I stumbled upon PDX games from a box of computer discs I got with EU3 back in 2009 or so. I was (and still am) a huge CIV 3 fan..Yeah..not one you hear most other people talk about. But, I never could get into Civ 4 and so I started looking for another strategy game with somewhat similar mechanics and found EU3.
I immediately fell in love with the depth of the game and how you could change the way history looked. I know a lot of people don't like to compare a game like EU with CIV - but for me, anyway - it was like an upgrade from it. Sure, they are very different games in many ways, but it was still similar enough to be part of the same general genre I had the most interest in. Out came Civ 5 - and while it was better after all the DLCs, it still didn't grab me like EU3 - then EU4 was released and sometime after Art of War was released I was hooked on it.
I own quite a few games from Paradox, but I personally can't get into them like I do with EU - it's just the kind of game I like to play. It's a nice mixture of various mechanics. I know a LOT of people seem to like CK2 - and I can see how it's an amazing game - that has a lot of work put into it - but it just doesn't interest me. I'm not interested in character roleplaying in strategy games involving families and stuff like that.
I've played Stellaris quite a bit as well - and I think it has a solid base for something awesome - but when I play it - it starts to get really tedious and not really as fun to me to play as it looks like it would be. It's really fun for awhile, but doesn't have lasting appeal for me. It has potential to be amazing, but it's just missing something to make it click.
Anyway, my ranking for every PDX title I own would be:
1. EU4
2. EU3
3. Stellaris
4. CK2
5. Sengoku
6. Rome
I'm assuming we aren't counting published games like Cities Skylines or Surviving Mars - as I enjoy those quite a bit and would put those just under Stellaris. I'd like to try HOI someday. It looks pretty fun.
I immediately fell in love with the depth of the game and how you could change the way history looked. I know a lot of people don't like to compare a game like EU with CIV - but for me, anyway - it was like an upgrade from it. Sure, they are very different games in many ways, but it was still similar enough to be part of the same general genre I had the most interest in. Out came Civ 5 - and while it was better after all the DLCs, it still didn't grab me like EU3 - then EU4 was released and sometime after Art of War was released I was hooked on it.
I own quite a few games from Paradox, but I personally can't get into them like I do with EU - it's just the kind of game I like to play. It's a nice mixture of various mechanics. I know a LOT of people seem to like CK2 - and I can see how it's an amazing game - that has a lot of work put into it - but it just doesn't interest me. I'm not interested in character roleplaying in strategy games involving families and stuff like that.
I've played Stellaris quite a bit as well - and I think it has a solid base for something awesome - but when I play it - it starts to get really tedious and not really as fun to me to play as it looks like it would be. It's really fun for awhile, but doesn't have lasting appeal for me. It has potential to be amazing, but it's just missing something to make it click.
Anyway, my ranking for every PDX title I own would be:
1. EU4
2. EU3
3. Stellaris
4. CK2
5. Sengoku
6. Rome
I'm assuming we aren't counting published games like Cities Skylines or Surviving Mars - as I enjoy those quite a bit and would put those just under Stellaris. I'd like to try HOI someday. It looks pretty fun.
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