Let's Play: Empire: Total War: The American Road to Independence (Episode 3) | RangerDave

[@BestWayKilla]

It's cool how the commander of your first naval fleet is named John Jones, which I'm assuming means it's supposed to be John Paul Jones, father of the American Navy.

[@aidancarrozza4828]

Praises canister shot (shotgun type ammo for artillery--don't remember technical name), but then forgets to use it. 11/10

[@sammyDAbull2]

love the zarathustra theme you use, all the classical music actually

[@RangerDave]

Yep. KZbin keeps wanting to claim the Empire soundtrack in the background which is why this episode took longer than I expected. From here on out I'm going to mute the in-game music and just edit my own in.

[@HappyPotat]

If you're using the scoundrel then it's probably a good idea to infiltrate or spy on an enemy before attempting anything, that way their skills also rise. Also try performing actions that have the least chance to fail.

[@Cod4Guy123456789]

You really have to put out more then one episode a week, this series is way to good! :D

[@Lycan2a13]

the quality of your vidoes is astounding Dave. the editing, the quality, the effort. superb.

[@jackryan4938]

I always admired naval combat in games especially when it’s important and I would say this is the best naval fights

[@bholley485]

You've made a fan out of me with these videos. Absolutely love the info given and calm tone you use! Keep it up, looking forward to more!

[@aaronfong1462]

I love the graphics of those cannon shots!

[@makoreizei6179]

28:33 British Soldier: HEH HEH NO NO (dies)

[@WaifuScientistGambler]

Mako Reizei Two years late but Hello Friend

[@trescyr2863]

Every time I watch naval battles, I think of Master and Commander.

[@CoopaKingTroopa]

I don't know what the hell is going on here but u make it look soooo good... Hands down u have the best gameplay footage

[@IcyyKing-ur6pn]

Great series so far and what a great channel you have! This is the first series I ever watched of u and wow already impressed! You sir have another subscriber

[@eLLocoUno26]

Viking For America!!!! The new mod layout looks amazing, much more detail for the overall game.

[@someonerandom9939]

so thats why you kill every last one of them i thought you were just heartless

[@xxXLucius802Xxx]

Hey Viking, just so you know, one of the most aggressive and daring American generals during the war of independence was BENEDICT Arnold. :P

[@williamharrison7523]

As much as i hate seeing british ships get routed by an american i must say you are fairly good at naval battles i know that providence bay battle wasnt particularly hard but ive yet to find a decent person on youtube who actually has a decent understanding on naval battles on total war keep it up mate :)

[@christianmedina9131]

does it feel great to know that all these guys are fighting for you

[@Cod4Guy123456789]

Am i the only one to, watch the end of the video, because of that nice classic music ? :)

[@dakotarood2361]

btw that frig was mentioned to be the USS Constitution and the sloop is the USS Cabot

[@Arman_Peters]

I cried on the ship part for some reason

[@RangerDave]

'Cause I'm retarded, haha. Old habits die hard, what can I say. I'm going to start skipping some of the smaller land battles, I just wanted to show all of the early engagements. I do love smaller naval battles though - they feel so personal and cinematic, these floating symbols of a nation's power at sea going one-on-one. Just awesome.

[@dexmoonfire3785]

The replay is so cinematic!

[@tauceti8341]

Playing Episode 3 on Very Hard with Darthmod and fuck me is it difficult. I really feel the pressure of how hard these men had to fight for our freedom today to enjoy this wonderful game.

[@techyn8502]

In my Vanilla play through of this campaign Britian only recruited Those Native american dragoons (I'm not sure of the exact unit but it was something like that), so Piledelphia had a full army of just Native american Dragoons.

[@xXjoe2000Xx]

What does the text on the American Naval flag mean? Dont threat on me?

[@RangerDave]

It's "Dont tread on me", the Gadson flag: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gadsden_flag

[@chrismottle4939]

xXjoe2000Xx IT one of the navy's insignes now adays it a rattelsnake

[@Panther-rw5vl]

EvilViking13 it be really cool if cannons could missfire

[@jonathontyynismaa3158]

+Chris Mottle yea that is why don't mess with the navy or any branch of the military

[@acat2110]

8:03 reminds me of the scene at pirates of the carrabien

[@elijah230797]

the music is amazing and relaxing

[@scottm7996]

You got a new subscriber ... Usually I like strategy games more like Company of heroes but this game looks pretty fun and ive been looking for a strategy game based around the revolution/cold war eras so i may try this.

[@nacho4081]

Did you get it?

[@UnholySentinal]

love watching this series, so interesting! Keep it coming!

[@MrMictanteculti]

I'm watching this in 2020 i just begin the game thx for this video

[@evancurtiss4884]

In real life the South Hampton was one of the most powerful ships in the British navy, but in this game it is a brig

[@thomasmckenzie7478]

The British at the end of the last battle are like "OH SHIT OH SHIT OH SHIT!!!"

[@ThaWapplez]

You should learn fire by rank and a get a tighter formation in rows of 3 it makes your units exponentially more effective and can give you the edge in a close battle. Like so he can see.

[@Naskinlahtaaja]

Love this LP, would like to see some bigger and more evened out battles though because in these smaller ones there is no chance for you to lose :/ Also, why do you say calvary instead of cavalry? :D

[@SlightlyInFlames]

Going to enjoy this LP! Enjoy the mod

[@zakaryernest9295]

love these vid keep entertaining

[@HazzaTheAlmighty]

Once your done this LP you should consider doing a COH LP :D

[@renesarabia6442]

The Chinese dude hopes that the British had won had they swarmed from the North.

[@cameronjerson2182]

Sounds like a Star Wars theme audio right?? 22:23

[@CulleyWulley]

24:17 “guys wait up!”

[@raymans619]

Is the excellent Darth mod on steam? If not where do you find it?

[@DKB2002]

I have the game but don't know how to get the mod send a message

[@dossigames2913]

What exactly is Darth Mod do you have tobuy it or no?\

[@luigi54321]

No, DarthMod is a free, unofficial mod that fixes a lot of AI stupidities in the game as well as optionally adding lots of new units and other cool stuff, turning the game from something good-but-flawed into the epic masterpiece it always should have been. I'd highly recommend it.

[@dossigames2913]

I Have done a little research on what ive heard so far It Messes everything up crashes game no longer works ETc....

[@luigi54321]

Fear Gaming Huh. I didn't have any tech troubles personally, but there is a subforum dedicated to helping people get the mod up and running, which I guess means a bunch of people have had issues. On the plus side, though, that should mean there's probably a fix for any issues you might run into installing it.

[@dossigames2913]

Yea i guess. :o

[@michaelwalton1450]

So why are you giving up the wind advantage?

[@devourer1st]

yess i got my fix this week thanks viking lol

[@richardthelionheart1294]

why didnt you use canester shot

[@chesterzimmerman1479]

not badfor a 10 year old game its one tof the only strategy games with actual strategy

[@historicallyfuz4667]

How did you get darthmod to work

[@JackFreeney]

Is that music from Napoleon Total war

[@Blankzzz1000]

Why place your artillery in the ranks of your infantry? Just easy kills for the enemy and more battle casualties in the end. Also a good way to make your wounded artillery desert the regiment if they take too many losses. Improve upon battle formations for next campaign if you ever read this.

[@nacho4081]

Hi-RPM Did you check the date?

[@starsaber2002]

Yay America

[@NoYouAreNotDreaming]

did you play age of pirates 2 its a great game...i see how you love sail boats...try that game...with GoF mod...

[@infernocanuck]

28:58. The word is written. RIGHT THERE. You can see it! I know you can! Then WHY, WHY are you pronouncing in "Calvalry". There isn't an extra L there homie! Please, please tell me in four years you have learned how to say this word properly.

[@ChaosToxic]

is it just my pc or are the vids laggy

[@sassycassgames3158]

Why didnt you board amd take the brig?

[@SkyHighGamingGuy]

I cant complete road to independence episode 3:( at the end it just says Ive failed even though ive captured all the regions:/

[@Shadowvssony]

My opinion you should have captured it(boarding it).

[@Rayechel]

John Paul Jones style

[@allymooo]

Fun fact, John jones ship had 20 cannons while the British ship serperais he attacked had 80 and HE WON

[@kenzokugirl]

Does this game have a workshop on steam?

[@meowrkatt]

kenzokugirl yee

[@BronyTimereactions]

after reading the comments this is why I tend to stand clear of political games

[@AarionLor]

where did u get this mod?!!??!

[@herbivorethecarnivore8447]

6:46 Is that song of the Volga Boatmen? You realize that's a Communist/Russian song, right?

[@Madikowka]

Herbivore The Carnivore What’s wrong with that? Isn’t music politics free?

[@thomasmckenzie7478]

Viking, can you not make alliances with other military forces and have them fight Britain?

[@franzibe5620]

What's the brand of your PC bro?

[@walker1tnranger]

It's a custom built PC, no brand unless talking about the specific parts

[@asheysuxd1ck]

Nice image pixelated Apollo and Viking

[@necronoverlord4385]

what does HMS and USS stand for?

[@kevincrummy2202]

HMS stands for His/Her Majesty's Ship, depending on the current monarch USS stands for United States Ship

[@necronoverlord4385]

Kevin Crummy thanks

[@allymooo]

You lose so much men with auto resolve, that's why you always use tactics

[@kalebmajor9752]

What's up with the don't tread on me flag?

[@duckyconchotheoriginal4896]

Fire-Marshal Krayzie it was one of the first rebel flags (if I remember correctly)

[@vantingstars9685]

Duckyconcho the original you do good sir

[@TheDeadZone]

yeah a new episode :)

[@davissuggs8881]

I did the grape shot like you said

[@vklegend]

how do you get this game??'

[@andrespablos4093]

@EvilViking13Is there a way to play that Mod in a Mac? Thanks

[@megasuperminer2500]

merican mustaches!!

[@nadia2883]

actually the iroquisi were allies to the french not to the british as were the hurons and the ottawa what goes to british allies they were the mohawks and mohicans as in the french and indian war btw dutch french british american and native american nations

[@jordanaustin8600]

Lucius Benedict Arnold is always going to be a trailer as far as the colonies go so read you r history and go back through fifth grade you hear??

[@nono9ishere991]

can you hijack?

[@that39warguy6]

Love the gameplay but the music is far to loud😁😩😭❤️🍕👏

[@maxhill4370]

+Polmany Games do you have volume maxed

[@MsUserInterFace]

yeah i'm the 12001 guy :)

[@matmartin2866]

U.S.A!!!!!!!

[@jozuesanchez6037]

send a spy to England

[@that39warguy6]

+Max Hill no

[@thedarknight5714]

The Darth Mod Sucks.

[@justinjuliet6467]

I watched the worst ad ever China has it was so bad

[@KristerAndersson-nc8zo]

Why was this campaign included? Rather pointless.

[@DreamlandShiba]

To you perhaps it's pointless,To others (Like me) its a rather fun way to rewrite history (No hostility intended).

[@KristerAndersson-nc8zo]

Skylar Parizo This campaign is there for one reason alone, that is so Americans would buy this game. You cannot even play the British in this campaign.

[@KristerAndersson-nc8zo]

***** I am not making fun of you and as I stated earlier there was just one reason for including this campaign. Do you not think you stretch it somewhat in your later statements? Treating you as slaves? come on, they wanted you to pay for the cost of the 7 years war which you drag them into.

[@TheEvee7]

Krister Andersson Can't say I know much about the Seven Years War, but what I do know is the Great Britain provided their colonies with troops. The debt was mostly their problem, I say mostly because as the parent country it should have been Britain's job to pull their colonies out of expensive wars.

[@KristerAndersson-nc8zo]

TheEvee7 I do, it started in 1754 when militia from Virginia under command of one George Washington attacked the French on their own initiative, now as you can understand the feelings in London about this was not what you might call happy. So this cost the Brits a lot and they wanted the colonists to pay their share of the cost, after all they started it in N America. Many Americans does not know this little fact they just whine how evil the Brits was that demanded taxes.