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Post by hcstokie on Sept 22, 2020 19:35:45 GMT
I played this for the first time a couple of days ago and absolutely love it. Anyone else on this?
Some of the stories and plots that you can create are hilarious. After a couple of centuries of being quite mild-mannered I decided to have a little change so my current character has just assassinated the heir of England, executed all of his rivals and just fathered a bastard with his midget lover.
Great game once you get your head around the mechanics!
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Post by zerps on Sept 24, 2020 13:33:05 GMT
I played this for the first time a couple of days ago and absolutely love it. Anyone else on this? Some of the stories and plots that you can create are hilarious. After a couple of centuries of being quite mild-mannered I decided to have a little change so my current character has just assassinated the heir of England, executed all of his rivals and just fathered a bastard with his midget lover. Great game once you get your head around the mechanics! What platform mate?
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Post by mattador78 on Sept 24, 2020 17:36:17 GMT
I played this for the first time a couple of days ago and absolutely love it. Anyone else on this? Some of the stories and plots that you can create are hilarious. After a couple of centuries of being quite mild-mannered I decided to have a little change so my current character has just assassinated the heir of England, executed all of his rivals and just fathered a bastard with his midget lover. Great game once you get your head around the mechanics! What platform mate? It’s on pc free with Microsoft game pass I think
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Post by hcstokie on Sept 25, 2020 6:20:37 GMT
I played this for the first time a couple of days ago and absolutely love it. Anyone else on this? Some of the stories and plots that you can create are hilarious. After a couple of centuries of being quite mild-mannered I decided to have a little change so my current character has just assassinated the heir of England, executed all of his rivals and just fathered a bastard with his midget lover. Great game once you get your head around the mechanics! What platform mate? I play on PC, not sure if it’s on anything else. I’m not sure of the Microsoft pass, I just got a steam key for it. It’s well worth a look.
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Post by zerps on Sept 25, 2020 6:25:48 GMT
I’m on it later. I love a strategy game.
I couldn’t get into total war britannia but I loved the previous games
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Post by hcstokie on Sept 25, 2020 10:23:19 GMT
I’m on it later. I love a strategy game. I couldn’t get into total war britannia but I loved the previous games If you’ve never played crusader kings before I’d highly recommend playing the tutorial and using YouTube for anything you’re unsure on. I’m no expert by any means! Total wars are usually good, like the historical and warhammer ones. Britannia didn’t have enough diversity between the factions to warrant multiple play throughs IMO.
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Post by mattador78 on Sept 25, 2020 13:59:11 GMT
Yeah it’s free on game pass I’m installing it have a look myself
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Post by hcstokie on Sept 26, 2020 9:32:28 GMT
Yeah it’s free on game pass I’m installing it have a look myself What do you think mate?
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Post by mattador78 on Sept 26, 2020 9:52:16 GMT
Yeah it’s free on game pass I’m installing it have a look myself What do you think mate? Only did the tutorial seemed alright similar to hearts of iron where the emphasis is more on the micromanagement of the government more than the conflicts. Saying that I did invade Tuscany with my Irish army allied to my wife’s family and started kicking the shit out of anywhere I could lay claim to until they all hanged up on me and I had to leg it back to Ireland with half of Italy in hot pursuit
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Post by zerps on Sept 26, 2020 12:15:37 GMT
Only did the tutorial seemed alright similar to hearts of iron where the emphasis is more on the micromanagement of the government more than the conflicts. Saying that I did invade Tuscany with my Irish army allied to my wife’s family and started kicking the shit out of anywhere I could lay claim to until they all hanged up on me and I had to leg it back to Ireland with half of Italy in hot pursuit We’ve all been there
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Post by mattador78 on Sept 26, 2020 12:55:29 GMT
Only did the tutorial seemed alright similar to hearts of iron where the emphasis is more on the micromanagement of the government more than the conflicts. Saying that I did invade Tuscany with my Irish army allied to my wife’s family and started kicking the shit out of anywhere I could lay claim to until they all hanged up on me and I had to leg it back to Ireland with half of Italy in hot pursuit We’ve all been there To be honest it’s seems like a standard Friday night during covid. Also legging it in video games as I’ve got older seems to be standard fare. Just got the final achievement for spec ops on the new modern warfare for 100% game completion. Achieved it by legging it to the exfil chopper while the rest of my team died around me then sat there waiting for them all die in last stand for me to escape 👍
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Post by zerps on Sept 26, 2020 12:56:27 GMT
To be honest it’s seems like a standard Friday night during covid. Also legging it in video games as I’ve got older seems to be standard fare. Just got the final achievement for spec ops on the new modern warfare for 100% game completion. Achieved it by legging it to the exfil chopper while the rest of my team died around me then sat there waiting for them all die in last stand for me to escape 👍 Hero 😂😂😂
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Post by mattador78 on Sept 26, 2020 13:04:20 GMT
To be honest it’s seems like a standard Friday night during covid. Also legging it in video games as I’ve got older seems to be standard fare. Just got the final achievement for spec ops on the new modern warfare for 100% game completion. Achieved it by legging it to the exfil chopper while the rest of my team died around me then sat there waiting for them all die in last stand for me to escape 👍 Hero 😂😂😂 I’m 42 my reflexes and knees have gone what else can I do. Also it was the first time I’d got there without my entire team letting the last bomb blow up so I was taking the win no matter what
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Post by zerps on Sept 26, 2020 13:05:25 GMT
I’m 42 my reflexes and knees have gone what else can I do. Also it was the first time I’d got there without my entire team letting the last bomb blow up so I was taking the win no matter what Not criticising mate. I’d have done the same
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Post by mattador78 on Sept 26, 2020 13:13:31 GMT
I’m 42 my reflexes and knees have gone what else can I do. Also it was the first time I’d got there without my entire team letting the last bomb blow up so I was taking the win no matter what Not criticising mate. I’d have done the same I know 😉 We’ve all been there
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Post by zerps on Sept 29, 2020 5:56:26 GMT
I downloaded this last night. It’s going to take some learning 😂
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Post by hcstokie on Sept 30, 2020 15:00:04 GMT
I downloaded this last night. It’s going to take some learning 😂 Haha I know, it can be a little intimidating at first. The tutorial is ok but YouTube vids can be useful to understand some of the mechanics. Successions can be a pain if you don’t understand it fully......I’ve arranged the death of more than a few of my children to keep my kingdom intact 😂
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Post by mtrstudent on Sept 30, 2020 16:04:42 GMT
All the Paradox games are crack to me so I'm avoiding it until I lose my job or actually get a break and there's a lockdown so I can't see people or something.
I downloaded CK2 but didn't play it yet; is this one much better? Sometimes Paradox don't put enough shortcuts and it's really tedious, like in Victoria 2 if you get a new fortress you have to click through every single province to build them. In Europa Universalis you there's a sheet and you you just click once per province, which is way better. I'd hope they've learned and CK3 doesn't have all the annoying bits.
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Post by hcstokie on Oct 1, 2020 6:19:53 GMT
All the Paradox games are crack to me so I'm avoiding it until I lose my job or actually get a break and there's a lockdown so I can't see people or something. I downloaded CK2 but didn't play it yet; is this one much better? Sometimes Paradox don't put enough shortcuts and it's really tedious, like in Victoria 2 if you get a new fortress you have to click through every single province to build them. In Europa Universalis you there's a sheet and you you just click once per province, which is way better. I'd hope they've learned and CK3 doesn't have all the annoying bits. I can see how easy it would be to sink hours into it. CK3 seems to have upgraded the UI and it’s visually a lot better than CK2. The skills of the council members have had a bit of a reshuffle. I’d recommend playing 2 first to see if 3 would be something you’d like. What’s Europa Universalis like? It’s something I’ve seen before but never got around to trying.
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Post by mtrstudent on Oct 1, 2020 7:15:49 GMT
All the Paradox games are crack to me so I'm avoiding it until I lose my job or actually get a break and there's a lockdown so I can't see people or something. I downloaded CK2 but didn't play it yet; is this one much better? Sometimes Paradox don't put enough shortcuts and it's really tedious, like in Victoria 2 if you get a new fortress you have to click through every single province to build them. In Europa Universalis you there's a sheet and you you just click once per province, which is way better. I'd hope they've learned and CK3 doesn't have all the annoying bits. I can see how easy it would be to sink hours into it. CK3 seems to have upgraded the UI and it’s visually a lot better than CK2. The skills of the council members have had a bit of a reshuffle. I’d recommend playing 2 first to see if 3 would be something you’d like. What’s Europa Universalis like? It’s something I’ve seen before but never got around to trying. I think it's a bit like CK minus all the incest and try to conquer as much as you can. Not much drama with the royal families but you control the whole nation and do nation things instead. Addictive af.
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Post by marylandstoke on Nov 10, 2020 20:15:10 GMT
I downloaded this last night. It’s going to take some learning 😂 Haha I know, it can be a little intimidating at first. The tutorial is ok but YouTube vids can be useful to understand some of the mechanics. Successions can be a pain if you don’t understand it fully......I’ve arranged the death of more than a few of my children to keep my kingdom intact 😂 OK, got the idea to try CK2 from off this thread. Now free on Steam so downloaded. Tried the tutorial and was horrified (since seen aLOT say the same) Found the tutorials on line by Quill(?) on you tube. Broken down into three parts, two are 45 mins long and the middle one is half an hour. Still pretty horrified. Put tutorial on iPad, play game at same time on PC, deep, deep joy. What a game. One amusing thing, in the tutorial Quill, whilst giving an example, finds his wife is a genius. Much rejoicing. When I came to marry off my son I found the name was different from the You Tube. Turns out that my wife was a wastrel and all round bad 🥚 Fortunately she also wasn’t a well woman and croaked dead early.....so, grabbed a young German lady with big attributes who has a loose claim on ze Germans and has born me a child (though female) Looks like this is going to eat up some hours.
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Post by hcstokie on Nov 10, 2020 21:14:48 GMT
Haha I know, it can be a little intimidating at first. The tutorial is ok but YouTube vids can be useful to understand some of the mechanics. Successions can be a pain if you don’t understand it fully......I’ve arranged the death of more than a few of my children to keep my kingdom intact 😂 OK, got the idea to try CK2 from off this thread. Now free on Steam so downloaded. Tried the tutorial and was horrified (since seen aLOT say the same) Found the tutorials on line by Quill(?) on you tube. Broken down into three parts, two are 45 mins long and the middle one is half an hour. Still pretty horrified. Put tutorial on iPad, play game at same time on PC, deep, deep joy. What a game. One amusing thing, in the tutorial Quill, whilst giving an example, finds his wife is a genius. Much rejoicing. When I came to marry off my son I found the name was different from the You Tube. Turns out that my wife was a wastrel and all round bad 🥚 Fortunately she also wasn’t a well woman and croaked dead early.....so, grabbed a young German lady with big attributes who has a loose claim on ze Germans and has born me a child (though female) Looks like this is going to eat up some hours. Everyone enjoys waging war on ze Germans! You’ve done the same as me. I tried CK2 first for free and then jumped into 3. If you like it then 3 is pretty much the same game but upgraded across the board, especially visually. On forums a lot of people have returned to 2 for the time being because of the DLC content. Looking forward to 3 being built on now. It’s a great game that you can sink hours and hours into and still learn new stuff!
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Post by Stoke711 on Dec 5, 2020 16:03:16 GMT
Only really ever use my PC for Football Manager and Civilisation even though I have a decent gaming PC.
Just watched a video on this and looks really good, think I will be getting this.
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Post by marylandstoke on Dec 20, 2020 15:07:16 GMT
Only really ever use my PC for Football Manager and Civilisation even though I have a decent gaming PC. Just watched a video on this and looks really good, think I will be getting this. My humble opinion, CK2 beats Sids into a cocked hat. Massive learning curve tho’
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