How the FUCK do you even play any of their games

Press the win button
Win

very carefully

Cheat console

the only difficulty in these games is understanding the UI and it is entirely understandable that that shit might take you like 20 hours to actually get used to
people who say things like 'i have 700 hours in this game and i still don't understand it' must be actually genuinely mentally retarded

>>212131990 (OP)
git gud, noobcake

>>212131990 (OP)
I can't get into Hearts of Iron 4. But it took me about 50 hours to really become decent at Crusader Kings 2. In my opinion Stellaris is the most accessible.
There's a meta to understand with each game, from then on it's not a walk in the park but it becomes clear and fun. You also don't play to win per se, rather to relax and have innocent fun.

>>212131990 (OP)
>>212132367
It is the UI that is complicated, it is like learning how to use a CAD software.

do you guys know any other easter eggs like this

>>212132594
I'm not that into those games and I have played mainly Victoria 3.

>>212132594
i know about the aragon and saruhan one other than this

>>212131990 (OP)

>being literally filtered

I probably have like a 100 hours in KCD2 and I never bothered learning how to play, I just use console commands to get gold and create a gigachad character with all the best traits and then execute people I don't like, import exotic wives from far away lands, join retarded cults, etc.

>>212131990 (OP)
None of their games are hard, they are just complex.
If you don't have the autism to enjoy watching numbers go up don't bother.
I have spend hundreds of hours watching POPs in Vic 2.

>>212132594
If you own Paris as Sweden and convert it to Swedish culture you get a fun easter egg event

>>212132745
this post is so thirdie-coded holy shit

The only one I can't be fucked learning is HoI4 because of army templates and vehicle designer and it feels like there's a million modifiers you need to be aware of in order to move a frontline.
With eu4 it's just infantry = artillery = combat width + 4 horses

>>212131990 (OP)
>buy EU4 on sale
>tutorial: click here to build port, click here to move units
>start game, instantly bombarded by 6 million controls, pop ups and info about citizen happiness index dropping to 40 in cumpiss province
>no fucking clue what to do, where to go and what to click
>get overwhelmed and drop the game

>>212132774

Some people are legitimately strategy-illiterate. But it's true, Paradox games don't demand special talent just a commitment to learning everything possible.

>>212133085

All you had to do was pick one of the major powers in your first game and learn on cruise control. They basically drive themselves. Use pause often, click around, see what's possible.

Because they were free

>>212133098
Most of the game mechanics can be ignored.
Like my example of Vic 2 pops, i enjoy trying to give them access to all their needs, but it's almost irrelevant to the actual game.
You can just pick germany, form Grossgermaniums, max tariffs and paint the map.

>>212133085
Honestly the best way to learn is to watch other people play the game, Red Hawk is good because he doesn't minmax so you get a more realistic view of what the average player should do

>>212133055
Same , fucking love you Sweden for eu4

>>212133231
>he doesn’t switch 10 tags and religions per game just to abandon it in 1700

>>212133085
Never ever do the tutorials in Paradox games, they're always dogshit and outdated due to constant dlc releases, do this instead >>212133231

>>212133055
HoI4 is the only Paradox game I like, I could never get into any of the others (except Stellaris, but I played that for like a hundred hours before I got bored).
I don't think I've ever touched the vehicle designer before, other than when it first came out in an update.

You guys looking forwards to EU5? It looks like it might be alright at launch contrarily to Vik3

>>212134433
Nope, my interest level for eu5 is at zero. I'm not really a fan of eu4 and knowing paradox and how they always release their games as hollow as possible so they can crank out those DLCs, I'm gonna wait a bit. I do like how they included the pop mechanic from Imperator Rome into the game.

>>212131990 (OP)
Depends on the game. They genuinely have good enough controls to be some of the best RTS around, but you have to first become aware of the hotkeys and their uses, then tinker with message settings after learning most/all of the mechanics.

>>212131990 (OP)
I honestly tried playing vicky 2 but nothing happened. All you do is watch time pass as the economy grows or put down rebellions.

>>212137412
because it's an accurate political simulator. nothing. ever. happens.

>>212131990 (OP)
Who do you think have a better chance at WC ming or spain

>>212131990 (OP)
after 40 hours of study and playtime I discovered the game is designed to be unfun. No matter what you try to do, there are at least 3 systems in place to make sure it is a miserable and impossible experience.

>>212137412
>All you do is watch time pass as the economy grows
That's the best part. I love constructining and watch the pop and income number increase. You can try going to war and colonizing. During my US run I conquered China and I was shitting out money and manpower and I just went on an imperial conquering spree in Asian going well over 25 infamy without a care in the world because it was impossible for euro sissies to land on my shores without them getting stack wiped. Damn, now I want to play Vicky 2, might do a run later today.

>>212131990 (OP)
paint the map

>>212132745
based

>>212132745
Using console commands is fun for like the first hour, I don't how people can play these game with it on all the time. It's more fun playing the game as intended like killing the application when you get a bad RNG.

>>212131990 (OP)
I Honestly cannot understand how can people survive without occasionally painting maps and moving soldiers around.

>>212131990 (OP)
I have no idea

>>212134433
day 1 buy for me

>>212131990 (OP)
Used to play europa universalis in middle school. I could map paint for 10 hours in a row. Probably gave me autism and girl repellent modifier (5% chance for a heir) too

>>212140197
>4000 hours on EU4
How is that even possible, do you guys just leave your PC on all day? I have almost 150 hours in the game and I'm already bored of it.

>>212140197
what was your hardest acheivement in EU4?

>>212140373
What can I say, I love boardgames and EU4 is like a boardgame with 2000 players
Tickles the right part of my lizzardbrain

>>212140414
One Faith
I have achievements with lower completion rate but to realy concentrate for a week to get it done in time was for sure the hardest thing I've done in EU4

>>212133055
Hoi is the most shallow game actually. You just have to get over the bump and then all of a sudden you realize how simple and repetitive it is

>>212131990 (OP)
>play as Grenada
>make good progress taking most of Morocco and Tunis provinces
>Spain/Portugal declares war on me
>try to hold them off at strait of Gibraltar
>navy gets pummeled by Spain+allies
>they stroll into Africa and quickly start seiging my forts
>I try to merc up and dogpile them on mountain provinces, get a few victories there's just too many
>forced to accept peace deal at 100% war score
>lost virtually everything, relegated to a couple of provinces around Algeria
>completely dominated
>funny feeling
>dick immediately gets hard
>unironically start jerking off
>coom to getting my ass beat in an autistic map painting spreadsheet game

why am I like this

>>212133734
I love India.

>>212140654
Seeing muzzdogs getting slaughtered (even if you command said muzzdogs) like kine should give a respectable hard-on to any rational human being

>>212140654
Always ally the Ottomans and your latent fetish won't emerge

>>212131990 (OP)
No clue. I just prefer to watch gameplay of their games because the commentators explain what's going on with the editing that makes it understandable.

>>212133231
I watched a few minutes of gameplay and realized I prefer civ, it feels more immersive to me than static map painting even if it's less realistic

>>212141259
You can't judge these type of games just from watching a few minutes of gameplay.
>I prefer civ, it feels more immersive
How would you know if never even bothered to learn how to play the game?

>>212131990 (OP)
I HAVE DONE TRUE ONE TAG ONE FAITH ONE CULTURE IN EU4.

>>212143133
Three mountain?

>>212131990 (OP)
You gotta have at least have a 90IQ to understand it.

>>212143201
No

CHECK THIS OUT YOU NIGGAS

AMA, TIPS, TRICKS, ISSUES, TROUBLES.

>>212137412
>nothing happened
this, i tried a few paradox games all end up refunding all of them. I got 1400 hours on Rimworld but couldn't get into paradox games. I can get my daily dose of nothing happens just by accessing some BRICS News channel.

Honestly I'm an Anbennar nerd at this point. Way more fun than base EU4.

>>212143280
Best ideas picks ?

Deus vult

>>212131990 (OP)
you have to be a NEET with loads of free time
I regret spending so much time on this pointless shit

>>212140289
Jews basically play IRL as a grand strategy game right?

>>212143305
>paradox, nothing happens :/
>rimworld, nothing happens :O

>>212140056
You cant paint the map too much tho thats blobbing

>>212143476
>threat level 200%
>shit happens every time
kino

>>212143305
Rimworld sucks cock. Too sandboxy and I'm neither creative enough nor autistic enough to have any talent or interest in building stuff.

When I was young I played the game of EU4. Now I play the game of web developer.

>>212143363
obviously depends but i always go for
>diplomatic
>aristocratic
>administrative
>influence
The order depends on what Im playing as or what my gameplan is and of course mana generation. If i wanna go colonial then I do them first ofc.
When I was more of a noob i liked humanist because it basically eliminates rebellions.
Certain government types also give good ideas like divine or horde ideas .

Espionage can be useful too, that -20% AE is great and you can claim states. Sometimes I take Espionage only temporarily and take the first two ideas (until -20% AE reduction) if I have some big blobbing to do.

>>212143519
Raids in rimworld are just meh
>choose to play without cheese, die because a rat bit your pawn
>choose to play with cheese, get bored of building concentration camps for retarded AI

I like Cult of the Lamb

>>212143559
>Maximum blob ideas
No offense, but boring desu.

>>212143658
i like blobbing

>>212143539
Rimworld is pure kino, you get better and base building/defending gets more interesting with time. 7 Days is the best one in this requisite imo
>>212143562
>pawn dying
good, as they should. btw just build defenses early on, i can't remember the last time one of my pawn died at early game. a bunch of lost legs/arms THOUGH

>>212132367
Yeah, only difficult things is that + knowing which are the relevant modifiers to stack

>>212143683
My first decent game of CK2 (after a few abortions trying to find my footing) was as the duchy of Karelia where I made Suomi and made it groß and conquered Sweden and shit.

>>212143350
Gay. History > fantasy.

>>212143919
based

>>212140429
Og europa universalis is actually a boardgame. Also which boardgame do you like?

>>212144004
I was totally into it and roleplaying in my head and shit. CK honestly blew my mind when I first played it. It's a very unique game even compared to other Paradox stuff.

just finished a fun Crimea campaign where me and my ottobros split Europe between us at the Carpathians but getting -200 AE with everyone from Russia to Spain for taking like 4 north German provinces kinda spoiled the endgame blobbing. trying to get into playing ironman but I don't like playing as majors and my autism isn't strong enough for succeeding as the Livonian Order which is the playthrough I want to do next.