It'll make a nice birthday present for me, hint hint. Terribly subtle of me, I know. 🤣 Continued watching you since years back when we discussed data presentation around your excellent series on the various troop types of each nation in Banner Lord. Your coverage of Darktide has been great, too (not my sort of game, but have enjoyed watching you explain/critique/have fun with it). Cheers
I appreciate that sometimes my options in this game are limited. Theres a bunch of crap happening but only giving me a few research options or a few units at a time and trickling in more choice as the game goes along. "Where do want to eat?" Vs "Which of these places do you want to eat" Def a preference thing but taking a bunch off the cognitive load without going full auro pilot is great for me.
Recently started Stellaris and absolutely ADORE Crusader Kings, so now I see that there is a paradox fantasy game!!!??? How have I never heard of Age of Wonders!
It's great that you're covering this game. I've played all the Age of Wonders games and I really like them. TBH, the campaigns are usually not as good as a custom game, but I agree that playing the campaign is the way to learn. I don't think they're as good as Total War Warhammer, but they usually have interesting RPG mechanics where you can explore dungeons with heroes in a way that's more engaging than TWW. They are certainly more casual, which is a good thing if that's what you're in the mood for.
Thank you Sparty for another amazing video. You're THE guy we, the unwashed masses, turn to when it comes to conquering a new kingdom and leaving a lasting legacy of Icy Demon-Hobbits with fire glaives. Thank you so much! 🤗 Can't wait for the release! 😍
Love these games and am very hyped for 4! My biggest struggle is usually on deciding when to expand and building enough armies. I can consistently have good early games, but have fun piddling around and tunnel vision on one stack and just kinda fall behind.
Completely agree on judging when to bolster armies. Maybe answer is keep watching the video 😄 but anyone have any tips on this? When should you start building out a second and third stack army and how many full armies do you generally need for end game? And same with number of cities. Should you always try to maintain your city limit (assuming you have sufficient resources)?
@@SlyzadudeI’m curious on this also- it isn’t talked about a lot. I wish there was some pros to follow on these games like E-sports. I love AoW been playing since I was a kid. The dragons got me hooked initially
i wish i would have seen your video before lol! Im pretty new to 4x games. I was a huge player of HoMM but never got into CIV or Europa. I decided to give this game a chance. Started with the ''initiation realm'' and god i was lost lol. I grew so much with your video, doing the campaign and sticking with pre-made race. I also got my first win yesterday with a custom race (orc, chaos and nature) in the initiation realm since i knew now a bit more how to play, my first real win by myself in a 4x game, yay!
Probably the Cannibal society trait and tome of souls to start with at least I don’t know if there is a specific “vampire” Tome but that’s be my assumption start - probably Dark culture too
You have taught me Crusader Kings 3 and now I have learnt Age of Wonders 4. I didn’t know I could select multiple units in the rally and a lot of the diplomatic features. Just one thing, what is your advice on DLC, should complete the story realms before I get into the DLC?
The depth of this game seems really big. It's simple on the surface but there's a lot going on, tons of systems which intertwine with each other, and I suppose it's not easy to master all of them. Once it's out, I'll most likely get it. As long as the AI is capable and the performance across systems is good (*cough* Jedi Survivor *cough*) then it's gonna be a must buy for any strategy fan
Normal in AoW4 feels like Lord (just slightly above normal) from AoW3, so it's not that bad, but it's no walk in the park. The Wonders series really encourages early aggression and quick expansion, though AoW4 put a hard cap to that due to the max city limit. Hasn't stopped me from painting the map anyway.
Very good video bro. I just bought the game last night on Gog. I was playing Aow3 and Aow Planetfall few months to get ready for Aow4. Looking forward to playing the game tomorrow I am more playing singleplayer but good that Aow4 has multiplayer if I ever wanted to play coop. Will check out your channel and I hope you continue to cover AoW4. :)
Sorry if I missed it, but what about good vs evil races? How does that affect gameplay? I think I saw in a rimmy video Evil factions don't care about public order or something like that?
Great guide! One thing I'm unclear on is how the underworld plays into this game. As a new player, should I be concerned that something is happening under my feet, should I ignore it, should I prioritize it, game doesn't really give any guidance. Might be a good video to cover?
AI is often so annoying with expanding with outposts. Quite often in the campain, I forced to drop the game and start anew, AI who is supposed to be my ally is just claiming everything around me and I ending up on a small pice of land with little space to expand. It was most annoying in the second campaign mission on the islands where that fckng Frog and Rat just building all around you and to make a new city you need to run around to the other side of the map.
Meh I just started on fields of rebirth and it took me 4 hours to win that map. So annoying, new to the game series so it took me a while to understand things 😂
I'm curious i wonder why do youtubers/content creators put out video's so early? For instance based on most games i watch when they are released they are a buggy mess and that general the good news think no man's sky for instance. So it may be month's before the game actually is fixed, then people will buy the game, then look up the videos? Like i mentioned it just feels odd to me because most of the views will come say 6 month's down the road when the game is fixed? Thanks
the vast majority of consumers do not wait that time whatsoever. Look up steam players statistics for games, you'll find a very different story from what you describe.
@@alecshockowitz8385 interesting im not saying your right or wrong same with me. For instance does those stat's include returns and how long people played? Because games like cyberpunk 2077 that was at least 6 months before they player base was up. Even warhammer 3 was lackluster and the players had to wait until immortal empires. Talking about games like that
@@alecshockowitz8385 also not talking about most games either, still my question was more geared to the business side of things. What goes into the process to put out video's before games out?
@@alecshockowitz8385 For me i wonder if that is a bad idea because if you say good things about so many games and they end up being bad how does that effect your channel? Is what im getting at
Oil baldy what is wrong being noob in a game what has to release. being noob nd to figuere shit out on your own pace in a game which 90% just play SP is a good thing. p.s. no disrespect of te old baldy it's comes from a place of love :*
Ain't nothing wrong at all brother!! It's just a title meant to drive views unfortunately. Because of the shitty nature of the algorithm, I have to navigate crap trends in hopes that my content stays relevant! So I combat that by being upfront with my videos versus holding you ransom
I just beat the first story map and started my pantheon but noticed it includes yaka and sundren the independent ruler that helped me. While I’m fine with her being in my pantheon I was like wtf is yaka doing here so I deleted him from pantheon. This is irreversible and I’m wondering if deletion from your pantheon is not something that should be done?
Oh Nooo!!! Yeah always keep your pantheon because they go on to populate your games, otherwise it's the same factions just chilling there :( I'm not sure if it can be undone brother
You do not need an iron or gold special resource node to build quarries or mines, just as you don't need pastures to build farms. In Planetfall, these resource nodes would grant a bonus if you did build the corresponding province type. However, in AoW 4, any province will get the bonus. For example, if you have a gold resource node, and you build a farm on it, you still get +10 gold income. No mine required. Prioritizing expanding to these provinces is what is most important, not necessarily what you build on them.
@@italianspartacus It is all about terrain, not the resource nodes. If you look you can see some provinces have big icons, and some small. The big ones mean that there is a resource node. However, there is plenty of footage available that shows quarries and mines with small icons, meaning no resource nodes (be it gold, iron, pasture, mana, etc...).
True but this is not the case with mines, conduits, or research centers :) it is indeed node dependant. And you're right on the size - it represents the amount of income of that source
It is definitely playable without understanding it fully. On your first playthroughs pick options that look interesting. There is a lot going on but the game gives you a list, one at a time, of things you need to be doing each turn. It's really complicated if you want to maximize everything but if you put it on easy and just pick what looks fun you should be alright 🙂
Hahahaha I'm so sorry man. Unfortunately I have to play this bullshit game with the RUclips algorithm where if I don't use certain very toxic or misleading trends then I don't get ranked on the search for stuff. I try to counter that by being very upfront with my videos - giving you all the info within before the first minute is up. In these list videos, I divulge all of the items in the list with the chapters
One tip I would give is to acquire 4 farms, quarries, and foresters as soon as possible. This will cover all the bases for most of your city's building requirements and boosts. Since you can change provinces to other things at any time, you can then convert any of these to mines, mana conduits, research posts, etc... once you no longer need them.
@@Ty921 if you click on a province it should bring up a menu that shows you what is on it. You can then click a little circle button and it will give to the option to change to any other viable option for that space. It will also allow you to transfer the province to a connected city if that city has room for it.
Serious question, are the ai supposed to be extremely easy and dumb on the world map? I only just finished the first story realm on easy, but a friend didn’t choose story and played on normal and said the same thing. The ai don’t seem to be a threat on the world map, compared to games like Civ/Total war. My allied at least took land and built cities, while the enemy took only 1. Both ai didn’t bother fighting mauraders, nor did the enemy ever try attacking my cities and only attacked my scouts but not my weak armies…..Makes the game feel way too easy and boring when i have no trouble turning my armies into gods. Is it really supposed to be like this?
The thing I am happiest to see in this game is that the unit and building queues are seperate as I cannot abide a city that isn't fully built up and that always hindered me in Age of Wonders 3.
Montage jokes asside this was quiet helpful... I think I've not gotten to grab the game yet. Mostly im stoked that they made another age of wonders. I really liked 3 and even planetfall but planetfall tanked really badly so I got scared they would abandon it
Man, I'm so excited for you guys to play on the 2nd THAT MY TEETH ITCH!! Thanks so much for watching my bros!
play.ageofwonders.com/ItalianSpartacus
It'll make a nice birthday present for me, hint hint. Terribly subtle of me, I know. 🤣
Continued watching you since years back when we discussed data presentation around your excellent series on the various troop types of each nation in Banner Lord. Your coverage of Darktide has been great, too (not my sort of game, but have enjoyed watching you explain/critique/have fun with it).
Cheers
I mean we all know how to go;
🎵 "From just a beginner to a pro, we need a MONTAGUE!
OHHHH
WE GONNA NEED A MONTAGUE!
Montage..."🎵
First I got into XCOM, then I got into Civ, then I got into Warhammer. Now I have all 3 in one game.
I NEED a new XCOM game stat
Hahahahah EXACTLY
Almost exactly the same except it was warhammer then civ for me 😅
Lol I was about to say I was civ xcom then Warhammer good to see more men of culture around here.
Yo that was my experience as well
I appreciate that sometimes my options in this game are limited. Theres a bunch of crap happening but only giving me a few research options or a few units at a time and trickling in more choice as the game goes along.
"Where do want to eat?" Vs "Which of these places do you want to eat"
Def a preference thing but taking a bunch off the cognitive load without going full auro pilot is great for me.
Recently started Stellaris and absolutely ADORE Crusader Kings, so now I see that there is a paradox fantasy game!!!??? How have I never heard of Age of Wonders!
First age of wonders I played was planetfall and I fell in love with it. Gonna give this one a try as well
It's great that you're covering this game. I've played all the Age of Wonders games and I really like them. TBH, the campaigns are usually not as good as a custom game, but I agree that playing the campaign is the way to learn. I don't think they're as good as Total War Warhammer, but they usually have interesting RPG mechanics where you can explore dungeons with heroes in a way that's more engaging than TWW. They are certainly more casual, which is a good thing if that's what you're in the mood for.
Oh 1000% they're really just glorified tutorials
Age of Wonders isn't my favourite series, but I love the ideas and the sheer freedom of basically making your own Faction/Species.
Thank you Sparty for another amazing video. You're THE guy we, the unwashed masses, turn to when it comes to conquering a new kingdom and leaving a lasting legacy of Icy Demon-Hobbits with fire glaives. Thank you so much! 🤗
Can't wait for the release! 😍
Hahahahaha thanks brother :) I'm there for you
Love these games and am very hyped for 4! My biggest struggle is usually on deciding when to expand and building enough armies. I can consistently have good early games, but have fun piddling around and tunnel vision on one stack and just kinda fall behind.
Completely agree on judging when to bolster armies. Maybe answer is keep watching the video 😄 but anyone have any tips on this? When should you start building out a second and third stack army and how many full armies do you generally need for end game? And same with number of cities. Should you always try to maintain your city limit (assuming you have sufficient resources)?
@@SlyzadudeI’m curious on this also- it isn’t talked about a lot. I wish there was some pros to follow on these games like E-sports. I love AoW been playing since I was a kid. The dragons got me hooked initially
Love this series! Great job on the vid man, hope this game gets a really long lifespan.
Me too bro!! Good to see you brothaaaa
I learned a lot while waiting for the launch to start. Thank you very much.
Bro these AOW4 Vid´s are super well done insta like
I've loved this series since the first game.
the mechanis of this game are insane deep for a just released game
i wish i would have seen your video before lol! Im pretty new to 4x games. I was a huge player of HoMM but never got into CIV or Europa. I decided to give this game a chance. Started with the ''initiation realm'' and god i was lost lol. I grew so much with your video, doing the campaign and sticking with pre-made race. I also got my first win yesterday with a custom race (orc, chaos and nature) in the initiation realm since i knew now a bit more how to play, my first real win by myself in a 4x game, yay!
How did you create your Vampire faction ? What traits and tomes do you use ?
Probably the Cannibal society trait and tome of souls to start with at least
I don’t know if there is a specific “vampire” Tome but that’s be my assumption start - probably Dark culture too
I stopped playing Totk when I discovered this. Amazing game
You have taught me Crusader Kings 3 and now I have learnt Age of Wonders 4. I didn’t know I could select multiple units in the rally and a lot of the diplomatic features.
Just one thing, what is your advice on DLC, should complete the story realms before I get into the DLC?
The depth of this game seems really big. It's simple on the surface but there's a lot going on, tons of systems which intertwine with each other, and I suppose it's not easy to master all of them. Once it's out, I'll most likely get it.
As long as the AI is capable and the performance across systems is good (*cough* Jedi Survivor *cough*) then it's gonna be a must buy for any strategy fan
The 3 basic states of matter;
•Solid
•Liquid
•plant
Normal in AoW4 feels like Lord (just slightly above normal) from AoW3, so it's not that bad, but it's no walk in the park. The Wonders series really encourages early aggression and quick expansion, though AoW4 put a hard cap to that due to the max city limit.
Hasn't stopped me from painting the map anyway.
Very good video bro. I just bought the game last night on Gog. I was playing Aow3 and Aow Planetfall few months to get ready for Aow4. Looking forward to playing the game tomorrow I am more playing singleplayer but good that Aow4 has multiplayer if I ever wanted to play coop. Will check out your channel and I hope you continue to cover AoW4. :)
I see that thumbnail, I think of “I Need a Hero.”
Great vid, looking forward to more. A deep dive Into the times would be awesome.
That's tomorrow :)
I didn't find these to be advanced tips, just explaining game functionality.
This game is so friggin addicting!
Sorry if I missed it, but what about good vs evil races? How does that affect gameplay? I think I saw in a rimmy video Evil factions don't care about public order or something like that?
i want to like this game. but it takes like 20 turns before i quit bored to tears..
We need a claims mapmode
Great guide! One thing I'm unclear on is how the underworld plays into this game. As a new player, should I be concerned that something is happening under my feet, should I ignore it, should I prioritize it, game doesn't really give any guidance. Might be a good video to cover?
So much great info in this!
I jumped into normal. On the Tier 1 realm. I didn’t drown. It was total normal. I lost some battles, but my economy let me win.
This game is overwhelming at first but when you learn how the mehanics works, you'll be spending more hours than expected
Even tho there are many mechanics they all are easy to understand
Your heroes look awesome.
This game looks kinda fun, tbh.
Is that feudal zeal humans I spot?
AYE BROTHER
Ik this is probably dumb to ask but i have vassaled free cities how do i integrate them into my empire?
any word on if the game will be Steam Deck verified on launch or if its planned
I saw somewhere it was but forget where
AI is often so annoying with expanding with outposts. Quite often in the campain, I forced to drop the game and start anew, AI who is supposed to be my ally is just claiming everything around me and I ending up on a small pice of land with little space to expand. It was most annoying in the second campaign mission on the islands where that fckng Frog and Rat just building all around you and to make a new city you need to run around to the other side of the map.
Pantheons work in multiplayer?
If you’ve looked into it yet, which is more taxing on your system, Warhammer 3 or AOW4?
Warhammer and it's not close
@@xavierroyer5044 I eventually realized first hand and yeah it’s not close at all haha. Thanks though
The xbox version sucks
I can't upgrade outpost or make a free cities into my empire x.x
The building system reminds me of endless legend?
Feels like endless legend but has a lot more depth imo. Probably it's closest analogue.
good stuff !
So this is turned base. I thought it was an RTS
You thought wrong... the entire series has always been turn based since the beginning in the 90s.
Was this having something called 'twitch drops'?
I've heard not YET. probably closer to launch
Man I hope this game doesn't end up another stellaris.
There are four DLC already planned but it's a different developer! Paradox is the publisher
I be getting my ass kicked on easy frogmen be pulling up.with 4 groups of 6stack armies almost every other round 🤦♂️
Meh I just started on fields of rebirth and it took me 4 hours to win that map. So annoying, new to the game series so it took me a while to understand things 😂
I'm curious i wonder why do youtubers/content creators put out video's so early? For instance based on most games i watch when they are released they are a buggy mess and that general the good news think no man's sky for instance. So it may be month's before the game actually is fixed, then people will buy the game, then look up the videos? Like i mentioned it just feels odd to me because most of the views will come say 6 month's down the road when the game is fixed? Thanks
the vast majority of consumers do not wait that time whatsoever.
Look up steam players statistics for games, you'll find a very different story from what you describe.
@@alecshockowitz8385 interesting im not saying your right or wrong same with me. For instance does those stat's include returns and how long people played? Because games like cyberpunk 2077 that was at least 6 months before they player base was up. Even warhammer 3 was lackluster and the players had to wait until immortal empires. Talking about games like that
@@alecshockowitz8385 also not talking about most games either, still my question was more geared to the business side of things. What goes into the process to put out video's before games out?
@@alecshockowitz8385 For me i wonder if that is a bad idea because if you say good things about so many games and they end up being bad how does that effect your channel? Is what im getting at
@@alecshockowitz8385 and maybe im wroung yet that is my train of thought
Sorry, but I still don't get outposts and how to put them down 😂
Double click the tile
Huh they broke their own lore/rules ....if you pick one time of magic...the opposite magic becomes locked.
Wait, are you Getbrocked?
Nope
Great video, I’m so hype for this game
Video title says advance tips. It’s all the basic new stuff. Shame.
Oil baldy what is wrong being noob in a game what has to release. being noob nd to figuere shit out on your own pace in a game which 90% just play SP is a good thing.
p.s. no disrespect of te old baldy it's comes from a place of love :*
Ain't nothing wrong at all brother!! It's just a title meant to drive views unfortunately. Because of the shitty nature of the algorithm, I have to navigate crap trends in hopes that my content stays relevant! So I combat that by being upfront with my videos versus holding you ransom
Came for the feet pics.
Toesie woesies
Dont queue up buildings, is this a joke?
I just beat the first story map and started my pantheon but noticed it includes yaka and sundren the independent ruler that helped me. While I’m fine with her being in my pantheon I was like wtf is yaka doing here so I deleted him from pantheon. This is irreversible and I’m wondering if deletion from your pantheon is not something that should be done?
Oh Nooo!!! Yeah always keep your pantheon because they go on to populate your games, otherwise it's the same factions just chilling there :( I'm not sure if it can be undone brother
You do not need an iron or gold special resource node to build quarries or mines, just as you don't need pastures to build farms. In Planetfall, these resource nodes would grant a bonus if you did build the corresponding province type. However, in AoW 4, any province will get the bonus. For example, if you have a gold resource node, and you build a farm on it, you still get +10 gold income. No mine required. Prioritizing expanding to these provinces is what is most important, not necessarily what you build on them.
Correct! But you cannot build a province if it doesn't have the resource node (gold or iron deposit) or proper terrain (foresters and farms)
@@italianspartacus It is all about terrain, not the resource nodes. If you look you can see some provinces have big icons, and some small. The big ones mean that there is a resource node. However, there is plenty of footage available that shows quarries and mines with small icons, meaning no resource nodes (be it gold, iron, pasture, mana, etc...).
True but this is not the case with mines, conduits, or research centers :) it is indeed node dependant. And you're right on the size - it represents the amount of income of that source
@@MordredMorghulyou need to have a node for mines, that is an absolute requirement
@@Legend-nc2tf what do you mean by a node?
You don’t need a gold deposit.
This video does give me the impression the game is fairly hard in general. At least for a person who hasn't played AeW before.
It is definitely playable without understanding it fully. On your first playthroughs pick options that look interesting. There is a lot going on but the game gives you a list, one at a time, of things you need to be doing each turn. It's really complicated if you want to maximize everything but if you put it on easy and just pick what looks fun you should be alright 🙂
It is 1000x easier to jump into than stellaris. I can say that much.
Hey, you're getting interaction, that's great.
But anyhow, I hate the Thumbnail, I hate the title, why make it sound like a mobile game ad.
Hahahaha I'm so sorry man. Unfortunately I have to play this bullshit game with the RUclips algorithm where if I don't use certain very toxic or misleading trends then I don't get ranked on the search for stuff. I try to counter that by being very upfront with my videos - giving you all the info within before the first minute is up. In these list videos, I divulge all of the items in the list with the chapters
@@italianspartacus Hey I'm not blaming you for it.
I just hate it.
I do too brother
I wish there were like, flags or some sort of visual indicator of claims.
I played prev games and still did not understand 90 % of thing you said LOL.
One tip I would give is to acquire 4 farms, quarries, and foresters as soon as possible. This will cover all the bases for most of your city's building requirements and boosts. Since you can change provinces to other things at any time, you can then convert any of these to mines, mana conduits, research posts, etc... once you no longer need them.
Been trying to figure out how to transfer them.
@@Ty921 if you click on a province it should bring up a menu that shows you what is on it. You can then click a little circle button and it will give to the option to change to any other viable option for that space. It will also allow you to transfer the province to a connected city if that city has room for it.
Thanks for the video
My pleasure dude
Serious question, are the ai supposed to be extremely easy and dumb on the world map? I only just finished the first story realm on easy, but a friend didn’t choose story and played on normal and said the same thing.
The ai don’t seem to be a threat on the world map, compared to games like Civ/Total war. My allied at least took land and built cities, while the enemy took only 1. Both ai didn’t bother fighting mauraders, nor did the enemy ever try attacking my cities and only attacked my scouts but not my weak armies…..Makes the game feel way too easy and boring when i have no trouble turning my armies into gods. Is it really supposed to be like this?
The thing I am happiest to see in this game is that the unit and building queues are seperate as I cannot abide a city that isn't fully built up and that always hindered me in Age of Wonders 3.
very helpful !
Glad it was helpful!
I have no idea what this game is, but It popped up in my feed and I wanted to support and check it out. I'm definitely, somewhat interested now.
Montage jokes asside this was quiet helpful... I think I've not gotten to grab the game yet. Mostly im stoked that they made another age of wonders. I really liked 3 and even planetfall but planetfall tanked really badly so I got scared they would abandon it