Board: /vst/
"/vst/ - Video Games/Strategy" is 4chan's imageboard dedicated to the discussion of strategy video games.
/vst/ is a place to discuss all types of strategy video games, including both turn-based and real-time strategy, turn-based and real-time tactics, single-player and multi-player (including MOBAs). All platforms are welcome.
Does this mean discussion of strategy games is banned on other video game boards? No! /vst/ is just a separate board specifically focused on strategy games where discussions about your favorite games can thrive.
Please familiarize yourself with the rules and remember to use the spoiler function where appropriate! Aztec Defense edition
How goes your conquering?
Fantasy mods for historical games welcome. Talk about Stellaris here.
Which expansions are bloat, and which ones are good? When will Psichads get their time to shine?
How much a nigger is the Synthetic Queen? 
https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/developer-diary/tinto-flavour-2-17th-of-january-2025-florence.1726233/
Tinto Flavour #2 - 17th of January 2025 - Florence
Hello, and welcome for the second week to Tinto Flavour, the new series in which we will show the flavour content of the latest super secret Project Caesar!
Today we will be taking a look at Florence! I hope you get visually stunned by what you see, but not a rapid heartbeat, fainting, confusion, or hallucinations, as it happened to Stendhal when he visited the city in 1817. So, let’s start!
The Florentine domain stands strong at the cusp of a new age! Our republic has stood the test of time and is located in a prime position to take advantage of our region's prosperity and affluence. Around us, rivaling states and potential allies all make their moves in a bid to influence and expand their territory in Italy. \n\nHowever, few are as well known for their aptitude in arts and cultural influence as our forums of thought in Florence. Under the guidance of a capable administration and an educated people, the coming century will elevate our people and have us shine brightly as pioneering innovators during a time of great enlightening. Game:
>https://www.gog.com/en/game/xcom_ufo_defense
>https://openxcom.org/downloads-milestones/
Mods:
>https://mod.io/g/openxcom
>https://www.moddb.com/mods/x-piratez/downloads
>https://mod.io/g/openxcom/m/the-x-com-files
Resources:
>https://www.ufopaedia.org/
>https://xpedia.netlify.app/
>https://xcf.trigramreactor.net/master
>https://openxcom.org/forum/index.php
Last thread
>>1912791 
Bringing in the new year with more leaks. What's your /vst/ new years resolution, /tno/? Mine is to try and get into more old RTS titles instead of playing Paradox stuff all year.
https://gofile.io/d/Z2NBUb - Zip full of leaked charts for Bormann, Brazil, Canada, Italy, Denmark, Egypt, France, Japan, Kaukasien, Mexico, Norway, Palestine, Turkey and many more reworks that'll never release!
https://files.catbox.moe/j8tp21.pdf - December roundtable notes. Germany and Brazil never.
https://files.catbox.moe/xlhrjj.pdf - Sweden proposal. Dev lurking in the thread, will respond to every comment about it.
https://files.catbox.moe/ycctp0.png - Sweden flowchart. The OTL-ism is only interrupted by scenes lifted from better games.
https://files.catbox.moe/uq883w.pdf - Brazil-Argentina war design doc.
https://files.catbox.moe/l70qhw.pdf - Burgundian Eulogy: Burgundy 2 was real but got scrapped like everything else.
https://files.catbox.moe/zff5y4.pdf - Serov "facelift" document. The first leg in the now confirmed Komi rework.
https://files.catbox.moe/ymgaur.pdf - Amur rework doc. Over two years in dev hell, still no release date.
https://files.catbox.moe/48jovf.png - Kingdom of Montenegro flowchart.
https://files.catbox.moe/xfzdpv.png - Croatia flowchart #1.
https://files.catbox.moe/n2227q.png - Croatia flowchart #2.
https://files.catbox.moe/8oi80v.png - Old Bulgaria. You were robbed of Bulgaroslavia, anon.
https://files.catbox.moe/2ru4q1.png - Thailand flowchart.
https://files.catbox.moe/iwmxg6.pdf - Manchuria doc #1.
https://files.catbox.moe/cgaqrz.pdf - Manchuria doc #2.
https://files.catbox.moe/y2hc34.pdf - Manchuria doc #3.
https://files.catbox.moe/96kjev.pdf - Manchuria doc #5.
https://gofile.io/d/J1Cd2X - German themes tone doc.
https://files.catbox.moe/3n9lq9.pdf - New Granada walltext.
https://files.catbox.moe/r86sw7.pdf - TNO Colombia 200p ultra walltext. shooting your paragon before it even enters the battlefield. https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/threads/patch-2-0-5-open-beta.1719724/
Imperatorsisters, we're finally back.
New DLC in 2025, I'm betting my fucking left nut on it. >dude demons are coming you must flee to cumlimdor
>we will be safe from the demons there?
>no they will follow you
>then why not make our stand here where we have our castles and armies?
>the green dudes who tried to genocide you last two games will help out
>…
>plus elves
>we already have elves in Lordaeron
>these are feminist elves with a magic tree the best civ4 mod got a new update and there isn't a thread about it
>PAE is entering the big VIIth round. In addition to all the well-known features such as hunting, trade routes, slavery, natural disasters, etc., there are new resources, new units, new buildings, new technologies, a revised GUI and, for the first time in PAE: SDK programming. New game rules and parts from BetterAI, BUG, Unofficial BTS and the K-mod will be included for the first time.
also civ4 thread ig last thread was semi-successful, let's see if there's enough momentum for another
contrarians and poorfags unite!
old >>1866472 Time to talk about a franchise that is slowly dying. Think about it.
> Gulf war era tv aesthetic
> war over new mysterious raw material
> Charismatic Kane
> terrorism/hybryd warfare in practice
> 90s feel, BDU camo, m16a2 with 20 rounds mag dune buggys, hmvs etc
> black gdi commander, female a-10 pilot and reporter to please woke faggots ( ESG cancer)
> But make it mostly white (and arab in African theater) anyway.
> usage of classic miltary equipment mixed with high-tec from game llike stealth tanks, mammoths tanks, flame tanks, nod attack bikes etc.
> morally grey decisions and tactics on both sides
> Soundtrack by Frank Klepacki
>A dynamically changing view at battles shown from a satellite perspective, AC-130 gunship camera, bird's eye view and TV war reporter's camera
It could be kino https://www.anno-union.com/devblog-cultural-crossroads-in-the-provinces/
>decide whether your people become TRVE ROMAN CITIZENS or remain Eternal Anglos. Any ideas you'd like to see in the mod? Could BAR be the game that make RTS cool again? I think this is the right path.
>focused on macro but only two resources
>diverse factions
>can be enjoyed both as a sweaty competitive 1v1 mode or more casual 8v8 chaotic artillery porn
>even fun to watch
>probably the RTS with more qualities of life
>a lot of units and different strategies
>terrain matters a lot
>good optimized engine that can run on a potato
Probably the only "flaw" is the unities designs and their plastic toy look, but who cares if the games is good to play? The game has also enough content as a single player only game with a bunch of scenarios, they should just slap a basic bitch campaign with a loose plot that stitch them together to appease the whiny "no story mode no buy" SPcels (that want muh epic campaign/lore so bad) and put it on Steam and it could be a success Manly tears, the game. If you don't cry while your people are enduring the last stretch, well ... you have no soul. Here is how i'd balance out Aztecs, Mayans and Inca.
Slingers become a regional unit
>This means Aztec and Mayan Slingers would be inferior to Incan since Inca get Unique techs for Slingers.
Xolotl Warrior would become a regional unit.
>Theses units would be a trash knight line with comparable stats to the knight intially and would quickly peak in castle age taking upgrades for infantry but not the cavalry itself. Carrier Update is up.
>WTF is this?
https://store.steampowered.com/app/887570/NEBULOUS_Fleet_Command/
>Official Wiki
https://hoodedhorse.com/wiki/NEBULOUS_Fleet_Command/NEBULOUS:_Fleet_Command_Official_Wiki
>Arguably better unofficial wiki
http://nebfltcom.wikidot.com/
TQ: So what new builds are you trying? Start with a simple question: What is your favorite country to play and why? Dangers & Dormitories update v1.26.16
>33 new Danger event variations added, including 19 new vidcom graphics to illustrate them
>Social Housing and Worker Appartment Asset Types added, allowing you to convince Population and Worker to stay in a specific Zone
>The slightly weakCommerce Profile at 50+ now gets an extra Stratagem "Improvised IP"
>Detailed mouse overs added to the election reports to show why the election votes went a certain way Been playing call to power 2 on a regular basis lately, the old isolinear maps and lack of leader faces made them so much serious and cooler this thread is dead on arrival
I just wanted to make a collection of anime themed RTS games because many anons claim that there is no such thing
>Star Maidens Chronicle
>Lost Technology
>LotusCraft - SecondSeason
>Touhou Boushuen ~ Age of Ethanols
>Terra Centauri
>(upcoming) The Touhou Empires
>(upcoming) Some anon making an RTS with schoolgirls
There are of course also mods like
>cymod (Red Alert 3)
>Anime DefenseX (WC3)
>Gundam OneYearWarA11 (Rusted Warfare)
>Girls und Panzer: Strategy Mod (Rusted Warfare)
>Gundam UC 0079-0083 Mod (HW2 Remastered)
>Annex: Conquer the World (MegaGlest)
>Command Assault (MegaGlest)
>XenoForce Mod (C&C Zero Hour)
>Xenoforce Reborn Mod (C&C 3)
>Mobile Suit Gundam: Stellaris (Stellaris)
notable mentions
>Grim Grimoire (weeb game with RTS elements)
>Battle Realms (asian theme
>Metal Fatique (mechs)
>Red Alert 3 (japanese faction) Why does 4 feel so shitty to play? It kinda started with Planetfall, but this game just feels both wrong visually and strategically. Lets ignore the civ switching thing they stole from Humankind.
What actually is there in Civ7?
There seemed to be no workers, cities still spread out but for each building?
combat is continuous?
Didn't seem like a lot of inputs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sstJoaWktpQ&ab_channel=fireflyworlds Time flies, say something nice about it. 
Accomplished striker edition
Previous: >>1905493
Avaliable for free at https://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/
or as a paid premium version on Steam or Itch.io
>What is the difference?
Both are the same game on the same version (50.15). The free version uses ASCII as a tileset (but you can mod other usermade tilesets and graphic packs)
With the premium version you pay for a premium tileset + premium OST + access to beta branches and steam integration (if on steam).
>What is the status on Adventure Mode?
SOON™
Adventure mode is currently in open beta in a near finished state that is officialy avaliable only through steam.
Dwarf Fortress has an extensive wiki which can help you with your question about DF as well as providing info about modding and 3rd party tools:
https://dwarffortresswiki.org/Main_Page
https://dwarffortresswiki.org/Utilities
Utilities you should know about
DFHack: https://dwarffortresswiki.org/Utility:DFHack
Dwarf Therapist: https://dwarffortresswiki.org/Utility:Dwarf_therapist
Legends Viewer: https://dwarffortresswiki.org/Utility:Legends_viewer
>Tutorials :
Quickstart Fortress Mode: https://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Quickstart_guide
Quickstart Adventure Mode: https://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Adventure_mode_quick_start
Other tutorials: https://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Tutorials
>A bunch of guides to various parts of fort-based living:
http://imgur.com/a/nGyRF
Strike the earth! >"Oh, aye, it were me cousin—aye, me cousin, not me, I swear it! He seen a feller, bold as a badger in a henhouse, swipin’ up a piece o’ armor so grand it gleamed brighter than moonlight on a frost-kissed night! And wouldn’t ya know it, off he scarpered leggin’ it straight for the mountains yonder, to the northeast, sure as me ale is warm!"
>go there and fight camp
>legendary equipment is a light 130 defense "famed" armor How fares your empire, /ck3g/?
West Slavic Attire pack is out.
https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/threads/west-slavic-attire-content-creator-pack-now-available.1718037/
Previous thread >>1888908
Question of the thread: What do you think of CK3's religion system? How do you think it could be improved? I saw this video on the topic and I thought there were some good ideas.
https://youtu.be/9gks8eBHe2M?si=1fR5Jb0a-rn0v0md >decide to let mercs die this playthrough since I always just reload when someone dies
>after 2 deaths I can no longer hire anyone else forever because "bad commander"
Whats even the point of having this many mercs then? I always thought the point of the game if you played ironman was to try and beat it before you ran out of mercs, but it seems you are allowed 2 deaths before you are fucked Command & Conquer status?? How the hell do i install pirsted DLCs on Steam verion of Strllaris
Also what do you think about newest update in may? Its called Phoenix Could anybody provide me with a link to Universal Conquest? I cannot find that damn game anywhere on the internet since it's been taken down. What's your preferred faction design philosophy in strategy games?
>a few different factions (Starcraft, CnC)
>many mostly similar factions with some unique features (Age of Empires, Cossacks) game's cancelled for the year So we can all agree that this is the best Civ game, and maybe even best 4x game of all time right? 
Mein Bruders, it is with great sorrow and regret that I must inform you that our preemptive conquest of self-defense against our nemesis empire, despite stunning initial success, has stalled out, turned into a meat grinder, and completely turned against us. Our generals failed in their initial objective of surrounding and starving the enemy capitol. Once the pincer assault failed, the main eastern front sustained terrible losses, at least 5000 casualties per turn, before the battered survivors were forced to retreat and entrench in the ruins surrounding our isthmus capitol. The northern front, guarded by sparse militia and reserves... completed shattered. The decision to commit to withdrawal enabled us to hold out for another year of fighting, with the hope that our expanded production would allow us to produce more light armor and eventually turn the tables. This did not turn out to be the case, however, as the loss of our resources stalled our economy and the approaching enemy threw our populous into panic. In this short war of four years, resulting in our nation's total annihilation, we sustained 38k military casualties... some 35% of our nation's entire population, while our capitol city of 101k suffered at least 50% civilian dead and wounded once it capitulated. The true numbers are unknown and lost in the rubble... After the fall of our capitol, only 4.2k survivors remained in pockets isolated in the ruins to the west and north. Despite starvation and lack of ammunition, they were able to launch one successful counterattack to regroup in the west. A final, desperate bid to retake our capitol ultimately failed, and our last armed remnants were overrun and crushed without mercy. TO BE CONTINUED... Whats the verdict on this game? I can just feel how this is ai generated is this shit good? I just realized I've had field of glory 2 sitting in my library but never touched it. It looks interesting, why does nobody ever discuss the series? ITT: strategy games that you and only you have ever played Currently trying to wrap my head around Fall of the Republic. I remember playing Corey's mods almost a decade ago and they were nowhere near as robust as this. There's a fuckton of new mechanics to the point I feel like I'm relearning the game entirely. Trying to play as CIS but I'm getting my ass kicked.
I'm kinda thinking about going back to the original Republic at War just for the classic gameplay of steamrolling everything with a deathstack until you encounter the enemy deathstack.
What are some underrated mods for this game? Also, EaW thread I guess. So we got the probably final roster for Civ 7. What are you takes on this. In this thread we discuss Menace's devblogs until it releases.
>Part 4: Weapons
https://steamcommunity.com/games/2432860/announcements/detail/535464414104519508 what are our chances of seeing a sequel? do CA still have the capabilities after Pharaoh? it's no secret that Total War has been circling the drain for some time now, even with the success of Warhammer draw your dream units for RTS games with ms paint or something similar
fantasy, historical, sci-fi, whatever
NO GRABBLERS ALLOWED
VIOLATORS WILL BE PUT IN CAMPS Am I asking for something impossible, /vst/?
I'm looking for a RTS that:
1.- Is based on WW2 or "modern" factions/units (90's or current day);
2.- Isn't Grand Strategy (yeah, I know about the Hearts of Iron series) or Squad based (I also know about the Company of Heroes games);
3.- It's fun to pick up and play, but it also has some depth (like C&C or AoE series).
The closest ones I know are Atari's Axis and Allies from 2006 and (ugh) C&C Generals from 2003), and both are on the sucky side of the RTS genre.
Anyone knows of a hidden gem with the characteristics I seek, or, like the proposed Age of Empires IV pictured, WW2 and current events are too controvertial to be adapted into a good RTS? Because the Remake sucks, I implore anyone curious to check out the original ROTK8 for the PS2 instead. Syrian Warfare - Front Edge Thread
Discuss them, talk about them, write your opinions on them >be me
>choose X faction
>open diplomacy panel
>leaders make references to Classical Gods
>'Willingly accept your offer Jupiter be praised let him bless your wise words and our agreement today' - Catholic king of England
>armies are named in honor to the Gods
>Pope's personal army: Sons of Jupiter
I feel like Kenneth Branagh's Henry V, Graeco-Roman-Christianity is an underrated niche.
If the dev of the mod is reading this, DON'T "FIX" IT. Is it worth it? Tell me your stories with it! How is the Space Age expansion treating you?
Have you started to explore rarity yet?
What's the most spaghetti part of your base? what are your thoughts on the new dlc? also aow 4 thread Favorite tower defence games? An awful thread for devs and no-devs to post their awful ideas for strategy games that will never see light of the day, etc. Time to talk about an obscured gem from the 90's. What does /vst/ thinks about colony sim games? Why the fuck is it that every time I click on the "Strategy" tag on Steam it's always
>Roguelike deckbuilder
>CRPG
>Porn game
>MOBA
>CRPG
>Roguelike deckbuilder
>Worse remake of a classic RTS
>Roguelike deckbuilder
>Roguelike deckbuilder
>An actual strategy game (either complete garbage or the same thing you've seen about a thousand times so far)
I like roguelikes and CRPGs, don't get me wrong. But I expect that when I click "Strategy" the listed games are strategy games, not games with a mild requirement for strategic thinking because that's 99% of all videogames. It's either that or some tactical shooter (CSGO isn't a fucking strategy game, what the fuck is it doing in the "Strategy" tag). It doesn't have to be some big war game or historic RTS, I just want an actual strategy game where the main factor determining success is your goddamn strategy.
I just want the early 2000s golden age of strategy games to come back. >open changelog
>russia nerfed
kill yourself Arwa - edition
previous thread: >>1883859
>M&B Wiki
https://antifandom.com/mountandblade/wiki/Mount_&_Blade_Wiki
> BANNERLORD
>Pastebin
https://pastebin.com/tAvcAbpT
>Custom Banner Maker
https://bannerlord.party/banner/
>Banner Code Sharing
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1MEM-0Fz0yetJ8cZgLrPpHuDU6dO33bhsFiHsiWwiCDM
>Asset Extractor
https://github.com/szszss/TpacTool
>Create Custom Companions
https://butterlord.com/wanderers
> WARBAND
>Warband Pastebin
https://rentry.org/x7u7t
>Noob Guide (READ This) https://imgur.com/a/FMAqV
>Anon's Mods and Upstab Guide: https://pastebin.com/agwZu9Df Any of you fuckers playing these niche titles? Just got out of a fun PBEM game. Pic related. We won't have any similar simulationist RTT or turn-based WEGO games centered around the tactical scale of modern warfare until Armored Brigade 2 comes out. Multiplayer Campaign beta for Total War: Empire.
What?
How and why now? Can we finally admit that Skylines 2 is now better than 1? We should bully paradox to release source code Every RTS game with three playable factions can roughly be stuffed into these categories.
Prove me wrong Thoughts on this month $10 Humble bundle? With Götterdämmerung out of the way and Graveyard of Empires being around the corner, what are your thoughts? And what do you think will be the next area of focus after Graveyard of Empires? Is this piece of shit ever going to fix infantry AI?
>tell squad to throw AT grenade at tank that is within throwing range
>one guy pulls out AT grenade
>runs all the way to the end of the trench to exit it
>runs along the entire trench again to reach the tank
>tank moves a tiny bit when he's close
>stops in the open, standing straight
>slowly rotates towards the tank that's moving backwards at a snail's pace
>thro- gets shot and dies
>select squad and tell them to attack a trench
>they all run in one big blob or line at it
>when an enemy is encountered they stop in the open field and start shooting from standing position
>even the MG gunner is hip firing his MG
>none of them use grenades to attack the trench unless manually told to do so
>don't even think about autopopping smokes when under fire with no cover
>they all get mowed down
Seriously, infantry combat is a pain the the ass. Spellforce 3 reforged.
Did this game just died as soon as it came out? The mp is almost non existent but campaigns seem cool. How did Slay the Spire achieve such perfection? There's no way the sequel can possibly live up to this legacy.
And yes this is a strategy game Are they gonna kill him off?
I’m hoping they don’t since they could do a lot with the character Why would you ever not join ATO or CSP? There's literally no downside as long as your country isn't a mess Dawn of War 3 was a disaster, AoE4 was a flop same with its most recent title of Company of Heroes 3 being failure. Almost a decade of failure the thread
in the latest news
> PA
is adding a new industry focus system to accommodate localized economy alongside updating macro builder
> KE
is getting closer to the original game, stable mp and various modding extensions
> OV
is still implementing mechanics the og Victoria 2 way Which RTS has the BEST unit chatter of all time?
Blizzard is renowned its 4th-wall breaking "comedy" lines in WC/SC
Relic has a combination of both gritty chatter and the occasional comedy in DoW/CoH
Homeworld has realistic ambient radio chatter
AoE2 has standard lines, but is native to each of 45 civilizations
AoE4 has the language advance to suit the period
Personally, I think Homeworld games have the best chatter because of the immersion It's been 30 years. Anyone still play the original Colonization? Now that all talented people have left and theres no hope for improvement, what was their best game?
ps. No, its not vic2, it barely counts as a video game Got it for cheap and waiting for my break day to play it. Can you guys give me a quick rundown? SC2 is LITERALLY dead
BW is better than ever, flash is back
starcraft ghost soon Playing the regular campaing as the Initiative. Around which year should I start building the outpost on the moon? Also Terra Invicta thread dang, I somehow never reached the town limit in my games before.
Didn't know 99 was the max.
How's Master of Magic (2022)?
How's Caster of Magic for Windows?
Had very little interest in the CoM mod, but the standalone has more wizards available and presumably less issues like town limits.
Shame the developer misunderstands the magic realms and makes the spell distribution less interesting.
Last I checked MoM 2022 couldn't replicate the MoM from the 90s and it was a buggy mess, but never tried it. why it didn't got more popular? it's amazing I think I'm in love. Any others like it? Talk about new mods, mods you're hyped for, etc.
CTS: campaigntrailshowcase.com/campaign-trail/index.html
NCT: newcampaigntrail.com/campaign-trail/index.html Who here has played AoE Online? I've been playing on the private server for a while trying to level up the Greek Civ. Old thread hit bump limit. >>1756158
What are some fun advanced infantry nations that aren't BOS or Enclave? 
Greetings, /vst/
I have just won what might be one of, if not the most autistic battle I have had in any video game, strategy or otherwise. Let me share with you my wartale:
Enter Mission 24 of Total Annihilation: Kingdoms. You're tasked with eliminating the enemy to the last unit as part of the Zhon tribe, rather simple and by the numbers. The gimmick here, if you want to call it that, is that the enemy has a lot more units than you do, your faction doesn't have buildings and has to make every single new unit via beast lords on the move, and if you alert the enemy, they will rape your asshole until you die.
How do you deal with such a disadvantage? Well, once I capture the the lodestones to get a good amount of mana(the only resource in this game), the enemy is already on my ass. I have been spotted and we're not halfway thru to their base. My area of the map, at the bottom, is the forest. There is the sea, which the enemy rules with an iron fist, a long beach and a cliff where the enemy's bases are. Behind the cliff is where their sea bases are, where they can make more units even in the water. To say I would be screwed in a straight up battle is an understatement, while Zhon forces can make units quickly, their basic melee ground units suck compared to every other faction, and my sea units aren't doing much better. I would have to get creative in order to accomplish much of anything here.
Well, not all hope is lost: A few missions ago, Zhon was introduced to one of the few buildings the faction has: Death Totem, a powerful tower that shoots lightning bolts at the enemy. Quickly thinking on how I can counter the invading and soon to be invading Verunian forces, I set up a whole bunch of totems near my lodestones, while I wait for reinforcements from my main camp. Once the invaders are repelled, I make a whole bunch of totems in the area that separates the forest and the beach, a border gate of sorts. You can see where I am going with this, don't you?
(cont) >asking a friend does he play TDX
>no lol, it sucks. (military setting is """unfitting for Roblox"""; xhe would rather play the cartoonish one made for children instead)
>last time played TDX - 2023, upon its beta release. What's the consensus on the game? It's been out a bit now and is only $10 on Steam at the moment. I loved Civ IV. Never got into Crusader Kings though and I hear the game is partly Civ + Crusader Kings New roadmap has dropped, what do we think?
>no major DLC in 2025
>two separate ships released as mini-DLC in 2025 to keep Egosoft afloat/afford lamborghini maintenance
>apparently a graphics update
>some shit nobody cares about like new copypasted sectors to obliterate your CPU
>addition of diplomacy between the player and NPC factions when there's still no financial incentive to holding your own territory
Looks like they want to keep going into the Timelines direction exploration gameplay instead of the strategy/economics that many of the players are interested in. What are your thoughts? Time to talk about the most popular and unfair franchise about defending Earth from Aliens. November 24th
For me, it looks like Cold Waters 2. Graphics aren't even much better, but the gameplay is expanded to surface ships and aviation.
https://youtu.be/38omwdVtl4g Definitely nice people, it's getting better boys
>INB$ FUCK JOHN RELIC Been playing this game a lot recently and it hits the spot like nothing else.
> play as the Gizureans (insectoid aliens that fuck like crazy)
> set the tax rate to 3%
> watch the population explode
> mfw 30 billion bugz
> go ballz deep into research
> raise tax rate to 20%
> 100k cashflow
> construct huge motherships with hundreds of fighters and bombers and nukes
> find the nearest civilisation
> nuke the poop out of their colonies
> gain "diabolical" reputation
> everyone declares war on me
> state of eternal war and suffering
> killed like 100 billion lifeforms
11/10 would stick my dick in Gizurean butt
Only downside is that there aren't that many mods for this game and the ones that exist don't change the game that much. DOW is so kino I love playing Unification
Recommend your favorite RTS Games surrounding base building below
I like Rusted Warfare, DOW, and the SupCom series.
Anyone else love the RTS genre even though they suck/ are too dumb to properly play? I just like turtling and then sending a wave of strong units lol. I usually just play campaigns.
Hope they remaster DOW or something I didnt like DOW2 because no base building and DOW3 doesn't look great and i havent heard great things either. What do you think?
Feel free to mention other genre of RTS as well.
Preferably not grand strategy FOCUSED
>900 second captcha every time i want to post
COAL So now that this has mod support, is it worth the download? Games explicibly designed to make player feel as if someone pissed in their coffee in the morning. What happened with the latest Protectors update? Is it so bad that the thread had to die here as well? Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts's final update releases soon
>Cold waters 2 floating cold in the water
>3D naval sims have cowtowed to their 2D superiors
RtW chads won, excel spreadsheets are the superior means of naval sim gameplay
On the other hand, will he dev a new darthmod and save CA? Is Civ 5 or Civ 6 the better game and why? Bonus points if you can do it without mentioning the art style or other superficial nonsense like that. how are you doing my lords and ladies Since a new game is out of the question, what do you think of AWBW? Just started playing this because I got a Steam Deck. I thought it might have been a remake of a PS2 game because it has that feeling to it, but turns out it released in 2020. It's awesome so far and reminds me of the PS2 era ROTK games with a bit of Fire Emblem and Pokemon in there. The art is great as well. Did it get much of a following when it released or did it just fly under the radar? 1.0 - Multiplayer Co-op dropping in a few hours, gang. /vst/ HAD FALLEN INTO SHADOW
THE EARTH GREW COLD, AND THE WINDS WHISPERED OF Total War: Attila Thread.
https://youtu.be/kpd_BH5W-sk?t=285
AND I BEHELD A BLACK HORSE. AND HE THAT SAT ON HIM HAD A PAIR OF SCALES IN HIS HANDS. ATTILA WAS BORN. ALL KNELT BEFORE HIM. FOR THEY KNEW HE'D DEVOUR THE EARTH AND SET ON FIRE THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE MOUNTAINS.
ATTILA THREAD WAS BORN FROM DARKNESS AND DESPAIR. https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/developer-diary/tinto-talks-45-8th-of-january-2025.1725373/
Welcome to another Tinto Talks! Happy Wednesday where we talk about our super-secret game with the codename Project Caesar, asking you for feedback!
Today we’ll go into the details of how terrain works in the game. To iterate from the Map-Tinto-Talks from almost a year ago, each location has three different attributes instead of a single one as previous games had. This creates more variation and allows us more granular control over game play.
Each location has a climate, a topography and a vegetation set. Sea locations do not have vegetation though. Post games set during the 18th-19th century, preferably featuring goyim in cool European uniforms in formations. Official Fuck John Relic Coh 3 Thread. In most games when India is represented it is used for Mughals but Mughals are not Indian.
In Civilization the Indian Civilization builds Mughal fort but Mughals are not Indian.
While Age Of Empires 2 corrected their Indian to represent true India in Age Of Empires 4 India is the Delhi Sultanate which is not Indian is Iranian.
Why is Indian history erased when there are many much more powerful and impressive Indian empire? holy shit an absolute bonkers HotA update dropped for new years just a few hours ago
>First Aid fixed, possibly OP
>Learning fixed
>significant boost to Artillery, Ballistics, Sorcery, Mysticism and Luck
>host of buffs to hero spell/creature specialties
>even Pathfinding and Eagle Eye got some love
>an entire new campaign
>new scenarios
>shitload of other QoL, bugfixes and upgrades in general
2025 is starting to look mighty fine fellow hommos >Itching to play an old school rts because I remembered that I used to religiously play rts flash games when I was younger
>Decide to play stronghold (the first one)
>Not too much into the combat and overall military aspect apart from training archers because it's fun to see them in a large group
>Find out that bread is pretty much the best food to grow
>Make a save where I primarily make bread
>"The people worship you sire!"
I just love watching numbers go up, I have so much bread and I'm living the life (I could have more bread though). But I wonder if my retardation would fit right at home for a game like factorio or other games similar to it.
(Picture attached is my bread paradise) Why did people hate heroes IV when it originally came out? Was it because it's ugly and it's not heroes III? any games where you make money to invest so you can make money better? I started playing this yesterday and it fucking SLAPS Will apparently come out during Q2. Trailers make it very reminiscent of HOMM3 but in 3D and with two upgrade paths for each unit. https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/obituary-alan-emrich-game-designer-and-writer-has-died
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Discussion regarding 4nig combat and how it can be improved. I brought up how darkest dungeon had the most interesting 4nig combat that felt actually strategic. Sure this game (but definitely its sequel) is roguelite, but the combat portion itself was actually interesting. Was one of the reason I got hooked into the game since I never cared for standard RPG's but do love tactical strategy games. Was curious on other anon's take on this combat structure or others that can be an overall improvement.
Also for that one anon that said he couldn't find combat breakdown on the DD Fandom site, it's in the "Getting Started" section: https://darkestdungeon.fandom.com/wiki/Getting_Started Spore has people working on it again and an official Discord server. Something MIGHT be happening, but 95% chance nothing will ever happen. Anyway, Spore thread. Planning to play this. Can you guys tell me what to expect who made this image? They deserve to be shot No love for Space Haven?
Great ship-building galaxy strategy game with crew management elements.
alien infections, augmentations, research, space battles, resource management. Anyone else play? Time to talk about the most overrated and ambitious Fire Emblem mod. I was interested in a submarine sim and came across Silent Hunter 3 but was unable to run it. Then I found this, and I'm not sure what to think of it. Some of the models, especially the characters look odd, the ui looks a little cartoonish, which seem like red flags. But it has good reviews, so I'm really not sure. Can you help me out fellas? I played Raid for a long time and loved the strategy, but Watcher of Realms feels even more tactical and deep. A rare gem for fantasy tower defense fans! How was it so bad when Ultimate General: Civil War was so fucking good? Is there actually strategy in this game? I just build everything on every system, colonize every planet, research everything and make the same ships with every faction and it pretty much always works out unless I get a shitty spawn with cravers and pirates on my ass by turn 5 >historic total war is bett..ack
Nope fantasy and magic is better Have you challenged yourself to play as one are state for the whole game
I just finished my favourite run of a long time, using Muisca and playing tall + defensive. How do i get gud at this?
I always get overwhelmed by 20v20 battles and end up doing worse than auto resolve. I don’t care if the mechanics aren’t as good as the first game. The laws allow me to make my Christo-Fascist utopia I hate this game, but there's nothing better in the genre. How frustrating. How good is the editor in Retold?
How is the modding scene?
I have a few ideas, but I want more info on what I'd be getting into >the empire and democracy routes in the Russia rework are literally the same
>India rework is abandoned, forever
>China keeps pushing its bullshit
>never ever rework of the syndicalists
>never ever rework of Austria
why do we play this again? Now this just seems silly.
Also, post stuff about HOI4 mods.
Previous thread: >>1891716 Should "civilizations" all be perfectly balanced, with constant updates and tweaking
Or should some just be easier and stronger, and others harder and weaker? If you want to play easy mode you choose the weaker, if you want a challenge choose the stronger. >CHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGEEEEEEE!!!!1111111
>ʷ-ʷᵉ ᵐᵘˢᵗ ʷᶦᵗʰᵈʳᵃʷ...ᵇ-ᵇᵃᵏᵃ...ᶦᵗ'ˢ nᵒᵗ ˡᶦᵏᵉ ᴵ ʷᵃnᵗᵉᵈ ᵗʰᶦˢ ᵖʳᵒᵛᶦnᶜᵉ ᵃnʸʷᵃʸ... are they even trying at this point? >Sorting porn
>Randomly play a civ youtuber as background audio
>Now I want to play civ
>But I should stay productive
>Continue sorting porn
>I want to play civ 
If you see a gibberish post, it was made by raiders, ignore it.
No, Vic 3 is not good yet. In fact it never will be. Neither will EU5.
How fares your empire /gsg/?
This week in history:
Jan 5th, 1675 – Battle of Colmar: The French army defeats forces from Austria and Brandenburg.
Jan 6th, 1492 – The Catholic Monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella enter Granada at the conclusion of the Granada War.
Jan 7th, 1558 – French troops, led by Francis, Duke of Guise, take Calais, the last continental possession of England.
Jan 8th, 1815 – War of 1812: Battle of New Orleans: Andrew Jackson leads American forces in victory over the British.
Jan 9th, 1349 – The Jewish population of Basel, believed by the residents to be the cause of the ongoing Black Death, is rounded up and incinerated.
Jan 10th, 49 BC – Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signalling the start of civil war.
Jan 11th, 1942: The first transport of Jewish prisoners from the Łódź Ghetto arrived at the Chełmno extermination camp in Nazi-occupied Poland, marking the beginning of mass deportations to death camps.
Jan 12th, 1991 – Persian Gulf War: An act of the U.S. Congress authorizes the use of American military force to drive Iraq out of Kuwait.
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