BATTLEMODE is the general channel of Benjamin D. Halford (aka King Halford). It's mostly video games content these days, but I do a lot of different things so there'll be other bits and pieces going up from time to time.
I'm a member of the eXplorminate community kzread.info where I occasionally review games.
I've had this channel since 2006 so you'll also find some old circus-arts performance videos from my days as a performer, music tracks I've produced and other bits and pieces :)
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I have watched 2 long Kenshi LPs and loved them so I'd watch that with your commentary :D
what is the point of the tactical battle? You cant control anything.
When I was a kid, my grandfather and I mapped out the entire game. It took months and months. Years later I came by an “official” map and we were very close!
Just picked this up, by chance, have you played songs of conquest?
This info is on point. I've passed this big hurdle and found the game is really great. But a lot of players will drop off because of that hurdle.
Bro please show us your steam library
@@ivanbro1208 haha why?
Absolutely *perfect* remake! Makes game more playable and enjoyable -- and accurately preserves gameplay and art style of the original!!
Original Prism looks like an X-wing! XD just... crystal-themed.
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The AI was impeccable.
Yeah it's pretty decent! I think providing it plays in a believable way, that's the best you can hope for in a complex game like this.
I always loved the victorypoints scoring for this game. just because you're the one that 'ends the game' with 10 victory points, dun mean you're automatically the winner.
Yeah it makes a lot of sense. Scores seem to have fallen out of favour in modern games and they're poorer for it
This series was so entertaining. I wish you could do more videos from this series.
Oh, thanks for letting me know! I'm happy to play more of these games, I really enjoy them. Not had much time for doing KZread videos recently but I'll be back on it in a week or so.
@@battlemode your first attempt convinced me to download the free demo from their website. They are really great fun to play.
I'm enjoying the playthrough! Being able to identify curses at an alter was such a cool trick the first time you did it, but then it started to feel like bad game design because the player is highly incentivized to keep running back to the altar every time an item drops. And the amount of respawns in these dungeons is crazy - they just come out of nowhere, which feels a bit worse than something like zangband, which gives the player occasional respite to heal and regain magic points between fights.
Yeah ADOM is definitely a product of an older time, but I prefer that time in many ways. This kind of games design has its flaws but I put up with them because I find the alternative (streamlining) a lot less appealing.
How is the AI these days? I'm considering the game but heard it's lacking and relies on cheats/bonuses.
@@IlIlIlIlIlIlIIlIlIlIlIlIlIIIII AI is very good
@@battlemode Thanks I appreciate the reply.
I still haven’t figured why cant my shq reinforce automatically my units. It sends supplies and all that but its got like 200 battalions on waiting 😅
@@ivanbro1208 usually logistical overload, stop building new assets and fighting for a few turns
I, too, didn't understand those guns being able to inflict such a damage after losing a melee.
getting real spicy now
Does the map have a dark mode?
I'll check, probably not, think it was made before all the darkmode stuff became popular but I'll see what I can do. Could always fix that myself I guess, if the code is open source.
Master Osho, I find it hard to focus on spiritual things. I am always playing computer games or watching American TV shows. How can I banish these distractions?
LOL you're not the first person to call me that :D Osho would probably recommend you take several huffs of nitrous oxide, buy another Rolls Royce and then say something spiritual
man, this is as old as playing startrek on those IBM 370 mainframe teletypes..Just watched that Rob dude from Explorimate do those fantastic 4x tiered comparisons, any chance we can see similiar from you mate?
I've already done one if you search on eXplorminate, my opinions on the main games there haven't really changed too much, but my top picks are very different to Rob's. I'm interested in doing another but not yet, it's too soon after leaving eXplorminate.
It might have been frustrating, from your side, to commit so many rookie mistakes, but, from a novice viewer, it actually was really instructive. The battle was really fun, and you could see a narrative emerging. Please, do more.
I'm really enjoying the slower pacing in Moria compared to ADOM. The dungeon layouts are quite interesting too. I haven't watched any Sil-Q gameplay yet, but I'd love to see more *band playthroughs (FrogComposband perhaps?)
This is a really entertaining play-through! Just some comments: don’t feel pressured to edit out looking things up or doing inventory management; that’s part of the game! And I wouldn’t mind seeing the ASCII view occasionally either. (Hopefully this is still an on-going series)
I had this on the Amiga plus another text adventure, the name eludes memory, which I played more
I reckon Zork got exported to just about every system that'd run it
I was wondering, do we have any hint on the pricing of Kingdom Dungeon & Hero? Idea: play a game on camera with your miss :)
No idea on pricing for KDH sorry, that's a question for the developer. I like the idea, she's up for it but she's got some stuff she wants to do before she starts.
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Anytime
Starts 8:10
Thank you!
Regarding AI not having to deal with logistics, I don't entirely mind it. The only thing I have an issue with is the AI tendency to spam spaghetti roads, and even spam sealed roads right over entire mountain ranges which completely defeats the purpose of a natural barrier.
I think that's something that's looking to be addressed in future updates
This is great. Thanks! I played this in the 80s, but I didn't get very far. When I got stuck - and it didn't take much - that was it. I couldn't go online to get information, and I had no friends who played computer games. (After all, I was nearly 40 by then.) I loved the idea behind the game, but... I just didn't get very far.
I never got very far with these either to be honest Bill, although I was only a nipper when this was released! I never finished a single text-adventure game I played in the 80s, I was too young, impatient and yes, there was no help aside from games magazines occasionally printing a solution or hints!
" _Only Santa Claus climbs down chimneys_ " 😄 " Baa Baa Black Sheep " haha I got the reference 👍
I played some game like this one a bit at the time but that's all I remember about that. It definitely has its charm 🙂 Have you tried MUD games? There are still people playing them.
I tried some MUDs way back in the late 90s but I quickly moved on, so they didn't grab me. I was looking at them again today actually, but I haven't tried one in decades.
this genre is going to be making big comeback, you could say that those games were ahead of its time where you have to make everything by hand when soon all you need is to set up frame and machine will work things for you
Might do!
@@battlemode like what would you really need for that? tell some chad gpt "this is the goal those are waypoints fill the gaps" and 20 years ago that would be science fiction of year 3001
@@wojszach4443 Absolutely
@@battlemode future is bright for gaming despite modern things
This is a very helpful vid, I just picked up the game and wanted more info on the races themselves.
Great! Thanks for the feedback
Honestly I think AI is bringing new life in text-adventures. In an WHOLE new way. Like AIdungeon for example.
Oh I'm sure it is, I've not played any like that yet, was just talking about older games and IF here.
This series was perfect for me. I didn't expect to immediately strike gold! Thank you for such an enjoyable series!
You're most welcome, I'm glad you've enjoyed it. I didn't quite finish this one but I'm gonna play CoE5 again soon.
Aha, so it is you on Stardocks. Great Sins of the solar empires 2 videos you made there.
Thanks! They've been quite popular and I'm pretty happy with them so far.
Hey Ben, i know this vid is older, but i'm watching, or trying, the whole series while im really back into SE at the moment. I have to say though, while the ads between turns are understandable and fit well with the flow (as annoying as all ads are as a necessary evil to fund things), the fact there are midrolls as well is a bit much. 16m, 20m, 25m etc. Not sure if it something you've set or YT forces or defaults to, but its unfortunately a bit much i have to say as it just seems to be constantly interrupting. Sorry to be a negative nancy, but its really grating on me. Other than that, i'm really enjoying it As i said, i know its older, but just food for thought for the future series/vids
KZread just inserts ads in whether I monetise the channel or not, so I do monetise the channel because if you're getting ads anyway, I might as well get some of the income for it. But that sounds incredibly excessive to me, I'll see if I can figure out how to reduce the amount of ads you're seeing. There are other ways to avoid ads on KZread though. One is to be a KZread member (which does mean paying for the privilege). There are others I think, I'm not allowed to talk about them though ;) Thank you for taking the time to let me know, I really appreciate that. It's helpful and I want to minimise problems.
@@battlemode I have considered Premium, but can't justify the cost at the moment. Refuse to use "other methods" because that just hurts you guys and the pittance you get from KZread as it is I figured it was automatic, but was just hoping it was something adjustable I always picture YT's upper management in meetings discuss the dilemma of falling revenue due to more people leaving the platform and how they are going to fix it. "Easy. More ads forcefully placed. Meeting adjourned" *slaps face*
Now that is a very nice heads up thank you, because I had no idea there was a pre-generated squad, so I was one of those who put the game aside after purchase. Time to have a go and play it after all. Hopefully the devs get your advice.
Thanks! Glad to hear it was helpful. It's a really good game, I'm excited to see where they take it. And yes, the development team are aware of my concerns here and so hopefully they'll do something about it.
Loved this game. Rothron south to Gard then East to Xakorith collecting free and fey. Morkin east to Utarg to collect the Barbarians via Thrall who goes to degrim. Luxor north east to collect all on the way to whispers, Ithorn and onto Logrim the wise. All move to Xajorkith. Corleth North to Shadows 2 moves away and then to Farflame the Dragon who goes to Kor and protects till Corleth catches up. Kor onto Dreams then south Corleth NW to Falkrin the Sulkrin via Lothoril and onto Gloom up north with Farflame. Farflame is the hero, fast and can clear an enemy citidel on his own. Defend Xajorkith for days until the attacks are over then move on Uskarak and victory. Then onto the Ice Mark to defeat Shareth and rescue Morkin in Doomdarks Revenge (Much harder and dare I say even better)
Awesome! I've never won that way, and I have yet to play Doomdark's Revenge properly, but I think I'll pick it back up soon
looks like my kind of game!
Still making small adjustments to improve the game.
Great stuff!
Uhg this game is looking SO good.
If a player auto resolves every dungeon then yeah in 15h he can play the campaign
Thank you for keeping this going!
Yes ! More KDH. Man I hate that I have found this game so early before it releaes. Now when I go to sleep I think about this all the time. Been like this since May
More incoming! And not too long to wait now
It is interesting that cavalry features in most of the combat mechanics. Perhaps in hills and forests, terrain where cavalry typically doesn't operate well, the terrain modifier will balance a cavalry advantage out? Otherwise, why have infantry at all apart from sieges?
Cavalry are expensive to build as they require a lot of horses, and you don't get many of those. The other reason is that the various troop types all have different combat modifiers, and a lot of the infantry are stronger than the cavalry in their factions. Cav also tend to be squishy
@@battlemode As long as the game plays out in a sensible manner, then it's all good.
thanks for this point. Do you think Kingdoms does better than Empires ?
I haven't played it yet so I don't know the answer. I will play it soon and make some videos about it!
@@battlemode ok great, i will be patient! thanks 😁
thanks for this presentation. I enjoy this video, there is nothing in french with this level of explication and details. i will continue this LP, i hesitate to take this game and try before buy Kingdoms.
You are very welcome!
@@battlemode thanks!!