Do you think Paradox could make their first game worth playing in a decade and a half with EU5?
I haven't given them a cent since I got EU4 for $5 (I absolutely hated it, the mana system is just infuriating) and haven't given them any real money since I bought CK2 on release (I pirated all the DLC except one I got gifted IIRC.)
I occasionally read the "tinto talks" for "project Caesar" which if it isn't EU5 may as well be. I haven't kept up for half a year or so and recalled that it existed today. I can't think of anything negative I've seen about it.
Lörs?
Bernd
Sun, 16 Mar 2025 05:09:47 GMT
No. 25650143
You WILL answer me with well thought out posts and we WILL have an enjoyable discussion
Bernd
Sun, 16 Mar 2025 05:15:31 GMT
No. 25650157
I play eu 4 modded with meiou , people in that comunity are positive about next iteration that gives me hope
On other hand autistic market is small why would they try to appeal to that?
Bernd
Sun, 16 Mar 2025 05:19:32 GMT
No. 25650164
Possibly but it'll be subscription based.
Bernd
Sun, 16 Mar 2025 05:20:15 GMT
No. 25650167
I wouldn't trust paradox to flush a toilet much less make a half decent game
Bernd
Sun, 16 Mar 2025 05:27:39 GMT
No. 25650182
>>25650263
what was mana? I played but I don't know any of the terms
Bernd
Sun, 16 Mar 2025 05:51:58 GMT
No. 25650263
>>25650182
You accumulate three different kinds of power in your kingdom every month you can spend on various improvements. It's pretty silly, because you can turn any backwater village into a metropolis in an instant by spending abstract points.
Bernd
Sun, 16 Mar 2025 05:55:52 GMT
No. 25650274
>>25650364
All of their games have simply been reskinned iterations of the previous game. The quality of the gameplay has only gone downhill with EU3 being the peak.
Ck2 was just eu4 reskinned, imperator rome was just ck2 reskinned, ck3 was just imperator rome reskinned, vicky 3 was just ck3 reskinned, and EU5 will now be vicky 3 reskinned.
Bernd
Sun, 16 Mar 2025 06:00:10 GMT
No. 25650299
Why are chuds so smug about pirating games they play for hundreds of hours? Why are they even outright hostile to the developers and the company that produce these games? I just got the DLC for EU4 when they were on sale and was done with it.
Bernd
Sun, 16 Mar 2025 06:11:14 GMT
No. 25650355
>>25650480
it will be garbage
the last good generation was vicky 2, ck2 and eu3
and ck2 got destroyed by dlcs into being worse than what it originally was. i vividly remember ai being able to raise 2-3x more troops in early versions of the game. basically paradox loves adding dlc bloat which ai cant use. player needs to press a few buttons in correct order to get a minor to mid advantage, and repeat it 20x for each dlc until theyre op
Bernd
Sun, 16 Mar 2025 06:12:24 GMT
No. 25650364
>>25650274
Everything you said is wrong except
>The quality of the gameplay has only gone downhill
EU4 is like 18 months newer than CK2 btw
Bernd
Sun, 16 Mar 2025 06:28:29 GMT
No. 25650480
>>25650355
It's garbage and a time sink. But I enjoy these games nevertheless. You have to set yourself goals and restraints. Right now I'm trying to become Christian as Egypt and to keep Byzantium alive.
Bernd
Sun, 16 Mar 2025 07:02:19 GMT
No. 25650591
I haven't played a paradox game in years, which should I pirate to see if I still hate them?