CK2 is pretty overwhelming. Certainly not for noobs...I pride myself in my strategy prowess in general, and it took me quite a while to get everything sorted.
I'm going to look into EU though, haven't played anything in that series yet.
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CK2 is pretty overwhelming. Certainly not for noobs...I pride myself in my strategy prowess in general, and it took me quite a while to get everything sorted.
I'm going to look into EU though, haven't played anything in that series yet.
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Yeah, what he said. I have to agree. I've bought CK2, HoI2 (or was it 3, newest one) and March of the Eagles and struggled because the amount of incoming information is immense. Also, I constantly felt like I was only performing about half the tasks necessary to be competitive. Needless to say, my games generally had negative results. I do enjoy the strategy genre, though. The Civs for example seem to simplify things a good bit more (possibly too much for CK2 lovers) while remaining fun. SoSE has been fun when I played it. Endless Space got heavily played as did Fallen Enchantress.Originally Posted by Thondalar
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I love the Game of Thrones mod for CK2. So fun to start as a nobody family and then rise up to take over the throne.
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Speaking of CK2, EU4 is introducing a converter to allow you to convert any save-point in a CK2 game to EU4. So you could possibly start EU4 in say 1104, with how it is set up in CK2 (with a 'strong' Byzantium Empire) ... vs the designated start date of 11/11/1444.
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I'm really looking forward to the converter. I guess it's a preorder bonus, so it will probably be sold separately after release. 1000 years of grand strategy will be pretty intense, and confuse the hell out of me if I take any history classes.
Speaking of preorder bonuses, you get CK2 along with EU4 preorder. Already gave my copy away though, sorry.
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Okay. So. Does EU4; for someone like me who has never played the EU series, have a doppelganger of the "New to Civilization" interface? If you actually understood that, you can decrypt Stanley-speak, you weirdo!
And ... let me further make a stupid pile of words with another terrible analogy: I just am about done with Divinity: Dragon Commander. Having to dragon mode every battle is too much of a nuisance and ... the game isn't that great. Is EU4 turn-based. Ridiculously turn-based?
Your reply is important for when I am going from my compy to my couch to switch between my PC and what will be X-Com the Bureau, SRIV and GTAV in the near future. Help me make my butt prints on my computer chair and console couch.
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EU4 has a good tutorial which explains the majority of gameplay elements, and a separate hint popup window, which can be disabled. The tooltips are also clear about what each action will do.
It's not turn based, it's like a... pausable RTS with a slider that controls how much time goes by while unpaused. You can let 1 second be 1 day, all the way to 1 second be a month.
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I'm loving EU4, and it seems to have been very well received.
How are others enjoying it?
How is it different from EU3?
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I don't know if you ever found out, but this is a good read:
http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/...iaries-Archive
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