Once they saw they were goners, they should have Shielded every world they could. It'd both permanently protect themselves from the Unbidden and return them to the way of life they loved best.

Bob may not be able to see you making fun of him, or hear you insulting him. But he can smell your fear. And he is always sniffing.

I love the idea that the Overlord just threw all those resources on the blobs, but the blobs didn't even understand that there was another being and just assumed it was more stuff naturally appearing.

'We motioned to the things that felt shiny' God i love your humour, never change.

Imagine surviving in a galaxy because your planet was forcefully shielded, not knowing what lies on the other side waiting and hungry.

The Unbidden now use their jump drives. That's how they were getting into just random places.

Is it a bad sign for my sense of humor that you got me with EVERY new civilization leader announcement?

That 'underground ore' event isn't unique to subterranean empires. It is however different text.

The Crystal Bane is best handled by constant orbital bombardment by a single ship to keep it from healing, then sending down waves of army units to whittle it down. It's expensive, but it works

very impressed with laths ability to roleplay this empire :D "wait ... we are in a federation?" "we are at war, when did that happen?"

Fun fact for subterranean turtle build: you don’t actually need shield generators on your worlds in a panic situation, between the tradition bonus and your origin bonus your at max bombardment mitigation already

Okay that thumbnail was an instant click. And of course… Stellaris is a series I wish to see continued in the future.

Headcanon the Blobs just retreated to the depths of their caverns living their lives in peace and prosperity just like the thousands of years before but this time with new shiny things and technologies they got from the "above ground" and the "black void".

As a huge fan of off-meta builds I really appreciated that you picked civics/origins etc that just seemed fun and role play-ish

That vassalisation is actually amazing. -80% tech cost from being a protectorate AND an advanced overlord that will safeguard your borders for you. Even without the silly AI willingness to give you a massive subsidy.

I found that accepting to be a vassal of a big empire is a very legit strat for high difficulties now, especially because it's VERY easy to get a contract that give the overlord no ressources but still have them defend you.

never seen lathland have an ending to his game like this before. an interesting change of pass

Your playthroughs have singlehandedly got me back into Stellaris. also always fun to see someone else with dyslexia struggle to read the tiny windows.

This is an origin I'm actively playing and love as a new addition. You're right about relaxing being the word. We took different ethics, and I'm Lithoid, but more or less the same rest. I do diplomacy, though. :) What delights me is that having tons of troops garrisoned on worlds with tons of defenses. I have no fleet, and I've managed to get empires to quit wars because invading was just way too much work!

I randomly took Subterranean for a Megacorp playthrough to replicate a race from my books, a species that has a habit of hollowing out small planets and turning the outer shell into a fortress for PMCs and the interiors for a combination of galactic Megamall and vast slave network to keep it going. I had so much fun playing that game that subterranean has become one of my new favorite origins.

Suggestion for a revenge playthrough: your entire civilisation was built up with the express purpose to destroy you-know-who, but they arrive very early so it's still very much a challenge

subterranean very strong lithoids are hilariously good

53:03 I've never related to something as much as this. I love Stellaris for this EXACT reason. For some reason I just love micro management. Tweaking little things to make them all nice and pretty. Making the tiny meaningless numbers go up just a tad bit more. I think there's just something strangely cathartic about the sameness of it all. It's relaxing and yet also dynamic enough to where I can't just go on complete autopilot or get bored of it.

Given the description of the species, I do wonder why repugnant wasn't one of the chosen traits.

Subterranean mutants, or as they more commonly called, basement dwellers.

To the algorithm gods, I sacrifice this beautiful comment

We're not going to take on a leviathan, we're not going to take on a fallen empire, we don't know whats going on. We're at war, when did that happen.... I'm loving this

Stellaris is a series I wish to see more of in the future :-)

Always great to see another full playthrough like this in my subscriptions! \o/ Edit: making sure it's the Unbidden next time and bullying them into a whole different galaxy sounds like fun.

I did not expect that ending. I'm stunned. Watching to see what happens though was neat! Keep it random! Love the series, love the vidyas, and love the personalized intros you've been doin!

Honestly, I for one would like to watch you fight the Unbidden again on your terms. Stick it to those shiny freaks! On the other hand, seems like the Unbidden are the only crisis appearing these days, so maybe a series against a guaranteed Scourge or Contingency would be fun too.

Something SUPREMELY messed up I once did as "pacifists" I was playing with gigastructures, shielded the devouring swarm... Then proceeded to strip-mine the technically still inhabited planets once the war finished up

That's an interesting take, to look at the juggernaut as a mobile citadel instead of a mobile shipyard. Very interesting, thank you.

I looooved the ending of this episode. It was so different from what you usually do

Really nice relaxing playthrough, wish it could have ended in a win, but dang, entertaining at usually sir Best highlight "I talk for a living"...funny on many different levels, and "I'm basically an NPC! I don't know what is going on! War? What? And who is this!?" Put a smile on my face. Keep up the great work!

interaction! been looking forward to more Overlord playthroughs, you're super entertaining to watch in both content and commentary. great video Lath!

cave dwellers and lithoids is an amazing combo too, highly reccomend giving it a try sometime

Brilliant as always! Just what i needed today, had a rough one myself so this chill and fun playthrough is just what the doctor ordered!

"That's just my five pound fift. AKA two cents" Fucking *brutal*

This is excactly what hapens when you "overcrowd" the galaxy and don't get a bunch of homeworlds early on. Galaxy empire amount is the secret seccond difficulty scale. Depending on your empire type (isolationists get it harder, cooperatives get it easier)

Love all of your vids so so much! Immediate priority of watching whenever i see you've uploaded something! Been here since your first From the depths playthrough

These are some of my favourite videos on KZfaq thank you.

It's honestly kinda nice to see a playthrough of Stellaris where the player actually loses. Not only that, it wasn't a quick, obvious loss. Stellaris often feels like one of those games where, once you learn to survive the early game against AIs with numerical head starts, you just don't lose any more. Rest in peace, Bob "The Blob" Blorginton the Many.

i was just wondering when the next playthrough would come out !! thank you lathrix !!

Thanks for always uploading such great content mate. I'm glad to have followed you for all this time.

These playthrouhgs are the best Stellaris content on the internet.

I'm so happy that I found your channel, you're so special. I watched all of your newest stellaris videos, absolute cinema. Thank you for these precious content. Love from Brazil.

I got to see this as soon as it was posted. I'm so happy. Love you're vids lathax.

for me all your full playthroughs pop up in first place recommended, keep em comin! (:

I'm a new fan and I really appreciate your videos for the casual humor and roleplay, but it has been great for teaching me how to play the game. Thank you and please keep making videos like these.

I don't always watch all the way all your video but I'm in admiration for the work done and the enjoyable animation ;)

Glorious - I appreciate the time lapse at the end as well, thank you!

Glad to hear that this play gave you a lift in your day. Love these videos man, keep being awesome!

Always love the full playthroughs

stumbled across your channel and i really like your work. thanks for the entertainment!

I imagine the Overlord was Patronizing and Egaltarian in his or her approach to uplifting the Blob, little to know this was akin to giving a dimwitted cow a super intelligence relay and a nuke. When they were shielded in independence they were shown what their hubris got them.

you do indeed talk for a living. it’s a great voice to hear.

Such a fun playthrough! Really showed how losing can be fun (to watch). I fully support playing with fun builds rather than meta builds. That extra flavor and tension makes it even better. Keep up the amazing work! :)

Alway love this type of videos, thank you for making them and take care Lathryx

man that was hilarious :D i enjoyed every minute of it! especially how you formed your story around the strange blob people and their parasitic ways to freedom :D

I'm very sorry to hear that you've been having a hard go of things over the past few weeks. I have enjoyed much of your content and found you through your From The Depths playthroughs. Your approachability and honest nature make your channel very refreshing to watch - a lot of people kind of "put on" a personality in their videos. You are good enough at presenting to not need to rely on some of those over the top yt style personas. I hope that things go well for you in the coming weeks - things have been exceedingly bad for myself, as well. Watching videos like yours is a bright spot in a dim time. Cheers, Lath!

Excellent video. While I wasn't expecting the 'surprise ending' it was still a really good video. Thank you for taking the time to produce.

Enjoyed the video! I like that you are mixing it up, the variety is nice :)

1:06:11 The unbidden ships come with psi jump drives equipped, they just never really used them before the 3.1 Lem update, I'm pretty sure. They've always had them but only recently started using them

Yesssss, these playthroughs are always soooo relaxing :)

Stellaris is such a good game, glad that you're still playing it!

YES!! STELLARIS!! I've LOVED playing this game since I got it in May! LOVE LOVE LOVE IT Lath! Love your content!

love it! Subterranean might be my favorite new origin.

The algorithm cares not from where the interaction comes from, only that it continues to flow.

Thanks for making this game super interesting with making lore for the species u play as. And I wish to see more of Stellaris in the future!

I always enjoy watching your content.

commenting simply for the algorithm so he can upload more. Absolutely love these as I watch them in the background whilst I grind away in Kenshi. Been watching for several years keep up the good work.

It is quite annoying that long form content is so bad for the algorithm, since I love these videos.

The bliss were such an adorable, endearing, delightful parasite

Always appreciate your series ❤️

31:30 had me dying of laughter.... paradox really upped the difficulty of stellaris, now the players feel like old AI. Interaction for the algorithm!

Great video; I liked seeing you face something scary. It seems like being vassalized is a good alternative to turning on scaling.

This series always makes my day, continue it! :D

“We just can’t communicate” yeah I vibe with that

Yeah!! Another full playthrough, thank you man!!

Comment to show that Stellaris is a series I wish to see continued in the future.

New sub and this is the first vid I caught the same day, keep up the good work!

Int-er-Action. also well put together as always and that was a bit of a curve ball

Really enjoyed this one. Great job!

Always a pleasure seeing you upload another video 👌

I thought blue had it but green suddenly exploded at the end and swept the galaxy.

Any run where you lose your first war with the aliens is going to be something special, I love when Paradox games can still rear back and kick a true world-class veteran in the teeth. That's part of the fundamental Paradox experience... as is exploiting the war-ending systems to absolutely hilarious effect. The start of this playthrough is just the most spectacular thing I've seen. Your playstyle here was so different from the usual galactic conquest, it really was a joy to watch, and you seemed to enjoy it a lot too. Sometimes the management style just clicks. Also, one thing I really appreciate is you stopping to note the passing of leaders and their accomplishments. I love the kind of emergent fluff these games can produce. Major props to you for uploading a playthrough ending in such bitter defeat. Not only does this increase the tension level of other videos and the enjoyment thereof, but seeing the losses is actually more thrilling in a way. It means you played to the race and the fluff rather than the meta, etc. Cheers.

I appreciate all of these full playthrough a and happy memories.

Small comment to show my appreciation of your work and that Stellaris is a series I wish to see continued in the future!

Love your Stellaris play throughs can’t wait for the next

Love the videos keep up the good work

I love these videos. Thank yoj so much for making them :D

love the videos man!

I enjoy this content so much keep up the good work man.

Thanks again for this fulln playthrough!

You inspire me to leave my own cave and play Stellaris above ground. Still haven't, probably won't, but A+ for the effort trying Lath. Keep em coming.

For what its worth, from a random internet stranger, I genuinely get excited when I see an upload and enjoy every minute of them.

Wow did not expect that ending. Amazing as always!

Im really thankful for these, stellaris runs far to slow on my pc for me to ever get beyond 90 years before I get bored and start a new game. And you are one of the few youtubers I can stand watching play it.

I’ve been feeling kinda crap today, so I’m glad this came up in my feed