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PaperclipPerfector  1mo ago (text post)   2616 thread views

Friday Fun Thread for March 29, 2024

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So, what are you playing?

Well over a decade ago I watched Yahtzee's review of Catherine (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_(video_game), a weird puzzle-platformer from the people who made Persona. Although Yahtzee was iffy on the game, I thought it sounded like it might be my bag, but at the time they hadn't released a PC port. I picked it up in a Steam sale a few months ago and started playing it last night.

I'm really liking it so far. It's very funny and quirky, the core gameplay is deceptively simple and much more challenging than I expected, and it's oozing with style.

"Suzerain" finally got it's "Kingdom of Rizia" expansion. Still rough around the edges and falls prey to purple prose but it's still a fun expansion to a unique game.

Did a reformist diplomatic run. Next is to do an Absolutist militarist run.

Man, I played through the OG once and called the Second Sordish Depression. It was fun but I'm gonna feel bad about also ruining Rizia.

I've been searching for a game centered on political intrigue--I recently reinstalled Stellaris and Crusader Kings III--but this might be the ticket.

I never could get a full grasp of Stellaris. And the new ck3 expansion is just okay. After the End 2 released on steam though. Shame they removed the California rationalists big Yud lore.

Suzerain is unique as a western VN. And it's hard. But pulling off the Great Sordish Recovery is incredibly satisfying.

It's also a great way to understand the struggles of post ww2 Turkiya

Stellaris looses the plot late game when you're just building first stike doom stacks and chasing fleets around that won't stop and fight you.

that was always my issue. I find the combat system to be too opaque.

EU4: First more morale, then more discipline. Have enough artillery. use terrain. done.

CK3: Good Knights. Good men-at-arms. have more troops. men at arms. done.

Victoria 3: Don't ever go to war. Just build tall. comfy. done.

Victoria 2: Enough infantry to fill the frontline. Enough artillery to do damage. Some cav for early game capture.

Stellaris: A confusing as figuring out HOI4 Navy.

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