The Ottomans in AoE4 - All Info We Know so Far!

The Ottomans are a brand new civilization in Age of Empires 4 that will be available for free on October 25th! Let's dig into everything we know about them so far!
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0:00 - Intro
0:34 - Intro to Ottomans
1:44 - Ottoman Unique Units
2:03 - The Great Bombard
3:01 - The Mehter
3:28 - The Sipahi
4:29 - The Janissary
5:04 - Ottomans through the Ages
5:10 - Dark Age & Military School
5:46 - Feudal Age & Sipahis
6:22 - Castle Age & Imperial Council System
6:44 - Imperial Age & The Great Bombard
7:25 - Analyzing the Trailer
8:36 - Ottoman Horse Archer
9:15 - Other Ottoman Units
9:37 - Ottoman Wonder & Landmarks
10:12 - Final Additional Info
10:34 - Bert on the Imperial Council System
11:24 - New Xbox Event Footage Analysis
12:31 - Conclusion

[@AgeofNoob]

EDIT: We now have access to the Ottomans through PUP, so check out the videos below on confirmed info! Ottoman Landmarks: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ep6noJuhh5WioZI Ottoman Units: kzbin.info/www/bejne/e6apoZltqppgmc0 Putting everything together for the Ottomans took longer than expected, so I hope it was well worth the wait for you folks! I will do my best to cover the Malians either tomorrow or the day after, so be sure to subscribe to not miss out! Not: Asın Bayrakları :)

[@mnkizmaz3196]

Eline sağlık 👍🏻👍🏻

[@ikielinsesi1843]

🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷

[@suleymantosun4629]

🔴⚪

[@AoE-TakeAGuess]

Maşallah güzel olmuş abi :)

[@lineasevenadam5009]

Reis eline saglik

[@Ciech_mate]

At least one type of Turk civ is a must have for any game like Age, I'm so happy they've gone Ottomans!

[@kaniox141]

They should have addes byzanz instead of malians

[@darksonic36]

@@kaniox141 yes byzanz is a must too

[@wetsaw2940]

Delhi sultanate us texhnically a turk civ too juat not fully turk

[@bosniaamer]

Well, I started watching this in order to hear Age of Noob's thoughts about the Ottomans, but instead ended up listening to Ceddin Deden on repeat for an hour.

[@AgeofNoob]

Classic.

[@silentstorm9475]

9:18 this troop inspired from the ottoman troops called 'Deli' they decorated their horse with a wolf skin en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deli_(Ottoman_troops)

[@AgeofNoob]

Wow you learn something every day. Thanks for sharing!

[@yunemcel]

​@@AgeofNoob "deli" means madman :)

[@AgeofNoob]

@@yunemcel Osmanli tarihi okulda hic islemedigim icin cok eksik bilgim var :)

[@yunemcel]

@@AgeofNoob Önemli değil. Bilmemek değil öğrenmemek ayıp.

[@berkay5233]

@@AgeofNoob Siz Türk müydünüz, bilmiyordum :)

[@happyleech]

I was always hoping to get the ottomans and I love the way they have implemented them, Can't wait to be an Ottoman MAIN!

[@hithere4020]

you can in AOE3

[@ariellaplays407]

@@hithere4020 yeah but aoe 4 is better

[@Nepto148]

Loving the integrity of you making clarifying statements are finding more info, even if you've finished the vid.

[@AgeofNoob]

Thanks mate :)

[@guerreirodaliberdade7800]

Your video took a bit longer to come out, but it's amazing how you have the top-notch BEST analysis and best-looking AoE videos. I'm quite hyped for new expansion!

[@AgeofNoob]

Thank you!

[@AoE-TakeAGuess]

A mod with ottoman war music mehter would be Awesome!

[@MX009m]

Exactly what I thought on the footage they took, not only water footage, the land one too they couldve made it way better just like what you have done with your videos, its a shame really they dont show how beautiful aoe4 can be

[@AgeofNoob]

And they have more powerful tools than we do too :D

[@Yellowish]

Great review for great nation

[@AgeofNoob]

Thanls :)

[@sahil7503]

If the game doesn't play cedin deden at all blast volume when I blast their walls with the great bombard I'm not playing it

[@ericgonzalez8382]

Thank you for pointing out the water showcasing. It’s really strange indeed. Your videos often look from a completely different game. Really hoping that with the new players and variety the game springs back to life.

[@mubashirali8898]

Exactly

[@kunstderfugue]

Your video really dug the deepest and has the highest quality. Kudos!

[@AgeofNoob]

Thank you!

[@CloudCuckooCountry]

12:10 I reckon that's probably a university viewed from the side

[@87JJosh]

Your videos, the new incoming civs and the 50% discount made me bought the game, I'll give it a try this weekend. Nice work 👍

[@AgeofNoob]

Enjoy the game my friend :)

[@muhammadsaadferoz3806]

Great Work Man

[@keremaslanural]

The bear, wolf or lion cover on the horse is actually happened in the Ottoman history. There were special millitary units called "Deliler" and they used animal body parts for their own armor or for the armor of their horses.

[@Arcodus]

Thank you for the video, this is gonna be great!

[@AgeofNoob]

You're welcome :)

[@bradhard8135]

The Vizier system seems inspired by the card/shipment system, as well as the politicians, of AOE3.

[@yashgatade8201]

Thank you for the sipahi or spahi statement, sipahi was a general term used for the cavalry regiment of the ottomans, this ranged from light to ranged cavalry including scouts to heavy and royal cavalry for the khan himself

[@coppykappa2235]

Im actually hyped to know more ! The imperial council system seems to be for me really great !

[@Stelphy876]

12:13 the stable like unknown building looks like a part of the Top Kapi sultan's palace in Istanbul. The structure with the tower is also a part of the Top Kapi sultan's palace.

[@Mermaidkilla]

Love your videos!

[@AgeofNoob]

Thanks Louis!

[@sari-eljarrah]

This is AMAZING 👏

[@alexanderw9522]

Great video

[@philipptreichl3552]

I love the fact their age iv archers look like the Şolak - the lefthanded archer guard that was chosen cause they never turned the back to the Sultan because they shot their bows from the left

[@viscousflow]

eyvallah abi eksik olmayasın. baya detaylı olmuş

[@Fantasygod19999]

If the mehter buffs team units that would be insane

[@mirkot.m9639]

GRACIAS , MUIY BUEN APORTE. CALIDAD DE PRESENTACION.

[@AgeofNoob]

Gracias :)

[@DM-ox4jq]

Nice video

[@gngrdano8556]

I agree man you have 100% better in game shots than the devs. They should hire you for trailers or some cinematics. Its beautiful, how do you even accomplish that?

[@AgeofNoob]

Thanks :) A mix of using some lighting tweaks in-engine with post processing and choosing the right angles.

[@Stelphy876]

The tower reminds me of the Galatan tower in Istanbul, it's probably a landmark

[@zayn1172]

cool keep up the content ❤️🔥😁👏

[@gokhancakmak1410]

Seems like something to get excited to 👍👍👍

[@InkoGnito978]

4:27 the Great and Glory Lion cavalry by Ottomans

[@Delisoph_03]

The building in 11:45 looks like a Tekke (a house where dervish´s gathered to practise their mystic traditions).

[@cybersteel8]

It's quite funny that you didn't consider AOE3 in this analysis, from which a lot of these AOE4 units are inspired. Janissaries are obviously also in AOE3, but importantly, Spahi and Great Bombards are too, and they both look and behave as you are expecting in AOE4. Nizam Fusilier have a very similar role to the drummer units, in which they will buff/counter specific units based on their unit stance, so you can swap unit stance at any time based on the battle they are in. AOE3 has played a big role in AOE4's design, despite the parallels you find between AOE2 and AOE4 because of its time period. Don't forget about AOE3, it's incredibly useful when examining AOE4 content, and you'll be surprised how many features and units from AOE3 have inspired, or straight-up replicated, into AOE4.

[@coppykappa2235]

Jannisaires are in every aoe game except aoe1 tho

[@AgeofNoob]

To be quite frank, I have very little experience in AoE3. I'd have to spend quite a bit more time to draw more parallels with AoE3, but I recognize that I should invest the time at some point to get more accustomed to AoE3.

[@cybersteel8]

@@AgeofNoob That's fair enough. Not recognising the similarities to the AOE3 Ottomans gave that away :P

[@mitrajyotighosh4592]

The unique units of the ottomans are the same as those in AoE3, except the abus gun. Many things in this DLC have been done before in AoE3, and I'm more glad things from AoE3 are making their way into AoE4.

[@ga21351]

Age 4 janisary is age 3 abus gun. So there no janisary type unit in age 4.

[@janne.peltonen]

I think there would have been several interesting comparisons to be made with Ottomans in AoE III.

[@turhanyuksel4341]

Akıncı's are usinig animal cover in theri horses and suits. Akıncı's primary objectives are before massive army of Ottoman, Akıncı forces attack enemy lines expesialy enemy supply chain. That period Ottoman armies march through enemy lines pretty safety.

[@birgaripadam7112]

İn historically Spahis were like ottoman knights, only difference was there land can be taking by sultan if they fail there job, and in term of equipment they wear armor heavy armor for ottoman standards and use bow, sword and lance together, ottomans are coming from nomadic Turks, to them horse archery was there main way of fighting 60 percent of ottoman soldiers where horse archer and rest was azap(conscript) and janissaries

[@YY-ug9mv]

There are 2 famous Ottoman horse regiment.First it's the AKINCI(AKİNJİ)light raiders unorganized scouts,which later europeans invented hussars from.Second Sipahi a heavier horse with lances.A bit frustrated for not seeing enough empasis for AKİNJİS europeans hated them.Winged hussar wing are a imitation from Turkish Akinci's decoration which they used hundred years later.

[@omegangerman2870]

Hello, wanted to ask if it's worth putting ranged units on walls? Because in the matches of top 50 players that I see, practically no one does it. This was the most effective way to defend in the Middle Ages. Also, what if you could build towers on top of which you could build stationary ballistae (like Stronghold) that could destroy siege equipment? Would that be too powerful? I feel like almost all battles in AoE 4 (especially those by better players) tend to be one siege force fighting another siege force. It feels like no fortress exists. And the walls are merely to block the way without posing a threat.

[@The_Independant_Pit]

For the water scene, I think it might be a new oasis biome or something... They have palm trees as well.

[@AgeofNoob]

There are definitely new biomes, but I can tell you 100% that I can make that look significantly better by changing in-engine lighting and choosing an angle with reflections on water.

[@The_Independant_Pit]

@@AgeofNoob i don't deny you are quite skilled with your shots, I just think it was showcasing new biomes, I personnally do not mind too much the deep water reflect much less and seem more opaque but shallow water reveal possibly more details but there was not much of it in the presentation. Just thinking does your shot are allways during sunset to have more stark contrasts reflections ?

[@AgeofNoob]

@@The_Independant_Pit It's a mix of both. The default lighting of the game is just not good, both the color and the angle. So changing the angle a bit and adding a warmer tone drastically improves the quality of the shot. As it relates to water - regardless of which biome you go with, if you shoot the water body head on without an angle, it will always look bland and very underwhelming. We could criticize the way it was designed in this respect I suppose. However, when there are angles that look much better, why not just use that for promotional material?

[@The_Independant_Pit]

@@AgeofNoob you must be right I'm a pramatic bastard, not much of an artist at heart. Continue your good work.

[@zealzou]

Background music from Civ VI!

[@AgeofNoob]

Indeed :)

[@cano3391]

Oyun ilk çıktığında "nasıl Türkler olmaz yahu!" demiştim. O gün bugünmüş.

[@bek541]

Don't confuse akinjis/ delis and sipahis. Sipahis were cavalry troop in army, akinjis were vanguard. Anybody could be sipahi, but only Turks could be akinji. Not even all Turks. You should be approved by akinji bey (leader of akinji group). Even the sultan hisself can't butt in who will be akinji.

[@totallylegitenergy2559]

Wouldn't be suprised if one of the unique techs was called Ghilman, that could be used for extra units.

[@evosoftolav3737]

Whoaaaaaaaaa

The only thing that I'm not like is how the water looks like. Where is the reflections, transparency, refraction. Some others details what make the ocean bestiful

[@omniarms6081]

There are some unique units that aoe4 didn't put on their website like camel rider. Or bunch of china unique units. They don't put jannisary as unique units in their web put jannisary probably is

[@robertc8425]

It will have solo campaings or you can paly them only in MP and Skirmis?

[@davidlubkowski7175]

Ottomans gonna be pretty fun however Malians seem like the best civ ever (yet).

[@devilhearts007]

bro, SIPAHI is an Indian word for "soldier" in general & doesnt mean whether its a archer/infantry/cavalry

[@ape13]

im feeling like this update will bring a lot of power creep

[@fiorosualex]

Weren't Janissaries like both range and melee military? In real life I mean. I hope to see this in the game. Like they did with the Ratha unit in AoE II. Also... I really hope sometime in the future they will implement some bombard mechanics like in AoE III. What we have in AoE IV is not 2022 worthy.

[@AgeofNoob]

The Janissaries spanned a long, long time, so they used all sorts of weapons. They were most famous for their gunpowder though.

[@fiorosualex]

Ok, good to know. Thanks for the info ;)

[@mehmetbahadryildirim3206]

As a Turk, I'm gonna assume that the wolf head on the horses might symbolize the Turkic roots of Ottoman, because if you look into it a bit the wolf is a pretty significant symbol of Turks. There is even a saga called Ergenekon, in which it is stated that the Turks are born children of a wolf called Asena. In addition to these, as far as i know from the history lessons, Sipahi's are specifically chosen to have Turkic roots unlike Janissaries which are European people converted from Christianity to Islam when they were just infant or child (Devşirme), thus they don't have any Turkic roots whatsoever.

"if you remove Ottomans from world history, then there will be no world history!" Great news! Too late but at least its seems a very good update! Thanks!

[@safuwanfauzi5014]

I think lion, wing cavalry are Deli horsemen, deli is inspiration for polish wing hussar in 1600-1780s

[@jackholler3572]

A question are you Turkish ? Because your pronounciation is really good

[@AgeofNoob]

Yes :)

[@jackholler3572]

@@AgeofNoob Bütün tarih kanallarından daha iyi anlattığından anlamıştım. Okulda görmemişsin ama hatanı düzeltmeye tenezzül etmişsin. Çünkü doğru Türkçe kaynağa ulaşabiliyorsun. Çok iyi video :)

[@YohGS]

lol good point, they tend to use awful looking water scenes

[@mrzero8658]

do we have story missions?

[@annaairahala9462]

What's the music you used in the background? Is it all from AoE2?

[@AgeofNoob]

No, they're from the Ottoman music from Civilization VI. The Civ series has incredible music as well.

[@annaairahala9462]

@@AgeofNoob ah I knew I recognized it from somewhere but I couldn't place it. I've played a fair amount of civ VI so that explains why

[@dziq_7771]

I think horses are covered in lion skin.

[@Vyache]

Most likely, the Ottomans will have to choose a mounted archer, or a mounted spearman

[@satyakisil9711]

Idk but in India sipahi refers to any kind of professional soldier in a standing army. The lowest infantry rank in the army is still the sepoy and has been so since the company. Of course, maybe the Turks in India simply preferred using professional soldiers as shock cavalry. The commanders of sipahi were called sipasalar.

[@Evraklatife]

In the OE sipahi is a specific type of landowner cavalry. They were given lands in return for bringing a certain number of cavalrymen to wars.

[@satyakisil9711]

@@Evraklatife well, many societies gave land to the elite warrior class as default. But you can make an argument that ispahi is related to the Indo-Iranian word asvah meaning horse. I guess after guns were a common thing soldiers would dismount to aim so infantry ended up being sipahi as well.

[@Evraklatife]

@@satyakisil9711 Maybe... Sipah means soldier in Persian. That is where the Ottomans got the word. But for them there were janissaries who were exclusively infantry so Sipahis were always considered to be cavalrymen in Ottoman history.

[@furkantorun184]

Sipahi anlam olarak ordu üyesi demek.

[@temelcakr2945]

Ottoman nice Thanks

[@aquaramses8776]

What about the pikeman units?

[@Crepigold]

thanks for that info like and sub!!

[@donbaspnar4216]

❤️

[@robchang4533]

Civ 6 Ottoman theme kreygasm

[@barsni4779]

Getting janissaries conscripted form TC... Is wazīr just fancy way to pull AoE3 home city deliveries?

[@mehmetemrecalsr7328]

janisarries when first formed, consisted of little kids that were taken from families and given proper education and used for both administrative and military duties according to their skills (clercs, scribes, military judges, cooks, soldiers of various types, translators, consultants, guides, trainers, grooms etc). so taking people form town centers to make jannissaries is not very incorrect imo.

[@thegoodlord6518]

The physics are the best part of the great bombard and they can't bother to put it in!

[@cabralkage6341]

it doesnt looks like a council, might be observatory but i dont know Aoe has kinda thing.

[@0nni1998]

Why green flag instead of red one? Aoe2 has this too but I can't find any historical reference.

[@FettahBasdemir]

There are a lot of variants of Ottoman flag. They choose red one after conquering Constantinople. Green one is war banner, if im not mistaken.

[@Murtage33e]

Lol, it does seem like whomever is doing the gameplay capture for aoe4 trailers is a) running on low settings, and b) not really experienced. They should probably just preview the civs to a few content creators. Cheaper, and you'd do a much better job at capture.

[@ietsbram]

Active listening at its worst Poor Bert

[@roballister5269]

i just dont understand why they released these two civs before spain man. sigh ....

[@asd-lw5xx]

I hope next country is eastern rome🥺🥺🥺

[@safuwanfauzi5014]

Ottoman should have 2 more unique, volley gun, and deli horsemen

[@NotTheLastOne]

age of vampires

[@GorrilazWarfare]

I hate to be the nerd react emoji but the green flag was reserved for religion and the red flag was for the state. I don't know why they'd make the green flag represent the ottomans when that's for religion.

[@emeraldArmy4267]

i wanted Seljuqs :/

[@lifes40123]

next year expansion pack Japan Byzantines Danes/Vikings Spain Poland Aztec Khmer

[@jaarkhan]

2:18 it's actually a Tsar Cannon located in Moscow.

[@Asakyildiz]

Altyazılarda Türkçe'nin olmaması😶

[@beledagbatuhankucuktepe]

I actually don't understand, why it is named ottomans instead of Turks after all Ottomans is name of dynasty

[@TheRok1071]

Finally Turks!!!

[@barostyl3152]

Brother the flag that you put in the Video Titel should be actually Red not green

[@AgeofNoob]

The Ottomans used both Green and Red. The Devs chose the Green version of the flag to use in the game - and that's why I used it.

[@barostyl3152]

@@AgeofNoob oh okey. Didnt know that. Thanks for correcting me

[@WaterMelwin]

ill download the game again if theres a new campaign

[@berkkarl7687]

As a Turk, I am tired of seeing the Ottomans. There is not only Ottoman in our history. There is the pre-Islamic Turkish army and they are definitely more remarkable than the Ottoman army.

[@ohiocoder8313]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZ-wZ4qlj8ekfbc Kadırga

[@AlphaRa.Y]

The word "Sipahi" means "soldier" in hindi. So every fighting human unit can be clubbed in Sipahi. Not only horse archer, Melee foot soldiers as well.

[@thegraybeards2568]

Interesting etimology fact, the word is actually is from persian in root, meaning gunslinger / soldier. In ottoman military tradition however, Sipahi or getting "Sipahi'd" means something in a different context. It is kind of a derivation of the Romans giving citizenship and land to veteran soldiers back in the day. So once a soldier served enough time (or when someone did serve extraordinarly well) they were given a land to govern. In return, they were required to raise a number of good trained soldiers with good equipment and a horse and send these soldiers when the war time comes (usually in summer times). All the costs for the equipment are needed to be paid by that small veteran governor, which also needs to act as a local protection force in the peace times. This system is called Sipahi system and these soldiers are called Sipahis. Since these soldiers were equipped by small governors, they were usually very well equipped since this was how these small governers were audited by their superiors, and it was not uncommon for the bigger authorities to replace these governors if the soldiers were not equipped and trained properly. Also, since most of these equipments were bought locally, each soldier looked different. Animal feathers, different ornaments etc. were heavily used, since these local governors also competed between each other and each wanted to have the best looking soldiers. This kept the raising army costs close to zero for the Ottomans, at least for Sipahis, since all the responsibility was on the local governors from feeding them, training them, equipping them and sending them.

[@ikielinsesi1843]

@@thegraybeards2568 It's a great explanation of the Sipahi system. During Suleiman the Magnicifent's period, Ottomans were able to raise 100.000 sipahis for free. It was a super effective, unbeatable system until modern, fully professional armies occurred in the 17th century. These half professional, good equipped levy units became useless against fully professional armies and pike&shot tactics.

[@AdityoWN]

At last .... my second favorite nation!

[@AgeofNoob]

Were the Byzantines your favourite? :D

[@tengr6068]

at last, they seperated turks and ottoman...

[@Sn3per1]

Release the timurids

[@bunyaminyilmaz3798]

My only concern is, that the balance will be broken. Sure the ottomans and Malians are awesome, but they need to fit against all other civs wich are already in use. Maybe there will be blancefixes on other civs too. The Mehter seems for me, a better Khan. So either khan will get buffed or mehter will be nerfed.

[@Rhinopotamus]

No Danes?

[@Stelphy876]

The wolfs/bears on the horses are amazing, probably a reference to Tengri

[@mehmetemrecalsr7328]

they are there to show these guys are real hunters, and to scare enemy horses. these guys called "Deli" (mad) or "Akıncı" (raider) depending on some small differences. Akıncı are generally more sedentary people with more islamic gravy on their life style while (as you predicted) Deli are mostly muslim only in name and sometimes not even that, they have more nomadic/tengrist roots. they howl before or during battles, raid like no tomorrow. but as nomadic tradition when they see the odds are not going their way sometimes they just retreat. Both Akıncı and Deli are semi nomadic turks that live generally in borderlines to harrass enemy in even peace times with small raids. in wartimes they are both called for service with promises of provisions and they never like to miss an opportunity for some plunder and slaves.

[@navinkumarpk86]

They should have just called them Turks and covered both Seljuks and Ottomans

[@tevfikemrebesiktepe4066]

I think Ottomans is good because in the future devs can make Great Seljuk Empire alone. If they call Turks, they wouldnt make another Turkish state.