I got addicted to Age of Wonders 4 Again and can't stop playing the Oathsworn

[@PotatoMcWhiskey]

Please click this link and buy the game, you wont regret it* - play.ageofwonders.com/PotatoMcWhiskey PS, Game is Free to play on November 7th-11th 2024! *Emotional satisfaction is not guaranteed but I think its a really good game.

[@juliannim6843]

I've already bought the pass, but I'll click your link anyway, just to give it some traffic

[@WinSlayaGaming]

Making it free to play for a few days is pretty cool. I'm going to try talking a few of my friends into checking it out!

[@farrongoth6712]

Don't mind the one city for Chosen Destroyers, just wish the population limit wasn't 30.

[@Ozhar1]

monks may not fly but they do teleport, so they stun more easily.

[@Darkisani]

You should realy play it more on the Chanell. Bought it because of your first review and never stoped playing since then. Best Game for me at the moment and it just got even better :)

[@Drak2005]

I can't afford a second paradox game

[@PotatoMcWhiskey]

REAL

[@KArchine]

A second!? You have near inhuman resistance...

[@xanithdegroot5407]

*Silently pulls out a black flag* Yar har?

[@Drak2005]

@@xanithdegroot5407 no I don't think I will

[@NeonSirius]

@@xanithdegroot5407 YARR ME MATEY

[@deathnotehell1]

I was seriously hoping to see more AoW4 stuff from you. These videos are just fun you know. Also congrats, not every addict gets to say they got their dealer to sponsor them.

[@MrCotchios]

Potato getting addicted wo AoW4 again is one of my favorite things.

[@stephenlewis6922]

AoW 4 is the best 4x game out now. The amount of customization you can do is crazy!

[@rimreld]

my only gripe is that we don't have randomised generated maps yet :( edit: I didn't realise the Create Realm button was the randomised map generator, had a blast after finding out 10/10 game

[@Creyzen]

@@rimreld What do you mean? If you mean the map traits, the last major update before the current one gave the option to randomize traits to the point that you need to discover them during play. Otherwise the maps themselves were always randomised

[@therru5943]

civ 6 is at the limit of my computers capabilities so that's my problem with aow 4

[@Njordin2010]

@@rimreld huh? there is a random map generator since launch.

[@JeanLucPicard85]

The reason Oathsworn can't choose Fabled Hunters or Scions of Evil is because those traits provide bonus starting units and Oathsworn don't have t1 or t2 units in those categories.

[@Banefane]

Dragons look great, especially when they appear on the battle map with oversized wings and the roaring animation. It looks so cool with the wings almost spanning your seven units. You can feel the danger that a dragon represents.

[@sweskey]

Potato slapping the Harmony emblem on their banner and riding off to burn down the world

[@fijtenvlasman5256]

Bro got smacked to hard by the civ5 ai😂. No in all seriousness glad we’re getting some more AoW4 content!

[@NathanGWood]

This is engagement. KZbin algorithm, you must now reward PotatoMcWhisky.

[@bfhtom]

Age of Wonders 4 is genuinely the greatest 4x ever made. I was so surprised at how easy it was to pick up, while being jam PACKED with content. It's not too complicated but it's just enough to keep it interesting. Love it.

[@NurseValentineSG]

24:22 Goohan and Gokoo, huh? Very clever, Triumph Studios. I'm getting what you're putting down.

[@ItWasSaucerShaped]

original characters plz do not steal

[@Aralis21]

@@ItWasSaucerShaped ooriginal characters even

[@Aranenesto]

The one thing I do personally think would improve the game is a solid campaign. We've got story missions now, and they are connected to each other, but I don't actually have a connection to the characters that I play in them- as they are all different and unrelated. I'd love something more like AOW3 / Planetfall. Either a sort of set party of heroes, who you switch between in each mission (aow3), or a preset character that can be customized and carries over to the next mission. (planetfall) It being more connected would also allow your choices from previous missions to have an effect, which adds even more replayability

[@Spparklings]

They need to polish game , my PC can handle RDR2 or Cyberpunk on highest settings az 60 FPS , but this game after playing longer time just starts to lag!

[@SuperUnnamedplayer]

They already have the ascension system for Rulers that finish one realm, it would be great if you could build upon it and essentially level a ruler through completed realms. That way you could have a power fantasy of a single ruler growing more powerful (with other rulers in the story missions getting stronger as well) and once you're done with the story realms (or just custom realms), you could seed those overpowered rulers you grew as your enemies in a custom realm and give them a hard AI for a more challenging run. That way they could go back to the previous challenge realms and power them up as well.

[@andrzejnadgirl2029]

Cyberpunk optimization has been fixed already? Lol, I remember how utterly crap it was around release. Didn't had the best PC so in theory it should run on high settings but to get stable 60 FPS I had to run it on literally lowest settings as even on medium there were random lag spikes. Hard to believe they managed to fix it.

[@Spparklings]

@@andrzejnadgirl2029 To me Cyberpunk is really fine , I run at high settings at 60 FPS constanly ! Age of Wonders 4 is little problem to , it just start randonmly lag no matter what settings I use !

[@chronic6428]

​@@Spparklingswhich is strange to be honest, I have a potato pc and it runs fine. I'm not saying it's not laggy for you mind you, gaming on pc is strange sometime with all the hardware problem.

[@viamdolor9226]

35:15 "I'm a grower". It's always nice to get more Potato lore.

[@mariosavage]

Not a shower, apparently.

[@chickenmaster433]

I’m just getting into this game now, and I’m so glad you’re back into it!!

[@Jeremy-83]

I had never heard of this game till 3 days ago. I played it for free and after 5 hours I sat back and literally thought this was the most amazing game I've ever played. I bought all of it.

[@undeadcommunist]

man, I've played so much this game today, so much fun, love every second of it. Please do more videos of AOW 4, already seen all of yours of this game.

[@tehkolo]

You convinced me to buy this game awhile ago. Right now I'm so happy you did because I am just having the best time with it.

[@3431Ghost]

Seeing this made me go by the dlc to run my own simian oathsworn. My faction has become unstoppable even though the game decided to use all the other rulers as one's I've made. Love seeing the playstyle you use for your videos that I pick apart to help myself get better at the game!

[@mcnead8934]

You got me addicted to this game. Please make more of these videos

[@Abox-hh9ib]

Age of wonders is one of the best and most creative 4x games. And I also believe it has the most bang for your buck. The expansions add alot without costing your entire wallet.

[@nathanloomis5141]

MORE AGE OF WONDERS LETS GOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

[@MonsteR_NuggetS]

I absolutely love the new skill tree for heroes. Great video as always mate

[@todangtall]

I love how jovial Potato gets as he dives into a new AOW4 expansion.

[@hawkalypse7329]

I have a bizarre, yet unrelenting, disgust for Civ. Always happy to see you return to AoW4!

[@tommynunn]

Coincidentally, I am addicted to watching every AoW4 video you make.

[@BlackArrowGaming]

This was a lot of fun to watch! Glad to see you return to AOW 4 for a bit. I wouldn't say this game is underrated, but I would say it's underrepresented in the 4x space (especially considering how good it is). IMO, taking elusive and ferocious (along with bulwark) are also very strong picks for this build...but it would require you to abandon the flying mounts. Tough choice 🤔

[@MetalMonkey1453]

I'm just honestly glad Triumph is doing well enough to warrant another expansion to this game. Age of Wonders was the first CD game I ever got for my Windows 98 as a kid. I spent dozens of hours just making custom maps and fantasizing about how cool lizard wizards riding frogs into battle was. Was a little scared when Paradox absorbed them, but I'm glad it seems to have turned out well. AoW4 is my favorite in the series since 1.

[@DwarfsRBest]

Dang, Potato, I was pretty stoked about this DLC, but after watching this video, now I'm freaking pumped!

[@SoulessTwo]

Bought it with all dlc's some time ago. Now i added the second season pass. Normally i wouldn't buy a season pass ahead of time but here i actually want to support the devs. Because this game has brought me so much joy already and still continues to get better. No worries here.

[@solantheus]

I've been waiting so long for you to return to AoW4, this should be good!

[@Vicnotinho]

I really like this game. i bought it after u have done a series about it and was in sale. i cant recommend it enough.

[@the_ogre1234]

First thing I did was make "Dai-Oni Yujiro Hanma of the Yomi Oni with his throne city of Yomi"

[@Juggernaut028]

LOL Took me over half of the video to realize what the theme was. Great playthrough!

[@WeirdGamer20555]

New AoW4 video from Potato? YES PELASE!

[@waffleswafflson3076]

No game series has ever deserved its success more than the Age of Wonders series.

[@JWaIk]

Potato got addicted to Age of Wonders 4 again and I can’t stop watching

[@nbarker20]

hearing you talk of Wuxia makes me want to see you play Hero's Adventure: Road to Passion.

[@drakhoon]

There is a new map modifier called unbound tomes that removes the affinity requirement for tomes. I am curious as to what the most broken tome combo you could possibly make might be and seeing you play it.

[@TheCGA]

Homie turned into Jordan Peterson at 0:51 🤣

[@Bobbynohobby]

Every time I think about getting this game you put out a video. Come on man I’ve got other things to buy 😩

[@GreenSkinGentleman]

Fabled Hunters being blocked is such a wasted opportunity. I wanted double T3 horse archer on turn 1 for Oath of Harmony.

[@haydenbsiegel]

Nice, I was hoping we'd get more of this series!

[@P0tatoclan]

I purchased this game when I watched your first review and haven't had this much fun sense civilization 3

[@adamgrabowski938]

Made ma start a new game after the update as well! Amazing what theyve done to hero talents.

[@Ascalafo]

I wish I had a computer that could run this game, it looks absolutely gorgeous and loads of fun.

[@frankiecedeno3724]

Woah, I gotta boot this up! The class update looks great!

[@bradyoufnac5014]

Someone get this potato an intervention he keeps getting addicted to

[@coach.pattie]

I played this over the weekend… it was really fun and also almost as overwhelming as learning ck3 x_x

[@aesemon5392]

Aaaahh, yes. The spinny intro has returned. I has not caused me to feel suddenly better twice when I've had a severe hangover

[@ElZorroXIV]

I can see how this isn't for everyone. I have trouble finding motivation in sandbox type games. In Endless games, the unique mechanics of the Horatio or the Hissho gives me a good idea of what to strive for and the pre-established lore and faction quests gives me a grounding on who and what is going on in the setting. Still this game lets me design my own Order of Bird people so 10/10.

[@markusschneider629]

I like: "I want to make my dragon as much damage as human possible" Man it is the biggest and dangerous dragon, it should do more then every human possible demange 😅

[@wondermog4524]

This is a great game and I'm so glad a 2nd expansion pass is out for it!

[@Jeff55369]

I'm liking that hero leveling system. Would be cool if regular units could get access to that system if they gain enough veterancy - maybe once they hit Elite.

[@Dragokin98]

I was going to ask on another video if you were going to cover this when it came out, glad I didn't have to ask

[@mintgarnish6281]

I just started playing for the first time a few days ago and... goddamnit i cant stop either.

[@AntonioRice-y6q]

The best thing about Boosteroid is its unbeatable price and diverse game library

[@samueledwards211]

My favorite way to play this game is to make it chaotic as possible with regenerating infestations... Usually also with the underground adaptation trait, and artifact hoarders for easy clappers lol

[@jakobraahauge7299]

You can play more of this, sweet Potato

[@Sp4rt4nSl4ya]

One day I'll get around to buying this, but I know when I do I'll be sucked in for months. Till then it sits in my wishlist.

[@juliusjune3021]

Finally AOW 4!

[@Mythriak_]

Can't wait to wait 2 years and buy this game and it's 8283792 DLCs for 60 bucks, and only then, have fun with it

[@slyguymcfly]

It's the Paradox way of life.

[@frazzengeballer]

nice! was waiting for this. greetings from germany

[@wienwest1072]

Give. Me. MOARRR. Gameplay! 🤩🤣

[@DrownedInExile]

Call me old geezer, but this one looks pretty complicated and difficult to get into. Happy to watch!

[@frederickkriesel2724]

I sometimes do Vassel. Get max 4 cities. Create more cities and then release them as vassles. Surround my area with vassles as an early detection system.

[@kcw1879]

Yes, this game was our top game of our lives so far BEFORE this update. Even better now.

[@thefakerking51]

So for real the only thing I would change about the game would be to give eacher race 1 unique trait that is locked in then you can spend your 5 points like normal. Just to make race choice not purely cosmetic.

[@TinyEle]

I love that we can make a pretty dragon but the "war dogs" dragons are angry looking demons.

[@logankennedy6815]

Hello potato i just subscribed!

[@Fallenangel_85]

It certainly is the best fantasy 4x game out there, maybe even the best civilization style game out there

[@jmftsukka]

I love when you play this game but i miss your civ 6 videos I can’t wait for civ 7

[@liammalone2172]

The oathsworn have a support unit compatible with flying traits and it has an AoE heal. Absolutely insane .

[@Kasaaz]

One note for the future: Probably better to use those deleted units for the Turn 1 combats then delete them. You might miss out on a little XP, but the health of the units you are keeping will be higher for Turn 2 etc.

[@AAS1-kp9cs]

I am loving AoW4. The DLCs are getting pretty expensive though. Need to wait for a better sale to get more. Total War Warhammer already messed up my gaming budget.

[@thyrussendria8198]

Playing this map myself at the moment and the Righteous Oathsworn is a bloody menace. I have an alliance with the Harmony ruler and the only other ruler that is not from the traits and we still can't make headway. Edit: Fabled Hunters with Harmony Peacekeepers would be hilariously broken.

[@TerriHoff]

Boosteroid's affordability makes it accessible to everyone, and that's fantastic

[@adamgrabowski938]

Amazing to see another aow series

[@gunner1612]

Glad to see a game other than dragon age.

[@Swordphobic]

Master of magic still reigns from its throne.

[@naienko]

-twitches every time Potato says Honorblade- but what Surges ...

[@NumbingDisasterAnon]

Strife Oathsworn + Chosen Destroyers is peak synergy. Too bad Scions of Evil wasn't allowed

[@Kasaaz]

The first time I noticed the mobility thing was when I was using the Reaver culture Scouts. Those things ZOOM around the map.

[@purplefanta7142]

My one complaint about AoW4 is that I loved AoW2:Shadow magic's heroes so much that every other hero system since makes me sad.

[@Grimmson2]

I love vassals. They are my children in this game and I will protect them. >:)

[@szemirothecallous637]

Great . Everything is fine, everything is fine, but why do my dragons look like they are missing something... And my Pantheon is missing something... But hey, it's great.

[@Kasaaz]

Would be cool to have a Culture Trait that interacts with Creature Cages, where you can free them for Imperium or something.

[@CrispyHair6]

14:00 That is some inSANE luck, what?!

[@watsonswhey]

I find that, since launch, it's still a struggle to close games out. I am typically just moving units, auto resolving everything, and ending turn for ~20 turns - and the time it takes for turns to end adds a lot of time to the game. The first ~50 turns tends to be the most fun and challenging.

[@Mikaelmikalonia]

its like this since the first one if I remember correctly

[@Einomar]

The only problem I had, when I bought it back when it was released, was the animation speed of the combat. I get that a lot of people like swift combat animations so that fights don't take so long, but for me personally if just felt jaring. I wish they had an option to use "normal" speed or something like that.

[@EricxCire777]

They could give each race 1 unique trait each eventually

[@lukaf2393]

The game is indeed amazing with tons of things to do and decisions to take, also diplomacy is very important but you have to set and customize carefully every scenario u play if you don't want to be overwhelmed by ai economy bonus e spawning troops , even on "normal"....

[@Quplas]

Think the reason Fabled Hunters is blocked for Oathsworn since it gives you a free ranged unit... and Oathsworn has no ranged units.

[@quattroCrazy]

I agree that this is the best 4X that has been made in years. Now I just need you to convince them to make a version that works on Apple silicon so I can stop playing it at low settings on my old laptop. I would pay for it again if they brought it to iPad.

[@MASigma]

I love this game so much

[@CharlotteRowe12]

AoW4 does interest me, but it's so damn expensive, especially with the dlcs. Paradox always has that problem.

[@sortasurvival5482]

As much damage as DRAGONLY possible. 😊

[@tobiastheblueman]

I bet your editor is stoked that you're back to this game 😅

[@ashernnn8874]

Engagement +1. I finally gave in and bought the game

[@logan9900]

Potato can still turn this into a culture win once he gets Conservation

[@Lio_Braga]

"At least in the last 5 years", yeah I can grant that. You're welcome.