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Dr. Arbitrary posted:So, there's horses in CK2, Bears in EU4, are there any other weird things you can do in the other games? Wojtek in HoI4.
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Also free market economics in Vicky 2
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algebra testes posted:Also free market economics in Vicky 2 haha
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May 26, 2017 07:52
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Anyone tried that Steel Division game yet?
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Kuiperdolin posted:Anyone tried that Steel Division game yet? Yeah it's good fun. It's a completely different kind of game to Paradox grand strategies though. It's a real time tactics game.
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Enjoy posted:Yeah it's good fun. It's a completely different kind of game to Paradox grand strategies though. It's a real time tactics game. What's its scope? I think technically every strategy game where you don't build a base counts as tactics, so it could be anything from Sudden Strike size to War in the East size.
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GrossMurpel posted:What's its scope? I think technically every strategy game where you don't build a base counts as tactics, so it could be anything from Sudden Strike size to War in the East size. Well, it's called Steel Division: Normandy '44, so I think that should tip you off on the scope 
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COOL CORN posted:Well, it's called Steel Division: Normandy '44, so I think that should tip you off on the scope Could still be the Normandy campaign broken up into missions where you control 5 units 
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Enjoy posted:Yeah it's good fun. It's a completely different kind of game to Paradox grand strategies though. It's a real time tactics game. I was looking at this briefly, and apparently not only can you not pause to issue orders, you can't even pause at all, even with the ESC/menu button. In a single-player game.  God, I hate that poo poo. No buy for me.
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That's because it's not really a single player game. also there's a deployment phase before you start, where you place your first units and can issue some orders ahead of time.
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You can also reduce the game to "bullet time" speed in single player, which is so slow it may as well be a pause for most purposes.
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Robhol posted:You can also reduce the game to "bullet time" speed in single player, which is so slow it may as well be a pause for most purposes. It's more the sense that I can't pause the game to walk away/take a phone call/deal with real-life family poo poo. It just irritates me to no end. Same reason I couldn't get into Path of Exile.
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Yeah that's fair enough then.
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No that's a pretty dumb reason to dislike a game, if something important is happening in real life you should just quit the game
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Enjoy posted:No that's a pretty dumb reason to dislike a game, if something important is happening in real life you should just quit the game this game has literally zero of those excuses. its garbage grog game design of the sort that I woulda thought Paradox was over
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Enjoy posted:No that's a pretty dumb reason to dislike a game, if something important is happening in real life you should just quit the game Nah
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That's a sort of valid reason but you shouldn't be getting it for the singleplayer, it's a multiplayer game with some slapped on campaigns. I agree it's kinda weird if they took the pause out entirely though (I haven't noticed personally), that did used to be an option in the older titles. Deceitful Penguin posted:Dark Souls could get away with it because it quit instantly and the online part of it was a cool thing the heck edit: the hell are you guys on about, I just checked in game and escape makes it pause just fine. Koramei fucked around with this message at 17:37 on May 26, 2017 |
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Koramei posted:That's a sort of valid reason but you shouldn't be getting it for the singleplayer, it's a multiplayer game with some slapped on campaigns. Didn't have either horses or bears so I didn't see any point in getting it
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Koramei posted:
Oh, interesting. Not what I'd read on some steam forums thread where a dev was commenting.
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Hm, maybe they added it in after that thread then, if a dev was reading it. It is only by using escape, the time controls don't give you a pause option they used to in the older titles, which is a little odd.Deceitful Penguin posted:Welp, then I was speakin' from ignorance, my bad It's basically just an RTS. on the more groggy end of the spectrum for those but I'd say it fits in pretty well with Paradox games.
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They didn't want you to pause the game so you could look over the battlefield to see what was going on and issue orders, so instead all you can do is slow it way down to give you more time to react. I guess I can see where they were going witht this but it's still a very strange design choice. Opening the menu stops the game but you can't do anything else.
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Dr. Arbitrary posted:So, there's horses in CK2, Bears in EU4, are there any other weird things you can do in the other games? You can play as a race of polar bears in vicky2.
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Enjoy posted:No that's a pretty dumb reason to dislike a game, if something important is happening in real life you should just quit the game If something important is happening in real life you should just ignore it to keep gaming.
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or quit life (and keep playing in heaven  )
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Koramei posted:Hm, maybe they added it in after that thread then, if a dev was reading it. It is only by using escape, the time controls don't give you a pause option they used to in the older titles, which is a little odd. There was a quote from the dev along the lines that the 'AI didn't like being paused'.  Maybe I'll just learn to play Graviteam Mius Front instead... bought it a while back and bounced off the UI.
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Fintilgin posted:I was looking at this briefly, and apparently not only can you not pause to issue orders, you can't even pause at all, even with the ESC/menu button. In a single-player game. git gud
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Kuiperdolin posted:Anyone tried that Steel Division game yet?
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James The 1st posted:I don't know much about it, but didn't the developer make the Wargame series, like Wargame Airland battle? Yes
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It was super-fun to play at pdxcon, and I swear I'll throw money at it after a paycheck or two.
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It's a pretty good game and I'm sure if I weren't terrible at it I'd enjoy it even more. The dynamic front system is actually a really neat way of making sure your tunnel vision doesn't gently caress you too much. Would recommend if you're looking for a tactics game.
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My committed group of Wargame friends say it's the best Wargame they've made. Like, from the Series Wargame, not Wargame full stop beacuse *snort* it's clearly no Campaign for North Africa...
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It is great fun, but if you're used to the glacial pace of paradox grand strategy you'll have a stroke.
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Yeah Wargame/Normandy isn't as fast paced as say, competitive Starcraft, but it's still a lot more micro-intensive than a Paradox grand strategy game. It's a lot easier to do team matches since 2v2 or 3v3 allow you to pick one part of the map and focus your forces there rather than trying to keep an eye on everything at once.
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How toxic is the online crowd so far, might want to try this with a friend but we're bad.
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Tahirovic posted:How toxic is the online crowd so far, might want to try this with a friend but we're bad. I feel that most people have been nice to each other so far, some have gotten a bit grumpy about off-map artillery destroying all their stuff but I have not seen any racial slurs or stuff like that. Maybe because the game is still new and everyone still sucks.
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Like most online games involving the Nazis the worst people are wehraboos complaining about their Königstigers and Jagdpanzers not being made of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AyWIbZD7vg WhiskeyWhiskers fucked around with this message at 12:55 on May 30, 2017 |
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The goons are friendly and the pubbies civil, but like previous wargame franchise titles and any other ww2 game, the nazis you are fighting are often actually for real Nazis. There is a general chat in game for some reason that is equal parts horrifying and comedy gold.
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Splode posted:The goons are friendly and the pubbies civil, but like previous wargame franchise titles and any other ww2 game, the nazis you are fighting are often actually for real Nazis. There is a general chat in game for some reason that is equal parts horrifying and comedy gold. my favorite memory of Wargame chat was when I got out of a game and some dude was posting a gay porn version of black hawk down line by line
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Agean90 posted:my favorite memory of Wargame chat was when I got out of a game and some dude was posting a gay porn version of black hawk down line by line This is legend and I wish someone had a saved copy
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