Teppou Republic Episode 1 - Total War: Shogun 2 FOTS (DM) Narrative Let's Play

[@OfficiallyDevin]

UPDATE: New narratives can now be found on this dedicated channel kzbin.info/door/79s7EdN9uXX77-Ly2HmEjQ

[@kingshermanii]

7 years later, this is still one of my favorite things to watch, I was a kid when i first watched this now I'm a kid in college going for a degree in history, crazy to think i was inspired by this show, you are a great writer Devin glad you keep making new stories

[@Latingunner1]

Watching this again, this series has aged like a fine wine.

[@SwordSaint550]

I realize that this is a really late comment to a year-old video, but I wanted to say that I found your mix of gameplay and documented alternate-history fascinating to watch so far. I think I'm going to enjoy this LP.

[@OfficiallyDevin]

SwordSaint550 Woop, awesome, hope you enjoy the rest then, plenty more where this came from. Thanks for watching!

[@DerFoerderator]

SwordSaint550 he is awesome the best youtuber all time in my opinion and its only the beginning massalia tales, the netherland empire campaign and field of mars. Only great content...

[@matthewfernandez1101]

Yay

[@Hary_Half-Mast]

And here I selfishly wish he made more

[@eliaspolydoras7525]

The War Cast (Lionheartx10, Warrior of Sparta and Alex the Rambler) suggested your channel and by god they were write is awesome

[@Hary_Half-Mast]

I think I will always end up coming back here. The characters in Offy D's shogun 2 games were superb. I remember excitedly waiting for more, only to eventually realize this was all we would get

[@zo4199]

Sigh, undiscovered talent. (new sub)

[@OfficiallyDevin]

Zoor Sot Miin Kendov Well you discovered me somehow, so maybe others will do so too! Thanks for subbing! :D

[@DLWildcard]

OfficiallyDevin came across one of your videos on reddit \totalwar. damn good.

[@zackbradshaw8316]

I always come back to watch this and Massalia Tales at least once a year

[@apaper3978]

Class content

[@rothern3761]

Its always nice to rewatch this after a while and remember that no, its not nostalgia, it was pretty darn good

[@RepublicOfPlay]

Love the narrative style. Well delivered!

[@TheFeralWarrior8]

Holy shit, beautifully narrated, beautifully edited, beautifully explained and played. Something like this is SO EASY to get so horribly wrong, but you walked the thin middle path perfectly and made this such an interesting playthrough.

[@OfficiallyDevin]

Fleet99 Many thanks man, very glad to hear it came out alright!

[@thedillon25100]

OfficiallyDevin you deserve alot more views!

[@TexasKosmonawt]

I am 3 years late on this one, but this combination of roleplay and gameplay for a game like this is extremely fascinating to me. I think I'm going to enjoy this series.

[@LuanMower55]

I am six years late, yet you take words out of my mouth!

[@richyhu2042]

I know I've already finished this series once, but its so well done that I want to watch all over again. Anyone else ready for another revolution?

[@system3219]

+Richy Hu I feel you, first time I watched it I skipped the battles, so I might watch it with the battles.

[@petrucatana2949]

I am

[@MrJChristianz]

This just turned up in my recommendation feed, and it's hard to believe you made this 5 years ago it's actually very good!

[@chariakogames4962]

Man, I love what you're doing here. It makes me feel like I'm actually watching/listening to a general talk about his military campaign. Keep up the good work!

[@Mister_G.D._Muscovy]

I would love to see Teppou Republic 2 if Total War : Victoria is comfirmed

[@hannahmonteiro9229]

So a new series has begun...I'll watch it all the way to the end, Devin! You go!

[@TheSleepingdragoon]

Gee thanks Obama Clan... Seriously though really looking forward to seeing how this series unfolds, I don't know alot about this period so It'll be interesting to learn about the clans at the time. Todo is a frickin' badass in kessen 1 so I'm glad you're his clan lol. A small nitpick but can you try to remove the blood screen splatter, I find it detracts from the enjoyment of the battles, apart from that this was a great appetizer and I appreciate the new opening and music used!

[@OfficiallyDevin]

I know what you mean about the bloody splatter, I don't really like it either, I think it is just the default in Darthmod. I do need to look into modding it out. I have already filmed the gameplay for episode 2 so it will unfortunately still be present then, but hopefully from 3 onwards I can get rid of it. Thanks for the feedback and thanks for watching!

[@fristnamelastname5549]

I know this is late, but I remember watching this when it first came out. And I have to say, it's even better then I remember it. You did a Suprib Job Devin!

[@OfficiallyDevin]

Blast from the past, thanks!

[@sciencesofaheretek6973]

Still keep coming back to this series, The best you've done imho

[@sonofdasheperd2303]

I love the your narratives so much

[@ReadyF0RHeady]

so this type of lets play paid of for itself i guess :) its interesting to see something different on here ! but what i also really appreciate is, that you as a viewer finally get to see some close perspectives of the battles...thats what i really miss when watching other total war lps ...appreciate that effort you put into editing this series of videos

[@dannytran7847]

*By Joining The Winning Side*

[@Mitsuanri94]

Iga is loyal to only one and that is Iga itself all others are secondary!! We must not only survive but thrive.

[@RogueToken]

Not enough rockets.. There should have been full line of rocket troops, two lines deep, all unleashing their payload at the same time. That would have been awesome to watch! But yeah, liked, subscribed and keep it coming.

[@OfficiallyDevin]

I'll have to get myself some rockets and set that up for myself! Thanks for your sub, more is being rendered as I type!

[@commissarkordoshky219]

the prelude. THAT PRELUDE! TAKE MY LIKE!

[@dutchministryofdefence604]

THIS GUY IS AWSOME i wish more youtubers showd battles like this

[@arstotzkanofficer4956]

dude...i have seen some shogun 2 fots campagins...but you, you rule them all...this Lets play is going to be awsome

[@Ardridalain]

Always fun to rewatch this after a while, just an incredible journey.

[@ThatNutsAuzzie12]

Wow man I stumbled upon your videos and I must say I really appreciate the effort to make this!

[@OfficiallyDevin]

***** Thanks, I appreciate you watching them!

[@OOUGH]

I discovered your channel a few months ago, through your work with Kings and Generals, and have been steadily watching your NLP's. I only wish i had discovered you later, as i would have more complete series to binge on.

[@SGProductions87]

Your commentary has the style of one who does the football on radio or perhaps an exciting weatherman. Really enjoyable!

[@SGProductions87]

Also, Sun Tzu says to avoid sieges. The better Way is to besiege and force an enemy to come out of his castle and fight on the field where you will receive an inherent advantage in being the defender (enemy must defeat you within the battle timer period and must scurry to you where you have already taken up a strong position whilst he is not so strong in his scurrying)

[@OfficiallyDevin]

A Weir True indeed, although the case where it is perhaps useful to break the rule is where the siege will take too long: especially in the early game where gaining an immediate advantage has long term gains in terms of income.

[@dashbillions9635]

Just discovered ya, one of the best produced Shogun series I've ever seen! :U Gonna watch the whole catalog.

[@OfficiallyDevin]

Dash Billions Woop, many thanks! And may I say, you have an awesome username :D

[@LADVendetta]

I have never enjoyed LP's, but I fucking love your LP's! So awesome. :) - Vendetta TWN Head Admin

[@OfficiallyDevin]

I don't really enjoy them either, which I why I tried my hand at making them more watchable! Thank you very much for your praise my good man.

[@SGProductions87]

Try DeliciousTZM's LPs. Very informative from a top quality player.

[@PrincessSneakyComputer]

I too am a late viewer to your series but god damn is this a good let's play. You sir deserve tons of credit for the story telling and editing. You've gained a sub here

[@joelmoserjm]

Hey, I just discovered this Let's Play... And I need to say that you amazed me incrediblely. You stick so much effort in this and I think this is the first Total War Let's Play i'm gonna watch regarding to a fantastic job. It's not just a common Let's Play and boring like the others. It's different and therefore so interesting to watch. You really made me wanna play shogun 2 fots again. Thank you very much! :) Best jm

[@OfficiallyDevin]

Awesome, that's exactly the reaction I hoped for! And I hope you enjoy more of the series, there sure is a lot of it!

[@walterkelly7134]

+OfficiallyDevin when i found your lets play even when i watched it all the way through i want to watch it agian

[@hexor0846]

indeed, I was expecting the normal typical lets play. But your narrative makes it more interesting to watch !

[@ThGaming69]

It's a beautiful stragegy, edited and narrated :)

[@cyox]

saw your massalia tales videos and decided to check out your others. so well done and i've thoroughly enjoyed watching it all.

[@OfficiallyDevin]

cy ox Awesome, thanks for watching, glad you're liking them!

[@TheLolistan]

wow i usualy dont like talking in game play but you make it badass

[@lnd97ful]

I've just found your channel and holy shit, how could you not have more views? I've only just watched the first few minutes and I'm already deeply impressed. Never have I pressed the subsribe button so fast and so hard!

[@OfficiallyDevin]

lnd97ful Many thanks for joining me good sir. I have a phobia of advertising so I sit in this dark corner of the internet waiting for bold explorers like yourself to find me. Glad to have you on board!

[@epicguyfromepicland]

A spectacular intro!

[@arikthewarlord2498]

Yes is finally here fots !!! Im exited to see what u do with this. Thank you you rock man!!!!

[@lil_roons]

this is the first video i watched on your channel and this vid is so awesome

[@romanmengoni8758]

I'm rewatching this because it's just too good

[@dowdpride1]

Damn but that intro was awesome.

[@deathpunk187]

Have you ever thought about doing a Prussian narrative campaign on Empire Total War :P

[@jasoncwsun]

Wow, this is really cool. I've never seen a LP like this before. +sub

[@milskong]

Yay a new series has begun. Good luck and to be honest this needs more gunpowder. AND SHOGUNATE BLOOD!!!

[@OfficiallyDevin]

Both of these things fall flow in equal measure very soon, I promise you that!

[@Crimethoughtfull]

Have watched this before a couple years ago, but on a rewatch (getting geared up for more FOTS), I notice it *appears* full of snark--preserving his honour by joining the winning side! LOL! That's, like, the opposite of honour and there's something in the delivery that makes me think Devin is trying to hint "yeah, 'heroically joining the winning side' wink, wink".

[@truytske]

Wooow, just wooow. Im so amused by this lets play of yours. I was watching the FOTS cav only playtrough you did with donkey, and i was like, mmmh this other dude seems just as much fun as donkey. So i decided to check out your channel, found this playtrough and im sold. Now im stuck watching this whole serie ^^. Ill be sure to watch some more after!

[@GrzegorzBenis]

What is the song at 28:54? Edit: It’s “The Fall of the Samurai” from the soundtrack, and the regular intro is actually the first part

[@zuppp2]

really awesome experience :D looking forward to watching the whole series

[@robrules9807]

WHY THE FUCK DO YOU NOT HAVE MORE SUBSCRIBERS!!!! THIS IS AMAZING!!!!

[@evenflowjimbo]

Awesome video, man.

[@Jason-er9lc]

*TEAR* Back when he was just a mere koku king, they just......they just grow up so darn fast *TEAR*

[@Malo-os9kk]

This is a exstremly well made vidio. You reserve more subs

[@harrisonsquire1682]

Omg man you are the best, instant sub

[@TheRomanPraetor]

coming back to this, imo the best NLP you have made, dont know what it is, maybe it that in the newer NLP's its slowly becming more LP, as there is less and less Narrative stuff and commander letters ect ect.

[@bernardweston6392]

whatching this a second i love it great and very unique

[@emersonreid7455]

I just came back to this from a video about the battle of sekigahara that you narrated

[@Killerthekidjoe]

Love what you Did for the Total War Network. It awesome and I can't wait to see more keep up the great work m8 I'm loving it:) How come I have never come across you before as total war player ?

[@OfficiallyDevin]

Joseph Abraham Dunne Many thanks! Well I'm only a small channel and I almost never advertise, so I think most people haven't heard of me!

[@Latingunner1]

third time seeing the series and still loving it

[@DeltaCain13]

I was really expecting a comedy campaign with that winning side joke lol

[@TheManofthecross]

i like teh darth mod for you can have the ultra sizes for true numbers. and i like battles that have massive numbers per unit for true scale and to show the total war in all of it's glory and all of it's horror. having line units of 300 men in a shoot out etc. the large numbers is the way to go.

[@adamm2091]

I don't know how I missed this one. First time watching leggo!

[@grandloser28]

Great and outstanding work Devin. One question, in which intervals coming the next parts? Friendly german greetings ;)

[@OfficiallyDevin]

Many thanks! I'll be releasing a new episode every week, on a Saturday morning, so watch out for them!

[@Strategikon]

This is amazing! :D

[@Mr.BlueOfficial]

I'm reinstalling shogun because of this Let's Play... the memories...

[@Allsmiles98311]

(Hello, I've never played this game before so I don't know, and feel that I must ask. Did you write the story segments yourself, make up the history? Because I rather enjoy your reading it and providing it if you made it, and even if you didn't I do enjoy the reading and having that backstory.)

[@OfficiallyDevin]

Allsmiles98311 It is all made up, none of this happened, except for the Todo family betraying the shogun to fight for the Emperor, but I believe they only fought in one battle. Glad you're liking it!

[@Blitzman1999]

this is amazing

[@adammanalo931]

And so a new saga has begun, will you be doing multiple playthroughs like the last series or is it just the Tsu?

[@OfficiallyDevin]

Just the Tsu, hopefully it will make things more focused and easy to follow, based on some suggestions from people during the Eternal Law.

[@MegaTranquilla]

Oh my god how could i forget recommending this. Get NOIFs historicals banners, colors and uniforms. No more super pink or glowing green units!

[@OfficiallyDevin]

I do actually have it, but aren't using it as I thought people mind find it more boring, since all the realistic flags and uniforms are quite samey and boring!

[@ArtanisOwns]

really good music

[@Mr.BlueOfficial]

Now this is Entertainment..

[@arendholster1688]

+OfficiallyDevin what is the music you use in the intro segment, around/after the 2 minute mark?

[@Brun-w5u]

Sir please tell me the site for downloading shogun 2 fall of the samurai..

[@al-hashashinirajkazaak9649]

Does anyone know how to fix problm when ur FoS tech tree gets mixed up with MoSS tech tree from regular game?

[@Gandalfthefabulous]

Omg, I watched Lionheart and I discovered mr smardonkey. I watched him and found you! (two new subscriptions over here!

[@OfficiallyDevin]

ikwistgewoongeennaam awesome, thanks for joining us!

[@MegaTranquilla]

OH MY GAAAAWD YES YES YES !

[@OfficiallyDevin]

I get that aaaalll the time.

[@MegaTranquilla]

Started watching it from the beginning again. So stunning! What happened to franky btw?

[@OfficiallyDevin]

Haven't had enough time to make FP recently, I prioritize making Teppou Republic. However I had managed to make one this weekend so Frank will be back this Wednesday!

[@MegaTranquilla]

Thats very awesome! I understand these take a lot of time, the editing, the storywriting and telling and of course driving all around the fucking map killing 10 checkpoints on the way can swallow hours. Love the game though. Your priorities are right though, if I had to choose I'd say Teppou> Frank, but it's very close. They are both on an extremly high level. One question though, why do you play on normal unit scale? Is it for performance?

[@OfficiallyDevin]

Yep, all takes a surprisingly long time! I think I have it on large unit scale but yeah not whatever the largest one is. It is for performance as got some annoying lag in the 40vs40 unit battles in eternal law, although I have since upgraded by graphics card so I think it's less of a problem. I think for my next series I will experiment with the bigger unit sizes to increase the epicness!

[@R3GARnator]

26:00 THANKS OBAMA!

[@GoodOlChippy1]

Wait ur the Kings and generals guy??

[@accidiaet]

I think so, huh thats cool

[@tanhua600]

Very nice

[@jeck988]

Hey devin what is the custom mod did you do it yourself?

[@OfficiallyDevin]

eli odum It is an edited version of the Darthmod, I merged in some units from another mod and then made some further changes to the unit stats and campaign variables myself. But if you get Darthmod with the ES Units mod and the FotS Artillery mod, all separately, that gets you pretty close to the set up I used for this series.

[@Sk00byDoo]

Shit. I just had the idea to do basically exactly this with a total war let's play. Now it won't be original! cheers to the great presentation though!

[@yellowflash5925]

Excuse me,officiallydevin.I am really don't know.So I need to know abot those two armies,imperial and shogunate.Tell me.What are they look like?Are they army of samurais or western cloth soldiers with japaneses and foreigners nationality or both of samurais and western cloth soldiers?

[@OfficiallyDevin]

It's all quite mixed. The Imperial army was mostly Japanese soldiers who were trained by Western militaries (Britain, USA), so used modern weapons, uniforms and tactics. But they also had some more traditional ashigaru troops with regular weapons e.g. spear. Meanwhile the Shogunate army had mostly samurai and ashigaru troops, all Japanese, but with French troops fighting as mercenaries, bringing in modern weapons and a few western tactics and uniforms. However, in this game, both sides have access to almost whatever units they want, so it's not quite as different. The Shogunate factions tend to favour samurai more, but they can still recruit western-style units if they want to.

[@walterkelly7134]

how did i get the tsu campaign for free when i got the game today. lol

[@mrbeep8096]

lol i am replying to my self on a different acount.

[@drunkenbarbarian8211]

legend

[@mrbeep8096]

hahah

[@alvinacole5358]

im wondering the rifles are there any modern ones like lever action or still ball and shot cause you did say during the first battle they had modern rifles how modern

[@OfficiallyDevin]

Rifles were definitely around at the time, not sure if all infantry used them as standard but I think perhaps they did. Off the top of my head, lots of the weapons in this war were the ones used in the earlier US civil war, and I think the muskets there were rifled.

[@Northraider123]

hey devin i just finished the eternal law and was wondering if there is any correlations?

[@callummegginson554]

For the levy inf as well as line inf, muzzle-loaders are used. Elite infantry tends to use breach-loaders.

[@keyonhutson1539]

Late to the party, but I believe that most of the weapons the Japanese were using around this time were still ball and shot flintlocks. They actually built the best flintlocks in the world around the time everyone stopped using them.

[@keyonhutson1539]

Late to the party, but I believe that most of the weapons the Japanese were using around this time were still ball and shot flintlocks. They actually built the best flintlocks in the world around the time everyone stopped using them.

[@oofman2153]

was this the first NLP because I'm on a quest to find the first and compare it to the Great tales of Massalia (p.s if you read this I personally would like you to not do a warhammer NLP as it would compromise the idea of a "Documentary" type thing)

[@EnergyKnife]

What about The Tinny of Truth?

[@oofman2153]

Hmm maybe

[@Northraider123]

eternal laaw predates this one

[@oofman2153]

k thx

[@strezzi]

*claps* You got new subscriber

[@yellowflash5925]

Are you side with samurai army or western foreigner army?

[@OfficiallyDevin]

Not sure what you mean. The samurai armies were mainly on the Shogunate side, but they were also fighting on behalf on the west, while the Imperial side was fighting against the West but used lots of western tactics and weapons. I'm on the Imperial side for now!

[@OneJazzyBoye]

Did you use a mod to get the bayonets, if so, which one?

[@OfficiallyDevin]

Don't remember, but I think it's part of darth mod. But there is definitely a separate bayonette mod out there somewhere.

[@OneJazzyBoye]

First of all, thanks for replying to a comment on such an old video. Second of all, I did try another mod, but it made it crash every time I enabled it, so it probably is the Darthmod.

[@PCMG37]

how did you get the castle design?

[@OfficiallyDevin]

PCMG37 I'm using the 'Better Maps' mod, which changes some of the castle designs, I highly recommend it!

[@PCMG37]

well I'm going to try it after i get a graphics card, other one broke down. thanks

[@Northraider123]

can i please get links to those mods steam page?

[@OfficiallyDevin]

Search Darthmod on the workshop and you'll find it, however I'm using the 'full' version of darthmod which is only available on forums, plus I have made custom changes myself so it's not exactly the same.

[@Northraider123]

ok thank you

[@benceklock4831]

How did you edit the upkeep cost?

[@OfficiallyDevin]

You need a program called Pack File Manager, google it and look around the Total War Center forums if you're interested.

[@benceklock4831]

@@OfficiallyDevin I tried it even before I commented, but in the only table I could find about upkeep cost, I couldn't edit anything.

[@OfficiallyDevin]

Possibly that's because you're editing the data.pack. you need to make a mod pack file and edit that. Not sure how, but I bet there are tutorials somewhere.

[@benceklock4831]

@@OfficiallyDevin Oh bother

[@brandongrande9200]

Nice intro

[@sclatarad8479]

good

[@CherrynatorPC]

O.. M.. G.. \o/

[@ronabuschbaum3784]

He's like italy.

[@Myrage90]

is this on legendary?

[@OfficiallyDevin]

I don't actually remember, but I think it's on very hard campaign and hard battles.

[@src175]

Ninjas are samurai though. As in, only samurai are allowed to be ninjas.

[@bobbyboom9]

Cidd Orbeta, What?!

[@src175]

Флоріан Фанта Most ninjas are actually of the samurai class, IIRC. Ninjas were more of a samurai Black ops team rather than being a bunch of highly trained peasants or something.