I agree - you can tell the game isn't finished, but what he did put in the game is REALLY good

@@Strat-Guides I can't wait to play the game. Seeing this shows how concepts and creativity are more important than anything in strategy games. Thanks for the video

Companies worth millions of dollars are extremely risk-averse, so they're just going to play it safe by directly copying what the current trends are. Though with the glacial pace of giant companies it's more like copying what the trends were 5 years ago.

Yep, this game's story always reminds me on a similar success story a few years back: Banished. Same way, 1 guy made it all alone, to this day without publisher and it was a huge hit.

​@@matthewgagnon9426yeah play safe tell that to the hyenas

Yes, exactly!!

And during all the years of open development Slavic Magic interacted with the community to make the game better, which is awesome to see.

Lets just hope he never loses his will to make it EVEN BETTER !

I don't think is fair to say devs don't care when almost everything wrong with modern gaming is outside their control.

This is so true, most games are made to be either 1: Super Competitive and filled with paywalls or 2: Eye Candy with boring/grindy gameplay. This game however, looks actually FUN.

I was pretty shocked to see the AI react to my movements and respond with some semblance of tactics (like skirmishing archers and flanking with melee troops)

Cavalry is definitely intended to be in game and has already been worked on. We saw some early testing footage of cavalry in game, not yet smoothly animated but functional. So those units are definitely in the testing phase before implementation.

You gave me a slight heart attack with the EA, before I realized you mean Early Access.

Yeah I was starting to think that calvary was gonna be a dlc😅

Yeah I'll often use my Retinue first because I can replace them with cash, but peasants going down could disrupt my supply chain and cause a death-spiral if not fixed quickly

@@Strat-Guides guess you don't often use mercenaries? cause those sound like "use/sacrifice them first, then retinue second", as they're paid in gold and not permanently kept after the battle is over (unless you want to bancrupt yourself)

@@Heroesflorian if I recall I only had Archer mercenaries here, which are much better used shooting arrows then being a meat shield. My next video shows how I got the achievement using only mercenary units to beat the game, so I actually do have experience using them

@@Strat-Guides ah, I see... well, yeah, ​archers are a thing of their own I guess :D Thanks for the insight! Btw, as I haven't played the game myself yet: Do those have limited or unlimited ammo?

Soldiers in total war are raised from your province population too….

I don't know if you've seen his video but according to Legend, they actually do have Medieval 3 planned. But we can expect it to not be soon since they seem to have 2-3 Total War games planned before it. At least it's planned unlike HL3.

I wanna see first person options, Bannerlord with top down building options! The ultimate 🤣

@@cheat200 After Warhammer 1 Total War games became extremely boring to me.

Same. I need medieval warfare and total war gameplay but I can't expect CA to do anything at all.

@@cheat200i would not get invested, they will mess it up and just keep on making the same old ever regressing game they been making for the last 15 years. the total war series is dead.

Billios, my beloved we shall soon have our hands around it !!!

Buy it and put a ring on it

This game maked one man!!!

I think this is the major aspect of the game. The fundamental portrait between expansionism and city growth; total war and paradox games always emphasized one, but lacked the other. So eager to test it out!

Yeah it was painful losing most of the male adults from each town AND all of their gear that I had to pay for or craft by hand :(

you can't pick up gear from the battlefield after winning? guess that will come later or its game unbalancing... cause loosing peasants to war is heavy

@@mnm8818i dunno about you buy I wouldn’t want to be equipped with armor that is more then likely pierced from some type of blow

@@mailc3p477 Common sense dictates its better than no armor at all, and if brought back, can be much more rapidly repaired or recycled than building a completely new set ya know?

right on point 👌

So far I've been having a great time! I'm about 40 hours in and still looking forward to loading it up again so that's a good sign :)

​@@Strat-Guides I'm stoked that you get to play this early! I've been waiting since July 2020, I have a week booked off work just to play 😊

@@Strat-Guides Great video! Also i think there is an attack stance for a charge attack that might have helped routing those pesky archers faster!

​@@Strat-Guides Человек, Вы не один такой, ждёте нового шанса победить на всех землях, позвольте посоветовать пойти к уровню "На грани" сложные установки, там действительно проверяется стойкость войск и экономика, ну и нервы. За первый год пару раз деревню жгли, трупы гнили и люди уходили из поселения, если что не так. 3х штрафы и дебаффы. Удачи.

It's really interesting to have to muster troops from individual towns and meet up to march to battle. It's such a different feeling from all the other games and it feels much more realistic (standing armies wasn't really a thing for a long time from what I understand).

@@Strat-Guides agreed. Realism = fun if done correctly. Is your full playthrough on your long form channel?

@@jacksteele3028 yup I included a link in the description to that video and it's also at the very end of this video as a clickable link!

@@Strat-Guides Standing Armies depends. Kings Guards/Retinue was often always standing, in the case of... Henry VIII (I think, it could've been an earlier Henry) he had to give a year's notice to any village he was going to visit with his personal army, because of how much food they'd eat. But most Standing Armies disappeared from Europe after the Roman Empire's collapse, but you start to see them re-emerge during the Mid-Reconquista in Spain, and The Hussite Wars. The Christian Military Orders are another good example too, from the Teutonic and Livonian to the Hospitallers.

@@Strat-GuidesI feel like if you have realism you need to be able to properly train and people have personalities.

The city building is even better than it was in the demo! They tweaked a few things and I think it makes the experience much smoother.

It's similar to how the demo ran, but I can tell he changed a few things and it feels much more polished. The combat is much better than I was expecting it to be (my expectations were very low though lol)

I see what you did there lol

This is brilliant 😂

Hey Resonant! Yeah I've been working hard to learn everything about this one :) I've got 2 more achievements to get 100% but the learning curve is pretty steep on this one so it's been a challenge

It's so good!

The early access in this is actually really fun! It's probably 50% done, but it's definitely playable as it stands.

Same I thought it would have a wider concept of being able to attack other city or something I don’t think this feature will be implemented any time soon because creating this is like changing the game and much more effort

It's so fun so far!

Good point! It's nice to take a step down and focus on the more common experiences

Thanks for watching!

It's almost here!

It's not fully done yet, there's certainly enough here for 100+ hours of fun IMO

Yeah I'll be doing lots of guides and challenge runs for this game :) Bannerlord will probably continue for several years as I still have fun challenge ideas and mods that I need to explore!

This game is not even the same genre as Bannerlord or Total War. What drugs are you doing?

@@Nerazmus Yea. I mean there is potential for this dev and his team to move into the TW genre. To present real competition to CA and Sega, maybe with a Manor Lords 2, or a project that is similar in nature but larger in scope with more emphasis on combat. However, this game has nothing to do with Bannerlord. Two totally different things. This game is going to be awesome, but if you're a TW guy, this isn't gonna scratch that itch. I'm very excited by what this dev and his team might do next with the resources they get from Manor Lords though.

It's really fun! Early access opens up on the 24th I believe

​@@Strat-Guides26th

Hell yeah! The music in Manor Lords is good, but when I think Medieval theme I think KCD :)

Hey anyways In case you didn't know WARHORSE is going to announce their next game on april 18th:))) probably KCD's sequel?

@@HushedBlade super excited I put 150 hours in kcd and still didn't do everything

I knew it! I thought I was tryping out dude, glad im not the only one who noticed

Only 2 more weeks - hang in there!!

The city building and management is amazing too

Yeah that would be amazing! You have to pay for each horse your town uses (for now only traders use them for logistics), but it would be cool to have to outfit each one with a horse. They're very expensive to buy too, so you can't just spam them

@@Strat-Guides I don't mean a full cavalry army since that's really unrealistic for a village, but a small retinue to chase archers and stragglers off

@@CsStoker cavalries are in the trailer and with huge numbers

Lol totally agree - TAKE ALL OUR MONIES

It's really well thought-out too, I'm sure you'll love it!

- Sun Tze (probably)

Interesting, I didn't notice that! I love it when games pay attention to the small details for immersion :)

They still have a lot to add to the game, but even bare bones like this is REALLY fun :D

Yeah man if I see another "THIS GAME CHANGES EVERYTHING" or "Everything you need to know before release" video I'm gonna lose my @#$% lol It's so annoying, but I get their side. Everyone's just trying to earn a living. I just wish they didn't waste everyone's time with the BS clickbait to do it. I try my best to never clickbait (although sometimes I go into the grey area lol)

@@Strat-Guides the one that got to me was resonates thumbnail recently on manor lords that said "A NEW ERA"

"Is this Medieval 3???" -Title youtube video of CA shills

For sure - I wonder if that's planned or not?

​@@Strat-Guidescavalry, early guns and siege/fortification.

ROORAAARIE !

This is actually the KCD sound track - good ear! The Manor Lords music is good, but nobody can compete with KCD in my opinion

@@Strat-Guides I knew it! The moment I heard these couple notes in the beginning.

@@Strat-Guides Ah, lol, 😂

Yeah the AI was pretty good! Even the raiders will move around and reposition in the woods before they raid.

Yeah I was thinking the same! The AI here is better than Bannerlord's at least lol they do try to flank, skirmish and load up on one side.

LOL so true! Imagine if a company with legit funding worked on a project like this? Pretty sad how money and ignorant CEO's/managers ruined the gaming industry. I'm really happy for these small dev teams though. I hope this dude becomes a multi-millionaire instantly from this and never has to worry about cash again (so he can focus on his passion)

Lol I like this trend - glad to see it on this channel too :D

@@Strat-Guides Jus noticed that 1 view was me

@@Borgolii haha nice, you're first!

I totally understand!

Lol It was a looong day that day :P

The combat isn't as often, but when it does happen - it feels much more impactful. It's definitely not like TW though

Yeah the command to push harder or to give ground and fall back slowly are really nice. It opens up a ton of tactical possibilities

By a thread lol