Author Topic: Europa Universalis IV: Third time the charm?  (Read 11556 times)

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Are me and Magos only people who actually know how to play it?


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Yeah, I think so.

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I highly recommend you actually do buy this game when it goes on sale in the summer. It's a fantastic strategy game, with deceptively simple gameplay hiding a much much more intricate framework.

On the surface, it might look like all I'm doing is moving armies around, but in reality I'm doing far far more than that - there's an entire mechanic based around your army and how many men you can afford to have in it, along with the risk of running low on manpower during a series of conflicts. There's a very complex trade system (OK, not that complex, but if you don't know what you're doing you will fuck up with it) a diplomatic menu I've barely scratched the surface of, and a multitude of nations that I haven't even touched.

For forty dollars, this game gives a load of content.

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Eh, how are you playing it if it's not being sold yet?

And, yeah, I have considered getting it and giving it a go.

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On sale as in 'It's cheaper'. That sort of sale.

Otherwise, for 40 bucks this is one hell of an enjoyable time if you like painting maps.

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I bought boxed Victoria 2 with all DLCs for an equivalent of 5 bucks, so in some countries it's even cheaper than on Steam.

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On sale as in 'It's cheaper'. That sort of sale.

Otherwise, for 40 bucks this is one hell of an enjoyable time if you like painting maps.

Ah, OK.

Well, if I was bothered enough by the cost to wait until summer, I'd just torrent it anyway....

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On sale as in 'It's cheaper'. That sort of sale.

Otherwise, for 40 bucks this is one hell of an enjoyable time if you like painting maps.

Ah, OK.

Well, if I was bothered enough by the cost to wait until summer, I'd just torrent it anyway....

Don't pirate Paradox games. The dev's are fucking awesome dudes, and they really sell their games for relatively cheap.

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Yeah, I guess, but if I'm not going to otherwise buy it then I see no massive issue with pirating it. It's not like I'm costing them anything, and if I like a game I pirate I will usually buy it at some point unless it's made by dicks or has stupid DRM.

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Buy at least vanilla without DLCs, it's friggin good game and Paradox cares about fanbase. DLCs are not free, but they add much in comparison to many other game developers.

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Buy at least vanilla without DLCs, it's friggin good game and Paradox cares about fanbase. DLCs are not free, but they add much in comparison to many other game developers.

Exactly - they don't do take down claims of people putting videos of their games on Youtube. Or posting the soundtracks. They're pretty chill dudes.

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Only developers more chill than them are CD Project Red to my personal knowledge.