Shadow Empire is my favourite strategy game, a masterpiece 4X/Wargame hybrid from VR Designs, published by Matrix. In this new series, I ramp the difficulty up to Hard and play on what I expect to be a fairly difficult planet in the hopes of testing the AI out properly.
You can find the game at www.matrixgames.com.
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I think the funniest thing about all this is if you go back to the first two episodes, you talk a lot about not immediately getting into a war.
Also: more recon. You can’t see a damn thing dude.
What are the peace chances with this regime, maybe a short peace to overrun all the minor factions.
I think the improved AI is really showing. If this campaign was against the old AI, I believe you would've taken their city during one of the early episodes. Where are you ranked (in victory points) vs the other majors?
In my opinion this is your best Shadow Empire series to date. and that's saying a lot! You've rekindled my interest in the game.
its a common tactic against entrenched troops to pull back a few tiles and let the ai come to you, which causes it to loose a lot of its entrenchment. then you attack, like the ai did to you 🙂
i am wondering about anti tank guns in ohqs with defensive strats, the guns are there to hit tanks with their high attack value, that value will be reduced by the strat and the gun doesnt need hitpoints that much, it shouldnt be hit in combat unless an opponent gets breakthrough or is a gun itself, or have i misunderstood something, you could test it by putting a gun in a defensive ohq and one by itself on a tile then check their bonuses to attack value after they attacked or defended together
so long as a front is held
you are winning
Can you put the unit supply overlay back on, idk, I just prefer that default view and I think I got it from.yiu years ago lol.
Series is going well. Loving the multiple episodes. As a backseat driver I'd suggest sitting there in entrenchment until there is a material change that will allow you to acheive something tangible. Whether that be a breakthrough and surround, a new tech that changes the tide, or some other thing to break the deadlock. Otherwise all you seem to be doing is bleeding for no gain and considerable opportunity cost in industry, metal, population, and population happiness.
Whatever you end up doing, it will be a blast. Keep up the good work.
Did they pull back because they were low on Manpower fuel and supplies? Is there any way to know?
I found a game… i hope you can give it a try. Its called Mech Engineer
very interesting episode. The AI is giving you a hard time
You pulled me back in for another SE series. Interested to see if you can overcome Elyserra. I think probably yes now that you have some industrial base. The real challenge will be after that with the other Majors that have been rolling. 50+ turns with one zone is a rough start.
One note, this episode's title card says Ep. 15 but its actually 16.
Hey hey finally able to enjoy your videos again. 😊 And my thingy had an what ever code I the end. Glad to see it worked out as good. Shows also your knowledge about the game. Well played sir.