Or one knight if you forget murder holes

Don't ever forget murder holes o.o

Unless there is a guy repairing it.

If someone want to prove it can't be done feel free to try. - Show us video with someone shooting 4800 arrows on a historically accurate castle.

Or that predominantly stone structures burn in glorious flame after being hit by a sword too many times.

The size that can only fit 20 men.

You know that every person is very particular about having their own room. Needy bastardy keep or dragging out full scale landings.

"Help, help! They're castle rushing!"

Been there done that.

Maybe

Now now, Shad. Remember the catchphrase "DEATH TO ALL MISINFORMATION".

Don't listen to Martin, Shad definitely built the wooden castle just so he could do a frenchman impression from Monty Python for this review.

If you aren't asking seriously... then yes he only built it for this video. If you are asking seriously then... He actually built it for his kids to play, but that was some time ago.

+Filip You mean he built it for himself to play in, and provisionally allows his kids to join him!

I know, and that's kind of funny, seeing as it was the least innovative game in the series. AoE1 played a crucial role in laying down the foundations of the RTS genre (together with the original C&C games), AoM effectively created the modern RTS game by combining classic RTS gameplay with RPG-style powerups, and AoE3 was the game that proved that state-of-the-art graphics didn't need to be the reserve of shooters and RPGs. AoE2, meanwhile, was effectively just a copy of AoE1 gameplay-wise. Don't get me wrong, I love it like I do every game in the series, but my hands-down favourite is AoE3, and I do have difficulty understanding why so many people gravitate towards the most tedious game in the series.

Probably of the nostalgia, I really liked Age of empire 3, because of the gunpowder era and napoleonic wars, but stil my best Age of empires is the second one, so much memories. Age of empires 1 did not attract attention as the second one

I don't think it's just nostalgia. It may not have been as innovative as some of the others, but that doesn't detract from its overall quality. It is everything the first one was, with some improvements. One of the main reasons why back in the day I mainly played 2 despite loving 1 as well, was the auto-renewable farms. Minor change but very welcome. And I never really got into 3 because I'm just not a fan of that time period. AoE and gun powder don't mix for me. Ancient and medieval times is where my heart is at.

For gun powder age and napoleonic war, I will go for coassacks

Age of Empires 1 set a foundation which Age of Empires II perfected. In my opinion, Age of Empires III then attempted to expand and/or build beyond the game and though it was good, it did not perfect the gameplay. I have not played Age of Mythology. Note: No game can be perfect, however, some can come close enough for it to be noticeable. Furthermore, I may be biased towards Age of Empires II. I do definitely find it more suited to my tastes. Take my words with a grain of salt but consider them nonetheless.

Sephyrias civ depending

+Elite Well some of the civilizations do not have access to every upgrade and some of these (Stronghold and Crenellations) are civilization specific. I think I also left out one from the newer expansions.

Thanks for the info, specially the 10 tip, i didnt know that!

You did forget the persian one from HD which damages rams more. I think it is called boiling oil.

But what about dragons? No dragon upgrade?

me too

...It's only a model... ;-)

William Hutchison Who doesn't love the French Taunter?

indeed

King Arthur doesn't seem very fond of The French Taunter. But he may be biased.

I always knew those pesky Normans were unrealistic! #RealCastlesHaveCurves

Jen'ari-asha Oh yes... those dam sexy curves on them castles... mmm it's almost *orgasmic*

Soldier pokes farm with a spear The farm starts burning AOE cant do anything wrong

Poking something with a spear creates friction. Friction creates heat. Heat creates fire. Check m8.

Yeah, and a fat king runs faster than a horse.

Eval Penguin Ohh that was just AMAZING! Our lives are changed now after that intro!

To be fair, Age II civs are more akin to "people" rather than nation.

Well, actually, those in the first group you mentioned were no more "nations" than those in the second. Scholars argue whether or not a "nation" it is a rather modern phenomenon, but there was nothing even close to a Celtic nation, Britonic nation, etc., back then. Most of those names are derived from historic peoples that often have little in common with the civilization they are supposed to represent in AoE. While they are often anachronistic, vague and confusing, I guess it's working well in some aspects. It leaves room for interpretation, so a single civ tends to cover a whole lot more then it would, were its name more specific.

@Alfred North Whitehead Yea, they are not modern nations but I'd still argue that they were more nation-like than things like the Vikings and the Teutonic. For Viking is more of an activity the scandinavian did. The thing which called "Teutonic" that had association with the Teutonic Knights was the Teutonic Order, which is a religious/military order.

*** Britons *** There are several meanings of "Britons". In pre-Roman times it meant all of the Celtic population of the isles of 'Britannia', as was its more poetic usage for everyone inhabiting the British Isles sometime later on. From some point in early Middle-Ages until today, "Britons" or "Brythons" denoted a group of all non-Goidelic Insular Celtic peoples speaking Welsh, Cumbrian (extinct), Cornish and Breton languages (or if you like, all Celts inhabiting modern-day England, Wales and Brittany in France). Only until much later in 1707 when the United Kingdom of Great Britain came into being, that term saw its usage for denoting the citizens of the new nation - the UK. Prior to that, there were attempts at unifying Britain, but there was hardly anything resembling a British nation before 1707. *** Celts *** "Celts" are such a broad term, that in one of the above-mentioned contexts you can include "Britons" as a subgroup of them. There is no unified Celtic nation today, let alone in the middle-ages. *** Vikings *** Vikings were traders, raiders, explorers and colonists; as such only a more enterprising part of the Scandinavian (Norse) society, not a group with some separate nation-like consciousness - so while I agree with you, to the natives they invaded they appeared as a separate, invading factor, with own cultural distinctions. Whether it is a good term or not, 'Viking' is still used scientifically to denote most of the culturally Norse entities that existed outside of Scandinavia. There was never a unified Viking nation, but rather a Viking cultural group (or Norse, if you prefer), much like the Celts in the above-mentioned context. *** Teutons *** Latin was a popular language with Western medieval, especially ecclesiastical elite. As such, every significant toponym and demonym in any western European language had its Latin counterpart. Latin name for the Teutonic Order was "Ordo domus Sanctæ Mariæ Theutonicorum Hierosolymitanorum" which literally stands for "Order of Brothers of the German House of Saint Mary in Jerusalem". As you see, "Theutonicorum" or Teutonic, stands for German. It was just one of the names (along 'German', 'Goth', "Alleman') for the German cultural and linguistic group - based on an ancient Celtic or Germanic tribes with little correlation to the medieval Germans and even less with the Teutonic Order. Have in mind that the Teutonic Order also had its own State of the Teutonic Order, a powerful entity that lasted for 300 years that conducted conquests, colonization, conversion and germanization of other peoples, until it was succeeded by Prussia, yet another German state that would later unify all of Germany. Seeing as how fanatical and specific they were in enforcing their religion and "national" values (such as language), if we consider that AoE "Teutons" represent Teutonic Order, they could very well be considered more nation-like then the others on this list, being that the others are merely denoting some loose groups of people. I think that much like with the first three, "Teutons" is just another poetic name for a larger group of peoples, in this case the medieval Germans. You can see the pattern Ensemble Studios went for, and there are other examples (Franks, Saracens, etc.)

T2266 because they are civilisations instead of nations

You trow pommels at them

dragons do not deserve to be ended rightly

Felix Nadler we all know they do diserve to be ended rightly.

Well to take care of them you get some siege weapons, that can fire hooks or large nets over the dragon. To try and bind it to the ground and keep it from flying. Than you stuff it full of holes and have cannon folder on stand by to act as meat shields for the range units.

Indeed. wat if dargons did these keeps a heckin bamboozle?

AdalRoderick rogan

It is good to be the king.

Gold please

Monk! I need a monk!

Enemy sighted!

daddyleon it felt like waiting for tbe wonder to be fully built!

I felt like the Huns researched 'atheism', when I just go them relics!

*Badum tis*

Me too! Read that goddamn little book with all the explanations so many times. And I knew more things in history class than the others afterwards. :D

TheShadowFires YES!! I read the booklet that came with the game over and over and over as a kid, I was only allowed to play the game 30-45 minutes per day, so I spent a ton of time reading the booklets lol Still have them laying around somewhere

I really would like to see that too, your not alone.

How has he still never done this??

@Shadiversity

That's so awesome, thanks heaps mate!

Shadiversity No problem! Without you I would never have gotten interested into Castles, so thank you!

T90Official - Age Of Empires 2 I am surprised castles in AoE 2 got so much of it right. Anyway, love your streams everyday :D

lol

Can you get him to cast the final of a tournament? I think that it will please the fans of history and will introduce more fans to the studies of the past.

Legends say T90 watched every video on youtube with "age of empires II" in the title , twice!

Whoa didn't expect to find T90 in here

Eh, just send a worker to give it a good knocking and it's fine again.

Malivamar a few times? More like 300 times :P

Man that only happens if you forget to make Murder Holes for your castles :)

I wonder if somebody should do a mod where units instead of attacking buildings with melee weapons instead try to throw flaming torches on them. Why would would this work on a castle is because a castle would still use considerable amount of wood in its internal structure.

Adam Baker that's what they did for the aoe3

Awesome!

Damn, you just converted my stables to Christianity. But that is alright, I have researched atheism, so it committed suicide.

Shad wears a red shirt. Wololo Shad wears a blue shirt.

damn, you are right.

Wololo!

People asked for it, so I made it ^_^

I'm so envious!

Awesome, you're a legend!

Accent inception?

yes you could. Would not really be used to tear down walls, but quite often decaying corpses were flung over walls of cities and castles to cause the plague.

you can use 'em in warlords battlecry 2 when playing as orc civ and also trolls can throw sheep :)

Yup totally, they were demoralizing and disgusting. You could throw anything you could fit in the basket or sling. Trebuchets in Empires: Dawn of the Modern World could throw cows as a special ability. Also, I'd like to say that Warrior Kings let this happen as well, tho not 100%.

Prepaarring Carrrcass

That would be amazing, especially the Twilight Princess and Breath of the Wild Versions!

Christoffer Gavelli Huh that one would be interesting, tho we dont get to see much of the wall Street

It looks to me like a large part of it would call back to the "fantasy castle vs Real castle" part. Still, I think such a video could be interesting, as the zelda castles may have other defences.

damn you beat me to it. i really wish that shad could use hie super brain to reconstuct Hyrule castle from Breath of the Wild with his mind and sea if it is accurate or not.

try doing it in Stronghold. it's a bit more flexible with castle designs

have the wooden badger as well.