Arsic
Loves his juicy stink trail scent
As I keep getting older it keeps becoming harder to be entertained long by even the best received games.
One of the ways I've started to counteract this in the last 2 years especially is trying out franchises and genres I never have to broaden my pallette and find fresh experiences to entertain myself with.
So the Paradox sale is on steam and I scoop up 3 of their titles. Europa Universalis IV, Hearts of Iron IV, and Crusader Kings 3.
Now to be fair each of these games does have a tutorial and they seem fairly robust. Crusader Kings doing the best job of the 3 along with being the most interesting to me out of the bunch.
To try to soften the blow of what seems like the most complicated shit I've ever put myself into aside from college math and science courses, I decided to look up YT guides. Did they help? Hell no ! It made my brain shoot out my ass like liquid lava from information diarrhea dumps. One of the most viewed guides is over 2 God damn hours long. How is anyone retaining this after one sitting ? Who is watching 2 hour guides for new players?
Has anyone got tips for this genre? Is CK3 the best one to try to get into these with ? What do you find to be the appeal of these games if you are a fan ? When does it start to click you think ? MOBAs took me a hot minute until it clicked so I'm no stranger to getting pooped on while I drive a struggle bus to funville over the dirt roads of this shit sucks.
Also, how does competitive MP work for these games if at all ? Is it hours or days just for a match ? Seems brutal as hell.
I plan to invest more time into CK3 but just need some compass pointing on where to go to speed up learning and what to focus on so I'm getting enjoyment along the way.
One of the ways I've started to counteract this in the last 2 years especially is trying out franchises and genres I never have to broaden my pallette and find fresh experiences to entertain myself with.
So the Paradox sale is on steam and I scoop up 3 of their titles. Europa Universalis IV, Hearts of Iron IV, and Crusader Kings 3.
Now to be fair each of these games does have a tutorial and they seem fairly robust. Crusader Kings doing the best job of the 3 along with being the most interesting to me out of the bunch.
To try to soften the blow of what seems like the most complicated shit I've ever put myself into aside from college math and science courses, I decided to look up YT guides. Did they help? Hell no ! It made my brain shoot out my ass like liquid lava from information diarrhea dumps. One of the most viewed guides is over 2 God damn hours long. How is anyone retaining this after one sitting ? Who is watching 2 hour guides for new players?
Has anyone got tips for this genre? Is CK3 the best one to try to get into these with ? What do you find to be the appeal of these games if you are a fan ? When does it start to click you think ? MOBAs took me a hot minute until it clicked so I'm no stranger to getting pooped on while I drive a struggle bus to funville over the dirt roads of this shit sucks.
Also, how does competitive MP work for these games if at all ? Is it hours or days just for a match ? Seems brutal as hell.
I plan to invest more time into CK3 but just need some compass pointing on where to go to speed up learning and what to focus on so I'm getting enjoyment along the way.
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