AoM Retold: Freyr Is A Defenders DREAM | Complete Overview

[@CanadaBeef]

Super cool that they're adding major gods to the existing pantheons. Stoked for the release!

[@LeonardoRinaldiYautja]

I think the same, just wish they would add 1 extra for each one of the Pantheons, but also for free, having to pay extra for each one of the gods is a bummer and not good if expensive (don't live in the USA)

[@chrisr4023]

​​@@LeonardoRinaldiYautja i can relate. People barely make 5$ working hard labor (unskilled) all day here (9 to 5). Even a 10$ fee is a tough sell. But for 5$ i can buy these items. 2kg Rice (0.9$) 1kg Salt (0.1$) 2kg Potato (1$) 1kg Sugar (0.5$) 2kg Tomato (1$) 1L Milk (0.5$) 12 eggs (1$)

[@livewell453]

@@chrisr4023where are you from brother?

[@chrisr4023]

@@livewell453 India.

[@samsas124]

​@chrisr4023 in canada what you have listed will cost close to 20$ just 12 egg is more than 5$ here

[@ollerydenor]

In Sweden the god is called Frej, the pronounciation being very similar to the word "Fray" Rhyming with Say, Hay, K, pay etc.

[@bestera123]

It will be hillarious to watch the new Stone giant being turned into stone by Medusa or Perseus lol

[@lukaskekesi1276]

I really hope all the other pantheons will get 4th major GOD !!!

[@dirkauditore8413]

They most likely will.

[@smackjack]

so excited for all the casted games coming soon!!!! thanks boit

[@-mystic-93]

their balancing for retold seems to be "let's make everyone hella op." i'll be curious to see how it all works out

[@Leotophe]

Love that, the Dota way. Makes everything so hyped to play.

[@itswakkowarner]

Thanks for helping keep AoM relevant and not forgotten. Retold should be fun!

[@woodlands_]

Kinda wish the bastion wasn't just a hillfort reskin. Like, it could have been a round fort, or a hillfort with a tower in it. Something that fits aesthetically with the rest of your base at least.

[@Spiror]

Would be nice to release 1 more major god every month for all pantheons 🎉🎉🎉

[@filthyfinancials1622]

Every month is a bit much. No way they do that. But def they need to slip a new one into every dlc or make a dlc with a bunch

[@NathanCassidy721]

I personally would like to see some of the new minor gods spread out among the existing ones. Not just for Norse but any new Major gif the decide to add to the old Parthenons.

[@markvanderwerf8592]

Seems like it should have been easy. Instead of 3 minor gods per age you have 4 and every minor god is available to 2 major gods.

[@zan4336]

Yeah could work like swapping Freya with Ullr for Thor, Bragi with Aegir for Loki and Vidar with Tyr for Odin.

[@thorveim1174]

@@zan4336 really doubt they would be willing to REMOVE options from the existing gods to make room

[@zan4336]

@@thorveim1174 yeah you're probably right. It'll not only need major rebalance but also there's the nostalgia factor

[@thorveim1174]

@@zan4336 yep. And its a remake of the game, not a full-on sequel, so preserving those things is kinda important overall. Again, remove any got they had access to for what, 22 years by now, and a lot of people will be upset, and rightfully so in my book. if someone like pklaying Thor with both forseti or Freyja depending on the map, removing either to make room for something new is bound to make people like that upset at the lack of the legacy option. Plus no idea how that would impact the campaign, either removing options that were tailor-made for the map theyw ere available in (like the tartarus gate when having 2 separate bases) or campaign major gods having other options than the skirmish ones

[@et34t34fdf]

This probably means every civ gets another major god at some point.

[@muramasa870]

Bruh Freyr already seems OP to me😂

[@TheMonkeystick]

That 2.5x research time penalty is gonna be brutal for age-up timings, basically guarantees you'll be on the back foot the whole game

[@GARGANTUANMASKEDFISH]

Having played him a few times and after watching a few competitive matches he feels pretty balanced - not Odin-tier in my opinion but not terrible either. Researching everything slower and taking so long to get Medium-units or Copper-upgrades really sucks.

[@wilneravila2372]

@@TheMonkeystickdoes it work on age up too? Idk, but aging up to classical with just 200 food, 400f 250g to Heroic seems broken to me, even if it takes 2:30 mins.

[@idirbouchdoug1567]

​@@GARGANTUANMASKEDFISH now they just neex to buff thor a bit more since he seemed to be pretty weak comparatively and one of the weakest gods along with atty

[@MeatDucky]

that draugr upgrade seems crazy once you have a lot of them... it increases range of attacks AND line of sight, i can imagine whole armies getting cleaved down fire giant style

[@shanem8957]

Reminds me of scorpions and ballista elephants from aoe2. Draugrs seem like they will be op if you can mass them.

[@idirbouchdoug1567]

they dont deal nearly as much damage but it seems they wil ldeal more dps over longer fights than FGS due to their normal attacks also piercing

[@kalorathekau]

Both Thor and Freyr seem to want to play for the long game. My question for you is: in what situations would I pick one over the other?

[@thorveim1174]

for me, the real hilarious part is that if you built a wonder, the asgardian fort becomes completely free to recast (since intentionally or not, the price of the fort never ramps up), over and over... and dont forget that with the upgrade, each makes you free food and acts as a mini healing fountain if you didnt take Bragi, while dealing more damage than forts you have to pay for! as for Freyr's research quirks, it saves you ressources but its up in the air if it makes techs faster: you can launch them earlier, but have to wait longer for them to complete as a balancing factor. But regardles, thats more money you can funnel towards something else.

[@lagspike7763]

I like the idea of the new major gods but I really would love if there was a new campaign after all the new major gods get added. The titans expansion was fun but another like 20 chapter campaign would go so hard and I think a new campaign would allow them to separate themselves a bit from the voice acting gripes because a new campaign wouldn't have any old voices to compare itself to.

[@MrGeorge102]

As a major fan of defensive playstyle, I think I found my favorite Norse god after Isis and Hades

[@Ethereal311]

Oh man, Hersirs are going to get Looney Tunes hammers after getting that Vidar upgrade.

[@JohnnyEMatos]

Air Fryer

[@chrisr4023]

We need SOTL to plot a chart on the pros/cons of 50% discount on early eco upgrades with 150% delay (i guess that means from 10 sec to 25 sec).

[@leonardozayasm.4983]

Yes, a math comparison is needed STRENGHT IS IN NUMBERS!!!

[@Joker-yw9hl]

Really hoping the next expansion along with Chinese is Celts. Underrated pantheon and similar vibe to Norse

[@Sandman10032]

No chance it’s not the Celts, Aztecs or Japanese

[@siddharthsaldanha]

Super cool! Hope some of the new minor gods are given to thor/Odin. Hopefully the 50% reduction is rethought because that'll just eat into thors unique bonus quite a bit

[@BVasquezp]

I wonder if Eggy will get Aton/Amon down the line, hopefully focused on better support for early game barracks armies.

[@BVasquezp]

Greeks could get Demeter or Hestia. Both are important godesses of the same generation as the big 3. More importantly, both are good candidates for having Hera as a minor god. Persephone could also be a prominent minor for Demeter. Hercules could be a candidate for minor as well.

[@xDistructer]

I really wanna main the new main god! It looks like its totally my kind of god with the perfect minor gods I wanna use!

[@SuchAdirt]

I’m going to main Norse and good chance I start with Freyr The free hill fort in the classical age is insanely strong. It’s going to be very hard for anybody to push him around or do any real damage to freyr in the classical age

[@st4rrk05]

the mythical ones that shoot arrows can even be used to raid the villagers niceeee

[@starcraft2own]

Man, I really wished they'd add the rock giant to Hel. I know it would change an existing major god but it would've made so much sense.

[@o0Draconis0o]

For the Pronounciation the Secound "r" on Freyr is almost silent. most People leave it out completly to not confuse Him with his Sister

[@saxorsaxofon88]

In scandinavia his name is Frej and his Sister is Freja. Dont get why they used the english name.

[@drintgood6258]

Do anyone know what happens when you delete the Fafnir? Does your opponent still get the gold? Who gets it in teamgames, does it get split?

[@BoitTV]

Shares with all enemy I think.

[@slimshadybball]

Any upgrades that can only be bought at a tc are not gonna happen until youve almost hit your villager cap

[@CLAREROMVoid]

I wish they had given the Norse some cool bear unit. Maybe one day they'll give the Egyptians or the Greeks a gryphon unit as well.

[@palofrasca1775]

"This is the new main god Freyja, not to be confused with Freyr, the minor god"

[@Shero1337]

How does Fafnir work in multiplayer? If one dies in a 4v4 and it does give gold to all enemies that mean you would have just given your opponents 1200 gold, and if you have multiple die then you could be gifting them thousands of gold really fast. That also bring up the question of what if you delete it before your opponent can get the last hit, what happens then? That also bring the question of campaign mechanics, if you kill 1 in campaign and you have hidden allies do they split my gold, or if I have 1 in a campaign and it dies does it go to the 1 main AI enemy or all the hidden enemy AI too? Lots of questions with that unit.

[@xDread]

Also curious how the gold is distributed in team games, and what happens if you delete it before it dies.

[@Super_bandeclay]

did the god portraits change?

[@klavicus2276]

Yes. More consistent look some better poses but some got worse in my opinion but others better in return

[@wilneravila2372]

The Heroic Age minor god seems OP as hell to me 😳

[@lb22yuop73]

I love that they have added this (it does look extremely op though)

[@paulmuntean1459]

Is there a change in Minor God selections for the other Norse Gods. Or only Freyr will have access to the new Minor Gods?

[@thorveim1174]

the old gods werent changed, and doubt they would be as I dont see the devs beign wiling to REMOVE options they had in the original game in order to make room. However the gods arent designed in a way that is bound to make them eclusive to freyr, so they may appear again if more major gods get added. But yeah for the time being, he is the only one with access to them, and I doubt the old roster will ever have them.

[@paulmuntean1459]

@@thorveim1174 yeah, but it is underwhelming and very restrictive to have access to 3 Minor Gods to only just 1 Major God. It was enough that we had Hera and Hel (well Hel not anymore), but having 3 from all ages is a bit too much

[@thorveim1174]

@@paulmuntean1459 again, that may be ironed out with time if they keep adding new gods. they could also decide to give some gods as a third option for a given age, but doubt its something that will happen. But they gotta start somewhere if they want to add new gods, and again dont think they want to invalidate any strategy that existed in the original game completely by removing a minor god that a given major god had always access to before.

[@xDread]

Interesting! Does that 50% discount and 150% longer research time also apply to age advances? Like 200 food and 2.5 minutes for Classic and 400 food, 250 gold, and 2.5 minutes for Heroic? Can you produce villagers while advancing ages? Or is it only Greek that can train heroes while aging up?

[@oiseohiwerei445]

I think Freyr is gonna be my new main! :D

[@jerejarvinen625]

Looks great!

[@waxe5819]

here we go !

[@raynightshade8317]

Im hoping in the future they incorporate the classic age and Heroic age gods into the other Norse gods.

[@xCH0SEN1x]

7 more hours for me cause I live in the states

[@ElPietroK1NG]

Looks so cool !

[@AnputVT]

I wish he also had heimdallr somehow and maybe move Ullr for even more defense.

[@patrickvasconcelos3001]

that looks really solid. so a question is: will they focus next on new civilizations OR they will focus on add extra major gods for all other existing civilizations? I wish they could made both but would be better more civis ( I am want my meso-american ones already Y: )

[@thorveim1174]

a china civ is in the works for sure (thoguh it will be a complete redesign compared to tales of the dragon), as well as another, for the time unknown civ. means the expansion packs on the roadmap are likely new major/minor gods like freyr if they arent those 2 civs, maybe as well with a new mission where you play as that god. that and I cant imagine they would be willing to let the norse be the only civ with 4 major gods. So overall, seems we will get both!

[@port9377]

This wolf will be amazing to see destroing everthing, and amazing new dragon unit unfortunately he gives gold to oponnent, i dont if is worth build more of him, what do you think Bolt?

[@Diplexsy]

Is this the beta? If yes, how long is available

[@rockinbob9548]

I wonder how fafnir interacts in multiplayer. Would it be that player who kills it that gets the gold or do all opponents get the gold? In a way fafnir protects your other units too, people will want to focus it down for the reward I think, which is damage your army isn’t taking.

[@dodang_9147]

i feel like it doesn't matter because you'll lose more units for trying kill it then resource it gives. you already saw it kill like 3 hoplites almost instantly.

[@Shero1337]

@@dodang_9147 It would matter because if one dies in a 4v4 and it does give gold to all enemies that mean you would have just given your opponents 1200 gold, and if you have multiple die then you could be gifting them thousands of gold really fast. That also bring up the question of what if you delete it before your opponent can get the last hit, what happens then?

[@TurboDiego37]

Im guessing whoever deals the killing blow will get the gold

[@dodang_9147]

@@Shero1337 probably nobody gets gold which is what i plan to do with it. i plan to use for first 1000 hp and suicide for last 200 hp. so just super strong unit with no drawback.

[@saxorsaxofon88]

Was really hoping to be able tl have mountain giant, rock giant amd fire giant :(

[@МартинМиленов-ч9ю]

I think Frey (rhymes with pray) is the most accurate.

[@LaughingCoffin-ub3oo]

sir it not english so u have to pronunce it like " Freyiırr" but u know im norwegian idk how to speak old norse correctly :D I love ur all videos man keep it up

[@kevinkant6817]

I love to receive great bread 🍞

[@J-P-jq9yd]

Husky build

[@klavicus2276]

I was scared the new myth units would lack in quality compared to the already existing ones but it’s the opposite they look better animation and also detail wise I mean look at fafnir outshines every myth unit also Rock Giant (for me rock golem :p) looks and plays more interesting than the other heroic myth units. I mean they all look great but it seems he will be the „new frost giant“ I mean battle boar looks great now but it feels like rock giant will be way better or am I wrong? also so many Upgrades for Ullr (a skiing god LOL) feels also like the better choice and vidar I love his portrait, godpower and myth unit. his upgrades seem cool but hersir upgrade seems a bit too goofy (I mean it looked like his hammer grows but the model not which let him look like an anime character. Maybe I saw this wrong tho)

[@Joshwaaaaaaa]

I think 150% would mean it would move from 10 second research time to 15 seconds and not 25 seconds, that would be 250%

[@Joshwaaaaaaa]

could be wrong confusing wording

[@MrAbgeBrandt]

But that would just be 50% longer. Not 150% longer.

[@dimitrisk9709]

Why didn't they give him Tyr?

[@fallenfriend2860]

How did you download the game? It won't let me yet on steam.

[@MrAbgeBrandt]

I would assume as a content creator he was given access ahead of time. The official launch for pre-access is at 0:00 UTC on the 28th, I guess that is when you will be able to download.

[@jammydeangeway3780]

yea freyr is strong defensively.... for the enemy cause they will be on defence alot

[@AslakSkarderud]

In Norway its Frøy. the ø sound is similar to u sound in burn. Ydalir is y-da-lir, a walley of jew trees. Cudos to games who teaches mythology to the masses :)

[@tavish1658]

Pronounce it Frey, like house Frey from Game of Thrones or Freyja but without the "a". Much easier.

[@jimmyorgenkaccrow4961]

To be honest, I prefer the elves over draugrs when it comes to their abilities and roles.

[@Platanopowe]

bro i still cant download the game on steam wtf

[@Засотнюваэропортпоехали]

I'm perplexed that the developers haven't come up with anything better than another boar, another giant and another dragon. Are there really no other creatures in Scandinavian mythology? Sleipnir, Ratatoskr, all sorts of goats...

[@saltytyranitar6981]

Agree with the giants, but I'm perfectly okay with getting another dragon on the grounds that Fafnir is one of the most iconic dragons in all of mythology.

[@danielli3288]

i think elves would of been pretty cool

[@johanlassen6448]

Also another wolf. Fenris and Gullinbursti are already represented in the game, but the developers seem really untalented.

[@johanlassen6448]

@@danielli3288 Elves are not really a thing in Norse myth.

[@danielli3288]

@@johanlassen6448 they are tho Freyr is a ruler of Alfheimr, a realm where light elves live

[@Alkraed]

Maybe it's just my impression, but it seems that Draugr need to be a bit buffed, his damage is really low compared to other Myth units

[@sergiosobredo3317]

Freyr seems quite broken. In the other hand i dont like that all minor unique gods are for one and hera isnt eclusive anymore. I dont get why they give him baldur... but if u see what is the other option... the stone giant is hiper broken. 2 or 3 stone giants with some axeman....and taunting... It is gonna be more toxic than the spam of nemean lions... And the hillfort XD it is gonna be used as rush tactic they give him a tech to get rams and a follow up of inciendary weapons... Nerfed before redbull or ban in it

[@Crosmando]

I think "Frey" is the correct way to pronounce it.

[@devangnivatkar2649]

Repairing is free???

[@jamiechan5899]

I can't hear it clearly, your opponent gets what if fafnir dies??

[@BoitTV]

300 gold!

[@jamiechan5899]

@@BoitTV Sounds like a juicy Smite target to me!

[@aurevoir641]

BASED

[@dodang_9147]

So let's get this straight. Loki who is a major god gets Tyr, A god that virtually does nothing for him but Freyr who gets Vidar that makes Hensirs stronger. isn't Loki suppose to be the god that spams Hensir? Why is Freyr better at spamming Hensirs then Loki is. I suspect that Freyr might be early rush norse god because early portable rams. it seems you want to Valkyries -> Rock giant->Hei is the defensive play-style while Bragi, Early hill forts and Vidar is offensive rush play-style.

[@TheLaysie]

Good thing you are here; your name will not be findable in the rts community by you yourself deleting your names from existence as boit entirely or else I will be taking names of everyone that plays rts with you for consequences.

[@RahatAzim998]

Looking at the position that bragi was in the tech tree page it looks like there are spots for 2 more gods. Are we eventually gonna get 6 major gods per civ?

[@OkraneS]

Freya, Bragi and Hel - omg thats like super busted roster.

[@Niedfyr]

Looks great, hope i wont face too many experienced players when i start to really learn the game.

[@randomargument972]

Age Of Mythology Retold went Dota 2 mode, or League of Legends..... 6:30 that frost archer myth unit kinda resemples Ashe from LoL

[@Lucasfly]

EMBARGOE OVER??????????????????????????

[@GoldenRoyal5]

Not a fan of Hel for Freyr, takes away uniqueness from Loki

[@akaMaddy]

I like it. Having Tyr 3x in myth is just... 🙄 and i wouldn't want baldr 3x as mythic either... Besides, ppl will probably play Freyr mostly with the new minor gods rather than the old ones including Hel.

[@AlexFoxken]

:( this "dlc" feels like content they ripped from the normal game and turned into a dlc.. you make dlcs after the game release not make dlcs out of already existing content, imagine if minor haligtree where you fight Malenia in elden ring was payed dlc :/, this , coupled with ai art and the plastic figurine look and the 1 month away from release demo that was basically a publicity stunt to reach more people instead of fix problems in the game, it just screams like theyr trying to squeeze money out of the game and not earn it genuenly. i will be waiting and not pre-ordering or buying it on release

[@gregoryhayes7569]

This game came out twenty years ago.

[@AlexFoxken]

@@gregoryhayes7569 im talking about the remake, what does it coming out 20 years ago add to what i said. And in the remake they probably thought of freyr, made his kit and the execs said "lets make it dlc" why...? that content is on day one .. dlc should be added content months or years after the game comes out , if dlc that ads playable content comes out day one , then that does bode well, imagine playing for idk.. mortal kombat but all the characters on release are not playable and u instead have to pay extra for some of them :/ just leaves a bad taste in mah mouth

[@gregoryhayes7569]

@@AlexFoxken If something wasn't in the original game, you can hardly say that it was "ripped out" of the remake, now can you? The original game was a complete game.

[@ProfessorAjax]

Feels broken, not gonna lie, hope its not lol

[@pcost]

*The draugr attack is SUPER UGLY, where the arrow goes to? just disappears?* The frozen hillfort and the fire fenrir are both super lazy too, both do not match with the rest of the game's art.

[@iqueteod]

ya, the hill fort looks weird

[@muramasa870]

Mmmm ok we don't care

[@kordimon121]

Melts? Cause it's ice maybe?

[@SP-cp3qu]

n1

[@johanlassen6448]

Seems pretty broken. P2W I guess.