The QuickLook makes this look good
but also terribly overwhelming
Now that the weekend is here I'm legit bummed at a Monday release date. I could be playing Stellaris right now
And I have the opposite fear that it'll be too dumbed down.
Paradox games certainly do not have the tendency to get "dumbed down" (I hate this term, it's so fucking stupid), quite the opposite.
EU4 is more complex now than it ever was.
are all giant bomb quick looks this annoying? fucking amateur comedy hour over here.
are all giant bomb quick looks this annoying? fucking amateur comedy hour over here.
I've not watched many, but yes. From memory.
Being a seasoned veteran of 4 Quill Lets Plays and 5 All Hail the Blorg videos, I know more than the guy showing them the game somehow too.
The AI seems to be okay at staying competitive with the player in tech and ship design. It's maybe not so good at fighting wars. After I watched a few videos, it seems like the AI didn't always know what to do with its fleet. I suspect, like in any strategic war game, it can be out-maneuvered by an experienced player. That's always the most difficult part of AI design in a game of this magnitude though and the player will always have an enormous advantage here. Another problem is that it seems too willing to give up. Shenryyr easily vassalized an empire of equivalent strength because it was off fighting someone else and didn't place much priority on protecting its planets. If I remember correctly, the AI accepted his demands in the middle of a battle, even though it still had a chance to win (5k vs. his 7k, with another 5k in the system), because of the war score. Maybe the AI shouldn't give up like that as long as it still has a large fleet somewhere. In fact, it should be really hard to vassalize someone, because as far as I could tell there's no size constraint on vassalization like there is in EU4.do any of the let's plays so far have any early encounters with empires that aren't completely useless at war? so far the military ai looks so pathetic that you would probably have to fill the galaxy with advanced empires to get any challenge.
i assume they are playing on pre-release versions, so perhaps these are the same problems that the blorg stream had and will be fixed by monday.
Paradox games certainly do not have the tendency to get "dumbed down" (I hate this term, it's so fucking stupid), quite the opposite.
EU4 is more complex now than it ever was.
That seems like a pipe dream though. HoI is a combat game, all of it is centered almost entirely around the combat. No other Paradox game has that type of combat (and intentionally so).To be more specific, I hope the combat system becomes similar to Hearts of Iron's combat system. I despise EU and CK combat systems.
OT goes up tomorrow!3. Less than 48 hours!!! OMG!!!
are all giant bomb quick looks this annoying? fucking amateur comedy hour over here.
That seems like a pipe dream though. HoI is a combat game, all of it is centered almost entirely around the combat. No other Paradox game has that type of combat (and intentionally so).
OT goes up tomorrow!
Will we be able to pre-download?
Wowzers. That's condescending.
While Giant Bomb's Austin Walker may not live and breath Paradox like popular YouTubers such as quil18, he still knows his stuff with the genre. He brings forth a knowledge that is a cut above non-genre vets. He also has a uncanny ability to disseminate complex genre concepts to a wider audience with a sense of enthusiasm and humor that I think is golden.
I wouldn't be so quick to sell them short. They generally do incredible work across the board.
They said on a stream that there would be no preload. The download shouldn't be that big though. About 3-4 gigs.Will we be able to pre-download?
Just preordered the Nova Edition from GMG.
Austin is not a specialised streamer or a paradox dev though. I liked his outlook, his discovery of space gerrymandering was really funny.
https://www.twitch.tv/quill18
Quill18 just started streaming a new game
Wiz and cKnoor joining him soon
They said on a stream that there would be no preload. The download shouldn't be that big though. About 3-4 gigs.
Wow, that's tiny. I guess having no FMVs and cutscenes really does cut down the size.
Oh yeah, would be pretty cool!I was thinking, guys. Would you like me to make a picture with the avatars of all the GAF fans of Stellaris? Something like this?
I was thinking, guys. Would you like me to make a picture with the avatars of all the GAF fans of Stellaris? Something like this?
I was thinking, guys. Would you like me to make a picture with the avatars of all the GAF fans of Stellaris? Something like this?
Would be a great idea. Quill18 did it in his game just now with his Twitch subscribers.Wondering if the GAF Stellaris community might want to try and get a name list put together for in game characters? You can use your own list of names when creating a race right?
I was thinking, guys. Would you like me to make a picture with the avatars of all the GAF fans of Stellaris? Something like this?
Wondering if the GAF Stellaris community might want to try and get a name list put together for in game characters? You can use your own list of names when creating a race right?
Wondering if the GAF Stellaris community might want to try and get a name list put together for in game characters? You can use your own list of names when creating a race right?
If you click the number of replies next to this thread it will give you a list of everyone who's posted in the thread. It should be pretty easy to drop that list into the game. If I were playing as the SpaceGAF Empire, though, what I'd really want is the NeoGAF logo imported into the game for it. Hopefully that's easy enough to do.
Paradox games certainly do not have the tendency to get "dumbed down" (I hate this term, it's so fucking stupid), quite the opposite.
EU4 is more complex now than it ever was.
If you want to be added drop me a PM or quote me here. Also, if you want to name your empire let me know.
Put me down, Still have not come up with a name though. Usually think of it when I'm actually creating my Empire.
If you want to be added drop me a PM or quote me here. Also, if you want to name your empire (just a joke name specifically for this image is more than enough) let me know.
If you want to be added drop me a PM or quote me here. Also, if you want to name your empire (just a joke name specifically for this image is more than enough) let me know.