Totally Accurate Battle Simulator - War is Swell

[@Clockwork-Rat]

I love how Jon is trying to be strategic in a game where your units will die from walking off a ledge for no reason

[@mrcheesemunch]

You can actually strategize a fair bit, such as sending some suicide peasants out to group enemies up while your cannons walk in to range...

[@Luci_Diavol]

@@mrcheesemunch and then the canons get too close, and the enemy closes the distance

[@abox7825]

To be fair you do have to experiment and know what the units do to win in the campaigns.

[@johnyshadow]

I kinda want to see a Jon vs. Claire in this.

[@cambur13]

Either one of these are acceptable. 10/10 💯

[@habadasheryjones]

On the condition that they make their own units in the unit creator.

[@goldengolem4670]

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES

[@jediknight1294]

@@habadasheryjones they need to make Tabby

[@xdeser2949]

100%

[@JhenMaster]

*"This is sorta working!"* A profoundly Jon statement

[@seanmcloughlin5983]

That’s the kind of swagger that says “Hey I’m Zeus, you wanna see me when I’m a swan.” Best Jon line ever.

[@apa21]

I died with that accurate nonchalant attitude of Zeus.

[@BlockheadJiujitsu]

Couldn't stop laughing, a true classic

[@elgato1721]

Exaggerated swagger of a Greek god

[@iPhoneeditor]

"It's always good to have a few sacrificial halflings at the front" - Sun Tzu "The Art of War"

[@jimmilton6644]

all war is based (even though the original quote is all WARFARE is based on deception)

[@thegiantmimir4664]

"A couple of ice archers to lay down... the fire."

[@adapperwatchtower6598]

As a watchtower who has had to exist for all tim- er I mean was built by the good Dacians, it’s great watching these totally accurate battles, brings back memorys

[@Lampomaniac]

The creativity of this community never ceases to amaze me!

[@AccessDenied20078]

Oh watchtower of the valley. What is your wisdom?

[@Drghost1235]

@@AccessDenied20078 Pain?

[@s7robin105]

You can also control the units yourself by pressing F. It’s a silly game, not meant for a serious strategy but one of those “what if a cowboy fought a samurai”

[@SkaterBlades]

"What if a samurai and a cowboy fought a man dressed as a cactus and a midget"

[@JhenMaster]

Jon is taking this weirdly seriously... He called the wheelbarrow guys "cavalry"... XD

[@5Andysalive]

It's techncially a chariot.

[@Freya27395]

Its a Bob Ross at best xd

[@uncle5164]

Man it’s been years since I’ve seen a TABS video, thanks Jon.

[@madmanwithaplan1826]

Angory tom of the Yogscast has a ton of great tabs videos on his channel. Doing the main campaign, custom campaigns that try to emulate various movies, and my personal favors his HORSE version where he plays against friends.

[@jimmilton6644]

say the line uncle

[@veggiesnake619]

"Hey, I'm Zeus. Do you wanna see me when I'm a swan?" "NOOOO, GOD! NO, GOD, PLEASE NO! NO! NO! NOOOOOOOOOOO!"

[@winterwolf1660]

good ragdoll physics fun. plus you can press F on highlighted units to take direct control (helpful for when your Zues dont aim down a bit)

[@TheGrinningViking]

Jon was lured in by promises of a bacon tree: but it turned out to be a hambush!

[@fuzzyfuzzyfungus]

I like how the solution to at least half the levels appears to be throwing endless waves of lurching, leaping, halflings at the problem. It's got kind of a zombie horde vibe to it.

[@Edge-wx7hv]

26:20 Untitled Zeus Game (rated M for Mature)

[@Endrian]

Potion seller, I require your strongest potions.

[@abox7825]

You cannot handle my strongest potions

[@Freya27395]

Back story of my ayahuasca trip

[@Mr.Goufball]

Finally. This is one of my favorite games. If you don’t play the entire game I will be really disappointed.

[@5Andysalive]

Other people run half their channel on this game. And it doesn't make me angory at all.

[@Etruscan_Goddess]

Ayyyyyyyyyyyyyy

[@slimek20]

Bam.

[@ianmiller6040]

1:22: You can, in fact, control the individual units, by zooming down close to the unit you want to possess and pressing F; you'll immediately enter a third-person mode to control them. Then you can even press C to enter first-person mode! While controlling them, you can move around and use their attacks with various keys. Very fun.

[@jamesclarkson156]

The most amount of fun I had in this game was when I decided to see how many hobbits does it take to kill every other unit. Turns out I don't have the CPU to find out.

[@noahb-e8106]

Would love to see this as a livestream!

[@hughcopson1799]

"I need some range I can trust" Picks the unit that throws a bomb at the nearest enemy, regardless of who else is nearby.

[@Forral87]

plus 1 vote for Claire vs Jon livestream in this game (p.s. check out Angory Tom for great TABS videos and how to do fun multiplayer)

[@ChulioRCHulio]

Yes I waited for this! And the totally accurate criticism from MATN regading the "ancient" faction

[@Vokabre]

7:30 What an unusual Rome Total War episode

[@loreofmetalenthusiast]

God that first encounter had me cracking up 😂 Just a swarm of halflings

[@DontEvenWorryAbout1t]

Zeus sidles up to a 22 yo off-duty waitress at the bar "Yo Steve, her next one's on me. Hey gurl, wanna see me turn into a swan?" Next thing we know, las vegas turns into a decade-long battlefield between atlantic and pacific coastal states

[@mariosoto2588]

Somebody was making a Total War game while he was high as hell

[@manlikemars2929]

This game is by Landfall, whom are also the creators of Clustertruck

[@d3north]

@@manlikemars2929 aka flip a game as fast as possible and switch from project to project whenever YT decides which game to feature. Man's been doing it for years and has a whole host of games abandoned.

[@j2dragon109]

@@d3north I am very confused by what on earth you are going on about. Landfall is a team of people, and they've finishied realsing quite a few games.

[@lex400]

Need to see a Jon Vs Claire for this game

[@sotnosen95]

I like how pretty much any gun that packs any kind of significant punch gets translated as "shotgun" in Jon's head.

[@RedRebel_99]

Ooh Jon breaking out the Jupiter insults lol loving the sacrificial halflings

[@BobBigWheels]

The dragon most of the time only breaks itself, you got lucky

[@habadasheryjones]

Discovered this on game pass a while back. Its the best battle sim out there to me because it embraces its bonkers style. Devs have supported it for years and packed alot of content into it with multiple campaigns, freeplay, unit and map creators.

[@BauthorFowler]

Have you heard of "From the Depths?" It's a weird thing where you design your own submarine or gunboat to go against someone else's. I first saw it on a channel called Lathland.

[@macroglossumstellatarum5932]

Now I want too know what the Monkey King does... Of all the things Sun Wukong can do, which made it into the game?

[@the_tactician9858]

Duplication and whacking things with his trusty stick. And no, he still has no foresight.

[@bocobipbrookiebradgaming7838]

Was waiting for you to play this game

[@Trenchgun1]

this is lovely, id love to see more of this

[@CommissarMitch]

You use Frodo and Bilbo as good Halflings completely sleeping on Sam Gamgee, the best Halfling.

[@Wyrmshield]

I like how Jon's favorite tactic is just mass zerglings

[@MegaRay220]

This was genuinely one of my most played games of the last few years. Can't wait for the full release on Xbox

[@deteon1418]

Great video! More of this would be fantastic!

[@Tortera777]

I am so glad Jon is able to play fun and relaxing games..... Because you know what is coming tomorrow but we should be GOLDEN. Have fun man you deserve it!!

[@noddler217]

'I appeciate [the hwatcha], that thing's fun!' Um... I'll take that as Jon hasn't seen the Mythbusters episode that dealt with that thing then, because if he had he'd know that three of those will absolutely mulch basically anything that gets within about half a mile of them.

[@professorsypher6174]

I'm just sitting here patiently waiting for the Kotor 2 playthrough. Don't mind me.

[@seansedore2708]

Thanks again for the video, Jon

[@xdeser2949]

2:32 "King Vendrick vs hollows" ~Second Age of Fire

[@xiotrapeh3617]

I love this game

[@varuraptor7079]

I can’t believe I am hearing John play tabs, please for the love of god make this a series.

[@scolek22]

26:13 CLASSICS MAJOR SPOTTED GET EM BOYS

[@Learnos1]

I'd love to see a lot more of this, it's hilarious

[@elinagel-bennett344]

Damn this TW looking fire

[@gaminreasons8941]

Getting whiplash here, never thought I'd see Jon play this, usually I just watch Captainsauce who has a series on this.

[@weaverflytyer]

i fucking love this game massively massively underrated the physics engine is mindblowing and so much goofy shit happens

[@pkgizmo]

they also made a funny wobbly and silly bananas on toast battle royal which actually is pretty fun

[@fishpop]

Jon is only checking this game out NOW? For shame... I've been watching Angory Tom play this for possibly a year now... It's hard to tell... Just checked: he's been playing since April 2019 and i've been subbed to him since March 2018.

[@williammiller79]

Don’t mention captain sauce to matn. Man uses halflings as testing dummies and probably sells their corpses for mulch. Does explain why the grassy maps look beautiful though

[@FonVegen]

What is a wheelbarrow, if not a vintage chariot?

[@McCbobbish]

I have found that piles of musketeers in various locations is the best army in the game lol

[@vanhovemare]

well, I love that balloon archer!

[@harveybrookfield6855]

more of this please jon! I loved it

[@BDMotorsport]

Please never stop making content Jon.

[@hamhamson7740]

It wouldn't be a Many a true nerd video without Jon using indirect fire incorrectly

[@movingparts6270]

Me: Didn't Jon play this a few months ago Jon: I looked at this a few years ago Me: ...oh...

[@imperlast2]

the dragon falls apart quickly when it gets hi with range

[@Heshla_Biea]

You can control units. I've seen people do it.

[@derekcase7261]

Jon I love your videos and have been watching for years. Thank you for all the wonderful content. Much love man.

[@jordantennant3922]

You gotta think more thinky like - Jon, 2021

[@kylelewis4685]

Zeus is kinda the man... Also I feel like I would first attempt every level with just hobbits before trying anything fancy

[@BradTheAmerican]

I put this on in the background and eventually forgot what game you were playing. Then you mentioned ice arrows and balloon arrows and I was like "wait, that's not Rome Total War."

[@katejones8705]

TABS is silly but entertaining, there's so much variety.

[@T-minus-infinite]

Look around the maps for secret units

[@marnixiii816]

Oh no, we've moved to "It's been on my rader for a while"...

[@Etherealhorn]

I didn't know I needed this.

[@Skreezilla]

Giant pile of Artillery? Let us just send waves and waves and wavers of people! Jon would have been a great General in ww1 BAAAAHH

[@librarianseth5572]

Day 362 of Requesting Zoo Tycoon. This was unexpected, but welcome. Jon messing with crap like this is a highlight of life

[@Zenturio331]

I love this game! Please play more!!

[@AmirDarkOne]

did you know Japanese samurai can deflect any missiles attack, including bullets

[@Ryu_D]

Thank you for the episode.

[@DearWenger]

I've seen this game played a lot but various people and never once have I seen the fun or enjoyment. "Hurr hurr I send 1,000 chickens against a t-rex, hurr this fun" But then Jon gave it a go and I know I'd get something honest from him.... So the fact that even Jon can only _just_ stretch this video out to 30 mins shows how painfully thin on content and fun this game is.

[@Sacharias1]

Considering the fact that neither chickens nor t-rexes are in the game you might be thinking of another battle sim. I think a better representation of the enjoyment of this game can be found in the Steam reviews, where it's currently sitting at "Overwhelmingly Positive" with 98% of the reviews being positive. U lil negative nancy

[@DearWenger]

@@Sacharias1 Well that almost helps me prove my point, this game is so samey with other "hilarious" battle sims that its shtick is entirely indistinguishable from the rest. (Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator was the trex/chickens battle for the record). You might form your opinions based on other people's opinions but I prefer to form my own, and like I said, this game looks catastrophically dull. Even Jon, the master of eeking out video lengths, could only stretch this out to 30mins and you could tell by the end that his fake enthusiasm for the game was waning. People seem to like goat sim and plague inc too but they are right in this "play for 5 minutes, laugh, discard" genre of basic white bitch entertainment. These games are the sort of throw away trash flash game you'd play for free 10-15 years ago to waste time at work. Now apparently they're worth £10-£15. Fuck that.

[@Sacharias1]

​@@DearWenger You being unable to distinguish between games doesn't prove anything other than your own ignorance. I've played the game for upwards of 50 hours. It's a really fun puzzle game, especially when playing campaigns from the Steam workshop.

[@DearWenger]

@@Sacharias1 congratulations. You must be so proud. I am so overwhelmed with emotion that you've had fun playing this game. That doesn't in any way detract from the fact that this game is boringly similar to other "comedy" battle sims. Nor does it change the fact that this game, on my enjoyment scale, looks painfully thin on content and completely lacking in any entertainment whatsoever. I thought maybe I had missed the point of it. But then you see Jon struggling to make a normal length video, coupled with his clear disinterest in it at the end and I get pretty satisfied that I haven't missed anything. If it tickles your fancy, then great. I couldn't care less. Nothing you say will change my conclusions about this game; it's expensive, joyless, bottom-of-the-barrel trash-comedy and therefore shit and instantly missable.

[@Sacharias1]

​@@DearWenger Cool, I can see how a reasonable person would have that strong of an opinion of a game that they haven't even played. It's also €15, hardly expensive. Maybe you should give it a shot, you'd probably find that there's a lot of strategy and creativity to the campaigns.

[@Notorious_C.J.P]

Id love to see jon do a campaign in DAC. That would be a sweet campaign regardless of who he would pick

[@PAINNN666]

DAC?

[@Notorious_C.J.P]

@@PAINNN666 medieval 2 mod, third age total war divide and conquer.

[@Nibmeister]

Potionseller, I'm going into totally accurate battle, and I need only your strongest potions.

[@valguz7196]

Petition for a chill Townscaper livestream

[@burno55_]

Reapers are crazy overpowered in this game.

[@Barista.Nathan]

I've been following TABS since the very beginning, back when there was only one campaign at the Church and the Super Peasant was God.

[@TheHaloring7]

Please play more of this Jon

[@kingoftherevolution4855]

Well this can be nothing but fun

[@archmagus8384]

I laughed a lot thank you Jon

[@DirkDwipple]

Frodo and Bilbo will take on anyone in a barbwire cage match.

[@super_7710]

"you've got to be more thinky like than that" *looks at my 50 spear throwers* o_o

[@BDMotorsport]

That first battle was so good 😂

[@PoisonInc]

AND ALONG CAME ZEUS

[@xaikken]

love your videos mate

[@loganjamesonhatch5050]

the difference in watching jon and captain sauce pplay this game is intellegence versus practice

[@PAINNN666]

Jon. You have control on units since 2019. Just push F

[@PAINNN666]

Jon + TABS = perfect combo.

[@PvEGamingChannel]

War. War never changes.

[@fierce1117]

more of this please!

[@SledgeOfHouseHammer]

Wait until he discovers ballista + cheerleader.

[@Loremaster68]

Or the western faction

[@skaphanatic5657]

So basically what we are looking at is Jon's next Stellaris playthrough being an empire of hobbits?

[@greg2085]

I would love to see another Skyrim playthrough at some point. Maybe with some New mods?