Welcome to /vst/ - Vidya/Strategy/vst/ is a place to discuss all types of strategy video games, including both turn-based and real-time strategy, turn-based and real-time tactics, single-player and multi-player (including MOBAs). All platforms are welcome.
Does this mean discussion of strategy games is banned on other video game boards? No! /vst/ is just a separate board specifically focused on strategy games where discussions about your favorite games can thrive.
No, Vic 3 is not good yet. In fact it never will be. Neither will EU5.
How fares your empire, /gsg/?
This week in history: Apr 5th, 1621 – The Mayflower sets sail from Plymouth, Massachusetts on a return trip to England. Apr 6th, 1652 – At the Cape of Good Hope, Dutch sailor Jan van Riebeeck establishes a resupply camp that eventually becomes Cape Town. Apr 7th, 1521 – Ferdinand Magellan arrives at Cebu. Apr 8th, 1866 – Austro-Prussian War: Italy and Prussia sign a secret alliance against the Austrian Empire. Apr 9th, 1609 – Philip III of Spain issues the decree of the "Expulsion of the Moriscos". Apr 10th, 1500 – Ludovico Sforza is captured by Swiss troops at Novara and is handed over to the French. Apr 11th, 1713 – France and Great Britain sign the Treaty of Utrecht, bringing an end to the War of the Spanish Succession (Queen Anne's War). Apr 12th, 1606 – The Union Flag is adopted as the flag of English and Scottish ships.
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Previous: >>1985764EUIV: AnbennarOy vey ladder legs edition >>196966Retarded HRE exceptionalismIt's disgusting how paraslop consumers became conditioned into considering German HRE as something fundamentally different than other monarchies. Parliament of princes, cities and clergy? Many monarchies had it. Elective emperor? Poland had massive elections with thousands of small nobles gathering and voting. Vassals acting as de facto independent entities? Happened all the time with all monarchies around Europe.Fire EmblemTime to talk about a franchise that is slowly dying.ITT:Factions that should have been fully playable>Nagas from Warcraft 3 >Arabs as their own faction in Stronghold:Crusader instead of just mercenary units >Tyranids in the first Dawn of War >Humans in Universe at War What is it for you? And I'm not just talking about rts games. It just happened that all my examples are from rts.Kaiserreich/Kaiserredux/Old World BluesThe HOI4 Modding thread is completely consumed by incel chud TFR propagandist rage, so we need a place to discuss the best mods for HOI4. Mods that have more than three tags with content, you know?No titleI’m about to play an EU4 multiplayer game with around 20 people and I’m curious about the meta for the Aztecs, since I’ve never played them before. I know that Spain, UK, Sweden, France, Portugal, and the Dutch are all likely to declare war on me for the gold mines.
Hello, and welcome one more week to Tinto Flavour, the happy Fridays in which we take a look at the flavour content of the super secret Project Caesar!
Today will be an interesting day since we will be taking a look at the content we have for the Persian/Iranian region, including the Ilkhanate IO, and also at the content related to the Rise of Timur situation, which includes the flavour for the Chagatai Khanate./mbg/ - Mount & Blade GeneralDLC edition
>>1969264No titleEuropean Escalation is the best Wargame title for its singleplayer campaign. Red Dragon has more variety and QoL, but something was lost in the shuffle/dfg/ - Dwarf Fortress GeneralOld school waves edition
>What is the difference? Both are the same game on the same version (51.xx). The free version uses ASCII as a tileset (but you can mod other usermade tilesets and graphic packs) With the premium version you pay for a premium tileset + premium OST + access to beta branches and steam integration (if on steam).
>What is next? Fort mode siege mechanics changes, rework and general spice up. Probably around may-july(copium) End of Lua beta and merge into the main branch
Strike the earth!X4 FoundationsHyperion EditionNo titleWhy aren’t you playing Xenonauts 2?No title>mogs AOW4 with less budget/ck2g/ - Crusader Kings II Generali'll blogpost my run >start a Catholic single county count in iberia 769 >ally with west francia by marrying my heir to a bastard >muslims finish war with west francia >holy war muslims for a duchy >call in west francia >take the duchy of Porto >years later muslims holy war us for the duchy >give up the county for a second son and keep the duchy for myself >muslims vassalize me >muslim king hates me >revokes my duchy >puts me under a 2 county duke >i have 4 counties >build up a county to be a future capital, continue amassing wealth and making alliances >years later have 1200 gold >2 dukes split off from the Umayyads >war my duke liege for independence with my own troops >war the muslim king for independence with allies and mercs >holy war the 2 dukes that split off >join the Christian kingdom of Asturias >muslim king dies >holy war his successor for one more duchy >give away duchies to dynasty members and sit in my corner of the world building up my new capital >holy war and land dynasty members when possible >take Pisa and Genoa from filthy merchant Lombards to make my endgame demesne >years later no muslims in iberia or western northern africa >muslims are getting their shit pushed in by the Byzantines in the eastern front >they implode twice over the years >Byzantines unland the pope >muslims finally somewhat get their shit together and manage to get 54k troops with some event spawn bullshittery >Byzantines have 40-60k depending on the emperor >Hispania has ~55k as well >everything seems balanced and could go anywhere >game stutters >then pic related happens >the Byzantine Empire has primogeniture somehow nowNo titlechina wonHighfleetSo who was this madlad after all and what was his endgame?Graviteam Tactics/Combat missionFuck that specific spot edition
Thread to discuss Graviteam tactics and Combat mission games and others like them.The death of city-buildersWhy every single city-building game after pic related (which wasn't great itself, but at least it didin't suck) was such a shitshow? What the fuck happened that literally every single fucking game in this genre sucks so hard past the year 2004?Workers and Resources: Soviet RepublicWe must gondinue building gommunismEUIVI want to learn to play EUIV. I only have 22 hours which is nothing for a paradox game. I've only started to scratch the surface. What advice would you give to someone just starting? It looks very intimidating but im willing to put on the hours in it.No titleHow do I get better at tycoon games? I feel like there's a whole in my business knowledge that's fucking me over.I have found a game no one on 4chan has ever playedBut has a 9/10 rating on steam >basically it’s if the movie the Abyss was a strategy gameNo titleSolar Nations 2 Brought the game, played for 90 minutes or so to get the hang of it. The premise is what I always wanted: grand strategy about first steps as interplanetary civilization. Execution however, is questionable >Next to no documentation >Game goes on a bit too fast, centuries pass without you really noticing >Very little flavour >Ai is dumb >Get laggy >Bugs ahoy >Mechanics are unintuitive-see above for lack of documentation Despite this, potential is clearly there So, Solar Nations 2 threadNo title>"Oh, aye, it were me cousin—aye, me cousin, not me, I swear it! He seen a feller, bold as a badger in a henhouse, swipin’ up a piece o’ armor so grand it gleamed brighter than moonlight on a frost-kissed night! And wouldn’t ya know it, off he scarpered leggin’ it straight for the mountains yonder, to the northeast, sure as me ale is warm!" >go there and fight camp >legendary equipment is a light 130 defense "famed" armorNo titleAh shit, here we go againLands of Lordshow are you doing my lords and ladiesNo titleThis game is comfy, watching the little ship blips zoom around the galaxy is oddly fun. But anyways, I'm having trouble with getting my research up. I try and spam explorers to uncover areas I can put down research stations but that seems extremely luck dependent. And then by the time mid-game rolls around, the AI somehow has double my research points. Are they just getting lucky and finding more research areas or what?
Also what are some good ship designs. There are like 5 weapon types and so little weapon hardpoints, its hard to know what to put on my ships. Is it best to mix, or go uniform?Songs of Syxlast thread diedDoor Kickers 2 is finally out of EAWhy aren't we talking about this? Prior to the 1.0 update there was literal silence for months but it's now back baby. I realized I barely played the first one so I am going to play through that first.
Door Kickers general I guess? Thoughts so far? Discuss.No titleIs this still the peak of it's genre?/trb/ FM25 cancelledit's fucking over
If they decided to make another fucking standalone spinoff feeling game i'd say Total War: American Civil War would be cool.TroubleshooterWedding Dress Edition
Previous: >>1971443KINOwho up reverse collapsing their bakery girlsAnno 1800The base game for Anno 1800 is currently at a discount, costing 6 Euros. Is it worth getting the game as it is?No title>Total War: Star Wars refers to a rumored upcoming video game, reportedly being developed by Creative Assembly, which would combine the "Total War" strategy gameplay with the Star Wars universe, potentially allowing players to command large-scale battles across different factions within the Star Wars galaxy. lolNo titleWhat strategy games have actually GOOD trade mechanics? Not just have them, but they're interesting and well thought out. I've been trying to think of examples and other than maybe Distant Worlds came up with nothing.Chain economy gamesWhat are some of the best and/or unique chain economy strategy games? What I mean by this is something like >I need a lumberjack to cut wood, so that would will be cut down to planks in a sawmill, and those planks can be used to produce X in Y building, which can be used to produce Z Games I that feature what I mean: >Stronghold series >Widelands >Dwarf FortressHow do I get into EU4?I'm a HOI4 and CK3 normie and I always thought EU4 is 2hard4me, how do I enjoy this game?/asd/ - Amateur Strategy Development threadAn awful thread for devs and no-devs to post their awful ideas for strategy games that will never see light of the day, etc.Lines of BattleThis little game has recently exploded in popularity, about time we had a thread about it >What is lines of battle? Its a (deceptively) simple online game about Napoleonic warfare, you try to build an good army with the points you're given and fight your opponent in simultanious turns. Basically its an online version of a 19th century Kriegsspiel. >Why should you play this? The game is free and requires no download The matches are short and sweet It has an active multiplayer community (max 1 minute to get into a match) Its very addictive once you get the hang of it and suprisingly complex The dev is rapidly improving it, he just added some new units and 2v2 matches are coming soon.Anno 1404 VeniceThis is my introduction into the series and im loving it but im not 100% sure i understand how to bring patricians to my settlement.
How the hell do i get spices? Am i supposed to use dates and the nomads to settle lower islands for copper and gold? I dont see any spices.No titleITT: strategy games that you and only you have ever playedNo titleHow do I git gud? I took Drassen then as soon as I get to Alma I'm getting assraped by a bunch of powerful guns and armored enemies that I can barely tickle with my pistols, smgs and shotgun.Koei strategy threadBecause the Remake sucks, I implore anyone curious to check out the original ROTK8 for the PS2 instead.No titlewhat are the /vst/ approved videogames?!StrategosWhat are we thinking bros?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_XB-8FfEw0&ab_channel=MicroProseStronghold crusaderIs stronghold Crusader the best game in the stronghold series?openfront.ioHave anyone else here played it? It's fun for a browser game.Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: OstfrontCall to Arms - Gates of Hell is a realistic RTS/ RTT game that offers endless replay value. Command all types of troops in historical singleplayer, dynamic campaign, PvP and PvE battles. Are you ready for some serious immersion in World War 2? Steam: https://steamcommunity.com/app/400750 FitgirlRepacks free download: https://fitgirl-repacks.site/call-to-arms-gates-of-hell-ostfront/No titleLogistics, Atmosphere, Kino.Will you try Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era?Will apparently come out during Q2. Trailers make it very reminiscent of HOMM3 but in 3D and with two upgrade paths for each unit.No titleTheir games should be illegal. They’re more addictive than heroin. I just spent 7 days in a row doing nothing but siting in front of my computer for 14 hours every day playing Crusader Kings III and I’m not even halfway through one game yet.Anime RTSthis thread is dead on arrival I just wanted to make a collection of anime themed RTS games because many anons claim that there is no such thing
>Star Maidens Chronicle >Lost Technology >LotusCraft - SecondSeason >Touhou Boushuen ~ Age of Ethanols >Terra Centauri >(upcoming) The Touhou Empires >(upcoming) Some anon making an RTS with schoolgirls
There are of course also mods like >cymod (Red Alert 3) >Anime DefenseX (WC3) >Gundam OneYearWarA11 (Rusted Warfare) >Girls und Panzer: Strategy Mod (Rusted Warfare) >Gundam UC 0079-0083 Mod (HW2 Remastered) >Annex: Conquer the World (MegaGlest) >Command Assault (MegaGlest) >XenoForce Mod (C&C Zero Hour) >Xenoforce Reborn Mod (C&C 3) >Mobile Suit Gundam: Stellaris (Stellaris)
notable mentions >Grim Grimoire (weeb game with RTS elements) >Battle Realms (asian theme >Metal Fatique (mechs) >Red Alert 3 (japanese faction)No titleYears later and this game still kinda sucks.
>little to no flavour >railroads you into being liberal democratic or socialist >warfare is ass >nothing to accomplish besides “green line go up”
Why did they have to butcher the Victoria franchise like this?I HATE ITwhen u can't zoom-in in an rts game. so many cool games with awesome visual style and design of characters but u cannot see the battle commencing up close - which is should be a no-brainer in the RTS genre. So fricking annoying...No titlePlaying EU4 with friends and a few randoms, we are looking for extra players for our games.
How do you get people to join your game that won't ddos or just cheat in 1 million gold?Forgotten classic strat gamesAny of these are good, I mean, damn wild crazy good? All I want is FUN. Do they still hold up? If not well... what games do? I've acquired "some" strat games on gog over the last decade or so but had little time to dive in but that was the past and now I do have some extra daily hours and currently gettin' a little nostalgic here.. also it's gettin' on my nerves that I didn't enjoy 'em properly but who cares, that's just me.
Anything goes, I'm up to it, I can face challenges and dig into "new" stuff, no personal favorites, any subgenre is welcomed. Where do I start? Any personal favorite/memory of yours or any stuff you still play? If so, tell me; maybe it's sitting on my backlog. Yeah I know that some of these are quite popular but the "$" thingy is just a purchased games tag of sorts or whatever. On top of my head I can list some of my personal unusual favorites from back in the day – if that helps:
>EU for the glory > distant worlds 1 > the nations aka die völker 2 (german classic) > startopia > c&c tiberian sun > war wind > black moon chronicles > combat mission > close combat classics > industry giant 2 > seven kingdoms 2 > etc
If some open source engine or whatever is required for optimal gameplay under windows 11 lemme know. Thanks!No titleHow come Broken Arrow is the only war game that decided to use a modern day setting, instead of a cold war gone hot scenario/ck3g/ - Crusader Kings 3 GeneralThe Elder Kings is updated for one month because the next DLC is coming soon Now you too can adventure the world of Tamriel as if it were some sort of RPG.No titleWhat is your favorite game in the "failed Civ killer" genre?Star Wars Empire at War - Revan's Revenge out nowplay it and post screenshotsNo titleWhat's the best Total War game for a beginner?Hearts of Iron IV ThreadNow that the upcoming Graveyard of Empires DLC have rolled out the contents that Iran, Iraq, India and Afghanistan will receive, what are you thoughts on it? And with GroE releasing soon, does this mean that we will finally get/be a step closer to a full-on total rework for China and an expansion for the Pacific Front/Southeast Asia?
Old Thread: >>1927763starcraftGO SCAN GOTNO SUCKSis it possible to bring back the old schizo tno ? , or fag/redditors of dev team mentality of "muh realism " is so far gone that there's is no way back like i know the old ones were not the best but damn compared to this , they should never listened reddit.The Campaign TrailTalk about new mods, mods you're hyped for, etc.
https://steamcommunity.com/app/2799350/discussions/0/600774034088565040/No titleWhat went wrong?No titlewhat are your thoughts on the new dlc? also aow 4 threadJagged Alliance 3I just got into this game a few days ago and so far it's very good. it satisfies my XCOM 2 craving. I've never seen this game mentioned on here, how's the rest of the game? it has some funny racist references I've noticed sp farNo titleSecret societies where the real soul of ck2 and anyone who says otherwise is plain wrongTerra InvictaPlaying the regular campaing as the Initiative. Around which year should I start building the outpost on the moon? Also Terra Invicta threadNo titleWell?No titleHow do you have more than one fun playthrough in this game?No titleITT games that filtered you due to their pathfinding.
I love everything about this game. Yeah, even the graphics, being the first 3D RTS gives it quite some charm. But holy shit, is the unit pathing making me want to burn my PC to fucking ashes. And I don't even want to imagine how bad it was when it came out, considering I'm playing the "new and improved" open source version.rtsso i never playerd a rts before but tyler1 playing warcraft 3 made me wanna give rts a shot.
What are some rts games that have an active pvp scene? w3 only has like 8k active and most of these playing cause of tyler 1 so i dunno if its the right one to invest time intoNo title>dude demons are coming you must flee to cumlimdor >we will be safe from the demons there? >no they will follow you >then why not make our stand here where we have our castles and armies? >the green dudes who tried to genocide you last two games will help out >… >plus elves >we already have elves in Lordaeron >these are feminist elves with a magic treeNo titlei do not care for historical TW and I want them to just focus on warhammer and stop wasting money on these crappy historical total wars.Command & ConquerTiberian Sun and Red Alert 2 remasters and source code now!Eugen GamesWargame Warno Steel Division I'm having a lot of fun in warnoNo titleEndless Legend 2 waiting room and Endless series discussioDarth gets mogged by Rule the Waves 3Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts's final update releases soon >Cold waters 2 floating cold in the water >3D naval sims have cowtowed to their 2D superiors RtW chads won, excel spreadsheets are the superior means of naval sim gameplay On the other hand, will he dev a new darthmod and save CA?No title>Overwhelmingly negative Lets talk about Hearts of Iron IV's newest DLC, Graveyard of Empires. Is it really that bad?No titleDo any of you guys play the Eador Genesis New Horizons mod? https://eador.com/B2/viewtopic.php?t=4732Sins of a Solar Empire IIIs it good yet? Is it fun? Are all the factions even in yet?No titleHow do you fix them?New Stormgate Rework, RTS is SAVEDhttps://youtu.be/Zn6ZBqFJQ7gNo titleWhich one bros?Manipulative recursive diplomacy 5D chessAny games where you can really go multi-layered with diplomacy to pit factions against each other? "If you (raise or lower tariffs on/cease fire with/gift units to) countries that (buy resources from/invade/mock the leaders of) (faction), we'll (share technology with/re-open trade with) (unrelated faction)" You could go layers and layers deep making geopolitical affairs ridiculously complex and confusing as you call everyone's bluffs and ruin global affairs to your perverse advantage. Good luck to whoever has to write the ai for it though. Pic not related/oxce/ - OpenXCOM ModsGame: >https://www.gog.com/en/game/xcom_ufo_defense >https://openxcom.org/downloads-milestones/ Mods: >https://mod.io/g/openxcom >https://www.moddb.com/mods/x-piratez/downloads >https://mod.io/g/openxcom/m/the-x-com-files Resources: >https://www.ufopaedia.org/ >https://xpedia.netlify.app/ >https://xcf.trigramreactor.net/master >https://openxcom.org/forum/index.php
Last thread >>1937875No title>What's my favorite Civ game? >Alpha CentauriNo titlewhat the hell IS a monarch point?Galactic Civilizations 4Is it any good? Is it worth the current price in the sale? I recall enjoying 2 and 3, but when I look, I only played them for 20 hours each, so I guess not that much. Does this one do anything that makes it worth getting if you already own 3?Hearts of Iron 4/HOI4 ModdingTFR is kill edition >inb4 Czar and his simps shit up the thread againMaster of Orion 1I've played MoO2 to death but never the first one. what's the best way to play this game? vanilla, with patches, 1oom, etc? I did try Remants of the Precusors but I really do not like the art and interface - I want to play the original MoO 1Age of Mythology: Retoldhttps://www.ageofempires.com/news/pre-order-age-of-mythology-retold-immortal-pillars/
Age of Mythology Retold: Immortal Pillars will release on the 4th of March. Finally, we'll get to play as China (again). Will you be playing, /vst/?
Also, Retold will come to PS5 for some reason.CiV was the last good Civ game>just played CiV again >so much fucking drama because Washington started settling too close to me so I had to invade him early >then the Ayyrabs started converting my cities to Islam and wouldn't stop when I asked so I had to invade them too >everyone else calls me a warmonger and Germany leads the charge in sanctioning my shit/declaring war on me >especially Japan which keeps bullying one of my city state allies and bragging to me about it >eventually join up with Catherine and Xerxes when they both start adopting the freedom ideology >start getting friendlier ties while beelining to heavy artillery and rocket launchers >hell march on Japan and America, wiping both off the map >wait, why is Germany so quiet lately >satellites researched, revealing at some point France and Russia invaded his autistic ass and reduced him to just one city >but what's this? >fucking Catherine has been quietly speed running the space race and is 2/3 done >her and Napoleon are now invading Xerxes, who has been good to me throughout, while turning hostile to me and threatening me with nukes >They're both too far away to start invading >put everything into tech and scientists and gold so I'll have enough to buy ship parts instantly because again freedom ideology >manage to get my ship launched just in time
Everytime I capture a city in Civ 5, I vividly imagine my Aztec army raiding the place, killing all the men and raping all the women until they succumb to our strength and become aztec-worshipping sluts.
Just me?rise of nationswhat's the official peer reviewed /vst/ consensus?No titleDiscuss these criminally underrated Jagged Alliance style games. So many different guns to pick from, environmental destruction, complex systems, basically a turn-based tactics fan's wet dream.King of Dragon PassWhen's Six Ages 3?Welcome back Commander.Warlords BattlecryWhat happened with the latest Protectors update? Is it so bad that the thread had to die here as well?Best political game/mod?Which game/mod should I download if I want a somewhat realistic experience of what it's like to be Deng Xiaoping, Kennedy, De Gaulle or Putler?No titleFrozen synapse was basically the last novel idea in strategy and tactics games. Everything since then has just been a rehash of an earlier idea, possibly while cramming it into the roguelike form. Disagree all you want, but you're wrong.Toy soldiersI am top 10 in toy soldiers multiplayer for Xbox 360. I also hold all single player records for each level in both TS1 and cold war. AMA.No titleIs this actually happening anytime soon? I stopped following the other open source project when i found out how many changes they did to the game.No title>filters youEU5 / Project Caesar:https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/developer-diary/tinto-talks-55-19th-of-march-2025.1732147/
Welcome to another Tinto Talks, the Happy Wednesday where we give you information about our rather secret game with the Codename Project Caesar, so that we can get feedback to improve the game before launch.
As we mentioned last week, we are spending four weeks going through how your feedback together with internal testing have shaped the game in this last year. Today it is time to talk about the changes that are related to the political part of the game.StarsectorNewfags can't triforce
attached image is azrael (cobble) sharing his israel victory image which was unironically going to be put out before or with 1.1Galactic CivilizationsThere's four of these fuckers now and I'd like to know...which one is the best? I remember playing 2 and having a good time, but reviews seems to show that 3 is iffy and 4 is a shitshow. What do you think?Zero-KHow come the best controls in the RTS genre is present in a niche community-driven game and none of the "big" games come even close? > Units are not dumb, they can actually kite and dodge. > You can easily order them to stand as a line and not as a blob or a predefined formation. > You can order your units to keep a formation while moving. > You can order your units to attack everything in an area (not to confused with attacking ground in the area). > You can order your units to retreat if they lose too much health (and they will even use their special movement abilities like jumping to leave the battlefield asap). > You can order your units to avoid cheap targets and focus on the big ones. > You can order to infinitely repeat an order in a building (this one is more present in the genre, but still somewhat rare). > You can automatically add all newly built units to a control group. > You can order to move through an exact path. > You can order your transport to automatically move your units from one point to another without manually loading everything (I guess supreme commander does this?). > You can add a task in the beginning of a shift queue. > You can add a task inside of a shift queue and it will automatically place it in a place to minimize walking. And the average RTS won't even allow you to zoom out enough to see everything.Hearts of Iron 4/HOI4 Modding>shit talk chud mod for months >finally try it out as a meme >fall in love with it fuck this gay earthNo titleBack then there was an obvious successor to Total Annihiliation- Supreme Commander. This was then followed by Planetary Annihilation. So there was a clear line of succession.
Now?
We got Beyond All Reason, Sanctuary Shattered Sun and Industrial Annihilation.
Three games all vying for the title of SupCom's successor. I don't want to go there, since I'm sure all these games are fun in their own right, but is this like the [spoilers]Wars of the Diadochi?[/spoiler]No titleOy vey ladder legs edition >>1969661No titleWhat if Aztecs, Mayan and Inca got access to stable if they were allied to non mesoamerican civ?
They'd get access to a knight line that benefits exclusively from eagle upgrades.
They'd also get access to a mounted slinger; slingers are basically a hand cannon so mounted hand cannon would be pretty cool compared to cav archers.
As for dock tech, while it would be amazing to see aztec or mayan cannonships be better for them to have catapult ships.THEY MADE READY FOR WAR/vst/ HAD FALLEN INTO SHADOW THE EARTH GREW COLD, AND THE WINDS WHISPERED OF Total War: Attila Thread.
AND I BEHELD A BLACK HORSE. AND HE THAT SAT ON HIM HAD A PAIR OF SCALES IN HIS HANDS. ATTILA WAS BORN. ALL KNELT BEFORE HIM. FOR THEY KNEW HE'D DEVOUR THE EARTH AND SET ON FIRE THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE MOUNTAINS.
ATTILA THREAD WAS BORN FROM DARKNESS AND DESPAIR.Space 4X With Ground CombatI'm looking for a Space 4X game with planetary invasions/ground combat that is more than just a numbers or a tech game. Something similar to Master's of Orion 2, where it factors in tech, numbers, equipment, but also troop type, and tanks as well, if not more. The only other game that I managed to find which somewhat suits my autism for this is Endless Space 2.No titleFor me, it's The Lord of the Rings™: The Battle for Middle-earth™ II: The Rise of the Witch-king™Starcraft 2 Single PlayerYou think there is any hope of going back to fan projects like Marine Madness and Starcraft RPG maps? I feel like Starcraft has lost all its thunder, the multiplayer scene is still going but the single player scene completely died.
No, Vic 3 is not good yet. In fact it never will be. Neither will EU5.
How fares your empire, /gsg/?
This week in history: Mar 26th, 1942 – World War II: The first female prisoners arrive at Auschwitz concentration camp in German-occupied Poland. Mar 27th, 1942 – The Holocaust: Nazi Germany and Vichy France begin the deportation of 65,000 Jews from Drancy internment camp to German extermination camps. Mar 28th, The t.urks forced thousands of Jews to leave Jaffa and Tel Aviv, fearing they might support the British in World War I. Mar 29th, 1936 –The SS-Totenkopfverbände is established. They were responsible for administering the Nazi concentration camps and extermination camps for Nazi Germany, among similar duties. Mar 30th, 1349 – Jews were massacred in Erfurt, Germany, during the Black Death persecutions, as they were falsely blamed for the plague. Mar 31th, 1492 – Queen Isabella of Castile issues the Alhambra Decree, ordering her 150,000 Jewish and Muslim subjects to convert to Christianity or face expulsion. Apr 1st, 1933 – The recently elected Nazis under Julius Streicher organize a one-day boycott of all Jewish-owned businesses in Germany, ushering in a series of anti-Semitic acts.
Previous thread >>1989040No title>All the Civ VII hate got me want to play Civ V again >Last played 2017 >Start game at 9:00 last night >Look at clock thirty minutes later >1:00 am What witchcraft is this?SuzerainWhy would you ever not join ATO or CSP? There's literally no downside as long as your country isn't a messDid SRPGs peak as a genre?As trite as it may sound, this is a genuine question. Have SRPGs developed significantly within the last 25 years? Can we look at the landscape of the genre and believe we've come far since the days of Tactics Ogre and Front Mission? If you have an argument for or against, lay it out here.starcraftkatowice soo-ACK! It's overKoreaWhy do these guys get meme'd as "the science faction"? They don't feel like a hotbed of new inventions/techniques, and nothing they did was particularly unique compared to their neighbors.Task Force Admiral Demo>tfa demo releases >no thread What the fuck, I'm going to be generous and assume people are actually playing vidya instead of complaining about a beta demo being incomplete, so let's change thatNo titleWhat makes strategy such a stagnate category of games? Most subgenres haven't been meaningfully innovated in a decade at least, and are often dominated by a single company. >4X: everything has been superficially modifying the Civ 5 formula since Civ 5 came out >Grand Strategy: Paradox reselling the EU4 formula in different packages again and again since 2013 >RTS: dead genre since the 00s, except Eugen releases some reskin of Wargame every couple of years >RTS/TBS hybrids: Rome Total War is the first and last meaningful development here... 20 years ago >City Builders: somehow Cities:Skylines was the only real advancement since Sim City 4 for modern ones, and historical city builders are in an even worse state This isn't for a lack of necessary improvements. Most strategy games are plagued by horrid AI and buggy or non-existent multiplayer options. An inability to simulate much of anything is often held together by narrative elements. Entire time periods and forms of strategy are left out of most every game released, to the point even halfassed implementations are seen as unique. Economic simulation is almost always primitive, despite being the basis of all strategy. How did it get this way?No titleRTS games that have actual fun combat / upgrade systems? like how bloons made tower defense gameplay fun. I find there's a naive fun in watching little guys beat each other in a RTS, and upgrade paths actually make me interested in the game. not so interested in memorizing keybinds and the competitive side of things.No title>Playable nomads are coming to CK3. >Confirmation of playable republics in 2026.
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