THE FINAL JOURNEY BEGINS - Uesugi (Legendary) - Total War: Shogun 2 - Ep.01!

[@TheLolzKnight]

Amusingly, the reason the Uesugi campaign is so hard is because, historically, the diamyo of the uesugi, Uesigi Kenshin, was a strategic genius, literally being called the embodiment of the war god Bishamonten. He was the only reason the Uesugi were feared, thus with the player substituting for him they too must be badass to win the campaign.

[@fbi6555]

That’s interesting, thanks for sharing that.

[@XmrcaptainbobX]

Sounds like a kid obsessed with musou games.

[@drakerandles6521]

The most satisfying thing when I play as the Uesugi is taking out the Honma early on

[@keimoclayton2844]

I take sado as soon as I have a ship turn 3

[@PetroGameplay]

Yeah, it just looks so good, putting it under Uesugi control

[@rajawoods5984]

"ill take 100 bucks...well since im taking your daughter ill take 150"

[@i_love_crpg]

Raja Woods 50 for sex 20 for bjs, 10 for anal, and 20 for no condom

[@fbi6555]

@@i_love_crpg seems reasonable

[@timmyzhou1]

Mate, after watching half of your videos about Shogun 2, I'm super impressed with how fluently you pronounce those units, locations and names. The Japanese share most of its written characters with Chinese but different pronunciation, which means we as Chinese understand the meaning of those words. For example, Toyota and Honda means nothing in English, but they mean "futile farmland" and "my farmland". This makes it easy for Chinese to understand and memorise Japanese names. But still, you speak it way faster in English than me in Chinese without getting tongue tied.

[@jordanleonard8198]

Not hard it rolls off the tongue most of the time

[@Inko_Inko]

One Koku is the difference between victory and defeat

[@ImPhoebe]

MULAN

[@SilvaaFabio]

Shingen Take and Kenshin Uesugi as allies ... This is going to be fun

[@edwardeliasenkvist969]

Finally Uesugi! Super great, looking forward to watch the campaign.

[@LordRexasaur]

it's pronounced u-so-gay

[@MrSmartDonkeyLP]

Haaa, you a funny guy!

[@Akechi910]

It's U-e-sugi

[@JonatasAdoM]

Just imagine a japanese samurai screaming this

[@ryokiritani4187]

@@JonatasAdoM "WE ARE PROUD WARRIORS OF THE U SO GAY CLAAAAAN!!!" As they charge

[@thewanderingdoomed4883]

Oosoogi

[@dr.phil.pepper3325]

You are a true Sengoku Warlord. It's unbelievable how you can always think three steps ahead.

[@lewispearce2847]

hey Mrsmartdonkey you said that you would do the Uesugi. When are you going to do the Uesugi!

[@diskopartizan0850]

Hey dude I figured this was as good a video to comment on as any. Not sure exactly how your videos popped up on my feed but I have watched a fair few over the past couple of weeks and I've really enjoyed them. I'm a long way off trying legendary difficulty but I've seen so many great gameplay tips in your videos that have really helped me play and enjoy Shogun 2 and FoTS! Thank you for taking the time to put them together.

[@MrSmartDonkeyLP]

I'm glad to have been of service and I appreciate the feedback, it's always nice to hear when someone is enjoying my content!

[@YiGzit]

Hey SD! I am excited for this one but if you are open for one strategy advice that helped me A LOT with the uesugi campaign on very hard ( I cant play legendary) is the following: Capture Sado as soon as possible and leave Echigo and let it get captured. Then invade date from Sado and work your way down to capture your home province while steamrolling all towards Kyoto.

[@TheMoonlitFaerie]

Heck, I struggle with this campaign on hard, much less legendary. Really looking forward to seeing what you do with it :)

[@chenli5026]

Masakage is a fanton character, and actually kenshin was not his name btw, it was a given name from the Shintō budism. Kenshin's real name was Nagao Kagetora

[@Cloud354]

chen li he was also a heavy drinker according to history if I am correct.

[@DragonTigerBoss]

He was. You can Google his death poem. He knew very well it was the drinking that killed him.

[@hui-an-xin]

Ah yes finally! I'll try and follow on. I'll be honest Donkey while I start a lot of your series I've only finished maybe three or four of your walkthrough's from Shogun 2, and that was years ago when I first got curious with the game. I think I've only watched the Ikko Ikki, Takeda, and Chosokabe start to end. Maybe Shimazu and Tokugawa, at least got close to finishing watching. Just don't have the free time these days, but this is nice as you're tying it up in a neat package after all these years. I really hope one day you'll try one of those extended map mods with extra seasons per year, even though it'll take a while. And I just realized, S2 is 6 years old now! Crazy!

[@phelanlawson8384]

When I first got this game all those years ago Uesuegi were the first clan I played with boy was I in for a surprise lol. Never finished that first campaign.

[@AvengerAtIlipa]

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[@jamiedmurphy9097]

Hi nice too meet you., I just got this game myself, I know you said this is the most difficult of the lot, but I'm jumping in with you, gonna be watching you play and learn as I go. but I'll be playing on normal to start out. looking forward to more shogun 2 gameplay from you.

[@anirbanbhattacharya9185]

Groot Dont worry. Uesugi is mid to late game faction. Apart from the early game slog their bonuses are really good. Early game correct expansion is an absolute must. And heroic victories. Kenshin did so in real life. He single handedly put the clan on the map. And beat back Oda Nobunaga's army (Oda was absent himself though) to the extent that Nobunaga celebrated his death- at last Japan is mine! Early game is king for the Uesugi-after that you're set. Donkey is a magnificently capable player. Idk why he of all people would shy away from the chance of mantling Kenshin himself :). The people who can slog through Uesugi are the ones who really really like Kenshin- its just fanboyism- otherwise there's no need to play this campsign. Cheers! hate in this game that you dont start out with your specialty units-at least one of them.

[@Naraku-no-Hana-WE]

Sorry for the comment on old video but I didn't see anyone mention it so just a quick history comment here. Uesugi Kenshin was not the direct heir to his family (which wasn't the Uesugi family but the Nagao), he had a number of older brothers who fought over clan succession. He in fact grew up in a Buddhist monastery, which is something you do with spare heirs to keep them out of political struggles and (hopefully) ensure that at least one member of your line would survive. However, his eldest brother that won the Nagao clan succession was such an immensely unpopular tyrant that all the prominent retainers to the Nagao came to Kenshin (not his name at that time, but I'll spare you all his name changes) begging him to overthrow his brother. It took quite some convincing, but knowing he had the support of the bulk of the clan's retainers was enough. Shortly after defeating his brother (but before he could even secure the rest of Echigo province) the Uesugi daimyo came fleeing to Echigo seeking aid from Kenshin. The Nagao were a powerful vassal clan of the Uesugi. The Uesugi was one of the largest clans in all of Japan but had been significantly weakened by infighting between the three branch families, and were now on the verge of defeat by the emergent power of the (late) Hojo clan. Kenshin agreed to shelter the Uesugi in Echigo and aid them against the Hojo, in exchange for being named heir to the Uesugi clan. This may sound like a greedy move but the Uesugi had been plagued by succession wars and clan in fighting, to succeed against their powerful rivals they needed a strong unifying presence. Kenshin would lead a very successful campaign against the Hojo that drove them all the way back to Odawara Castle (Suruga province), then in the annual gathering of lords in the Imperial capital he impressed all with his culture and Buddhist learning, cementing his place as one of the great Daimyo of Japan (and inevitably drawing him into the war in Shinano against Takeda).

[@niklasmyzzter8650]

finally! you're a legend

[@crusaderofthelowlands3750]

Nederlands uitgesproken: U-eh-su-gie By the way, almost watched all your let's plays. This one and the Ikko Ikki are left.

[@MarvinT0606]

Fun Fact: Uesugi Kenshin was originally from another allied clan and took over the (main) Uesugi clan after being adopted by the clan leader because of a string of defeats against the Hojo in the mid-1500's.

[@mickeyrace873]

It's true, kenshin comes from the nagao family, at the time he was originally known as kagetora

[@Zeiliock]

so it's finally here the uesugi campaign..... hold my beer guys i'm going to scream like a fucking fangirl

[@James-sk4db]

This campaign is the only one in total war I've ever had to retry more than once. Proper hard, sado and Fukushima are essential early on

[@redtsun67]

Don't feel bad about the pronunciation. When I first started playing shogun 2 I pronounced it "you-soggy"

[@shipwrecker37]

Every time I play Uesugi the Takeda blitz my first city with 2 stacks of units.

[@leonardpicone1119]

greeeeeeat i was really expecting this, i love this clan but i don't know how to handdle them :D

[@bobvila6055]

Personally I think Otomo are the hardest clan to play on legendary. The start is not easy with all the enemies you have, and of course you have to convert all of Japan in the late game as you start conquering lots of provinces quickly. Also I had much more trouble with the Takeda than I did with the Uesugi, mostly because it takes so long for the Takeda to start building up a navy and getting trade nodes.

[@GreatHipHop12345]

YES... finally! haha, awesome!

[@xuyan5850]

I finished my first umodded legendary uesugi long campaign in year 1571 capturing all provinces after watching your overview video, and it is my shortest completed long legen campaign :D. I planned to develop my economy and troops some more prior to realm divide but somehow a decisive victory by my daimyo against a rebel force triggered realm divide which forced me to steamroll the rest of the rivals..still to this day I cant figure out how a decisive victory adds more fame..

[@MrSmartDonkeyLP]

If you got a statue on the map, it'll add more fame. It's weird though, you don't necessarily get statues from Heroic victories. Sometimes you do, sometimes you don't, but you can also get them from other types of victories, so I'm guessing that's what happened.

[@xuyan5850]

So that's what's up. Thanks

[@YiGzit]

yan xuu go to the clan overview and hold your mouse on top of the fame indicator (or on the title next to it). It will show you a text that explains what gives you more fame such as capturing provinces,daimyo's honour and won battles.

[@FuHang89]

Good Luck for the run, i needed like 10 restarts to win at hard

[@Bishonmonten]

Uesugi Masakage was Kenshin's cousin as such he was not part of the line of succession to rule the Uesugi also killing Harukage was something that haunted Kenshin for the rest of his life.

[@thevenbede767]

Uesugi Kenshin was not born into the Uesugi clan. The Uesugi had began to fracture his original name was Nagao Kagetora and he had fought so well he was made daimyo of the Uesugi clan

[@kairyumina6407]

The time has come!!! Woooo!

[@zerophoenix8312]

Uesugi Kenshin was originally called Nagao Kagetora and the rebel leader Harukage at the beginning is his older brother and somehow his adopted father for some stupid Japanese cultural reason. Historically they didn't fight, Harukage stepped down and let Kagetora become the Nagao leader because he was better. Kagetora later took over the Uesugi when they were weak and then changed his name to fit his new clan.

[@Abdu_401]

from my favorite things in usigie is selling military access because i know every body will declare war on me so why not gain to prepare for it

[@sunshower6560]

I'm actually saddened you didn't steal their daughter for breeding purposes before you wreck them.

[@rubie8410]

Sun Shower r/Ck2quotes

[@hypebeastuchiha9229]

Wreck then in battle then go home to wreck his daughter in bed What a life

[@Lucian028]

Stay safe man!

[@kresnaoen4539]

u didnt get diplomatic penalty because uesugi kenshin start with 4 honour, other daimyo start with 3

[@lanorothwolf2184]

March distance isn't correctly proportioned in the game, 12 turns a year mod might be a fix for that. Echigo to Fukushima is 200km at the worst and probably around 150km distance. Assuming worst case scenario of 10km per day it should take 2-3 weeks at most which is way less than 9 months the game is giving us. That's snail's pace. Well trained and supplied army could average 25-30km per day. On a forced march 50-60km.

[@baluumccarron4735]

Long live the Uesugi!

[@kooliedoodlies]

Who needs to do study for half yearlies when you can watch Shogun 2 campaigns

[@rodrigoleitao285]

Here it is, the last default Legendary Campaign! Eager to see this one! I question though, why do you say that "+1 command on atacking" is worse than attack on his bodyguard?

[@MrSmartDonkeyLP]

Because no-one knows exactly what it does besides perhaps a tiny improvement on auto-resolves, but that's it. There is very little information on what it actually does, so I'll take the terrible attack on bodyguard which at least does something useful.

[@rodrigoleitao285]

I see now. Thank you!

[@DrewHengy]

MrSmartDonkeyLP It gives a morale boost to all units inside the influence radius passively, and it increases the effectiveness of the inspire ability. Just a straight stat boost for your general, nothing too fancy.

[@AvengerAtIlipa]

I've rage quit four or five Legendary Uesegi Campaigns at this point because of the inevitable Takeda Shitstorm. Uesegi finally died in fourth siege of Echigo in 7 turns against the 10th Takeda full stack in 14 turns. The only time I've done decently was the campaign where I said "fuck Echigo" and put everyone on a boat and sailed for Kyushu and started there.

[@TheP0lix]

The Avenger at Ilipa kyushu is the best island by far...

[@alexanderobrien7111]

Uesugi うえすぎ Oo as in moon E as in extra Su as in super Gi as in ghee-smashing

[@MrSmartDonkeyLP]

I’m aware, you’re commenting on an ancient video.

[@neymarmessironaldo5881]

​@@MrSmartDonkeyLP be nice

[@rfedinburgh]

I'm sorry getting jimbo to sue for peace and Takedo accepting an alliance is insanely lucky

[@MrSmartDonkeyLP]

It's not though, you can easily do that every campaign.

[@Ploulaf]

@@MrSmartDonkeyLP That's litterally my got-to moves every Uesugi campain I make.

[@Jojon11boy]

HYPE!

[@d2vid5]

Hey, have you ever made a challenge on shogun 2 legendary where you had to manually fight all siege battles (in which you are the attacker)? Or at least those that the computer has a decent chance of winnig if you played it manually, but actually loses to autoresolve? Ive been thinking about doing this, since I just finished my 3rd legendary campaign and its getting a bit easy for me once I survive the initial onslaught.

[@MrSmartDonkeyLP]

Not really because I don't tend to fight siege battles at all. I always siege out the enemy instead, but I guess that's why you ask the question. I haven't done it but also am not planning on it, I just don't like offensive siege battles, kind of like naval battles.

[@IaMufasa]

Funny…. You mentioned the mods don’t change anything but camera view. Lmao. The rebels (without mods) start north of your fort. Not where this mod has them placed.

[@MrSmartDonkeyLP]

@@IaMufasa I think someone mentioned something similar for the Chosokabe rebels, but I’m not entirely sure what causes that. None of the mods I use should change gameplay in any way, but somehow that’s something that has changed.

[@TheFlyingZulu]

I'm following this playthrough to the T because this campaign is indeed very difficult... and my second army at 19:50 can't move that far to that bridge... Any ideas? Are you using any other mods that help with army travel distances?

[@MrSmartDonkeyLP]

Did you do everything exactly as I did? Like moving through the town, rather than around it, things like that? Pick up the same skills on the daimyo? Other than that no idea, not using any gameplay-altering mods, everything I use is visual only.

[@mattmccoy-bb5jl]

Are you gonna do any more shogun 2 lets plays

[@MrSmartDonkeyLP]

Yes.

[@maksimsatskov506]

Finally!

[@kokodoko8036]

As far as I know, Kenshin got chosen because he killed one of his older brothers in a duel.

[@davidhenriksson285]

Finally Gigapuddi campaign

[@laurentiumiu751]

It is U-E-SU-GI, dude.

[@MrSmartDonkeyLP]

I know, dude. Just watch some recent campaigns, I’ve been pronouncing it correctly for years, dude.

[@JolNarBinks]

Masakage is actually your brother in-law, which is why you were chosen to lead the clan instead of him.

[@brynham]

wheres ep2?

[@MrSmartDonkeyLP]

I'm going to assume you're joking...

[@theyankeesamurai23]

BAHAHAHAHA

[@toby6077]

i thougth their clan was next to the date

[@Thor.Jorgensen]

For anyone wondering how it's pronounced. Weh-su-gi.

[@PatrickOMulligan]

First clan I played with. 2nd or 3rd I won with.

[@riopratamamartin7870]

Arigatou !!! Mister Donkey san 😀😀😀😀

[@joeriandries]

lol, you don't care that a 15 year old is a WAR GENERAL, but it's not normal that he enjoys a drink? :p

[@jacobfrench6987]

How do your troops have so many more men then mine do?

[@MrSmartDonkeyLP]

Unit size option.

[@bobhoskins9509]

whats the opening music?

[@MrSmartDonkeyLP]

It's the song called "For the Daimyo" from the Shogun 2 soundtrack.

[@bobhoskins9509]

legend, thanks mate

[@brainwasher9876]

I found that the best strategy for Uesugi early game is to ally with the Mogami and ask to join war on Honma after building up for a couple of turns. Ashina is valid as an early target, but it's in the middle of a bunch of dudes, so it's risky. Plus it's one of only a handful of clans nearby that are friendly to you. Yamaouchi is your vassal and attacking it is a diplomatic disaster, best to let another clan kill it first. Jinbo leads you to Ikko lands, which are rich but open you up to a host of new enemies, and North Shinano's a bad province surrounded by more potential enemies, particularly the Takeda. Honma though controls the second richest province in the game, are right next to you, and are isolated.

[@allium2718]

I don't know, I just can't declare war on allies and friendly clans, I feel too guilty to do that.

[@xxXXRAPXXxx]

Guilt in war is a sign of weakness.

[@spartanxmonster]

Irked! Why put both generals in one army? The second general gets no experiance that way. Separate them so they both get exp. If your going to disband the yari samurai, why put them in the back of the army as reserve. Rush in there, mix it up, and get your moneys worth before you bisband them. Always let the initial rebel army retreat. Try to limit how much damage you do to them and simply try to get them to route. Once you've let them retreat from the first battle, fight the second battle and use the same rout stategy again. This time when the enemy goes to retreat, send your generals in to get as many free kills as possible. Thier cards will improve and they'll rank up a star for successfully winning two battles.

[@MrSmartDonkeyLP]

You’re commenting on a several year old Let’s Play, watch my more recent ones and then comment again. Also, as much as I love macro, taking a general out of an army to get slightly more exp is too much even for me, they do get experience from being in the main army too.

[@tristanpolinsky481]

I've been waiting...

[@zesultan4188]

Uesugi are easy don't you worry

[@MrSmartDonkeyLP]

Oh yeah, of course. The entire world agrees that they are the hardest clan in the game, but you're saying they're easy so that must be true then!

[@zesultan4188]

Yeah its easy only took me 2 months...

[@rajawoods5984]

If you play on easy then yeah

[@theguyeverybodylikes9667]

i got my ass kicked as the uesugi, lost the campaign after 12 turns

[@chatcastle]

the guy everybody likes was it legendary ? Difficulty

[@taru5302]

Aww, you didn't take Sado first.

[@MrSmartDonkeyLP]

That would mean waiting an extra few turns before you can build a ship, means you waste valuable time not taking other towns. Every turn is essential and needs to min-maxed fully with the Uesugi campaign.

[@taru5302]

MrSmartDonkeyLP I see, I haven't played Uesugi on a higher difficulty yet.

[@zoichi_kanoe6227]

MrSmartDonkeyLP there is a way to capture sado with just the general and a couple of archers and yari ashigaru, if you attack while the army is traveling to attack the mogami

[@MrSmartDonkeyLP]

I'm aware, but they didn't do that in this campaign.

[@naples9137]

i don't know how to pronounce Uesugi either, i pronounce it *Uwe-su-giy*

[@dangduy9727]

It's Uh-eey-su-ghee

[@rubie8410]

Dang Duy oo-eh-sue-gee

[@allium2718]

oh-eh-oh-ah-ah Ting Tang Walla Walla Bing Bang

[@robertboyle6330]

Love you vids, but now what? Now that you have completed all of the base clans. Legendary DLC clans I guess? But then what?

[@MrSmartDonkeyLP]

Modded campaigns.

[@robertboyle6330]

MrSmartDonkeyLP Interesting...

[@archaontheeverchosen8202]

MrSmartDonkeyLP do radious mod in your lets play when u do modded campaigns i guarantee that u will be satisfied

[@archaontheeverchosen8202]

u can recruit ashigaru on cavalry lol make a balanced ashigaru army

[@lorenzosp8566]

radious mods sucks, unit have basically no upkeep.

[@trueblueclue]

When you have a u between two consonants in Japanese the u is usually silent. Like daisuke is pronounced die ski

[@bobvila6055]

ew-way-su-gee

[@trueblueclue]

You should put a weeb trigger warning for this video: "Weebs beware you will be triggered by butchered Japanese".

[@MrSmartDonkeyLP]

Or people could just get real and know not everyone is going to know how to pronounce Japanese words when they're not from Japanese.

[@Y0kemeister]

trueblueclue are you offended by his pronunciation? Clearly he isn't Japanese lol

[@marekbrodowski7225]

There is no 200 ashigaru solders in unit but 120 what kind of mods are you using?

[@MrSmartDonkeyLP]

It’s not a mod, it’s unit size option in the settings on the main menu. You can’t change it mid-campaign though.

[@marekbrodowski7225]

@MrSmartDonkeyLP and your enemies unit also has 200 solders then?

[@MrSmartDonkeyLP]

@@marekbrodowski7225 yes

[@marekbrodowski7225]

@MrSmartDonkeyLP I didn't know that or I forgot. Anyway I believe this change make your campaign little bit easier

[@MrSmartDonkeyLP]

@@marekbrodowski7225 I don’t think it changes much difficulty wise, your units get bigger but so do the enemies. It stays relative to each other.

[@nathanieljernigan1147]

Kenshin got chosen because he was a fucking badass. Lol

[@DrewHengy]

Nathaniel Jernigan at 15... Best thing I did when I was that age was pass geometry lol