The Golden One - Marcus Follin - Assassin's Creed Odyssey - Part 6. More Book Recommendations and Naval Battles
Aired: 2018-12-28
Duration: 27:36


=== Gates of Fire Readaloud (05:11) ===

[00:00:00]  Greetings, Larringtons.
[00:00:02]  Welcome back to good old Hellas.
[00:00:05]  Now, I read through the comments on the last video, and I saw actually that a few of you had recommended a book that I'm holding in my hand right now, and I'm putting it up on the screen now as well.
[00:00:18]  Gates of Fire by Stephen Pressfield.
[00:00:24]  And I actually have this in my library, but I have not read it yet.
[00:00:29]  It was actually a birthday gift I got from a mate of mine two and a half years ago.
[00:00:37]  And he is quite similar to myself.
[00:00:42]  He's training a lot of MMA.
[00:00:45]  Well, of course, I train more in the gym now, but he is into that at least.
[00:00:49]  And he's very much into history and philosophy, etc.
[00:00:54]  So he recommended that to me and gave it to me.
[00:00:57]  But I haven't read it yet.
[00:00:59]  But now that some of you reminded me of that book, I will definitely check that out.
[00:01:06]  So that is about good old Leonidas, so very suitable to read now that I'm playing this game.
[00:01:17]  So I'll continue to elaborate a bit on books after we have spoken to this fine gentleman.
[00:01:22]  Sopra.
[00:01:25]  We are ready when you are, Captain.
[00:01:27]  Wait!
[00:01:30]  Wait for me, Alexios.
[00:01:31]  I'm all back in everything.
[00:01:33]  You're coming, are you?
[00:01:34]  If you're going, I'm going.
[00:01:39]  This is not a place for a young girl.
[00:01:44]  You're too little, my girl.
[00:01:46]  Phoebe, you're not old enough.
[00:01:49]  I can't look after you all the time.
[00:01:51]  I can look after myself.
[00:01:53]  I don't need anyone to help me.
[00:01:56]  Oh, but you do.
[00:01:57]  Even if that were true, it's not your time.
[00:02:00]  But there wouldn't be any trouble.
[00:02:02]  Promise.
[00:02:08]  If I can't come, then take Hara.
[00:02:11]  Hara?
[00:02:12]  My pet eagle.
[00:02:13]  She's my friend.
[00:02:15]  Mother gave her a little bit of her.
[00:02:17]  But she'll be your friend now.
[00:02:19]  And it'll be like I'm there with you, you know, to remind you of me.
[00:02:24]  Thanks, Phoebe.
[00:02:29]  Besides, I'll have Kina to play with.
[00:02:31]  Since you saved her.
[00:02:32]  Go easy on her.
[00:02:34]  She may still be shaky with the fever.
[00:02:36]  But you have to promise that we'll see each other again.
[00:02:44]  Hmm, we have some... ...some dilemmas here.
[00:02:47]  This is a bit too mean.
[00:02:51]  To well, I suppose it's the truth as well, but we might come back, so I'll go with this one.
[00:02:57]  I'll hope I'll see you again.
[00:03:01]  The fates know we're best friends, Alexios.
[00:03:03]  They'll make sure we meet again.
[00:03:06]  Zeus will sit.
[00:03:11]  Alexios!
[00:03:14]  Leaving Cephalonia without saying goodbye to your dear Marcos?
[00:03:18]  Tell me it isn't true.
[00:03:19]  Well, you're here now, so it won't be true.
[00:03:23]  Goodbye, Marcus.
[00:03:24]  Well said, well said, Alexios dynamic duo!
[00:03:27]  I'll never replace you.
[00:03:29]  Well, I may need another assistant someday, but it won't be easy.
[00:03:34]  Come now, give me a hug.
[00:03:40]  Alright, bro.
[00:03:41]  Give me a bro hug here.
[00:03:43]  Yes, bring it in.
[00:03:45]  Oh, will I ever miss you, Alexios?
[00:03:48]  Thanks, Marcos.
[00:03:49]  I'll miss you two.
[00:03:51]  And what does the future hold for you?
[00:03:53]  Wine, of course.
[00:03:55]  Though you never know when the vines will wither, I'm always ready for another adventure.
[00:04:03]  Speaking of adventure, I have a task for you, dear Phoebe.
[00:04:07]  An adventure?
[00:04:09]  Already following in your footsteps isn't she my friend ready to set sail?
[00:04:23]  let's go bro prepare to cast off it's time to leave good the tides wait for neither man nor woman time to go let's go champ So, what course do we set?
[00:04:44]  Where in this big, beautiful world does the mighty Alexios want to go?
[00:04:50]  Megaris.
[00:04:52]  Megaris, but we'll be sailing into war.
[00:04:55]  I got a contract for some general's head.
[00:04:58]  Whose head?
[00:05:00]  They call him the wolf.
[00:05:02]  The wolf?
[00:05:04]  Who wants Nicolaus of Sparta dead?
[00:05:06]  Nicolas of Sparta.
[00:05:09]  Uh oh.

=== Don't Listen, Nicolaus (02:38) ===

[00:05:11]  This is not boding well.
[00:05:17]  The Oracle has spoken to prevent Sparta's fall.
[00:05:24]  The child must fall first.
[00:05:28]  You can't let this happen.
[00:05:32]  She'll do no harm.
[00:05:33]  She'll help us.
[00:05:35]  She will leave!
[00:06:25]  He has no spot in Nicolas.
[00:06:29]  Don't listen.
[00:06:31]  Nicolaus.
[00:06:33]  Don't listen.
[00:06:35]  No.
[00:06:39]  No.
[00:06:40]  Don't listen.
[00:06:54]  Butter!
[00:07:11]  Look at me, Nicolaus.
[00:07:13]  Don't don't listen.
[00:07:20]  Your blood is tainted.
[00:07:22]  RID YOURSELF OF THIS POISON!
[00:07:25]  Butter?

=== Let's Set the Pace High (15:35) ===

[00:07:50]  Wow, an intense...
[00:07:52]  It's Megaris.
[00:07:53]  Now.
[00:07:54]  Intense since my father.
[00:08:10]  The plot thickens.
[00:08:12]  Yeah, he was obviously just looking out for his baby sister.
[00:08:16]  I have to admire that.
[00:08:19]  Obviously, a complex story behind, I assume.
[00:08:25]  But I think he was a good boy in that scenario.
[00:09:04]  How your ship and crew perform.
[00:09:07]  Alright, there!
[00:09:08]  Let's get moving!
[00:09:10]  Right, let's take command.
[00:09:13]  Fortunately, since I played Origins, I should know how this goes.
[00:09:22]  Look at that, we have leveled up too.
[00:09:24]  How nice.
[00:09:27]  Ah, look at that.
[00:09:28]  Beautiful.
[00:09:29]  And we see the Zeus statue.
[00:09:32]  Also, I saw some fun comments that I was talking about the author Harry Sidebottom while I was climbing up the actual bottom of the Zeus statue.
[00:09:42]  That was an accident, I assure you.
[00:09:46]  I did not even think about it, but in retrospect, I suppose it was quite a funny coincidence.
[00:09:55]  Either way, I thought to mention something about God of War by Christine Cameron.
[00:10:07]  I was a bit younger.
[00:10:09]  Well, I mean, I was a few years younger, so yeah, a few years back.
[00:10:14]  I read it.
[00:10:15]  So I might have not liked this as much today if I had seen some of the inglorious sights of it.
[00:10:30]  Someone mentioned that the main character, which is Ptolemy, had a bit of an inglorious view of his women.
[00:10:40]  And what I mean with that is that he, if I'm not mistaken now, didn't mind that she had been a Hetera.
[00:10:52]  I don't know if I pronounced that correctly, but Hetera was then a courtesan of sorts.
[00:10:59]  I don't know about the historical accuracy of any of this, but that's just something also a comment from the last video mentioned, and I thought to mention that again so you don't get that book in and see some heresies.
[00:11:22]  But overall, I remember it was a good book.
[00:11:26]  Let's go, champs.
[00:11:30]  Boom.
[00:11:31]  Parabas shipment Well, you're going to have to persuade him.
[00:11:58]  What do you mean?
[00:11:59]  You get him a board and I'll talk him into it.
[00:12:02]  A little drachmi should sweeten the deal.
[00:12:05]  So you want me to knock him out?
[00:12:08]  No, no.
[00:12:10]  Well, maybe just pacify him a little, then get him to the ship so we can have a little talk.
[00:12:16]  Everything will be fine, I promise you.
[00:12:23]  Alright.
[00:12:25]  Nice for the Silchant as well.
[00:12:27]  So I thought to mention something else I saw in a comment, and that was a true friend asked if I had read the Raven trilogy by Gilles Christian.
[00:12:40]  Yes, I have.
[00:12:40]  And I have actually made a book recommendation about those books.
[00:12:46]  And this was a few years back.
[00:12:47]  I got the question then if I had any good Viking book recommendations.
[00:12:52]  And then I said him and yet again, as I mentioned in the last video, Bernard Cornwell.
[00:12:58]  So yes, Jills Christian, good author.
[00:13:01]  Good author indeed.
[00:13:02]  I can definitely recommend him.
[00:13:06]  Then I got a question about if I have any good fantasy books, and I have plenty.
[00:13:10]  The first one I mentioned was Joe Abercrombie.
[00:13:15]  He has a very particular writing style.
[00:13:22]  Doss Joe Abercrombie.
[00:13:28]  Alright, there we have him, I suppose.
[00:13:34]  But yeah, good recommendation right there.
[00:13:39]  Joe Abercrombie.
[00:13:44]  I will jump down in the nice water here.
[00:13:48]  Looks nice to swim around in it.
[00:13:52]  So also, I hope the frame rate is loyal this time.
[00:13:56]  I had a bit of a problem with it before.
[00:14:00]  And I could play on right, I'm gonna do the following first.
[00:14:10]  I could play on very high with my GTX 1060 without any problem, but obviously it's a bit different when I also have to record it.
[00:14:20]  So I suppose that's the issue there.
[00:14:24]  Swift dagger.
[00:14:26]  Boom.
[00:14:27]  Didn't even know that I had it.
[00:14:29]  And oh, look at that.
[00:14:34]  Chalcadian.
[00:14:36]  Don't know how to pronounce that.
[00:14:39]  Or a Sparta.
[00:14:42]  Okay, the Sparta one is more epic.
[00:14:44]  So let's definitely go for that.
[00:14:47]  And then we have some new armor.
[00:14:50]  Look at that.
[00:14:51]  Double armor.
[00:14:52]  Absolutely joyous, if anything.
[00:14:59]  Then going to abilities, see what the crack is here.
[00:15:04]  I suppose we'll have to progress further in the story there.
[00:15:13]  Second wind.
[00:15:15]  Alright, that sounds like a good idea.
[00:15:19]  Can assign it to the second.
[00:15:22]  Right, let's do this.
[00:15:24]  Whoop!
[00:15:25]  Oh, look at that helmet.
[00:15:27]  absolutely aesthetic.
[00:15:35]  I have to enter power gaming mode so I will not be as talkative.
[00:15:49]  Well, that was silly of me.
[00:16:10]  Die, unbeliever.
[00:16:13]  These guys have blasphemed against Ares and thus they needed to be illuminated to the primordial truth.
[00:16:25]  Hello mate, I want to kick this individual.
[00:16:31]  Boom!
[00:16:32]  That was very aesthetic of me.
[00:16:37]  Look at this.
[00:16:38]  Absolutely.
[00:16:40]  Absolute madcunt.
[00:16:42]  It's all I have to say about that.
[00:16:45]  I can't quicksave, unfortunately, but it seems that I've survived the worst of it, at least.
[00:17:02]  Corinthian helmets, and...
[00:17:03]  And yeah, quite fun since I answered the question what my favorite helmets are in a recent QA.
[00:17:12]  Got the question of who my favorite Roman Emperor was and what my favorite helmets are.
[00:17:18]  Always get good questions on my from my supporters.
[00:17:26]  But what should we actually do here?
[00:17:29]  We're supposed to talk with someone.
[00:17:34]  If I am was this this guy?
[00:17:37]  No, that's a skeleton.
[00:17:42]  You can recruit any soldier on the island.
[00:17:47]  Alright, so maybe this was just a little hideout for some bandits.
[00:18:06]  So I suppose we'll have to go to the main island to recruit some madcunts to fight for us.
[00:18:15]  We'll have to train our pull-up game here.
[00:18:20]  It didn't go well.
[00:18:21]  I had to kill him.
[00:18:23]  Maybe we won't try for a pirate next time.
[00:18:26]  There'll be plenty more people we can recruit in the future.
[00:18:29]  The gods will provide us with the opportunities we need.
[00:18:32]  Of that, I am sure.
[00:18:34]  We should set a course for Megaris.
[00:18:38]  A long voyage can be relaxing, but we are not really the cruising type.
[00:18:43]  If you want to spice things up a bit, you can always check my logo there.
[00:18:47]  I make a note of anything I hear that could be of interest to a daring counter.
[00:18:53]  Alright, mate, that sounds sounds glorious.
[00:18:59]  dock ship all right let's uh let's go champs
[00:19:22]  Let's set the pace high on this ship, and that will give me an excellent opportunity to Elaborate on some books, I suppose.
[00:19:41]  So, what I'm currently reading at the moment is actually three books.
[00:19:53]  First one is something I started a while back.
[00:19:55]  A really mammoth of a book, which a true friend gave me.
[00:20:00]  Shout out to you, thank you.
[00:20:02]  Looks like this, putting it up on the screen too.
[00:20:05]  Quite good fantasy as well.
[00:20:06]  So, I'm almost finished with that.
[00:20:08]  And then I also am reading Garrow Weapon of Fate in Horus Heresy because I am as you all know, I'm a great fan of the Horus Heresy.
[00:20:22]  And then, as a non-fiction book, I'm reading Western Prices Physical Degeneration book, and that I will actually have to read well before my daughter arrives.
[00:20:35]  So, aha, we have a little mission here.
[00:20:42]  just gonna see what the crack is alright I utilized a little edit there I didn't realize that we had to destroy these heretics in order to progress in the storyline.
[00:21:02]  So, power gaming mode initiated.
[00:21:06]  And I'm gonna try to get these Athenians.
[00:21:11]  So, yes, the classical war between a land-based aristocracy, aka Sparta, versus a mercantile naval-based power such as Athens.
[00:21:25]  You can find these sort of examples throughout history.
[00:21:28]  Quite interesting.
[00:21:30]  Germany versus Great Britain in the First World War, for example, where we have Germany as the land-based power, and Great Britain, obviously, a bit more mercantile naval-based power.
[00:21:53]  Now, let's see.
[00:21:55]  They will try to ram us.
[00:21:57]  Not good.
[00:21:59]  Not good.
[00:21:59]  Ah, they missed.
[00:22:00]  Great.
[00:22:03]  meat.
[00:22:13]  Ah, damn.
[00:22:15]  That's That's not good at all.
[00:22:19]  Come on, mates.
[00:22:29]  Right, can we initiate a boarding here, perhaps?
[00:22:37]  Alright, let's go champs.
[00:22:48]  Man, charge then.
[00:22:49]  Boom, there we are.
[00:23:02]  Nice one, mates.
[00:23:06]  Aha, he isn't there.
[00:23:10]  We are.
[00:23:13]  We can loot.
[00:23:17]  But can we...
[00:23:23]  Ah, they were.

=== Naval Power Strategy (02:54) ===

[00:23:25]  One ship down.
[00:23:26]  Let's get the other ones.
[00:23:29]  And if I'm a bit noobish here, it's obviously because this is the first time I'm doing this in this particular game.
[00:23:40]  But anyway, let's illuminate these heretics.
[00:23:48]  So obviously the advantage if you're a naval power, silly-based power is that you can almost always get in supplies.
[00:23:57]  If you control the sils and if you control the trade lanes, you're much more durable when it comes to the short shortages of food, etc.
[00:24:06]  Whereas if you're a land-based power and your agriculture is being ravaged by land, by raids, etc., it will obviously not be as durable.
[00:24:22]  We can't even reach them.
[00:24:24]  This is blasphemous.
[00:24:26]  Perhaps we can ram them.
[00:24:30]  Let's see.
[00:24:35]  Yes, go on, lads.
[00:24:41]  Boom.
[00:24:42]  Maybe we can ram this guy, too.
[00:24:46]  Ah, not quite.
[00:25:07]  hurry up man maybe we should board this guy Maybe we should wait a bit until we have maybe taken this guy.
[00:25:38]  He's a nice one.
[00:25:40]  Yeah, since I've initiated power gaming mode, that's why I'm not as talkative.
[00:25:46]  Maybe we can ram this guy again.

=== A Bit of a Fail (01:17) ===

[00:26:19]  Yes, go on, lads.
[00:26:24]  Go on, then.
[00:26:29]  Huh, that was a bit of a fail.
[00:26:32]  To be perfectly honest.
[00:26:39]  Look at that.
[00:26:41]  He died a heroic death in the name of his gods.
[00:26:53]  There we are.
[00:26:55]  Alright, I utilized yet another edit there just because it was an extremely grindy fight.
[00:27:03]  It's gonna finish you off.
[00:27:04]  Boom.
[00:27:05]  There we are.
[00:27:06]  And yeah, so that will have to conclude this fine episode, I suppose.
[00:27:15]  And thank you for watching, and I hope you had some got some good book advice from watching it at least.
[00:27:26]  So Talk to Nikolaus.
[00:27:31]  We'll pick up here in the next episode, which will be out tomorrow then.