Sicilian Guy Tries the Sicilians in Age of Empires 2!

[@ForgottenEmp]

Devs here, we're very happy to hear the Sicilian language in AoE2 got your seal of approval!

[@metatronyt]

It most definitely did! Fantastic job!

[@gwennblei]

Thank you so much for including smaller cultures in AoE2, I was super happy to find out you added Sicillians and Burgundians, that's epic, well done to you guys :)

[@fran3ro]

When are Frisians/Dutchs coming?

[@SIGNOR-G]

@@fran3ro i think that they get fused into the Burgundians

[@fran3ro]

@@SIGNOR-G It seems that's the case, but it shouldn't.

[@andrewk.5575]

Originally the Sicilians were going to take bonus damage like everyone else, but then they made the devs an offer they couldn't refuse.

[@jerrymaurer2100]

Hahaha

[@donblack1571]

Lol

[@raynightshade8317]

To bad there tech tree suffered for it

[@sniffles8672]

So I'm watching sicilian guy in armor playing AoE and acting like a little boy when villagers speak sicilian. So happy and pure. Amazing!

[@Cdre_Satori]

Its like watching Shad in a barrell

[@kungsjanis5139]

His exitement is about the same as I imagine mine would be if I where to find a game where they speak latviski. People who speak large official languages as natives would never understand. That feeling.

[@kungsjanis5139]

@@Cdre_Satori That was a grate video.

[@ImpetusOmnipotens]

@@kungsjanis5139 Relatable, I'd 100 percent act the same. Greetings from a Macedonian guy

[@kungsjanis5139]

@@ImpetusOmnipotens BTW since I have the links ready here is what my language sounds like kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKjHhYqBmNCfkJY kzbin.info/www/bejne/kH_VgoFvdttqpLM

[@notgoddhoward5972]

That horse actor is indeed Sicilian, he also played a minor but important part in the Godfather movie. So nice to see him again.

[@bl4cksp1d3r]

He was so far ahead back in the days

[@skytreker]

You are telling me that Woltz's horse survived ?! 😲🐴

[@ArchonShon]

@@skytreker They hid the rest of the horse under the bed. Amazing acting by the horse imo.

[@daarom3472]

@@bl4cksp1d3r stood neck and shoulders above the rest

[@daarom3472]

@@bl4cksp1d3r he got a little ahead of himself though at the end. headed in the wrong direction and after losing face he was never the same

[@LarryGarfieldCrell]

Metatron nerding out over his native tongue is the second best Metatron. Metatron swearing at his own units in angry Sicilian is the best Metatron.

[@rivvie]

He left 2 peasants behind a house for like half the game I'm crying

[@krystal_ship]

@@rivvie it happens

[@Cru128]

As long as Metatron had fun, that’s all that really matters.

[@juliansingh5182]

Agreed

[@ajarofmayonnaise3250]

N O

[@Cru128]

@@ajarofmayonnaise3250, tf?

[@Guilherme-qx9iz]

When he speaks Sicilian he can't avoid saying death treaths.

[@KungKras]

He's been in the mafia so long that it's become a reflex at this point.

[@laurelionothaliondor7308]

So Sad... so True...

[@FlagAnthem]

Just wait to get an actual venetian reacting to CIV V Venice😂

[@thepipejunkie8359]

He's so happy to hear them speak his language! And of course the sass when they don't move fast enough for him is hilarious

[@Knoloaify]

50% enjoying Metatron liking the sicilian lines. 50% trying very hard to ignore the horrible gamep- AAAAAAAAAAH YOUR ECONOMY THE SHEEPS GODAMNIT

[@Antoloni]

yeah hahah, same here

[@benjamindover9280]

6 on sheep etc

[@limonbattery]

To be fair to Metatron, the standard AI can be beat with almost anything so it's not a huge deal. I tested myself (avg. player) against a whole team of 7 of them once and they never trained more than like 19-20 villagers each and about as many military units.

[@Goldenleyend]

It was adorable for me, he was so excited with the new civ he barely paid attention to the game at the start

[@jormundgarner]

Same

[@Duke_of_Lorraine]

The Burgundians also speak burgundian instead of the same french that is used for the Franks.

[@limonbattery]

Meanwhile the Italians still use the Byzantines' Latin lines :/

[@Duke_of_Lorraine]

@@limonbattery the Goths also use the same german as the Teutons, and the Huns speak mongol, copypasted from the Mongols. These 2 would be harder to get than medieval italian but maybe if hiring some linguists it could be done ?

[@limonbattery]

@@Duke_of_Lorraine I give those two a pass because they were classic civs. The Italians I also admittedly kind of give a pass for being in the first HD expansion before anyone knew the game would get big again. Now the Aztecs speaking a Mayan language instead of their own though... that's actually weird. Especially since Nahuatl is still alive unlike whatever the Goths or Huns spoke.

[@Duke_of_Lorraine]

@@limonbattery being classic civs doesn't make them immune to change. They changed the Byzantine architecture, for example. It's quite strange that out of the 37 civs, 3 don't have their own language. Maybe they'll do something about it if we make enough noise about that ?

[@limonbattery]

@@Duke_of_Lorraine Maybe after they fix the eternally cursed pathing :P

[@deef631]

How Metatron speaks to his NPC workers is how he speaks to his employees in real life.

[@flamebird2218]

LOL

[@sholahverassa8582]

He doesn't have employees ...anymore...

[@ChrissieBear]

Play the Sicilian (Hautevilles) campaign and do a historical evaluation!

[@filthydelphiacreations1619]

Please do! Would love to hear it since I was the campaign's designer :)

[@linobster]

Please do!

[@wikipediaintellectual7088]

Oh glorious. They made a Hauteville campaign?

[@filthydelphiacreations1619]

@@wikipediaintellectual7088 check it out and let me know what you think!

[@dani5rovic]

@@filthydelphiacreations1619 it’s a great campaign, super fun to play! I love how varied it is with all the different objectives like the one in greece

[@stefanstoyanov7460]

I can relate to how giddy he is. When the bulgarians were introduced and they spoke real bulgarian, I was pretty much in the same state of mind.

[@escaramujo]

Now I'm wondering if Spanish speak actual medieval latin vulgaris of the peninsula, or just a mixed modern normative variant...

[@davidvalderrey9385]

@@escaramujo As a spanish I can say that they don't speak latin, they indeed speak some kind of old spanish. I don't think the voicelines are bad tho, and the fact that they scream "Santiago!" as a battle cry really gets me.

[@SIGNOR-G]

@@davidvalderrey9385 do you still use "PLAZME" in modern spanish though?

[@davidvalderrey9385]

@@SIGNOR-G Nope. I mean, you could, and who's listening to you would understand you, but it would sound very weird. Kinda like using "thee" instead of "you" in modern english.

[@SIGNOR-G]

@@davidvalderrey9385 as i imagined.

[@astrobullivant5908]

What’s fascinating about Sicilian civilization is that few people paid any attention to it until tons of people in America of Sicilian ancestry became extremely prominent.

[@KroM234]

Age of Empires franchise always did a fantastic job with languages, even ancient dialects and accents. I remember how stuned I was over the Swiss German accent of the Swiss pikemen mercenaries in AOE3, it was spot on! Also, it's funny how as a Frenchman I understood most of the Sicilian lines in the game! Thank you Roman Empire!

[@limonbattery]

I think it's a really cool feature too. But at the same time, there's always some stuff to nitpick (e.g. anachronistic accents/dialects, occasional wrong grammar etc.) Still, about as much as you can expect from a pretty old game.

[@KroM234]

@@limonbattery Very true, but compared to what most modern games do (i.e. everybody speaks English with different rubbish accents to notify an origiin), I think it is incredible. And it's a trademark to do the languages right too!

[@fuhduh2544]

As a sicilian I can honestly say that i couldn't understand most of he was saying without reading subtitles. There are so many different variations of sicilian, so many different accents, words, pronounciations, tones, it's not even funny. The sicilian they speak in the game seems mostly palermitan (the stereotypical mafia accent basically), but I'm not sure where metatron's sicilian is from. I'm from around the south eastern tip of siciliy and mine is one of the softest, laid-back variations of the dialect and it's so weird hearing the same dialect from other cities, they almost sound caricatural to me. Oh and of course it changes from town to town, so even a town 10 minutes from yours will have its own differences, (pronounciation, different words, tonalities, accents and so on) and almost everyone will be able to tell from which town you're from just by hearing you speak a few words.

[@BestKCL]

@@fuhduh2544 Wow, that’s crazy for such a (comparatively) small island. Really interesting to hear! It already sounds quite nice, so I would love to hear this softer dialect you speak of.

[@fuhduh2544]

@@BestKCL italy is filled with different dialects, I'm not sure though if other italian regions have as many different variations as Sicily. I don't know Sicilian in general sounds pretty aggressive to me, some variations more and some less hahah but it's cool to hear the point of view of someone who's not italian :D

[@caper963]

1:38 this shield is Hauteville coat of arms. The Sicilians in AoE II are based on times when Sicily was ruled by Normans. It would be really cool see your video when You would talk about something like " AoE II Sicilians vs History ". I really love your viedos ! :)

[@metatronyt]

Believe It or not Altavilla Is where I spent many summers as a child, since my uncle had a house There and I would go There to play with my cousin

[@erikhanseisenheber]

Is that a Spirit of the Law and Metatron crossover I hear? It would be a surprise to be sure, but a welcome one.

[@Altrantis]

The sergeants are very norman in their look and name.

[@caper963]

@@Altrantis With name - no. Sergeants appear in most if not every European army. With look - yes. Sergeant in AoE II wears Italo - Norman helmet and Norman coat of Arms on his shield.

[@Royinszki]

Sicilian: "Sese" Metatron: "GOSH IT'S SICILIAN!"

[@Guaymallencio]

3:56 most wholesome reaction ever

[@demenok1313]

that armor is so dope man..

[@metatronyt]

Thanks!

[@korstmahler]

The building line is because they're building the farm, I think they'll have separate lines when an idle villager is sent to work on an already built farm.

[@Elghast]

When Metatron goes from Cambridge-cultured chap to angry Sicilian thug in 0.3 seconds I channelled my inner Ron Burgundy

[@ericcadman1329]

"We've got plenty of wood" - Metatron after playing as Sicilians in AOE2

[@crowmccarrionface670]

The Monk voice is brilliant. Been playing this for a month now ; Sicilians and Bulgarians are my favourite civs so far.

[@fadedtiger3181]

He seemed so delighted that they were speaking his language. That's awesome ^.^ Age of Empires is a classic strategy game.

[@ChrissieBear]

They say Builder when building a farm but Farmer when assigned to farm an already existing plot of land.

[@KnightofAges]

It's the same in all civilizations: it's because first time they are building the farm (i.e. constructing it), while the second time they are actually doing the work that is supposed to be done there (farming).

[@niks2584yt]

greatest cross-over ever!!! I couldn't believe the thumbnail when I saw it :D good to also know that AoE2 did a good job with their Sicilian language :D you can also try the Sicilian campaign, if you're up for critiquing some historical aspects of the gameplay!! :)

[@angrybacteriahorde5542]

Your happiness here is infectious :)

[@EscorpiaumRei]

"U capivu!" Wait! Did he say u capivu?! "Si signore"

[@brainyskeletonofdoom7824]

I didn't expect them to use actual Sicilian, I had the same reaction as Metatron did lol. Funny enough, as a Northern Italian, Sicilian Is a completely foreign language to me, I can understand way more French or Spanish without having ever studied them

[@Liquidsback]

I blame the Italian Wars...

[@kaltaron1284]

It's the same with German dialects. Unless people speak slowly it's very easy to get lost.

[@TheRealGigachad1848]

​@@Liquidsback Blame the dialect continuum of romance languages.

[@limonbattery]

@@kaltaron1284 How understandable is the in-game German spoken by the Teutons/Goths actually? The wiki says it's Old/Middle German but I don't know how the language has evolved.

[@escaramujo]

You understand Spanish better because the RAE killed the dialects to make it more 'italianish / greekish' and less 'indoeuropeanish'.

[@rasmusn.e.m1064]

This is so wholesome. Love it when dialects and non-standard languages get some attention for once.

[@shanebarrett5053]

I never paid much attention to the languages used until my wife who is fluent in Hungarian perked up when I was playing the Magyar.

[@dariussonofjazzlin7433]

The farms in the game are considered buildings upon first constructing them, so therefore villagers regardless of language will often use their "builder" bark.

[@viammortis]

Staiu murennu ri risate!!! Truoppu bravu si, ora mu accattu puru iu

[@AtreyusNinja]

3:56 the first reaction Caxxo mi serviva una risata! Non ho mai giocato questo videogame ma il fatto che abbiano messo il dialetto siciliano mi ha fatto divertire moltissimo

[@ChrissieBear]

The Idle Villagers button is at the top of the screen between your population and age.

[@falsebeliever8079]

I take one look at the Sicilian food "MARINA! We have to go to Sicily! Just look at this.... aranchina." Marina takes a look. "Ooooh, I wonder what's inside." "Of course you do, honey. We're going there to find out."

[@jacopofolin6400]

@YoStefan Better arancino

[@shrektheswampless6102]

It's written arancina lol

[@shrektheswampless6102]

@@jacopofolin6400just shut up 😂

[@filipporubino4163]

Best cuisine in the world. No bs

[@gabri-immortale]

Fried rice with repleacebile inside : often coocked meat or prosciutto with butter or vegetables . Litteraly a better version of japan since early middle age . The west and central sides ( Cefalù - Trapani) call it arancin-a because the food is a ball like the orange fruit (femme') , while the east side make them more triangolar shaped and call it arancin-o (m) . We , the west side do dirty jokes about eastern liking dicks . From tradition most of food is (f)

[@nukenugget]

my father is from sicialy too and its crazy how Italians in general react when someone tries to speak their language. they are just so joyfull and happy.

[@CAPace09]

Northern Italians vs. Southern Italians in the Black Forrest, which is in Germany... Sounds about right.

[@stefanodadamo6809]

Especially if Germans are caught in the middle, it would be a nice turnaround of history. 🤣🤣🤣😈

[@limonbattery]

The Italians fought wherever anyone paid them to at the time anyway so this wouldn't have been too weird. Besides, if the game were taken seriously then Arabia was subject to nonstop wars between everyone from the Aztecs to the Vikings.

[@tonywoutrs]

Black forest in the game generates different biomes, sometimes you get the Mediterranean one too.

[@StrunDoNhor]

(Don't tell him about Chinese fighting Franks in Arabia...)

[@limonbattery]

@@StrunDoNhor Or Saracens being bottom 5 by winrate on Arabia.

[@KenzieScarlett]

this. is. the. best. video. ever! :D lol I loved this so much! and I can tell your so happy!

[@metatronyt]

Yes I felt like a little kid lol but it was great :D

[@TheChimples]

@@metatronyt Exactly how I felt when Magyars were added. It's such a joy to hear them and play with them. I really enjoyed your video.

[@daveg.]

I like to imagine that he gets this giddy when he just goes outside and talks to other Sicilians.

[@leonemaledetto1500]

Two minutes into Sicilian and chill and he gives you this look 2:20

[@WeboKonAroz]

Seeing Metatron so giddy with excitement over the Sicilians gives me endless joy.

[@MassMassa]

La prima volta che ho sentito il monaco siculo, ho riso per 5 minuti di fila in una partita. Gli alleati non italiani non capivano perché :)

[@blackdoonable]

It is looks like even kindest Sicilian instantly turns into mafiosi when he starts to speak sicilian! =)

[@pathfindersavant3988]

There's just something so wholesome about seeing Metatron swell with national pride over all the Sicilian.

[@BATTIS94]

It's not everyday that you get to see joyous Metatron! It's all about the little things, and the AOE developers know it. The effort of hiring native speakers to record the lines is always worth it.

[@SeriousNedo]

Bellissimo sentirti passare dall'inglese impeccabile al palermitano stretto! È noto come il cervello cambi impostazione passando da una lingua all'altra

[@spartankongcountry6799]

Seeing you happy is so blessed.

[@Skenderbeuismyhero]

I didn't know you are Sicilian. I was in Piana degli Albanese a couple years ago to visit the Arberesh people and see if I could communicate with them in Albanian. I would have loved to have spent some time in Palermo too, it seemed like a really nice city.

[@burymycampaignatwoundedkne3395]

That feeling hearing Sicilian must be kind of like the few times I've heard really old and regionally Southern US specific words and phrases my grandparents used in media

[@justskip4595]

The only piece of media I have encountered where my dialects (My dialect is mix of two because Soviet Russia taking the lands of my fathers side of family forcing relocation of them across the country) of Finnish has been used has been a Donald Duck comics that had specifically written with different dialects. I can't remember coming across either in Finnish media apart of local people being interviewed in news.

[@willlastnameguy8329]

Can you give an example?

[@laurelionothaliondor7308]

Strange as Italian and Half Sicilian I feel the same way hearing the Southern US dialects. Not any specific words, just the "attitude"

[@alessio3267]

Ammirevole il passaggio dal siciliano al perfetto inglese HAHAHAHAHHA

[@lazysunside]

A Sicilian playing Sicily: Is that modern Sicilian? A Vietnamese playing Vietnamese: yo they be speaking Cantonese

[@max7369]

i love how he turns into a mafia boss when he speaks sicilian

[@gwennblei]

It made me so happy they added Burgundy and Sicily, it's super cool to see smaller cultures with little international recognition added to a main stream game ! And it was super fun to watch you, and the joy on your face through it, I really loved that video and love the devs for making this bold choice !

[@leo86channel]

I’m from northern Italy (Emilia-Romagna) and I’m studying Spanish. I noticed the influence that Spanish had on Sicilian from the colonies period, an example is the exclamation “work!”, In Italian its “lavora” but in Sicilian it’s “travagghia” and in Spanish it’s “trabaja” it’s interesting to see how different languages influenced some Italian dialects.

[@Altrantis]

It can be Labora or Trabaja in Spanish, depending on where you're from and the context.

In Portuguese we have lavoura, labor e trabalho haha

[@escaramujo]

Ancient spanish was 'trabaja' with the j sounding like in portuguese, not aspired. 'Labora' also exists, but has different connotations (is more effort for pleasure and less for money / obligation).

[@KnightofAges]

See it in reverse: The Iberian Peninsula was garrisoned by the VII Legio 'Gemina', whose members were drafted from Sicily. THEY are the ones that influenced Iberian languages, not the opposite.

[@sidoso9810]

@@Altrantis nobody uses labora in spanish, the most similar word we have is laburá but it's only used in argentina and uruguay

[@jaytucker7873]

This is so great! I am very happy for you getting to hear your native language in a game. Next up: AoE II battle royale between Skal, Shad, Matt and Metatron!

[@lafiammaprofanata8147]

This is really incredible! I wasn't expecting something like this from any strategy game and they did a nice job too! I had the same reaction as you (being Sicilian myself, from Catania). Sabbinirica!

[@elferchucapo]

This is a crossover I wasn't expecting, but I welcome it. You should build a castle and a wonder! Do you like them?

[@antoniomele4830]

Quando è uscita l'espansione ho subito pensato a te e mi sarebbe piaciuto un tuo video a riguardo. Beh che dire, il mio desiderio si è esaudito

[@TrueMentorGuidingMoonlight]

I love that intro. Seeing Metatron enthusiastic about something he just learned about really makes my day. I get that enthusiasm every time I find a new book, game, or food I've never heard of before but feel like it's something I always wanted.

[@jorgeferrosuarez6989]

That reminds me of when I used to wait for a game where characters speak Galician I'm still waiting

[@Igor_054]

Portuguese is the closest you will get.

[@haunt0logist]

it’s so charming seeing someone so excited to talk about their own culture lol good content

[@theknightofart8169]

MURATURI, SALUTAMU ahaha I love this game. The Sicilisns are so funny! Grate video Raf!

[@riccardoalicino8575]

MURATURA

[@tabbymoen9255]

14:36 u can see the idle villagers ontop of the screen next to the amount of villagers u have, very good video btw

[@Koenigstiger92]

Usually I dislike Remakes but AoE II - Remastered is a masterpiece. The only remake I enjoyed more than the original.

[@Maplehoof2011]

One thing to note if you ever revisit this, at 12:24 when you build a farm, you're right that it uses the "builder" line, but if you were to send a villager to work on an already created farm you would hear a different "farmer" line that might be more appropriate. There's also unique villager lines for repairing damaged buildings/units and for shore fishing and it would be cool to hear your response to these as well. Also it'd be really interesting to hear your take on the King unit's voice lines, you'd have to start up a Regicide game to hear them though but that'd be cool. All together a really wholesome fun video and I'm glad the algorithm recommended it to me!

[@kersgod3638]

Jeeez, Ive never seen you so excited:)

[@せつうなタヨ]

Yeah! Refreshing to see:D

[@zakdarke4264]

Kind of cute

[@LordVader1094]

@@zakdarke4264 Indeed

[@WI_Wanderer]

This is incredible! So mich fun to see. Thanks for maing this reaction content and thanks to Forgotten Empires for maing the civ!

[@MrMighty147]

My god he's so giddy 😂 That's really adorable.

[@cassuttustshirt4949]

What a blast from the past! I need to get my Mom into this game again. Especially with the new campaigns, which were her favorite. She'd play on medium, but kind of handicap herself because she could not stand to lose any more than maybe 3 men. She loved slaughtering the enemy and seeing/hearing them die, but her own troops? Those were under HER command and she would not let them die. She mined LOTS of stone to build castles offensively. Always brought a tear to my eye when she figured out castles were both defensive AND offensive military buildings. Most of her fights were sieges, as was common. I, on the other hand played with my friends so major field battles where we'd lose half our troops were common =) This vid, I'm for sure gonna download the Age of Empires 2 complete. I'm glad your language was so well represented and how excited you got over it. If you ever want another rusty rando to play, I'd play you. My English warbowmen await =)

[@rockimartinez6424]

Metatron there is a Sicilian Campaign in the historical campaigns section of the game called The Hautevilles. Would love to see you playing it and commenting how on the historicity and general design of the scenarios.

[@alaskaball188]

I would love to see you go more in depth about the History and Culture of Sicily

[@Gaalification]

As a non Sicilian italian, I was enthusiastic with this civ, and I love play with Sicilians now. A friend of mine from Marsala was a little perplexed with the "tagghialegna" though. Different areas of Sicily I suppose. Only thing, the "se, se" sometimes sounds a little "scazzato" xD Greetings from the territories that once were Serenissima, hoping I will see her too in a future dlc xD

[@bakedpretzels1378]

Its so fuckin cute watching you get so excited over the sicilian in game ❤️ would love to see more, and hear more for that matter!

[@ikarus2h]

I'm 1/4 Sicilian, seeing your enthusiasm for this game makes me want to reconnect with that part of my heritage.

[@sergioriggio1769]

Wow, pensavo già che fossi italiano per la tua grande conoscenza del latino e della Divina Commedia. Però non avrei mai immaginato che fossi siciliano!

[@kingvigik805]

You should try to do a match with other yt historians, that would be quite entertaining in my opinion.

[@limonbattery]

Get T90 to cast a Low Elo Legends of it too.

[@youtuberwannabe4732]

@@limonbattery 😂😂😂😂😂😂YES!!! THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN!!! NOW!!!

[@trentweston8306]

The Golden One of KZbin would be a good opponent for AoE and Warhammer.

[@alexanderren1097]

Yes. Record the audio and turn it into a Taunt Expansion Pack. Shad's gonna have some hilarious zingers!

[@youtuberwannabe4732]

@@alexanderren1097 MACHICOLATIOOOOOOOOONNNNNNSSSSS!!!!!!

[@PickBit]

Infantry unit response should have been: "ammuninni picciotti"

[@Goldenleyend]

The excitement in his voice is priceless!

[@erikrobinette794]

24:50 I see Metatron is embracing his inner mobster

[@peiter795]

Oh, the game has Hungarians! I need to get it now! *Mom, where's the credit card?*

[@luigiardito1469]

thank God the villagers didn't say "Me la mino" while staying idle.

[@brainyskeletonofdoom7824]

Meanwhile the "Italians" have a Genoese special unit, a Genoese wonder and the Genoese coat of arms. Not suspicious at all! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿ZENA🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@CAPace09]

Where are my Venetians?

[@brainyskeletonofdoom7824]

@@CAPace09 in our prisons, lol

[@greenmachine5600]

Good berserk reference

[@brainyskeletonofdoom7824]

@@greenmachine5600 eheh

[@bvro9633]

@@CAPace09 in Venice idiot

[@darkcloud93]

with that kind of talk, its hard not to imagine every sicilian as a cosa nostra member XD

[@jrs4516]

when the enemy attacks one of the units should exclaim "inconceivable!"

[@SuperMewKittyKatGaming]

part of my family comes from Sicily Sarausa and Naples i do not speak italian or sicilian but it is nice to hear it

[@MapleWillowAspen]

I believe there is a new campaign for the Sicilians as well, which explores some of their history - so if you want to play them a bit more, this might be a fun way to combine history and gameplay!

[@MonteKristof]

It's so nice to see you so happy about hearing your language! I'm from Quebec, I have the same reaction when I hear my accent in anything!

[@scarecrow2097]

That's wonderful :D *internal screaming over the fact Byzantines still speak Latin instead of Greek*

[@scarecrow2097]

@V & Z Magnus true, Latin isn't wrong per say but the version of the empire shown in the game has already embraced Greek language and culture

[@Aliksander54]

I flipped out the first time I heard the Sicilian monk say "Inomedepadre"

[@mercycunningham2813]

Playing AoE2 in plate? Instant like!

[@odinlordofasgard9748]

This was really fun to watch. I hope we get more content like this.

[@chaos_omega]

A Sicilian angel insults and threatens peasant family, more on this and 'Sports with Dave' at 8.

[@Quatlo]

Thats exactly me hearing polish in the recent patch. I was so giddly I had to call my mom and show her "hey remember that game from 20 years ago I played? Now they speak polish"

[@korstmahler]

I can't believe AO2 is still getting things added holy shit I used to play that in the school computer rooms.

[@limonbattery]

There's another incoming expansion coming soon, Dawn of the Dukes. Eastern European themed, but they haven't revealed if they're adding new civs with that yet or if it'll just be campaigns. There are already a few East European civs in the game. Also, about half of the civs now were added after the Conquerors days. Most of the classic civs also received various balance tweaks which was pretty cool - Teutons get bonus melee armor on all melee units and Persians can upgrade their crossbows to cost no gold for example.

[@giovanni-cx5fb]

2:07 "Let's go get an arancinA" Catanesi: are we a joke to you?? >:(

[@giovannisantostasi9615]

My mom is from Sicily but I was born in the north. When we went to visit my family in Sicily it was like going to another world. I'm proud of my Sicilian origins but they are so different from the north Italians. Somebody talking fast in Sicilian is almost impossible to understand even if I do understand some words in Sicilian. But it is a beautiful place. A lot of history there.

[@jtoo6060]

Sicilia is much more Italian today than it was 100 years ago.

[@austintheamerican3784]

This dialect is as Sicilian and making an offer you can’t refuse

[@uvuvwevwevweosas4459]

I expected that militas say "I know a guy"

[@impsimp]

I love his reaction, Sicilian sounds similar to Spanish, but they’re both Romance languages so it’s expected. I reacted the same in Age of Empires 3 when I played as Spain. It’s fun hearing the tongue of your ancestors in a game.