Europa Universalis III
There was a huge sale on Amazon for a bunch of strategy games that I really wanted to try out, and with the pack they were selling, I also got a credit for a strategy game that I heard was really good. So I got a ton of strategy for $20, and I planned a bit.
I started with Europa Universalis, because it had the largest range, and that seemed the most interesting to me. There's a lot of systems here, with state management and diplomatic options and various state ideas and simple combat and oh dear my mind is blown. I gave it the college try, going through the tutorials which didn't help at all. I wanted to avoid the dogpile that is Europe, so I tried out the Aztecs! And the Aztecs suck! They have no money, no research, and they aren't even that good of friends with their immediate neighbors. Before I can adapt a new national idea, I have to have government level 4. Currently have government level 1, and at my current rate, I can't afford an upgrade to level 2 for another 100 years. Yeah. So maybe I'll go play as France or something. Still, seems really interesting.
Also, I have discovered that my graphics card has a serious artifacting problem! That's what caused the issue with Portal 2 a while back. So...considering purchasing a better PC, because screw this video card. Problems: expensive, moving soon. Positives: No more goddamn triangles, and will have it build by a professional, instead of goddamn Best Buy.
There was a huge sale on Amazon for a bunch of strategy games that I really wanted to try out, and with the pack they were selling, I also got a credit for a strategy game that I heard was really good. So I got a ton of strategy for $20, and I planned a bit.
I started with Europa Universalis, because it had the largest range, and that seemed the most interesting to me. There's a lot of systems here, with state management and diplomatic options and various state ideas and simple combat and oh dear my mind is blown. I gave it the college try, going through the tutorials which didn't help at all. I wanted to avoid the dogpile that is Europe, so I tried out the Aztecs! And the Aztecs suck! They have no money, no research, and they aren't even that good of friends with their immediate neighbors. Before I can adapt a new national idea, I have to have government level 4. Currently have government level 1, and at my current rate, I can't afford an upgrade to level 2 for another 100 years. Yeah. So maybe I'll go play as France or something. Still, seems really interesting.
Also, I have discovered that my graphics card has a serious artifacting problem! That's what caused the issue with Portal 2 a while back. So...considering purchasing a better PC, because screw this video card. Problems: expensive, moving soon. Positives: No more goddamn triangles, and will have it build by a professional, instead of goddamn Best Buy.
No comments:
Post a Comment