This game is extremely shallow, why is everyone praising it?

[Nut McNutty]

Is this the level gaming industry is at?

A "grand strategy" game without trading, proper diplomacy, or even a hint of politics and a citizen class system is considered to be praiseworthy now?

Do you fools have amnesia? Do you not remember getting scammed with the empty skeleton for DLC farming that Imperator Rome was meant to be?

How did you all fall into the same trap again and are praising an extremely shallow game?

[JuX]

Think you are being overly dramatic, but there is lacking content when it comes to endgame. When you form an empire it becomes too easy of a game, as you keep snowballing.

[Mindmaker]

Crusader Kings was never about pops, in-depth trading/industry and pie-charts.

[FON]

My dude just described Imperator Rome then proceeded to bash it, holy delusion.

[FON]

Imperator Rome is fine right now, but still doesn't have half the content CK3 does. You're hating just to hate my guy.

[FON]

What trading? I have about a thousand or so hours in CK2 and never touched trading lol.
edit: i hope you didn't mean trade posts and the silk road buildings as a trade mechanic

[General WVPM]

Maybe he mean medieval total war 2? That had trading, character interaction was limited though.

[Jaboleon]

We're praising it preemptively before the DLC wallet-fest begins and we start to see topics such as....
"wtf, why so much DLC?"
"Why wasn't this is the base game?"
"Another shallow dlc that adds nothing"

[Tailo]

What goods could you trade in CK2...Something tells me you have zero clue what you're talking about.

[GodMan]

The game is kinda broken when it comes to mechanics, like relationships with npc's, lack of endgame events and constant unrest on heathen provinces but it is no way a skeleton of a game. In fact is has more than ck2 had on launch and with first dlc's.

[Mansen]

It's not a grand strategy game, full stop. It is a hybrid between roleplaying, storytelling AND grand strategy.

"Pops" as a mechanic didn't really exist until well into the late EU4 period.

[Wasted]

This is a great game, I'm having loads of fun with all the content it already has.
I even prefer this game over CK2 with all the DLC included.

[Nemerlight]

I love how dramatic people become over games. Just hilarious

[Mindmaker]

Originally posted by Nemerlight:

I love how dramatic people become over games. Just hilarious

Well if you have nothing important to give a ♥♥♥♥ about, you do it about trivial things.

[Dayve]

Originally posted by Elevante:

Is this the level gaming industry is at?

A "grand strategy" game without trading, proper diplomacy, or even a hint of politics and a citizen class system is considered to be praiseworthy now?

Do you fools have amnesia? Do you not remember getting scammed with the empty skeleton for DLC farming that Imperator Rome was meant to be?

How did you all fall into the same trap again and are praising an extremely shallow game?

It has diplomacy and politics, both will be expanded upon as the game is developed further over the years. Trading and citizen class were never a part of CK - those are things that don't play a part. We are to assume those things are happening in the background, out of our control. Basically everybody who is not a noble has no rights, except the right to till the fields 16 hours a day for their lord.

I do agree though, it's kinda shallow right now. I'm finding it difficult to fire the game up after 60 hours.

[PIT_DEFENDER]

Originally posted by Mindmaker:

Originally posted by Nemerlight:

I love how dramatic people become over games. Just hilarious

Well if you have nothing important to give a ♥♥♥♥ about, you do it about trivial things.

Whole world just stopped for half a year because thers some flu going round, so I dont see aythin gunusual if we take our game a bit too seriously xD