Board: /vst/
"/vst/ - Video Games/Strategy" is 4chan's imageboard dedicated to the discussion of strategy video games.
/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.
Please familiarize yourself with the rules and remember to use the spoiler function where appropriate! >start game
>USA
>immediately design 8,000 ton light cruiser, 15,000 ton armoured cruiser
Time to game. If you see a gibberish post, it was made by raiders, ignore it.
How fares your empire /gsg/?
This week in history:
Nov 8, 1519 – Theodosius I issued a decree banning all pagan rituals and sacrifices in the Roman Empire, enforcing Christianity as the official state religion.
Nov 9, 1799 – Napoleon Bonaparte seized power in France.
Nov 10, 1444 – The Battle of Varna occurred.
Nov 11, 1918 – Armistice Day marked the end of World War I.
Nov 12, 1028 – Byzantine Empress Zoe assumed the throne.
Nov 13, 1002 – The St. Brice’s Day Massacre occurred when King Æthelred of England ordered a massacre of Danes settled in England.
Nov 14, 565 – Justinian I, the Roman Emperor known for his ambitious legal reforms and reconquests in the West, died.
Nov 15, 1315 – The Battle of Morgarten occurred, where Swiss forces, primarily peasants, defeated the Habsburg army in a mountain pass.
Random Country Picker
http://orph.link/random Britain going communist just feels so fucking stupid Europa Universalis 4
Eu4 thread.
Top history waifu edition. Post hours played btw, sitting at 1k3, nothing for this game but a lot for life :/ Cataclysm was the last good homeworld game. Can't have negative feedback if there are no official channels to give negative feedback in. Devs just can't stop winning.
https://files.catbox.moe/uq883w.pdf - Brazil-Argentina war design doc.
https://files.catbox.moe/djf9rg.pdf - Latest Moskowien rework proposal. Years of work flushed down the toilet for less gameplay and no wars.
https://files.catbox.moe/zff5y4.pdf - Serov "facelift" document. The first leg in the now confirmed Komi rework.
https://files.catbox.moe/cdag1w.pdf - US rework proposal archive. Read all about this hot new TCT mod.
https://files.catbox.moe/9nqmlk.pdf - Iberian Wars rework document.
https://files.catbox.moe/ymgaur.pdf - Amur rework doc. Almost two years in dev hell, still no release date. 
https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/developer-diary/tinto-maps-25-8th-of-november-2024-south-east-asia.1712922/
Hello, and welcome to another week of fun unveiling of the map of Project Casar. In this week’s Tinto Maps we will be taking a look at South East Asia, so without further ado let’s get started.
Quite a variety of countries in the area. The regional power in the decades before 1337 was the Khmer Empire, although at this point they are already in decline and have lost much of their previous hegemony. On the west, the fall of the Burmese Pagan Kingdom and the following Mongol invasions gave rise to the disunited kingdoms of Pinya, Sagaing, Prome, and Toungoo, while in the south the Mon kingdom of Hanthawaddy (also known as Pegu) also split apart. On the center, the decline of the old Lavo Kingdom and its subjugation to the Khmer gave way to the emergence of the Kingdom of Sukhothai when Khmer started its decline too, and Sukhothai is emerging as the dominant Thai kingdom in the area. However, Ayodhya is already gestating the rise of another great kingdom, as King Ramathibodi, the founder of the Ayutthaya Kingdom is already poised to gain power in the region. On the east coast, the Kingdom of Đại Việt is under the orbit of the Yuán, with constant conflict with the southern Hindu kingdom of Champa. >be told the dlc doesnt fuck around
>be told the clowns will fuck me up
>see bitching about the clowns on steam forums
>the clowns are actually easy as fuck
Honestly the only hard missions are the story mission with just Bianca and Alisa and the absolute bullshit that is Crow's Ruin
Also do any anons have a good White Knight Alisa build? That class seems a lot weaker than barbarian warrior I've played a bit of Civ4 before. Is this anything like it or does it play different? You already have enough score for the month. Why not sit back and watch the geoscape spin for a little while?
Game:
>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: >>1871493 This is the Jailer, the smartest villain in the history of the Real Time Strategy genre. All of the events of Warcraft 1, 2, 3 and WoW happened EXACTLY according to his design, and he was the well-foreshadowed mastermind of the DECADES worth of games. Has anyone tried this game out yet? What did you think of it? need a brewery runner /vst/ Last thread hit bump limit a while ago. Talk about new mods, mods you're hyped for, etc.
CTS: campaigntrailshowcase.com/campaign-trail/index.html
NCT: newcampaigntrail.com/campaign-trail/index.html November 24th
For me, it looks like Cold Waters 2. Graphics aren't even much better, but the gameplay is expanded to surface ships and aviation.
https://youtu.be/38omwdVtl4g How fares your empire, /ck3g/?
Wandering Nobles is out
https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/developer-diary/now-available-wandering-nobles-free-1-14-0-traverse-update.1712944/
Previous thread >>1874266 Why were warcraft 1 and 2 so impactful? Around the same time we got C&C which was a way more impressive game No love for Space Haven?
Great ship-building galaxy strategy game with crew management elements.
alien infections, augmentations, research, space battles, resource management. Anyone else play? How did Slay the Spire achieve such perfection? There's no way the sequel can possibly live up to this legacy.
And yes this is a strategy game since the rules have changed
>M&B Wiki
https://antifandom.com/mountandblade/wiki/Mount_&_Blade_Wiki
> BANNERLORD
>Pastebin
https://pastebin.com/tAvcAbpT
>Custom Banner Maker
https://bannerlord.party/banner/
>Banner Code Sharing
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1MEM-0Fz0yetJ8cZgLrPpHuDU6dO33bhsFiHsiWwiCDM
>Asset Extractor
https://github.com/szszss/TpacTool
>Create Custom Companions
https://butterlord.com/wanderers
> WARBAND
>Warband Pastebin
https://rentry.org/x7u7t
>Noob Guide (READ This) https://imgur.com/a/FMAqV
>Anon's Mods and Upstab Guide: https://pastebin.com/agwZu9Df 
Recently started playing through this, having a fun time.
Currently working through the Expert missions.
Wanted to stoke some discussion on it.
> What are your favorite base units?
Warriors?
Rangers?
Rogues?
Wizards?
<Rangers, definitely. They're fast, exploration-prone, ranged, brave but not suicidal. Perfect early game units.>
<Wizards can become demigods, but 95% of them die before that point. Also you need a keep upgrade to get them.>
<Warriors are shit. They're slow, dumb, and surprisingly cowardly. Even as meatshields, Veteran guards outclass them.>
<Rogues are also undesirable. Sure, they have poison and can serve as pseudo-tax-collectors, but they are so cowardly.>
> What are your favorite temple units
Adepts?
Barbarians?
Cultists?
Healers?
Monks?
Paladins?
Priestesses?
Solaruses?
Warriors of Discord?
<I've found that Krypta Priestesses are OP - like to a frankly hilarious extent.>
<The Big tiddy goth hero wants to start a zombie apocalypse and I'm going to help her.>
> What's your favorite non-human race?
Elves?
Dwarves?
G*omes?
<Elves mess up my intended tax collection routes and distract heroes.>
<The less said about g*omes the better.>
<The dwarves let me change the game genre to tower defense, but nothing else about them really interests me.>
<Dwarves I guess, by virtue of being the least offensive option.>
> What's your favorite God?
Agrela?
Dauros?
Fervus?
Helina?
Krolm?
Krypta?
Lunord?
<I think I like Krypta the most just by her association with the Priestess hero class.>
<Although, from what I know about Krolm he seems like a gigachad.>
> What's your favored enemy?
Ratfolk?
Goblins?
Undead?
Beasts?
Forestfolk?
Scrylia's spawn?
Beastmen?
Enemy kingdoms?
Giant monsters?
<Goblins. Its supremely satisfying to watch an entire warband get ripped apart by a powerful hero (or a wall of skeletons).> >barrack units?
also fuck oranos (more like orANUS) players 1.1 Edition
Post stuff about mods for Hoi4
Previous Thread: >>1881161 DLC coming in 3 weeks, how are you growing your factory today? Is there a modern strategy game that caused more damage to the perception of historically accurate medieval combat?
>bows are inferior to crossbows, the latter can easily penetrate steel armor
>if you put plate on, you move like a turtle
>pikemen don't use pikes 
Hello /vst/, 2 years ago I made a post asking this board what an ideal Grand Strategy game would like. Because of my exposure to paradox games, namely Hoi4 and to a lesser extent Victoria 2, I approached the question by proposing a game that combined the merits of both of these two games. I still hold this perspective, and after a recent renewed interest in this subject, I propose a game that could successfully do the following:
1: Combine the military aspects of Hoi4 with the economic aspects of Victoria 2.
2: "Easy to learn, hard to master'- a low learning curve while still allowing complexity, variety, and difficulty in gameplay.
3. An actually functioning ONLINE multiplayer
4. "Better incentive player creativity"- As in, make modding easier and add in game customization as well.
To expand on these points:
1: I'm not proposing that this hypothesized game should simply mash Hoi4 and Victoria 2 together. What I am saying is that this ideal grand strat should be just as engaging militarily as Hoi4 is, while also being as engaging economically as Victoria 2 is. I believe this can be achieved in a way that isn't conflicting.
2: Grand strat games tend to have a high barrier to entry for new players, both in terms of learning the game and also affording it (think of the many DLCs one would need to buy to even begin playing one of these games). This can be remedied by automating the gameplay via "bureaucrats" (i.e. characters) and having the player learn by un-automating and automating functions as they please. This might sound stupid, but in practice it would be very effective in getting players to feel comfortable interacting with the game at their own pace without the fear of messing something up and having to restart/wanting to give up.
(continued...) OSHA violation edition.
Generals now unbanned edition. 
I see the possibility of exploiting this part of the tree by fully mobilizing your army. My intuition tells me it's cheaper to make a full infantry army of 30w motorized infantry with 2 motorized artillery and a support company of super heavy artillery (which is just art 3 but more expensive). This allows you to get all the benefits of the infantry bonuses while maintaining the speed of motorized warfare. You could either go down the motorized infantry branch of the mobile warfare doctrine or go for grand battleplan. Missing 2 -50% doctrine bonuses isn't a big deal. Mobile warfare will give you helpful speed bonuses, even better because motorized infantry get huge bonuses from percent increases. 10km/h + 10% is huge, and that stacks with other bonuses in your tree. Or go for grand battleplan for the big stat increases.
Definitely add on a logistics company, a helicopter hospital company (because infantry takes lots of casualties on the offensive) and a maintenance company. Go for minimizing fuel usage and production cost in your MIOs.
I'll be trying this out myself soon. See how it goes. Frog DLC dropping withing the hour
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSFasKyc5v8 Any of you fuckers playing these niche titles? Just got out of a fun PBEM game. Pic related. We won't have any similar simulationist RTT or turn-based WEGO games centered around the tactical scale of modern warfare until Armored Brigade 2 comes out. Just bought this.
Any beginner tips you got /vst/? defcon bros...
we're going home Was it any good? Did it revive the grand strategy genre like it was supposed to? Looks pretty movie to me personally. what are your thoughts on the new dlc? also aow 4 thread Anyone else playing this? It just dropped
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1604270/Broken_Arrow/ It's time for a spiritual successor, it's been almost 30 years. I'm not satisfied with Anno. Anyone remember playing a Star Wars scenario on Warlords 2 Deluxe?
For some reason growing up I had all of these base scenarios, but then like just a few more that I thought were standard too, like middle earth scenario and star wars scenario.
It was a neat window into perceptions of star wars lore from the mid 90s. ZEPHON has finally released. Discuss.
Favorite Leader?
Favorite Affinity? Victoria II player trying to maybe learn Vicky 3, after playing it at launch and hating it for the economy micro. Does anyone have any guidance as to how many "infrastructure" buildings I should build, by which I mean things like barracks, conscription centres, universities, and government administrations? In Vicky 2 you just promoted the relevant POP types to the ideal numbers (1% bureaucrats, 2–4% clergy, 5 soldiers), but here I don't know what I should be aiming for. Aztec Defense edition
How goes your conquering?
Fantasy mods for historical games welcome. >least hyped Stellaris DLC in recent memory.
>No one seems to be excited for it.
>Is it really that bad?
>Couple of thousand views on Youtube for recent developer diaries about it.
Adds a cool origin, interesting storm mechanics, and some unique civics.
What are your thoughts about it? How the fuck does this work. I did not go to college for economics. does anyone else still play this or is it just me? So we got the probably final roster for Civ 7. What are you takes on this. Are you a UEF, Aeon, or Cybran guy? why does no one talk about shadow empire? I'm about to try it. https://www.anno-union.com/devblog-cultural-crossroads-in-the-provinces/
>decide whether your people become TRVE ROMAN CITIZENS or remain Eternal Anglos. Whats the verdict? Why did the JA2 autists not like it? Currently trying to wrap my head around Fall of the Republic. I remember playing Corey's mods almost a decade ago and they were nowhere near as robust as this. There's a fuckton of new mechanics to the point I feel like I'm relearning the game entirely. Trying to play as CIS but I'm getting my ass kicked.
I'm kinda thinking about going back to the original Republic at War just for the classic gameplay of steamrolling everything with a deathstack until you encounter the enemy deathstack.
What are some underrated mods for this game? Also, EaW thread I guess. You haven't been automating your formers, have you anon? Closed beta is up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmLtUalHvlI Could BAR be the game that make RTS cool again? I think this is the right path.
>focused on macro but only two resources
>diverse factions
>can be enjoyed both as a sweaty competitive 1v1 mode or more casual 8v8 chaotic artillery porn
>even fun to watch
>probably the RTS with more qualities of life
>a lot of units and different strategies
>terrain matters a lot
>good optimized engine that can run on a potato
Probably the only "flaw" is the unities designs and their plastic toy look, but who cares if the games is good to play? The game has also enough content as a single player only game with a bunch of scenarios, they should just slap a basic bitch campaign with a loose plot that stitch them together to appease the whiny "no story mode no buy" SPcels (that want muh epic campaign/lore so bad) and put it on Steam and it could be a success RTSbros we mustn't lose hope
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLyqSoGVH2A
/buy an ad/i The hottest top-down tank arcade shoot-em-up game of 2024
Next up on Nemesis 9 DLC ($30):
>Switzerland Cobblestone Corps with special engineering squad (landmines, unique unit)
>Luxembourg 88th Naval Infantry Division with new off-map ship-borne missile cards (can't be intercepted due to engine limitation)
>IDF 420th Combat Intelligence Battalion (with another useless AOE EW unit)
>Another French something (225 pt Leclerc)
>USSR 69th Guards Mechanized Infantry w/ one Romanian infantry squad (renamed weapons) and "new" MiG-21 [RKT].
Actual Warsaw pact additions never What's the best way to play these in 2024? Is piracy the only way? Looks like Blizzard doesn't sell it anymore... only Reforged. I only care about playing through the campaigns really, not local or online multiplayer.
I know everyone hated Reforged a lot, but:
>Why SPECIFICALLY did people hate it so much?
>Was it never fixed, either by Blizzard or modders?
I don't mind buying it on sale for $15 if it can be made into a good experience, but if it's still completely irredeemable then I guess I'll just have to resort to piracy. Been wanting to replay this and noticed there's a bunch of romhacks for it now, has anyone here tried any of them? Hard Mode+, Reconquered, and Twin Dragons seem like the most interesting to me. this game is amazing, but why the fuck does it have that shitty 4x part? why can't they just make it a story game with missions right after the other and you buy/upgrade ships? So we can all agree that this is the best Civ game, and maybe even best 4x game of all time right? >Humxnkind flopped so hard they've been forced to fix ES2 and hand out EL for free on Steam
>nobody noticed
What happened to those guys? They used to be hot shit. Time to talk about the most popular and unfair franchise about defending Earth from Aliens. Picrel is one of my favorite games ever and sparked my interest in history when I was a kid. Has anyone played it lately? How hard is it to get running on Windows 11? Is there anything even close to as good these days? The civil war games on Steam look kind of mid. i can't make nuclear submarine, modern carrier, iceberg carrier and land cruiser templates Will Microsoft save this trash? >modified portraits in dlc
>posthumously honour Adolf Hitler with a Ritterkreuz
Is paradox dare is say based and /ourguys/? Amplitude is parting ways with SEGA, is there still any hope left for them? Humankix flopping is probably going to spook them off from any more attempts at !notCivilization, but the same xers that made the game are still working at Amplitude. My guess is that they're going to make EL2 or ES3, hopefully with less "funny" narration. Got it for cheap and waiting for my break day to play it. Can you guys give me a quick rundown? Lets ignore the civ switching thing they stole from Humankind.
What actually is there in Civ7?
There seemed to be no workers, cities still spread out but for each building?
combat is continuous?
Didn't seem like a lot of inputs. Celebrating 1 year since the first and so far only time strangers logged into the multiplayer lobby and played a match,
there is going to be a HUGE tourney on the upcoming Saturday Nov 23, 19:00 UTC.
>11:00 PT
>14:00 ET
>20:00 CET
>22:00 MSK
Format: 90 minutes of swiss rounds
(should be ~5 rounds, if there are even that many participants)
>each round is 2 games, with map fixed for game 1 and loser’s choice in game 2
PRIZE
get something in the game named after you!!
SIGN-UP
not needed, just show up in the lobby
THE GAME
https://filmstars.itch.io/hypercoven
>RTS without fixed races
>capture bases on the map that make different units for you
>play until your king is dead
>can also place buildings
>& many more details Thread for discussion about these games and RTTs similar to them. >imfuckingplying I will let it die
Battle bros thread, menace talk also cause why the fuck not. Found any sexy famed items lately? Would subsims be considered /vst/ material? Admittedly, they focus on single unit tactics, as opposed to fleet action. But they still don't feel like action games.
Also SH:CE thread, if anybody other than me has ever played it. We will get a new game one day, right? I was playing eu3 a bit recently and it's actually really fun with Divine Wind. Doing shit like forcing personal unions is simple but fun and intuitive, and the minmaxing with sliders, national ideas and advisors is just complex enough to be stimulating while not being convoluted.
But when I go on the Steam community page for the game out of curiosity (idk where else people would post recently about the game) it's just a bunch of BRICS denizens posting in Spanish or screenshots in cyrillic swamp runes. Are Westerners just unable to appreciate something "outdated" even when it's objectively good? What is the optimal number of units under player control in a turn based tactics game? How much is too much? How much is too few?
I'm asking about a strategy game like Old-Com, not about a CRPG with turn based combat like ToEE or BG3. Old thread hit bump limit. >>1756158
What are some fun advanced infantry nations that aren't BOS or Enclave? Game of victoria 2 where I played as the Dutch, teamed up with Russia, broke Germany up and turned them into puppets. After that I went to war with Italy who was allied to Australia, got 100 hundred war score and then annexed Australia without landing a single soldier there. Pretty awesome, I was playing crimea mod btw. A game where you just travel the map as a mercenary/merchant.
I enjoy Warband's the map interactions, but I dislike all 3D shit like walking town, fighting in battles, hunting down outlaws.
Sure, there is auto-battle but that's terrible.
>inb4: CK3: Road to Power
no Anyone tried the demo? Full game comes out Nov 5th.
Heard some people either really liking or disliking it. Seems the latter doesn't realize you have to be more active than turtle in this game to be at an advantage. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiOOdwPN_hw
Is it good yet? The recent steam reviews seem a bit more positive. >want to play a total war game
>start game
>have to pick between short (unfinished) and long (too long) campaigns
>quit AoE Online private server has just released an entire new civ: The Indians! Anyone playing? Manly tears, the game. If you don't cry while your people are enduring the last stretch, well ... you have no soul. >released last year
>already forgotten
In this thread we remember the disaster that is relic entertainment Time flies, say something nice about it. Command & Conquer status?? I need the most meticulous, tedious, complex /vst/. Age of Empire 2 campaignbros, we're eating good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-SKVgig1BQ Why aren't there more games like this? I want base builders that are actually fun and challenging not just micro managing shit mindlessly. I've been thinking of getting this game. Is it worth it? General thought on it? So I'm getting into Kaiserredux and having a blast. First played as the KKK in the U.S., then AOG in China, and now Outer Heaven in Africa. What are some other must-playthroughs? Kaiserreich fans welcome to post in this thread, too (with note: why do all reworks in the past 1-2 years just seem like pure politics-wank without any fun gameplay? Ireland, Ukraine, etc..). >Get the urge to play SimCity 4 again
>Think of all the mods and dependencies you need to keep track of
>Don't bother
Anyone else like this? draw your dream units for RTS games with ms paint or something similar
fantasy, historical, sci-fi, whatever
NO GRABBLERS ALLOWED
VIOLATORS WILL BE PUT IN CAMPS Sorry, Danes and Polacks, we have to put the Chinese in AoM while it still has a playerbase post dem cities
sittin at just over 12k bugmen The first thing I'm gonna do with that new DLC is overthrow hitler and start indiscriminately bombing the US how are you doing my lords and ladies By the will of Kou Shibusawa, the latest Koei thread begins anew! Is this piece of shit ever going to fix infantry AI?
>tell squad to throw AT grenade at tank that is within throwing range
>one guy pulls out AT grenade
>runs all the way to the end of the trench to exit it
>runs along the entire trench again to reach the tank
>tank moves a tiny bit when he's close
>stops in the open, standing straight
>slowly rotates towards the tank that's moving backwards at a snail's pace
>thro- gets shot and dies
>select squad and tell them to attack a trench
>they all run in one big blob or line at it
>when an enemy is encountered they stop in the open field and start shooting from standing position
>even the MG gunner is hip firing his MG
>none of them use grenades to attack the trench unless manually told to do so
>don't even think about autopopping smokes when under fire with no cover
>they all get mowed down
Seriously, infantry combat is a pain the the ass. Warcraft bros... we're back! Any thoughts?
Also medieval 2 modding thread Since the entire 8000 hours review story made me check how the game is now, i must stay.
i am impressed with it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKLDGKKgb4g
Also /&tg/ is dead because of gatchafaggotry ai bots at /vg/ spamming generals i'm looking to go through this guide with my brother since we're both tired of Age of Empires II and IV, but it appears to be about 10 years out of date. i'm considering updating it but need some open-ended input from strategy game NERDS like yourselves.
some basic questions to start:
1. is there already an updated version of this guide?
2. is C&C2 actually a good place to start? why or why not?
3. "wait for Dawn of War 3" is an item on this list, which has since released. is it good?
4. why is SC2 in "purgatory"? has SC1 outlived its sequel?
5. what strategy games have come out in the last 10 years that should be added to this list?
6. which games currently on this list should be *removed* from this list? /vst/ HAD FALLEN INTO SHADOW
THE EARTH GREW COLD, AND THE WINDS WHISPERED OF Total War: Attila Thread.
https://youtu.be/kpd_BH5W-sk?t=285
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. Thoughts on this game?
Its one of the best I have ever played
Love the real time elements and large mosh pits in battle
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xZpNBnP86MI I was told that this is like XCOM but with big mechs so naturally after a 2 week long xcom2 binge i decided to try it. It took me some time to get adjusted cause oh boy is that game in another universe in production value, animations are janky, music is forgettable, almost non existent voice overs and when there's one it often sounds like it got recorded with a $5 mic in a garage. Abysmal performance is also a paradox for me (get it, cause it was published by pdx), game looks like something from 2008 yet constantly uses 70++% of CPU/GPU even when theres nothing on screen, every menu lags, its fucking 2d text window but opening it has noticeable delay, i just started the game theres nothing in the hangar, wtf. The only good thing about that game was 2min intro with lore, seriously can someone explain to me why this pathethic excuse of a game has such a devoted following? https://store.steampowered.com/developer/Acram/sale/turn-basedcarnival2024 New beta is up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTSqo2JR_C8 A decent game completely ruined by the most garbage fucking worker AI ever created >filters fake dawn of war fans What the FUCK are you THINKING? Is there anything else like this out there? I love the Oregon Trail meets turn based tactics shit it has going on but the sequels are just traditional CRPGs with the resource management/travel stuff being a barely-there afterthought. The only other series that springs to mind is The Banner Saga but the management in that feels 'fake', it's balanced so that whatever you do you never get too badly fucked over and never run away with a total glut of supplies vs Conquistador which regularly hits you with "all your guys are mutinous, starving and going insane from jungle poisons, you're being raided by hostile natives ever night and the nearest settlement is three weeks away; good luck asshole", What happened with the latest Protectors update? Is it so bad that the thread had to die here as well? Is it worth it? Tell me your stories with it! >10 months since the release date change
>3rd faction delayed to post-release
>barely any news this year
>still no new release date
Is the Tempest still Rising? >better than anno
>better than settlers
>better than manor lords
How the fuck did they do it >filters almost all historical strategy game developers
Ok, how would you make a good Pike and Shot era gsg?
What’s the timeframe, what is the map like? What are the units and meta? will you be playing this mess? If you see a gibberish post, it was made by raiders, ignore it.
How fares your empire /gsg/?
This week in history:
Nov 8, 1519 – Theodosius I issued a decree banning all pagan rituals and sacrifices in the Roman Empire, enforcing Christianity as the official state religion.
Nov 9, 1799 – Napoleon Bonaparte seized power in France.
Nov 10, 1444 – The Battle of Varna occurred.
Nov 11, 1918 – Armistice Day marked the end of World War I.
Nov 12, 1028 – Byzantine Empress Zoe assumed the throne.
Nov 13, 1002 – The St. Brice’s Day Massacre occurred when King Æthelred of England ordered a massacre of Danes settled in England.
Nov 14, 565 – Justinian I, the Roman Emperor known for his ambitious legal reforms and reconquests in the West, died.
Nov 15, 1315 – The Battle of Morgarten occurred, where Swiss forces, primarily peasants, defeated the Habsburg army in a mountain pass.
Random Country Picker
http://orph.link/random >still alive
>barely any progress in 20 years
Is this series stuck in some sort of limbo? Do we finally have a worthy successor to alpha centauri? I noticed nobody ever made a new thread so I'll make one
previous thread >>1678337 How many soldiers have died under your command?
Was it worth it? >use Superior Firepower for years
>hear that Grand Battle Plan is now the best
>think it's a meme
>try it
>it actually is good
My spearheads just can't stop, wtf? In most games when India is represented it is used for Mughals but Mughals are not Indian.
In Civilization the Indian Civilization builds Mughal fort but Mughals are not Indian.
While Age Of Empires 2 corrected their Indian to represent true India in Age Of Empires 4 India is the Delhi Sultanate which is not Indian is Iranian.
Why is Indian history erased when there are many much more powerful and impressive Indian empire? Just got this baby running. Are there any good mods for it? I already got the 4.11 patch and TAK Plus installed. Azurian race mod seems to give me errors, so I uninstalled it. Gigachad Łukasz Jakowski finally fucking released it!! Are they gonna kill him off?
I’m hoping they don’t since they could do a lot with the character Lovecraftian city builder launching into early access in a few days. Just played through the demo and I thought it was very well done, fairly standard gameplay but with some thematically appropriate wrinkles and no annoying quirks that often plague this genre. Is pic related not shit yet or have they not patched it since release?
any recommendation for good melee focused TBTs? I have played Knight Arthur Knight's Tale but burned out by chapter 4, and Legion IX, finished that but I fucking hated it and myself for ever being excited for it. sc2 is dead
we only have brood war Big update is out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mt9X4gZjETY
Now with more battalions and an offline mode for mudhut dwellers. Thoughts on Starship Troopers Terran Command? new, medieval radio commanderesque kino just dropped. and I daresay it's alright??
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6sUn-QHmKo >Follow the same build order every game
>Adjust it with another build order after you scout
>The only ""skill"" barrier is APM, so if you can't mash as hard as the other player you lose
Wow what a great genre So glad I bought into the hype. I uninstalled after 10 mins. I will not reinstall until it's finished (20 years time) I will not relearn changed mechanics with every patch. Are trade cities worth using? Like, if I conquer Constantinople and Atene as Venice, I have to pay a lot of admin points to core them. Is it worthwhile to just give them to trade cities? I google searched it and people had conflicting views. What do you want to do with it? 
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