Leading a Massive Ant Colony through a Battlefield of Different Insects - Empire of the Ants

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  • Опубліковано 25 лис 2024

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  • @itsCatMeme37
    @itsCatMeme37 21 день тому +114

    Why does the ant RTS have the best graphics I have seen in a while.

    • @evilswissy
      @evilswissy 20 днів тому +3

      it might be because you just copied what drae said so you can desperately get attention

    • @ThatZenoGuy
      @ThatZenoGuy 20 днів тому +2

      Because you might have a crippling eye-related issue, the graphics aren't that great?

    • @itsCatMeme37
      @itsCatMeme37 20 днів тому +5

      @@evilswissy I'm sorry if your home life isn't that good, and maybe you aren't getting enough attention, but you don't need to project just to feel better about yourself. There are resources to get help :(

    • @itsCatMeme37
      @itsCatMeme37 20 днів тому +5

      @@ThatZenoGuy I thought they were excellent.

    • @evilswissy
      @evilswissy 20 днів тому

      @@itsCatMeme37 so typically said...I think there are resources to find your own personality

  • @agnieszkawildhirt1353
    @agnieszkawildhirt1353 21 день тому +51

    If I had a cent for every ant game drae played I would have a couple of cents.

  • @realdragon
    @realdragon 21 день тому +82

    "Hopefully we won't fight anything bigger"
    Meanwhile irl ants: Brothers and sisters join us as we need to take down the crab!

    • @Texasmule
      @Texasmule 21 день тому +6

      In my area, it's scorpions and army ants

    • @mylliel8264
      @mylliel8264 20 днів тому +1

      Psst. It's just sisters. ;)

    • @realdragon
      @realdragon 20 днів тому +2

      @@mylliel8264 According to wikipedia generally workers are males and soldiers are females, of course it depends on species. But I also might have been reading about army ants more specifically

    • @micahberes1109
      @micahberes1109 13 днів тому

      @@realdragonreally the only male ants in a colony are elates that leave the nest once a year to mate with female elates of another colony. all worker ants are sterile females with the exeption of a few species like the indian jumping ant where any female can become a queen.

  • @mostafamoamen2328
    @mostafamoamen2328 21 день тому +172

    Drae on Monday? Am I dreaming?

    • @yashvardhan1744
      @yashvardhan1744 21 день тому +21

      With enough money many dreams can come true lol. Thank the sponser

    • @justingilchrist3000
      @justingilchrist3000 21 день тому +4

      Right I was like am I seeing this correctly?

    • @lostnetwork5717
      @lostnetwork5717 21 день тому +2

      Yeah he probably started the upload friday and youtube is just slow lol

    • @Topzdrop
      @Topzdrop 21 день тому

      We must be shared dreaming!

    • @ConnerRicketts-ye1ud
      @ConnerRicketts-ye1ud 21 день тому

      I was thinking the same thing

  • @Tturtle26
    @Tturtle26 20 днів тому +20

    I think “heads” is a unit of distance. 1 head is probably the distance of one ant. More heads means that the ant you’re searching for is further away.

  • @AntExe-ey5my
    @AntExe-ey5my 21 день тому +46

    This game and Empires of the Undergrowth got me so interested in Ants I actually started keeping them. I currently have two small colonies, Messor Barbarus and Camponotus Singularis. Love my babies!

    • @abcdefgcdefg5178
      @abcdefgcdefg5178 21 день тому +5

      That's so cool, my son wants an ant colony but I have no idea where to begin or what type of ants would be best, he is 11, any recommendations?

    • @CLOUDCHASER510
      @CLOUDCHASER510 21 день тому

      ​@@abcdefgcdefg5178yeah Google it.
      Location and species should be a good start.
      I'm sure your 11yo can help you

    • @krmvustooth5700
      @krmvustooth5700 21 день тому

      ​​@@abcdefgcdefg5178 There is a channel called Ants Canada, he keeps all sorts of exotic ants, he also sells a line of supposedly beginner friendly ant habitats/tanks. I also remember him announcing/advertising some service where you can buy ants from your local area (foreign ants are bad since if they get loose they can wreck the ecosystem)

    • @ledumpsterfire6474
      @ledumpsterfire6474 20 днів тому

      I always loved ants. Had a colony when I was a kid. Then last year I had a colony living in the ceiling above my bed. Now they're KOS, right up there with ticks, mosquitoes, and fleas.

    • @AntExe-ey5my
      @AntExe-ey5my 17 днів тому

      @@abcdefgcdefg5178 There's some really good info on UA-cam. I've found that anywhere that sells queens also sells all the associated gear and can offer plenty of advice. A google search will give you all you need. Best of luck with it!

  • @Khoular
    @Khoular 21 день тому +7

    this game is pretty well made def want more of this

  • @ayri3879
    @ayri3879 21 день тому +17

    the ants go marching one by one

  • @dukeofthedance8062
    @dukeofthedance8062 21 день тому +12

    Hi Drae, you gave me great advice a few years ago about BMG I'll never forget: "Why don't you just buy the game and if it doesn't run on your pc, just get a refund." I'm surprised you didn't add "duMbA$s!!" but you're more refined than that. It was something so simple I hadn't even considered because in the real world I don't buy things and return them unless broken. You know how there's a culture of people who "rent" things, returning them after done using them one time like a furniture cleaner or even clothes?
    That's a part of why things are so messed up. But with Steam it's not that way at all and with you pointing out the obvious, I was able to play BMG after all. Also the other ant game too but that one I did refund.. I liked it but am too old to memorize the controls and key functions to really have much fun, and it was stressful as well in it's own way. Like all my other games, even GTA franchise, I enjoy sustained peace for longer periods of time than 5mins, not always under attack with timed "waves" (San Andreas is only exception, that was fun) or like it's Space Invaders, just waiting for the inevitable (death or game over) vs creating a huge empire to truly go out and conquer vast areas of land maybe including a whole continent or else a good sized island.
    Have said this before and will say it again in this painfully long post: Drae - I don't know how you pick all these games up so fast, but I sure think it's an incredible trait or skill to possess. Two thumbs up. I'll go ahead and buy this at Christmas, and if too complex, I'll just return for refund within an hr of gameplay. Easy peasy. Drae you tha man. I'll never regret subscribing to your channel. The squirrel suit you wore for the ads to shave your balls (and who even does that? Only the ads by the company were pushing that idea or agenda over and over on yt, hahaha and everyone was scammed into thinking that's what girls like today when in fact they're horrified by it LOL) almost did you in for me.. but I am also a forgiving person too. Mans gotta eat and food isn't free.

  • @nobob8564
    @nobob8564 20 днів тому +1

    A game about ants?!
    OF COURSE I want to see more!

  • @damustermann
    @damustermann 21 день тому +8

    Enter scientist meme:
    Finally.... Mondraey

  • @Squatch-13
    @Squatch-13 21 день тому +2

    I saw an ad for this game recently and the graphics/gameplay look stellar! Love your videos man, stoked to see you play through this game 😎

  • @killodo12
    @killodo12 21 день тому +12

    This is taking care of us Americans who really need a positive distraction today. Mad love!

    • @evilswissy
      @evilswissy 20 днів тому

      just don't be dull headed enough to go out and vote

    • @maxcarter3453
      @maxcarter3453 20 днів тому +1

      @@evilswissy ??

    • @Erucus
      @Erucus 13 днів тому +1

      Get over it he won majority vote. It’s clearly what Americans want

  • @gretchen8100
    @gretchen8100 21 день тому +1

    Drae, please please PLEASE do a series on this! My pc can't handle the graphics so I have to enjoy this vicariously 😂

  • @Elusivecamel31
    @Elusivecamel31 21 день тому +3

    Thisnis such a beautiful game!!!! Thisnis one series i can't wait to see more of!!! Looks amazing!!! #Drae

  • @Pterified
    @Pterified 20 днів тому

    I absolutely love how the ants don't have names, it's numbers.

  • @Mr.MasterOfTheMonsters
    @Mr.MasterOfTheMonsters 21 день тому +2

    Empires of the Undergrowth + Empire of the Ants = Empire of the Underpants

  • @Crunkle-he8rv
    @Crunkle-he8rv 20 днів тому +2

    Drae should play gold mining simulator 2 when it comes out

  • @metern
    @metern 8 днів тому +1

    That heads count is the measure of distance 😉

  • @MrBJPhotography
    @MrBJPhotography 21 день тому

    Awesome content as always thanks for introducing us to different types of games.

  • @_Kitetsu
    @_Kitetsu 20 днів тому

    At long last! Finally someone I watch picked this game up, I've been oh so curious about it. Thank you sir!

  • @Wasteborn
    @Wasteborn 20 днів тому +1

    If you like this, you should give Smalland a try

  • @Jerms995
    @Jerms995 20 днів тому

    Ants. Of all the insets to choose from, an interesting choice

  • @isabelmiranda2372
    @isabelmiranda2372 21 день тому +1

    0:35
    Drae: "EVEN BIGGER BEETLES"
    Me: "Mushiking" [add enthusiastic voice]

  • @ghostspeectrum
    @ghostspeectrum 20 днів тому

    love the reference to 103683, the main ant protagonist from Bernard werber's ant trilogy

  • @maxcarter3453
    @maxcarter3453 20 днів тому

    This game is beautiful! Would love to see more!

  • @keanudupont
    @keanudupont 20 днів тому +1

    Everything the light touches

  • @LadyLexyStarwatcher
    @LadyLexyStarwatcher 20 днів тому +1

    Brings back memories of Sim Ant

    • @djPHUZ
      @djPHUZ 20 днів тому

      That’s what I was expecting where u forage for food and resource and can go inside the nest and fix things etc etc..but nah its more focused on battles so far as my take on it the couple hours im into it. But no doubt its an absolutely good game to have!

  • @Daniel_H01
    @Daniel_H01 19 днів тому

    this game reminds me of away the survival series where u play as a sugar glider. that game looked very pretty and cool. fun to play too.

  • @Xenten123
    @Xenten123 21 день тому

    I literally said to myself after work "Damn it's Monday, Drae won't have a video." Opened UA-cam and saw this. 😂

  • @vegardbjerke8639
    @vegardbjerke8639 21 день тому

    HI DREA love your videos so much think you are one of the first youtubers ive been subscribed to since i was a kid love from Norway

  • @rezarst7743
    @rezarst7743 21 день тому

    Nice im so glad you played this game hope you finish the game

  • @midnitecro3915
    @midnitecro3915 20 днів тому

    Your gameplay is determining if I buy this game. Looks good so far. I'll wait for 1 more episode to be sure. 😊

  • @snerdterguson
    @snerdterguson 20 днів тому

    This game should have a survival mode. Where you can just explore without commanding the battles. Find food and hunt weaker creatures, use stealth to sneak around stronger ones.
    The game is cool as is, but to me, the best part looks to be when you get to just wander around.

  • @hansuedorikkuabira6380
    @hansuedorikkuabira6380 21 день тому

    Ofc alot more!❤

  • @LadyLexyStarwatcher
    @LadyLexyStarwatcher 20 днів тому +2

    I love how they got the sex correct. All ants are female unless they are one of the drones meant for breading.

    • @Fangybite
      @Fangybite 20 днів тому

      Same! Queens only hatch males if they are not fertilized during the nuptial flight. And since males don't serve any purpose except to mate, their queen mother starves to death.

  • @SirFace4
    @SirFace4 20 днів тому

    This is cute. Thank to you, VERY funny. Thank you Drae!

  • @anthonyzeedyk406
    @anthonyzeedyk406 21 день тому +1

    Cartographer: noun. a person who makes maps.

  • @DETHdressedInRED
    @DETHdressedInRED 21 день тому

    Probably would never happen but Drae mentioned something I've wondered about for years. Could a tornado pick up like a tree stump that has an anthill underneath it and take it you know... Miles away... And drop it on the ground undamaged in a new area?
    Imagine how weird that would be for the ants if they had consciousness. The big wind storm comes and suddenly your house is shaking but you're hiding protecting the eggs then it stops and you go outside and your essentially on a different continent basically lol.

  • @Skurai_X
    @Skurai_X 21 день тому

    i have been waiting for this game, i love ant games

  • @Eatbutternow
    @Eatbutternow 19 днів тому +1

    Ants are so cool

  • @bokunochannel84207
    @bokunochannel84207 21 день тому

    I always hyped about this kind of game.

  • @coleyabbott
    @coleyabbott 21 день тому

    Awesome looking game!

  • @chasehalley5777
    @chasehalley5777 21 день тому

    Butterflys bees and all in between wasps get energy from sugars which is highly valuable to ants.

  • @RLG1998
    @RLG1998 21 день тому

    🚨🚨🚨 DRAE DRAE DRAE 🚨🚨🚨
    -Love the longer videos man!!! And Monday upload??? Whaaaatttt?!?!?
    That is all 🇨🇦🍁🇨🇦🍁🇨🇦🍁

  • @bassmaster135790666
    @bassmaster135790666 19 днів тому

    They literally tell you how to Glide at the very beginning of the game and this guy came and figure out that

  • @crazykids2004
    @crazykids2004 21 день тому

    What a cool game I love it family relationships are weird but that is how it works Mom is head of the home colony and her queen daughters have their own bases it's funny

  • @abcdefgcdefg5178
    @abcdefgcdefg5178 21 день тому

    I would love to see more of this!

  • @clutch44444
    @clutch44444 21 день тому +3

    Is it just me or is this basically Empire of the Undergrowth?
    Edit: Nevermind I see it is different

    • @light6666
      @light6666 21 день тому

      I do wonder if these 2 would co-operate in like a extra optional mission for your collony to learn about a unusual collony of multiple diffrent ant species

  • @PFCIceman
    @PFCIceman 21 день тому

    Awesome a MonDrae video! 😊😮😊

  • @RN-sx5mv
    @RN-sx5mv 19 днів тому

    Amazing game for sure ❤

  • @VincentSilverthorne
    @VincentSilverthorne 21 день тому

    A snail in the hand is worth 2 butterflies in the bush 😂

  • @TTactical101
    @TTactical101 20 днів тому

    I looked up if ants can jump
    Ants don’t fly except for 1 species that uses it to evade and hunt
    I didn’t look up if that particular ant is the same as the one in the video, but now it CAN be realistic

  • @jondoty-cd3kr
    @jondoty-cd3kr 21 день тому

    I liked sim ant and sim farm back in the day😊😊😊😊.

  • @miles3101
    @miles3101 21 день тому

    This game is beautiful

  • @Extrinityishere
    @Extrinityishere 21 день тому

    Am I reading this right!??!? Monday..... and drae....... a rare combo

  • @scottvisakowitz6326
    @scottvisakowitz6326 21 день тому

    I would think the heads meant how many ants have used that trail

  • @Mysteriousquestionmark
    @Mysteriousquestionmark 21 день тому

    this was great but Drae on a Monday threw me off but glad I could watch it though

  • @alexuschan1
    @alexuschan1 21 день тому +1

    I think that the heads thing was a distance thing, like heads instead of feet, as ants have points on the end of their legs while having large heads. Just a guess thou.

    • @Altair1243WAR
      @Altair1243WAR 21 день тому

      No, it... it totally is. Drae even showed that, elbeit briefly, because he checked, walked forward a bit, checked again and the didplay was lower. He just never thinks about stuff like that and then just says whatever random thought he has at the time instead of verifying it (which is a really simple test)

  • @ConquestTTV
    @ConquestTTV 20 днів тому

    Hey Drae, idk if you're gonna see this but I just came across two great games that I think you'd like to try. One's called "Tin Can" and the other is called "Exhausted Man". Just a heads up, if you think star trucker is hard you're going to love Tin Can and Exhausted Man is self explanatory.

  • @Basketbboy004
    @Basketbboy004 21 день тому

    The "heads" thing is to indicate how far away they are.... its distance lol

  • @dewaldklopper9160
    @dewaldklopper9160 19 днів тому

    Good day Drae I have been watching some fooster an fisk videos and i think it would be a very good Idea if you and skilly make some videos with fooster and fisk

  • @Sir-Raids
    @Sir-Raids 21 день тому +2

    Dang the graphics is so good

  • @__ZaidAli__
    @__ZaidAli__ 20 днів тому

    Head are probably distance unit for ants

  • @RamseyRanchandhay
    @RamseyRanchandhay 21 день тому

    Love your video drae

  • @rockinggamerdude
    @rockinggamerdude 20 днів тому

    7:42 I thought they were called majors. I do watch Ant Canada.

  • @TheRealPhantomWolf
    @TheRealPhantomWolf 21 день тому

    Heads is a measure of distance for Ant! ie it would take 1000 ant heads to go to that tree.

  • @ramooninthemoon
    @ramooninthemoon 20 днів тому

    Heads are some kind of metric system like meters or yards

  • @xc5tnc148
    @xc5tnc148 20 днів тому

    The big head ants are called Majors

  • @octavian_ixviii4923
    @octavian_ixviii4923 День тому

    I hate ants with a passion, during OSUT, I laid down in a fire ant nest, and they went full berzerk on me. But, this is without a doubt a blast to watch.

  • @tomas5059-u6b
    @tomas5059-u6b 21 день тому

    Secand time when episode come out at monday,and i did think drae play this one

  • @saigem2611
    @saigem2611 21 день тому

    I really like this game

  • @ramtigerfalcon8387
    @ramtigerfalcon8387 21 день тому

    Damnit Drae
    It's not often you play a game that I've friggn Pre ordered!
    I'm gonna have to postpone the videos you put out for this until I've played a bit.😢
    In the meantime I'll just satiate my Drae desires with older videos.
    No lack of them right

  • @GreaserGames
    @GreaserGames 21 день тому

    Been awhile since the last Monday upload

  • @davidcookson4043
    @davidcookson4043 21 день тому

    12:15 What is this? A giant fortress for ants?! 😗

  • @PaulCoombes-c2q
    @PaulCoombes-c2q 21 день тому

    Ant games reminds me of lemmings

  • @zanewilson4674
    @zanewilson4674 21 день тому

    I literally just watched the trailer to this😂

  • @Extrinityishere
    @Extrinityishere 21 день тому

    I think heads may be a unit of measurement, like feet or meters

  • @thelonelywhale219
    @thelonelywhale219 21 день тому

    Interesting. Actually looks legit and thats really nice given the flood of COMPLETE GARBAGE mobile ads featuring ants

  • @TheCursedOne02
    @TheCursedOne02 20 днів тому

    Can we have a series on this?

  • @tiffany6341
    @tiffany6341 20 днів тому

    ❤❤❤❤

  • @isaacgonzo
    @isaacgonzo 21 день тому

    so i just saw this was coming to xbox soon, and was wondering how it played. id like to see more, as right now, im still thinking of getting it or not

  • @whiteandnerdytuba
    @whiteandnerdytuba 18 днів тому

    I don’t feel small enough as an ant

  • @chrismcgowan2788
    @chrismcgowan2788 21 день тому

    Bro says RTS and the first thing that pops in my head is return to station lmao welcome to amazon life 😂

  • @SnowFlakeKiller666
    @SnowFlakeKiller666 21 день тому

    "heads" are the ants measure of distance, i.e. 700 yards.

  • @CarlWheezed-q5n
    @CarlWheezed-q5n 20 днів тому

    Sound cuts out for about 15 seconds.

  • @SkipLoCasalier
    @SkipLoCasalier 20 днів тому

    The number 103 683rd is the "name" of an ant in a french book "Les Fourmis" by Bernard Werber. She's one of the most important character in the story!!
    EDIT: I wrote that before seeing the title that tell just that! Sorry!!!!

  • @ADHDanny1
    @ADHDanny1 21 день тому

    clearly you have not played smalland if you like this you will love that one

  • @hemulwelly4375
    @hemulwelly4375 20 днів тому

    DRAE YOU SHOULD PLAY TINY GLADE

  • @DaysofElijah317
    @DaysofElijah317 21 день тому +1

    Brothers of the mine rejoice sing sing with me… I am an ant and I’m digging a hole

  • @DaNDuBy
    @DaNDuBy 19 днів тому

    @AntsCanada….adds game to giant rainforest vivarium

  • @mrnice3451
    @mrnice3451 21 день тому +1

    Please tell me we’re still getting a video tomorrow.

  • @ziga04
    @ziga04 21 день тому

    Monday uploud no way🥰

  • @Sleeper____1472
    @Sleeper____1472 21 день тому

    This has to be the most political ant game I've seen. Literally performing antarian aid missions. "I will be the claw that strikes if I must," is such a good line, and from an ant game??

  • @davidbailey81287
    @davidbailey81287 21 день тому

    Awesome Video

  • @tankb8028
    @tankb8028 21 день тому

  • @toz.trendy
    @toz.trendy 21 день тому

    Ant mmo would go hard

    • @light6666
      @light6666 21 день тому

      Tbh yeah being a single small worker of a entire player controlled hive and listening to your queen sounds very interesting

  • @fire_hawk8320
    @fire_hawk8320 19 днів тому

    We got an ant simulator before GTA 6

  • @theinternet6313
    @theinternet6313 19 днів тому

    I just wish this game wasnt so linear, I like my grand strategy rts games most

  • @kendensauers2856
    @kendensauers2856 21 день тому

    a monday upload?? W