Europa Universalis IV: Greatest game of all time
10-31-2012
, 03:23 PM
11-07-2012
, 12:16 PM
11-07-2012
, 06:15 PM
11-07-2012
, 08:17 PM
11-08-2012
, 08:41 AM
They need to team up with Total War team and make a grand strategy game with actual battles. Looking forward to EU IV 
11-08-2012
, 03:14 PM
11-10-2012
, 12:48 PM
I proclaim this the new paradox game catchall thread. Been playing a vicky 2 on and off over the last few months, and I got some kool screenshots.
This is from an awesome alt-history mod http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/...gences-for-AHD that also includes a pop divided which is the GOAT vicky 2 mod.
Heres the world at the start of the game:
Heres the world in 1865 of my campaign, I started as Aragon and eventually formed Aragon-Italy:
Heres a screenshot of Europe:
Further zoomed in, showing the troops and battles of the Poland + Aragon vs Bohemia + Scandinavia war:
http://i.imgur.com/KCM3T.jpg
Bohemia is the current #1 power with a pretty huge industrial score. They are basically the Austria equivalent, they were HRE for a long time and have a rivalry for control of Germany with Burgundy.
Burgundy and Dual Monarchy are the other 2 superpowers at start. IIRC the history is that Burgundy allies w/ England and they crush France, Burgundy becomes independent kingdom, England takes the French crown, bam 2 new megapowers.
Other strong countrys at start are Aragon (Castille and Portugal unite to form Spain leaving independent Aragon which focused on Mediterranean empire, Scandinavia (big colonial empire at start), Spain, Gran Columbia, and Seven Provinces (New England area). Ottomans are also p strong but start 1/2 occupied by rebels and almost immediately collapse.
China starts split into multiple warring countries, as does Japan. With no UK domination, India has a few small states, a few small enclaves by European powers, and then 2 large competing countries in Mughal Empire and Vijay. The New World is similarly divided up between the Seven Provinces (former Burgundian colony), Vinland (former Scandiniavian colony), Plantagenia (French), Gran Columbia (Spanish), and Qingdao (Chinese). Plus some other random countries in South America I cant remember (maybe an Incan? IDK).
Anyways its a cool mod, they made it so theres no superpowers like UK/USA/Germany, and lots of competing powers in areas where there was 1 power dominating. Plus theres a ton of history backstory, and lots of decisions and event chains. For example, the country between me and Bohemia is Danube confederation, this games north german federation equivalent (cept its south german). There was some event where all the free german states had a meeting in Warsaw where they united under Bavaria forming a counter to Bohemia and Burgundy. Of course, Bohemia and Burgundy both immediately invaded the new country and took 2-3 states from it, leaving it very weakened and I quickly sphered it.
Moscow and Poland both ate Crimea, destroying it in 15 years or so. Moscow went on to crush Novgorod and form Russia and is now expanding east. Ottomans collapsed in a series of wars by all its neighbors, especially Hungary. I sphered all of Italy that I didn't initially own, then fought Dual Monarchy w/ my friend Burgundy to add Savoy to my sphere, allowing me to form Aragon-Italy. My sphere includes Hungary, Illyria, Danube, Macedonia, Greece.
Elsewhere, Bohemia and Burgundy have fought several wars for control of West Germany, and Poland has fought Scandinavia twice so far trying to get the Baltics. Seven Provinces were repeatedly crushed by Vinland/Plantagenia alliance but still is a great power due to huge immigration. Japan expanded like mad into Asia and Alaska.
PS: This mod would be epic for multi because of how many balanced countries there could be at start.
This is from an awesome alt-history mod http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/...gences-for-AHD that also includes a pop divided which is the GOAT vicky 2 mod.
Heres the world at the start of the game:
Heres the world in 1865 of my campaign, I started as Aragon and eventually formed Aragon-Italy:
Heres a screenshot of Europe:
Further zoomed in, showing the troops and battles of the Poland + Aragon vs Bohemia + Scandinavia war:
http://i.imgur.com/KCM3T.jpg
Bohemia is the current #1 power with a pretty huge industrial score. They are basically the Austria equivalent, they were HRE for a long time and have a rivalry for control of Germany with Burgundy.
Burgundy and Dual Monarchy are the other 2 superpowers at start. IIRC the history is that Burgundy allies w/ England and they crush France, Burgundy becomes independent kingdom, England takes the French crown, bam 2 new megapowers.
Other strong countrys at start are Aragon (Castille and Portugal unite to form Spain leaving independent Aragon which focused on Mediterranean empire, Scandinavia (big colonial empire at start), Spain, Gran Columbia, and Seven Provinces (New England area). Ottomans are also p strong but start 1/2 occupied by rebels and almost immediately collapse.
China starts split into multiple warring countries, as does Japan. With no UK domination, India has a few small states, a few small enclaves by European powers, and then 2 large competing countries in Mughal Empire and Vijay. The New World is similarly divided up between the Seven Provinces (former Burgundian colony), Vinland (former Scandiniavian colony), Plantagenia (French), Gran Columbia (Spanish), and Qingdao (Chinese). Plus some other random countries in South America I cant remember (maybe an Incan? IDK).
Anyways its a cool mod, they made it so theres no superpowers like UK/USA/Germany, and lots of competing powers in areas where there was 1 power dominating. Plus theres a ton of history backstory, and lots of decisions and event chains. For example, the country between me and Bohemia is Danube confederation, this games north german federation equivalent (cept its south german). There was some event where all the free german states had a meeting in Warsaw where they united under Bavaria forming a counter to Bohemia and Burgundy. Of course, Bohemia and Burgundy both immediately invaded the new country and took 2-3 states from it, leaving it very weakened and I quickly sphered it.
Moscow and Poland both ate Crimea, destroying it in 15 years or so. Moscow went on to crush Novgorod and form Russia and is now expanding east. Ottomans collapsed in a series of wars by all its neighbors, especially Hungary. I sphered all of Italy that I didn't initially own, then fought Dual Monarchy w/ my friend Burgundy to add Savoy to my sphere, allowing me to form Aragon-Italy. My sphere includes Hungary, Illyria, Danube, Macedonia, Greece.
Elsewhere, Bohemia and Burgundy have fought several wars for control of West Germany, and Poland has fought Scandinavia twice so far trying to get the Baltics. Seven Provinces were repeatedly crushed by Vinland/Plantagenia alliance but still is a great power due to huge immigration. Japan expanded like mad into Asia and Alaska.
PS: This mod would be epic for multi because of how many balanced countries there could be at start.
Last edited by Nonfiction; 11-10-2012 at 01:05 PM.
11-10-2012
, 04:59 PM
EU3 has a steep learning curve but it's definitely a blast. I personally didn't enjoy the CK2 demo all that much, and I've heard complaints about other games (like Vicky) in that they focus a lot more on economy stuff and are even more complex to learn, though I'm sure Nonfiction can elaborate on the differences better. But yeah, EU3 was the first one I played and this is the result:
11-10-2012
, 06:36 PM
11-10-2012
, 08:50 PM
Edit: I also enjoyed playing EU3 and Victoria 2 but I think these two are more limited comparing to HoI2. I remember playing HoI2 and starting games from beginning hundreds of times because I figured out that researching Junkers should be my first priority or because equipping my troops with AA brigades is a waste of resources. For me, the best strategy games are the ones that take long time to master. I didn't feel that EU3 is one of those games. But otoh, I never play these games in multiplayer mode like most people here do.
Last edited by Ratamahatta; 11-10-2012 at 09:08 PM.
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