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Songs used in Order of Appearance
Jeff van Dyck - Shogun II: Total War
Oakwood Station - Canopy of Dreams
Stationary Sign - Smallest of Steps
Mandala Dreams - Paths of a Samurai
Brightarm Orchestra - True Avidity
Dream Cave - Blood in Water
Francis Wells - Surge
John Abbot - Road of Fury
Edgar Hopp - The Triumph
Jon Bjork - Howling Hell
Hampus Naeselius - Breaking Through the Gate
Adriel Fair - Power Squad
Fredrik Ekstrom - Invasion 2
Mandala Dreams - Oku No In
Mods used in this video for Fall of the Samurai
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Radious Total War Mod - Fall of the Samurai version
Radious Unit Pack 3 - Fall of the Samurai campaign
Stronger General Skill Tree (FoTS)
Fall of The Samurai Training Camps Buff
GBJ Blood Mod: The Samurai Blood
Unit/Building Cost Reduction & Upkeep mod (FOTS)
Low Extra Income
Strongholds Of The Samurai
FoTS Tactics and Uniforms
PC SPECS
Case - NZXT H710i - ATX
GPU - EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti XC GAMING, 11GB GDDR6
PSU - EVGA 1000 GQ, 80+ GOLD 1000w
CPU - AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16 Core, 32 Thread Processor 4.7 GHz
CPU Cooler - NZXT Kraken X72 360mm - All-In-One RGB CPU Liquid Cooler
MOTHERBOARD - Aorus X570 AORUS MASTER
RAM - Corsair 163301 Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4 3200 MHz
Corsair 163301 Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4 3200 MHz
Memory - Samsung SSD 860 EVO 1TB
Samsung SSD 860 QVO 4TB
Samsung SSD 970 PRO 1TB
Samsung SSD 970 PRO 1TB
Seagate Barracuda 3TB Internal Hard Drive
Seagate Barracuda 4TB Internal Hard Drive
Operating System - Windows 10 Home
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He back!!!
Hey Pilps, are you excited for Total Warhammer 3 and do you intend to make content using it after some play time?
ah yes the expert S2 trade AI: a trade deal that makes me 200 Koku per turn? of course I'd pay 5-10k for that and then cancel it 5 turns later
samurai brazil
@@Chris-iy6du I’m back!
Aizu: gets bonuses to traditional units Also Aizu: gets really good and unique modern units like seriously they've got line infantry that inspires units around them and they don't have the unit cap of guard units
Yeah never got that aha
Historically accurate though: the Shogunate in general had many more modern weapons, ships and foreign support than the imperialists but at the same time were lead by hardcore traditional samurai and daimyo. The Aizu both had famous fight to the death in the castles samurai and distinct modern rifle armed militia
I know, I did a playthrough as them thinking I was gonna go full trad. But then I saw those units. Traditional playthrough didn't last long. Might do it with another faction.
@@Rynewulf Not necessarily. The Imperialists were more modernized even in the beginning at Toba-Fushimi. Part of the reason why the Imperialists won despite being outnumbered was due to their more modernized army. They had minie rifles, more advanced artillery and even gatling guns. Choshu was noted to be the most modern army on the field. The Imperialists came out of the war far more modernized than the Shogunate ever was. In fact, the Imperials tended to be smaller, yet more modernized, on their march to Edo. The Shogunate did have modern units, but these were overshadowed by outdated levies raised by loyal clans as opposed to Satsuma and Choshu who had fully modernized their personal armies. Imperial troops were even recorded to have used American repeating rifles and breech-loading rifles. Aizu, in the beginning of the war, had way more traditional levies armed with pikes and spears and this was common in the shogunate camp.
@@Awesomeduud It's a complex subject. The Shogunate imported many more modern rifles and ships overall and much quicker than the imperialists, but absolutely failed to hand them out and train soldiers in their use. At the end of the war they had a mass saved up and stockpiled, vs the imperialists who as you say were quite adept at making use of modern military materials and techniques
This is a work of art, Pilps.
Thank you my friend, thank you! You, are definitely not bullshit!
This is bullshit
this is bull shit
Fans: "Pilps has run out of Shogun 2 content. Now we get to see him focus on other TWs" Pilps with FoTS and RoTS: "Parry this, you filthy casuals"
Haha 😂
Isn't RoTS shit though?
@@TJD0503 i've never played it so i can't really say
@@TJD0503 As someone who plays RotS for the Legendary Minamoto no Yoshitsune, it is a mediocre expansion
@@ahumanlookingraccoon8147 Fair enough
"The Future is now, old man!" Meanwhile, Pilps playing a traditionalist clan, with gunpowder: Well yes, but actually no.
Hey it is historically accurate they didn’t say no to guns!
Indeed. Even in the Sengoku Jidai they loved guns so much that there ended up being so many guns in Japan that they outnumbered most European countries per capita.
@@Pilps Oh really? Sorry, I didn't know that. It was a smart move on their part, best of both worlds, praise be the gunpowder!
@@leopizzalord5 Yes, contrary to popular perception the samurai loved guns.
@@LordVader1094 TBF "popular perception" on almost _everything_ historical is a load of ignorant horseshit stereotypes. Doubly so the history of some clay on the other side of the planet mostly known through le Chinese cartoons.
Pilps: portrays a massive setback in the mid game also Pilps: loses a grand total of five out of ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY SEVEN BATTLES
REJECT MODERNITY, EMBRACE TRADITION!
@@Pilps 5 out of 137 battles sounds like you have napoleon but better
Washington lost most of battles. He just won the ones that count.
@@dubuyajay9964 one could equivocate it to having a disciplined army with decent morale and a good commander who fights then retreats alternating to recover morale lol
The intro has the same energy as the first Fall of the Samurai trailer. "the katana, folded one thousand times, takes years to master, the perfect blade for a Samu-THE GATLING MACHINE GUN IS CAPABLE OF FIRING 3000 ROUNDS PER MINUTE"
Lol
_Whatever happens, we have got_ _The Maxim gun, and they have not._ - "The Modern Traveller" by Hilaire Belloc
"Only a coward would bring a gun to a swordfight." "And only an idiot would bring a sword to a gunfight."
@@ladywaffle2210Depends on the range
Remember 20 years of training can be undone by some guy who learned how to fire some boom stick But what can’t be undone is the 20 years of mastered fashion
Definitely! And smooth balls!
a weapon that at most needs 20 weeks of training that can beat weapons that need 20 years of training.
Also it's super easy to replace, no wonder the traditionalists also use rifle as well
*gets shot "You may have killed me, but I shall leave this world looking boss. You shall leave looking like a bitch!" *dies like an art piece
@@Pilps Smooth balls=greater aerodynamics
The boshin war be like Which side you on; absolute monarchy or military dictatorship Yes I know the emperor didn’t had absolute power in the meiji era but still.
But the AI have the worst trustworthyness 😂
Я бы сказал: Новый порядок или феодализм.
Technically, there can be three options. You can go independent and start a cult of personality. Every faction will hate you.
nah i chose monarchy, LONG LIVE FOR OUR EMPEROR Silly old Man Shogun will hate you Battotai song start playing
@@Willdarts how is a republic a cult of personality
Every other faction: "Huh, these rifles are pretty good." The Aizu: *glares in Sengoku*
REJECT MODERNITY, EMBRACE TRADITION!
No matter the faction, Shogun always devolves into "Corn for the Khorneflakes!" at some point in the campaign.
Meaning?
@@noahbusch7542 Gratuitous slaughter, usually
@@kieranwalsh2058 i don't know why but i find this way of saying it nearly poetic x)
@@martinferrand4711 The phrase does have a bit of poeticism to it. I like to imagine it being said in a posh English accent for extra effect
@@kieranwalsh2058 glorious :p
"While you were busy being a Napoleon LARP, I was studying the blade." Matsudaira Katamori to Nabeshima Mochizuru, Daimyo of Saga Domain
REJECT MODERNITY, EMBRACE TRADITION!
The future is now old man! *Nahh fuck that bro* - Aizu military philosophy
REJECT MODERNITY, EMBRACE TRADITION!!
@@Pilps M̶o̶n̶k̶e̶
Remember kids, stick to your swords, even if they're objectively inferior to guns.
And banzai, don’t forget the banzai!
nah I choose spear
@@heistingcrusader_ad3223 based pointy stick enjoyer
Depends on what kind of gun and what range.
The Aizu wear stylish clothing because they know black will never go out of fashion. Other Japanese clans: What if we wore banana yellow or neon pink uniforms into battle?
REJECT MODERNITY, EMBRACE TRADITION!
Excuse me, pink is always fashionable
16:34 Remember........remember those 3000 brave men who stood their ground and faced their enemy. They fought for their tradition, their style of life, the way of the sword. How did they win you ask? Its quite simple. They had big smooth balls of steel, my friend. They took care of themselves. Nothing and I say nothing beats those kinds of balls!
Some refreshingly quality content seemingly harder to find by the day on this site. Thanks once again mate 👏🏻
Thank you for the very kind words! Glad you enjoyed the video 😁
Facts bruv. Plips is the shit.
General Wisdom: Don't bring a sword to a gun fight. Pilps: Hold my Katana
"We are traditionalists, why are we using Artillery?" Gun goes boom. "Well I guess it would make for a great tradition..."
REJECT MODERNITY, EMBRACE TRADITION.... and a few cannons
"Perry this, filthy casual!" Aizu : *UNO Reverse card*
BANZAAAAIIIII
@@Pilps "NOOOO! YOU CAN'T COUNTER MODERN MILITARY COMBINED ARMS WARFARE WITH FEUDAL TECHNOLOGY!" "Haha! Banzai go burrr!"
please never stop making these, they make me cry-laugh (based)
They will never go away! Glad you enjoy the videos :)
Basically, "I'm gonna defeat you with the traditional samurai ways! ...And with these cannons I found."
Two words that can either lead to the best moments in a campaign or (more likely) turn out to be a huge mistake that endanger the whole campaign, "F**k It!"
There were plenty of those in historical battles too lmao
@@JR_ST what battles
"The Future is now, old man!" Pilps, playing traditionalist with gunpowder: wanna watch my cooking? I'm baking the Future with the Past
REJECT MODERNITY, EMBRACE TRADITION!
@@Pilps return to monke
It's amazing how well Shogun 2 holds up to this day. Yet another reason why it's the best Total War game of the franchise.
The last game to not use battle tables to ruin physical engagements. The last one with impactful military charges and less blobbed combat.
That ending was surprisingly emotional not going to lie.
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the video :)
Thank you for the new video, I wish you good luck in the development of the KZhead channel. Ps: Greetings from Ukraine.
Thank you very much, much love from the UK!
Samurai: I've trained my whole life to kill! Peasants with boom boom stick: OK!
Live for this my dude. Thanks for bringing a smile to my face with this masterpiece
Thanks for the kind words dude! Glad you enjoy the videos
Mom can we have the Date clan? We have the Date at home the date at home:
Haha this is so true
@@Pilps Yeah just like the fact that you didn't add two more minutes
You dont know pain untill you do a traditional units only, republic, legendary campaign as the Aizu. All things aside, traditional units are crazy good as long as you know how to buff them up and utilize them. Ive sometimes been able to get almost 1000 kills on a single unit of fully armoured+melee defence yari kachi during a siege battle by sneaking it around the back of a castle and climbing in. Since most modern units tend to have low melee defence, you can just slaughter them in most cases, twas quite a fun experience.
I would give it a more challenging feel because most other clans just feel the same when doing battles, the aizu was a welcomed change
enemy : you and what army ? Pilps : this army ( full of revolt )
FOR THE SHOGUN!!
I've never seen someone play fots so traditionally. What an honorable man, not to mention fighting for the shogun.
Brilliant as always! You almost make me want to play FotS again, even though the first campaign I played in it actually kinda depressed me! ... Maybe a traditional playthrough would be less depressing from the "End of an Era and way of life" standpoint....
Oh no it will be way more depressing aha, each battle was ten times more difficult having a majority of melee units over guns aha 😂
Ooof. Well, I meant thematically and as a counter to the color scheme, but fair.
how do you get 7000 income with only one province
Pilps: for the shogun Also Pilps: attack edo
Gold as always. The editing were particularly well done in this one. A+
This refueled my *Bushido Hōnoru,* thank you Pilps!
REJECT MODERNITY, EMBRACE TRADITION!
After seeing Aizu were victorious and the Tokugawa Shogun survived the Boshin War in an alternative universe, the loyal warriors of the Aizu domain, those last true Japanese can now rest in peace.
My favorite series from Pilps, the all legendary Shogun 2. Honorable dispray my friend
I've never enjoyed a sponsor ad so much. It was a work of art indeed. Cheers, keep up the amazing work!
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it :)
I can't imagine the fear of having to stay in a line while a bunch of people with spears charge at you while you have only a sword.
BALLS OF STEEL
Well there's a _reason_ lining up a bunch of dudes with pointy sticks has been a big hit since like the early Sumerians... Hell, the bayonet charge still gets mileage occasionally these days.
I think one of my favorite parts of your videos would be the music you play at the end. It really confers the feeling of the end of a long and brutal struggle.
as always top tier editing and content. keep em coming
Haha, everytime you post a video, it feels like I've just seen Shogun 2 for the first time. Your videos are classics, man.
Thank you for the kind words! Glad you enjoy the videos
Facts
Finally, some quality content!
Keep the quality content coming Pilps! These are so fun to watch and make the day a good one
Thank you for the kind words glad you enjoy the videos
Finally, Pilps got sponsored! I hope you will get more after this.
FINNALY! Fall of samurai...
It returns!
@@Pilps YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!
I always love that feeling of satisfaction at the end after watching this. Looking forward to the next clan to dominate Japan.
Thank you for the kind words! Glad you enjoy the videos
Ah yes, the boomer clan They're pretty good until they need you to explain how their smartphone works again.
Yet another beautiful video, Pilps!
Dang, Pilps! Beautiful cannonworks (and banzai charges) as always! Any plans for a republic playthrough?
What a sponsorship transition. 10/10. Wish I was you.
Smooth transition for smooth balls! You will get there dude you make killa content!
Your cinematography and music-to-meme timing are growing to epic proportions. Well done, Pilps!
Thank you for the kind words! I really appreciate it
Amazing vid pulps! Thank you so much for this
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the video :)
the fight animations are still awesome even after all these years
They truly are the best throughout the franchise!
0:54 How did you find that picture of me?!
😂 I bet after that masterpiece of a video you uploaded!
Pilps is the sole reason I still have faith in the total war series making a come back
Your content are never disaspoint us,Pilps
The legend returns in our time of need
FOR THE SHOGUN!!
@@Pilps BANZAII
@@Pilps BANZAII
Looking forward to the Satsuma experience.
Don’t worry all clans are planned 😎
anime in sub “ this is a work of art” anime in dub “ this is another good work of art” anime in live action “ this is bullsh-“
Haha 😂
What a great transition for your sponsor! You had me rolling
Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it aha
Ah, one of my favorite shows is back. Now I know how to spend next 30 minutes of my life ^^
Aaaaaye! Enjoy my dude!
Memes aside Pilps your content is always refreshing like a nice glass of water or lemonade. :)
Thank you for the kind words, glad you enjoy the videos!
This video made my Ginger “Aizu” happy! I love your Shogun videos Pilps. Don’t stop doing what you do. The Community loves you. Thanks mate!
Glad you enjoy the videos thank you for the kind words!
The excellently placed The Last Samurai clips inserted in this got me hype
Hell yeah thank you! Glad you enjoyed the video :)
What mod was it for the bayonets
All mods used are listed in the videos descriptions 😎
Whenever I play Aizu I just go full shogitai and shinsengumi police. I will die on the hill that going past clan development 2 as Aizu is pussy bitch tactics, and you should probably just play any other clan. KEKW Thanks for listening to my Ted talks.
you've brought peace justice and prosperity to your new empire !
REJECT MODERNITY, EMBRACE TRADITION!
Wish this series starts again. It’s perfect 🥺
My goodness it’s been so long seeing your videos , I’m so happy to see them again!! Hahaha!
Hey Pilps, just wanted to say that I watch all your Shogun 2 videos. I used mods for Shogun 2 before seeing your work, but your vids made me really re-evaluate what a good mod order should look like for this game. I've had some of the best total war campaigns of my life playing on modded shogun 2 thanks to your inspiration. Even snagged that legendary victory achievement for the first time on a modded up campaign, which of course made it more difficult than if it had been done on vanilla. I dedicate that 'against all odds' to you.
Thank you for the kind words! Glad you got that epic win! :D
hahahaha this made my day, the uploader have an bad ass sense of humor, looking forward for future uploads
Here's hoping Pilps will one day display the Sendai Republic in all its glory!
This is a work of Art. Keep up the good work. Truely deserving of sponsorship.
Thank you for the kind words!
Pilps you deserve much more recognition and I want more videos it's always intertaining
Thank you for the kind words glad you enjoy the videos! And yes these videos take time but I’m sure the wait in between each one is worth it!
@@Pilps always looking forward to the next total war videos :)
YES, NEXT ONE IS THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE. Can't wait for that video
"this is a work of art" "this is a piece of art"
Definitely, thank you!
I definitely need some of that ball spray when I am sweating and managing n front lines wars during legendary difficulty.
"Shiroyama, westernization, social degeneracy, anime, hydrogen bombs... what are you on about Ken-san, you must have gotten hit in the head pretty hard on the battlefield. C'mon we are gonna be late to the Shogun's inauguration."
Sad meme 🥺
Pilps: *attacks tokugawa shogunate* emperor: so you are join us right? Pilps: ..... emperor: RIght?!
Man those are some SMOOTH cannon balls!
I loved playing a traditionalist only campaign. The strategy I eventually landed on was to only fight during fog/rain, mass charge and surround with cavalry for an instant win. Very satisfying
You’ve done it again. That opening killed me off.
Everytime pilps makes a video it makes my day better :)
Ay! Pillps! We’re coming up on your 2 year anniversary, safe to say since your first upload you’ve been one of my favourite youtubers who I watc everything of, honestly when your first video came out back then I was so confused on how you had so little viewers cause to me you seemed like a massive KZheadr already with the quality of your videos, suffice to say you’re the reason I bought shogun 2 lmao, good job man and good luck for the future! Also if you’re every thinking of playing command and conquer generals zero hour let me know, fun as hell rts and I’d love to have a game with you >:)
I am so happy for you, that you get sponsors on your Videos (not skipping those) also nice Oblivion tattoo my guy :D
I appreciate it! And thank you :) Best game ever!
I wish KZhead would push the algorithm of Total War videos including yours Plips, legendary content as always mate.
Thank you for the kind words! Glad you enjoy the videos 😎
Bro I didn’t even skip your sponsorship yet it was so funny seriously Armstrong guns and smooth balls
what a pleasant surprise
Thank you for the kind words glad you enjoyed it!
Enjoyed every second of it. Hate that I have to wait a month now for the next one 😞
Thank you! And these videos take time sorry!
I'VE BEEN WAITING A LOOOOOONG TIME FOR THIS
Hope I didn’t disappoint:)
This is what I been waiting for! This is exactly what I been waiting for!
Pilps just dropped another masterpiece
Playing in Shogun after Warhammer is something - bullets work like a bullets, artillery kill like a artillery must kill, wonderful.
*cackles in skaven*
Dude that fucking ad transition. the ad itself. ART
FOR DA EMPRAH!! Another glorious video is yours, Pilps!
A few seconds in I'm already dying of laughter