If you're not a fan of FPSes, the head bobbing will eventually give you headaches/dizzyness.

Hearts of Iron 4 Preview!

Go for standard. IMHO, the commander DLCs aren't that useful (unless you've played a lot of hours and are interested in a particular one). Though, Digital will come with Case Blue (one of the Theater of War).

Edit: Bear in mind Digital will come with original COH complete pack. (Get this if you don't have the originals, otherwise go for the base game).

This post has been edited by pikachu01: Oct 17 2014, 06:47 PM

Most of the hate for the game stems from its portrayal of the Red Army. The Russians disliked it. You can see the metacritic reviews mostly consists of Russians that hate the historical viewpoint of the game.

I've not played the campaign yet, hence I can't say much but judging from reviews most of the hate really did come from Russians.

That I agree. COH is indeed better than COH2, especially the campaign and skirmishes. COH2 can be played without the additional DLC commanders without problems, just that it feels somewhat lacking.

Buying COH2 Digital Deluxe will net you original COH complete as well as COH2 plus some of it's DLCs.

This post has been edited by pikachu01: Oct 18 2014, 10:17 AM

Buy buy buy

Hit me up in Steam or PM or here if you want to know more about EU4. It's one of the easiest Grand Strategy to get into.

Did you finish up the tutorial?

You mean this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TV0C7BvGeD0

The tutorial is very specific on building the right ship at the right province to continue. You might be stuck because of that.

No worries though. You've done well to reach that part, all of the other parts can be learned through playing.

You can start as Castille for an easier route. Let me know if you're stuck on anything and I'll be glad to help

Try doing World Conquest as Ryukyu.

In Grand Strategy, the game plays like those active pause/real time with pause games like Dragon Age/Knights of the Old Republic/Aarklash Legacy/FTL/Baldur's Gate.

The game will require pausing when there's something you'll need to do or when you see your neighbors amassing huge armies/ships or you notice a rebellion happening in one of your colonies, or when your enemy goes to war with his neighbor and his provinces is ripe for the picking. You decide when to do what.

Usually, there will be notifications on top (and the notification is customizable to events). You can customize the message to pause the game if there is an important event (like your ruler dying or another country declared war on you).

It's not like Company of Heroes where lightning reflexes of micro-ing is key to winning. It's more of a chess game where you can pause and view what's going on at the other side of the continent while planning your army composition with generals as well as building your war chest with trade.

EU4 is really a gem that can be one of the greatest strategical type game of today. If you're a strategy buff, definitely get it.

Edit: There are only a few DLCs that are necessary for the full experience of the game:

1. Art of War - Definitely get this DLC as it provides a lot of automation to the game (like building armies/upgrading ships)
2. Wealth of Nations - Trade conflicts/Privateers
3. Conquest of Paradise - Colonial enhancements
4. Res Publica - New Idea Groups (semi optional, but if you're planning to play Netherlands, get this).

Optional for more flavour:
- American Dream (if you're planning to play heavily in Americas)
- Digital Extreme Edition Upgrade (If you're planning to play Muslim countries)
- Pre-Order Pack (If you're planning to play Byzantium)

This post has been edited by pikachu01: Nov 3 2014, 03:35 PM

As above, there are only a few DLCs that are necessary. Best if you get the base game and play from there. There are plenty of flavour already even without the DLCs.

Think of it as Lego blocks. Base game gets you 2000 pieces of Lego to play with. DLCs (1-4) will nett you fast wheels and a remote control to build a Lego Mindstorm. Optional flavour DLCs will give you retractable/removable arms (not worth it if you're not building a robot).

1. Art of War - Definitely get this DLC as it provides a lot of automation to the game (like building armies/upgrading ships)
2. Wealth of Nations - Trade conflicts/Privateers
3. Conquest of Paradise - Colonial enhancements
4. Res Publica - New Idea Groups (semi optional, but if you're planning to play Netherlands, get this).

Optional for more flavour:
- American Dream (if you're planning to play heavily in Americas)
- Digital Extreme Edition Upgrade (If you're planning to play Muslim countries)
- Pre-Order Pack (If you're planning to play Byzantium)

Edit: You can pick which DLCs you want to activate before playing the game.

This post has been edited by pikachu01: Nov 3 2014, 03:38 PM

I'm pretty sure that if you liked the game, you won't mind paying RM38 for the DLC. I'm getting the DLC soon-ish after I load the update and play a few rounds without the DLC.

Definitely play a demo first and run the course of the 400 years and see if you like it though before purchasing it.

There's currently a bug with high speed mode. You need to disable compressed save and see if it fixes the issue:
http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showth...n-higher-speeds.

Yeah, ironman is not easy. But I'm the kind of person that likes mods so I can't get achievements. Me iz saddingz

4X games are more time consuming for me as 4X have victory conditions. Grand Strategy games end on a certain date. Like EU4 it's 1800s and you can quit anytime as well. Also you can start at any time as well.

I actually learned to play in under 5 hours for EU4. It's not that hard. Besides, depending on how you're playing 4X, it can be done the same with Grand Strategy games as well. But the difference is, you can't really steamroll in Grand Strategy games. Hence why I'm not playing 4x games anymore. Too boring with predictable outcomes and dumb AI.

The UI is pretty dull, that's for sure. No denying that actually. However get past the UI you'll find the history setting mind-f*kin-blowing. Like how playing Japan, you conquer Ming (in EU4) or Qing (in Victoria 2) or doing the dissolving the Holy Roman Empire with France, or playing UK and colonizing the heck out of Africa. The opposite can happen as well when playing Malacca (with Ayuthyya raining blows on you) or playing US and having the British knocking on your door every few decades.

The steep learning curve, I agree. However like other games such as Kerbal Space Program or Prison Architect which have ~3-5 hours of learning curve. You got to agree that those games are legendary when it comes to the enjoyment you get vs cut and dry 4X.

When talking about 4X, it's usually Civ V and recently Civ BE. With Civ V, you can still take in the historical setting. But Civ BE lost it, hence you got to agree that historicity of a game is quite important.

Umm, the AI in 4X games being dumb is already a known fact. I didn't say that people who play 4X are dumb did I?

Please keep your misbegotten communication errors to yourself, thank you.