Is Multiplayer Any Good?

[a4rino]

Greetings Paradoxians!

A friend and I love Paradox games (and strategy games in general), and we're always looking for a decent multiplayer strategy experience. The trouble we find with most Paradox games is that multiplayer games are slow-going and the lack of a common goal precludes competition/cooperation.

I've heard that Sengoku ups the pace a bit, and I figure that the common goal of controlling Japan gives players a means for direct competition. Teaming up with the AI to conceive a plot against my friend sounds pretty exciting!

So I ask you, how is the multiplayer in this game? Does it work as well as I've imagined here?

Note to moderators: I've asked this here (as opposed to the multiplayer subforum) because I do not yet own the game, so I do not have access to that subforum.

 

[a4rino]

Well I just went ahead and bought the game; I got enough blue coins to make the purchase while the game is on sale. To sweeten the deal, it turns out my friend received the game yesterday as a gift. So I guess the best way for us to find out about the multiplayer now is try it and see!

 

[arkcheung]

Let me know how the multiplay works, I'm interested in playing all Paradox titles in multiplayer but I got all kinds of errors or crashed before. Hope this game would work better.

 

[raw]

Greetings Paradoxians!

A friend and I love Paradox games (and strategy games in general), and we're always looking for a decent multiplayer strategy experience. The trouble we find with most Paradox games is that multiplayer games are slow-going and the lack of a common goal precludes competition/cooperation.

I've heard that Sengoku ups the pace a bit, and I figure that the common goal of controlling Japan gives players a means for direct competition. Teaming up with the AI to conceive a plot against my friend sounds pretty exciting!

So I ask you, how is the multiplayer in this game? Does it work as well as I've imagined here?

Note to moderators: I've asked this here (as opposed to the multiplayer subforum) because I do not yet own the game, so I do not have access to that subforum.

funnily enough, i have thought about the same things and came to the same conclusions as you. the clear set goal for every single player gives the game a competitive race. i would love to get an MP game going to check this out.