This thread has been requested before when I did the screenshots for my EU3 playthroughs. Since there isn't any other thread for all of Paradox's games, I've decided to open this thread so anyone can share their stories and experiences for any Paradox games. yes I'll tolerate different games in this one thread. Hearts of Iron, Victoria 2, EU3, just about any of Paradox's own game. EU3 just got an expansion called Divine Wind. i'm currently playing through it right now. So expect some information about that trickling through. I plan to have a go at Victoria II later and have a look back at HoI3 with the Semper Fi expansion.

I'll post some nice trailers soon. If you have any questions or things to share, just spill it out.





I'll be using this thread for future Paradox games as well.

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Added on December 15, 2010, 8:22 pmThe old shogun is broken. However I can't do anything since all the Daimyos have very low prestige. It requires prestige to convince the Emperor to declare me as Kampaku(which is the first step to being Shogun). So I'll find ways to improve my prestige and from there, I'll see what I can do.


This post has been edited by frags: Mar 1 2011, 01:33 AM

Nice thread =D

I am not really the kind to take screenshots and do AAR but I may try to do it next time I fire up Hearts of Iron3, I had a great game recently as Italy and I think I want to restart it now I have Semper Fi and some mods.
That will have to wait until mid-January at earliest though since I am away from computer for about a month for Xmas.

I admit with lots of shame I havent spend much time on EU3 yet after buying the whole bundle (excpt DW) a while back
Interesting to get some feedbacks from the game though

But Paradox games are my crack and would be nice to spread the word about this type to others on the forum

This post has been edited by Gormaz: Dec 15 2010, 10:31 PM

EU3 is really good. I find it surprising that Hearts Of Iron is almost as popular or is a better seller. I mean EU is the game that started it for them. You should really give it a try. And they really need a new ultimate bundle or something.

Been playing Divine Wind quite a bit. I think I have an idea of what to think of it. Overall as per Paradox titles, it further improves on the game. Will post screenshots of some game I had later when I'm free.

This post has been edited by frags: Dec 19 2010, 06:44 PM

Sales for Victoria 1/2 complete. Weird pricing tho. They actually add up the discounted price. The savings is just 0.01 for whole package. Might as well buy it individually.

I might get Vic 2, no point getting Vic 1.

i bought EU3 during the Steam Sales few days ago, and man i love this game. Playing as France and now having the third war against England. The first war went on for 15 years while the 2nd, less than 10 years.i think about 5. i wonder how long will this war last.

oo nice gameplay..devine win come to steam already?
paradox really make nice strategy game

Definitely Hearts of Iron better because of the intensity of the battles.

Nope not yet. Maybe sometime this month.

This post has been edited by frags: Jan 2 2011, 03:05 PM

A couple of things announced.



A new expansion pack for Hearts of Iron III called For The Motherland, improved political system, not much else is known.

A new Hearts of Iron card game(digital). And will be free to play.


Will update, if new info comes up.

More HoI3 is always a good thing for me, hopefully there are some good stuff into that addon!
More events/units/techs and additional mechanisms would be neat

I may start up my HOI3 Italian AAR in a couple of weeks, will be moving to a new house soon and will have more time there

Guys EU3 complete is now only 4 bucks. And Heir to The Throne is 2 bucks. Divine Wind is now available on Steam.

Ouch.. there goes my $6

so is the heir of the throne worth it?i already got my complete pack last sales...

just bought EU3 complete and Httt from steam
installed and when i enter the game, i saw the title 'Heir to the throne' at main menu. So where is my In Nomine and Napoleon Ambition? already included huh?

This post has been edited by donchaka: Jan 22 2011, 04:59 PM

Yes, they are already included, no worries

OMG for 2 bucks? Of course it is worth it. In fact it is worth even more than that.

Sigh, bought this today, the game keeps crashing. The crashes seem to be random, after a while will crash. Wasted few hour of game time because of this.

haha frags..i know the price is really cheap(btw i bought d exp pack without waiting for any reply.kinda defeat the purpose of the question) but what so great about the exp pack..but i tried juz nw n yea, it makes the game better nw..more depth. now i want my divine wind

same problem here. The game crashed several times. I went to validate game files. I did it twice until no more updating and now the game runs fine.

Check your codecs. Do you have klite codec pack?

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Added on January 23, 2011, 12:17 amYeah HtTT adds quite a bit. Now there is a throne with heirs and stuff, legitimacy mechanic, succession wars etc.

This post has been edited by frags: Jan 23 2011, 12:17 AM

Yeah I have that codec. Should I uninstall it? But I kinda need it though.

Don't uninstall the codec.

Go here:
http://forum.paradoxplaza.com

Register your game.

They'll help you out there.

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Added on January 23, 2011, 12:49 amIf you look at the menu of the forum, there is My Games, go there register your serial key. Then you can see the EU3 support forum. Current games/Europa Universalis III

This post has been edited by frags: Jan 23 2011, 12:49 AM

owh n i pretty like how the histroy are written..when i bought the coplete pack, it was quite cool seeing some notes on each ruler when u resign the game. but now, it is like reading a histroy book. n it was freaking good n super sweet hahahaa

Alright, I think I fixed it, thanks. Needed to copy the patched exe. Btw is there any manual for the game? The tutorials don't explain many things.

There is a manual. Check in your steam game library, should be a link to the manual.

Also on the paradox forums, once you've registered your game, you can access the FAQ sub forum and download the strategy guide.



This post has been edited by frags: Jan 29 2011, 03:23 PM

Hmmm contemplating starting a France EU3 grand campaign(with Divine Wind of course) AAR OR a Victoria II AAR of a smaller nation. Which should I do?

This post has been edited by frags: Jan 29 2011, 03:23 PM

I vote for EU3 so I can see how it plays

But I am partial since I don't own Vic2

EU3 for me too! But i wouldnt mind Vic2 also since i'm not familiar with the game at all, and this would be a great chance to get me interested.

Eu3 please... but i don't have DW expac lol.

France at the turn of the 15th century is a nation splintered by smaller duchies and vassals.


Ruled by King Charles VI, she was gifted with a great ruler and huge manpower. Unfortunately at 1399, she had a very small land army. One regiment with 9,000 men and the other just with 1,000 men.


The smaller independent states started fighting with each other immediately(might be realistic) as Burgundy, a rather large faction on the North East of France declared war on Bar, a one province state that frankly shouldn't be a problem for Burgundy. Burgundy only has one regiment of 1,000 men. France looks on and is neutral in this engagement. King Charles considers a reconquest war against Burgundy to increase France land holdings, but not before she has grown her army. So she awaits for his second regiment to recruit more men before striking.



PS : Not sure if I'll stick with thumbnails but it is less bandwidth intensive.

This post has been edited by frags: Jan 30 2011, 01:22 AM

tis type i wan lookin for..huhu..

Due to the fact that Europe was made up of small states that were allied with each other, going to war with Burgundy will mean England, Britanny, and a bunch of other nations going to war with me. Not something France wants to get into at this time. King Charles has to grow his kingdoms prestige the hard way. There are a bunch of single province states that are vassals. If France manages to keep her vassals for 10 years with very good relations, she can force vassalise them. Something really odd happens. England offers an alliance on 1401. So France and England are now allies.


By the end of 1401, France has got an heir. King Charles throne is safe. In 1403, the Papacy called for a crusade against Algiers. France joined in the crusade and sent her army(7,000 men strong) to the coastal province of Bone. With other nations like Castille and Portugal side by side in the crusade, the defending Algiers force got cut down by other crusader armies. Generally leaving the French crusader army safe.


As the French crusaders captured Bone, back home in France, rebels sprung in Toulouse. King Charles ordered the Northern standing army to move down south and put down the rebels. It was a blood bath. No one was spared. France southern remained a little testy and rebellious so King Charles placed his Northern army temporarily in the South while the Crusader worked their way to the next Algerian province. The Algerians offer white peace to France which the King quickly dismissed. Perhaps having a base of operation in the holy lands is a good strategy he wondered.



This post has been edited by frags: Feb 1 2011, 03:23 AM

nice! But i wished it was those step by step i always liked to follow it.. and then try on my own to see the differences.

All right my game is screwed. Hard disk crapped up so the France EU3 Divine Wind save is gone. Thinking of restarting a new, not France. Or maybe Victoria 2. Any suggestions on what country to pick if I do an EU3 divine wind?

I actually (finally) jumped in EU3 recently (minus DW though) and after trying a few countries I ended up playing at Castille which turned out to be very interesting in that period.

First you have to finish the Reconquista against the last Moore settlements in south then try to unify the peninsula while keeping France and Portugal out of your backs (a unified France is a terrifying threat...)

Then options are very opened on what you can/want to do:

- I took over Portugal (big infamy hit but that was a major threat out of my back and very rich provinces) and then had practically no competitor for colonization of the New World/Africa
- Fooled around in North Africa battling against Maroco/Alger, took over few of the first provinces meaning I had good defensive positions near Gibraltar and controlled entry/exit to Mediterranean sea
- Had some huge attrition war against unified France in the 1500-ish and goddammit do they have huge armies and manpower!~ (which is actually very accurate to what it was historically)
- England tried quite a few times to take over my first colonies in Azores or Madere islands, I almost tried a Sealion style invasion but their navy was really too tough (again perfectly accurate)

I think I may start again in medium difficulty (was on Easy for first game) with another country as for now I don't have much opposition except maybe France and I am the only country actually colonizing America/Africa so it can only get easier and easier.

I didnt take any screenshot or notes since it was my first real serious game (and I was quite fooling around with mechanisms...) but I would say it's an interesting choice to try out if you havent done so yet

One thing though, to actually finish a campaign with a country for the full lenght (the one starting in late 1390 or something), it can takes a VERY VERY long time, even longer than HOI2 or 3!

For people starting up there is a strategy guide on the Paradox forums with some very good info up to Heir to the Throne expac (name is HeirtotheThrone_strategyguide) and it helped me a lot to read it first and then jump into the game and go back to the guide if I had some stuff I wasnt sure of.

This post has been edited by Gormaz: Feb 18 2011, 01:52 PM

What? I didn't even know you could select a difficulty setting in their games. I've always thought the difficulty was based on the power of a nation when starting.

Ha ha ha, yar you can choose the difficulty and the aggressiveness of the AI.

When you select Single Player you have then the whole map where you can choose your country.
Then at the bottom right corner you have "Options".

There you can choose quite a lot of settings and that includes difficulty of the game and aggressiveness.

From my experience with HoI I wouldnt put the aggressiveness too low as otherwise it's quite boring (Germany never DoW France/England/USSR in HoI3 makes for snooze useless games...)

I got screwed up in my Castille game by choosing Historical figures (advisors, admirals etc.) which mean you can't recruit Explorer/Conquistador before the historical dates the great persons were actually born. Made it quite troublesome when I was trying to start Colonization earlier than what Spain did it historically. You can edit your saves to change that back to "Normal" but I would say to just leave it at Normal in the starting options

It's the same emplacement in HoI games btw, I admit the button in EU3 is much less noticeable though

This post has been edited by Gormaz: Feb 18 2011, 02:02 PM

Paradox just announced a new game they are working on. It's called Sengoku. Yes it is taking place in Japan. The timing of the announcement couldn't be more awkward.



It's a character driven game like crusader kings. So you have your family etc. It's not like EU.

Crusader Kings was quite interesting and different so in Japan it can be nice.

Though I thought they were already developing CK2 so it's kinda overlap if it's just CK in Japan.

Wait and see I guess

A Let's Play thread on another forum convinced me to take a closer look on this game. Where would be best to get this game?

gamersgate. Europa Universalis Chronicles is the bundle that comes with all expansions.

If it doesn't break any regulations here, can you post the link to that Let's Play thread? Kinda interested since it's persuasive enough to convince you.

Not sure if this is against rules, but okay. If it's against the rule, send a PM.

Link

anyone here can give some comment on Arsenal of Democracy? it's currently on sale at Steam and i'm thinking to buy it.

Buy Darkest Hour instead. It's the best version of Hearts of Iron 2

Well I bought AoD since it's cheaper right now. (no discount for Darkest Hour)

Now the problem, the download seems stuck at 99% forever did some research but still can't find any solution.

Too bad, no EU3 sales. Gonna have to wait then. :/

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Added on May 23, 2011, 3:26 pmIs double-posting okay? The thread got bumped down into oblivion.

Anyway, I just completed a game as Austria. Pretty fun being emperor of the HRE, it's like a minigame where you have to juggle your relationship with every other duchy in the empire.

Also, infamy. Bad. Very bad.

This post has been edited by Grif: May 23 2011, 03:26 PM

60% discount for the whole week at GamersGate!

Europa Universalis III: Heir to the Throne | -60% | $3.98
Europa Universalis III: In Nomine | -60% | $2.00
Europa Universalis III: Divine Wind | -60% | $3.98
Europa Universalis: Rome - Vae Victis | -60% | $4.00

Divine Wind for that price is damn cheap but my EU3 is on Steam so better wait for sales in there...

Yeah wait and see what the price will be when it's on sale. I bet it would be ~$2.50.

Oh bloody. I bought the game full price on Steam. Oh well.

I still think it was the best $30 ever spent.

Impulse Driven has the Complete version (not really complete) at 80% discount!

Europa Universalis III: Complete | -80% | $2.99

Yar that "complete" doesnt have the last 2 Xpacs in it....

Cheap though but I wouldnt really recommend anyone to play EU3 without at least HttT

Meh... why is the game much more expensive in GamersGate when it's the sister company that developed the game in the first place?

Europa Universalis III | -75% | $2.49
Europa Universalis III: Complete | -75% | $3.74
Europa Universalis III: Chronicles | -75% | $7.49

Steam's turn to hold promotion.

Europa Universalis III Complete | -75% | $3.75
Europa Universalis III Chronicles | -75% | $7.50

i never play this kind of game....is worth to get it? is this like Total War?

Ahahahahaha. No.

It's a grand strategic game with hands-off warfare. The closest I can describe is Civilization... with more stats and buttons and less arcadey.

Big discounts in both Impulse Driven & GamersGate!

Impulse Driven
Europa Universalis: Rome | -50% | $4.99
Europa Universalis: Rome Gold | -50% | $4.99
Europa Universalis: Rome - Vae Victis | -50% | $2.49
Europa Universalis III | -50% | $4.99
Europa Universalis III Complete | -50% | $7.49
Europa Universalis III: Chronicles | -50% | $14.99
Europa Universalis III: Eastern Spritepack | -50% | $0.99
Europa Universalis III: Western Spritepack | -50% | $0.99
Europa Universalis III: Divine Wind | -50% | $4.99
Europa Universalis III: Heir to the Throne | -50% | $4.99
Europa Universalis III: In Nomine | -50% | $2.49
Europa Universalis III: Napoleon's Ambition | -50% | $2.49

GamersGate
Europa Universalis: Crown of the North | -50% | $1.48
Europa Universalis | -50% | $1.48
Europa Universalis II | -50% | $5.00
Europa Universalis II: Asia | -50% | $2.50
Europa Universalis III | -50% | $4.98
Europa Universalis III Complete | -50% | $7.48
Europa Universalis III Complete (German version) | -75% | $3.74
Europa Universalis III: Divine Wind | -75% | $2.49
Europa Universalis III: Heir to the Throne | -50% | $4.98
Europa Universalis III: In Nomine | -50% | $2.50
Europa Universalis III: Napoleon's Ambition | -50% | $2.48
Europa Universalis III: Eastern Spritepack | -50% | $0.99
Europa Universalis III: Western Spritepack | -50% | $0.99
Europa Universalis III: Chronicles | -75% | $7.49
Europa Universalis: Rome Gold | -50% | $4.98
Europa Universalis III: Rome - Vae Victis | -50% | $5.00
Europa Universalis: Rome | -50% | $7.48

Sigh, wish Steam would do a Steam sale on Divine Wind soon >_<
My EU3 is from there and I am pretty sure DLC bought on GG wouldnt work with a Steam version

Thanks for informing.

I thought the DLCs bought from Gamer's Gate might work on Steam.

High chance they wont, Paradox games arent working so well with Steam and basically they make a special version of the game and patches for it.

So there is more chance it wont work if you buy DLCs outside of Steam.

Make me regret getting Paradox games on Steam actually...

Another bad news for confirmation.

So anyone here played Vic 2? Just got it and, dang it's much harder compared to EU 3..

Yo. Any EU IV players around? I just started as Malacca and those Ayuthia (sp?) thais are already kicking my bontot. 15K army came out of nowhere