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Hello forumites! Welcome to my first foray into video AARs, a Let's Play of Victoria 2: Heart of Darkness as Japan. In these videos, I try to explain exactly what I'm doing and why, as well as show off and explain new Heart of Darkness features wherever possible. Updates should come every couple days, and will be posted at 10 am EST. You can find them either embedded in my posts throughout this thread, linked in this first post, or all put together, conveniently playing one after another, in the playlist linked below. This will not be a peaceful climb of the global ladder; Japan was meant for war, and that's exactly how I plan to assert dominance. I hope you enjoy our journey together through Victoria 2: Heart of Darkness!

Playlist with All Videos
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7
Part 8
Part 9
Part 10
Part 11
Part 12
Part 13
Part 14
Part 15
Part 16
Part 17
Part 18
Part 19
Part 20
Part 21
Part 22
Part 23
Part 24
Part 25
Part 26
Part 27
Part 28
Part 29
Part 30
Part 31
 
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I uploaded a new video this morning; the longest of the bunch! Hawaii falls, Japan continues to race towards technological equity with the other great powers, and industrialization gets into full swing.

[video=youtube_share;fOQLEuknJCw]http://youtu.be/fOQLEuknJCw[/video]
 
I like this a lot. :) Seriously! And you have no accent!

Thanks! I try to keep myself accent-neutral, to be easier understood.

I like your aggressive strategy, so I'll be following.

That's the only way to play Japan, especially with all the research points you get for conquering other uncivs in Heart of Darkness.


And my 7th video was just published! Siam takes more of a beating, the Imperial Navy gets some spiffy new ships, and more minors in Europe go bankrupt!
[video=youtube_share;4PTQCmcu1DI]http://youtu.be/4PTQCmcu1DI[/video]
 
And my 7th video was just published! Siam takes more of a beating, the Imperial Navy gets some spiffy new ships, and more minors in Europe go bankrupt!

Awesomeness thanks :D!
 
8th video out now! Burma is the next to feel Japan's Wrath, Europe is in a state of disarray, and colonies start to swap hands in Africa and Indonesia!

[video=youtube_share;yYinBZazYKE]http://youtu.be/yYinBZazYKE[/video]
 
Ninth video now up, too! Japan upgrades and expands it military, and prepares for a big war with one of its neighbors. Next episode is promising to be very exciting.

[video=youtube_share;Tc5MlNOgwhQ]http://youtu.be/Tc5MlNOgwhQ[/video]
 
Not sure if anyone's watching, but episode 11 is here now! Japan adds a lot more artillery to its armies, Burma gets hammered again, and I prepare for the eventual next war with China!

[video=youtube_share;PQ7rK2FzX-g]http://youtu.be/PQ7rK2FzX-g[/video]
 
Glad you're still watching!

Here comes part 12! The Japanese shores up their armies and readies themselves for what promises to be a very violent conflict with China!

[video=youtube_share;ThZ5j0Vm7xo]http://youtu.be/ThZ5j0Vm7xo[/video]
 
It's really nice how you can maintain a commentary throughout the piece without getting lost in a tangent or off in some odd topic. And to top it off you're pretty good at the game; how many total factories do you have?
 
It's really nice how you can maintain a commentary throughout the piece without getting lost in a tangent or off in some odd topic. And to top it off you're pretty good at the game; how many total factories do you have?

I occasionally lose my train of thought, but I figure people are here to watch the game, not to listen to me rant about something or another. I think I have around 30 factories, when you figure in each level as an addition factory.

In the lucky 13th episode, China once again feels the wrath of the Japanese Empire!

[video=youtube_share;XiIyZMVpcu4]http://youtu.be/XiIyZMVpcu4[/video]
 
14th episode is up! China gives in after a very bloody war, the Japanese learn the true value of Liquor, and Egypt jumps to the front of the ass-kicking line!

[video=youtube_share;MqPjekO1SXA]http://youtu.be/MqPjekO1SXA[/video]
 
I've started to watch - very interesting!

Rensslaer
 
Certainly a very nice LP you have going - I've started watching between revising for exams next week. Please, continue.
 
It ended at 5:17 :/

I think if you pause and don't restart the video for a while it resets and has an error.

Refresh the video and move it back to where you were, and it should work.

Rensslaer
 
I think if you pause and don't restart the video for a while it resets and has an error.

Refresh the video and move it back to where you were, and it should work.

Rensslaer

Danke