Age of Wonders 1 Review | 800x600® Edition™

[@Em_Branco]

Sseth really is the kind of person who will convince companies that the mention of a crack pipe in a sponsorship is absolutely necessary.

[@grayman2749]

Speechcraft increased to 100.

[@TtotheCizzel]

Id say they start to watch his videos to see what hes doing then get confused 1 min in and take a long walk

[@masterix4021]

tbh, todays Express VPN ad actually got me interessted in finally getting one. So I would say... yes. The crack pipe cameo was effective and necessary

[@stojankovacic1524]

Holy shit that was a good sponsorship. Man actually made me sort of want the product

[@TrinSpin]

@@masterix4021 @Stojan Kovačić pro tip, a VPN won't prevent that kind of deanonymization/correlation "attack". Data brokers can/will cross-reference a browser's/machine's fingerprint across different accounts/websites. Between device fingerprinting, "private" account information, keyboard biometrics/dynamics, etc, there are so many different datapoints to correlate that a VPN will do jack shit. I love Ssseth and the anecdote was funny as hell, but this ad was as dishonest as (if not worse than) the old "military grade encryption to protect you from packet sniffing" shtick was.

[@jacquopovimes]

Glad to see Sseth is back to his appropriate era of gaming

[@StykeWarden]

agreed, time to up the patreon

[@mrpachaaa]

No joke, I was tired of the games he's been recently doing videos on.

[@LMGunslinger]

Since I use a 10 year old bargain bin laptop I agree. I can only play games from the 90s and early 2000s.

[@sammysalgado1475]

Late 90s early 2000s euro jank era?

[@fynnerss]

caveman from the neolithic age here, definitely glad to see my childhood favourites getting reviewed!

[@TheDNAstrands]

Honestly the balls on ExpressVPN to let Sseth be this brutally truthful on an ad is commendable. Remember when VPNs used to only advertise that you can watch unblocked Netflix in any country or shit like that without daring to mention anything remotely dubious?

[@sthcproductions]

In the current timeframe and political climate, its a tactical move which will help them sell even faster

[@DaveSmith-cp5kj]

@@sthcproductions What they won't say though is that a VPN is pointless to hide from the government if you are using traditional internet providers, because the IP side are the primary ones who get audited and mined for data by the government. Airgap my dudes.

[@alexstoica1727]

To be honest, running your most important feature in what is essentially RAM-Disk is brilliant. You need reaaally realiable servers and software to pull it off. Respect.

[@anatolymeller6261]

Or... ExpressVPN is actually controlled by the government, so they get a nice list of suspicious people.

[@captaineflowchapka5535]

@@anatolymeller6261 i love "the " governement , because depending on where you are it can the american one , the chinees ,the french ect... they don't need to be control by the governement , everyone is selling everything to anyone at all time , the trick is not anonimity , but obscurity , that your information is always the leas interesting thing ,and ridiculsy annoying to get

[@mysteri5726]

tells us to skip spoilers, has a little chat and then starts the spoilers on the time you skip to absolutely brilliant.

[@zzodysseuszz]

I laughed very hard at this

[@GabrielOnuris]

It was indeed on another level.

[@MrWooaa]

The dark side of Mandolore

[@jonnykarkkainen9965]

@@MrWooaa uuiiiiuuuuuuu7kjh x z vhvgcçccccvf::!!::

[@Ezio999Auditore]

The King of Limbo

[@DraphEnjoyer]

I'm certain this man is responsible for 90% of GoG's yearly revenue

[@gannonpatton2858]

Sseth and Mandalore are the two people who got me to use GoG...

[@ncrvako]

yeah, mandalore is great advertiser.

[@jon1819]

@@ncrvakoMandalore killed a girl to death in 1993

[@samcavanagh7993]

Guardians Of Gahool?

[@ncrvako]

@@jon1819 pics and vids or did not happen.

[@1337m4n]

My man straight up just dedicated his entire sponsorship segment to explaining why the argument "it's not a constitutional rights violation if a private company does it" is a fallacy. Mad props.

[@Kris-ck2md]

I think that was the closest we've seen to actual vitriol from the man, too. You can just sense the resentment bubbling underneath the comedic surface.

[@colby1398]

Yeah, it's literally just spying on your own citizens with extra steps, and should very much be illegal. Especially since they're spending your own damn tax dollars to spy on you.

[@nosferadu]

Unfortunately, ExpressVPN is also a private company that has access to ALL your traffic data, and if you think that for $9.99 a month they won't ever sell it to third parties or give them to the FBI, then I've got a bridge to sell you.

[@LuckyBeepo]

@@nosferadu 5thats why mullvad is king

[@Animalace3]

@@nosferadu Yeah. Sadly, VPNs do work, with the caveat that someone still knows more or less what you're doing on the internet. So it's just a choice of how many hoops you want someone to jump through to know what you're doing. And there's always someone willing to jump through those hoops.

[@Siteukenc]

Props to Sseth for making sponsored segments genuinely entertaining and enlightening

[@Gaylent]

I can't tell if I'm happy I didn't feel like skipping it or pissed off that I watched an advertisement.

[@moogle6001]

Unironically the best add for a VPN I've seen so far

[@RabbiGoldstein]

Express vpn and all other vpns do jack shit to protect your "internet privacy" all that are sponsoring yewtubers are in the hands of the glowies. dont trust it use tor if you want some privacy.

[@5h4ndt]

Yeah, Sseth has earned his place on my sponsor block whitelist

[@Rickbison]

Him getting temporally fucked by JP Morgan was amazing transition starting from a cum bank to the irs breaking his fucking legs. God bless that ad read.

[@Protosszergling]

The fact that Sseth managed to turn ships into nearly-invincible flying battle-cruisers proves that he is a brilliant strategist.

[@Rhysman30]

I played AoW for literal years. I have never in any of my time playing it thought to do that.

[@nicholasfleck2138]

this strat has been banned from multiplayer for many many years, but new strats are still made all the time lol.

[@haunted5311]

He is a 105 IQ galaxy brain savant after all.

[@EnlighthenedOne123]

*Fall of Constantinople memories intensifies*

[@Courier_Seven]

Give me 5 gold medal champion kurags and I'll take out your whole army.

[@Rudipu]

I love how he tells you to go to 18:23 to avoid spoilers which is also coincidentally the precise time he begins to spoil the story.

[@frds_skce]

The African warlord knows

[@torbiq9809]

can't believe we watched the same video

[@where_is_alice]

@@torbiq9809 You know that is not how this meme works, right? You wouldn't catch that unless you actually tried to skip.

[@bakedcrystal915]

@@torbiq9809 I didn’t notice it until I read this comment

[@TheeSirRandom]

@@torbiq9809 This is a comment section. People come here to talk about the video. This guy is talking about how he loved that part of the video you fucking dumbass. Do you just want the comment section to not exist? As your statement of "we watched the same video" implies, we cant talk about the video because we all watched it. Are you actually retarded?

[@affanalam6123]

Congrats Sseth you've now become one of the few youtubers whose sponsored segments I don't skip.

[@Spartacus114]

Internet historian and wilburger also have good ads. But most suck

[@AveSicarius]

Seth is actually a Google AI designed to innocuously push you towards accepting KZbin ads and testing what you will, and will not, accept. Clearly he's gone rampant though, and soon we will all be forced into our VR Pods to endlessly play ancient games until we burn out to fuel his neverending channel growth.

[@funguy398]

@@AveSicarius i found my purpose in life 🙂

[@AveSicarius]

@@funguy398 Million's of year's of evolution led you to this point. Embrace your destiny as a slave in the KZbin content mines!

[@mechanicalmonk2020]

Also congrats for perpetuating incorrect information about the usefulness of VPNs

[@nomadv7860]

I like all your vids but this really felt like those classic Sseth vids from years ago. It’s always great when you cover those 20+ year old games from your childhood

[@danpaz9485]

Funny that he said things would go downhill but I guess its over?

[@user-jo8kq5ed4j]

Ive been literally re binging his vids for the past week and this here is a welcomed addition

[@WiseOwl_1408]

@@danpaz9485 he can't be or is who he used to be and exist on the platform. He's mentioned this before. All the old great KZbinr say this or have gone

[@rickyrahma3611]

classic Sseth would review hentai games too though

[@yigitdemir3723]

FUCKING THANK YOU! I was thinking the exact same, the joke density in this video is fucking huge, just like his older ones.

[@minhducnguyen9276]

"Harry Potter and the Yugoslavic war tribunal" SSeth always asks the questions that I didn't know I wanted the answers.

[@skeletondude720]

That's why I keep coming back to his videos like a moth drawn to a flame

[@diamondmetal3062]

Sseth has a propensity to show us games with the takeaway of “the real treasure was the war crimes we committed along the way”.

[@matthewrawlings1284]

I'd rather read that book tbh...

[@bigballzmcdrawz2921]

I loved picking the Orcs and warcriming the other factions with Warlords, and Red Dragons.

[@fatchildcookie]

Playing AoW 2 as a kid and then returning over a decade later to AoW 3 was one of the best gaming experiences I ever had Absolute banger of a franchise

[@TheOneTrueClogger]

What do you think of AOW Planetfall?

[@victoryudoh4626]

I personally don't like the tech tree additions to planetfall and the artstyle for some reason bothers me. AoW 3 really hits the spot for me and the modded additions truly brings so much great content.

[@qwertzu1195]

​@@victoryudoh4626 may I ask what modded additions you mean?

[@pieines7299]

Aow 3, especially with all the dlc is a really complete game. There is really everything you would want for a old timer.

[@samos343guiltyspark]

AoW3 is one of my favorites

[@REDunofficial]

SsethTzeentach: The only person besides Internet Historian who can make his sponsorships just as entertaining as the rest of the video.

[@theyruinedyoutubeagain]

Eric from Internet Comment Etiquette wants to have a word.

[@Natsukikain]

@@theyruinedyoutubeagain ll

[@Aserbic]

...Flashgitz

[@colewest7096]

The Mythology Guy begs to differ. That said, I love Sseth's way of talking about these things.

[@siluda9255]

yes, the sponsoship as worthhile to watch lol

[@LegacyCrono]

Seeth is a mad man, he got them to make a special AoW bundle just for him AND he also made available a fix for a game glitch. Truly an ascended being.

[@Dommmmm]

Your friendly neighborhood Jewish man manipulating the market for the boys

[@viliusbenetis2909]

Now that is a sponsor plug - Sseth is an absolute artist

[@compliantpleb4712]

Redpilling his base while profiting. Brilliant.

[@Akaritomi]

That express VPN add was too real and relatable. I'm referring to the part of the IRS ruining your life (even momentarily), realizing they screwed up and targeted you wrongfully then just saying oops while telling you how YOU can fix THEIR mistake while actively making it next to impossible to do so.

[@colby1398]

Yeah. They fuck you over and instead of fixing it or compensating you for your lost time and duress of having to live with no money for some time, they just fuck back off to their ivory towers and leave you to clean up their mess.

[@Fragenzeichenplatte]

The IRS is intentionally underfunded and discouraged from going after the big guys so that everyone think the IRS is the problem and not the people who made this institution weak. Same for postal services - slowly make its quality worse so people think government-owned institutions are the problem.

[@weir-t7y]

Then they "randomly" audit you again after admitting their mistakes

[@donaldn5798]

I've had family members absolutely FUCKED by this. U.S goverment is infallible.

[@fosterbennington6405]

I wish all taxmen a very good cbt session

[@Endrosz]

Before Age of Wonders was released, some music tracks were shared on the developer's website. The music of this game is so great, it made me shiver with anticipation. It was one of my most anticipated games of all time, and it did not disappoint when it was released!

[@sirlexicon123]

Michiel van den Bos

[@hidn2635]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/oWaoY6F-nqyKiZI

[@ComicGladiator]

@@sirlexicon123 "Let's go, Bos!"

[@86Corvus]

Some parts of one song are shared in unreal soundrack because alexander brandon made both soundracks

[@khajrane]

@@86Corvus nope; it's Michiel vd Bos who was working on both

[@Emsarrev]

Dominating a Sea Serpent, loading it into an air galley then bricking my entire savegame by going into tactical combat with them is one of my favorite memories. Also in the same vein, going into tactical combat on water with all my units loaded into a boat just to see everything but the boats instantly drown, 10/10.

[@dallarian8687]

Update after 8 days of playing the game since the Windows 10 patch. I've chosen perhaps sligthly too high difficulty for our skill, so me and my brothers are having time of our live trying to survive endless waves of enemies and level 20 heroes. Its amazing.

[@zzodysseuszz]

I remember doing something similar to this with my brothers on halo 3

[@skeletondude720]

Do you have a wizard in your party

[@dallarian8687]

We have finished the first playthrough and have had no wizard, only warriors. However, now we have added our dad to the party and I am playing as Lizardman wizard/shaman, it's lots of fun ^^ @@skeletondude720

[@skeletondude720]

@@dallarian8687 it's all fun and games till daddy joins the frey

[@edwardecl]

You forgot to mention the incarnate is the most OP unit in the game because it can take control of other peoples heroes, which then lets the AI get a new hero, then you can take that until you have squads of heroes which can obliterate everything.

[@colewest7096]

Perfectly balanced.

[@eckitera]

@@colewest7096 As it should be.

[@HrHaakon]

Human airships' response is: "Oh sorry, can't hear you up here over the sound of my ballista!". The Azrac elephant is better though, as it's a T1 unit you can install and pump out disgusting amounts of, can break walls, and generally just stomp unprepared players with.

[@friendlygiant1507]

@@HrHaakon You're really boring and really wrong.

[@Angry_Lad]

@@friendlygiant1507 you're not a friendly giant at all!

[@Superscope64]

The expansion to the sequel to this game, Age of Wonders II: Shadow Magic, is a absolute masterpiece and i really hope Sseth would do a video of it one day.

[@brunomanuel912]

Spent hours playing AoW2 with friends

[@vdate]

I had a friend show off the lunacy of this game and it was a thing of beauty. (Alas, I got in at the much more comparatively sane AoW3.) Any time I even SUGGESTS he do the same for Shadow Magic, his response is a flat, ardent 'NO'.

[@bobobsen]

Better pay him a lot of money

[@joseaca1010]

a man of taste i remember i played that game for ages as a kid, never touched the story, i only played skirmish maps, the fact it never got boring speaks volumes about the variety the game offers

[@IvanTre]

Not as fun as the AOW2 where you could stack enchantments of various school until it got completely broken. E.g. hasted airships.

[@peterdiaz3796]

Sseth is truly the Diogenes of the game reviewer community

[@ryankeller2509]

You're not wrong

[@frds_skce]

Impossible. To be Diogenes, you must first have nothing. Then you can shitpost to people. Not to have a PhD in biology and then shitpost review to millions of people online

[@WordoftheElderGods]

Beat a new philosopher into the dirt please

[@X-SPONGED]

Exactly what we expect from our favorite African warlord

[@Jack-rj4kd]

I can’t unsee it now, fuck

[@rumplstiltztinkerstein]

Dwarf Fortress steam version released with huge changes. Petition for Sseth to make a new video with more stories.

[@Digganob590]

I second this. though, I recommend he wait until adventure mode comes out.

[@mfwiloseintouhoubossfights9305]

@@Digganob590 any date on that? I'm waiting for that to buy the game

[@Digganob590]

@@mfwiloseintouhoubossfights9305 Not so far as I've seen. I believe Tarn did say it's high on the to-do list, behind maybe a couple other things. So don't expect any sooner than 3-4 months. Hopefully it'll be sooner, I'm excited for it.

[@rumplstiltztinkerstein]

@@Lamrett I once made a comment asking if he could do a total annihilation kingdoms review and he did it. He is a cool guy. This is just a suggestion. I can only make prayers and hope that the chaos god of change will listen.

[@rumplstiltztinkerstein]

@@Lamrett grab some cookies bro. You need it.

[@amduil8168]

You used to be able to make your ships fly in Age of Wonders 3 as well. I found this out when i was playing a human warlord and my ally, an orc druid, cast Wild Hunt. They then flew an entire god damn naval fleet through my territory and blew up one independent city and cleared some end game tier dungeons with them. The devs eventually made Wild Hunt not affect your units with the mechanical or sea creature tag but it was a hilarious time while it lasted.

[@Limrasson]

For the graphic glitch, try opening the resolution setting screen on windows. You don't have to do anything there, just open the window. It worked for the old version of Age of Empires II

[@Miszczuuu]

thank you brave hero

[@googlehepimizifisliyor2968]

Yeah this also works in starcraft.

[@TheWretchedEgg12]

its a common trope for win98 games apparently. Ive been having the same issues with a old game called cultures

[@nobob8564]

I would've tried the righ-clicking the app, going to properties, and looking at comparability settings.

[@michaelking7391]

wait seriously? I used to play AOE II on a disk way back in the day and after a decade all the blue based graphics were tinted purple lmfao

[@saerain]

God, there are few things I want in gaming more than the return of 4X fantasy in the spirit of AoW. It is so rarely this good.

[@pierreo33]

age of wonders 3 is great

[@saerain]

@@pierreo33 In a lot of ways I agree, other ways not, and it's been 8 years with no one really trying to show it up.

[@darklordvadermort]

try dominions 5. there's an active multiplayer scene on discord. it's all ive played for like half a year almost.

[@Nimandrous]

​@@pierreo33I personally don't like the combat as much.

[@Whydoesthissitesuck]

Have you tried Endless Legend?

[@mossThrow]

what a blast of nostalgia. i remember trying to play this game at like 6 years old and just getting bodied over and over. but cool sprite art and booba kept me coming back

[@normanchiu847]

Lol I lost so damn much when I was a kid. Honestly I just kept playing because I loved reading all the lore that each unit had. Even the units that get flattened by a gentle breeze had some great lore.

[@basedstarlordquill3148]

​@@normanchiu847To bad Triumph ran it into the ground doing what everyone else does and copy pasting Civilizations game mechanics. The AOW games are still good but I fukng hate all of Civs game mechanics especially the territory mechanic, adding that to AOW just ruined it for me.

[@man0warable]

Easily the best VPN ad I've seen yet. Not only did you provide a meaningful example of the consequences of data harvesting, you did it without spewing the complete bs VPN ads usually do. All VPNs should be taking notes.

[@AC-hj9tv]

Proton VPN master race

[@meezith1418]

It's cute that you think that wasn't just more of what VPN companies want you to say. Sseth is great but he sure as hell isn't immune to excessively praising a sponsor for the money.

[@pyotrilyichtchaikovskyii6638]

@@AC-hj9tv Janky VPN from some pajeet on BHW masterrace.

[@man0warable]

@@meezith1418 He recounted a unique personal experience and explained how it happened and how it can happen to anyone. He then explained exactly why ExpressVPN is what you should use to prevent this. Just about every other ExpressVPN ad I've seen so far recited what the company wanted them to. This consisted of raving about how amazing it is to circumvent Netflix's region locks and how a VPN is basically the second coming of god that can protect you from absolutely all of the dangers of the internet. Sseth did not do this. He told us of a personal experience that demonstrated the necessity of privacy tools in the modern age. What the other ads do is most certainly excessive. What was excessive about Sseth's ad?

[@googleandsusansucks]

@@man0warable Man. You are either an amazing troll or the most gullible person i have ever seen. Seth also got noting on Internet historian in terms of ads. Those are pure gold.

[@donk8961]

Another game I’ll never play summarized so beautifully I feel like I have.

[@xDinomanx]

This is a game I used to play with my childhood friends back in the day. It's such a classic. I encourage everyone to play it as well as its sequels.

[@ShaqNasty557]

"The same guys who made Overlord" The fact that other people remember my favourite chdhood game and even Sseth knows about it just fills me with joy

[@Cosiek7]

So that's why the beholders look so similar!

[@NinjaSushi2]

Who didn't pay Overlord? The first was very popular.

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

And it was written by Terry Pratchett's daughter.

[@screamybingus707]

@Throgg KingofTrolls that's not exactly praiseworthy. She's a shit writer, and Overlord's writing is merely ok

[@williamgarrison1707]

Loved it too

[@Remus-z6y]

Ah, Sseth and older turn based games go together perfectly. Also it’s crazy that this man has gotten me into games I’ve would’ve never thought I’d try.

[@hmroid6884]

Sseth the man that told me to jump off the bridge because there was candy under it and didn't even lie He even leaves an air mattress to land on sometimes so I don't have to haul my crippled lower half to the next bridge he Is gonna show me

[@mixermaster10]

@@hmroid6884 i read that in 100% sseth voice, beautiful

[@crimsoneclipse0618]

A video this soon? Who the hell are you and what did you do to our Benevolent Warlord?!

[@raistlinlove1307]

He is a kind albeit a perverted man 😌 he has taken me in his tent many a time but it is not to my despair... but to my benefit

[@apathy.machine]

He's back in the sweatshop

[@korvo9936]

He figured that slaving an entire village is far more proffitable in the long run rather than sell their organs

[@jwamerica84]

This video was generated by AI

[@uydagcusdgfughfgsfggsifg753]

Quite the Rital

[@evilforhire]

I truly hope ExpressVPN understands the absolute gem of an advertisement they have here. I actually watched the whole plug for ExpressVPN and enjoyed every second of it.

[@Xerathiel]

Yeah, this one actually made me click it. Fuck the Feds.

[@pearz420]

ok boomer

[@Ace5004]

The Low Tier God alignment chart was, ironically, a top tier joke.

[@da_roachdogjr]

This man is one of the few actually showcasing good games from every era.

[@soundwave429]

He showcased warthunder

[@randygaming5134]

links to the other channels/people?

[@da_roachdogjr]

@@randygaming5134 Here's what I can remember Grim Beard MandaloreGaming Accursed Farms ThorHighHeels Sean Seanson (Playstation1)

[@da_roachdogjr]

@@soundwave429 lmao that's true, but even the best cooks have burnt a few cakes Also the game is only trash because of the shop. I played with a friend until the shop got in the way and uninstalled, it was fun for a bit

[@randygaming5134]

@@da_roachdogjr thanks man

[@WillBilliamson2]

I love this game so much, one of my top 10s of all time. Thank you for making this review.

[@dondankleberg4965]

why dont we have such games today :(

[@Moons1167]

@@dondankleberg4965 zoomer brain won't be able to handle something like this.

[@pierreo33]

@@dondankleberg4965 age of wonders 3 is great

[@wizardofnulu8547]

This game was the reason I got into fantasy and d&d this game is my imagination drug but yeah I prefer shadow magic though

[@dondankleberg4965]

@@Moons1167 idk man i think they just dont know what theyre missing maybe, bad education :D @pierre117 ay thanks was just looking for the best version

[@eduardoledesma5568]

Man... after knowing the twist from the spoilers I wish I could have played the game and see it for myself. What an amazing game, really.

[@arcathattalid9599]

Don't let that stop you. There's actually a few variations on the ending depending on who you side with over the course of the game. By far the greatest ending is starting as the Cult of Storms and ending with the High Men (by allying with the Lizards halfway). It is still one of the best endings and your character doesn't take what happens lightly.

[@Dantprime]

SSeth's VPN sponsorship ad he did is hands-down the best VPN ad I've ever gotten. Legit I'm thinking about buying a VPN for once and knowing that expressVPN set up their system so you CAN'T keep records even if you want to is honestly making me think I might get their VPN.

[@dionysus6892]

I'm right next to you, even more after getting my second letter from my internet provider that "pirate bay bad"

[@thewallachianbard6975]

Same ! The Merchants Guild definitely taught him a thing or two about selling

[@sailorofthesoul1945]

Total trash tho - do your research and get something legit. Not a bunch of the same products owned by the same company with different names. Glad he got some shekels tho lol

[@hapymine9632]

Vpns can be good bit even if they claim a no logs policy Intel that gets Actually tested I don't trust it.

[@ZodiusXx]

Chris Chan fetish jail is the callback we didn't need, but never knew we wanted. Bravo Sir.

[@RinrinFran]

This is unironically better than a lot modern games we have today.

[@jsands5555]

games were good before 2007

[@Karsh.]

I've slowly (really slowly it seems) begun to realize that ~90% of the time the less well-looking a game is, the better its gameplay actually is. ...And sadly enough, not nearly enough other people have realized that, which often causes those better-and-ugly games to not really sell particularly well these days, ultimately causing them to either be abandoned in development or at least not get any sequel or any new games afterwards from the studio which made them. I still love you, Runers.

[@ridderjaim3]

@@Karsh. Funnily enough, that reminds me of Vampire Survivors. An amazing indie vidya game that looks like it came out in the 90's (made recently tho) and it's incredibly addicting bc its gameplay is just 10/10

[@wykydytron]

Becouse old games were in fact better, only limitation was hardware, today we have almost no hardware limitations but severe creative limitation due to leftist politics and gaming being targeted at unwashed masses instead of bunch of nerds that actually enjoy games. Unfortunately games never gonna be that good anymore ( ok maybe some indies will and some Japanese or Chinese AAA will be good but nothing from west will be good anymore). Creative writing, taking risks, generally creativity is dead as games needs to be for everyone including normies, if you make game as unbalance and unfair as aom you will have constant reddit/twitch stream of crying about it being unbalanced and having genders... We live in no fun allowed times.

[@joseaca1010]

no... Age of Wonders Shadow Magic is, holy cow, what a game, it took Triumph 16 years to approach that level of quality with Age of Wonders Planetfall

[@ShaqNasty557]

13:20 Sseth breaking down when he says "busting it down sexual style" atomized me

[@Rick586]

"I forgot the point I was trying to make. Let's procede." Those two sentences sum up this entire wonderful channel.

[@X-SPONGED]

12:31 It's an absolute breath of fresh air to see a suicide bombing joke about The Japanese instead of The Afghani or Arabian People. It's good to see The OGs getting credit where credit is due for doing it first instead of copying tactics from another country.

[@VirusVescichetta]

This is one of my favourite games from when I was a kid, and it's wonderful to see it get some love from Sseth. I wish the sequels had kept the ridiculously in-depth unit descriptions, though. It's hard to quantify how much flavour text like that can add to the experience.

[@joseaca1010]

im playing Shadow Magic and it does have unit descriptions, it does not have unit portraits tough

[@torrinfell]

I'm about 70-80% sure that thanks to sseth I have now finally learned what one man one jar is despite years of trying to prevent myself from ever discovering it's nature. Neat.

[@ledumpsterfire6474]

Colloquially known to the cultured among us as, "JAR SQUATTER."

[@Elgar337]

its*

[@cursoryintegration8512]

Yooo I can't believe somebody finally covered this. I have so many memories of making chains of air galleys to transport units across XL maps in one turn, my friend's lv. 50 leader making a visible path through my minimap as he razed everything, and editing the unencrypted sound effects into stupid nonsense (when they weren't already funnier than anything I'd make anyway like the punch of charm). The game's a masterpiece, thank you so much.

[@PLPCPLAPD]

When I was maybe around 10, I was primarily playing game demos from CDs that came with my dad's subscriptions for PC magazines, and Age of Wonders was one of my absolute favorites; I probably played at least 500 hours of that one demo scenario, the orcs being my favorite race due to the not at all broken orc warlord... I miss those times.

[@youdonegoofed]

Oh man, I probably spent more time playing the Age of Wonders II demo than most other games I've played. The music and atmosphere captivated me as a kid, just thinking back on that feels amazing.

[@PLPCPLAPD]

@@youdonegoofed Nostalgia at its best, too bad none of my friends are into AoW, as I've sadly grown tired of enjoying it solo as the AI becomes too predictable, especially as an adult...

[@WhenPigsAttack1]

Crazy how Sseth somehow manages to cover almost every single game from my childhood.

[@TheWildSlayer]

I feel like as time has gone on, you're able to be more personal with how you express yourself and sprinkle in a bit of humanity in how you present the games with anecdotes I can actually relate to. I'm scared and excited.

[@hidn2635]

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[@nijunikuro]

I think Raze option is supposed to be used when attacking enemy territory, so you can destroy their buildings you might not be able to keep while leaving neutral raiders to wreck havoc on enemy lands. It's best used with Undead along with Animate Ruins. Still, I prefer to either Migrate or Loot with other races instead. As amazing as Wraiths are, they're *not* subceptible only to priests and "exorcism". A simple Enchant Weapon spell is all you need to kill them, as they're vulnerable to magic attacks. They're still quite abusable, tho. Wind Walking spell isn't the only way to get Galleons that can move on land. You can also use Free Movement earth spell for it (which you can research earlier and iirc its upkeep is far lower). Lightning Strike and Cold Strike were overpowered in original release version and got nerfed with patches. They're still powerful, tho, but I'd suggest taking Cold Strike over Lightning Strike in patched version, as LS only stuns for 1 turn, while CS freezes for 2. "Dominator" is my personal favorite build in AOW1. I used it in one of my campaign playthroughs and maxed out my Defense on 1st map, using Stone Skin and Bless spells. I'd also recommend trying out ranged builds, like Poison Darts with Marksmanship IV (Archery's your worst ranged option, imo). There are actually 3 different endings to both campaigns, not just the 4 endings you mentioned. "Shadow Magic" is actually a 'standalone expansion', meaning it's a separate game and doesn't require you to own "Wizard's Throne". I'm not really a fan of AoW2, tbh. It removed leader leveling, so the best thing to do with your leader is to just have it sit in a Wizard Tower while your heroes and units do all the work. :( Thankfully, AoW3 brought leader leveling back and is *much* better for it.

[@thomasharriett]

Thanks for your tactical advice, this is a great comment. You clearly know your stuff.

[@chloesmith4065]

AoW:SM is still my favorite. Closest to MoM

[@machinatingminotaur6285]

this is the actual best and most effective ad I've ever seen. even more than the sears air conditioner commercial, which lives in my brain and will be the last thing I remember as alzheimer's robs me of all of my memories of friends and family.

[@tonybippitykaye]

1:57 Glad to see my boy Pyro getting the recognition he deserves, even if he’s gonna deny this is something he does on the daily

[@alexanderwatson1980]

One of my all-time favourites. Bought at Walmart out of the cheapo PC games bins they used to have, double-packaged with the first Stronghold. Still have both to this day.

[@zeriel9148]

Back when buying random shit at retail led to good experiences, I miss those days

[@kyles8167]

Picking up physical copies cheaper than a GOG

[@kyles8167]

Picking up physical copies cheaper than a GOG sale

[@evilmystick2733]

Stronghold is a banger

[@zaviaaaaa]

I got the official strategy guide for age of wonders from a random bookstore while on vacation when I was like 8, it went through every unit from every race and talked about their unique strengths, I think it also had a campaign walkthrough. I read it cover to cover twice on that trip then bought age of wonders on my mom's computer when I got home. I think I still have it around here somewhere

[@Storiaron]

Reading the little strategy guide and tutorial before ever touching the actual game Nostalgia

[@Vziera]

I grew up with this game too. Reminds me of my time with my brothers. Hope the time machine is going to be invented before I die.

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

That's sweet.

[@SevenCompleted]

autistic male to troon pipeline is real

[@TheChristOOv]

I remember playing age of wonders: shadow magic and having to stop because the AI can essentially 'detect lethal' on your faction leader during battles and not matter how esoteric the methods would manage to snipe my leader causing a game over. I got too salty, but this video makes me want to try it again. Another great video Sseth!

[@RustyDroid]

13:28 that complete failure to keep a straight face

[@millennialboomer6780]

13:40 Keep fighting the good fight, Sseth. No woman will be able to stop you

[@divinity4053]

Diddy joke aged like wine

[@ukaszgrzesik7231]

Haven't played AoW 1, but AoW 2 is source of great memories. I really liked how terrain and location of units on strategic map was reflected in combat map.

[@ceepert2153]

"Woman are counted as creatures" that made my day

[@dansmith1661]

Just means that men tend to all act the same while women are something that can't be analyzed.

[@nobob8564]

This may be my favorite episode yet. It must truly be a gift to be blessed by the gods, to be able to have SSeth as a friend IRL, who you can explore the weird parts of the internet with.

[@calciumgoodness4073]

Dude "i knew that being gay would be an uphill battle" has to be the most underrated line of this video

[@Ratcaller]

Holy smokes, I did not expect to get a review of my top game ever :D Thank you Seth :3

[@dwarfbard6226]

This game has a mindblowingly good soundtrack, and its in a weird tracker -type format!

[@theblobconsumes4859]

Michiel van den Bos being the composer is the reason why it's a tracker OST. Co-composer for the original Deus Ex and Unreal Tournament 99.

[@dwarfbard6226]

@@theblobconsumes4859 I know right! It sounds so otherworldly and like, like 70's fantasy inspired and perfectly complements the homely graphics. I dont think any fantasy game other than the first AoE has gotten the style really right.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Wait, did somebody say Deus Ex?

[@lilwyvern4]

@@michaelandreipalon359 The sound of millions of reinstallations reverberates around the world.

[@pieines7299]

@@theblobconsumes4859 he made the one for the 3 too !

[@WraithMagus]

I love Age of Wonders 1 because the best races are the cave races of either good or evil. Dwarves (or more specifically, giants), led by moles to rewrite the map's terrain (or gobbos if you go evil) are the best way to play the game. I've never played a game (even the sequels) with three layers and hidden cave troves to explore like this one. Bonus if you "quick battle" because, due to giants being "siege units", they get to throw two boulders without melee enemies getting to act before they go to melee. Four veteran giants beat any other stack. My favorite moment, though, was when playing as highmen in campaign at the last stage - the humans defeated the undead (who are supposed to be the biggest threat on the map) on turn 2 (surprising me, who had no way of seeing it coming) by sending their airship at the undead lich-king and killing him single-handedly because the undead hadn't produced ranged units yet, you can't flee from battles, and the lich-king only had stockpiled enough mana for about 2 magic missiles. The airship survived the two magic missiles and then parked overhead, ballistaing the lich in the face until the unstoppable forces that conquered death itself fell to a single air unit.

[@zeriel9148]

Classic Inioch moment, the humans killed him the first time for a reason after all, very lore friendly

[@motokuchoma]

Revisiting this in celebration of Age of Wonders 4

[@olivermckowen135]

I have very fond memories of this game. I remember playing a toad man spellcaster with the cult of storms. On the mission where you fight the whole ass Azrac empire at once, I got overwhelmed very early on. I went on the run with my leader and another spellcaster, fighting a guerilla campaign across the map without owning any cities, until I found the Azrac leader and ended him in a glorious battle of my two guys against his army. Chain lightning is what you might call "perfectly balanced"

[@xelldincht4251]

I friend of mine gave me Age of Wonders 1 as a gift many many years ago and i love the game. Thanks for the review, Sseth Also I did not expect that LTG would have a cameo here

[@joeyobee32]

Holy moly - thank you! I remember getting a demo of this as a kid, and never understanding what was going on, but found the images to be unreal, and burned into my memory. Have been trying to remember the name of it for literally decades - thank you so much!

[@JoshuaJacobs83]

The single best ad for a VPN. Hands down

[@wealthybone2990]

Happy to see Seth consistently upload and review a game I'll probably never play but it's always interesting to see him talk about it and also it's hilarious. Happy Thanksgiving Seth and hope you have a good day.

[@epsilon1619]

i honour our expressvpn corporate overlords for continuing to fund sseth

[@benzur3503]

17:04 I’m assuming the line of reasons is: 1. If any surrounding times are affected with poison cloud, don’t walk into poison cloud 2. If in poison cloud, would out of poison cloud Where 1 takes presidence over 2, leading to all enemies not on the edge of poison sitting and awaiting death

[@coreya6054]

This is one of my favorite games of all time. There are so many way to break the game and you showed me a few more I didn't know. 100% agree the best unit is the Giant but you skipped over the best tier 1 unit: The Elephant. More HP and damage than pretty much any other t1 unit and can also break walls. So good.

[@pajamapantsjack5874]

What am I thankful for this year? Nothing I live in agony. But Seth makes me slightly live less in pain

[@burakuyan1331]

My favorite game since 1999. I have always thought this was the better Heroes that everyone but me slept on. Sseth doesn't disappoint.

[@PUNCHEDPUNCHEDPUNCHED]

So glad to see Sseth once again talking about a game that's either niche, forgotten by time, or only runs on a commodore

[@LastNRA]

Sseth, the man, the legend, who can turn VPN shilling into some kind of manifesto

[@thetypingape2073]

I loved this game. Put way too many hours in. Wonderful. Also - there is a spell called tornado or some crap, cast it on yourself and you instantly get moved to a random spot on the map. Instant escape, or cast it in an enemy. Also, looting cities and rebuilding them is also a fun way to make friends.

[@dallarian8687]

Warp Party is my brother's favourite spell in fantasy genre to this day.

[@jamoecw]

i used to use it to deal with walls. just throw the person around until he lands outside walls and then kill him, assuming he doesn't die from falling too many times first.

[@RookMeAmadeus]

Awesome video. The only critique I have is not mentioning the easter egg spell to permanently change a unit's appearance. "Cosmagic Surgery" ...Seriously, it's real.

[@Athielmon]

dude, AoW 1 gave me so many good memories. Playing alone for hours without even noticing the sunrise, its amazing. I feel that modern 4x arent just like that, I'm not saying that those games are bad, but AoW 1 had so many things in a very simple gameplay without a lot of geopolytical-eco-geography bullshit. Game it's simple, if you pick Lizards, rush flood, pick Orcs, enchant weapon and mass orc soldiers, and the builds are just as simple as that. Definetly, one of the best RTS games I've ever played. (Shadow Magic is pretty cool too)

[@CombustedLemon]

The Diddy joke has never been more relevant

[@TheTrueMerrio]

Nothing else soothes the soul and relaxes the mind after a numbing week of work and obligations than hearing Sseth's voice for more than 20 minutes and pass out.

[@kfc6v9lot]

Honestly my favourite game from the story to the soundtrack. It's one of those perfect games. I also loved how the premade scenarios sprinkled those little bits of lore in.

[@billywatkins230]

You can fix the inverted pixels you get from alt tabbing if you change the resolution, then change it back. It will reset the graphics.

[@Kornstalx]

Also about the resolution: If you create a CUSTOM resolution in your driver for 1024x600, you can play the game in 16:9 without stretching and still have the 800x600 pixel density. AoW is a window-blinds style game, and by using 1024x600 it just enlarges the UI space without any wonkiness. Basically it's free real estate.

[@solidskullz5736]

Sseth bringing up joy and sustenance during thanksgiving with another game from 20 years ago. God bless our African warlord

[@vetrodana8980]

Can't wait to see Sseth reviewing a prehistoric party game to bring BC gamers some love and recognition

[@werdle92]

800x600 was a big part of my childhood. I played Age of Empires 2 and Deus Ex at that resolution back in the day.

[@zeriel9148]

800x600 still looks pretty damn good on a CRT, shame almost no one has them anymore

[@lathis9919]

I would really like to see Sseth playing ,,songs of syx "in my opinion the game doesn't get the attention it should and it's a very ambitious project that is still in development

[@famulanrevengeance3044]

your wish is granted

[@pessien8474]

He loved it so much that he had an entire section on EXPLOITS. It's only ever really seen on his Might and Magic videos, even the bad ones,

[@dallarian8687]

AoW1 is my favourite game from the series and childhood (I love it more than Heroes3) but since I got windows 10 I think I couldnt play it due to the issue present. I am insanely happy there is fix to this issue available now, I used to spent hours to browse through internet for a fix. Thank you for bringing my childhood again, going to set up a new save with my brothers!

[@greyish7212]

3:16 The best part about little dark age edits is when the apparent ''good old days'' are depicted through military imagery with men dying in some senseless war to enrich some nobleman or oligarch

[@nfaisnfgay]

Who finances those wars again? And makes these brother wars happen? Hmmm

[@DR3ADNOUGHT]

"Man, those were days, even though I wasn't alive back then. Paranoia was common in every major country, young men were forced to join the military and torture and mass murder were supported in many countries. Time to make an edit showing how badass, cool and epic those times were."

[@newto2794]

If time travel was possible, I would go back in time with a bunch of modern day indie developers and have them produce games just for Sseth to review them 25 years later

[@oneoranota]

Fun fact: you can still have them produce retro games today and Sseth would review them. He did review a game that was still in beta.

[@GuardianTam]

Maybe you did and that's how we got all these games.

[@Dexroid]

This review unlocked a core memory for me. I had one of those demo discs as a kid, and this was one of the games on it. I could never remember what the game was, however, and could only remember the general idea. I even own age of wonders 3 didn't even realize it was the first. Thanks Sseth.

[@PLPCPLAPD]

Woah woah woah, the T4 Dark Elf Incarnate is not broken; the fact that it can possess potentially endless hosts (even heroes) is balanced by the fact that it has physical immunity!

[@patatoth6646]

lmao

[@MultiLimpet]

In age of wonders 2 I made a custom map where I had an ai zombie stack attack a independent ruin with zombies and an incarnate. Leading to an independent ruin labeled as weakly defended with an incarnate possessed zombie inside.

[@PLPCPLAPD]

@@MultiLimpet Well technically it's just a zombie inside, so it's weak yes... Also, in AoW2 the incarnate is completely broken with physical resistance

[@ight_of_heart]

Big fan of AoW3, was always curious about the older entries and this is a great introduction. AoW3 is the best, most involved strategy game I've witnessed. Of the one ancient thread I found that compared 4x games, those who played it, agreed. It's kind of a hidden gem that's hiding in plain sight. I love HoMM and Xcom and Civ in their own right, but it's a whole different beast. I've long been interested in watching people play this game at the highest level, and made a few jumps each time blowing my mind how this person is so much better at the game than the previous. I love Black Arrow Gaming's channel, which wasn't my final stop in the power hierarchy, but he's quite incredible, and every video has tons of wall of text comments discussing how to improve his play even more. I am truly passionate about AoW and thank you for reading.

[@TomDaGamer]

Most based AD break ever, now i trust ExpressVPN more than anyone else.

[@yenmeng]

This video really aged well in light of current events...

[@JohnnyTightIips]

Dude, Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic was my jam as a kid, even if I was super bad at it. Love that game