Paradox Interactive Games Thread

[FT-02 Senator A.F.E. 🇵🇸🤝🇺🇸🤝🇺🇦]

After all these years, Uncle Joe is finally getting a rework!



HOI4: Soviet Dev. Diary #1

[Bacon King]

my steam game time

Crusader Kings II: 863 hours
Europa Universalis IV: 843 hours
Victoria II: 428 hours
Europa Universalis III: 363 hours
Victoria: Revolutions 79 hours*
Stellaris: 74 hours
Darkest Hour: 39 hours
Arsenal of Democracy: 7 hours
Hearts of Iron IV: 0 hours (I bought it at the Steam Winter sale but haven't tried it yet)

current game time, two and a half years later:

Crusader Kings II: 2,600 hours (+1,737)
Europa Universalis IV: 1,690 (+847)
Victoria II: 579 (+161)
Stellaris: 511 (+437)
Europa Universalis III: 363 (n/c)
Crusader Kings III: 231 (new)
Victoria Revolutions: 79 (n/c)
Darkest Hour: 50 (+11)
Imperator Rome: 8 (new)
Arsenal of Democracy: 7 (n/c)
Hearts of Iron IV: 0 (n/c)

[No War, but the War on Christmas]

Here's my own

EU4: 960 Hours~
HoI4: 260 Hours~
Stellaris: 50 Hours~
Ck4: 20 Hours~

To be honest, Stellaris and Crusader Kings are the two I haven't been able to get into yet. Europa has always been my safe spot, with easily many more hundreds of hours in EU3 and on other devices/accounts in the past. I just recently got into HoI4, and while the base game is relatively mediocre and boring, the mods make it a lot of fun.

Actually, would anyone be interested in a multiplayer game someday? Has that ever been attempted for any fo these?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Anyone played Royal Court yet? Looks like a massive expansion, I'm pretty excited, will totally be getting it and playing it once I'm off work. Actually putting my current game on hold (Started in Gilan as a Mazdayasna and have actually been able to restore the Persian Empire around 1260.)

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Anyone played Royal Court yet? Looks like a massive expansion, I'm pretty excited, will totally be getting it and playing it once I'm off work. Actually putting my current game on hold (Started in Gilan as a Mazdayasna and have actually been able to restore the Persian Empire around 1260.)

I wish you best of luck with it!
Have fun!
Personally I'm holding off on CK3 at least until it's more developed, but it's a great and fun game to watch.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Anyone played Royal Court yet? Looks like a massive expansion, I'm pretty excited, will totally be getting it and playing it once I'm off work. Actually putting my current game on hold (Started in Gilan as a Mazdayasna and have actually been able to restore the Persian Empire around 1260.)

I wish you best of luck with it!
Have fun!
Personally I'm holding off on CK3 at least until it's more developed, but it's a great and fun game to watch.

Royal Court looks like it is a huge development for it, might be worth it now. Especially since you can get the bundle at a discount.

[Bacon King]

I bought it but have not yet had a chance to play it -- will post here to share my experience with it

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

I bought it but have not yet had a chance to play it -- will post here to share my experience with it

I'm trying to figure out the best start, since you only get the court features with a kingdom or empire level.

[GoTfan]

I just got CK3 on my Micorsoft Game Pass (which by the way, I would definitely reccommend). Definitely enjoying it so far.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

I have successfully managed to get Victoria: Revolutions working on Windows 10, with a Radeon RX6600xt. This surprised me since my Windows seven computer with a Radeon HD7770 won't run it.

This is a hard copy that I have had for 16 years (For the main game) and 15 years (for the Revolutions Expansion).

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

I have successfully managed to get Victoria: Revolutions working on Windows 10, with a Radeon RX6600xt. This surprised me since my Windows seven computer with a Radeon HD7770 won't run it.

This is a hard copy that I have had for 16 years (For the main game) and 15 years (for the Revolutions Expansion).

How?

[vitoNova]

Crusader Kings III is getting all sorts of hype on my Playstation feed lately.

Seems like a game I would totally get into, but the "create your own character" function is not available on consoles yet (I'm on PS5).  And unless it's Street Fighter, I refuse to play any video game where I can't create my own character.  

Too bad.  I envision myself as an Iberian conqueror spreading the Gospel of Secularism into North Africa and Western Europe. 

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Crusader Kings III is getting all sorts of hype on my Playstation feed lately.

Seems like a game I would totally get into, but the "create your own character" function is not available on consoles yet (I'm on PS5).  And unless it's Street Fighter, I refuse to play any video game where I can't create my own character.   

I'm usually more of a console guy, but honestly I think this would have serious issues on a console controller as opposed to PC interface.

[vitoNova]

Crusader Kings III is getting all sorts of hype on my Playstation feed lately.

Seems like a game I would totally get into, but the "create your own character" function is not available on consoles yet (I'm on PS5).  And unless it's Street Fighter, I refuse to play any video game where I can't create my own character.   

I'm usually more of a console guy, but honestly I think this would have serious issues on a console controller as opposed to PC interface.

That's what they say about Elite Dangerous.

What people think of as a PC game, but I slay it on Playstation because using a DualShock/DualSense is far more intuitive to pilot an aircraft/ship, as opposed to a mouse and keyboard. 

I configure it to make it more "arcade-ey"

[Continential]

I haven't played the Vicky 3 leak yet because I've been too busy and can't access the computer which can access that but what do people think of it?

[Alben Barkley]

Crusader Kings III is getting all sorts of hype on my Playstation feed lately.

Seems like a game I would totally get into, but the "create your own character" function is not available on consoles yet (I'm on PS5).  And unless it's Street Fighter, I refuse to play any video game where I can't create my own character.   

I'm usually more of a console guy, but honestly I think this would have serious issues on a console controller as opposed to PC interface.

That's what they say about Elite Dangerous.

What people think of as a PC game, but I slay it on Playstation because using a DualShock/DualSense is far more intuitive to pilot an aircraft/ship, as opposed to a mouse and keyboard. 

I configure it to make it more "arcade-ey"

But with strategy games like this, you’re literally just clicking on stuff the whole time. Seems like it would be a huge pain to have to scroll through menus and such with a controller, not to mention commanding armies, etc.

[vitoNova]

Crusader Kings III is getting all sorts of hype on my Playstation feed lately.

Seems like a game I would totally get into, but the "create your own character" function is not available on consoles yet (I'm on PS5).  And unless it's Street Fighter, I refuse to play any video game where I can't create my own character.   

I'm usually more of a console guy, but honestly I think this would have serious issues on a console controller as opposed to PC interface.

That's what they say about Elite Dangerous.

What people think of as a PC game, but I slay it on Playstation because using a DualShock/DualSense is far more intuitive to pilot an aircraft/ship, as opposed to a mouse and keyboard. 

I configure it to make it more "arcade-ey"

But with strategy games like this, you’re literally just clicking on stuff the whole time. Seems like it would be a huge pain to have to scroll through menus and such with a controller, not to mention commanding armies, etc.

For me, just the opposite.  I'm "quick-on-the-draw" on the DualShock/Sense anyway.   I played Cities Skylines on my PS4 that way.

I sit in front of a PC all day for work.

There's no way in hell I'm relaxing in front of another PC with a mouse and keyboard just to play games.

I'm strictly a couch+pizza+Cheetos+beer when it comes to that. 

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Crusader Kings III is getting all sorts of hype on my Playstation feed lately.

Seems like a game I would totally get into, but the "create your own character" function is not available on consoles yet (I'm on PS5).  And unless it's Street Fighter, I refuse to play any video game where I can't create my own character.   

I'm usually more of a console guy, but honestly I think this would have serious issues on a console controller as opposed to PC interface.

That's what they say about Elite Dangerous.

What people think of as a PC game, but I slay it on Playstation because using a DualShock/DualSense is far more intuitive to pilot an aircraft/ship, as opposed to a mouse and keyboard. 

I configure it to make it more "arcade-ey"

But with strategy games like this, you’re literally just clicking on stuff the whole time. Seems like it would be a huge pain to have to scroll through menus and such with a controller, not to mention commanding armies, etc.

Not to mention how do searches. Like yes you can type on console interfaces but it is a huge pain.

[FT-02 Senator A.F.E. 🇵🇸🤝🇺🇸🤝🇺🇦]

ITALY REWORK CONFIRMED

https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/developer-diary/announcement-hearts-of-iron-4-by-blood-alone.1530022/

[LAKISYLVANIA]

But why Italy, why no Latin America or Scandinavia/Finland focus...

[Del Tachi]

vic3 drop when

[Alben Barkley]

I can't decide if Monarchist Britain or Democratic Germany is my favorite HOI4 run but I always seem to keep coming back to those two. Just tonight did the latter, capitulated the Soviets by 1939 after they stupidly declared war on Poland while I was guaranteeing them. Then Italy suicide bombed Yugoslavia and I cleaned them up too. It's just Japan against the world now basically, and it's still only 1940. (I'm allied with Britain and France; neither went fascist or communist in this run.)

Recently did the former too, which is super fun when you're blasting "Rule Britannia" while putting THE COLONIES back in their place!

Imperial Germany is also fun and kind of a middle ground between the two. Recently finally got Victoria as Kaiserin so I can try to restore the HRE. It's kind of convoluted to get her: You have to oppose Hitler, beat the Nazis in the Civil War, go down the Kaiserreich path, prevent the Hindenburg disaster by improving air safety regulations, delete your army so the Netherlands don't see you as a threat and decline you when you demand Wilhelm II's return, use a bunch of political power to make succession decisions and improve relations with the UK, send Victoria as a liaison, and have the rest of the Royal Family take a fateful trip on the Hindenburg...

She is I believe one of three female rulers in the game, along with "Anastasia" (also got her as Poland) and Elizabeth II (a similarly convoluted sequence of events as Monarchist Britain, never pulled it off myself though).

[FT-02 Senator A.F.E. 🇵🇸🤝🇺🇸🤝🇺🇦]

Played the Great War Redux mod as pro-Central Powers Italy. I am now left with a burning hatred of France.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

I have successfully managed to get Victoria: Revolutions working on Windows 10, with a Radeon RX6600xt. This surprised me since my Windows seven computer with a Radeon HD7770 won't run it.

This is a hard copy that I have had for 16 years (For the main game) and 15 years (for the Revolutions Expansion).

How?

Its all from mid 2000s CD's using the optical drive I intentionally included in my Windows 10 build.

I granted administrator access and run in compatibility mode for XP SP3 for each file along the way and then the program itself and it worked. I had to edit the read only permissions on a number of files to use the party editor application and at first this didn't work, but it did after a couple of restarts of the computer.

[dead0man]

I have successfully managed to get Victoria: Revolutions working on Windows 10, with a Radeon RX6600xt. This surprised me since my Windows seven computer with a Radeon HD7770 won't run it.

This is a hard copy that I have had for 16 years (For the main game) and 15 years (for the Revolutions Expansion).

How?

Its all from mid 2000s CD's using the optical drive I intentionally included in my Windows 10 build.

I granted administrator access and run in compatibility mode for XP SP3 for each file along the way and then the program itself and it worked. I had to edit the read only permissions on a number of files to use the party editor application and at first this didn't work, but it did after a couple of restarts of the computer.

that's impressive, good job