As a fan of Paradox games, is this worth buying?

[Argentvive]

I've had my eye on this since I stumbled across it about a year ago, but I admit the price, mixed reviews (only 46% positive at the time of writing) and early access have me somewhat skeptical.

I've seen a few people compare this to CK2 and EU4, two of my favorite grand strategy games of all time. As someone who tends to enjoy complexity and who isn't afraid of steep learning curves, is this worth buying in its present state?

[Robineus]

Yeah, no just no, I get they were under pressure to do a release or whatever but this is just not worth that price, I would have bought and kept it for a quarter of that to support the devs but this is just ridiculous. I hope I get my refund.

[nanda.ag]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Big Teddy Kurita:

As a fan of Paradox games, you may be intellectually incapable of enjoying this fine title that has gameplay and requires independent thought.

Just curious what's are the alternative to paradox gs titles?

[Max]

Oprindeligt skrevet af nanda.ag:

Just curious what's are the alternative to paradox gs titles?

In the Sci-Fi/Space genre there's stuff like Distant Worlds Ultimate or if you can ignore not having a good looking UI there's AuroraC#
Not sure if there's much in regards to their historical gs titles.

[nanda.ag]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Max:

Oprindeligt skrevet af nanda.ag:

Just curious what's are the alternative to paradox gs titles?

In the Sci-Fi/Space genre there's stuff like Distant Worlds Ultimate or if you can ignore not having a good looking UI there's AuroraC#
Not sure if there's much in regards to their historical gs titles.

Okay I have dubbeld into distant world have to say not too engaging for new players just like old paradox titles and heard auroac is just spread sheet not my cup of tea 😅

[Sunday Driver]

This game is highly original and different in feel to any Paradox offering I've seen or played. It has a grand strategy and board game feel you will probably enjoy though, as long as you didn't specifically like the more roleplaying experience of CK2 and to a lesser extent CK3.

[CarboniteIV]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Zombert Bitey:

50 dollars for a broken game that's HOPEFULLY a year at the least away from full release? Early access is the herpes of PC gaming. One dev got it, now all the devs have it and insist on giving it to everyone else and just like herpes, they ignore it hoping everyone else won't talk about it.

The game is fun, man. Maybe it's not for you if you feel it's too expensive.

[Krille]

I have zero crashes, I did not play the demo, I LOVE this game.
Paradox games always seem deep, but after awhile you realize that they're pretty shallow - and only start to work after 8 dlc's or so.
This game has depth. How you choose to do things will matter down the road.
There are more than one "right" way to play and that is something I've found lacking in (most) Paradox games - I want to be torn between choices where I want to pick all of them, and I get that in this game.
Compared to the other early access games I've played I must say that I cannot remember any that was this complete.

[Chromeo]

Honestly I think it's lacking in content at the moment - when you are fighting with the other factions to snap up the major countries it's fun but by the time you're a few years in and at your CP cap it's kinda boring.

And the space combat bit just seems horribly overcomplicated.

[Hyme]

YES!!!

[Khipu]

It never crashed for me but it did kill my XPS17 and let the magic smoke out. But I blame Dell for that. Maybe your PCs are having heat issues (like the Dell) and the Game is just very taxing?