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    Wizards and Warlords - indie turn-based strategy game in randomly generated fantasy world

    Combat is a bit of a glorious mess right now. Some of the more grognardy players (in a good sense) are helping me sort out if the mechanics make proper sense, plus nail down various bug. I'm also working at making the battle UI actually convey the simulation underneath (which is at the level of...
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    Civilization VI - Now available, so you can sink all your free time into it

    I was surprised to see Civilization VI on the Steam top sellers of 2018. Even though it is aimed directly at the very broadest of mainstream gaming audiences, I thought the terrible AI, silly leaders, and very high price points would hamper sales. Not to mention the general displeasure with the...
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    Stellaris - Paradox new sci-fi grand strategy game

    It's all just wildly unrealistic space fantasy anyway, so it doesn't bother me that some handwavery explanation is given for why space fortresses make sense - if it benefits gameplay. That being said, I don't think the fortress aspect of starbases works very well. A bastion starbase with a full...
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    Stellaris - Paradox new sci-fi grand strategy game

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    Total war games,boring gameplay?

    It varies a lot between games, mods and factions. Most of the factions in un-modded Attila have dreary and down-right annoying campaign play. The Warhammer games have much better campaign mechanics and flow, if you disregard the weird balance issues (dwarfball, beastman razing the entire world...
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    Civilization VI - Now available, so you can sink all your free time into it

    Doesn't matter with the AI being the way it is. Do you really care if you're fighting a toddler with a battle axe or a rolling pin?
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    Stellaris - Paradox new sci-fi grand strategy game

    This is a good update. They've actively worked on AI, more cohesive mechanics, increased customization/flavor stuff, meaningful early/mid/late game progressions and improved combat. Is it perfect? No. Will some people dislike the design choices? Yes. But it's making the game incrementally...
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    Warhammer Dawn of War 3 - DAMNATIO MEMORIAE

    This is what happens when you don't have fans on board for a franchise like this. I can't imagine DoW3 was made by 40k fans. TW:WH, while certainly not perfect, was made by developers who are WH and tabletop fans, and it shows. There's a respect and appreciation for the source material that...
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    Total War: Three Kingdoms - the next major historical Total War title set in ancient China

    Yes, I know, I have played them since TW:M. I actually do enjoy playing them, and was giving a tongue-in-cheek answer to why someone might play them. That being said, the difficulty sliders aren't really a strong point of the series - especially in TW:WH2 where the sliders are broken, and...
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    Total War: Three Kingdoms - the next major historical Total War title set in ancient China

    Total War games sell well because they are shiny, easily accessible combos of mass-stabbing simulators and map painters, thus fulfilling two basic human needs.
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    Warhammer Total War: Warhammer 2

    My own experience working for a different Japanese-owned subsidiary studio, and what I've heard about SEGA, is nothing like this. They don't interfere much with Western studios, apart from some very specific IP/titles. In some cases they don't want western SEGA subsidiary games marketed in Japan...
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    Civilization VI - Now available, so you can sink all your free time into it

    That makes no sense. To add insult to injury she's depicted as a caricature. I expect she'd have preferred a likeness of this: Why not pick actual notable female rulers, more closely representing the archetype of the Civ? Where are Boudicca, Margaret the First, Zenobia? Wilhelmina almost...
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    Warhammer Total War: Warhammer 2

    That looks weird and uninteresting. Probably didn't require a lot of developer resources, but still, looks like something aimed at streamers and youtubers. The Intel partnership probably paid for it, so I can't really complain at free content, even if it's silly and somewhat useless.
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    Warhammer Total War: Warhammer 2

    Well, I hope I am wrong, but I don't think they planned to do this post-release work to integrate Norsca, RoR, Foundation etc. into ME. I don't think they expected people to be upset about ME missing these things - hence the delays. There's a tone of damage control in their blogs which to me...
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    Warhammer Total War: Warhammer 2

    The most hilarious bug at the moment is that battle difficulty settings are reversed, ie Very Hard is Very Easy. It also baffles me that they are surprised at players not being particularly interested in the Vortex campaign. Someone at the top obviously thought ME was just a neat little gimmick...

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