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This was from a long time ago, I'm pretty sure someone answered this a while ago.
Did you succeed in getting into 4x games?
This was from a long time ago, I'm pretty sure someone answered this a while ago.
Haven't played one yet, after my Kingmaker playthrough I'm going to try AoW3 which is a pseudo-4X if I understand.This was from a long time ago, I'm pretty sure someone answered this a while ago.
Did you succeed in getting into 4x games?
ah... ok
- Explore means players send scouts across a map to reveal surrounding territories.
- Expand means players claim new territory by creating new settlements, or sometimes by extending the influence of existing settlements.
- Exploit means players gather and use resources in areas they control, and improve the efficiency of that usage.
- Exterminate means attacking and eliminating rival players. Since in some games all territory is eventually claimed, eliminating a rival's presence may be the only way to achieve further expansion.
I highly recommend the ones from Simtex (Remnants of Precursors, Master of Orion 2 and Caster of Magic).
so Age of Wonders is not consider 4x ?! because you cannot build a cities, and you have tactical combat??
so Age of Wonders is not consider 4x ?! because you cannot build a cities, and you have tactical combat??
You can build cities since AoW2, in AoW1 you could only rebuild abandoned cities scattered across the map or grab enemy ones. Age of Wonders 2, Shadow Magic and 3 are most definetly 4x games, even if pretty simple and mostly focused on tactical combat. They have very limited diplomacy options though, and no economic/science/population victory, the only way to win is to eleminate everyone who's not in your alliance
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I highly recommend the ones from Simtex (Remnants of Precursors, Master of Orion 2 and Caster of Magic).
I would argue their gameplay is more similar to HoMM than a normal 4X (even with city building), but I haven't played them much.
I would say that HOMM3 and MAYBE TW are 4XWhere to start with 4X Genre:
I have ($60) in steam money, and I have the choice of (at least that I know of):
Please let me know of good starting points, or other games.
- Hearts of Iron 2-4
- HoMM 3 (HD Edition)/5-7
- Crusader Kings 2
- Age of Empires 2 Definitive Edition/Age of Empires 3 Complete edition.
- Total Warhammer II/I
Not a single one of these games is a 4x
I would say that HOMM3 and MAYBE TW are 4XWhere to start with 4X Genre:
I have ($60) in steam money, and I have the choice of (at least that I know of):
Please let me know of good starting points, or other games.
- Hearts of Iron 2-4
- HoMM 3 (HD Edition)/5-7
- Crusader Kings 2
- Age of Empires 2 Definitive Edition/Age of Empires 3 Complete edition.
- Total Warhammer II/I
Not a single one of these games is a 4x
- Explore => Yes for HOMM3, that's the maybe for TW
- Expand => Yes
- Exploit => Yes, though weak
- Exterminate => Yes
Point taken. So AOW is 4X and HOMM is not, with each of them being at the borderI would say that HOMM3 and MAYBE TW are 4XWhere to start with 4X Genre:
I have ($60) in steam money, and I have the choice of (at least that I know of):
Please let me know of good starting points, or other games.
- Hearts of Iron 2-4
- HoMM 3 (HD Edition)/5-7
- Crusader Kings 2
- Age of Empires 2 Definitive Edition/Age of Empires 3 Complete edition.
- Total Warhammer II/I
Not a single one of these games is a 4x
- Explore => Yes for HOMM3, that's the maybe for TW
- Expand => Yes
- Exploit => Yes, though weak
- Exterminate => Yes
Nah TW is more akin to grand strategy than 4x.
4x games usually allow you to found your own colonies, which you can't do in TW. Also resource exploitation isn't that advanced in them either.
Is it worth trying out?https://af.gog.com/game/emperor_of_the_fading_suns?as=1649904300
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JarlFrank OP is curiously devoid of links to patches and mods.
Don't forget Stellar Monarch and Stellar Monarch 2Yeah I need to go ahead and edit the first post.
Remind me tomorrow.
Sword of the stars 1 mods and stuff:
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Sword of the stars 2:
It's playable, sort of. The UI is shit but you get used to it. The AI is retarded. I had fun exploring all the great systems and combat model but I have no desire to play anymore since there's no challenge once you know what you're doing.Sword of the stars 1 mods and stuff:
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Sword of the stars 2:
While you're on topic, are there any mods that you personally recommend above the others, and why?
And also, is SotS 2 good now? As I recall, there was a great outcry about how broken and unplayable it was when it came out. What's the deal today?