Europa Universalis III

[Raziaar]

Hey guys. I don't really expect anyone other than Vegeta or Viperidae to care about these videos since I made them for those two(mostly Vegeta)... but figured I'd post them here anyway.

Basically three boring hours straight of me explaining some of the game concepts in EU III(as I understand them) so vegeta can have a better time understanding how the game is played since learning curves scare him.

Though if you have an interest in listening to my sexy Ben Stein voice for three hours, then have it.

1080 is not all that better resolution than 720 in the videos plus it takes considerably longer to load.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGzPLKGufhQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYOdoyCC7Og

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4VJr61HWqw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypHXfVBtHGY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8OTF9WbbQA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdo-HsbLIfY

 

[Acepilotf14]

I love EU3. And Victoria 2. And Arsenal of Democracy.

 

[Russian Mafia]

EU3 is an amazing game. Years of playing and there are still many countries and strategies to try.

 

[Lucid]

I always meant to give these games a try but they seem far too complicated for me.
I've heard that Crusader Kings is a good starting point to these grand scale type games, can anyone confirm or deny? Or post recommendations to help ease a newbie to this game genre into it?

 

[Acepilotf14]

We should play sometime.
And Lucid, I don't know if you still care, but EU3 is pretty much the easiest it's going to get. Seriously. It looks complicated on the outside but it's cake.

 

[MJ12]

y dont these games got pretty things like civ

 

[Lucid]

I'd give it a try but it takes so god damned long to load the game and it seems like the tutorial is bugged to the point of crashing the game as soon as I start it.

I'm not much of a learn-as-you-go play gamer either, really... well, with grand strategy games atleast.

 

[Raziaar]

I've been playing Victoria 2 lately. lots of fun for me.

 

[Dan]

I played HoI2 up until I realized that the point is not to play like a nation, but to decipher how the underlying game mechanics work and which units are imbalanced and how stupid the AI is. The result is an infantry/submarine germany that annexes every nation in the world by 1940. I tried MP but that crashed more often than we could save. These games would be great in theory, but the really terrible interface and long list of bugs makes them kind of crap at the same time. I just wish that a better studio would make these games but not in as sucky.

 

[Acepilotf14]

My current EU3 game as Muscowy.

And the tutorials are usually garbage. I can try and dig up the easy three image guide someone on /v/ wrote.

 

[fishdbaz]

Hey Raz, YouTube won't let me watch the videos. They're all set to private.

 

[Raziaar]

yeah... I kind of just set them to be that for some reason... I think vegeta mocking them or some shit. I dunno, I can turn them back on. I figured nobody cared to watch them anymore after there wasn't much of a response.

Honestly, it's a long series of videos and not really any good.

EDIT: I made them all public. Go nuts... get high and listen to me talk for 3 hours. That's the only way you could possibly have a good time!

 

[Acepilotf14]

The game isn't even really difficult!

[The reason my stab and legitimacy are so low is because I'm in the process of westernizing. It's a bitch and I hate it.]

 

[15357]

I've a question; I've heard that Victoria and EU is extremely fun, but how does the gameplay compare to HOI2 and HOI3?

I mean, I loved HOI2 and its expansions, but HOI3 was a bit too much complicated on the military side; I didn't exactly understand how I was to order the forces - HQ selection was so convoluted that I simply was better off ordering individual brigades.

Any comparisons?

 

[Raziaar]

I've a question; I've heard that Victoria and EU is extremely fun, but how does the gameplay compare to HOI2 and HOI3?

I mean, I loved HOI2 and its expansions, but HOI3 was a bit too much complicated on the military side; I didn't exactly understand how I was to order the forces - HQ selection was so convoluted that I simply was better off ordering individual brigades.

Any comparisons?

Military is nothing like HOI3. I mean it is, in a sense since it's a paradox game, but it doesn't have the levels of command and hq's and shit. You organize and move your units around all manually... makes things much more enjoyable too in my opinion. The battles aren't fought for you.

 

[Acepilotf14]

 

[Vegeta897]

Never go to a casino.

 

[Russian Mafia]

^ Haha. I've failed at 99% before.

Also, the 1000 or so pages in this thread may amuse you guys.

 

[Acepilotf14]

Love that thread. I post on their forums sometimes.

 

[Acepilotf14]

Your borders look ridiculous, Bohemia.

 

[MJ12]

Sooo, has anyone played Crusader Kings II? I've been hearing a lot of great things about it, and it sounds very interesting.

The reason I ask is because EUIII complete is like $7 right now, but if I am going to spend time and research into any Grand Strategy game I want it to be the most enjoyable one of couse.

 

[Russian Mafia]

Sooo, has anyone played Crusader Kings II? I've been hearing a lot of great things about it, and it sounds very interesting.

The reason I ask is because EUIII complete is like $7 right now, but if I am going to spend time and research into any Grand Strategy game I want it to be the most enjoyable one of couse.

Crusader Kings II is by far Paradox's most polished release. And I can vouch for it that it is very fun. Unlike their other games, in this one you play as a person instead of a country per say, where you forge a powerful family and spread it over Europe, which makes it a role playing game first and strategy second. I've heard that multilayer is more stable than the other games, but I have yet to try it myself.

 

[Gargantou]

Crusader Kings has always been the most fun franchise of the Grand Strategy series from Paradox.

How can one not love a game that permits one to engage in incest and give birth to children with inbred traits and harelips?

 

[MJ12]

That sounds way too exciting. I've needed a game where I can start up a Lannister family legacy.