Shadow Empire Gameplay videos

[Greyhunterlp]

Here are my first two Shadow Empire Videos!

https://youtu.be/ByXbzlqCjGQ
https://youtu.be/b41lxhDAuL0

[Plumbersmack]

[&o]

[Greyhunterlp]

Here is the third video!

https://youtu.be/3-FVXdFWTIM

And here is a link to the playlist for simplicity!

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... S5jpQdvOhT


I'm really loving the game - it's hard as hell atm, but as I'm learning its rules I'm getting better - the world generation is amazing!

[Greyhunterlp]

Fourth video!
https://youtu.be/9bqU-kr9-Nk

This is a fairly empty world. But the gree folk are strong!

[balto]

Super entertaining, thanks. Some questions when you have time;
(1) will you need 1 machinery to complete the industrial center, I see a red triangle with 0 in inventory.

(2) about the Government mechanic.., that seems to be super important because of all of the decisions. Can you explain how that works? I still do not understand the math that is going on with the three branches and their individual three sub-branches. There was one point where I believe you said Democracy could not increase because it was limited by one of the sub-branches.

(3) my biggest question -- I have not played ATG in a looong time, I can see from your videos that you are a veteran of ATG. So with that said, you attacked those marauders piecemeal (2 different attacks). Is that more effective then one large, multiple-hex attack?

(4) I saw Tortuga using bombard as a separate type of attack. You are not individually doing that, you are going in with all forces and hitting the ATTACK button. My question is on the attack mechanic: If you have a mix of ground troops and artillery, when you do a single attack, does the game know to fire arty indirect first? Or do you have to (like Tortuga) individually order units to fire indirect, then go in with ground attacks?

Thanks again for these great videos.

[Greyhunterlp]

ORIGINAL: balto

Super entertaining, thanks. Some questions when you have time;
(1) will you need 1 machinery to complete the industrial center, I see a red triangle with 0 in inventory.

(2) about the Government mechanic.., that seems to be super important because of all of the decisions. Can you explain how that works? I still do not understand the math that is going on with the three branches and their individual three sub-branches. There was one point where I believe you said Democracy could not increase because it was limited by one of the sub-branches.

(3) my biggest question -- I have not played ATG in a looong time, I can see from your videos that you are a veteran of ATG. So with that said, you attacked those marauders piecemeal (2 different attacks). Is that more effective then one large, multiple-hex attack?

(4) I saw Tortuga using bombard as a separate type of attack. You are not individually doing that, you are going in with all forces and hitting the ATTACK button. My question is on the attack mechanic: If you have a mix of ground troops and artillery, when you do a single attack, does the game know to fire arty indirect first? Or do you have to (like Tortuga) individually order units to fire indirect, then go in with ground attacks?

Thanks again for these great videos.

1 - Yes, I'll need the machinery.
2 - I'm not fully sure on the maths either - but the top rated system gives you access to bonuses, but its limited by the one below it - so to get the top bonuses, you need to suppress the ideology that limits it. so there is a trade off in events, you may have to give up a short term goal or bonus in the pursuit of your ideology, or allow ideological drift to get things done.
3 - it depends - there is a stacking limit - I've seen Das and Tortuga add troops and actually decrease their combat ratio a bit - but some of it may be just me being a bad player!
4 - not sure - I'm assuming the artillery adds to attacks. with the puny early game artillery, I'm not sure how effective the bombardment attacks are.

Anyway, here is part 5 - https://youtu.be/AXYJzyRmCxM

I think my noobish ways have dug me into something of a corner.
I think I'm going to restart.

Is there a planet type people would like to see?

[devoncop]

Hi Geyhunterlp.....

A Cerberus planet would be really interesting I think.

Volcanic with rivers and Magma fields.....though to be fair they all look fun !

No shame in heroic failure by the way....I find such endings much more interesting than seeing the player steamroll the AI ....a General learns only from defeat remember [:)]

[Greyhunterlp]

https://youtu.be/PDfYoz6u7OU Part 6 is the last report from this world, tomorrow, I begin on a Medusa world.....

[Greyhunterlp]

Okay, I lied, I have more of a buffer than I though so

Medusa World part 1 - https://youtu.be/E7r6IVrc9Ng

[Greyhunterlp]

Part 2 - https://youtu.be/zIg7paEXQAs

This one has had some lucky rolls - a nice boost to industry and some very nice ruins nearby.

[balto]

Grey, looking good. Keep going. Build the infrastructure/economy then start kicking some butt!

[Greyhunterlp]

Part 3 - we continue to expand!

https://youtu.be/H7aRQkFMzeU

[balto]

Great

[Greyhunterlp]

https://youtu.be/6HzAu0uxHJ4 Part 4 - I give my people the war they desire!

[Greyhunterlp]

https://youtu.be/r45eKJjvsOk - Part 5 - and things are still going well.

Rampaging hordes of space monsters in 5....4....3.....

[balto]

I like your play style. Both Das and Tortuga are not being aggressive in taking enemy cities. You have been heading towards taking that city south of you, and I think that is the way to be to succeed. I say that because I think what I am seeing is that if you do not take cities, the AI can economically steam roller you.

I also like when you are faced with Decisions - you take into consideration how the Government is impacted more than who is happy or what seems easy.., etc.., I am not sure that is the way to go, but I like how you do this and Das and Tortuga seems to be more focused on keeping people happy. Not sure what is the correct way to go, but again, your style is different and is entertaining.

All three of you (Tortuga, Das, and you) are doing such a great job. Thank you

[Ingtar]

It's great to see three differing play styles in action. I feel that I am learning more aspects of the game that way.

[willgamer]

Since the scope of the game is rather large, have any of the youtuber's considered making a checklist of things to look at on each turn?

[Greyhunterlp]

Thanks for the comments!

I tend to be an aggressive fighter - I prefer to take risks and push hard.
As for the governors, most of them are still in the positive range, so I'm not to worried about them!

Here is part 6, where the early war pays off! - https://youtu.be/XHzTm8bDOOg

[Greyhunterlp]

Lets step this up a bit - there is a gap between 8 and 9 as I lost a video, but you should be able to catch up -

So! It seems like everything has gone a bit wrong at the same time.....

Part 7! - https://youtu.be/cHhRiGvjjvs
Part 8! - https://youtu.be/-Nt78bnTUZ8