conquer the world as sapient polar bears.The first game itself isn't particularly hard, although it requires micromanaging at times, second one requires less micromanaging but has a more 'realistic' max ship size (the size of a star).Overall it's a pretty solid series for any strategy fan to pick up.ĭo you agree with these choices? Do you feel there are other, more deserving strategy titles that we forgot to mention? Do you want to share your gameplay experiences with these games? Post a comment below and let us know! This makes for a pretty big modding community, and that is always nice. And it's also completely moddable, coming with the source code in text file form. It has an incredibly detailed ship-building system.

If you want to kick reason to the curb and do the impossible, this is the game to do it in. I like to call this series 'Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann simulator' - because it is, to my knowledge, the only space-themed 4X where you can build a ship as big as the Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, which is 1 million light years in length. But whenever you do decide to buy, this title will grant thousands of hours of fun.

Both the game and most of the DLCs are overpriced at the moment and (in my opinion) should only be bought with a 50% or more discount on Steam. These expansions even flesh out character interactions, bring the start date backwards in time, and add more realistic illnesses. The base game itself is good, but the DLCs make it a hundred times better - allowing you to experience a plethora of fun events and easter eggs, and also giving you a chance to become a filthy pagan, an incestuous zoroastrian, or a Muslim Jew or Buddhist. This goes on until your dynasty is either toppled and unladed, or fades into obscurity and goes extinct. You will play as your ruler character until he dies, then continue your game as his heir. You must try to carve a dominion for your dynasty within the holy lands - or anywhere else, really, but the Middle East is pretty rich. 'If god didn't want us to conquer the holy land, why did he populate it with infidels?'Īs the title says, you will play a Crusader King, (or duke, or count, maybe emperor if you're lucky) in the base game. That said, I can summarize Crusader Kings 2 with a sentence: It's hard not to be when you love grand strategy games, and they happen to make some of the best around. You may have noticed by now that I am a bit of a Paradox fanboy.

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