Japanese Overview AoE2

Topics
-Bonuses-
Team bonus: Galleys +50% LOS 1:09
Fishing Ships (better armour, HP, work rate) 1:41
Fish traps as Japanese? 2:51
Camps and mills -50% wood 4:12
Infantry attack faster 6:04
-Unique Unit/Tech-
Unique Unit: Samurai 7:57
Unique Tech: Trebuchets fire and pack faster 10:28
--HD Expansion Changes-
Yasama (towers fire extra arrows) 12:20
Other changes 13:35
-Tech Tree-
Archers B+ 14:40
Infantry A 15:19
Cavalry C (B) 16:10
Siege B 16:50
Navy A (early), B+ (late) 17:21
Monks B+ 17:53
Defences B- (B+) 18:13
Economy B- (land), B+ (water) 19:16
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Game: Age of Empires 2 HD with Forgotten Empires and African Kingdom expansions

[@taekwondoman12345]

Watch SOTL civ review, feel confident, play a match, get decimated, feel depressed, drink a lot, watch SOTL civ review, feel confident...

[@rishabhkatiyar7728]

Lol 😅

[@Quincy_Morris]

This is the way? Minus the drinking though

[@leonflpqzhz4765]

That's why I play 1 vs PC in medium difficulty

[@tuxness]

@@leonflpqzhz4765 you’re beating PC at medium?!

[@oblivion9028]

@@tuxness bit tough but you can beat AI at medium if you can stretch the game more than 40-45 min.

[@lodos1330]

i dont know what the fuck to do in my maths exam, but now i know the fishing rates of generic and japanese fishing ships from different food sources. thank you spirit of the law

[@mechadrake]

i know it is too late now but you should have made a game for yourself of math things. worked for me when I went to school

[@knives4cash]

"Where's my Oscar?" Spirit, you're such a sly comedian.

[@Sirperfluous]

I didn't get that joke.

[@knives4cash]

A movie "The Revenant" stars a man horrible mangled by a bear. Man won an oscar for acting.

[@BurnRoddy]

That's the movie with Guy Peace, Robert Carlyle and David Arquette isn't it?

[@adancein]

Also, he says right then "to samuraize"

[@roundishwhale]

21:39 The moon walking Elephant is quite a nice final shot^^

[@roundishwhale]

^^ Ahh sry mate, maybe next time you`ll be faster than me. ;-P

[@devilhearts007]

:P ..I think he is fan of MJ

[@bigbroarivus]

perhaps this scene can be included in the next intro

[@hrogarfyrninga3238]

recently had a moonwalking scout, he did that for roughly 10 secs :D

[@jebbush8491]

How common is this? I never saw moonwalking when I play

[@Rutious4]

U said opinion on japaneese has shifted during the two years. Maybe because some popular youtuber kept saying they are the best civ.

[@juanma9511]

21:33 michel jackson riding that elephant

[@shlak]

lol

[@Xoraly]

im dead haha

[@JonatasMonte]

The second one you mean right? Thanks for allowing me to notice it.

[@xMMMLK]

rip

[@lBubbleable]

lmao

[@Kernel15]

8:17 - "But to quickly samurais..." Well played

[@jimhalpert9803]

Beatmetoit by 4 years

[@neelchaudhary8993]

@@jimhalpert9803You beat me by 2 years

[@dennisaskeland7603]

I dont get it 7 years later...

[@neelchaudhary8993]

@@dennisaskeland7603 Samurais…….summarise…..get it?

[@klauskinski8068]

This might be a bit late, but that the Samurai don't get a bonus versus Turtle Ships even though they are unique units is pretty funny from an historical standpoint. One of the big reasons why the Koreans designed the Turtle Ships the way they did was to prevent boarding actions from the Japanese navy, which was the latters favorite way of naval warfare. They just put a bunch of Samurai and/or Ashigaru on a ship, jumped on enemy vessels and fought it out man versus man. I guess that means that Turtle Ships being Samurai resistant is historically accurate...

[@Ratciclefan]

Wow

[@nedkelly8958]

lol people like you impress me

[@viperakmal]

Love from me... Thank you very much... 😊😊😊😊😊 You learn new things everyday and the best part... Knowledge can be found and stumble anywhere... In this case... I just stumble upon this comment for knowledge...

[@ayushtiwari2959]

@@viperakmal But does the knowledge you see is correct?

[@WhoThisMonkey]

@@viperakmal Here's some more knowledge for you. Gnomes are small often humorous statues that people decorate their gardens with.

[@thomasw9587]

7 years later this man has 1 million views on a 19 year old game at the time of writing. Literally a quarter century later this video on the Japanese civil is being watched. What a legend

[@hanzzel6086]

A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one

[@SVillainG]

Spirit Of The Law re-reviewing Japanese? I don't believe I've ever clicked on a video faster...

[@Emil-yd1ge]

same here _HYPE!_

[@XThexXTank]

SVillainG 3 times a charm.

[@SVillainG]

HYPE!

[@lorendunlop4911]

Re re review ?

[@Davion197]

Glad I woke up today instead of sleeping another 24-hours due to the undulating hatred I feel for living! You're awesome, Spirit of the Law!

[@Draxis32]

TELL HIM TO DRINK LIME.

[@fkabici967]

Internet be like : Drink a lot of water Exercise more Sleep more

[@au9parsec]

Terran Nobody Spirit of the Chipmunk.

[@au9parsec]

Draxis32 Lime a way.

[@inak4412]

Me

[@Alchemist1330]

8:15 Where's my Oscar!!! Nice Revenant joke!

[@lightyagami6251]

time to make an update video on japanese

[@tvremote9394]

21:39 elephant moonwalk ftw

[@Norovo]

It would be so great if we could automatically queue fish traps like we can with farms. Even if it required a whole new building, I'd probably build it more often than not just for convenience.

[@tankimarkgraaf]

Norovo Hey man! Funny to see you here

[@thomaskloos6409]

Aye, I ecpected them to add that at the same time they did the farm queue.

[@thomaskloos6409]

+Thomas Kloos *expected

[@VechsDavion]

Maybe they could double the price of fish traps and then just make them infinite food?

[@mrnobody6354]

I think the new Malay civ gets infinite fish traps.

[@VechsDavion]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooo my beloved super OP Japanese towers are getting rightfully nerfed! They were OP because massed towers spammed enough arrows to kill battering rams, without even needing units to go after them.

[@willnash7907]

This coming from the guy that masses skeletons on his custom maps to troll people. Good Times!

[@CryoBeat]

Loving Iceolation btw. Nice to see you play AoE2

[@luise.mercadorojas9305]

1:47 Only the Best Fish & Chips. Dude, you killed me with that one xD

[@malganisturtle561]

I still wonder, why im watching this, cause i don't play AoE2, only played campaing. I guess you're just really entertaining

[@malganisturtle561]

btw here since 10k

[@bew7192]

yeah, i know... the last time i played AOE2 was about one year ago. seems he's just a super nice guy. ;)

[@TheSpiritedFendron]

I AM MALGANYS I AM A TURTLEEEEEEEEE

[@lewisrobertson8337]

It's the most hyped video of 2016 for me ;)

[@lewisrobertson8337]

Kinda fun how the day after I start playing shogun 2 total war again this comes out XD

[@pokefuranku]

3:35 this has ages very well, now that the fish traps have the automatic rebuild option.

[@Poetologist]

"Where is my Oscar?" SpiritOfTheLaw, you put so much effort into the minute details that it is such a joy to watch your videos, sometimes several times because I am sure to miss something on the first watch. I genuinely am both educated and highly entertained and wish more people would follow your example. Also, you did indeed improve a lot, judging from your first video on the Japanese, and I cannot wait to see more of your videos. I just wish I could find more of you just playing, every now and then this would really be very enjoyable. But I know it is a lot of work, so just keep going as it suits you, and we will follow suit. WELL DONE SIR SpiritOfTheLaw, well done. I would knight you, but I don't even think you need the extra hp and damage to achieve greatness. :)

[@TheStrategist23]

I still really love your videos. So much quality in them and it seems so much time is put into them, you're awesome man keep it up!

[@alecoram7874]

This channel's videos have some of the best construction/ editing I've seen for

[@max7890]

8:17 to quickly samuraize. i see what you did there

[@ashtonrooks7899]

Thanks for clarifying the value of fish traps in imperial with gill nets! This was my biggest question after watching the previous videos :)

[@VegeeMcSalad]

I absolutely love your videos. When I started playing age of empires again I found your channel and haven't missed a single video since.

[@Sintuj]

Dude I have never played this game but accidentally watch one of your videos one day and got hooked. I've watched over 10 videos and I have to say props bro. You have a excellent way of explaining things without being too over the top but gets in depth about it and your passion shows. Keep it up!

[@timii072]

I agree with you

[@Duckmanzz]

i would LOVE to see some more gameplay from you, either like a playthrough of the campaign or just online/bot games! Definitly the best AOE youtuber ive seen! benched watched a ton of your videos when i found you and i had no idea you could play this game this competative!

[@darthteej1]

The Japanese getting bloodlines might be a historical reference to the fact that Samurai were often mounted, using either melee weapons or bows. With "Samurai" as the unique unit, knights with bloodlines to facilitate a strong early cavalry rush, and cavalry archers you have all of those roles covered.

[@JokinMichel]

love your videos, reminds me of the good ol days :D keep up the great work

[@HadithOfThaqlain]

*GO JAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*

[@unclebenis2540]

Nippon, banzai!

[@andrewhengy7631]

Ham Brügger MAY THE EMPEROR LIVE 10,000 YEARS

[@asterax101]

HAVE YOU RECENTLY PRAISED THE EMPEROR?!?! PRAISE HIM!

[@maistromann136]

日の本ばんざい！＼(^o^)／

[@beesleyben]

日本　not 　日の本

[@dionjohnson4376]

Loving all the vids! Please upload more of your normal game matches as well please! Its all good stuff!

[@CustardCream515]

One video randomly pops up in my feed. Here I am now bingeing guides to play a game I've not played in 10 years

[@Elsodal01]

Your most awaited video ! Love you spirit, keep on the awesome work ! :D

[@trMurlucky]

So much hype right now! Thanks Spirit, I love your vids!

[@xxiao5156]

That Oscar Roast tho! Exactly the reason why we love you: the sporadic sprinkling of fun mixed in with quality information on game mech!

[@coopproductions9908]

nice. I realy liked the point you made about using the samuri as a quick reaction unit to defend your castles against rams and things

[@vutuyennguyen5298]

Thank you very much. This is the best aoe2 review channel I have ever subscribed! Awesome!

[@Murzac]

Just yesterday I was thinking that I'd really like to see a proper overview video of the japanese and boom, here we are. Perfect timing!

[@therizeenosaurid]

I don't even play this game anymore (since it came out years ago) but I like your videos. Keep up the great work. I'd love to watch videos of you analyze things outside of Age of Empires! Maybe actual civilizations ;)

[@Chenla]

Its hilarious for how long time I watching you, wau. Still I like your first Japanese video more, maybe a nostalgia coming into play here :-).

[@davidernesto6258]

the oftenest at which I find myself attempting to scroll around the game in your videos to look at something confounds me.

[@Nomadjackalope]

Thanks for redoing this one!

[@alexsupertramp3390]

Hi Spirit Of The Law, Something you might want to consider adding in the future; One of the large advantages of the Huns house bonus is that you don't have to use villager seconds building the houses. This makes the Hun house bonus significantly better than it looks on paper and a stronger bonus then you are giving it credit for when compared to the Japanese camp and mill bonus ( or any other bonus for that matter).

[@mayaaaluna]

100万おめでとう！

[@goodperson656]

You finally made one for your favorite civ nice one

[@KuraIthys]

It's always interesting to see how game developers interpret various civilisations in gameplay terms. I don't know much japanese history, but I do know the Samurai have an interesting history. They started out as mounted archers more so than anything else, but somehow this progressed through to being more typical cavalry, and then finally the samurai we're more familiar with nowadays...

[@australiananarchist480]

In the later period, samurai had essentially been relegated to an intellectual class. The whole idea of Bushido is to balance both intellectual and martial pursuits, but after the Sengoku Jidai, there wasn't enough war around to keep them in the martial role, and so they stopped doing that outside of ceremony.

[@lynall]

hey man. I barely play aoe but love your vids. keep them coming :)

[@josemolinanavarro5741]

Greatly done, my friend. I hope the next is a complete one of the Huns... or the Teutons

[@josemolinanavarro5741]

Oh, and also, I loved your jokes there. Fish & Chips (top quality indeed!) the Samurai asking for an Oscar like DiCaprio. Lastly, you said at 16:02... "The Huskarl has gained its place as a really UNIQUE infantry". The Expansion-Courier-Powered Incan Elite Eagle Warriors disagree with this xD

[@hollyhandgrenade42]

I've been waiting for this!

[@The_Bad_Zap]

love your videos!

[@brainwasher9876]

haha I love how much SoL loves the Japanese, to the point that he'd make a second Japanese video before finishing the series (if he does, hopefully).

[@pietertjevandijken]

Love these vids!

[@swedichboy1000]

Nicely done!

[@Wiiggls]

Hey Spirit! Just wanted to let you know I have been really enjoying watching all of your videos over the past couple of months! I especially have enjoyed the battle commentaries and was wondering if you were planning on recording any new ones?

[@EP_1990]

21:39 Elephant doing the moonwalk.

[@Fubbymaster]

I really like the music in this video, gave it a great feeling when watching.

[@amyfarish]

It occurs to me that Korean turtle ships not taking bonus damage from the Japanese might be a historical reference...

[@Seriona1]

If that's true, that makes me laugh. China doesn't have print block even though they invited the fucking method but the programmers made sure turtle ships were accurate.

[@MarSHornetsandWasps-v26]

@@Seriona1 Invited? To a party? U mean invented right?

[@villie86]

"Jack of all trades" I see what you did there. And I love it.

[@rajatjain7465]

wololo civs overview? , amazing analysis man, u can easily become a great analyst in any top company xD.

[@hanro50]

I like the way AOE2 is balanced with no one civilisation being over or under-powered really

[@BallisticAero]

I'd love to see some of these older Civ reviews get redone after some time and updates, plus new civs to compare to - but I know how much time goes into the research let alone putting the visuals together in a video

[@AlexVictory]

My birthday wish came true. You made another video about the Japanese. I love you.

[@tomascostanzo3673]

The Japanese are my favorite too. A samurai army combined with fully improved horse archers is a great combination

[@Hortifox_the_gardener]

It seems your ratings are a little... affected by your strong feelings for the Japanese.

[@SpiritOfTheLaw]

or maybe it's the other way around and my strong feelings for the Japanese are affected by my high ratings :)

[@nibagamer9875]

You should add to this videos a rating for each most played map. BTW i love your videos

[@matiasaristimuno8916]

i disagree to olivers impresion,for me the ratings aren't bad

[@matiasaristimuno8916]

dat elephant doing the moonwalk at the end tho XD

[@Hortifox_the_gardener]

I don't know... I would have rated siege even better because who needs all the last upgrades with this kind of trebuches? But economy and building should have been one sub grade lower maybe. The rating system isn't supposed to be scientifically accurate and you always clear that out. It was just kind of my feeling.

[@blex127]

SOTL, I really appreciate your videos. They're uniformly informative and fun. Could you make a 2v2 commentary where you are allied with the hardest AI against two hardest AI players? I need more obsessive AI micro in my life.

[@Lightning_Lance]

It's been a long time coming, hasn't it? Well here we go :)

[@Lampfaho]

This is really good content. Thankyou so much

[@wolverinec4863]

The Japanese is also my preferred and favorite to play, but I am only a beginner who can’t even beat a hard ( close though). I have 178 hrs of gameplay only as well and if you can I would like to make a request that you make a “ how to rush tutorial for beginners” since you would be my preferred KZbinr Aoe2 expert. Thanks as well for the help I have found in your videos as a beginner.

[@KaoticPhoenix]

I know that Japanese were definitely a priority for redoing civ overviews but are you going to do the African Kingdoms before the redos or vice versa. Great video!

[@SpiritOfTheLaw]

I was thinking about alternating back and forth. All the African Kingdom ones in a row would be a long stretch for people who don't play the expansions at all.

[@victordrouinviallard1700]

+Spirit Of The Law I completely agree (its my case)

[@Anttown123]

As a long time viewer i dont agree. i dont play the game much anymore and watching new stuff is always more exciting then revamped. i will still watch and support you no matter what but imo you should make all the african "tribes" first. :-) Keep doing what you do best!

[@Chenla]

I would like you to wait until patch 4.8 is officially out live for everybody (in the finalstage), thanks it affects the Expansion Civs the most - so you dont need to re-do the overview, like with the Indians for example :-).

[@MadSpectro7]

I imagine he'll only remake the videos up to the Britons since he had a different video format before that one. I'm all for remakes of those, but I'm ok with him doing African Kingdoms civs earlier, maybe in-between.

[@MinecraftPlanetChan]

15:57 the samurai was going to have a ranged attack along with its melee attack. if only the devs kept that in.

[@daddyleon]

You mean as the Throwing Axemen or more like how villagers can fire arrows as well as stab?

[@MinecraftPlanetChan]

daddyleon like villagers. It was removed because switching between sword and bow was too impractical in testing. "to see the Samurai accidentally having been ordered to attack with a Bow instead of his sword was deemed too much."

[@daddyleon]

The Amazing Ace Meracruzer wouldve been interesting :) Could've well been my favorite unit then.

[@bwilson774]

Would have been more historically accurate, as samurai were trained as archers as well as swords men. However The samurai class was technically a cavalry unit, and would have started battle with a spear instead of a katana, which was primarily a back up weapon.

[@nunyabizness3866]

I think you should add back in the Rams all speeding along back to the intro. It is an impressive sight to see how far you have been willing to go to test things.

[@samrodrigues3199]

I am a gigantic fan of that fishing ship bonus. It makes Japanese on Black Forest a very viable option for me so long as I can grab at least one pond. The Fishing Ships aren't going to get taken down by enemy ships, and it's a good use of the otherwise empty water space. It's also much smaller than farms, which has a number of minor benefits. I remember a time when I had every pond on a BF map. I had all my villagers on wood while keeping my fishing ships busy. I was able to halberdier-spam like crazy with next to no economic repercussions. I do end up mashing that idle villager key, though, but I find that makes the late game more interesting. Just because you touched on heroes, I think an analysis of them would be really interesting to see, sometime. Some of them have some really funny attributes. Attila the Hun, for example, I've found seems to be considered an infantry unit. Pikes don't do extra damage to him, but he takes a ton from Jaguar Warriors and Cataphracts. Kind of ironic, seeing at the model used IS a Cataphract! Take your time, though. I really look forward to seeing you redo the old reviews you did!

[@MrWalalaa]

damn a really high quality video. ty

[@terryfeynman]

units only count as unique if only ONE civ has them, for example the eagle warrior is shared by maya and aztec I believe

[@maistromann136]

Sees new SOTL video OH MY GOD YES YES YES YES

[@christophercyr1460]

21:39 that elephant is moonwalking

[@ProgHouseWorldwide]

And that revenant reference, brilliant stuff.

[@linkieloos]

Underrated civ right here. I do love my naval assaults. On island/archipelago maps I tend to build castles keeps and docks on the small Islands to help support my attack force.

[@westonricher6550]

Loved the video man! Glad to see this remade. What civ are you thinking of doing next? I'd be really excited to see the malians looked over, but I'm assuming they are a bit later on your bucket list.

[@SpiritOfTheLaw]

I think the Portuguese have a lot of interesting things going on, but I haven't decided yet

[@westonricher6550]

Spirit Of The Law Sounds good! That was another one I was interested in, mainly the organ guns. Basically gunpowder scorpions that get made from a castle and get ballistics. Super strong if you make a castle quickly, as they take on pretty much any non unique unit besides knights easily, and they can outrange town centers from the get go. Talk about a power spike. The gold discount is super powerful too.

[@averykushner3511]

You have a rockin' intro dude :)

[@TR-ru7wl]

I buy the game because of this channel (and the Steam sale) and two days later this comes out. 'Tis an omen.

[@HECKproductions]

when isaw this in my subox a minute ago "o fortuna" started playing in my head

[@pex_the_unalivedrunk6785]

That faster treb packing/firing is great because it means you don't have to build/attack with as many trebs or you can split trebs into groups to take on multiple objectives.

[@jahnmark2864]

I love love love your intro music and video compilation. Your channel reminded me how much i miss age of empires. I need to get the newer one cuz my old disks dont work now :(

[@StringDeposit]

I got the game in 2001 . played on the Zone. When my disk stopped working ,, life was bleak. I went into a game shop looking for a disk. He said Go Online man !! Cheap game Years of fun. Gg.

[@StringDeposit]

No disks. Just get steam (free) . and get the game through steam. Cheap.

[@jahnmark2864]

@@StringDeposit I did end up doing that and am happily losing in a bunch of online games

[@devilhearts007]

Bro AWESOME video. your the best out of all the youtubers on AOE. Can you plz make civilization review on African Kingdom also ?

[@Kxoe559]

I was just reading the auto generated captions, and when you said mass samurai, it read 'math samurai'. SotL's dream.

[@josipelez5482]

Watch the movie "The Admiral: Roaring Currents" and you will see why the samurai is ineffective against turtle ship

[@thomashuffcutt9414]

so beautiful...its finally here....

[@darian3234]

Dear Spirt,I hope you are reading this because you have really changed my life.I used to be a B student and when I would come home after school,I would always play vs the easiest AI.then I found your Chanel.the way you mixed math and the game help to inspire me to become an A+ student.Also I stated playing online as a 1000 player and got all the way up to 1800 in 9 months because of your videos.Thank you.

[@santiagopicco1397]

I was specting you to become good at age of empires and drop out of school. You causal relationships are weird!

[@Jazzingguys]

Finally, a video!

[@spacemarine633]

Came back after the release of DE, and fishing traps are much more viable now that you can queue them up

[@midastheunwise2423]

Never knew about the damage being calculated at the end of the arc, based on the unit that fired it. In interesting to know!

[@JifftasticGhozt]

Six thousand views in a single day- a fine community and resurgence for AoE2!

[@ProgHouseWorldwide]

That Kanye bit gave me a great laugh xD Hahaha, love it man!

[@rodrigopizani7388]

8:16 "where's my Oscar?" - i see what u did there

[@MrKleekus]

Samur-why didn't I expect that Samurai Jack pun in this video?

[@darkdill]

Hey Spirit, here's an interesting question for you: Do you consider access to Shipwright to be an economy bonus? It's expensive, yes, but it gives you a huge leg up in terms of being able to produce more ships and produce them more quickly. If not an eco-bonus, would you classify it as military?

[@danielsales442]

Nice overview as usual. I like your abjectiveness even considering you are talking about your favorite civ. So... when will we see the african civs overviews? Im totally looking forward to them, specially for the malians and portuguese with their exotic unique units.

[@ipercent]

missed these overviews xD