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How Total War self-immolated, with its now broken flamethrowers, and then tried to be reborn from the ashes as a phoenix, to instead hatch as a scarred little ugly duckling.
The playlist for this video series:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlmEEm6A0j5BqZmcDFQHFJeS64-Mg2uAH
The Reddit thread for this video series:
reddit.com/r/Volound/comments/is77kf/ideas_for_future_total_war_critique_subjects
Juggernauts being uncooperative:
youtube.com/watch?v=HtM6nx3nX8c
Medieval 2 being indomitable:
youtube.com/watch?v=XScZlNPlpFo
The Shogun 2 snowy peaks:
youtube.com/watch?v=xwfTqv3LLvg
Dishonored bullet dodging:
youtube.com/watch?v=rDDkBCzodoY
Dishonored's magic happening all on its own:
youtu.be/thWx83i6-mQ?t=6584
Dishonored 2's blink equivalent timings being off:
youtube.com/watch?v=_XnLsLoVuWE
Dishonored's blink being frame perfect in combat:
youtu.be/xhHOofyslSE?t=220
Dishonored's NPCs attacking with hearing:
youtu.be/vNtUc5xF4zA?t=47
Dishonored guard being trolled:
youtu.be/v1OjCYTiUWM?t=134
Dishonored vase being knocked over for the double-juke:
youtu.be/TkrcbzJCJ6w?t=89
Clockner's triple-juke with bend time:
youtu.be/jj-6z-ClhP8?t=371
Dishonored magnum opus:
youtube.com/watch?v=qXWYbHfjrj4
Total War Cat's Chain Reactioning in Napoleon. Well edited original that you need to see:
youtu.be/7D_WAiEMI0Y?t=489
The Nagashino spaced hill deployment variation:
youtube.com/watch?v=oC8qaqtbzFw
The supporting gameplay that conveys firearm mechanics in Warhammer:
youtube.com/watch?v=LHFjMsedlKk
Weathering the storm in Rome 2, unsuccessfully:
youtu.be/0sCiuj_WspAt=126
Testudo being broken in Rome 2, even after several patches:
youtube.com/watch?v=SMxdQNpKtvg
The awful "testudo" of Three Kingdoms:
youtube.com/watch?v=GHW2NlC29ts
Rome 1 being effortlessly supreme:
youtube.com/watch?v=OaOke9F7V1M , youtube.com/watch?v=EV60-dY5w4E
Hugo Martin DOOM interview:
youtu.be/qBHIalb01ew?t=2512
Clockner's beasting on DOOM 2016:
youtube.com/watch?v=72S2aAxtZOs
The modular approach to armies being done in 2013:
youtube.com/watch?v=bcahSa0ygTw
Ents with turret-arms:
youtube.com/watch?v=Ldak2bg9qt8
Cosmic's general being killed by a flag:
youtu.be/NMeg57oSMy0?t=1205
Rome 2 early AI running through pikes to get to the capture point:
youtube.com/watch?v=SGFcUWzzO-8
The first taking of Kyoto on turn 1:
youtube.com/watch?v=wWXIyoO4VqM
Landing on Kyushu as the Hattori in early game:
youtube.com/watch?v=_RMjBmj9qjg
The swinging chains of platformers in DOOM Eternal:
youtu.be/sMKZ2X0rDqg?t=4463
The greater absurdity that looms for Total War naval combat:
youtu.be/I1pRfyvcOm0?t=562
Rome 2's broken AI on launch:
youtu.be/P_QK-lcW8a8?t=450
4 losses in Troy:
youtube.com/watch?v=-sigc0BexL8
Shogun 2 letting you use units in novel ways:
youtube.com/watch?v=G-j-L4_TSWs
Thanks to Clockner, Total War Cat, RepublicOfPlay, Saif, Roadie, RegularGhost and Dakky for their part in my research and preparations for the video. This was a pretty big undertaking.
Special Thanks to @Total War CAT for Russian translation.
#totalwar #emergentgameplay #dontcarelookscool
0:00 Modern Total War
3:00 Trainwrecks and dumpster fires
4:40 Swimming to safety
6:25 Emergent Gameplay
8:10 Sweet spots. Hitting and Missing.
10:05 Discovering and building
11:45 Improvising in Total War
19:20 Rome 2's launched testudo
21:25 The awful "testudo" of Three Kingdoms
23:50 Rome 1 being supreme
28:30 Funnelling players into playing "the right way".
34:00 The fallacy of difficulty-based combat modifiers
38:42 Acting without anticipation
46:00 Army limits and Supply lines
47:30 Shogun 2 being the true sandbox
50:00 The false narrative of diversity
53:00 The fallacy of unit diversity
55:00 Meaningful decisions and family trees
1:04:00 Pre-conceived gameplay is superficial
1:05:00 Standards and the future
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How Total War self-immolated, with its now broken flamethrowers, and then tried to be reborn from the ashes as a phoenix, to instead hatch as a scarred little ugly duckling.
The playlist for this video series:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlmEEm6A0j5BqZmcDFQHFJeS64-Mg2uAH
The Reddit thread for this video series:
reddit.com/r/Volound/comments/is77kf/ideas_for_future_total_war_critique_subjects
Juggernauts being uncooperative:
youtube.com/watch?v=HtM6nx3nX8c
Medieval 2 being indomitable:
youtube.com/watch?v=XScZlNPlpFo
The Shogun 2 snowy peaks:
youtube.com/watch?v=xwfTqv3LLvg
Dishonored bullet dodging:
youtube.com/watch?v=rDDkBCzodoY
Dishonored's magic happening all on its own:
youtu.be/thWx83i6-mQ?t=6584
Dishonored 2's blink equivalent timings being off:
youtube.com/watch?v=_XnLsLoVuWE
Dishonored's blink being frame perfect in combat:
youtu.be/xhHOofyslSE?t=220
Dishonored's NPCs attacking with hearing:
youtu.be/vNtUc5xF4zA?t=47
Dishonored guard being trolled:
youtu.be/v1OjCYTiUWM?t=134
Dishonored vase being knocked over for the double-juke:
youtu.be/TkrcbzJCJ6w?t=89
Clockner's triple-juke with bend time:
youtu.be/jj-6z-ClhP8?t=371
Dishonored magnum opus:
youtube.com/watch?v=qXWYbHfjrj4
Total War Cat's Chain Reactioning in Napoleon. Well edited original that you need to see:
youtu.be/7D_WAiEMI0Y?t=489
The Nagashino spaced hill deployment variation:
youtube.com/watch?v=oC8qaqtbzFw
The supporting gameplay that conveys firearm mechanics in Warhammer:
youtube.com/watch?v=LHFjMsedlKk
Weathering the storm in Rome 2, unsuccessfully:
youtu.be/0sCiuj_WspAt=126
Testudo being broken in Rome 2, even after several patches:
youtube.com/watch?v=SMxdQNpKtvg
The awful "testudo" of Three Kingdoms:
youtube.com/watch?v=GHW2NlC29ts
Rome 1 being effortlessly supreme:
youtube.com/watch?v=OaOke9F7V1M , youtube.com/watch?v=EV60-dY5w4E
Hugo Martin DOOM interview:
youtu.be/qBHIalb01ew?t=2512
Clockner's beasting on DOOM 2016:
youtube.com/watch?v=72S2aAxtZOs
The modular approach to armies being done in 2013:
youtube.com/watch?v=bcahSa0ygTw
Ents with turret-arms:
youtube.com/watch?v=Ldak2bg9qt8
Cosmic's general being killed by a flag:
youtu.be/NMeg57oSMy0?t=1205
Rome 2 early AI running through pikes to get to the capture point:
youtube.com/watch?v=SGFcUWzzO-8
The first taking of Kyoto on turn 1:
youtube.com/watch?v=wWXIyoO4VqM
Landing on Kyushu as the Hattori in early game:
youtube.com/watch?v=_RMjBmj9qjg
The swinging chains of platformers in DOOM Eternal:
youtu.be/sMKZ2X0rDqg?t=4463
The greater absurdity that looms for Total War naval combat:
youtu.be/I1pRfyvcOm0?t=562
Rome 2's broken AI on launch:
youtu.be/P_QK-lcW8a8?t=450
4 losses in Troy:
youtube.com/watch?v=-sigc0BexL8
Shogun 2 letting you use units in novel ways:
youtube.com/watch?v=G-j-L4_TSWs
Thanks to Clockner, Total War Cat, RepublicOfPlay, Saif, Roadie, RegularGhost and Dakky for their part in my research and preparations for the video. This was a pretty big undertaking.
Special Thanks to @Total War CAT for Russian translation.
#totalwar #emergentgameplay #dontcarelookscool
0:00 Modern Total War
3:00 Trainwrecks and dumpster fires
4:40 Swimming to safety
6:25 Emergent Gameplay
8:10 Sweet spots. Hitting and Missing.
10:05 Discovering and building
11:45 Improvising in Total War
19:20 Rome 2's launched testudo
21:25 The awful "testudo" of Three Kingdoms
23:50 Rome 1 being supreme
28:30 Funnelling players into playing "the right way".
34:00 The fallacy of difficulty-based combat modifiers
38:42 Acting without anticipation
46:00 Army limits and Supply lines
47:30 Shogun 2 being the true sandbox
50:00 The false narrative of diversity
53:00 The fallacy of unit diversity
55:00 Meaningful decisions and family trees
1:04:00 Pre-conceived gameplay is superficial
1:05:00 Standards and the future
Best way to support me and what I do:
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