AGE OF EMPIRES IV | NORMAN CAMPAIGN - PART 1 - William the Conqueror

[@michaelschauf3542]

This brought back memories of the game I use to play called stronghold Legends. I use to stay up and just build up massive castles and control both sides building each kingdoms armies up for massive fights. Those where the days. Then came the total war games I found and a new era of warfare began for me. Thank you for this video you had me reminiscing my child hood🙂

[@LispyJesus]

Stronghold Crusaders was the one I got as a kid. Spent a ton of time on it.

[@Odysseus1313]

Those cut scene videos and graphical work on the scenes is probably the most interesting I’ve ever seen. Honestly the team that worked on this game did a great job.

[@krishna4817]

When I was 6 my dad brought me age of empires 3 demo, I still play it till this day and I am 15

[@justanothers.a.l8339]

@Hanaey💦 wtffff

[@kingchubbythe1541]

Same thing with Midieval 2 except I was 8. 15 as well. I have been playing Kingdom Come deliverance over total war recently

[@jeremiah2412]

Oh man.....I'm from the AoE classic age.......damnit I'm old 😭

[@SauceT.V]

@@jeremiah2412 you get your 1st copy in a packet of cheerios too? Haha

[@DZatheus]

It's very encouraging that there are RTS players that young.

[@natedog769]

I remember being back in 2004 when I was 8 playing age of empires 2 and being so excited for 3 and I thought it had gone away forever. Never I would have never imagined that 10 years later I would see like new expansions and a new sequel

[@Hail_Full_of_Grace]

They should make a documentary , those intros are amazingly shot.

[@zelikris]

This is great! Glad to hear you're having as much fun playing it as I am watching it!

[@overstates]

Just for future reference you will want a lot more economy. Usually in AOE games you build almost exclusively villagers for the first while (with a few troops to defend or raid the enemy). 100-150+ villagers is not uncommon and you can always delete villagers later for military population room. AOE is about having a better economy than the other guy as 9 times out of 10 a better economy means better/more troops and then you win the game.

[@gomgom1338]

I'm glad you're liking the game man! looking forward for more content on AOE

[@dylanmiller3962]

Age of empires 2 was the first online game I played 20+ years ago

[@trutacgear]

My first was C&C Westood .!

[@TheJohnnyboii]

Still remember playing age of empires when I was around 6-7 years old, got all the extras as they came out alongside the new games and still play them 20 years on ahhhh the feels 😭

[@Romans-10v9]

RtS are what got me into history. Can't wait to learn from your series!

[@sig1231]

I would love to see more episodes of this new entertaining and epic game. Keep it up man💪🏻

[@derekwaldron6981]

First computer game I ever played was age of empires I love this game and will definitely be downloading it on payday

[@michaelprentice160]

Omg why have I only just seen the best game of my childhood on PC has just cone out this is exciting! Looking forward to following these episodes Pixi

[@greengriffin1]

Pretty cool, looking forward to more of this campaign.

[@wyattbiddle2177]

Like SunZu once said "this must be a series"

[@enomisv9830]

Apollo: lets just spam barracks Me: but Apollo, your archers have like 5 guys. Plus that Scout is just chilling in the trees.

[@AfaqueAhmed_]

Just some random William guy sipping English Tea .

[@thecombatwombat7652]

Anglo-Saxons be like: The Normans are terrorising all of England and it's time for us to fight back.

[@fatmanonabike238]

I live in Hastings we actually go there every year and watch a reenactment

[@Max1990Power]

hello! I loved age of empires as a kid/youth. Childhoodmemories! It helped me to succeed in history in school.

[@freddym99]

what i liked the most about AoE 3 was the realism... The ragdolls send flying by the cavalry as they charge in and so on. this just feels like plain old arcade

[@matthings4133]

Love that they are actually speaking norman (at least thats what i understood because its similar to french but not french)!

[@matteobordais9215]

Its old french, the ancestor of modern french

[@tibsky1396]

French Language at that time was not unified anyway. But Norman French was apart from the "Langues d'Oïl", which included as many other types of Old French from differents regions of the North of France (Picards, Angevins, Poitevins, Bourguignons, Champenois, Franciens, Wallon, Lorrain, Franc-Comtois, Gallo, Mainiot... and including Normands etc ...)

[@milanotovic8223]

I can speak Italian and it sounds like vulgar latin to me.

[@tibsky1396]

@@milanotovic8223 At that time, Old French was quite close to Latin. Anyway, whether it's Italian, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Occitan, Catalan Romanian, etc... they are basically all Vulgar Latin with various influences depending on the country.

[@nhuffy9415]

In AoE2 you needed to build a specific building to be able to advance ages like a blacksmith or market. I like how the be landmark thing provides a perk for each landmark choice akin to picking gods in Age of Mythology

[@tamatiwhitlock1045]

Ah yes the famous battle of Hastings fought by 200 red and blue guys

[@TIMIDGEE]

That’s why it was so historical 😂

[@biffbidderman8164]

How else would u do it in a game

[@jonathanorillo8721]

Apollo just gave me an itch by spamming melee infantry in the midgame, and also sending the cav into enemy melee infantry. Hahaha. The battle would have been shorter had the cav been sent to go after the archers after the infantry of both sides clash. Age of Empires 1/2/3/4 = rock

[@royalgamertv6243]

exactly

[@brianshissler3263]

Coolest intro ever for an RTS

[@Railenroute]

I think they should add a Cossack regiment if would definitely be good as they were some of the best cavalry Napoleon himself said "Give m the Cossacks alone and I will take over Europe with them (NTW3)

[@thomasgoonan2565]

It has been two years since I’ve heard hello knights of Apollo

[@DOAWaterfowl]

I’ve watched you for a long time man, but I’ve got to be honest.. I think this is the first time you played without tactics.. it was painful to watch. But still love the videos man! Keep it up!

[@dreliq981]

Bro I played part 2 and it was awesome the details they put for every age.

[@amithrodrigo87]

The actual place of the slaughter is the road junction in the nearby town of "Battle", East Sussex. Yeah its calls Battle for a reason. Time team even proved it.

[@xxdarkpersonaxx9496]

Thank goodness the game and guide were carrying you otherwise you would have lost ten times over

[@samimermer1982]

My 2060 goes up to its max heat and throttles for some reason with this game. No lagg, but the fans go full 100%. Only game it happens with.

[@Stupor01]

So hard to watch lmao but I love you Apollo!

[@gabrielbrower843]

I wish xbox was gonna be able to play this. I got excited when I saw that this was on game pass. Till I realized only for PC

[@Razgriz_01]

Age of Empires has always been a PC only game. Plus most of the controls wouldn't translate well on console controls. Yes there's games like Halo Wars, but that RTS game is heavily simplified so it can play on consoles.

[@midnightw247]

oh god he's playstyle is truly pixelated 8b

[@Hail_Full_of_Grace]

Im a northerner smack bang where the rebellion happened. William was a monster in his retaliation and it bothered him for the rest of his life. He decimated the area in what became known as the harrying of the North in what was basically genocide. The after effect was recorded in the Doomsday book with once vibrant highly populated Manors being described as 'waste' each with only a handful of residents left. My own village was also waste with only 2 residents left. It took a decade for the area to recover and on his deathbed William was supposed to of repented with thes words " Ive persecuted the natives of England beyond all reason , wether gentle or simple. I have cruelly oppressed them and unjustly disinherited them. Ive killed innumerable multitudes by famine or the sword and become the barbarous murderer of many thousands of both young and old of that fine race of people " This confession is up for debate if William really said it or it was propaganda of the years after his death. Either way i believe it tells the truth of the horrific events that happened either from his own lips or the memory of the locals who invented the propaganda.

[@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014]

Wow its terrible, i know it was clearly a genocide (intended or not) but wow, horrible. The Normans surely were hated by the following centuries, them and their language.' I wonder if in the game, they speak old norman or use old french for the customized norman faction (only in tutorial)

[@willbeard4835]

Is it weird all I can think about are the parallels between real history and A Song of Ice and Fire / Game of Thrones.

[@Razgriz_01]

I believe most of the inspirations for GoT is War of the Roses.

[@Cmdr_Sam]

This would make a good series!

[@oskarengenlima2027]

Me and my friend emlyn played aoe 2 and 3 since we were 5 years old in kindergarden and we are 15 now and we both bought aoe 4 but havnet tried it yet bc of school

[@ExUmbra117]

I foresaw that happening as soon as u kept your troops in the north

[@johnnyh5487]

I hope there will be more of age of empires 😍

[@KingdomofPritannia]

Thus is so cool, I love your vids

[@joshuabardsley5340]

I struggled with food too till I noticed a market in second town and buy food

[@ItsWazzza]

The second mission 'North to York' is set in 1069. *Noice*

[@martyr3740]

Keep it up Apollo

[@epicmouse6083]

al lot of William soldiers died on the way to London due to extremally bad dysentery

[@jesontjowari9723]

Im waiting age of empires with a modern battle. So i'm back to playing COH2 until age of empires with modern battles come out.

[@mahmad8528]

I am gonna enjoy this alot

[@SkyHighGuys]

This looks amazing! I wish there was a chance to play this on MacBook

[@Wi11D]

I always routed for big Willy

[@surajsahoo649]

What are your settings...are you using w a d for navigation... please share your control settings.

[@giovanni5447]

Sir Apollo the Conqueror

[@Talon18136]

I hope this comes to console if not I need a pc so I can play this this looks so good and I love games like this

[@kostassenpai6853]

it reminds me of the medieval 2 tutorial

[@rikimarui]

my dad waited ages for this game

[@dmt_useless2254]

yes my man

[@johnssmith4005]

Once it's out , Manor Lords will end AOE4 .

[@Normacly]

Different styles. AOE always been a arcade RTS similar to Starcraft.

[@ethanworks9917]

Time to grab some food

[@Boot72]

I had played AoE3 when I was young when I went to cuisines but now I have the game I just can't play it for I don't have a computer

[@سعودعبدالعزيزسعدغازيغازي]

PixelatedApolloHi hello 👋 welcome back 👍 cool PixelatedApollook✨yes yes cool 🤩 ✨

[@Zygmunto]

Damn apollo i would really really like to watch the wideo but i dont want spoilers cos im gonna buy it myself so if u could just do a faction overview cos thats something i coyld watch(sorry for my bed england xD)

[@masterchicken1648]

I found out 2 years ago I’m a great descendent of William the conqueror

[@timpeltonen3524]

You just bilded a farm in the senter of the road 😂😂😂

[@justguin731wong7]

I hope we can get another multiplayer live stream

[@panda5996]

Can someone explain to me what language these units in the game are speaking when you click on them? I understands some lines but other lines sounds like I am in the SIMS game.

[@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014]

Me too!!!!!!! I was wondering tje same question, thats why i was reading many comments, scrolling for minutes, expecting an enlighted one saying "Pfff, this is not old norman, this is old french, stupid producer of making a customized faction" And stranger as it might sound, i came to see this video after watching the KZbinr: History with Hilbert, viking french as i wanted to look/hear how it sounded because most subjects on normans don't mention their writings (The Video i was talking about, i think you might find it interesting and maybe you could know better than i to conclude what language does the normans speak in the tutorial) kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2armWWpbM6Unqs

[@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014]

Me too!!!!!!!!!! Im checking almost all comments to see if there an enlightened one that says "Pfff, they speak old french, not old norman" And strangely enough, i got interested into this video after watching the KZbinr "History with Hilbert"

[@kaisersoze5155]

We download it from apple store or google play ?

[@danthiel8623]

I wonder how much it changed?

[@dstiltz1]

quick question did he quit total wazr roem 2

[@paulworgan6599]

I am descended from William the Conquerers mother.

[@surajsahoo649]

How you are progressing so fast

[@willbeard4835]

You definitely had to build buildings in aoe2 to advance to the next age...

[@charm200z7]

Warbound is better just saying :( I want more warbound games the way you used those tatics well fighting where so wholesome

[@dreliq981]

5:52 I think the retreat was on purpose but their opportunity to break through the gaps was more of an accident

[@actadiurna6733]

Are you going to play more "Lord of the Rings" ?

[@madeleinenantze9133]

Yeah, it’s been a bit since he played war in the north

[@actadiurna6733]

@@madeleinenantze9133 He should also play the new Darkest Dungeon 2 which just came out. He hasn't played that yet at all.

[@talamioros]

All these EU peasants and soldiers from all over Europe uniting under William's banner lol, truly a continental effort

[@gaminggamer3796]

Nice

[@diemausdietastatur8738]

my son, u need to learn a lot. A lot.

[@wpwp4976]

nice

[@deejayboushmanfaddah1325]

7:29 based off of the stream yesterday, yes. yes i can lol.

[@chrisjohnson298]

King Harold got lucky against the real Harold. Harold Hardrada

[@THISISLolesh]

Who won

[@SnusKing]

@@THISISLolesh Harold

[@wiseguy2161]

Nice game

[@sheriffdiallo7660]

Hi like this

[@gomgom1338]

dopee

[@nazarkirmani9639]

More age of empires 4 more

[@josephpaniagua7810]

Everytime i see battle like this, i remind myself that imperial china has been doing battles in millions, even though it was 1200 years before this battle 😂

[@GHOSTIEKNIGHTGAMER]

Archers mate

[@wishnusatrya7946]

im interested

[@hdizzalcsizzal7848]

#TEAM SEAS

[@cameronhandley1697]

I literally seen this vid upload In front of my eyes lol

[@Rgla21]

Where the duck is part 2

[@natzynop3057]

Good video 🇮🇶🇮🇶

[@Shadow26Wolf]

Why can't we play as the normans in skirmish?

[@sethaveray5911]

Well the game obviously doesn’t know it’s history it’s in actual fact the normans we’re losing and their morale was broken which caused them to retreat since they also thought they had lost William in the battle which he had to remove his helmet to show to his troops he was alive whilst this happened the saxons broke ranks and sallied forth to attack only to be cut down by the Norman cavalry and the regrouping infantry in the end King Harold the Saxon was killed being shot in the eye by an arrow and having his elite bodyguard the housecarls fight to the death surrounding his body until they two succumbed to death the retreat was not intentional but was a mass route which turned into a regrouping as they figured their leader was alive sadly

[@michaelbradley7529]

FYI there is no "L" in the word "drawing".

[@normalguy7567]

#Teamseas

[@Rgla21]

Yeahhh 🇲🇽

[@nineten1679]

try to play age of empire 1 rise of Rome

[@shockathlete8948]

Rome 2 : He left me alone to suffer he left me for those crappy games