Serious Free games thread

[the last man]

oh it's one of "those" games

it's not one of "those" games

it is

"THE" game

 

[Inaudible™]

it's not one of "those" games

it is

"THE" game

Holy fuck

 

[Mic15000]

getting eu4 basegame free is a bit like getting a 'free sandwich' that turns out to be a single slice of bread

That's when you go home and... ask a friend to "Give you some condiments" if you know what I mean wink wink nudge nudge

 

[Inaudible™]

That's when you go home and... ask a friend to "Give you some condiments" if you know what I mean wink wink nudge nudge

gay sex

 

[aperson]

whats eu4 like compared to hoi4/ck2?

 

[Ond]

That's when you go home, and illegally download all DLC for the game to not give Paradox a singular fucking dime for their predatory DLC policies

 

[the last man]

whats eu4 like compared to hoi4/ck2?

eu4 is a numbers based renaissance conquest/colonization simulator

more numbers up == gooder

in terms of depth and learning curve it's a lot harsher than both hoi4 and ck2 but the core gameplay is a lot more of a rewarding experience than hoi4/ck2 if you enjoy the map painting aspects of both of those games

if you solely enjoy ck2 because it's a roleplay game then you probably wont enjoy eu4

 

[Rabid]

Does a game really need that many DLC's lmao

 

[Ond]

Does a game really need that many DLC's lmao

Yes

The game is literally missing at least 60% critical content without it

 

[Rabid]

Yes

The game is literally missing at least 60% critical content without it

Bruh

Yeah I see what you mean about predatory DLC practices

 

[Nov]

Bruh

Yeah I see what you mean about predatory DLC practices

a paradox classic

 

[Rabid]

a paradox classic

 

[avralwobniar]

I always thought it was very well know that paradox was horrible with that
it's not really an uncommon thing, simulator games have been doing it for decades and most of their community considers it perfectly acceptable. im pretty sure train simulator was the sole reason why steam made 'dlc pages' and took off the option to add all DLC to cart from store pages.

I won't ever be dropping money into games like that, had I even enjoyed them in the first place. I do think it's really funny that the EU4 starter pack is on sale on steam and still costs $90

 

[Rabid]

I always thought it was very well know that paradox was horrible with that
it's not really an uncommon thing, simulator games have been doing it for decades and most of their community considers it perfectly acceptable. im pretty sure train simulator was the sole reason why steam made 'dlc pages' and took off the option to add all DLC to cart from store pages.

I won't ever be dropping money into games like that, had I even enjoyed them in the first place. I do think it's really funny that the EU4 starter pack is on sale on steam and still costs $90

bro is that real

 

[MaXenzie]

That's when you go home, and illegally download all DLC for the game to not give Paradox a singular fucking dime for their predatory DLC policies

bless paradox for being the only company i know where you can pirate their fucking DLC consistently

 

[avralwobniar]

bro is that real

https://store.steampowered.com/dlc/24010/Train_Simulator_2021/

 

[swagile]

yeah i wanted to get into stellaris

then i saw that to have fun you needed to have a billion DLC

then my computer toasted out trying to run it due to a bad graphics card

so that made my decision for me

 

[MaXenzie]

yeah i wanted to get into stellaris

then i saw that to have fun you needed to have a billion DLC

then my computer toasted out trying to run it due to a bad graphics card

so that made my decision for me

DM me if you want the DLC, i'll gift them to you via steam

 

[Mic15000]

DM me if you want the DLC, i'll gift them to you via steam

 

[swagile]

DM me if you want the DLC, i'll gift them to you via steam

nah like i said my graphics card is JUST at the cut off point for the game and i don't really want to buy a new one

thank you for the offer kind gentleman, i wish you a merry christmas