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Two years in the making, a tactical behemoth and absolute difficult bugger of a title. We're playing 2005s Brigade E5, a bizarre and biting spiritual successor to Jagged Alliance!

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Playing Brigade E5: Jank Alliance

Or: How I Learned to Start Worrying and Loathe the Quickload Today we're playing Brigade E5, a janky spiritual successor to Jagged Alliance born of old Russian forums and released to a world not ready for SPM. Follow me as over two years and four failed runs I tackle the perilous sandbox of Palinero. Links Twitter: https://twitter.com/TehSnakerer Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tehsnakerer Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/tehsnakerer Bekoha's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Bek0ha INDEX Runs 1-4 1-1. E5: 5 Runs 00:00 1-2. Character Select 02:09 1-3. Jagged Annals: The Origin of Brigade E5 04:14 1-4. Ambushed by SPM: Gameplay Intro 08:06 1-5. Porto-Torro Peculiarities: Towns, Dialogue, and Quest Intro 18:02 1-6. The World Map 22:55 1-7. Early Game Hell & CGL 24:33 1-8. Immortal Badass 32:50 1-9. Cool Quest Rewards 33:56 1-10. AI quests: Stupid Smart San Miguel Stories 35:40 1-11. Full Speed out of Early Game Hell: Vehicles 43:55 1-12. Guns & Equipment 44:50 1-13. XIII Goes Fourth: Working for Tormens 52:48 1-14. XIII Goes Fourth: The Nightmayor Difficulty Spike 01:01:54 1-15. Brigade Plants its Feet 01:04:30 The Fifth and Final Run 2-1. Smuggled Back In 01:06:44 2-2. Fight Night & Stealth 01:09:53 2-3. The Greatness of Grenades 01:12:55 2-4. Weapon Balance 01:18:56 2-5. Dissecting Difficulty 01:25:20 2-6. The Story of E5 01:35:43 2-7. Total Bore: The Final Mission 01:42:17 2-8. The Quickload 01:46:03 2-9. Finale: Bunkered Down, Messing UP! 01:48:37 2-10. Run Down 01:52:14

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Connor Butters

damn, gonna have to put this game into my backlog now,

WillRigby

Thanks Sna-wait 6:05 you changed the whale picture. I have to take back 45% of all the praise I've even given-never mind Baldy Bull is so magical I forgive you!

TehSnakerer

I was told three whales likely referred to an old saying and not Moby Dick so I had to shift gears!

NTG

Yeah, I think I stick with Jagged Alliance 3. Not nearly as complex or tactical as this game but it's also far less frustrating. Especially the last part where you have to take out at least one enemy faction with no way of preventing them from retaking areas you just took over. That feels more like the worst kind of grind than actual fun gameplay. I'm surprised they didn't gave the player the ability to recruite miltia to defend conquered sectors, like Jagged Alliance did.

hyp(no)sin()

I remember watching the Brigand: Panama video in the afternoon after one of my 'O'-Level (GCSE) exams — now you release this video, right as my A-Level exams are around the corner... nostalgia is a potent drug.

Elwood

Just got around to watching this: The corny dialogue, the wildly in depth combat systems, the huge arsenal, this was such a great choice for a video Snake, I don't think I've seen such weapon complexity since I played PAYDAY 2 I'd never have the patience to play through such a demanding game, massive respect to you for pulling it off, and god-tier wordplay as always

Ineloquent Reverie

Snake, what did you think of Jagged Alliance 3? From my understanding, now-post patches it’s genuinely as good as 2 if not better.