Paradox Interactive games

[Darth_Pugwash]

Been playing around with Rome, seems like a solid game if perhaps a little bland. Character system is nice.

The only other Paradox game I have played is Hearts of Iron 2 and I have to say that I MUCH prefer the 2D map, the 3D map in Rome is ugly as sin compared to it.

 

[Kan' Sharuminar]

To be fair, I do find the Rome map looks better than the EU3 map, so they're slowly working on it.

It just seems pointless for me, as 90% of the time I'm only in the political view of the map, which doesn't need anything beyond 2D graphics. And I find myself simply going to a near top-down angle, so there's no need for me to be able to rotate the map. As I say though, it does look nice in the geographic view...which I'm rarely in anyway.

 

[Evie]

Talking about 3D games, In Nomine (Expansion #2 for EU III) came out today. It's quite the impressive piece of work. A few things to it that still need improved (Portugal in the new word in 1440...), but it's still all-around solid.

So far, I'm twenty-five years into an England game, and it's a whole new game. The AI is nasty (France obliterated my main army twice in a row), the ping-pong armies are gone forever, the rebels are nastier than the AI (revolt risk is much easier to accrue, and the rebels much better at strategic thinking) - nasty enough that a year rarely go by without at least one breakaway nation appearing on the map.

Being able to fire many of the old events (you know, like Forming Spain, and a few others like that) whenever you want, provided you meet the condition also help make peace a lot more enjoyable. Missions also help in giving you flavorful short-term strategic goals that fits whatever nation you are playing (some are historical, some are context-sensitive), meaning a Portugal game and an England game aren't quite so similar anymore (though they can still be).

 

[Grisu]

awesome....if I had time I'd download it right now...but I'll have to wait for that for another week or so

 

[ComradeDavo]

I've been playing In Nomine as England as well, gonna start up a game once i'm done on the forums It is a great improvement, they've done good

Having trouble in my current game with France as well, I beat the hell out of Scotland but now France have absorbed their capital into the French realm giving me real problems! Might start up again and focus on Ireland more first!

 

[LordKestrel]

My copy of EU3 finally showed up today. Is In Nomine download only, or can I buy a cd somewhere?

 

[Evie]

Download only.

 

[Darth_Pugwash]

I will probably pick up EU3 at some point, maybe if Paradox do an anthology with the expansions.

 

[D'Artagnan59]

Have EU3, no Napoleon's.

Do you need NA to play In Nomine?

Too busy with my Ricky game of Austria. Annexed all of Italy except Two Sicilies (soon to be my allies), Germany, Denmark, France, Morocco, and Tunis. I also have Cornwall as a base, Australia, western USA, Vietnam and Laos, various areas of China, half of Africa, Ukraine, Belarus, Finland, Poland, the state of St. Petersburg, all of Ottoman Europe except Istanbul, Serbia, Romania, and more that I might be forgetting. Also released Ireland and Scotland.

Anyways, I won a successful war against the UK as well. Now, they have South Africa, India, and Burma as colonies. SA and Burma will be mine next war. And some more of mainland England.

 

[Evie]

Yeah, you need Nappy to get IN.

 

[Shylock]

I never could understand or appreciate Paradox games.

I started a game in HoI2 as Denmark and quit like 5 minutes later. There was nothing there to hold my attention and even less before I cheated to get resources. Eu2 and 3 were a little better but it's still overwhelming and slow going.

Any tips on making it more interesting?

 

[Grisu]

awesome....if I had time I'd download it right now...but I'll have to wait for that for another week or so

aw crap, I went against my own advice and downloaded it nevertheless, and promptly wasted large parts of the weekend that I should have worked with playing it

I tried out france to get a hang of the game, so far I like most of the changes.

It's gotten harder to diplo-annex it seems, since once you diplo-annex one of your vassals, all others ar reset which means that you'll have to wait another 10 years to get the next one. it also gives you decentralized + 1.

I still get the army ping-pong, but much less pronounced which is good

Also, rebels have gotten a lot more powerfull. I got into a war with aragon and england and after I made peace (getting a handfull of aragonian provinces), my nation nearly got ripped appart by spawning rebels all over my country due to high war exhaustion....another thing with rebels is that they no longer vanish once you beat them...they can now retreat as well.

colonisation seems to have gotten a bit more expensive, it seems it's not really advisable to have a large number of undeveloped colonies (just to lay down your claim and such).

I never could understand or appreciate Paradox games.

I started a game in HoI2 as Denmark and quit like 5 minutes later. There was nothing there to hold my attention and even less before I cheated to get resources. Eu2 and 3 were a little better but it's still overwhelming and slow going.

Any tips on making it more interesting?

well, all paradox games are rather slow with a steep learning curve. so it's basically impossible to appreciate it after just 5 minutes. these games really take time to get into, but once you're hooked it won't let you go.

but of course, paradox games aren't for everybody, so it might be that they just aren't your type of game

 

[SuperBeaverInc.]

And not to mention Denmark isn't exactly the best country to learn HoI2 with

 

[Hitti-Litti]

Would you be interested in reading a Crusader Kings AAR?

 

[D'Artagnan59]

Sure. Hit us up with one.

 

[Hitti-Litti]

I think I'll start it today.

Some info about my game:
Year is currently 1077(I started 1066), Vsevolod Rurikovich the Prince of Pereyaslavl, Hlynov, Moskva, Rostov, Suzdal, Tver and Yaroslavl(I was able to create almost all of those titles as soon as I had money). Vsevolod and his sons will not aim to a world conquest, instead the title of King of Rus is the main target. Vsevolod has a beautiful wife, Mathilde de Hauteville. His previous wives were Ermentrude de Macon and Irene, but both of them died. Vsevolod has two sons, Vladimir(24 years, Count of Rostov and Pereyaslavl Zalessky) and Sviatopolk(0), and a daughter called Anna(22, Countess of Gorodez and Galich Mersky. Thanks to his mother(Mathilde de Hauteville), Sviatopolk is third successor of Duke of Apulia and Calabria, Bohemond de Hauteville. Unfortunate accidents may happen to first two successors.

 

[Rossiya]

ANother Paradox AAR! Good on you, you Finn!

 

[Shylock]

well, all paradox games are rather slow with a steep learning curve. so it's basically impossible to appreciate it after just 5 minutes. these games really take time to get into, but once you're hooked it won't let you go.

I know. I'm not new to them and EU2 and to a lesser extent 3 do hold my attention a bit. I'd just want to know if I'm missing something.

And not to mention Denmark isn't exactly the best country to learn HoI2 with

I've played it as the larger powers but was overwhelmed by the large land masses and I didn't know what to do with all the land.

I modded the game to have a nation with the technology of 1946 in 1936 and have probably more IC than probably all the minor nations combined on Ireland. It was fun but I still had like 4 game years to wait around before war started.

EDIT: I spent like 3 hours today playing In Nomine. EU3 is growing on me a bit. Though I cheat like crazy.

 

[Oruc]

Nope!

 

[Shylock]

Been playing around with Rome, seems like a solid game if perhaps a little bland. Character system is nice.

The only other Paradox game I have played is Hearts of Iron 2 and I have to say that I MUCH prefer the 2D map, the 3D map in Rome is ugly as sin compared to it.

The character system is a bit overwhelming for me. Who are all these people and why should I care?

There is just a flood of similar looking names with stats whose purpose I guess at. When one dies I get a pop-up saying "Gaius whatever is dead" and I'm like who the hell is he?