How to Play Nobunaga's Ambition: Awakening

[@森下美由紀-c9x]

Hi.there. i'm Japanese. First i'm impressed how you know about Segoku period. Sengoku period is the most facinating in Japan, I believe even in the world it could become popular. Anyway in this game Azai 1572 is so tough and challenging. Try it.

[@JiggaMan1297]

It will become popular within the next 10 years

[@alastairtivy-harris8129]

I ended up buying this game after watching your review of it, and have been having an absolute blast playing it and figuring everything out. I finally completed my first campaign this morning! (May the Takeda Shogunate reign forever!) Thanks for all of your hard work putting the spotlight on this game series! Let us know what your favourite clan to play as is. :)

[@saiien2]

Ah I see a fellow Takeda loyalist. My favorite clan aswell ;)

[@alastairtivy-harris8129]

@@saiien2 I see you’re a samurai of culture as well.

[@darrylrobson4376]

Hey thank you for this. I've been thinking about getting this game for a while now, but it will be my first game in this genre and it looks very overwhelming. A short concise video is exactly what I was looking for. Some tutorials for games in this genre are 1+hours but I really don't wanna sit through guides that long lol.

[@Mr.Villainous2050]

As someone who recently played their first game in this genre, I also highly suggest crusader kings 3. It's a great base game, and it is a bit overwhelming to start with but with just a few guides I got going pretty well. It also has an excellent mod called shogunate that converts the game totally to a sengoku jidai setting, and imo it gets rid of a few things to make the game simpler. Not only do I recommend the mod, but I recommend it as a starting spot since imo it works great as a simplified introduction to the greater game.

[@hanchiman]

I am waiting for the price go down a bit for this game, otherwise I am kinda stocked for this, always been a fan of KOEI strategy games since 1996

[@TheCristinelo]

Im waiting too

[@hanchiman]

@@TheCristinelo indeed. As another reviewer mentioned. 60 for this is a bit to steep price. Eventually it will drop.

[@TheCristinelo]

Yea, for me its 80

[@djthebigkor-ian8074]

That will never go down. If you're a fan of Koei then you know they rarely discount their games. Even if they do it's never the games you want discounted

[@hanchiman]

@@djthebigkor-ian8074 kuso..... :/

[@SpencerMepham]

Would love to see more videos like this. I've never played but it looks really good and is one of my favourite periods.

[@gonavygonavy1193]

If you want a more historical challenge you can leave the negative events for your clan on, such as battle of Okehazama for Imagawa. Then you can play as the son and try to do better than he historically did

[@trwht]

I've never played this, but you've inspired me to get it!!

[@aquilaxxi7953]

I cannot understand how an excellent channel like this does not have many, many more suscribers. You, Sir, rule! Keep on the good work.

[@SilentAssassin927]

Me while watching the video: Write that down! WRITE THAT DOWN! Seriously though, thank you so much for making this. I’m so use to Sphere of Influence and this has been a big help. I’m still struggle with actual battles in this game. Specially the western army of Sekigahara.

[@archivegaming3014]

I've got a set of tutorials on my channel skim through those for battle tips they are not too difficult I find most of the winning is done when you Marshall your forces

[@bushidoblues9302]

Appreciated this! It was a big help! I'm going to do another playthrough with these tricks in mind.

[@TheShogunate]

Glad to help!!

[@jankramolis8658]

You should someday stream it. I had a lot of fun just watching this tutorial.

[@MatthewChidester]

Thank you for making this video :) I've played and defeated all the nobunaga's ambition games on consoles released in the US and I haven't started this one yet.... but nice tips (should help transition from Taishi)

[@Aykun_]

Great video for people who're just getting into Awakening but for someone who always starts with a created Clan on Normal and someone who already implements these, here are my thoughts; The game is taxing. I've played Sphere of Influence, Ascension and Taishi on the PS4 and have over 150+ hours with each one of them. I'm someone who always plays with a created clan and has managed to conquer all of Japan in each game. It's something I do at least once. Let me tell you this, no NA game has ever given me so much difficulty, made me savescum and re-start a new game this much, it's crazy. You can only start with 3 bases max with a created clan and take 3 bases (non-main bases) from other clans as your own. The game will absolutely force you to engage in diplomacy otherwise you are screwed as you will not be able to call back up and compensate for the lack of power or prevent another clan from attacking you by allying with them, except if you're able to convince them with a ton of gold, treasure (which both cost a shipload, don't have the income? Deal with it.) or a domain. (Which I never do because screw them and I cannot afford to hand over a base I've given so much for.) You're not able to begin talks for a truce back to back with the same clan though as there is a cooldown period, thanks to Koei for lowering the cooldown with a recent patch because it took months and months before you could form (or rather request) a truce. Forgot to fill up your trust with a clan (Goodwill) just when your alliance or truce is about to end? There's a high chance the opposing clan, doesn't matter if it's a clan you're on good terms with and had no wars with or an enemy, they WILL attack you the MOMENT your ties are broken. Also you have to choose your starting point VERY wisely as you will not have enough gold and troops to spread out or hold it out in the region because A. You do not have enough bases, yet. B. You do not have nearly enough income to engage in diplomacy with multiple clans. Stay away from the powerhouses because they will absolutely gang up on you. I had the Takeda-Hojo-Imagawa gang up on me and send me tens of thousands of soldiers (200+K later on in the game.) CONSTANTLY while I didn't even have 10k. By the time you're a medium sized clan that has either vassalized and/or taken over the surrounding clans which are still very formidable even though not as strong as those powerhouses, these powerhouses will probably have grown too without you being destroyed in the process if you've managed to defend yourself, get an ally or 2 to defend and reinforce you or engaged in diplomacy. The thing is, they will still hard lock you into diplomacy and you will barely put a dent. I've conquered all clans up to the Nanbu and am trying to proceed towards the Hojo in Kanto but I've only gotten enough soldiers to defend my castles and do not have troops in abundance to still advance after a defensive battle. Not while the freaking Imagawa and Takeda exist and keep buffing their ally, the Hojo, these guys are the worst. Expect to be locked into a stalemate for a long time. I still have not managed to break through. It always ends up with me defending myself and waiting for my troops to replenish, which by the time it has doesn't matter anymore because the Hojo will advance on you yet again because they're that persisent. I think the game wants you to play siege battles this way so you can agitate the enemy clan's bases (which happens after a victory in either a siege or attack battle) so they cannot deploy their full force giving you a chance to attack. This also happens in on-map battles but less frequently. Doubt that'll happen though unless your rival is fighting a war elsewhere, the powerhouses always have enough troops. One thing I absolutely despise about the game is that powerful clans that are allied to the clan you're attacking or are on good terms with the clan you're up against, can force you into a truce JUST WHEN YOU HAVE THE UPPER HAND AND ARE ABOUT TO TAKE THE BASES OF YOUR OPPONENT. This is something that breaks the game and only enforces the stalemate and takes control from you. They absolutely need to nerf this. And no I don't want to switch my difficulty because I've always played the games on Normal-Hard. I really like the game just like I did with previous entries but it's definitely too hard on you.

[@TheShogunate]

I completely agree, this game is incredibly difficult.

[@KOEITECMOAMERICA]

Thanks for the breakdown of your experience. We've reached out to our Development Team regarding some of your complaints/issues and we hope that these will be resolved/updated in the near future. We've been collecting feedback from users on our Discord and have been submitting it to the team to look into.

[@Aykun_]

@@KOEITECMOAMERICA I never expected you to take note from a KZbin channel's comments, thank you Koei Tecmo! Also thank you The Shogunate for making this possible. Hats off to you man.

[@randomgamingchanne5472]

@@KOEITECMOAMERICA Oh wow, first time I see an official channel replying on a video's comment saying they will fix the game's issues in the future!

[@michaelay4900]

@@KOEITECMOAMERICA You are probably more communicative than your Japanese counterpart

[@icaricc]

Right as I've been binging let's plays of sphere of influence and debating which to get, nice

[@viniciuslessa9682]

Both are good in their own ways. SoI is more polished though. I feel Awakening needs more updates with mechanical refinements and QoL features.

[@icaricc]

@@viniciuslessa9682 probably gonna get soi

[@icaricc]

I have 60 hours now

[@pisachasrinuan7960]

Great video! I have been playing this game for almost 100 hours so far. It's very niche and complicated game indeed, however, I am coming from ROTK, so I have some basics. This video cover the game very well, concise, and straight to the points!

[@A_Toastonawhiteplate]

Thank you so much. Looking forward to getting better in the game

[@Xioungshou]

My favorite koei strategy series. I bought it as soon as I saw it was available lol

[@JiggaMan1297]

Another important thing is maintenance of your supplies. Supply stations and Rice Dealers are essential for military campaigns

[@sandis7674]

Each ai daimyo has unique ai level on it's own that's scaled with game ai level setting, so daimyo like shingen, nobunaga, kenshin and ujiyasu who has S level ai will be much harder to beat as their clan building are extremly relentless even on lower difficulty

[@tntaclegrape]

The thumbnail looks like Shingen wearing an apron doing a Gordon Ramsay impression.

[@alastairtivy-harris8129]

Oh my god you're right!!! xD

[@swoomyswoom3455]

Just got the game yesterday Usually id get giant headaches if i don't understand But honestly i was having hours of fun trying to figure everything out It's all new and excitin

[@ECWM3322]

I’m playing with Chinese language so I don’t know the English wording in this game but here’s how I play 1. Always develop the policy that allow you to set town building target goal for all city except Daimyo city, by this you can save your money to build your own Daimyo city, the rest city will get developed by those city keeper. 2. Always develop the policy that will not cost you labour when those city keeper building their city. This will makes you have enough labour to build your own Daimyo city. 3. If you start with several city, choose some city that are far from your enemy and set the city building goal as building for money income, and choose frontier city build goal for military purposes. 4. Always make sure each military city pair with fighting commanders. Commander that are from within same family will get along better so their stats will be higher if they’re appointed in same city. Military city always make sure it comes with level 3 of “Fighting “ “City Attack” and “tanky” 5. Select an inner city that far from enemy reach for money income sources, and select commanders with diplomatic skill and put them together in 1 city, level 5 of diplomatic skill will make them perform better in diplomatic. 6. If you’re facing a strong enemy surrounding you and obviously you can’t fight them now and they refuse to diplomatic with you, don’t be shy to alliance with Shogunate and make your diplomatic credit level max with them, in the event of your enemy strike you, you may asking for help from shogunate, no matter how weak the shogunate is or how strong your enemy is, they have to listen to the shogunate to stop the war with you if shogun helps you to negotiate with them. Personally I play with normal level of hardness But with unlimited lifespan for commanders 😂

[@michaelay4900]

100+ hours played already and I can't recommend this game enough! Played all of the recent 4 installments and this is my favourite one, the new dominion system just makes the game incredibly immersive. And I love the fact that it has English localization, this is a great game that deserve one. Weird flex but I can actually play this game in English, Japanese and Chinese version. Completed three games, yes, 100+ hours and only 3 clearance, because this game EATS your time like nothing. You don't even know how time passed when you are playing it, it is that good. 2 of them are in the highest difficulty and 1 of them being a hopeless one castle clan in later stage, so I think I know a thing or two about this game. Will try to make another comment with a few tips about the game here if possible. Anyway, love your vids and looking forward to more content about this game!

[@Valkanna.Nublet]

I know it's not the focus of this channel, but I'd be interested to watch a playthrough :)

[@nozzle-d503]

Great video. Never played one of these before but looks really interesting. I haven't played a grand strategy game in a long time - the last one was Europa Universalis 4. For someone who enjoyed that, would you recommend this? Also noticed Romance of the Three Kingdoms by the same developer. Not sure which to get.

[@anarchopupgirl]

I just want a Nobunaga's ambition without endless jrpg dialogue. This looks so good but I remember detesting the cheesy conversations in sphere of ambition. I just wanted to do grand strategy

[@archivegaming3014]

You can ignore all dialogue in this version. All events show up as a "hearsay" box you can ignore so no need to deal with story

[@Kritical__]

Any idea what you’re supposed to do if an allied clan has castles you need to achieve regional unity? The game says try a diplomatic approach but, for example, dealing with the early Oda/Tokugawa marriage alliance doesn’t give many options

[@TheShogunate]

Yeah I think the only option to do it diplomatically would be to vassalize them and later assimilate the clan. I don't think there is anyway to just ask for the castle.

[@viniciuslessa9682]

Devs should implement exchange of castles/assets between allies/vassals, even if it was hard to pull. Going against an old ally for that 1 castle without talking it out first feels bad.

[@khal7702]

Three Kingdoms Total War has it well covered, if ur ally that is very close to you has it its like u have it

[@EternalVirgin]

Either wait for the clan leader to die so the alliance is dissolved or just break the alliance

[@-RONNIE]

Thank you for the review of the game 👍🏻

[@h0mbre74]

I finally understand how to get started!! 😂

[@sorith5664]

Have you ever thought about doing a playthrough of this game on your channel

[@lovable_punk]

Thank you for saving my life with this guide❤

[@The_Custos]

If i was a daimyo, I'd hire you as a retainer Shogunate. Certainly, you would be most useful and informative. Eventually you would divide the clan, and turn upon me, finally coming for my head. It would be understandable though because you are cursed with... NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION! *Points fan*

[@Carsakusaku]

It’d be great if you could put your hands on Kessen III because you’re really missing out on one of the best games (if not the best) about this era.

[@FrostRare]

Can you select the voice acting to be in Japanese but the UI still in English? The English voice actors are abysmal.

[@TheShogunate]

Yes Japanese voice acting is now in the game!

[@mikeclarke3990]

Started my first game as the Satomi, seemed a decent size and strong number of troops for a new player. Everything was going really well other than the Hojo constant annoying sabotage to which I decided it was time to settle this on the battlefield as we were similar in strength, that was until random event saw them triple in military size and crush me :(

[@kylo4986]

Have You cahnge your opinion what do You think at this point is this game batter then sphere of influence ?

[@KK-fi6ms]

My subordinate lords and landowners are developing their lands nowhere near as fast as the AI factions. So my settlements (other than one personally managed by me and the substitutes) have very small armies compared to settlements under AI factions. In every war I am vastly outnumbered against AI factions of similar size. How do I deal with this? I keep building and upgrading practice fields in their castles, but unless those damn landowners start absorbing the fairs and farms, the armies remain small.

[@Cheun-b4q]

This has to be the hardest fucking game I've played in my entire life lmao.

[@EternalVirgin]

First time I played Shinsei as the Date, I made use of the Militarization tons of times. But then I played as the Akechi, and realize the use of not announcing your target. Hashiba clan covert actions really hurts.

[@pradyumn2692]

Could you please make an episode on the food or the ration samurai ate ? There are many videos about food eaten by Romans and the Knights but not many regarding the Samurai diet. Thank you

[@archivegaming3014]

I think its this is the best modern strat game koei has done, just edging out SOI

[@ibrahimalghamdi5623]

Even in very easy sitting the game kick my ass

[@mohammedal-farsi1606]

Waiting for full gameplay ❤

[@zalop.]

in honor of Kabuta Shinjo the shogun wanted to make a video of Kabuta`s teachings

[@zalop.]

i will honor him with a poem. Home is so sad. It stays as it was left, Shaped to the comfort of the last to go As if to win them back. Instead, bereft Of anyone to please, it withers so,

[@carlosraruto]

Good to know I'm not the only one that decided to play on normal but decided to tone down AI aggressiveness. Like you took one castle and every clan in the vacinity jumped at it like vultures.

[@archivegaming3014]

Getting "back doored" is a time honored tradition In koei games at this point 😁

[@safruddinaly5822]

Agreed it's pretty hard to keep the game historical

[@markusforsberg6741]

will the next episode about Tokugawa Iemitsu be relesed soon.:)?

[@komeleduc]

I’d say this is better than taishi slightly overall. However taishi still got a more complex yasen system than shinsei, but with the newly added koujousen, this game is a beast. One thing tho upgrading integrated puppet officers is an absolute pain

[@bringbacktradition6470]

I just ordered a copy of this and plan on also getting Romance of the Three Kingdoms 14. Have you played any of that series as well? This will be my first experience with either one. How do they compare? I'm super excited for both.

[@komeleduc]

@@bringbacktradition6470 I’ve played Taishi, Shinsei, ROTK 13 and 14. 13 imo is the best for role play (with DLC of course) and ROTK 14 is straight trash which I will never recommend. Two series have different mechanics but each generation is different as well. Nobunagas ambition is said to be a better series but they are basically just telling different stories. It really depends on which piece of history u are interested in more.

[@bringbacktradition6470]

@@komeleduc I have a question about the Nobunaga games. If you choose a historical route with a leader who dies in history what happens after in the game when you play through that scenario? Does the campaign end or do you finish your campaign as a successor?

[@komeleduc]

@@bringbacktradition6470 u actually get to pick a family member and carry on regardless historical setting or not. In the case of 1582 honnoji incident, u can even choose to play Hashiba, Shibata and Akechi as well (same for 1560 imagawa and matsudaira). In certain historical events, ur ruler dies or retires and u are forced to succeed with a certain character

[@nejiefelipe]

The game is expensive as hell, im gonna wait for a sale to get it...

[@yukimurasanada5209]

defense battles are stupid, you lose extra hard earned cities for losing even when if loyal people are in charge and i cant reinforce them, nobunaga attacked me and my cities officers had like 6 to 900 between each vs his officers that had near 10k each and i had all the defense policies max defense and the walls did almost nothing, i quit because of the annoyance and negatives, not difficulty I wish the battles were less zerg like, Takeda is OP as an enemy and Uesugi has not been a good anti-takeda buffer since Iron Triangle and Ieyasu is destined to be steam rolled when I'm Nobunaga in fact trying to be honorable and protect my ally put me at war with Shingen and ruined the entire run, their should had been more focus on the battles in my opinion, should had been "like" SOI but better then Taishi, the Defense battles honestly piss me off more then challenge me, many good features, looks beautiful, the policy stuff is great and economic and city building is great but battles i gave a 1/10, I watched Lu Bu Feng Xian do the impossible in his hilarious run but copying him did not work and he won defenses with scrubs vs tough guys and Keiji, it seems officer stats are not so great but things go be determined so randomly. I can do Iron Triangle, SOI and Taishi but only Defense battles to me are dumb it keeps this game from being perfect, if there is a PUK in the future I might not be able to trust it if the defense battle stays the same, that's my descriptive criticism

[@duckhive]

Will they release a Power Up Kit eventually?

[@spajkilza1992]

Do You appoint substitudes to countys in your main province?

[@kwek2798]

This video go so hard

[@maniking33]

would you mind make a review abour sengoku dynasty please?

[@TheShogunate]

It's only in early access so I probably won't be reviewing it until full release

[@jurtra9090]

Can you play as a single officer in Awakening, like in SOI Ascension?

[@bluespaceman7937]

Good.

[@diapason89]

Nobunaga's Ambition. Because Shogun 2 wasn't micro-intensive enough.

[@sorith5664]

Do you have any advice for how I should manage providences

[@TheShogunate]

It depends on the situation, what clan are you playing and who are your rivals?

[@sorith5664]

Well I just started a new campaign as the rokkaku clan and I started in 1546

[@strictlynineties]

Is it better than RotTK XI?

[@archivegaming3014]

Lol Nothing is better than XI that's the very top of the Golden Era

[@Usammityduzntafraidofanythin]

5:00 - What the heck's a fair? It looks like a bean. Didn't know beans were a valued commodity in feudal japan. The more you know.

[@Aykun_]

It's a marketplace, also that's a coin. Seizing fairs allows you to increase your gold income.

[@bendegorro754]

I hate the officer management system. ROTK & NA fans since 90's.

[@rod9829]

Shogun 2 or gfto

[@iorifori91]

no no no, don't listen to the noob. build at least 1 garden on every substitute district. also rush for the court asap but consider your fund too.

[@yamikami13]

I guess the old, sell all of your food, buy all of the gun. Isnt that important in this game....

[@someone-ke4qj]

The story feels like a watered down kids cartoon so far.. Which is a bummer. Even the pics look silly. I'd love to see it look more realistic and reflect the reality of what happened and daily life ect.

[@someone-ke4qj]

The main characters like Nobanaga is what I mean not so much the officers. The wording and even the music feels more like I'm watching gone with the wind. It should sound more like Sekiro or something of that sort. Generic feeling.

[@Madbrad2000]

that's just japanese JRPG-influenced design philosophy. I agree though, not my favourite