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ANALYSIS ON GAMEPLAY OF THE PARADOX GAMES
by Lyn Voynich
So, the first Paradox game I tried was Stellaris, I tried it years ago and understood nothing. The civ creation was interesting, but the game looked like you just click buttons and wait.
Then I tried HoI4 and put in the effort to learn how it works. That's exactly right. You click buttons and wait. But that's more interesting when you actually know what the buttons do and what the numbers mean.
My issue in HoI4 is: I know what most of the numbers do, I know how the UI works, but I suspect the reason I don't get much of anywhere is because most of the time I either just play a meme game so I can send screenshots of my weird alternate history maps.
Or I play with Brazil with the intent to go naval and then proceed to completely ignore the naval buildings and research.
I'm thinking you're supposed to go into this game knowing the strengths and weaknesses of your nation and having a plan right from the beginning, because if you make wrong choices, you lose turns and time.
The reason I never considered this before is because this isn't how I normally play strategy games. I plan very little and just choose what seems funny to me in the short term, that's why I play on easy mode most of the time.
But HoI4 feels like even on the easiest difficulty it still requires you to know what you're doing in order to play with minimal function at all. I feel like I need to have a checklist in front of me to make sure I know what to do.
This is not a complaint, just an observation, because I want to play it without feeling like I'm wasting time. I genuinely find it fun.
I mentioned Stellaris because-- actually just because the idea of creating my own world seems more fun than having to use/fight a real life country (which makes me feel like I'm being insensitive, specially because I like making jokes and sharing screenshots of my games)
So I thought about all these things, because I'm trying to understand what these grand strategy games expect of me, so I can enjoy them like everyone else seems to
by Lyn Voynich
So, the first Paradox game I tried was Stellaris, I tried it years ago and understood nothing. The civ creation was interesting, but the game looked like you just click buttons and wait.
Then I tried HoI4 and put in the effort to learn how it works. That's exactly right. You click buttons and wait. But that's more interesting when you actually know what the buttons do and what the numbers mean.
My issue in HoI4 is: I know what most of the numbers do, I know how the UI works, but I suspect the reason I don't get much of anywhere is because most of the time I either just play a meme game so I can send screenshots of my weird alternate history maps.
Or I play with Brazil with the intent to go naval and then proceed to completely ignore the naval buildings and research.
I'm thinking you're supposed to go into this game knowing the strengths and weaknesses of your nation and having a plan right from the beginning, because if you make wrong choices, you lose turns and time.
The reason I never considered this before is because this isn't how I normally play strategy games. I plan very little and just choose what seems funny to me in the short term, that's why I play on easy mode most of the time.
But HoI4 feels like even on the easiest difficulty it still requires you to know what you're doing in order to play with minimal function at all. I feel like I need to have a checklist in front of me to make sure I know what to do.
This is not a complaint, just an observation, because I want to play it without feeling like I'm wasting time. I genuinely find it fun.
I mentioned Stellaris because-- actually just because the idea of creating my own world seems more fun than having to use/fight a real life country (which makes me feel like I'm being insensitive, specially because I like making jokes and sharing screenshots of my games)
So I thought about all these things, because I'm trying to understand what these grand strategy games expect of me, so I can enjoy them like everyone else seems to