Endless Legend Review

[@MandaloreGaming]

THE LIST - docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_K3ziSxT9zcUUGCddS4sF1uNJTWHSbOwB1CQX2Rx4Uo Endless Legend goes on sale fairly often, so I'd recommend getting all the expansions at once when it does.

[@needlermasta]

yo whats the song at 2min on this video, its so familiar

[@Qrzychu92]

do Submarine Titans! :D

[@lancevance6413]

Can you start listing the music you use?

[@JeremiahBostwick]

Does this game get a recommendation? That art style is incredible, but it doesn't sound like you actually think the game is worth long term playing.

[@John190assman]

What music video?

[@PhoenixStriker1]

“Dust is a...” Looks at magic space cocaine, “Let’s just say it’s your money in this game.”

[@joaogomes9405]

As a beloved african warlord once said, it's a crypto currency farming nanomachine cloud computing network that gets smarter as it gets larger

[@diamondmetal3062]

The Dust must flow

[@Self-replicating_whatnot]

@@joaogomes9405 It's a cryptocurrency you can snort. Truely the precursors' most wonderful creation.

[@BestCupid]

@@joaogomes9405 I miss that warlord's descriptions of things. So unique and eloquent

[@WingMaster562]

@@BestCupid why miss it? He's still doing it

[@TrenchWife]

"I'm willing to bet money that there a bunch of D&D Nerds who have this stuff saved and didn't know where it came from." You got me. I had a bunch of those Cultists saved thinking 'damn these guys would be absolutely perfect for a game!' and didn't know that they totally were.

[@ZantetsukenGilgamesh]

Lmao

[@That_Montage_Nerd]

"I'd still recommend waiting for it to go on sale though. It does go on sale pretty often." Oh cool. I'll just add it to my steam wishlist and wait for that moment. *Game is on a 75% off sale as soon as I open the store page.*

[@StephenWarpedBunnyThurman]

Hey. It's free.

[@blackberry2156]

4 reviews in one month... is someone holding you at a gunpoint?

[@dajuanmoten7278]

Black Berry no but I have him in my basement

[@NOSOUND921]

Black Berry it’s Christmas

[@KawaiiSoulB42]

this review are depressing just black berry was....ughhh oh well.

[@Messiah114]

He's mom had him at gun point cause he didn't have real job

[@cyberdiver7076]

He must know his transformation to Sseth is inevitable so he started churning out as many videos as he can before he succumbs to Mbeke.

[@purpleisthesneakiest]

Bonus round: There've been two extra expansions since this video went up, which were stated to be the last for the game. Inferno adds volcanic regions, which produce insane amounts of industry, but no food. Also, they prevent all unit regen and have lava rivers that melt armies that cross them. It also adds dust eclipses, which have a chance of happening once each summer. During a dust eclipse, the entire map becomes the aurora borealis, dust clouds descend upon the map which hide anyone inside, and all temple and sunken ruins can be searched again. Confluxes spawn on the map similar to pearls, giving a substantial boost to health, damage, or speed to any army that picks them up for the rest of the eclipse. Also, every faction gets a unique effect during the eclipse. These are absurdly strong. We're talking Vaulters teleporting entire armies to lone heroes, Wild Walkers seeing the location of all armies in the game, and Necrophages getting McDonalds toy units with their Food Stockpile Happy-Meals just to name a few. The new faction is the Kapaku, a bunch of alien migrants. They used to live on a nice volcanic planet, but then the Sowers, a terraforming faction of religious eusocial robots made by Virtual Endless (which also feature as a major faction in ES1 and a very strong minor faction in ES2), showed up and started turning it into a horrible green ball. The Concrete Endless, seeing this, decided to move them to Auriga, a horrible green ball with far more volcanoes than what the Sowers would leave behind. In terms of gameplay, the Kapaku's unique shtick is that they are the only faction that can get food from volcanic terrain, and they get a lot! They're also the only major faction that can regenerate in volcanoes and swim in lava (the minor faction of daemons was updated to have this capability). They can even spend strategic resources to convert non-volcanic tiles into nice burnt ones. Also, did I mention that their mainline infantry unit has no upkeep? To compensate for all this, they can ONLY get food from volcanic terrain. This severely limits their expansion opportunities, and forces you to prioritize strategic resources as though you were a Vaulter in order to get more land once all the volcanoes are taken up. Fortunately, they can create golem districts disconnected from the city proper, so that they can get the best out of a weirdly shaped or non-volcanic region early without breaking the bank on strategics. The last expansion, Symbiosis, adds the Urkans. These are three gigantic bug monsters that tunnel out of the ground over the course of the campaign, occupying an entire region and shedding lice that cause destruction for everyone around Cloverfield style. Every so often they tunnel around, to spread the love more evenly. Once a faction is strong or wealthy enough, they can either bribe the bug with luxuries or beat it into submission to tame the urkan, allowing them to control it. Once owned, they can either stay enrooted to lock down the region and siphon all of its resources for the empire, tunnel through the ground to resurface somewhere more useful, or uproot so that they and their lice can be used as an army. You can also spend luxuries to teach them neat tricks, like how to give all friendly cities next to them +50% food, dust, or +50 approval (or minus that for enemies), or cause earthquakes to damage enemy cities. The last major faction is the Mykara, which is literally just a gigantic fungus. Much like the Cult, they only have one city, but they don't expand just through minor faction villages. Instead, you can spend food to turn any resource or structure on the map into a fungal bloom over a few turns, giving the city its tile's FIDSI and providing a unique effect. More mundane structures, like villages, watchtowers, or resources, give you the standard bonuses, but the real good shit comes from the ruins. You can teleport your armies between any two ruin blooms instantaneously, which allows you to efficiently wage war, snipe urkans right before (or after) others get them, and generally be the only faction that can afford to ignore the ocean on non-pangaea maps. Also unlike the Cult, you don't instantly burn down enemy cities when conquered. Instead, you overgrow them, freezing all groeth and sending its tile FIDSI yields back to the home. Keep a city for long enough, and you get a symbiosis buff according to the faction. All in all, they highly incentivize military play - which is an issue, because their units are mediocre. Their biggest problem is that their primary damage dealer is a very squishy cavalry unit - meaning their core gets slaughtered by militia, which every city gets for free. In my time with them, I've found myself relying on urkans and minor factions to do the heavy lifting rather than my own units. One last thing about the Mykara is that they get absurdly better with other expansions. The second unique watchtower that you get with pearls from Shifters gives you the FIDSI of every tile around it instead of just its own, making you as much of a pearl hog as the Allayi, and their dust eclipse effect is the ability to instantly complete fungal blooms with Dust - an essential tool for spreading quickly.

[@Phoen_x3258]

POV: you haven’t seen the sun or any live women in 3 years

[@roguepsykerhaaker4813]

@@Phoen_x3258 that's just rude frankly

[@CoolerXavier]

This is honestly a great little write-up! Thanks for doing this :)

[@crenfick7750]

@@Phoen_x3258 I guarantee that in their personal life, OP is more well-liked and respected than you are due to your respective personalities.

[@johannesjrgensen440]

@@Phoen_x3258 i’d rather play endless legend than fail to form a relationship like you.

[@TheDragonReborn93]

>Drakken player name: BadDrakken Nice.

[@connormacleod4922]

I noticed it too. Didn't think Mandalore would know such a company.

[@atomicanachronism8849]

Mandy is good friends with SSeth. It’s not surprising when you think about it.

[@chipskylark5500]

@@atomicanachronism8849 both Mandy and Sseth are Mr. Struggle

[@josh223]

i actually one time got a set of drakken units with 4k health each. dont remember how its been awhile but it steamrolled

[@wildbeast7375]

@@josh223 Drakken are great for beefy units, gotta love insanely tanky units 6 levels ahead of everyone else's.

[@Self-replicating_whatnot]

Roving Clans ban Morgawr from market. Next turn Morgawr ban Roving Clans from life.

[@mrwindupbird101]

I just throw the mark on them, wait for the other factions to do my dirty work and all the while throwing their minor factions into chaos and watch as their economies implode safely from my sea fortresses.

[@Self-replicating_whatnot]

@@mrwindupbird101 That's what i meant. Morgawr's black mark is the same is Clan's market ban, except instead of economic inconvenience it opens a free for all hunting season.

[@anderty4088]

You clearly miss Drakken strategy. Yeah, they are intended to be peaceful faction. But force to peace has one of best options to steal unguarded cities in one turn and just force peace right in the same turn as war was declared. Just be sure that other faction armies are far away. And here you have one of the dirtiest and powerful abilities, how to obliterate factions by peaces.

[@usoap141]

Anderty Had AI do this to me... stole my city and when I destroy his army otw to liberate my city he force peace.. i was like wtfff

[@Mr.Mosquito89]

[laughing in Necrophage]

[@milanstevic8424]

rest in peace

[@Self-replicating_whatnot]

@@Mr.Mosquito89 With Morgawr's black mark everyone can be a necrophage for a day.

[@theoneandonlymichaelmccormick]

Anderty A bunch of smug assholes who are willing to claim that their goal is peace as long as nobody questions when they subjugate the weak? Sounds like the Tau. “You are being emancipated. Do not resist.”

[@leviusify1985]

playing with the cult: Cult: Have you heard the good news? Me: No, what are you talking about? Cult: Well, all of your villages just did! All Minor Factions: PRAISE BE!

[@potatoesstarch2376]

@plaguelock They heard the good news. It's a perfectly understandable comment.

[@Wazzen563]

@plaguelock It makes perfect sense, dude. Are you not familiar with cult stereotypes?

[@kalacs32]

@@potatoesstarch2376 Truth be told, it's grammatically incorrect tho. If you say "Have you heard...?", then the sentence referring back to it is supposed to be " All of your villages just *have*."

[@johnathanera5863]

@@kalacs32 doesnt matter. Its clear either way what the sentence was trying to convey.

[@kalacs32]

@@johnathanera5863 Someone did comment that they can't understand though. I just explained what the problem is (5 months ago, to boot). You're the one making an issue out of it :).

[@ColdHawk]

“Do you wish dragons were real and on C-Span,” slayed me!

[@ColdHawk]

2 months since and this line, with the understated delivery, still makes me chuckle.

[@OtakuAudioRedux]

I know I’d actually WATCH C-SPAN if there were dragons on it.

[@gorway9371]

maybe my favorite mandalore joke of all time, kills me

[@hoosierfoodog]

I would be very interested in watching Draconian politics... oh wait

[@wyvernharries4788]

@@hoosierfoodog what?

[@ThatIdiotJSev]

"You make money and you don't stop until your city looks like a castle in a Yung Lean video." Yep that's pretty much my entire experience with the Broken Lords.

[@Self-replicating_whatnot]

I made a custom faction Even More Broken Lords once, with cheap districts and every money bonus under the moon. That was fun.

[@datuputi777]

Johnathan Severasse Food or no food don't really matter much. Once u master the way of making dust early and fast(broken lords heroes) rest could be done with stockpiles. Edit: Roving Clans Heroes Are highest dust makers when you have multiple cities with multiple trade routes.

[@Self-replicating_whatnot]

Food stockpile will give you 1 pop a turn at best, iirc. Cash money can buy you as many as you can afford instantly. Also, stockpiles are not discounted by empire plan, unlike buildings.

[@datuputi777]

Self-replicating whatnot u skip to pop 6 if u have 1 population with one stockpile of 1600 food costing only 400 dust on average at market. There are more ways to increase it further that u can skip to population 18 in a turn in one stockpile of food. Of course the yield gets slower as you get more population but it is fundamentally cheaper than the broken lords way. Talking about buildings it's definitely cheaper to build buildings with industry stockpile 1600 industry is an almost instant 1 turn done for nearly anything from era 1 to 3. Science stockpile is also out of the world 1600 science on average is 4-6 cities worth of science. But in the end all I was saying is that if you can make dust fast everything becomes easier and that "dust is how to rule them all"-roving clan guy.

[@Self-replicating_whatnot]

Hmm i gotta try that someday.

[@matthewy2j]

Mandalore has an Endless Legend Review, Sseth has an Endless Space 2 Review. Perfectly balanced, as all things should be.

[@orilevi1123]

i'd have loved to see a Sseth Endless Legend Review because you can do some pretty mad stuff in this game

[@windig1991]

"Uncle Ben's Rice is uncle Ben." I lost.

[@ZeMalta]

It’s kinda fun when Mandalore makes a review about a game and then Sseth makes a sequel or sucessor, or vice versa. Both videos will be awesome and the back and forth is awesome

[@QuestionableObject]

While I can't argue that the Drakken are pretty anti-fun most of the time, the amount of thought that went into how their society and architecture is structured is really clever and I have to give props to Amplitude for that.

[@ehmaysi]

I feel so spoiled with all these videos recently. I love it.

[@Ezekialify]

I was thinking the same thing.

[@Doinyourmumsmumsmum]

ehmaysi ??????????

[@firewolfandrewb]

I just realized this was uploaded before the Volcano Gremlins were added.

[@thebusiness8212]

I like how the Drakken were so annoying and left such a big impression on Mandy that even elves were considered decent

[@Three60Mafia]

Mandalore, I just found you but I love you already. Having the Endless Ocean theme (Hayley Westernra - Prayer) play while you're talking about ocean dwellers in game called Endless Legend... that is some deep meta!

[@heavilyaugmented5308]

Goddamn, it's not even funny with how consistent your videos are now. Keep up the great work!

[@LargenirGK]

One of the best games in the genre - EVER!!!1 I love that in EL you can really chose how to develop your civilization - their science system so good, flexible and allow you to make real choices.

[@SpellCorrectly]

the endless ocean reference at 18:40. beautiful

[@BrJPGameplay]

So when's Endless Ocean? The true sequel

[@niallreid7664]

Wow I had totally forgotten that game was a thing.

[@scruples]

Impeccably edited and written. Great job.

[@fishpop]

This game has an interesting aesthetic. Science Fiction characters in a High Fantasy setting. Refugees from a crashed spaceship going up against Ents and Golems etc.

[@detectivelizard9532]

I gotta say this is a fantastic review. It's detailed, informative and I even got a laugh or two out that elf race joke. Great job man.

[@ianmckay2542]

Endless Legend in its completion is available on the Steam Summer Sale and I picked it up because of this review. It is immediately engaging and I spent maybe 5 hours yesterday really getting into a game to learn the dynamics before restarting and doing it all right. It's an enjoyable, difficult, infuriating but overall amazing game, thanks for the recommendation.

[@jpao420]

Who came here bcoz of 100% Sale now on steam,

[@joelgamer14]

Me xD

[@breadstick8502]

Me

[@clashofgamer3968]

Yep

[@Christian-wr4ge]

I wanted to like your comment, but I can’t mess it up. NICE!

[@johngrunwald3029]

Love your reviews man. I really like how you make references to other games to compare, and you really go in depth. A+ content

[@ivanrzhanoy9389]

Hold on, a weird sci-fi rpg? Could he be talking about E.Y.E: Divine Cybermancy? I so want to see a video on that.

[@SgtZaqq]

I immediately thought about E.Y.E. when he said that.

[@StrikeFromTheSkies]

A weird French sci-fi RPG is pretty much certainly EYE.

[@CherryNobody]

I'm from the future, It's EYE.

[@broomy1610]

I’m the future too, and yup he’s done it

[@Mecha_Hitler]

I'm from future, it was bubsy 4

[@Elementroar]

Hey Mandalore! Thank you for this! I grabbed Endless Legend last year, after I played enough of Civ 5 and wanted more variety for my 4X itch. But was kinda hesitant since this was a new franchise for me. This review helped me understand it better, like a primer!

[@pixelnpc8480]

14:40 iunno Mand. that dragon guard got some cake there. I think he can solve world peace by himself.

[@kippos4365]

"Bizzare sci-fi french RPGs" Damn, Mandalore has had the Ring on his radar for a long ass time

[@ArbiterLibera]

I think this might actually be the best review of Endless Legend I've come across so far.

[@BGstefchoARS]

It's the best one! Period!

[@MDMDMDMDMDMDMDMDMD]

He's very nice to AI games, which felt very hopeless to me. And the advice I got from other players was to constantly bribe the AI with free stuff so they don't attack you. So I quit playing because that is dumb.

[@Rise65487]

@@MDMDMDMDMDMDMDMDMD for having played the Cult and the necrophages, i never felt like i needed to do that shit then again, the Cultist are already pretty godamn strong, and the Necrophages can't use diplomacy at all they're a real blast to play tho', especially the Necrophages, once you snowball, you're unstoppable next game, i'll either play the Eldritch-abomination, or the giant-fungus things yes i'm really into weird factions, i don't like the usual typical factions

[@MDMDMDMDMDMDMDMDMD]

@@Rise65487 try another race, I really enjoy learning the lore of the different races through story mode. And maybe I was playing as myself, instead of roleplaying the race. That might be part of the issue

[@Rise65487]

@@MDMDMDMDMDMDMDMDMD first, i find the term "race" offensive, you should use the term "non-natural and non-moral-bounded species" and second, what make you think i didn't relate to be a 6 legged undead Chilopoda bent on breeding and killing everything in sight?

[@Voitan]

BLING LORDS BEST EVERYTHING

[@KeramatZMode]

Is this game legit good? The mechanics of different faction looks fun. Bling Lord has nice ring and gameplay.

[@Mr.Anticannon]

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[@Voitan]

It's great, Bling Lords might spoil you on all the other factions, because their mid to late game is so dominating, it's ridiculous gaining a new megacity+ubergeneral+army all at once.

[@drharnsaft1005]

I once made a custom faction with them. I have very fond memories of stomping the bugs and nomads with them.

[@niallreid7664]

@@KeramatZMode Its good... for a time. I am of the opinion that the Endless series is very shallow mechanics wise. The factions and lore do carry the game. But yeah, it's worth playing.

[@Befuddled_Ostrich]

18:36 Really appreciate the Hayley Westenra insertion in this section. Endless Ocean should be considered an unofficial prequel. Or sequel. Which ever makes the most sense.

[@someguy5308]

I was looking for this comment thankfully I’m not the only one who caught that

[@CHURCHISAWESUM]

"They're a group of desert nomads that has control over the whole world economy" :thinking:

[@h2oaddict]

Nice joke...

[@fatfuck2384]

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[@TheMuncyWolverine]

@@fatfuck2384 lmao yeah

[@soldiert0144]

big thonk time....

[@CarrotConsumer]

Haha racism.

[@adrienbelhabla2554]

I heard the risk of rain soundtrack, awesome!

[@xITZxGODZILLAx]

By far one of the most underrated KZbinrs

[@Tagis672]

Mandalore-chan truly is the best girl.

[@kultiplexify]

best game reviewer-fu

[@Tagis672]

It's a well known fact that obscure game reviewers need a daily diet of headpats to survive, and Mandalore is clearly no exception.

[@reubenlovegrove6939]

i wish Mandalore was my Onii-chan

[@Tagis672]

;w; m-masaki?!?

[@stormtrooper9001]

Titus Mede I

[@allaion2897]

That music at 14:48 confirms that Mandalore is Sseth

[@thatoneguy-wr3px]

>Gorilyon >Salemjerus >Goldsachs

[@resonantevol]

Wow this was a really good review. Props for going through all of the factions and being so concise. Most reviews that try to be thorough ramble on and I end up skipping parts. This was enjoyable from start to finish! On a side note I wish I had friends that played this game... or any 4x game... or just any friend that played any game. Would make games more fun.

[@frankbologna28]

7 years later I found this review. Love the brutal honest mixed with comedic hot takes. 10/10 will be back again. Cheers.

[@hisaluteseven2803]

Currently free on steam before 23/05/2024

[@DAXminer-g1g]

Can't stop watching your reviews, you won a sub and a like.

[@DoctaDiesel]

The game just so happened to be on sale after I watched this video and I gotta admit, I kinda love the game. I played a lot of Civ 5 and really enjoyed that game but I'd personally say I enjoy Endless Legend even more. Managed to convince some of my friends to get it as well and its been an absolute blast seeing us all main a faction and learning their in's and out's. As of 1/11/19 its currently on sale on Humble Bundle along with two of the expansions and I'd definitely recommend picking it up.

[@AddamSolo]

I loved age of wonders 3 because of the combat. I can't play endless because I love great combat. Why can't the two studios come together and create "Endless Wonders." That game would consume life.

[@Self-replicating_whatnot]

I played and enjoyed both games, but it is as you say - combat in AoW3 is the tits, whereas Endless Legend is autoresolve city.

[@1Korlash]

I'd even say Civ 5 has superior combat to EL. It's simple and not super deep, but at least I get to control everything that happens and make tactical and strategic decisions.

[@veen182]

Saw this comment browsing some Endless Legend reviews.....so what do you think of Age Of Wonders: Planetfall? To me it feels like a perfect mix of these two games!

[@obviouslygay7184]

@@veen182 I'm playing WH40k Gladius Relics of War for combat and it leaves me satiated so other games don't hurt as much

[@Supercohboy]

11:23 They followed the Bionicle model of fan-inclusivity, honestly the most wholesome way to directly engage with your community imo. Contests that get everyone excited and creative, bouncing ideas off of each other and building each other up, leading to a fantastic final product quite often, one that the fanbase is "personally" connected with as a group.

[@Malaikat31]

That Kirby Air Ride music during the smug dragons part is a touch of genius.

[@foreignuser_]

"do you wish dragons were real and on c-span? subbed

[@MrTombombodil]

This series has the best Soundtrack of any strategy game I've ever played, maybe any game series period. It can be kind of unassuming at first, but it's SO GOOD and I listen to it constantly even while playing other games.

[@MrRotch61]

I feel like you sounded a little too harsh about the combat. I mean, the combat looks better than what I've played in the Civ games, and look at how batshit insanely popular those games are.

[@MandaloreGaming]

It's better than "right click to attack" but at the same time it's especially harsh in multiplayer waiting for battles. The main thing is you just click on who attacks who and wait, and their formations get messed up if an enemy unit dies in the fight and they auto readjust what they're doing. You have very little input once the combat starts. Like I said, it's not terrible, but it's a shame that it only reaches for adequate when everything else is well done

[@TheRoberick]

It's more extensive than in the civ games but it's not fleshed out and you don't have a lot of control over it.

[@YourFavoriteDerp]

Bruh, Age of wonders did an amazing work with combat in a 4x. Endless combat is not that great, if you have anything else to compare it to. Civ combat thing comes with the simplicity which makes it good enough.

[@xthebumpx]

It doesn't gain enough in terms of fun or strategy to make up for the slower pace and increased complexity. I actually prefer Civ combat.

[@RabidHobbit]

I agree too harsh. There are some benefits to this style of combat and I don't see it as inferior to an Age of Wonders or HoMM, but just different. War resolves much faster than thoe other games. Also the slight lack of control is immersive and freeing to a some extent. You are more like a general giving orders than someone who directly controls each pawn. Freeing because you know the chaos of battle can ruin your plans and it wasn't your fault. I like it for what it is. Maybe there could be some more clever tricks added to make it stand out a bit more though.

[@demnachos9576]

ever thought about doing dwarf fortress seems like your type of game

[@evanmagolor1812]

Would be harder to explain to viewers than EVE.

[@Superschokokeks]

he did a decent job with Aurora4x, so.. time for DF!

[@robertmunroe9635]

your videos not only are reviews but amazing guides on how to play. thank you

[@MrOldmanjenkin1]

Do pathologic if you are up to it very obscure and artsy

[@ThePolistiren]

I actually recommended Ice Picked Lodge's next game which was The Void. That's way more obscure than a game whose remake was a successful Kickstarter.

[@moritzzz1]

>very obscure >seriously?.jpeg

[@In_The_Base]

MR Flarg @

[@helios2939]

Wish Granted,

[@Wazzen563]

@@moritzzz1 ...Yes. Compared to a mainstream game, Pathologic is nearly nonexistent. The first time I ever saw it was randomly stumbling across it during a Steam sale.

[@MrDrCthulhu]

Oh man! That Lethal League music at 12:30! I'd love to see a video on that game. So underappreciated.

[@happy_bracket]

"All those factions I mentioned earlier are living in the same place. Thinking they'll all get along isn't naive, it's just stupid" Oh wait, you're not describing humanity

[@honestheuristic5467]

Don't stop mandalore these videos are amazing

[@FrankHarrison12]

The combat isn't as bad as he makes it seem. You have a fair bit of agency in placement, and you can choose which unit attacks which, as well as being able to manipulate each unit/hero to have stats that support your strategy. Also you can set combat speed to take less than a minute per battle.

[@851852093114208513]

Finally, KZbin suggests something good. I've been watching your reviews all night ever since your EVE review popped up on my feed. You deserve way more subscribers than you have, but there's one more now, and I hope you'll be getting a lot more in the future

[@allisknu11]

"Do you wish dragons were real and were on C-SPAN?" XD

[@nathanmarineau3993]

Great overview! I love how professional your videos are.

[@CheeseDanish85]

Me: watching this video in 2020. MandaloreGaming: shows Uncle Ben's rice with Uncle Ben still on it Me: Ouch, right in the nostalgia, man!

[@maggiem6209]

Morgarr expansion: *Endless Ocean music plays.* I spit my tea. Well played. 😆

[@BorrisStonoyanovich]

I feel very thankful that you can make a 20m video about a fantasy strategy game but still drop kanye beats and yung lean references along with my favorite gachi

[@happykm1837]

This was one of the most straightforward in-depth youtube video I have ever seen put out by someone in the 4X community. Well done, subscribed!

[@vj7248]

Looking around, there's apparently a Community Patch that vastly improves the AI. As someone who enjoys singleplayer 4X experience, that's important to me. Also, I love making the factions works very differently from each other compared to Civ. I think I'll finally check this game out...

[@commissartrogdor7799]

What is the patch called?

[@vj7248]

@@commissartrogdor7799 "Endless Legend Community Patch"

[@AzazelTheMisanthrope]

Thanks for always putting out the reviews that I actually want to see.

[@chevere17]

That yung lean reference! So glad i subscribed

[@deviousmile669]

O My God, Jeff Spock, the Genius behind such masterpieces Like My horse and me....and horsez...

[@SecretAgentMan00]

9:28 when talking about dust and money you show a city called "Goldsachs"..... LOL

[@kezi_]

2-week release schedule is fucking fantastic. Loving all these new videos. Thanks Mandalore.

[@despondentanura6939]

Broken lords has achieved victory (Economic) has been seared into my skull

[@soygoratsu]

The Endless Ocean reference, chefs kiss.

[@scaredstiff7176]

I like how you just started playing endless ocean music when the Morgawr showed up.

[@LevelUpAndFly]

What a complete review! I don't remember if you said it but the soundtrack is awesome and available online legally for free ;)

[@darthguilder1923]

7:40 nice Thraddash music

[@fivesincarnate630]

Sometimes, I just rewatch your videos just because they’re so funny.

[@maurobrunosolavergara5041]

Love the risk of rain ost in the background

[@AtticusHimself]

I came here from the Humble Strategy Bundle. Big fan of Civ and nerdy DnD sh*t. Really liked your style so I subscribed.

[@coaxill4059]

At 2:21 no lie I thought "why is he showing me a two page artwork from the Space Wolf codex?"

[@tenatin9627]

Okay, I'm 6 years late, but the Hayley Westenra track when talking about Tempest sent me on a super nostalgia trip to Endless Ocean

[@byzantine2516]

I watched this video, went to Steam, saw it on sale, and bought it.

[@CraftyMatt]

All these great reviews in such a short span of time! Keep up the great work! Cheers

[@chicagobreed502]

I HEARD THAT ENDLESS OCEAN MUSIC AND OH BOY THAT NOSTALGIA HURT

[@pineapplegamer6986]

Oh my god this recent slew of videos has been so good please don't stop

[@Denizu]

2:08 Interesting, the song in the background is "Chanson d'automne" from the risk of rain OST. The one who made it is heavily against using it in media that isn't risk of rain related or directly related to the song. He's pretty efficient at finding videos with the song used in it, I am suprised this one managed to stay up.

[@MaskofPoesy]

It's quite subtle. But still good to know!

[@samsong8355]

did he explain why though? I mean its his right for sure but why exactly?

[@Denizu]

@@samsong8355 it used to be on his website, but it's something along the lines of it being disrespectful to his craft and how it is enigmatic of the rampant devaluation of music.

[@FunnyTaco143]

I keep going back to this review because I love EL so much and this review is just so good.

[@gustavomartinsdesouza5548]

"If you surpasses them at anything you are suddenly a threat to world peace" So, Drakken is literally USA

[@S1eepingBearu]

i recently started playing this game since it went on sale and it came out on free trial and god.... after 23 hours of gameplay, watching this video again, felt like i was watching it for the first time. i learned so much!

[@PengusKhan]

I only just noticed watching this again the people controlling the economy have cities named "Gaza" and "Gorilyon"

[@multiapokalipsa]

This video sold me on the game, I got it two days ago and am having a lot of fun with the necrophage

[@seepingfromthesunrelaxatio959]

That Endless Ocean music was not a reference for everyone. xD

[@MrDemomanman]

Thanks for reminding me of my dead son. He's dead.

[@sir1thomas1]

I just got this game and DLC on sale I'm excited, thanks for the swift faction overview.

[@ofgreyhairwaifu4089]

Wtf did the same. Saw it in recommendations, decided to rewatch, checked the DLCs and they are on sale

[@ajshell2]

18:38 I"m laughing out loud at the Endless Ocean music right now!

[@joshuamoniodis6555]

Love the music choice for the Drakken section, this is why you and Sseth are the kings

[@nickdaboii]

9:38... Did you just reference Yung lean? I'm so confused.

[@Zero5897]

The games you have reviewed are great and in detail, gives a person who have never played a deep look into it. A way grasp at what to expect, and you are unbiased, you which is always a good thing, you deserve more subs

[@yarus5889]

Anyone play Stellaris?

[@neochen-sic]

I'm playing it atm I wish it had design and ost like endless space, but gameplay is far better than endless space one.

[@Piotwor]

Yeah. It's still boring as fuck. It's a game that seems to despise the idea of fun.

[@yuripantyhose4973]

Utopia made the game deeper, but its still pretty bland experience unless you are playing 4+ players

[@yarus5889]

Piotwor how

[@Piotwor]

Too many ways to list, it's just very dull, static and lacking depth.