Mini Mega Campaign

[The Golden Knight]

I had a broad question about this. I know and love the idea of importing a save from one game to another, but...

Is there a way that I can do this WITHOUT having absolutely every single game in the franchise?

Like, I'd want to go to Crusader Kings 3, then Hearts of Iron, and finally Stellaris. I don't think any of the "mods" from surface-level glance take that particular path. Because it does not use every single game, it's a bit smaller than the full "Mega Campaign" (a miniature version, hence the name "Mini Mega Campaign").

Does anyone have any insight on if this is possible? And if so, HOW?

Bonus question, if the final game is Stellaris, but since by vanilla settings it starts with a whole unified planet, wouldn't that mean all your choices in past games would be moot? Or are there special head-start benefits for making it to the last phase of the Mega Campaign?

[Just Isaac]

Im not sure either. but id hazard a guess and say you would have to own at least EU4, because of the time it covers.

[Eldrin]

It actually goes CK2/3 to EUIV to Victoria to HOI4 to Stellaris. And it will never be anywhere close to as epic as you can imagine.

Chances are CK3 massive realms will appear, so there will be GODS in EU regions.
When you finish EU IV the entire world will have a select few GOD EMPIRES.
No idea what will even be left for victoria and HOI maybe HOI will have 1 or 2 big nations left to have 1vs1 but it wont probably be awesome but a grind with most of the game features gone.

[Сааребас]

Originally posted by Eldrin:

It actually goes CK2/3 to EUIV to Victoria to HOI4 to Stellaris. And it will never be anywhere close to as epic as you can imagine.

Chances are CK3 massive realms will appear, so there will be GODS in EU regions.
When you finish EU IV the entire world will have a select few GOD EMPIRES.
No idea what will even be left for victoria and HOI maybe HOI will have 1 or 2 big nations left to have 1vs1 but it wont probably be awesome but a grind with most of the game features gone.

I don't have much experience with EU4 and Victoria but you can change settings in CK to make realms less stable and thus avoid massive blobs if you combine it with a conservative playstyle.

How everything would transfer until and with stellaris is a mystery to me but the only Stellaris origin I see fit for such a playthrough would be "under one rule".
However a world conquest, somewhere along the line until the end, would open up more origins for Stellaris.

[fancho22]

im trying to do a mega campaign with mods to nerf big empire , some rebalance some mod to increase player dificulty and forcing my self to not cheating by do eugenics or kill son by exploit startegie , its pretty good imo

[Bordric]

You could go from CKII to EU4 but don't think that works with CKIII. EU4 is over 10 years old now and was released a year after CKII so was probably easier to migrate to EU era.

[The Golden Knight]

Originally posted by Eldrin:

It actually goes CK2/3 to EUIV to Victoria to HOI4 to Stellaris. And it will never be anywhere close to as epic as you can imagine.

Chances are CK3 massive realms will appear, so there will be GODS in EU regions.
When you finish EU IV the entire world will have a select few GOD EMPIRES.
No idea what will even be left for victoria and HOI maybe HOI will have 1 or 2 big nations left to have 1vs1 but it wont probably be awesome but a grind with most of the game features gone.

Oddly, that's kind of what I wanted, to see how quickly I can take over the world. I know it's inevitable, because I am the God of that world. The question is how much in-game time does it need?