[BTS] IMM & Deity lets play collection thread - Henrik

[Thrasybulos]

I'd assume...

 

[Build2Much]

Big fan and watch all your civ4 videos. Over a hundred already!

On this map, I would

Spoiler :

Settle in place, settler first, tech fishing. Then it depends, but probably attack the Northern neighbour with horse archers, and then go monarchy.

Speaking as someone whose ceiling is immortal, I totally agree with your strategy, after watching the video.

The thing I find compelling about this game (and I’m really interested to see this play out) is that I think every decision he made was not only defensible, but in most games it would have been just fine. There is a combo of weak leader/civ, rng bad luck, and strategic resource bad luck, but also he begrudgingly took a tech at one point that probably saved him and then used that in the war.

I’m sure he sat down to play a fun immortal game and easily could have put this one on the shelf, but I’m glad @Henrik75 has published these because I definitely find myself fighting uphill like this. Good luck the rest of the way!

Edit: side note - I found the first video in the Frederick series to possibly be the most educational one about the opening I’ve watched. Really good chance to hear a very good player’s thought process.

 

[Henrik75]

I feel the Frederick series was my most well-played game. Tough map, but almost perfect execution. Definitely recommend it.

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[sylvanllewelyn]

The thing I find compelling about this game (and I’m really interested to see this play out) is that I think every decision he made was not only defensible, but in most games it would have been just fine.

I don't have time to explain all the decisions that I think were not defensible. I will list one.

Spoiler :

He put a city one tile away from the jungle rice and then builds a monument. I would have at least built it next to the rice. Preferably, I wouldn't have built that city at all.

A long time ago, he lost a livestream game on immortal difficulty. He had his own big island, not isolation, lots of jungle. He took his time to develop the jungle. I would have created a stack of galleys and attack someone for more "usable" land.

 

[Build2Much]

@sylvanllewelyn - we clearly have a different definition of “defensible”. You are a very tough grader!

Just watched ep3 (it’s a shorter one). Recovery was impressive, tech management to trade back into relevance I would have never seen / executed.

It’s got to be too far gone at this point though, right?

 

[sylvanllewelyn]

I will watch ep3 later. Henrik will be fine. His economic management is impressive.

 

[Henrik75]

i think the jungle rice city is fine once you get IW. becomes a decent pumper and claims aloooot of land. maybe on deity difficulty i wouldn't settle it but imm is a bit different, land is power and more time for it to pay off.

 

[jorissimo]

Just watched ep3 (it’s a shorter one). Recovery was impressive, tech management to trade back into relevance I would have never seen / executed.

I'm at the beginning of ep3, at the part where Justinian shows up being able to research Rocketry. That was such a mind = blown moment. Excited to see the recovery play out. @Henrik75 I dig it that you showcase nightmare games like this and show how unpredictable and tough this game can be, even on a lower difficulty than the one you're used to.