Blue: “Sir, they have us outnumbered three to one!” Red: “Then it is an even fight.”

can't wait for the "2 spirit of the law versus 6AI" video

1 and 2: How I wish I could play. 4 and 5: How I think I can play. 3, 6, 7 and 8: How I actually play.

Frank Old Ai: Goes full on beries Spirit: Oh it is using the faster collection bonus Me: I dont think that was intentional

It took 20 years, but the AI finally learned to not throw whole armies into castles like the Somme was running out of fashion. Progress!

13:06 If you look at the minimap, you can see that poor red sheep finally fulfilled her duty and was called back home. "And now her watch is ended." F

“It’s quite vocal about getting resources....” Yea, and the AI can go chop its’ own wood! Gave the AI 4K wood and it asked for more 2 min later...

27:55 treb going through a closed gate because yes.

we all have a green ai in our personal lives - that nonchalant person who's utterly disinterested in what's happening around them, just want to focus on their own life without a care of anything else while everyone else is running around and fighting each other for success in life

22:35 "Yea they gonna get through that gate in not too long" *AI just walks through*

Cuauhtemoc did his best trying to carry all this noobs.

SOTL has such a buttery voice and I love it

18:44 love that 40 minute imperial-age militia

12:18 "Those walls. Thats some weird AI there.. its only going to delay" Me: Walls in front of villagers makes them feel safe and be more productive. dont judge ......

Here is what really impressed me about the updated AI: -The AI strategies include various rushes -Sheep scouting -Lures deer with scout - Will walk through holes in your wall to raid your town -go around your castle -Kite archers in groups What really took me off-guard.. is that the AI will send a villager to repair mangonels. I had to double-check that I wasn't fighting a human opponent While the updated AI still got some of the original AI's flaws (like still never walling and spastic against trushes)I never in my wildest dreams would have predicted such a vastly improved AI.

Love the new intro can’t wait till you finish it

Oh shit yeah the intro is back ;o; Worth the wait for that new DE footage. Can't wait to watch the intro build up over time all over again

Blue: There's six of them and two of us. Red: LET'S GO MUG'EM!

I love it when the AIs ask for all resources simultaneously and it ends up sounding like 'fold please!' /s

My favourite strategy of the new AI is the strategic sheep patrol. And I loll'd so hard when the frank AI stone walled his own lumberjacks. Whatever AI lacks in finer logic, it more than surpasses with multi-tasking and macro-management.

I kind of want to see a 1v1 of AIs each with a human "ally" that can only use the commands to try and direct the AI to victory.

I've been playing around with the new A.I. and old. I enjoyed making random challenges for it. Like 1V7 but every time one of the 7 takes out a completed castle I torpedo that player. Or try to sabotage it by ordering its units around in a 1v1.

New intro in DE graphics! HYPE

Yet again, I'm watching someone watching a computer play against another computer...

I tested 6 vs 2 extensively with the HD AI and they always beat the original CD AI on pure land maps. It's different with water though where they tend to lose sometimes. The HD AI does especially well with ranged units, because they just send units into the general direction of the enemy and the range helps attacking actual targets.

Imagine trying to destroy a stone building with volley of arrows.

NOOOOOO shortened intro? I love your old intro and never skipped it ;_;

8:46 Blue's getting so cocky, it's helping the enemy AI with their bear

dad got me on original aoe almost 15 years ago, havent touched it for almost 10 years. Watching one of your videos got me to get definitive. Great vids man.

Karambitcoin's value going down instead of up like the old intro lol

27:57 just a trebuchet sliding through a closed gate.

Spirit, could you try out the new AI commands by doing a 2v2 where the human players are only allowed to feed and command?

1:25 The most important part of the video, in glorious modern graphics. Love it!

Green is building a wall at the edge of the map...

I loved how Franks went from no-militia-drush to stone-wall-off-your-own-lumber-camp to 50-minutes-imp and finally no-bracer-cav-archers

the de intro!!! love it! but please don't shorten it, bring it back to the original length :(

The handling of walls by both old and new AI is weird. The old AI never linked their walls together - they'd leave all kinds of awkward no-man's lands between their allies. The new AI still gets super hung up about encountering walls. It sometimes seems to mass archers against a fortified wall... that they can just walk around.

I feel like if the Franks had actually shown up the old AI may have stood a chance, those early eagles looked pretty dicey for a second but without any support they couldn't keep the pressure on

8:05 There was a Scot having fun with her sister behind the tree, and she was awaiting her time. Now I understand the importance of walling the edge of the map. * _The things that come from the dark void_ *

OMG THE NEW INTRO

This series is so good honestly, I can't wait to see more

Finally the intro :D ... I hope that it'll become longer as more games are played and more highlights get clipped. I'm glad about the supremacy villager, the demo-ship, the goth gameplan and the lightsabers (which last too little though). I still need a couple insane onager headshots and some nice micro (and a horse-moonwalk if possible). I'd also love some broken-Steppelancers and respawning Konniks clips.

Liked because you put the intro song back in, even though it should be longer.

I think 1v4 would be a tense matchup. Hope you decide to do more of these, I'm thoroughly enjoying them.

I don't know why youtube recommended a channel focussing on a game I've not played in 10 years but boy am I glad it did

Nice job re-creating your intro! Was not expecting that!

Awesome video! Cool to see an updated intro, and watching AI match-ups is really interesting!

Would love to see New AI vs New AI vs 6 Old AI 3 teams

Just what i was waiting for, ty

He protecc He attacc But most importantly: THE INTRO IS BACC

12:03 Sounds like you said "evil warrior" But is it bad that I root more for the CD AI during these?

The intro is back! And it's more beautiful than ever! Also, great video, thanks for everything Spirit.

I love Spirit's new intro so much!!!! YES

I done this myself with a ludicrous map. The battle raged on for ages as they all advanced to imperial age and all had relatively large armies. I'll try and get some time to replay it and upload it :)

Watched the 1v7 now this. I think it would be amazing with one where you did a 1v7 and 2v6 but where all the ai was the same exact nations/factions so that we can really see the difference in the ai. That way they have the same units stats and available buildings+ bonuses. What do you guys think? :)

Super satisfying commentating aswell, you have a relaxing voice, do some more videos like this :P

If the new AI is very aggressive with its scout, does it mean the AI scouting is aggressive or the top ELO players' scouting is aggressive? As well as going under the TC too much.

Love the new vs old videos. I've gotten back into playing AoE2 again and I'm glad I did.

Came here cause AoE2 Definitive Edition videos were recommended to me, staying here for the diversity of content in relation to AoE2 (despite me only being familiar with AoE3). Also i would love to see more AI battles! These really fascinate me for some reason.

The refreshed intro is neat, can't wait for more content ^^

It's really interesting to see you try and decipher some sort of meaning from the actions the AI do

6:03 ELEPHANT MONK NEW UNIT YESSSSS oh awwwwww New patch: Persian war elephants can convert other elephants to the cause!

You updated the Intro with DE graphics, love it!!!

12:51 the new AI is just like "I'm 15 moves ahead of you and everyone else"

Living for the AI vs AI videos

Intro music! I'm so happy to hear it again :D

Oh my God he actually made the intro Thank you spirit ❤️

I seem to remember having an easy time with the AI in my first campaign in HD against the Huns. Until I got to mission 4... the first mission where the AI gets to go imperial. At which point, the AI started churning out wave after wave of paladins and crossbows. The HD AIs and later seem to get particularly vicious once they hit Imperial Age.

22:36 huh?! how the heck was the cavalry at the right gate being able to get through? O.o btw. the old a.i. rarely slings. in fact, when they die they just give all their ressources to the next teamplayer.

These videos have been randomly suggested and now I’m addicted

Early game red: Please stop bullying me with eagle warriors Late game red: I will destroy your bloodline with siege weapons

This series must continue. Nothing better than watching new upgraded bots fighting old bots and destroying them 👀

22:35 "Pathfinding"

In the future AI will be unbeatable. Imagine being able to micromanage infantry, arches, cavalry and siege at the same time,, where the humans players are focusing on one army.

Aboslutely loved this! you need to do more of these

As usual, great video! Always great to listen to you talking about AoE2 Btw: loving the new DE intro ;)

id like to see tons of these, 1 old and 1 new as a team, 2 new 1 old against 1 new all else old, and even just doing it again but picking the civilizations and making interesting comps, i really like these ai battles.

Would love to see more of these with some different setups. I like it!

I like this experiment :) its a game I grew up playing so its awesome to see someone be just as passionate. keep up the good work :D great videos.

yay, definitive intro!

You could say now it's *DEFINITIVE*

Thanks for sharing, recently I`ve started playing aoe2 again and your videos are very useful !

28:57 That poor trebuchet D:

Love these videos we need you to play a game with you against a number of extreme new ai.

I was just finished watching the 1v7 video and you followed it up just now. I need a new cup of pop corn.

Finally, a new intro with new graphics.

I'm a Hungarian. Makes me laugh every time I hear you say Magyars :D

i was waiting for intro for a long time !!!!!

Hey Spirit! As a suggestion I was wondering if you could do a playthrough of the campaigns I'm sure a lot of people would enjoy your commentary on them and maybe some trivia of the historical events being depicted.

Subbed for having the intro again!

Liking the HD intro remake!

Spirit, can you do a video on how strong “All Tech” would be if it were a civilization?

Yes, but what happened to the sheep?

Haven't watched yet, but I'm so excited this got done.

22:37 anyone else see the hussar run straight through the gate?

You did a video on the best civ pairings based on team bonuses. I'd love to see a similar one with optimal civ combinations for 4v4 games.

hey man great vid, please make more vids like this with AI

That sheep patrolling in front of the tree cracked me up way more than it should have.

Thank you for doing more Ai vs Ai, it's such easy watching. I have an appetite for more. Like do predicted civ wins actually happen in new Ai vs new Ai?

11:52 Such a diligent sheep guarding the area. Who's a good boy?