MAJESTY 2 IS A PERFECTLY BALANCED GAME WITH NO EXPLOITS - Infinite Money Glitch Is Broken!!

[@davidmoore1253]

Spiff when he cheeses another game's economy: "It ain't honest, but it's much"

[@thepineappelope6018]

sips Tea "ah Perfectly balanced"

[@Helltamirre]

Well, unless the devs never played Majesty one it is how they intended the game to play. Like, in the first one, building 3 temples to Crypta (or Temple to Dauros and 3 warriors guilds.) was almost guaranteed win... But building them was a challenge. They called it something like 10 minute challenge. If you survive for 10 minutes, you win.

[@Kelso540]

This made me lol. Well played.

[@projectrenaissanceman5035]

Oh my god thank you

[@insouciantFox]

The pause screen in this game is all kinds of broken: 1) When paused, you can build Trading Posts even in locations you haven’t discovered just by clicking around the map until you find one. This means you can use Spiffing Brit’s exploit immediately and at all trading post locations. 2) For some reason, when paused, Wizard Spells like Lightning Bolt, Ice Prison etc. don’t scale in price with distance as they should. 3) If a spell deals damage at the exact instant the game is paused, the game doesn’t halt the damage tally of the spell and since it thinks (while paused) that the time for the spell to do damage hasn’t been eclipsed, the game repeatedly stacks the effects of the spell until the game is resumed. It stacks at a rate equal to the spell’s duration,

[@Viet_Nam_Ball]

Unknown Classified its so helpful tho, thanks

[@fulccrum2324]

I laughed at this Thanks (for both the info and the time you spent writing it in)!

[@MrMcMusicfeeling]

XD well just wondering can you also cheese the lords hall by pausing and get many copies of the same hero. As well is it possible to chees the game during the game play aftermath and be able to save more than one hero as a lord XD Since i basically ended up cheesing the game twice and had all my heroes at the end of that level between levels 10-15 and was extremely annoyed that i was only able to only save one heroes since three of them had gotten random extremely good weapons, armors. and skills XD

[@insouciantFox]

Augie Serra I don’t think you can unfortunately. I do know that the max level is 99 and some levels (like the lich level) are really good for grinding some ridiculous heroes. I’ve personally never had the patience to wait the 12 hours it would take to get a lvl 99. The highest I’ve ever gotten was Kyria Lifesbane, a lvl 31 Krypta. She could THK werewolves. Impossible to get her interested in anything though. Takes like 12k and she’s slow moving.

[@Volound]

this game is really hard and even with perfect play, some missions are tough. there are timed bosses where even if you have 9 dwarves level 10-20, youll get AOEd and die and lose. this game is no joke.

[@thecigardad2826]

Spiff: What a gem of a game! Also Spiff: Watch me totally dismantle the entire thing.

[@margaritakouzi5630]

It's the cycle of life for a game. Phase 1 is when a good game usually gets the most cash and popularity, when the game's tech is seen as cutting edge Phase 2 is a blank area, when the game is about 5-6 years old, it's not old enough to make any memories nor young enough to be seen as good compared to today's tech. Phase 3 is when a game is 10-15 years old, when adults play the game for the nostalgia Phase 4 is when The Spiffing Brit comes

[@CwayNJ609]

Thats what makes it a Gem!!

[@loremasterdasmodeus8285]

@@thespiffingbrit phase 5 is when the Queen comes...

[@margaritakouzi5630]

@@loremasterdasmodeus8285 Stage 5 is when The Spiffing Brit runs out of tea

[@margaritakouzi5630]

Nobody wants to talk about stage 5

[@existing6207]

My father worked on the original majesty, and it is a wonderful feeling to see somebody play it. Thanks for covering this game!

[@abhinav1163]

That's cool, majesty 1 is one of my all-time favourite game

[@WALKMAN024]

That’s cool af

[@menoissocool]

Please tell him that the game he worked on is an absolute masterpiece! Him and the team behind it have created one of the best games of all times for me!

[@BSman617]

The original majesty was one of my favorite games as a kid

[@Aaron-oe8xw]

Kudos to your dad! Majesty was/is still one of my favorite games, staple of my later childhood.

[@JamesPederson85]

Absolutely loved this game - the mechanics of whether your heroes are “interested” was super unique, and I dug the trading and tax mechanics.

[@rustyjones7908]

Spiff, you do a great job of selling these obscure games. I've bought several after watching you break it...

[@jdogzerosilverblade299]

@@thespiffingbrit completely balanced too of course. :)

[@Dispariabooks]

@@thespiffingbrit Were there any more beyond 2? I noticed it's 10 years old (not that it looks terrible or anything-I'm just curious).

[@ItsDVG]

@@Dispariabooks I cant imagine that would be difficult to find out yourself

[@Veloxyll]

@@ItsDVG There were only the two. Paradox bought the licence and released a hodgepodge of Ardania related content, but nothing as good as the Majesty pair

[@Dispariabooks]

@@Veloxyll Good to know. I know a google search might turn up results, but with older games and potential buyouts/name changes/developer changes it can get murky. Plus, KZbin comments section is basically interactive google :)

[@powerpappa5871]

E: all of the above

[@asterixobelix20]

Yup voted the same.

[@TitanOfDarkness25]

Same

[@Beregorn88]

That

[@rickmalinger5361]

Basically

[@alloutofafricanpolarbears]

What I was thinking

[@dirgecry2047]

With Spiff's love of breaking RTS games, I wonder why I haven't seen Star Wars: Empire at War Gold Pack on here. Never found exploits myself, but I also rarely look for them.

[@Ikxi]

I wanna see that game too!! I loved playing it in the past so much!!!

[@Ultrox007]

This game is a sim though.

[@kennyb9132]

Oh I happen to know about 2 exploits! Not specifically tied to EAWFOC but EAW in general. So in land battles the population cap is very limted and the units vary wildly in power and are usually squads. Each squad is 1 pop (minus R2/C3PO) and the max pop is tied to landing pads up to usually 7-9. However there is a way to break this. For you see, for some reason, some reason, if your unit is low on health (red) that unit is considered dead and your pop resets. So if you just pull out the unit that is almost dead and homd onto him and heal him at a bacta or repair pad you can effectively increase your max pop! (Artillery/rebel infiltrators are the best for this) The other one (or two) is not so much a game changer but it is a very funny interaction. So, turrets are funny and automaticly fire on certain units. AA turrets however can be manually fire in units, do aoe, go through shields, cheese the Vader/Obi fight, and have stupid range. They just need micro management. Lastly Luke Skywalker is held back by Red Squadron. Let them die, lock s foils and watch him out speed the world!!! Enjoy!

[@jazzyj7834]

OMG MAJESTY! This is one of my favorite games ever! I have played hundreds of hours on the first one. Still need to beat the second one. You aren't kidding when you said some of the levels are basically impossible.

[@MrAningan]

Had great time with this game (both first and second). Most of my memories are about the wizards. Loved them for their insane burst potential and flashy magic, but recruiting them reminds me of words "natural selection". Buying one felt like feeding the rats and wolves another tasty, expensive meal. Assuming the wizard survived to gain some levels, the vampires were the ones to taste it next. Played this game at least 10 years ago and I still remember their "Rozpuszczam się!" = "I'm melting!" in polish.

[@jazzyj7834]

I can hear the "I'm melting!" now in that desperate old man howl. My favorite part was always the Priestesses of Krypta. Building those temples and then just having a massive undead army at your disposal was great. Plus they came with a resurrection spell and a raise undead spell. I built those whenever I could.

[@Johann_Gambolputty_of_Ulm]

Ah, good times, the old dilemma whether I want to go cheap and buy me some spooky Priestesses and slow AF Chaos Warriors, or do I want to bleed money out of my orifices and get Paladins + annoy people with immortal Nuns ^^

[@Annokh]

Majesty 2 introduced new feature for taverns allowing you to build parties out of heroes you have. Adding wizards to a group of other 3 people including healers kinda solves the problem of wizard survival once you get there.

[@MrAningan]

@@Annokh Oh, I've played Majesty 2 but didn't know I could do that in the tavern. Good to know if I ever come back to play it again.

[@PhyrexianFleshgorger]

I bought my copy of the majesty gold edition for 9 bucks at a grocery store as a kid.

[@alexwe6116]

I still play this game to this day! It's so gooooooddddd!!! So difficult but yet so fun! 😁

[@sevenzaam203]

@@thespiffingbrit Its not cheating, its perfectly balanced

[@joaopedro-yi8iq]

yeah, me too and 23 days to build the first trading post probably make you lose most missions xD

[@DarrylCross]

And there is something satisfying about watching your minions going about their business once you've set the kingdom to run itself. Like that time in the Skeleton King mission, I put an explore flag for a massive amount of gold next a wizard just to see what he would do with the money. I was hoping he would upgrade some of his gear or learn new spells, but instead he became an addict of certain potions from the magic bazaar. He would just leave home, go across town to the magic bazaar, chug his potions, and go home til the effects wore off, rinse and repeat. I may not have gotten the effect I wanted, but I like to think I got something better. One of those gaming moments to remember - my wizard addict.

[@DauntlessAdonis]

*PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT* "Remember to be drinking your warm cups of tea!"

[@8ofclubs362]

Might I add praise the queen?

[@Alpenjodler1]

fuck! I didn't see and started drinking beer now.

[@merton8986]

@@Alpenjodler1 Never too late for a cuppa tea!

[@benward5732]

@@Alpenjodler1 Tea and Beer work well together ma gooj :)

[@robinyeah4134]

If you don't then the British will arrest you and the US won't throw you in the sea.

[@aldar8240]

Imagine, a moment: you are the strongest dark mage the world has ever seen. your tower is nigh inpregnable, with 5 statues all prepped with enchantments to destroy any intruders. angry at the king of a nearby country, you cast a spell to destroy one of his structures. you hear nothing back from said king for several months, and but see his country is still standing. very well. you shall allow this to continue; if he survived your attack, his country deserves to live on. besides, you doubt he'll be troubling you again after your display of power. several more months pass, and this king's country is prospering. those who have asked how he succeeded so well are met with cryptic answers like "I used the donkey parade" or "believe me, things are as balanced as ever". suddenly, one day, you see in the distance a strange crystalline structure form, slowly shifting into a tower. it is destroyed by your statues, but quickly a sec one is built just outside of their reach. after this, your tower is battered with lightning, until it is completely destroyed. you decide to go off and kill the king of that quickly prospering country, who you are certain is responsible for this. once more, suddenly, you hear screaming off in the distance. you look to see what is causing it, and find a large squadron of well-armed warriors, rangers, wizards and rogues charging at you. it's likely there is over 30 people in total, all prepared to kill you. and indeed, you die. trampled by an army no doubt sent by that same king you had attacked so many months ago. balanced indeed. the hands of fate and the scales of time balanced perfectly in a crescendo of war, prosperity and the final note of your death. to think something as foolish as a "donkey parade" could be your end. but indeed it was.

[@Vandragorax]

That's why the Majesty games are so good. They basically let you turtle and take your time to exact your vengeance on the things that fk you up at the start of the map. Feels good once you gain total control of the map and there's nothing left but your high level adventurers hungry for more bounties xD

[@jordanguiney4421]

Ahahaha! That's fucking beautiful

[@MisterZimbabwe]

"The other way you can generate money is by trading." The second you said "trading" the game was over. Any game that involves any sort of exchange of money and goods has left it's gates wide open for Spiff.

[@ragnaroksbringer]

Most (all?) of his trade exploits consist of abusing a pause glitch. In another world, Spiff is the British Empire's most notorious shortchange scammer.

[@Volound]

there isnt any exchange of money and goods. its a timed release of money.

[@ragnaroksbringer]

@@Volound So Spiff is the Federal Reserve. Understood.

[@ragnaroksbringer]

@shadowyeager It was fixed since his video came out (the patch notes even referenced him), but it essentially was "pause on the trade menu and you can sell/buy without the supply/demand changing the price". Technically I'm pretty sure you can select the build before that update came out and still play with that glitch.

[@Superbug-tf8zy]

@@ragnaroksbringer imagine if we could pause IRL, we would all be poor by now

[@andreasottohansen7338]

When it comes to Spiff asking "how am I going to break the game" I have learned to always go with "all of the above" even when it isn't an option

[@smocloud]

Andreas Otto Hansen I always answer with “efficiently.”

[@rumplstiltztinkerstein]

27:37 when the reward is so big everyone is just walking past that minotaur for the prize

[@uniquelyqualified3676]

How many stock photos do you need? Spiff: yes

[@ChaiKarl]

@@melaniel.4269 bait much?

[@WeirdOne19142]

@@ChaiKarl lol

[@melaniel.4269]

@@ChaiKarl Nope, it's called oppinion.

[@melaniel.4269]

@Eros Matthew Montallana Why do you act so butthurt?

[@JJvideoman]

@@melaniel.4269 why do you act like a 3 year old? Lol idiocy on display

[@SqueakingLion]

"All heroes care about is leveling up, grabbing loot, and gaining an awesome amount of money".... so.... basically, your typical D&D group.

[@belisarian6429]

Yea it funny that in this game you would be better to have bunch of murderhobos instead of classic group that will not move finger if there is no money in it.

[@hancansolo3569]

And then you get my DM who's basically forcing you to play he's ,,story'' in which we have to ,,care'' ugh disgusting

[@hitomisalazar4073]

Heh, if it was most D&D groups I have seen over the decades however you'd also have to worry about them going Revolution on you and tossing your corpse off your own royal keep because "Why should they rule, I'm the one doing all the work!".

[@point-five-oh6249]

@@hancansolo3569 So... if you're not playing D&D for a fantastic adventure and story... why are you playing it then? If you want to go dally around at a bar all day, it'll be much more entertaining to go to a real bar instead of one in your imagination. I don't railroad how my players play, but I do say that if they don't want to quest and get cool loot, then we can do other things with our time. I suppose it also depends on how engaging his story is too. If it is incredibly boring and uninteresting with no flavor involved, then yes, absolutely as a table talk about it, but instead of simply complaining like a bunch of teenage girls that didn't get the latest iPhone for 2 Grand, try to work with him, he's only human after all. Try to see if maybe more flavor can be added by having some of his world include your character backstories. It's D&D after all, you don't have to be the son/daughter of a farmer from Noobshire, spice it up, and if nothing else works, then it might be time you searched for a better DM, either among your table or elsewhere.

[@TheItchyDani3l]

I remember playing this game. The reason it's so impossible is because the spawning of enemies was tied to frame rate. So, the faster you run the game, the more enemies there are. This is fixable though.

[@Marcusaralius76]

So is build time for structures, but the other way around, so it takes twice as long if you're running the game at 120fps

[@s.m.2523]

And that was never patched ?

[@breekbreek2311]

This sounds fucking hilarious in today's context, but it was actually the standard in old RTS games, since you can see FPS as built-in tick speed when everything used to run at the same amount of it

[@vukvidanovic8276]

Oh my god thank you so much for this information, I was wondering why so many enemies are swapwning when 10 years ago I beat the same levels easily

[@EvilRussian13]

This game is basically a "This Is Fine.jpg" simulator. Love it.

[@Chonicle2]

I pray every day that we get a majesty 3, this is one of my all time favorite series

[@levie8269]

and a console release

[@generalwoe359]

I'd be happy with a remaster of the original (with its expansions)

[@levie8269]

@@thespiffingbrit thanks britt I'll find a way to break the game in some way

[@Chonicle2]

@Ryan Hess I'll admit majesty 2 is no were near as good as the first, but honestly i enjoy it well enough, i still always go back and play the original though

[@christopherlane467]

@@thespiffingbrit sadly, it's nowhere near as in depth or as colorful with hero personalities and interactions as the original. It's good for what it is, but still a letdown for me

[@azafreak]

'Heroes of Annihilated Empires' has a similar pause - build cheese. Also has the bonus of drinking a pot with a hero paused is spammable. They have no hard cap on stats hint hint. Ranger with 0 sec attack animation and unlimited range? Sounds totally legit.

[@maxhax367]

Ahhh HoAE the very first game I actually bought after playing pirated version. Skirmish is so fun if you start with vampire and got RPG style without selling the RTS card. Just go to other base and control one of the worker to build you a base. Since you still got RTS card you still have all the resources and now you can play RTS with main hero not stoned

[@Wyldbeard]

I was obsessed with the first Majesty as a kid, played through the whole campaign and the expansion multiple times. I'll still go back and play it and Majesty 2 from time to time. Great to see it getting some love. Gonna have to try this exploit

[@tomaldred6271]

"More gold your Majesty"

[@greybishop7346]

"Where is my spellbook?"

[@ad0xa]

Me too XD... I also kept playing even after the level was over. And just like... watched the pictures? I dunnu hahaha.

[@ad0xa]

​@@greybishop7346 The most dreaded sound: "I'm meeeelting " ... well, there goes 500 gold.

[@uncompetenttv9973]

I never could actually finish the last two missions of the Northern Expansion without cheesing the game with guard towers.

[@dude11579]

I spent days (worth of game time) playing the original Majesty back in the day. I enjoy the idea of "you can build stuff, but the people are their own entities"

[@AnomalyINC]

Wow, I actually have this game. Hadn't thought about it for years, but you opened the mnemonic floodgates and all the frustration and desperation contained within! This was one of those games that was fun enough to get me hooked, and hard enough to yank said hook straight out of my gob and jam it up my backside, relenting only when I bitterly uninstalled the game and had a good cry. And a cup of tea, of course. Blackcurrant tea, very soothing.

[@Zeldraga]

I never thought I’d see someone make a video in this game. I played the hell out of Majesty 1 and found out they made a second one a few years ago, glad to see it getting some light after so long. I tip my hat and sip of cup of tea to you Sir Spiffing Brit!

[@AJTHAxx]

28:47 Does it matter really? Spiff turned ARMA into a tycoon game...

[@Micsma]

He totally did!!

[@Serahpin]

Through simple arbitrage. The word means "Buy Low, Sell High" btw.

[@Shenorai]

@@Serahpin Huh! So there IS a term for it. Thank you kindly for teaching me!

[@1800T-Bone]

B - Recommendation: Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura

[@xenxander]

i made the mistake in that game of trying for a ranged gunman at the start and since you don't have ammo you screw yourself :(

[@maximilianovazquez9988]

After months of being pestered by youtube´s algorithms, I finaly gave in and watched one of your videos. Not only did I subscribe to your chanel, but I bought the game to boot. Great job!

[@gehyashgigzwerg]

Ah yes, the classic "Oh, look we found a wolves den. And a sewer spawned. And a minotaur attacking us. And the rogues can't/won't do shit about it" scenario. Thats why you need warriors, they have no brains in their muscleheads, and will brawn it out untill their untimely demise (unlike rogues, which would rather be looting chests than defending your town, and are fleeing from the battle when their toe bleeds). And yes, lets throw our wizard into all of that, because graveyard is a much needed building.

[@choocheroo4857]

I bet spiff is secretly one of the stock images

[@sevensins3584]

Ikr? I cant stop thinking about it..

[@bl4cksp1d3r]

He is ALL of them!

[@we_heart_ice_land8354]

i think i spotted him in another video (looked like a selfie taken in front of the big ben)....since i was sick (fever) and binged spiff’s videos i don‘t remember which video it is in...🤦‍♀️ edit: maybe it WAS just a fever dream...?

[@lukecollins1372]

The one at 22:40 he uses in all his vids ITS HIIM

[@quillancarpenter1664]

He is. I’m not kidding. A couple of them are actually him.

[@felixbecher8118]

Battlefleet Gothic: Armada. I would enjoy watching that game get more "balanced".

[@Uzzgub]

This ^^

[@toko099o]

It isn't unbalanced if everything is broken...

[@km5405]

in a unbalanced galaxy - unbalance brings balance.

[@RIlianP]

I rage uninstalled the game after I couldn't pass around ten times a particular mission with the wandering skeleton army. My favorite combination is using paladins with priestesses of the goddess of death in a party bcs they hate each other furiously. Also the only game series that have heroes that are behaving exactly like a standard D&D players.

[@AtomicArtumas]

Majesty essentially IS a D&D RTS. Levels scale around the same, with a level 25+ character being so absurdly broken it's a bit hilarious. (particularly in M1 where Priestesses of Krypta had no cap to the amount of undead they could raise... 1 temple of krypta and suddenly you have an army of 500 skeletons and liches wandering the map with your 3 nigh-invincible life-draining level 20+ red grim reaper ladies.) M2 has a new ridiculously broken class though, but it's unfortunately only in one of the expansion campaigns. The monster campaign's wizard equivalent. Liches. They're basically wizards, but with health, summoning and health steal, and an actually decent AI (unlike wizards who just suicide or study 90% of the time.) The monster campaign is probably the most fun thing I've ever played in an RTS, outside of WR attempts at SC2's "apocalypse vision" level.

[@grahamelliott9506]

Krypta and Krolm are my two favs, krypta priestesses are kind of the least OP of the advanced heroes though but I still love them because they have cool abilities. Charm a lich? Yes please! and the blademasters are just funny, but paladins are probably more OP

[@josk6675]

Thank you so much for this! I really loved the intro as you truly do Majesty justice! I've always wondered why really no other rts games has utilised similar systems because it holds so much potential!

[@parciwal1996]

I actually used to play this game in my early teens! Thank you for making me realize that this game is actually incredibly hard, cause up until now I've thought I was just garbage at it.

[@CheshireFatorum]

1:41 "It's not a perfectly balanced game, there are a couple of minor exploits" Either Spiff or the video title are lying. Either way, I feel _deeply betrayed!_

[@kevnar]

Dev 1: "How do we make this game more difficult?" Dev 2: "Just add 30 monster spawners in every level."

[@GaldirEonai]

I wish. What they _actually_ did was add early waves timed so you literally can't have any buildings up without cheating by the time they roll in so you need to restart over and over until you finally get lucky and they all decide to focus the same peasant hut.

[@NathanCassidy721]

@@GaldirEonai This. Is the reason I rage quit the game after attempting to beat it last year. The biggest thing I noticed was the game only sends in TWO peasents to build a building no matter what. When the original sent ALL your workers to build site if they had nothing else to do.

[@lordblazer]

@@GaldirEonai so you're down for designing intentionally broken game mechanics.

[@doomleika]

Berman one shot everyone in your kingdom. Good times

[@davidwiley4953]

If you really want to break the game just edit your save file in notepad. Everything has values in it, from the levels and health of bith heroes and buildings to locations of buildings and amount of gold.

[@TheYakVortex]

Ah yes the tea god has made an upload must watch

[@yourlazynerd]

We all can become one with the universe, you Just need spifco mug and yorkshire teabag.

[@hoodie__guy]

I just cant stop reading this with the voice of the spiffibg brit

[@margaritakouzi5630]

@@hoodie__guy same here

[@jacobfreeman5444]

Tea for the tea god! Kettles for the kettle throne!

[@Joram647]

A large KZbin channel is actually talking about this game? Nice! The Majesty franchise was one of my favorites back in the day and I was disappointed Majesty 2 didn't get a lot of traction. Nice to see this game getting some love

[@Henry-ov7rh]

Honestly spiff needs to get sponsored by some of these lesser known games. I don't even like rts/management type games but his constant and genuine love for them makes me want to play them.

[@Civmonopolis]

I love this game and even managed to beat it and all the DLC. My wife was a big fan of the first one, and refuses to play the second, which is a crying shame. I would love to see a third entry.

[@NathanCassidy721]

As a fan of the first, the second game is nowhere near as good. While not a bad game, it basically cloned the first game but forgot two important factors: 1) the character of the setting giving it a bit of a soulless feel. 2) How to make a game like this not frustrating.

[@ShadowWolfRising]

For what it's worth, Warlock: Master of the Arcane 1 and 2 are part of the Majesty series and are pretty good games to.

[@Civmonopolis]

@@ShadowWolfRising Agree. I own those games also.

[@NathanCassidy721]

@@ShadowWolfRising Are they? I never knew that. Looking them up I never knew there was an "Ardania" series, although based on the other offerings in the series, I think there's a reason that I never heard of it. Particularly Impire. And I actually recall TotalBiscuit talking about Warlock 2 and, while ultimately recommending it, wasn't exactly singing the game's praises.

[@divedweller4295]

4:05 - E : All of the above.

[@adambennett3709]

You weren't kidding when you called it the "Dark Souls" of management games, the final boss/level is nuts, I must have spent 20+ hours on that level when the game first came out to finally beat it.

[@PrettyBatGames]

I loved all Majesty games, including the mobile ones. But some of the maps made me pull my hair out of my nostrils, literally. Your jokes on heroes and actions were so on point, loved it. Need more Majesty memes going.

[@DimeBagDJ]

For the longest time I was trying to remember what the game I played when I was a kid was, and you have helped me find it. It was the original Majesty game.

[@hannahbrown2728]

I grew up on the original Majesty, and remember being so psyched for Majesty 2. Then I played it and it somehow managed to be even harder than the first one with all of its loveably awful mechanics. I eventually shelved M2 and relgated it to be considering dogshit. I really should dust it off and play again whenever I get another chance

[@LordSevla]

Absolutely same history here. I've played Majesty 1 again every 2 or 3 years since I first played as a kid, I really love this game. I still remember the weeks before 2 was released, after playing it I don't liked it for many reasons (one of them being my week PC struggling to run it) I just gave up and never looked back again. Recently bought Majesty 2 on Steam and somehow I'm enjoying it, I was even laughing at the crazy dragon mission.

[@VITAS874]

​@@LordSevlaeasy mission actually.

[@Highonwater3X]

Majesty is one of my favorite series of all time. I want/need a new game.

[@TheAussieLeo]

This game series has the best story ever, the voiceovers were amazing.

[@philiphermann3436]

Played Majesty (1) and I never knew this game existed. Thanks again Spiff for the mega-nostalgia!

[@silenceroy33]

Been playing this game and its expansions for years now, a wonderfull game with very high difficulty. monster kingdom expansion broke me but now thanks to you have hope to finally finish this game. Thank you spiff

[@urufugreavis]

I hear Spiffs wonderful voice, but in my head is a repeat of "ooh pretty star.", "But I'm just a Gnome" and the loud echo of "KROLM..."

[@awcartermedia]

urufugreavis haha yes! So many good lines from the heroes 😂 “Wild adventure, builds character” “Now where did I put my spell book?” “What a delicious looking reward”

[@IamCoalfoot]

It feels both sad and encouraging that I heard all of these lines with their actual character voices. Majesty

[@TheAbyssalRaven]

"Leave my gold. alone... " "My Service Ends... "

[@Rose_Harmonic]

I guess I should see where my copy is ugh

[@Larzang]

"Ho-diddly-hey-diddly-ho-did-..!" ** "IF I'D HAVE MY GOOD HAMMER, YOU'D BE SORRY!" ** "There's no fixin' this..!"

[@mrfroggeh6369]

I only just found this video of yours but I absolutely love Majesty 1, and 2 made a very good attempt at a remake, despite lacking in a lot (I want my druids back, they were hilarious)

[@Crim_Zen]

Majesty 1 was my fav pc game when I was growing up. "My service stands..." or "but I'm just a gnome," still play in the back of my mind. Oh, and "Tax collector."

[@krokosaur777]

I'M MELTING

[@ultimaIXultima]

Always loved this series, one of my favorite "I have a half hour before bed, let's play a quick game of something" games. Fun tip, the game files are editable with any plain old txt editor. Don't like only having 3 heroes per guild hall? Well then, set it to 10! There's a variety of game statistics and mechanics that can be edited at will (although some are hard coded in the engine and can't be changed). It's unfortunate paradox didn't continue developing it. The (horrendously un-optimized) game engine was obviously capable of a lot more than what was finally delivered.

[@silafuyang8675]

One of favorite games. Both M1 and M2. I replay them often. Will never get bored of those.

[@brodywallis8636]

I love Majesty! I wish there were more games like it!

[@SamwiseSurveys]

Spiff: Do “A”, how about trying the Command and Conquer RTS games. Don’t think I’ve seen you do those yet. You’ve got: Red Alert Red Alert 2 Tiberium Wars Kane’s Revenge Love your videos! Keep it up!

[@erens208]

Red Alert 3 was great tooo. SPACEEEEEE

[@REX-gq6ur]

@@erens208 it looks too cartoony for me

[@Tango2007Lacutus]

yeah but i want him to do some Dawn of war games too those would be fun to watch

[@REX-gq6ur]

@@Tango2007Lacutus Or the Battle Realms series

[@ascendedbro1828]

Generals?! Zero hour?

[@fruitfulconnoisseur]

I never thought they would come out with a game that lets you play the other side of the game and by that I mean putting out rewards for heroes you've effectively become the NPC

[@shallfrisch1]

Played it, loved it. Every few years i replay the whole campaign of the original.

[@Thedoobey]

I ADORE the majesty series. So glad you did a video on it!!

[@garnet6660]

*sits down in front of computer with lunch and a coke* perfect time for some youtube *sees spiffs name in my notifications* *snorts coke and then rushes to make a cup of tea*

[@ritikvibhani5557]

More like.. cok 😆

[@Tree_-wp5zn]

Of course you snort the coke You Columbia

[@BarbarianGod]

I played Majesty 1 and 2, great games, especially the first one, there's a kinda sorta similar-y game called "Driftland: The Magic Revival", you don't control the heroes there directly either, but it's also a weird combination of that and Netstorm and resource management, in that you have to move/connect around bits of floating land, then you set exploration and attack and similar flags around. Kinda wish someone would make a Netstorm sequel or remake as well.

[@liamhill6653]

The original Majesty was my childhood game.

[@ChanakyanStudent7971]

This game is pure nostalgia, thank you so much I forgot the name of this game until I saw this video

[@gergosoos865]

I had this game and it's predecessor. Came here not only for your Yorkshire tea but this game as well!

[@TheRivado]

I really love Majesty 2, completed the whole campaign two times already, might go for 3. shot after seeing this video ... It's actually not that difficult once you get a feeling for the mechanics of the game ... and btw, the best way to survive the early game is going for early hall of lords and go for archers ... i usually go for my lvl 20+ archers for 1.5k with the starting money and they will just oneshot everything that tries to harm you, makes the early game so much easier (and impossible to survive otherwise on the last missions)

[@soldiersPL]

Oh my sweet summer child, try Cold Sunrise mod ( its basically unofficial expansion at this point ). If you think other campaigns in that game are hard, try this shit, since when normal campaigns are roughly like trying to knock down a brick wall with your head, campaign in this is like trying to do the same but to medieval wall, while crossbowmen on top of it are shooting at you.

[@TheRivado]

@@soldiersPL Sounds like fun, might give it a shot

[@toko099o]

The issue that Majesty 2 has is that the GoG/Steam versions are horribly bugged. Basically construction takes longer then it should and events/enemies happen a lot faster. Also, if you haven't tried the mobile version, do it. Its not as hard as the originals, but it has some good stuff in it.

[@adambennett3709]

I got to that point, though I usually went for a healer so that I could essentially power level my new heroes to the point where they were useful. I beat the game once shortly after it came out, and when I got to the final boss again more recently it was like flashbacks to naum.

[@adambennett3709]

@@soldiersPL I might give it a try as well, sounds like a lot of fun.

[@torva360]

*Spiff pitches a game* Me: ok, I want to buy it but let's see how it plays.

[@TheJackbert]

I loved this game. It really tickles my D&D fancy in a unique way

[@KingSeagal]

Thank you sir I have played this game for years, back when games came on CDs... did not know this " balanced method"... i have bought it on Steam so I can play it again... Good on you sir!

[@gearheart1231]

I positively love that you gave some love and some spotlight to one of my favorite games growing up! keep up the lovely content mate!

[@slipperysoul9630]

1:36 missed a chance to say "part of the majesty of majesty"

[@erenrager6679]

Never realized Majesty had a second one, I remembered playing the first one.

[@nillman]

And you still can.

[@CitrusBros]

Played the game it's amazing, you end up putting bounties of 1K up in the end though Also you should check out the Guild 1,2. You can murder people go to trial kill all the witnesses, and just build a castle and shoot everyone in the end

[@Nobody1707]

The original game usually needed smaller bounties, but that's largely because the heroes did more on their own. Even if that does mean they often spend more time in the Elven whorehouses than actually doing something useful.

[@lucasbuff8451]

Man how can you make a video so entertaining about this old games...congrats keep the good work

[@phlaelym]

I didn't even know there was a Majesty 2. I played the first one so much I can still hear the barbarians shouting "Krolm!" in my head to this day.

[@DericJackman]

I’d love to see another Majesty that is identically modeled after the first one.

[@firockfinion3326]

I much prefer the first game, since the maps were generated on the fly rather than always the same. Granted they were basically just wide open spaces with different colors of ground, but at least the placement of enemy bases were different every time and such.

[@goober69er]

they need to make a 3rd game that combines the best aspects of both

[@mikeknowlden5117]

Lord if they randomized every map in #2 the game would be practically impossible imo lol

[@Togglevolt]

There is a randomize option in #2 if you buy the expansions

[@firockfinion3326]

@@Togglevolt Kinda lame that you have to buy an expansion for that feature, but neat that it exists I suppose.

[@barakul5648]

"Now, where did I put my spellbook?"

[@MrRonnyGreat]

Practice makes perfect:o)

[@chrizeren]

I love the Majesty 2 collection. It is such a fun game to come back to now and then. The most hilarious thing about the game is the voice acting. The blademaster Arnold impersonations allways crack me up.

[@linkeffect82]

I vote for B myself; I'm craving an exploit to destroy a roleplaying game to conquer it's world! Fantastic video as always Spiff! It's amazing how much work those heroes get done around your kingdom, those potions must be made with Yorkshire tea!

[@ThisStrayJester]

I fondly remember the first time I played this game, rolled straight through it. Played again a few years later and got my ass handed to me. So fun, yet really randomly difficult too.

[@mj_mack115]

I need a tea cup to see this video now

[@darkfoxxbunyip]

"Let the thieves guild collect" You mean you'll do Rage Shadowledgends ads?

[@turboimport95]

This game is the complete opposite of other games, most games the "player" is controlling the warrior getting loot and buying potions etc, and the "computer" pays the warrior to do missions etc. In This game you are effectively the "computer" selling items and paying for missions.. Pretty neat Did not know games like this existed.

[@grahamelliott9506]

lol I love the majesty games but damn some of the levels are hard, i'm glad you did this video Spiff! - i try to keep the ranger's guild away from the cemetery, if I recall their arrows do less damage to skellies and they need an unlocked and learned special ability to really hit them via magic damage... skellies are just all around good at fighting ranged heroes that don't have +magic damage attacks. Its like the one thing they are actually good at, except that funny run they do. - when you need to take a big fight or destroy several things while taking a lot of damage the whole time, you can build an inn guarded by that wizard's turret/tower as a forward 'base'. When heroes run they will tend to run to an inn to heal up and recoup if an inn is closer than their home. Your heroes can be more efficient and active when they spend less time having to go to and from their very far away guild by using a closer inn, but they will still need to go all the way home to learn special abilities I think.

[@manu241019]

I choose A - an RTS game, with a nice recommendation: Battle from Midde Earth 2

[@calmingtea423]

I SECOND THIS. PLEASE DOOOO!! I LOVE THAT GAME!!

[@pakornwattanavrangkul2550]

I would recommend the immortal Uruk hai berserk bug. What you do is try to kill it with fire and there is a chance that it bugs out and does not die and just rampages on 0 health killing everything.

[@Faewild]

HE DIDIT

[@manu241019]

Oh yes

[@woot2111]

The Spiffing Brit: Re-defining the concept of "pay-to-win"

[@ricardoaymay7232]

Get paid to win

[@Kitten2642]

I've never been on a video from you without comments already here.

[@CheshireFatorum]

Once your body has adapted to breathe Yorkshire Tea instead of oxygen, you start to be able to comment on videos before they're even uploaded.

[@uncleflansy5621]

I bought a game pack on steam a few years ago and this game was in it. I tried it just cause I was bored thinking it would be garbage, but it turned out to be one of the most interesting RTS I've ever played. Easily recommendable.

[@thevvarrior217lol6]

Thank you spiff I’ve lost the last 5 nights to this game after 5 years of not playing it. I love it

[@jerlstif]

Loved the original majesty; I didn’t even know there was a second one. it just kind of reminds me of the first one; but with updated graphics: I’m not sure if I would called better graphics though

[@asdasdasdora]

Holy shit, this game looks majestic! And I never even heard about it

[@FHL-Devils]

It really is a fantastic game... Such unique mechanics.

[@patrickforst1548]

I played the Fist Majesty back in the day! one of my most favorite games such a fun play style......(but i'm just A Gnnnnooommeee!)

[@Necro_fury]

wizards and rangers need to stop melting and joining the wild side lol

[@popinyourdog4321]

Wizards with 5 hp in majesty was always a love hate with me. They died a lot, but once they got going...

[@Jsay18]

KROM!

[@adamdavenport8009]

And those gnomes could build the shit out of anything. I preferred them over the dwarves unless I really needed beefier heroes for some reason.

[@popinyourdog4321]

@@adamdavenport8009 The only reason I didn't like the gnomes was that you loose access to so much, but sometimes they were very worth it

[@them.o.g6734]

Ey,I'm so glad you played this game my friend. You are definitely right saying this game is a diamond in the rough, I played this game when I was young and it was incredibly fun,along with Overlord and Black & White Keep up the good exploits

[@ianesgrecia8568]

A very helpful tip is to now the nature of the heroes. Rangers will almost always explore alone (without flags) warriors will protect the village, rogues will look for chests (explore too, but also steal your own buildings) and so on

[@martinmokry8349]

Hello Spiff, u might wanna take a look into the Darkest Dungeon, for that theres a special bulding in the DLC, witch gives you 5% of the gold you have per turn. :)

[@TheBeholder333]

And with 4 antiquarians spam once you have around 2 milion of gold you are essentialy self sustaining without taking a single gold coin from any dungeon onwards, takes some time tho so not an exploit, but cheesy strat

[@punkrockmartian]

Or even better go in to the source code and edit the reward for one of the low level quests and you will earn infinite gold for ever

[@ghostrider2214]

Which*

[@itzchdedx4986]

@@punkrockmartian this

[@Primecyborg]

I remember playing this game years ago. I also played Warlock around the same time and I'm pretty sure it takes place in the same universe. I loved Warlock, it's like a poor man's Civ but instead of a leader you play a wizard.

[@foust117]

Damn Spiff reminding me that I have Majesty Gold HD installed already...

[@NathanCassidy721]

Same LUL. This video made me want to play it through for the for 15th time.

[@IamtheTolle]

The golden era. Gotta find my discs. Edit: My favorite Majesty Gold mission was the one where a local wizard cursed your kingdom because a boy stole his magic book. So all your heroes were total idiots. Classic.

[@foust117]

@@IamtheTolle I liked Brashnard's Sphere.

[@gixG17]

Heroes will prioritize objectives based on their guild. Warriors: Defend the kingdom (that should be your first guild). Archers: Explore the map. Thieves: Do whatever yields the most gold (bounty, treasure, etc). Mages: Looking for something to kill themselves with. Paladins: Fight undead (really good next to graveyards). Healers: Looking for someone to heal. ...etc. Bounties are good because it puts gold into the heroes' pockets... meaning that they can eventually afford items and equipment. High bounties are used to convince them to do things they wouldn't normally do. You can build a Tavern where heroes can form parties and become a nearly indestructible force. The priorities of the party is dependent on the leader's guild. Pro tip(s): Thieves aren't really good early on. They're too weak and don't deal enough damage... while they allow you to gain more gold, they also cost a lot to convince them to do heroic deeds. The Marketplace is where you want to earn your cash early on. - Build a Warrior's guild. - Build a Marketplace next to Warrior's guild. - Build a Guard Tower next to the Marketplace. - Build a Blacksmith. - Profit. - Graveyard will summon skeleton as long as there are dead heroes.

[@HugoBaesJr]

Finally, I can balance out the difficulty of this game! Thanks!