Can you Beat Battle for Middle Earth Deathless?

[@Admiral_Iddy]

Cheers to 100k! My first time ever! thanks so much to everyone for watching and supporting :)

[@Kaptiv239]

Too late to tell you now, but if you do Moria again…don’t level up Gandalf and solo the balrog at lvl 1 with just his first spell. It’ll boost him to lvl 5.

[@Admiral_Iddy]

@@Kaptiv239 really? Wow! Ill remember that for next time thanks! Always levelled him up to make the fight easier

[@ViridianDelta]

I think the reason the Lord of the Rings tie-in games are great is... Everyone involved either loved or respected the work of the Professor and wanted to do their best.

[@germanguy871]

*Devs for LotR: Gollum*: "Hold my beer ... "

[@hedgehog3180]

@@germanguy871 Gollum seems more like the result of internal studio problems rather than a disregard for the source material.

[@anonvideo738]

The games were made by studios with actual talents rather than by studios that try to milk brand recognition. War of the ring wasnt as fuck as BFME. And BFME was made by EA LA that had westwood studios devs and medal of honor devs.

[@Meatbrawl]

"Without losing a single soldier. Not squad, soldier" Investment in the vid went from casually interested to hot damn.

[@Admiral_Iddy]

If not for those pesky bannermen, learning from this playthrough I reckon it could be done, with a LOT of time

[@taramaforhaikido7272]

"Bannerman aren't people." The Dawn of War intro would like to have a word with you.

[@Admiral_Iddy]

Haha that bannerman was bannering for the emprah! If rohan had such a worthy cause their lives would matter too 😉

[@Jeff_the_Hobo]

"A fool of a took gets one-shot by a troll rock" "One-shot"? You sent him in with like a quarter of his health! You can hardly blame Pippin for that one!

[@Admiral_Iddy]

ahah I guess I could have stopped for second breakfast first! I do like how the troll was like... hmmm smallest target in the back first? and pitch a rock laser accurate :P

[@Casimir1998]

My all time favorite line in any movie is. "BREAK THE DAM... UNLEASH THE RIVER!" that hyped me up soo much when i was little watching it for the first time.

[@Admiral_Iddy]

the fan patch even allows pippin and merry to garrison treebeard and throw stones! But yeah the scene as a kid was so badass it still gives me shivers

[@JohnSmith13334]

Has you watched Noah. There’s a fight scene and I think you’d like it. One of the characters says something very badass

[@fourthknower9831]

that gets used in the Lego lord of the rings in a great fashion hehe

[@TheFirstCurse1]

​@@fourthknower9831Yep that awesome song they made was hilarious. Wasn't it from like a vial or something that you equipped?

[@malachi5707]

my favourite part of any movie has to be Theodens speech and the charge of the rohirrim in pelennor fields. Have watched that movie like 100 times and still get goosebumps every time

[@TheSuperappelflap]

Fun fact about this game, its possible to level all your heroes to 3 in Moria if you save the free levelup armor racks for the end and lasthit trolls with the hobbits.

[@MarkGlowInTheDark]

I absolutely never knew ents could walk into water so the fire got extinquished! And i played this game hundreds of hours

[@Admiral_Iddy]

Haha just like I didnt know you could garrison archers in outposts! Thats what i love about these runs, I still discover new stuff decades later.

[@maximakulov3118]

Although if this run didn't go perfectly (the bannermen, for example), it didn't matter. I still enjoy the fact that this gem is being played and discussed even nowadays.

[@Admiral_Iddy]

I was quite surprised at the lack of coverage too! Perhaps its because its abandonware now so it isnt as readily available but there are some "pro" matches being played and casted too which are good fun to watch!

[@poiz921]

I'm glad you listened to advice and branched out to other games. As said before: don't worry if other did the same challenge before. You have enough charisma to put your own spin on it. Keep 'em coming, buddy! Love your style🎉

[@EMDakka]

The best part of the video is already your reveal of how to play these gems in this day and age THANK YOU Admiral

[@Admiral_Iddy]

I live to serve! And its shockingly easy to get the launcher and games working, I am going to try War of the Ring stream next and there is a lot of hoops to jump through to get taht game runnin

[@wouterdebruin1928]

How

[@l0rf]

This is hardcore levels of nostalgia bait and I am all here for it.

[@HereticKannon]

I love this game. The music and voice acting make what would have otherwise been just a good rts into a true classic. I still remember the first time I played this as a kid and being taken aback at how beautiful the world map was to behold with the beautiful music and eagles soaring over the mountain. Can't wait to see how you pulled this one off.

[@Admiral_Iddy]

I like the world map top what I liked is you can actually see a lot of stuff not mentioned in the game and they even have a lil corner movie scene representing the territory you are looking at

[@HereticKannon]

@@Admiral_Iddy For sure! I enjoyed the short movie clips that would play when you selected certain areas and armies. The army's movie clip would often change and update depending on context/progress in the campaign.

[@JJNincorporated]

I just clicked on this video for the nostalgia - I haven't been able to play my copy in years since PCs never have support for CDs anymore 😂 And then you come out of nowhere and show off this launcher to get the digital version? Life saver! Thanks dude 😄

[@Admiral_Iddy]

I got you man! I am a hoor for nostalgia and any way I can play or share the past with people is a good day for me :) they truly dont make em like they used to

[@bowie1583]

Same! I've wanted to play the games again for years but didnt know how. Then found this video

[@sparky9284]

Can't wait for BFME 2

[@zibba1331]

LoL at that forces of evil “section”

[@cheeseburger1293]

If your looking at getting the launcher, I think it’s also worth to note that it includes multiplayer if you want to play it! The launcher is amazing

[@jimmydean660]

I don’t know if you mention it in the video, but on the stream it was cool having you name your units after the viewers! I thought that was a fun and personable touch.

[@Admiral_Iddy]

I did! Still might do another stream with naming all the units after the viewers it was a fun idea !

[@Hollex28]

I thankful to you to make this video that has give me a little nostalgia. 🤗 If you want to make other deathless run I recommend you the evil campaign of BFME1 or BFME2:ROTWK (Agmar campaign) but this time use the rule of full squad death instead of unit or you will go crazy 😛

[@Admiral_Iddy]

haha I would have to do the squad rule as I already tried pure deathless in evil and I nearly threw my computer out the window! haha maybe one day Ill give em a try :) Thanks for watching!

[@czebri9108]

Great job! My favourite game used during a challange run is something i never knew i needed until now 😃

[@Admiral_Iddy]

Thanks bro! Unfortunate that I couldn't QUITE do it haha most of the games I've tried have that ONE level that gives attitude but glad you enjoyed the video!

[@bretharrison7996]

I have been looking for a way to play this game for years and years! Thank you so much!

[@darkout706]

U are a hero, sharing how you play this now after so many years I can play again. Also I love your vids and the commentary is so well done. glad I found your channel.

[@Admiral_Iddy]

@@darkout706 thanks so much Im glad you enjoy it! I am but a humble servant of nostalgia haha if I can help other people relive their childhoods then I succeeded! Ill be tackling bfme 2 deathless next

[@darkout706]

@@Admiral_Iddy I am very much looking forward to it! :D bfme2 is personally my favourite out of the two. Until then I will enjoy myself on your various other great games you have done this with such as C&C generals^^

[@Admiral_Iddy]

@@darkout706 it will be soon! Im in the middle of a move right now so might be a bit but dont fret, you could catch it live as well

[@darkout706]

@@Admiral_Iddy I will certainly be around I am hooked now hehe. I hope I will be able to catch the live as well I turned notifications on so hopefully ^^. Goodluck with your move it is good to keep it real, life comes first always :)

[@aglaraandune6602]

All three games are incredible. Are they the deepest strategy games out there? No, but they don't need to be. These games were meant to be fun, and that's exactly what they accomplished. Incredibly fun games to go back and play even today.

[@TheGodoffools]

I've been playing this game (and the sequel) for years, but I've learned A LOT from this video. Thanks a lot :*

[@RomanHistoryFan476AD]

This game and it's Sequel along with Black and White, Empire at war and Total War where my childhood, I remember being a young LOTR Fan in 2004-5 finding out this game came out and then trying find out more about and see more videos. This game set be on my path to PC gaming and Strategy games, something I still love today.

[@Admiral_Iddy]

I still remember the videos with dustin browder showing off soldiers being afraid of trolls and recoiling when nazgul turn up. Would just watch on repeat getting so hyped!

[@RomanHistoryFan476AD]

I still remember that to this very day, it was lovely to watch and for the time it was amazing. @@Admiral_Iddy

[@jigthh]

Fun cheese fact for the Ithilien mission. You can get faramir consistently to level 3 by first getting his experience to 99%-ish at level 1 and then killing the stationary mumakil as him. This ranks him up to level 2 while also almost hitting level 3. The stationary mumakils are not programmed to fight back, so you can have him taking up his sword and slowly beating the mumakil to death. You can also have frodo and sam or non-fire arrow using archers to help with it and let faramir get the last hit.

[@sophisticatedredneck1743]

I really liked 1. But 2 is the game that got me addicted to RTS games. Between Star craft and BFME 2 I spent hundreds of hours as a kid just playing. Love that stuff

[@aaronlikesbass]

The Shelob part is beautiful actually made me laugh out loud as she scurries into Cirith Ungol to start attacking all the Orcs. Great video became even more amazing, great work!

[@Admiral_Iddy]

Thanks for the support! Thats whats fun about the challenges and the community you find some really neat situations you may have not have thought of possible

[@Doomgrunt22]

Good stuff man! I love this game and the 2nd one. Keep up the good work!

[@kabob0077]

7:02 Except for the Star Wars ones from around this time, the Revenge of the Sith game was out before the movie (The ROTS game was released May 5th, the movie came out May 19th), the many tie-ins for both Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones had games with either stories concurrent with the movie's events (Jedi Starfighter is set mostly before ATOC with the final part of it tying in with the movie, Star Wars: Episode I: Battle for Naboo is entirely from the perspective of people mounting a resistance on Naboo also only tying in with the main story of the movie during the final act, Galactic Battlegrounds is mostly original storylines or again concurrent with the films) or start up with the final act of one of the movies (the Clone Wars game [The 2002 one, not the one based off the TV show] is set mostly after Attack of the Clones barring the opening few levels and follows an original storyline) or were set entirely before the movies (Like Bounty Hunter which is set before Episode 2 and is a prequel to the movie telling the story of how Jango Fett was selected to be the Clone Army template), meanwhile the Revenge of the Sith game (probably one of the best Movie Tie-Ins EVER good Lord did they COOK with that game) follows an earlier draft of the movie and semi-spoils the movie for anyone who played it before seeing the movie, like Star Wars tie-ins were Built Different back then.

[@Kyrkby]

3:05 Holy shit I didn't make the connection until you said it. No wonder they felt so similar in many ways.

[@Admiral_Iddy]

Yeah! I only learned this recently too, makes sense seeing as ranged combat was so much better than melee, engine being more focussed on guns for CnC

[@dracosine]

This was such a treat to watch! One of my favourite games of all time, i was addicted to this and is one of the first strategy games i played in multiplayer.

[@Admiral_Iddy]

thanks for watching! and I played the heck out of it too, Im even streaming its competitor War of the Ring tonight which I didnt get to play when I was young

[@Chris64062]

Well played! Very impressive run

[@marley7868]

thanks for that launcher shout out I have had a hell of a time trying to get this to work for me on and off and that worked instantly so yeah thansk

[@strangepond678]

Love to see Bfme content, it brings back so many memories!

[@MythrilZenith]

F L Y, S H A D O W F A X! Great video. I never played BfME myself, I think we had #2 but it didn't run well or had some other issue so I didn't play much of that either. I might just go install that launcher and give it a go myself!

[@Admiral_Iddy]

Absolutely man its CRAZY easy to get running, like no mounting ISOs or Cracks or messing around it literally is dl and play so you cant go wrong! The mods for the game are immense too I recommend checking them out after you play vanilla :) Thanks for watching!

[@darkagebeal]

Wasn't on as much when you ere streaming this, but this catches me up. Still waiting on the rest of the Kingdom Under Fire Vids haha.

[@asiankoala8465]

Big respect for showing the client for LOTRBFME have it installed and I'm vibing to the menu music rn

[@Admiral_Iddy]

Gotta spread the joy! Someone showed me the launcher it only makes sense to bring the game back to the light 😁 glad I could help!

[@RichyRich2607]

07:13 I never thought about this back then. How right you are, how absurd it must be to just start in Moria and control 9 heroes and have no idea what the game is about. LOL :D

[@Admiral_Iddy]

Right?! We all glossed by it I think because we probably saw the movies but i genuinely wonder what someone thought of this game who never knew anything about lotr! The war of the ring game im pretty sure didnt even mention the ring except for one mission

[@timon6759]

You should probably have set the deathless rule to apply to the whole squad instead of just each individual unit. This would have made a banner carrier rule moot as well as the exception you made for Osgiliath.

[@shacuras8201]

That would also make the run way too easy

[@demilung]

It's been A LONG time since I played that Hobbit game, but I remember liking it for a neat and colourful action platformer

[@Admiral_Iddy]

Im planning on streaming all the offshoot games sometime I still remember really enjoying that fellowship game as janky as it was

[@anteas0184]

Regarding the Mumakil at Minas Tirith: If I remember correctly, their aarival is not tied to you summoning the Rohirrim. They will automatically show up a few minutes after the timer for the flag is up. You can use this to bait the Mumakil to the city, kill them with fire before they lay eggs and then wreak havoc with the Rohirrim.

[@Admiral_Iddy]

Ahh thats interesting, would have made my life a lot easier! Haha I just picture gondor sending a message to theoden to be like, hold up lads! Have a smoke break for a few minutes while we clean up here...then ride to ruin!

[@corytrevor5649]

Nice been looking forward to this

[@Dymodeus1]

To be fair, it'd be weird if the Army of the Dead would die, since you know... they're already dead

[@mitchmitting102]

War of the Ring was a game not many played and maybe not the greatest, but definitely an interesting experience. Both that and BFME 1 and 2 were great parts of my childhood, along with Warcraft 3

[@HannibalTheSnowman]

Hope to more BFME gameplay, this was a great watch.

[@tuellecke1339]

I love that game and after you explaining the rules i was like god bless

[@tuellecke1339]

Also i think health shows up if you hover over the selected units picture in the bottom left

[@TestofOne]

I seem to remember a level 10 Gandalf with word of power trivializes the last mission. Just wait for the waves to spawn with him sitting right in the middle and use it to wipe out the wave instantly and wait for the next. That being said, I don't remember what difficulty I was playing on, so milage may vary.

[@zwariowanywojtek]

The ending is amazing haha

[@epicfail3167]

Holy crap I thought about this idea as what I would do if i ever got into youtube as a creator! Glad to see it

[@NestPavel]

Not gonna lie, watching how Sam outsmarts the whole orc outpost and Shelob herself was fun

[@Admiral_Iddy]

haha he is the leader of the pyramid scheme, why work hard when you can have others do your work for you

[@simpleman3898]

LOTR the third age, for the GameCube. That was my childhood 😂

[@NickSibz]

BMFE is in my all time games ever. The AOTR mod is also phenomenal and has kept the community going which has been phenomenal.

[@Admiral_Iddy]

hell yeah man AOTR is actually such an achievement like better than a triple A game with a massive budget it even has a proper single player campaign too

[@PerunsZGRevenge]

One of my fondest gaming memories was finishing Helm's deep on the good campaign without a single squad dying. And this was the first time I mustered the courage to try the hard difficulty. In the end, after Gandalf arrived with the reinforcements and the battle was won I was siting at something like 800/ 350 army cap. I tried to play bfme2 with some mods that update it a few weeks ago, but it really didn't age well in my opinion.

[@ledanoir1239]

Ty for showing us the patch

[@Desgaroth]

ooooh thanks for the link to the game. That's something i can waste some time in, while i'm sick at home.

[@petersebela6225]

Warcraft II human music playing on the background. Love it 😂👍🫶

[@johnthegeordie1916]

Just found this channel today and I'm immediately binging your LOTR / Warcraft vids. Fucking great content, 10/10

[@Admiral_Iddy]

thanks so much bro! Im still blown away by the response to my stuff :)

[@nitebones1]

funny enough the updates is what made it super easy to save boromir on amon hen as when the game came out he didnt do a aoe knockback with his base attacks meaning he could get overwelmed, but with the addition he just knocks down everyone and thus bearly gets hit

[@Admiral_Iddy]

I didnt know that, thats helpful! I think in BFME 2 they buffed all melee heroes to hit multiple people which is a good change, melee heroes are just a tad too slow compared to machine gun legolas haha and wizard blasts

[@maximusmortimus9909]

I used to absolutely love this game it was great seeing you play it. Also a fun bit of info if you didn't have the no-summons rule on the Minas Tirith battle (if I'm remembering it correctly) your Ghost army summons don't disappear on that map.

[@Admiral_Iddy]

i wondered that! The timer at least seems to be WAY longer than when you summon them yourself. Thanks for watching!

[@Jofga]

Great to see someone try this run aswell... I completed this run myself on my own channel some time ago. Try the evil campaign next. Its waaaaay harder

[@Admiral_Iddy]

Your video came across my feed last night! Well done to you as well, even managed to keep those pesky bannermen alive haha was glad to see osgiliath wasnt conquered by either of us :) The evil campaign I dont think my brain could handle haah and the 2.22 patch I tried made it STUPID hard did you manage to do it without losing a single orc?

[@Jofga]

@@Admiral_Iddy I got 3/4 trough the evil campaign but its sooo hard to defeat the good forces with their walls. I also played on the original Patch because the Patch 2.22 is so fcking hard I mean I can beat it but its close even without any additional rules. Did you know there is also a coop version for the good campaign ? Always wanted to try this out in a run aswell

[@Admiral_Iddy]

omg i know I had to give up helms deep evil they messed with the wall hitboxes and made the enemy sally out with infinite units and I just couldnt do it anymore. Oh man coop in strategy games is so great I wish every strategy game had it haha Age 2 and Red Alert 3 has coop and are so sweet. I think there is a warcraft 2 and 3 coop mod as well@@Jofga

[@Jofga]

@@Admiral_Iddy already played them all. But a warcrsft 3 coop deathlesd run sounds intresting

[@spectre9065]

Why would anyone want to play 1.03? Does that even have a multiplayer scene? Its basically 1.06 before the bugfixes and QOL changes. Btw, on Mission 1 the best thing to do is level Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli and Boromir to 2 before Balin's tomb, then each collect a veterancy upgrade. Then Gandalf rank up to 2 and collect the last veterancy upgrade. Also enemies have less health and/or damage on the first mission of both campaigns. Just because you easily beat a Troll on M1 doesn't mean the same happens in M3 and 5.

[@tjsmith8348]

Never seen your videos before but I do love BFME, I hope you give the other campaign and other games a shot for this challenge if it's doable :)

[@Mark-c2t5x]

Very good video, keep it up!

[@whtwolfgames7983]

In a very rare case, BFMW was probably one of the very few games that got even better with the sequel

[@zackrodriguez6653]

Hell yeah, brother.

[@malachi5707]

Impressive! Think you made the right call picking an early patch, not sure if this is possible on 2.22 or 1.9 on hard, 1 tip, I noticed your heroes are quite low level on the final mission. if u kill the balrog with level 1 gandalf, he is level 5 on the next mission. meaning you can get a lot more levels for your heoroes in the first mission instead of letting gandalf get the xp, im at helms deep on my current playthrough and my gandalf is level 9, and because he didn't pick up the xp boosts in moria it gave room for the other heroes to extra xp too. The balrog fight as a level 1 gandalf is a big tip tho, assuming it works in the earlier patches, I did it just yesterday on patch 2.22 though, and it worked a charm although it took a long time for level 1 gandalf to kill the balrog. Haven't played the old patches in a long time though, can't guarantee it would work on them.

[@Admiral_Iddy]

Aw man I wish I knew that earlier! I didnt want to risk any more deaths so I didnt grind the optional levels so my gandalf was super weak for the final level. If I could have had his nuke ability it would have probably allowed me to keep my summons in order. Next time Ill try your strat with the balrog. Thanks for watchin!

[@edspace.]

I would argue that units you don't have control over are not your units this you don't lose them as they were not yours. Still nice to see Battle for Middle Earth again, I still have my old disk copy.

[@zakan4898]

I just remind that C&C III has deathless runs so some rules are established.

[@wafflewolfs3410]

The part of the video where minas tirith gets sieged is amazing and hilarious with the amount of catapults there were.

[@Admiral_Iddy]

it took me a while to realize it wasnt dangerous ahha If you had troops on the outer wall it would probably be scarier but they just shoot the same indestructible buildings over and over, thank goodness! It did make it look cinematic for sure though

[@siriusczech]

@@Admiral_Iddy the funny thing is they do an aod damage, so any units you are marching at the lower lever are getting hit pretty easily with this bombardment. So no, they are not completely useless under normal circumstances.

[@RhunWarrior]

Currently AoTR team (mod for LoTR BFME 2) working on finishing campaign which inspired by movies and books the same time and there you can save Boromir and even Haldir and mod team write dialogs for that

[@Admiral_Iddy]

Age of the Ring? Thats the best mod in my opinion thats cool that you are apart of the team! I was legit thinking about showcasing it on stream sometime. Keep up the good work to you and your team!

[@justdracir8197]

You are already insane enough attempting this. That said: Maybe hard difficulty campaigns with actually losing no squad instead of single units ^^" (dunno)

[@Admiral_Iddy]

I have thought about retrying with those rules, at the very least doing a viewer named army run and see who gets to the end. Could fold em together, if not for those bannermen it could be done methinks!

[@chrisf6657]

You're really making me want to bust out my 17 year old copy of BFME 2

[@Admiral_Iddy]

Do it preciousssss this is your conscious haha

[@RhunWarrior]

Also love to see other LoTR challenges

[@Kyrkby]

Also, I woder if it's possible to do any of the C&C games deathless.

[@Admiral_Iddy]

I have the guy for you...Psyminette he has deathless of cnc3 and red alert 2 and starting 3! I recommend!

[@sebastiencarrieres8825]

My interpretation of the army of the dead summon is "What is dead may never die." So you get a pass.

[@Admiral_Iddy]

We did discuss that in chat too, since they are already dead they cannot die! I still tried to avoid them for most of the game as they absolutely spank the enemies haha but black gate nearly killed me

[@sebastiencarrieres8825]

@@Admiral_Iddy But did you pay the iron price?

[@CxzLyll]

yoo great stuff brodi

[@strategossable1366]

if you ever for some god-forsaken reason want to put yourself through the pain of a deathless mission 11 again, I'd recommend upping Gandalf to level 10 beforehand - at that point he is capable of casting "word of power", which is a magical nuke centred on himself that kills most units within 100 metres of him (which I believe is based on the spell effect which happens in the movies when Sauron dies at the beginning of the Fellowship of the Ring).

[@Admiral_Iddy]

Yeah I realized after I could try that, although it means i would have to grind a couple more skirmish maps for levels which doing deathless is annoying as heck too haha ah well if i ever were to try again id do that for sure

[@BaranZenon]

I would say summons do count as deaths, becouse in the last mission at the Black Gates if you use eagels, which count as hero units, and their timmer runs out and they disapear you will not get the objective of finishing this mission without losing a hero.

[@VikingerOnYT]

BFME2 is my fav ever game

[@gerardadri9389]

This is incredibly impressive. BTW: You can also play online now! The patcher has an online pvp function.

[@Admiral_Iddy]

thats awesome! I used to love playing games online as a kid using siege ladders and bombs or the custom wall defence maps good stuff I occasionally watch some casts of games online

[@gerardadri9389]

@@Admiral_Iddy I remember back in the day people got really creative with the online mapmaker. Footman Frenzy, an arena mode with custom (super overpowered) heroes, tower defence and a more true to the movies story mode are the ones I best remember. The launcher made by the Beyond Standards team, the one you shared in the video, is also made by a group that organize really cool championships!

[@rocket_hops]

i know youre a wc2 guy, but it still warms my heart to hear the music on videos not about it

[@Admiral_Iddy]

oh yeah I love the war2 soundtrack there is a guy who covers it in metal form which is badass. I would have used LOTR music but those copyright gods HATE when they hear it on youtube haha

[@rocket_hops]

@@Admiral_Iddy very true, wc2 is almost abandonware at this point

[@spinspir1741]

As a veteran player in this, Hard difficulty in insane to pull this one. Also, I am pretty sure that Outpost garrisons is from some community patch. Vanilla BFME 1 you can only garrison Towers BUT when you do that, you lose a unit and, which was fixed in BFME 2 and in community patches.

[@Admiral_Iddy]

Oh yeah without pesky bannermen deaths doing this on hard at my skill level was just too much, especially live streaming it too I always feel pressured to do well quickly to not bore the crowd with 6 hours on one mission haha! Unfortunately the 1.9 doesnt let me garrison camp towers which would have made a world of difference in black gate

[@Ironmaidenportugal]

I have a challenge in mind: Can you beat the campaign with only the most basic unit? Use only peasants soldiers Gondor and warriors uruk/ orcs Rules for both: only the one type of unit that can be used. Heroes not allowed unless there's no way to command the basic unit, also cant used to buff. Powers allowed, but not allowed summoning powers. Towers allowed. Existing units that aren't basic are expendable either go slaughterhouse or let them die without damaging the enemy, although they can be used if theres no way to get basic unit in certain maps. Upgrading armour and weapons allowed Evil side: labores can be used for fight, ladders and siege towers allowed if theres castle

[@Admiral_Iddy]

Funny you should mention this idea because after my elves only I thought of the same thing! a peasant only or gondor soldier only! I legit might someday. I actually think it will be more feasible than I expect. I was even going to name the units after the chat and viewers so we can take bets on who survives the campaign or gets the most kills :) If I do it Id have the rules like you stated certain powers and no summons etc

[@samfire3067]

One thing i like about bme IS that It almost play as a total war game. Cavary charges send enemys flying , Spears can almost insta kill cavary units charging and They are realy good against big units, shields make then hard to kill with Long range, fire IS used to burn wood units (ents mostly), artilary feels like artilary.

[@Admiral_Iddy]

oh yeah absolutely I do think the rosters could use some filling out, like rohan has no dedicated anti cavalry or artillery, and the good forces in general could use some more siege options and maybe a permanent way to train an eagle. going rohan vs gondor walls will be a pain until you get ents which is an expo plot and expensive. BFME 2 mods gave em a little catapult :) other than that the game is super tight a good blend like you said of total war grand battles with rts base building mechanics

[@mhmmm99riga]

This vid earned you a sub, now go for 2

[@rorystockley5969]

Ahh, this game was my childhood

[@KILLERPANDA961]

Lord of the Rings Conquest is an all time classic, OG battlefront 2 but for lotr

[@R89-n9m]

Is your intro soundbite with the birds from King's Quest VI by chance? With Alexander stranded on the beach, brings me back lol. Love BFME, cool video

[@Admiral_Iddy]

nailed it! haha you are 1 of 2 people that have recognized the soundbite! Thats a great series too. Thanks for watching

[@zakan4898]

Jesus christ i feel all of my childhood ...

[@yesnahchansey]

If you'd gotten Gandalf to level 10 you could use his Word of Power ability to just one shot every enemy on the screen in the battle of the black gate mission. Yes, that's what it does, with little exaggeration.

[@Admiral_Iddy]

that definitely could make things easier, since you are level capped 1 level up per mission I figured 3 more skirmish battles would be a lot more worrying about deaths, maybe ill giver another go and see if I get better results

[@SmoKKz0r]

Isen’t that the theme song for WC2 😂😂

[@Admiral_Iddy]

@@SmoKKz0r good ear! The copyright gods dont like lotr music haha so I think its a good substitute

[@DraconiusDragora]

Another game that has leveling up structures is Supreme Commander 2, can't remember if the firstgame has it also. So in 2, a good idea is to make multiple production and just autobuild a unit from it. Making them build faster. Though you do have limit to how many buildings + units you can have.

[@Admiral_Iddy]

Thats cool! Never played the supreme commander games, they looked overwhelming with the amount of stuff going on! I might be thinking of total annihilation? The one where you can zoom out super far. I do think bfme did building levels right, or just make a tech building like war/starcraft

[@DraconiusDragora]

@@Admiral_Iddy Total Annihilation is the game Supreme Commander 1 and 2 are inspired by. All three games are fun in their own ways and can be overwhelming at times, but always worth a try ^^

[@samjames5552]

If only Gandalf though to fight Minas Tirith like that in the films

[@SpaceKnight105]

do the evil campaign deathless

[@kabob0077]

1:10 Strange how the Estate HATES PJ's adaptations yet _WAR OF THE RING_ is somehow something they like, I have to wonder what Tolkien himself would say to the movie adaptation and the games based off the adaptations and also what he'd say about War of the Ring...

[@letsplaysvonaja1714]

using the ghosts summon is fair game, imo they're literally invincible so no casualties >w

[@Admiral_Iddy]

a bunch of viewers agree that as well, and that they are already dead haha If I redid the level a little differently I think I could do it, maybe one day!

I have to say : The Lord of the Rings is so great literary piece, that even the games made based on it, were pretty good.

[@Admiral_Iddy]

I like em too, they may not be as flashy but i say they are mostly good games too

@@Admiral_Iddy I think I played most of them, even the old text ones. They were all pretty good, even the one strategy game that was only based on books.

[@Admiral_Iddy]

War of the ring! I streamed it a few months ago i think its great!

@@Admiral_Iddy I played War of the ring pretty long time ago... I just remember it was more like the traditional RTS

[@Admiral_Iddy]

Yep! Its very warcraft 3 its on abandonware.com if you wanted

[@MarkGlowInTheDark]

Great video, can you also make a video of bfme 2 and the expansion rise of the Witchking? (Although if you ever come to evil campaign level rivendell... Man that map is literally impossible)

[@KaelDraykose]

Hey, question. What game is it that has the dragon that is shown at 0:42-43 seconds?

[@Admiral_Iddy]

that would be Eragon, I DO NOT recommend it however, one of the worst license games I personally have played and that was for the 360.