*COUGH* HOI3 *COUGH*
Paradox are just lucky to have loyal fans is all, and to have learned their lessons from previous experiences.
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*COUGH* HOI3 *COUGH*
Paradox are just lucky to have loyal fans is all, and to have learned their lessons from previous experiences.
It was that bad? God damnit. Might be actually fun to look at the 1.0 version of it then.
I'm cautiously excited, as I am with most other games. Any developer can have a bad game, us included. I very much enjoy the Total War series, and I'm probably going to buy it, but not necessarily at release.
Really? Hard to believe, if someone could dig it up I would love to read it. Sure it isn't just some random guy who named his account Sid Meier?
Here it is, but damn, I guess it's probably more likely that it's some fan of Sid Meier and not the Sid Meier.
I love all three of these developers!
Sid and Firaxis have made some of my all time favorite games (Pirates!), and while I hated Civ 5 initially (Step one: Denouncements from every ruler on the planet. Step two: All-out war with every AI player simultaneously.), with patches and DLC I've come to enjoy it greatly.
Creative Assembly, on the other hand, has the most engaging tactical warfare system I have ever had the pleasure of enjoying. There's something satisfying about carefully directing thousands of troops in a series of battles and skirmishes during a military campaign that I haven't found anywhere else. Add to that the refreshing variety of time frames and available technology, and you have a winning formula in my book.
Lastly, but certainly not least, Paradox have provided me with deep, complex, and ever growing strategy games on a grander scale. Crusader Kings II's focus on the dynastic and political game over pure warfare is brilliant and rewarding in a very unique way. Europa Universalis IV, conversely, gives large scale warfare and alternate history an amazing arena. The ability to start in one game's timeframe and continue into the other is a beautiful feature in and of itself, and I truly wish that this idea would be adopted elsewhere.
Altogether, these are probably three of my four favorite developers currently making games, and I hope that none of them ever stop!
Sid and Firaxis have made some of my all time favorite games (Pirates!), and while I hated Civ 5 initially (Step one: Denouncements from every ruler on the planet. Step two: All-out war with every AI player simultaneously.), with patches and DLC I've come to enjoy it greatly.
Creative Assembly, on the other hand, has the most engaging tactical warfare system I have ever had the pleasure of enjoying. There's something satisfying about carefully directing thousands of troops in a series of battles and skirmishes during a military campaign that I haven't found anywhere else. Add to that the refreshing variety of time frames and available technology, and you have a winning formula in my book.
Lastly, but certainly not least, Paradox have provided me with deep, complex, and ever growing strategy games on a grander scale. Crusader Kings II's focus on the dynastic and political game over pure warfare is brilliant and rewarding in a very unique way. Europa Universalis IV, conversely, gives large scale warfare and alternate history an amazing arena. The ability to start in one game's timeframe and continue into the other is a beautiful feature in and of itself, and I truly wish that this idea would be adopted elsewhere.
Altogether, these are probably three of my four favorite developers currently making games, and I hope that none of them ever stop!
I'm tempted to agree, though I'm not convinced that any level of confidence would make that gamble worthwhile!
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This is my standpoint entirely on the matter of Attila I am definitely waiting and seeing I got Rome 2 half price so that wasn't to bad but I have learned with total war it is best to wait now but I am getting like that for most games now truth be told.
Firaxis will always hold a special place in my heart as civ was the first strategy game that 1 I learned to play well and 2 taught so much through the civilopedia growing up. But beyond pushed me too far I bought it and then the game feels so unfinished and then had a major discount on steam around a month after release I think it was ( it was close anyway). I just thought that was a major two fingers up to people who bought at release and has made me probably not buy the next civ game.
I still keep an eye on creative assembly and firaxis.
I played civ before europa too and the series was close to my heart for awhile. I was skeptical about the franchise when they appeared to be taking steps backwards from the call to power civilization spin offs(I know it wasn't firaxis or a direct offshot of the sid meir games but still) but civilization IV turned out to be the best civilization to date in my books. Civilization V though was a major let down. I didn't even bother with beyond earth. That said I liked what they did with the X-Com remake and I still hold Firaxis in high regard but nothing like I do Paradox.
With Creative assembly I played and enjoyed their total war series since the first shogun but less and less so with every iteration afterwards with the exception of the first Rome total war. I enjoyed it greatly but I never held it in the same regard as I once did civilization. There great tactical games but weak strategic games in my book and I prefer grand strategic elements more than tactical elements. I always feel railroaded in the strategic aspects of it and rarely satisfied by it. As for the tactical aspects, for me jamming more and more units into the game (especially in the start of their newer games) is making it feel unwieldy but this is coming from someone who has already confessed little motivation to control the tactical aspects in comparison to the strategic aspects. I may pick up Atilla in a sale but I can't see myself getting it anytime soon.
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I dream of the day when CA and PDS have an illegitimate child that have the grand strat side of a Paradox game and the battles of a CA game. Paradox has ruined so many games for me. Total war used to be just awesome but now I see that their campaign portion of the game lacks any substance. Also Civ games are fun but have the depth of a puddle.
That is my biggest criticism for Rome 2. The politics portion of the game is just there but doesnt have any meaningful impact on the game.
That is my biggest criticism for Rome 2. The politics portion of the game is just there but doesnt have any meaningful impact on the game.
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What ? At least their two last titles (CK II & EU IV) are fantastic. I didn't play a lot of Victoria II but it seems quite enjoyable as well.
Shogun II was the last great TW game (and possibly one of the greatest). After that, CA/SEGA went into full DLC whoring mode, started cutting features like there was no tomorrow, and started squeezing every penny out of every corner. They dumbed down the game to please 12 year old kids and failed badly, because strategy gaming isn't appealing to COD kids.
Regardless, this complete disregard for the fanbase (which includes me) and the cash cow milking resulted in outraged, and Rome II was really bland. They improved with Attila, but now they are focusing on multiplayer MMO game and a fantasy Warhammer Total War game, none of which I care one bit about.
Nonetheless, if there was ever a game that combined Rome Total War and a Paradox game were combined into some sort of game that had deep, immersive campaign with alive characters, and huge and realistic real-time battles, it would be the game of the century.
Imagine a map on the scale of the original panzer general, with cities that grew, real resource management, unit supply, logistics that mattered, and diplomacy that included all the best of all our favorite games. Then when forces met, you had the option to play out the battles on the tactical scale.
What I'm talking is of course, taking the best of all your favorite strategy games,and piling them all into one super game, that would takes months to play through a campaign. From your first city, to the modern age.
This is my dream. Make it happen.
What I'm talking is of course, taking the best of all your favorite strategy games,and piling them all into one super game, that would takes months to play through a campaign. From your first city, to the modern age.
This is my dream. Make it happen.
Mainly because, i want to roll my panzers through a legion. That ever present "phalanx vs tank" civ debate played total war style. Just because that would be fun.
I suspect he meant it in a good way. Paradox games are so awesome that they've ruined all other games for him.
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A game like this would be bad, because this would focus only on warfare. Peacetime gameplay should be there too, EU4 is bland and boring as heck when you are not fighting someone and expanding because so few peacetime options exist.
thisI suspect he meant it in a good way. Paradox games are so awesome that they've ruined all other games for him.