I never played ck2 but I know that eu4 with and without dlc are like different games

I feel like the amount stuff paradox are putting behind dlc is better than what it was before either games like ck2, however, the quality of the stuff in the dlc has gotten a lot worse

I’m not on linux, but I heard star citizen works and it’s running a free to play event right now until the 26th of May.

If you don’t like Easy Anti Cheat I would avoid it.

Take Two are an evil company

It is a shame they’re such a greedy company because, similarly to what you said in your 3rd paragraph, they make good games, some can be as good as games like factorio at times, but it’s always ruined by their dlc.

You mentioned free updates at the end, I believe they are doing that for victoria 3, but their first big expansion for the game, spheres of influence, comes out in June so we’ll see if they stick to that.

I love paradox games and have the money to by their dlc most the time and will keep buying the ones I want (because the beach dlc was too far even for the largest paradox shills) as long as the game’s stability and the free players are prioritised, unlike the way they have been treated in cities: skylines 2.

And yes, fuck paradox, shame their games are ruined by their greed.

But it does, sadly.

I am actually planning on not buying anything more from paradox if they fuck up the launch of eu5, only dlc from current games (if they’re worth it/required)

I think they did the same thing with anno 1800, only difference is they haven’t cracked it yet so no dlc on the pirated version.

This was too late. Paradox’s in house development studio did the same thing with Victoria 3. Do something way too greedy (lock historical characters behind a preorder for a dlc that was already bad). Waited to see the backlash, and when it was too much, they make the bonuses free.

At least they’re doing something, but the dlc should have been pushed back at launch.

I am so tempted to buy the domain just to make it redirect to a rick roll

I was taught python by my school but I would rather write in other languages but the difference in formatting still gets me after years

Invasive, non cosmetic, overpriced microtransactions.

And also locking entire updates behind dlc like how paradox interactive did (and still kind of does)

It didn’t change anything for me…

I’m using boost as well and I don’t have these problems

Have they even given a timeframe for when mods will release because I haven’t seen them say anything about it since launch, I’m assuming because another team is developing it.

That’s what I was trying to say. It looks good if you don’t view the new game as just “more prison architect 1” instead of an entire new game

The subsidies have never saved me from failing before, they only make me fail slower (if that makes sense). It might just be something I’m experiencing though.

I think the artstyle is ok in a vacuum. It does look bad if you look at it as a direct sequel of prison architect 1. As for paradox, it would be a new low for them if they managed to fuck up the performance for this game by releasing it early, the only problem I can really see are bugs and they usually aren’t gamebreaking (for the pdx games I’ve played at launch - c:s2 and vic3). I just hope it isn’t treated as a cash grab by the higher ups. As long as they don’t release it before it is ready the game will be fine, but we know paradox will crunch the developers to release early. I’m mainly just worried about the dlc.

Colonials. I am solo right now but I never do anything without other soldiers

I got foxhole and oxygen not included on the last say of the steam winter sale and they are both amazing games