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Europa Universalis IV and Orwell: Keeping an Eye on You free on Epic Games this week (self.games)

submitted 1 year ago by nanoUFO to c/games

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Europa Universalis IV

Orwell: keeping an eye on you

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[–] sugar_in_your_tea 4 points 1 year ago

I absolutely love EUIV, but I wouldn't get it here. The game is so much better with DLC, but there's just so many that it doesn't make sense to jump in right now. I guess it's fine to give it a shot, but there's a subscription on Steam that gets you all DLC for a monthly cost, which is going to be a much better deal than buying them individually here.

Basically, if you like history and map painting games, EUIV has a lot to offer. I don't recommend buying DLC at this point, but I do recommend getting the DLC with the subscription.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Weird combination of games. My own feelings on Epic notwithstanding, I can highly recommend Orwell, especially for fans of Papers Please.

[–] Bluescluestoothpaste 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Am I crazy or is europa universalis just a worse version of crusader kings? Love crusader kings but mever tried EU because it just seems like the same game with less features?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's the same engine, but the focus is different: CK is about the ruling dynasty, EU is about the country itself. Time period is also different (EU4 goes from 1444 to 1821),

A good example of that is that in EU4 your country can be the junior partner of a personal union, where it needs to fight against its rulers to get independence. You won't see anything similar in CK3, because you are the ruling dynasty.

[–] Bluescluestoothpaste 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I guess, idk that seems less fun to me lol. And in CK3 you can absolutely be a vassal of a larger kingdom and fight (or negotiate) for your independence.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

And in CK3 you can absolutely be a vassal of a larger kingdom and fight (or negotiate) for your independence.

Yes but you can't be a junior partner of a personal union, since this means that you (the dynasty) would be fighting yourself. On the other hand in EU4 this works fine since you're the ~~Senate~~ government/country/state itself, not the king or the dynasty. It was just an example on the different focus, mind you.

On EU4 being less fun than CK3: personally I like EU4 better because I care far more about groups in Modern times interacting on a global level than individuals in Mediaeval times interacting on a regional level. And EU4 always involves some sort of "if I did this in real life I'd be a monster" decision, that actually makes me understand a lot of the shit that governments do, such as culturecide or backstabbing/Realpolitik.

But there's no "right" choice, it's different strokes for different folks.