIS looks to be the True Successor of Master of Magic that I've been waiting for!! Thank you for showing us the depth that this one will provide!
such a clear and concise analysis. thanks!
I love this game already. Cannot wait to start!
Those have to be the best dwarf models I’ve ever seen. Game looks amazing
Its a small thing, but its nice to see returning faction leaders from the past games. Artica, Werlac, Karissa, Edward, Ham and even Fangir are all from past games. Pretty sure I missed some but the only games I've played at any length are 2 and 3. Makes sense too since the games take place a few decades at most after the third game.
Lack of Julia, Meandor, Melenis and Merlin is painfull, as Julia is the closest one to be the protagonist of Age of Wonders series and others have strong connection with her.
@@secondaryfront Hopefully they all show up later, I doubt they're gonna be completely absent from the story since Julia would still be on Athla, helping to fight the invaders.
Melenis I think died in the canon ending, and Meandor could very well be in-game later on. I know not all the leaders in the games tend to make it into the pre-built ruler pool. Hope they do end up in there though, since like you said it'd be a shame otherwise.
@@picklefathernurgle2719 I would think Julia and Meandor make appearances in the story realms. If not, I will certainly be making my own leaders to represent them!
@@picklefathernurgle2719 Knowing who Melenis is I am pretty certain she will come back in some form.
@@secondaryfront The Elven equivalent of a cockroach that one, lol. How many times has she died now? 4? 5?
Can you do another one of these that goes into a deep dive on all of the REALM traits? Nobody else has really addressed them yet. :(
Can't wait for this game, the possibilities are endless!
I made it! Please keep covering, I’ve been craving deeper strategy games for consoles and this seems to be one of the best
Thanks for taking the time to show detailed info on each tome.
Wonder if there might be an invader mechanic, as in your faction and leader might show up in another’s play through. It be cool to see an faction and know someone real crafted it.
Great representation of creating your own faction. I missed that.
The remaining volumes are missing but I hope you will show them all over time. 😁
Paradox could explode this game into mainstream if they'd release a permanently available demo with full faction creator + first 10 turns.
2nd May is my birthday. Think I will treat myself to this game. Thanks for the preview!
Looking Forward to campaign gameplay!!
Coming *very* soon!
@@PartyElite he collects necks right ? I imagine they dont have too much to say though....
@@chrispaul7595 nah, he _takes_ necks, but collects ties.
@@PartyElite your video said April 22 but that's a long ways away and only 10 days before release. Did you mean March 22?
I am so excited for this game.
Love all the detail, played a ton of Planetfall, hoping this one is even better
If this is half as good as planetfall, its still awesome imo
Thank you for the very in depth video on faction creation, I look forward to seeing more videos as this game has most certainly piqued my interest.
hehe... nice Warhammer Fantasy reference there at the end! Queek Headtaker would be proud proud!
Just a great and very informative video that is a nice length. Can't wait for when this comes out. Well done!
Immediatly creaing the Skaven? I'm going to do the exact same thing on release.
Damn we wait you in the deep rats!
Looking forward to the mods. I'll probably spend more time in the faction creator than the actual game
Awesome overview video, with a great intro!!
Thanks for all your planetfall content btw, helped me a lot to get into the game =)
great! at least 20 hours of playtime, on faction creation alone!
I'm hoping for a Insectoid Race in the future. I like to play as the Kirko in AoW Planetfall, I will most definitively play the insectoid race in AoW4.
I'm so Hyped for this game! Combining Feudal with horde tome and Overwhelming tactics seems like it will be very exciting! reminds me of when I messed around in AOW3 and spammed orcish musketeers.
Reading this makes me want to make elves that use gunpowder.
I am 100% going all in on the rats. They look incredible!
My first custom is 100% going to be High Skaven, which is basically diametrically opposed to how they work in Warhammer.
I'm a bit sad that unicorn mounts would be a bit bad though, on one hand phasing is awesome and unicorns are awesome but on the other hand... Wolves get one active, one passive and synergize with more body and mind traits.
Love all the new custom choices. much more replay value
Preordered. No brainer. Thanks!
Paradox is by far the best video game company
Man this is cool! I hope we see more races and cultures overtime too! Id love too see a trade culture and a seafaring culture
50+ tomes with 5+ spells each. Holy battlemage batman!
Some of the abilities in those items were actually Hero skills or other perks like buildings. Not all of them are spells. Granted, we need access to the full game to be sure how many there are but it looks pretty nifty - a tome giving you more than spells, adding extra flavour to your people and heroes. :)
I hope future DLC adds more form options, like different variety of beastkin (wolfkin, harekin) and maybe some non-bipedal races (centaur, naga)
Thank you for the in depth overview :)
never heard of thus game before, seems neat.
I was sold on this the moment I saw the Ratkin!
Looks really interesting. I hope they didn't scale back the excelent mechanics from Planeftall (after all the expansions). that's how a game creates true replayability.
Didn't see much of this game until now, so I am blown away by it all! Love the customisation potential!
Not just to decide, make a highly synergistic nation where all the perks and bonuses work together? Or make a diverse nation where you have access to a little bit of everything?
All according to The Council plan YES-YES
I'm so excited to try out some of those new features but I'm a bit sad it would seem I will not be able to create my favorite custom character again (Lord Vermilion The Draconian Dreadnought And Master of Fire)
Draconians will be added in one of the dlc's (you can check a brief description of them on the steam store page, the pre-order announcement gives some info on what's coming in the season pass)
Fangir, Artica, and Karissa! :D It's like seeing old friends again!
Hope there will be a good campaign. Customisations are great, by I see myself playing a couple maps with interesting mixing.
Where most of my play time will be finishing available story.
This game is gonna be such a kick in the ass of the video game industry ! I seriously can't wait for it to be released !
after playing age of w 3 and planetfall i feel the opposite, looks more limited, we will see when it launches.
I went from not really being interested in the age of wonders series to being excited for this release all in the matter of a couple of days!
How can it be a couple of days when stuff has only just come out for a couple of hours ?
@@ronnyrdr6553 There were some dev streams that YT recommended to me, that are a couple weeks old
This looks quite promising. I enjoyed the 3rd game a lot so I'm looking forward to this.
Darn it! I was hoping for a tome of wild magic.
Looks really nice. I still have AoW III on my pile of shame. Should really play it one day 😅
There should be a save option during the faction creation.
I need this... no question!
While I already like what I see, I hope that via mods, DLC and patches this system is further improved and expanded over the years. This is where a lot of potential for replayability lies imo.
This game needs better marketing. I bought Age of Wonders 3 at discount... Best purchase ever. I did not even know of that franchise if it was not for AoW3.
Also, Tome of Wind would be cool, this element is always forgotten.
Focusing on rapid movement and displacement?
Looking foward...
Ham Binger~~~ I wish Ernest Thistlewood also available!
Oooo I was starting to worry there wasn’t going to be an age of wonders 4. Had thought they were gonna stick to the planet fall offshoot.
Sounds like Stellaris on the faction build.
Very interesting; it gives me some AoW1 vibes and the options seem good as well. We'll see how the gameplay turns out and - of course it's Paradox - how the DLC structure looks like.
Im so hyped for this game, May cant come soon enough
Have to admit, that customization makes me very interested.
Keep them coming!
I wanna play this game so much!
The ratkin brings out the yes-yes in me.
Party of Wonders! Age of Elite!
Wow...if I buy this game, the first hours will be spent trying to choose from all these customization options! So many of them!
Thanks for this great breakdown!
Wow, I didn't even knew their was a age of wonders 4 I play 3 never beaten it but will get this one for sure. I love games that give players lots of customization options. Hope they add even more races as DLC (Would like a wolfkin race faction)
Excellent summation, look forward to more from you about the game.
My man here just recreated the Skaven, what a Chad
I really liked Planetfall but i´m more a fantasy guy so i can`t wait for May!
You're telling me I can make Skaven heavy cav with UNICORNS?
Shut up and take my money!!!
I really wish you had highlighted the world building mechanics, they seem like a real highlight of the game now.
Can u explain more?
@@TheIceDragon225 Just that there are a ton of options for customizing how the world works.
@@Magicwillnz ah that's cool, thanks
Can't wait to make an order of feudal wolf-riding toad knights.
Now imagine something similar to this in terms of hero/faction creation, but Warlords Battlecry 4(persistent heroes that grows in power, and RTS).
A series I severely miss. A modern release of that game could be insane
This looks very interesting.
Looks fantastic!
QUEEK ! Cant wait !
90E for deluxe edition, I don't know about that Paradox.
Good old Queek, err, I mean, good new Quick(TM)!
Viking-style skaven - nice :)
Idk if I missed it but I hope eventually they add undead or at least allow me to be a Lich Wizard King lol.
This was amazing
Heyyyy, finally, an age of wonders game.
People kept trying to convince me that planetside is an age of wonders game.
It isn't. Where's the wizards, where's the wonder? There's just age of.
Anyway, so far looks great.
I just want this game already. Just let me play it already
The only thing that's missing from the culture choices is a tribal, "wild" culture. I imagine some kind of DLC will come out filling out some niches.
If you check the store page, they have four dlcs listed that sounds like it may be of interest in their season pass.
this looks awesome
Slay-slay man-thing!
Thanks for the video
That warlord seems falmiliar, yes-yes.