tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27488238.post3113885757543773983..comments2024-03-22T11:34:45.165+01:00Comments on taw's blog: Review of Europa Universalis 4: the Big Blue Railroadtawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16972845140253292628noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27488238.post-72486492763721323022013-09-01T20:51:44.756+02:002013-09-01T20:51:44.756+02:00BladezOFuture: CA has been releasing Total War gam...BladezOFuture: CA has been releasing Total War games of both sandbox type (Rome, Medieval 2, Empire) and of predefined scenario type (Rome: BA, Rome: Alexander, Medieval 2: Kingdoms, Napoleon). I never really played any of the scenario games, but I'm sure there's some audience for that.<br /><br />Paradox also has some scenario games (MotE, HOI3, Victoria seems far too railroaded to my taste too), so could it please leave CK and EU series for sandbox experience?tawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16972845140253292628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27488238.post-73629313136672650662013-09-01T20:18:02.631+02:002013-09-01T20:18:02.631+02:00Well I don't neccesarily think they are bad. T...Well I don't neccesarily think they are bad. They simply represent a different approach to the game. Paradox took out alot of the Sandbox, because the wide mass complained about the game beeing historically inaccurate. Which obviously was done to enlarge their audience, but I can't really blame them. The game is fun, and most new aspects are a great improvement gameplayvise. As said, time will maybe bring some sandbox mods to return EU to its roots.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16089505727818502346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27488238.post-58267049275766340972013-09-01T14:44:53.172+02:002013-09-01T14:44:53.172+02:00Anonymous: It is a well known fact that decent hum...Anonymous: It is a well known fact that decent human players can conquer the world as anyone, including Ryukyu. The problem is that without human intervention France is pretty much scripted to dominate Europe. AI is extremely unlikely to win Hundred Years War.<br /><br />BladezOfFuture: I just made <a href="http://t-a-w.blogspot.com/2013/09/sandbox-mod-for-europa-universalis-4.html" rel="nofollow">a simple sandbox mod</a> for EU4. Eventually big modders will make their big mods, but that should fix the worst aspects of it for the time being.tawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16972845140253292628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27488238.post-87124384858718929712013-09-01T12:36:21.311+02:002013-09-01T12:36:21.311+02:00Hello, thanks for this review. I felt like someone...Hello, thanks for this review. I felt like someone should probably mention the changes in all different kinds of gameplay to EU3 and you did quite the perfect job. I like how you adressed the newish culture system, and I completely agree with you on that point. Your idea of having the culture overlord bonus thing midgame is perfect and i would love to see it in future mods. The guy that commented before me didn't really get anything you said about France. It's not about difficulty AGAINST France if you begin as Burgundy or England or anyone that fights France in the early game. I mean seriously, you can beat any AI nation if you do it correctly and use the right strategy. We all know it. And it's supposed to be like that. There's no reason to feel like a masterchief because you turned England into a dominating power. You couldve done way easier by simply PUing France at 100 years war, but whatever.<br /><br />Obviously he's talking about France AI against other AI. The coalition system is supposed to create some sort of power balance, but doesnt serve that well. France has a very very very overpowered start. The event of Burgundian Inheritance is very likely to happen and the AI is very likely to beat England. Thats the first 50 years and France is ,what it used to be in eu3 by the late 1500s. This changes the entire game. Yes it is more historical, because France was kind of unbeaten in that time, but it destroys the sandbox aspect completely. Most games have those few big blobs. Austria France Spain (England, if it somehow manages to not loose to hard to Scotland and France, I often see Cornwall or Wales take them over with Scotland - which is great :D) <br /><br />Again I have to say I really liked your review and i agree on most aspects. Lets hope for some Mods to repair the balance. Meiou and Taxes maybe. Or something like Project balance for CK2.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16089505727818502346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27488238.post-91668444391615237352013-09-01T11:54:28.102+02:002013-09-01T11:54:28.102+02:00Hi, interesting review. Just a thought. I had play...Hi, interesting review. Just a thought. I had played Ck2 before but never any of the EU series. My first game I chose England being a proud Brit, and I won the hundred years war with careful planning and a bit of strategic genius; I evacuated all of the mainland and then when I had built 20,000+ more men in England I shipped them all into France in one stack and won the war with some careful blockading of French ports too. It took some time but it was manageable. In the compensation for the war i took more French provinces linking Calais and Normandy, made them annul their treaty guaranteeing Scottish Independence. By 1505 I had conquered Scotland all of Ireland and INCREASED my holdings in mainland Europe. Its now 1720; I have pushed France out of America completely. I own half of France, No Jokes, vassalised another quarter when I made France give up kingdoms. Fought wars on behalf of Lorraine and Savoy against Austria so they couldn't be amalgamated. When Spain entered the massive coalition that is now against me I won the war by winning 80% of the battles; their allies were France, Austria, Bavaria, Denmark, Ethiopia, Swaziland, Aztec, Iroquois and Creek (the last two have a couple of provinces between them as I have been stomping them) and the Indian princes. I made Spain give up CASTILE as an independent kingdom and now I am in a solid alliance with it and I sense an invasion to claim the throne on Castile just around the corner. I am in a personal union with Portugal. And in 30 years I will own Half of the Entire Globe as well as most of Western Europe. This was my first game and I have totally rewritten history. Even the English events such as the Cromwellian rebellion was crushed in mere weeks. <br /><br />Sieging everything at once is not a particularly viable strategy. You need to kill off the doomstack so that you can siege safely. Battles can be won with some careful planning and also letting a slightly larger army attack half of yours over a river, have the other half in a neighbouring territory and when battle starts charge your remaining forces into combat. Then you win every battle, you take some losses but when you have chased down the enemy doomstack and killed it for good, not only does your warscore take a massive boost but you can then resupply and siege everything. <br /><br />So looking back I don't think your review is balanced. Perhaps you need to fine tune your strategies and then maybe you will find that you can easily rewrite history. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com