I know pirating is always an option, and I used to play EU4 completely pirated.
But I got some credit remaining on Steam and they’re on sale right now, so lads, which should I go for?
Background info being I only played EU4 before, and enjoyed the nation-building side more rather than the military strategy. Although I was able to do some WCs back in the day and I do like micromanaging and extending a 20hr campaign into a 100hr one.
I know you didn’t really mention it as one of the three options, but if you haven’t tried it you sound like you might like Cities Skylines. Its a micromanagers dream game, and theres plenty of replay value and longevity for each save game. Admittedly a lot of fun stuff is locked behind DLC but this is the case for every paradox game nowadays.
Actually I have played it before. I very much enjoy it but I’m not sure why, it never really had any “staying” power. I would build a city, sometimes up to only 5k population, sometimes 50k and I’ll completely forget about that city and the game for months. I never really got “hooked” into the game, which is usually what happens with others.
It for sure fulfilled my micromanaging needs though. Thanks for reminding me - I know that public transport isn’t as atrocious as it once was with the later DLCs and updates. Maybe the next time I’ll actually able to manage traffic.