00:27I'm Richard Bull
00:29I'm the Battle AI programmer on Empire Total War
00:32I'm going to play the AI today
00:35I'm going to try and fish out of it the special tactic behaviour
00:41which is something we've not done in Total War games before
00:45The special thing about it is that it's a form of behaviour that the AI tries to use
00:50which involves keeping as much cohesion as possible
00:53and running through a set plan as much as it can within the remit of what the player does
00:58and how the battle plays out
01:01Most of these tactics are based on real historical tactics
01:04and the one I'm going to try and get the AI to do
01:06is it's a tactic that we've stolen from Bonaparte
01:10that he used in the late 1700s in an Egyptian battle
01:14where he came up against a disparate set of very strong individual cavalry units
01:19What he did was he put his best infantry missile troops into a giant battalion square
01:27where he could place his cavalry and key units inside
01:32so that as these walls were breached
01:34as the infantry repelled cavalry units that came in
01:39those walls could be reinforced
01:41and it made it very very difficult to fight against
01:44and it was a very effective tactic
01:46so I'm going to try and break this down
01:48with my cavalry heavy force
01:56Right, let's go
02:01Right, let's see what they're up to
02:04all forming up
02:05Here's the battalion square
02:08I'm going to try and break down their wall
02:16Here's the artillery
02:22Let's deal with the light infantry first
02:28Thank you
02:34The charging cavalry should be easier to get rid of those garnishes
02:38Oh yes
02:39I like that
02:43Right, while you're engaged there
02:47you can go and try and breach this wall
02:52Let's see if we can disrupt their battalion
02:57Let's see if we can fix this wall
02:57There we go
02:58There we go
03:00I'm going to try and push through their front workers
03:03Oh dear
03:04Oh dear
03:05Well, that's okay
03:06Well, they're sending in their cavalry to reinforce the wall
03:11but we're disrupting their formation
03:15Okay, I think we can
03:16Let's pull you boys back out again
03:18I think you've done your job
03:20We've got their square messed up
03:23We can avoid being shot to death on the way out
03:27Well, we've completely destroyed their battalion square
03:30so they're going to have to think of something new now
03:33Here comes the reinforcements
03:36I'm marching them forward to take the high ground
03:41All lured into our army
03:46My missile troops should be able to deal with that
03:48That's right, you go back
03:51We're on the high ground, so we have an advantage
03:56Looks like they're all coming
03:57Okay
04:01This isn't going to get very messy now
04:06And they have support
04:07Alright
04:08Where's my heavy cavalry?
04:10Okay
04:11Let's turn and queue around the back
04:16Let's get rid of these guards that are providing support from the rear, I think
04:26A flanking charge should scatter their supporting infantry
04:36I can imagine
04:40Let's get everybody focused on their general
04:44It's a brave last stand lads
04:45but I think it's a bit late now
04:50And there goes their general
04:52It's an eye for an eye
04:58It's an eye for an eye
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