JCC Gaming Förceboat Parté - JC G4m3z thr34d (Gaming General Discussion)

In Crusader Kings II you can castrate Charlemagne.

 

Civ 5 GOTY is a great game (but prob won't prepare you for Civ 6 since it seems like it has quite different mechanics).

Difficulty depends a lot who your opponents are as well and their location; you can play someone like Venice (who get crazy powerful by end of the game) but if you start next to Attila you'll probably die within 20 turns.

I like China and India from starter civs, as you will focus on a smaller number of large cities. China gets a science bonus which is always good.

Persia and Poland give bonuses that are always useful and don't require any specific strategy so good for trying things out.

 

I agree about Civ5 being a good entry as well. From personal experience, Rome and Egypt are probably the best to start with - early powerful units (that the Roman Legionnaire can build roads, something that normally only non-combat units can do, is awesome), and special abilities.

 

If you want to just learn about the city building/tech, pick the ultimate turtle Korea.

 

You can also start on a smaller map with fewer rival nations, which can make for a quicker game. It's a good way to test out strategies, because when you play on the largest map (which nowadays I always end up doing), you feel foolish because 200 turns in, you realize your gambit hasn't paid off...

 

Travelling to another continent and finding 1 of the 8 civs has been there alone for the entire game

 

Sure, but in Europa Universalis you can spend 400 years carefully engineering the total destruction of the Holy Roman Empire for a mild, indeed benign slight near the beginning of the game. It's like playing an immortal autocrat simulator.

 

I like to keep pet civilisations in Civ. Alexander the Great raging at me from his impoverished Luxembourg equivalent is extremely satisfying.

 

I'm not a big fan of Europa Universalis because I like the characters aspect of CKII, but this mod's name always amuses me.

 

One does not "play" Victoria 2 so much as one avoids getting ousted by unruly pops who don't know their place, and then World War I drains your resources.

 

With Paradox games, though, sometimes you'll find yourself thinking, "Is this intentional or is it a bug?"

 

But then the Holy Roman Empire gets invaded by the Aztecs and you no longer care?

 

I always turn off Sunset Invasion. Too stupid.

 

It was kind of amusing the first time when I had that DLC on and no idea what it did, but yeah... no need to see it again.

 

What? Never! I love it.

 

We can but dream.

 

This **** is why I quit the games forum.

Edit: I'm replying to a weeks old post. This is what happens when I check a thread about 6 times a year. As you were...

 

I played Civ III back in the spring of 2002, and I had a blast with it. I was Xerxes and winded up second place at the end of it all. I've always wanted to go back to that series.

 

This post implies you played 1 game of Civ, liked it, then never played again. I didn't think that was possible.

 

So is there a white version of the new Nintendo Switch?

 

Actually, I played a bit of Civ II as well back in the day.