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I would just like to salute comrade Cowbee for embarking on a Herculean, dare I say Sisyphean task of arguing with liberals in lemmy.world. During his quest of trying to find out if liberals have even just one functional, many of his brain cells fell.

I mean, I had to optimize my playstyle in eu4 to actually use all the money I always accumulate lol, and realized mana is a much better resource. I also tried playing M&T 3.0, which is also very econ heavy, but my main problem outside of the lag is the UI being an absolute clusterfuck and not really being able to navigate it. EU4 just really isn’t designed for that type of shit, so with EU5 being centered around pops and not mana, it’s hopefully gonna be a lot more complex in a good way, with a UI you will actually be able to understand.

I literally saw this image on the local when we were playing amerikkka in the olympics, but when I went back to find it, I couldn’t.

But this guy should 100% become an emote lmao

I’m like, the complete opposite, the only game that even comes close to EU4 is HOI4, but even then it’s basically incomparable. Btw, how’s Vicky 2 like? I’m excited for EU5 because it’s gonna have pops and an actual economy, but I personally never liked the setting of the 19th century, so should I give it a try anyway?

Unless you are playing with your friends, I feel like it’s just better to pirate it since the dlcs come with the game, instead of having to do those creamapi shenanigans (especially for me since I’m on linux).

I know Paradox is a shitty company at this point with their dlc policy and whatnot, but I sincerely hope they don’t fuck up EU5 especially considering the fact that how it’s looking in the dev diaries, it’s basically gonna be a combination of CK, Victoria and EU. Playing that and Elden Ring (when I eventually find enough money to buy the PC for it) and I don’t have to play another video game for the rest of my life.

The true irony of paradox games is actually owning EU4, but still pirating it because the DLCs are like half the fucking game.

How could I forget those?

I have never played any Final Fantasy games, but looking at Ubisoft, I honestly appreciate them at least putting a number on their ridiculousness. Considering AC officially only counts to 4, you honestly wouldn’t think they already made 14 of these fucking games (including shadows).

1000%. Like, where the fuck will these games even be set? Ancient China, Medieval/Colonial Spain, Medieval Africa maybe?

If the franchise wasn’t such garbage nowadays (but I realized that it honestly always was, especially when people take off the rose tinted glasses), I would seriously love something that could truly cover the place that was Russia before and during the October Revolution (image a game where you could organize soviets and general resistance to imperialist rule). But as someone else said, considering how they portrayed Marx, I don’t want them touching that shit with a 10 foot pole.