Battle For St. Petersburg: Great Northern War - Empire: Total War Gameplay

Battle Starts: 4:00
The year is 1720, and Swedish forces have landed on the Baltic coast. Their target is St. Petersburg, but Peter the Great has rallied a force ready to meet the swedes on the battlefield. With a victory here, Peter the Great hopes to end the 20 year long war. This is the Great Northern War! This battle was fought using Empire Total War. Enjoy the Epic Battle :D

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[eirikmarthinsen]

Actually it was the Swedes who were the aggressive close combat army at this time. They were known for preferring to fire only once they saw their enemies eyes and then charge in. Sweden was also the last army of Europe to abandon the pike since it was so close combat oriented.

[TheWoollyFrog]

Sweden was quite an empire once. Not many people know this, but Sweden had colonies in North America also (not just the Baltic area, etc.). It was in control of a place called New Sweden (1638-1655). This land today is split between Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. It was given to Netherlands after the Second Northern War. Sweden also owned the Caribbean island of St Barthelemy and had multiple forts on the Gold Coast in Africa (today part of Ghana).

[darthkapp]

"It's over Sweden, I have the high ground!" - Peter the Great, 1720

[eugenecoleman]

Don't know if anyone else noticed but, the Russian player put both his units of guard on the far right which is cool. The far right was considered the place of honor in formation. As far as I know the practice dates back to Alexander the great putting his companion cavalry and veterans in the far right to honor them. Just a cool little thing I'm guessing the Russian player was aware of.

[Cynane]

The guy who played as sweden was incompetent but it was entertaining af

[gagesmith]

Apollo is my history teacher, I just watch his historical battles, the commentary makes it much better

[tobinarmbrust]

18:35 The Russian infantry is actually firing by file. The ripple fire effect is referred to as "fire by file." Massed volley fire or firing in two or three ranks is referred to as "fire by rank.

[Tadicuslegion]

The one mechanic I really wish that carried over from Empire to Napoleon was volley fire because by simply turning fire at will off in Empire allowed faster and more devastating firepower from your infantry, I will never get why in Napoleon they insisted only the first line fires regardless of fire at will or not.

[EHilgy]

In Empire, units can use walls and fences and will kneel behind them if you tell them to. Its very fun because it helps give some protection from enemy fire

[hitler]

I played ETW as my first total war game when I was 15 and now I am 20...this replays brings back the memories...

[CommanderTavos]

yes the brick walls give them protection, if you rightclick on them they even hide behind it ; )

[davehoffman]

For the next historical battle, please try to do the Battle of Breitenfield, if you can.

[jean-barbe]

Hey Pixie, if you like the uniforms of the 18th century wars, you might enjoy the mod Imperial Splendour, which fleshes out the different factions' army roster and brings more visual diversity and historical accuracy into it.
Also, I think you should definitely try the Colonialism 1600AD mod for Empire, it's an unfinished work, but it gives a great 17th century pike and shot impression! It's also quite historically accurate.

[The_Kentuckian]

I immensely enjoy this style of video. It's like watching live sport commentating.

[RustBMBEarth]

Apollo videos on Sunday, FeelsGoodMan

[teeheeteeheeish]

army comps are actually pretty historically accurate, nice work

[suttongaming]

This is one of the most coolest Battles you have done in a while Pix

[Zerosyte]

5:46 I will forever be mad at you for saying "pretty sweet" instead of "pretty Swede"

[takachimaya]

Cossacks were not militia. They were a group of elite Ukranian warriors who have had years of experience and centuries of warfare as a tradition. Much like American Natives or Nepalese Gurkhas. They were specifically trained in Ukranian martial arts, horseback riding, sharpshooting, and sword fighting. Russians saw this small society of warriors and annexed them into their army.

[Grimmy]

You can use the walls for protection in Empire. That is why the units were kneeling in front of it. And when Russia went to charge, his units stopped to kneel because the Russian player must have accidently selected the wall when they told their men to move.