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Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 187.1 hrs on record (41.0 hrs at review time)
Posted: 31 Oct, 2022 @ 2:38pm

Paradox games requires a bit of gameplay before reviewing it, so check for higher playtimes for actual reviews.
Let me answer some questions for you;

Are there any issues?
Yes. But not as much as the reviews say.

Is it buggy?
I played couple underdog and couple mid power countries and there wasn't a game breaking issues. But economy does stupid things sometime like from being a steady growth to depression in a day because some pops decided to switch jobs in mass or stop producing everything because you changed a production method for a second and now you are in deficiency so you increase taxes and people now starving so you start to lose even more money and you are now in a debt so you start to pay stupid interest rate but your high taxes can't pay the interest rate so now you are in a loop hole until you go all the way down in the credit AAAANNNDDD start a new game.

Is it boring?
Not if you like economy and the politics. But I'm not satisfied with the diplomacy part tbh. I was expecting some mind games and different type of intrigues behind countries. Like in real life. It requires a bit doing the samething for growing your economy but you are usually distracted with bunch of stuff so it feels like a side chor.

Is it hard?
A bit, so you might require some tutorials. You just need sometime to get used to, so grab a drink, read the tutorials slowly and patiently and play the game. Paradox games tends to be played for thousands of hour so 10 hours of warming up is not big of a deal (for me).

Does it get's fun?
After fixing your economy and start to grow you tend to look for new lands to conquer, unfortunatly I couldn't do what game always promised (everything can be gained by war, can be gained with diplomacy). So you start to agro other countries and things get fun afterwards. But it takes about a 30-40 years in game (3-4 hours irl)

Does it worth it?
If you have played a paradox game before, you would know they always fix and balance the game after some time because they made games with absurdly many variables. It's not a point and shoot game. So it takes time to actually balance the game after getting some feedback. So if you want to play so badly, you can buy it learn it and after updates you can play the game again see the changes and enjoy the game once again. It's meant to be played like this. So I recommend it.
But if you are new to paradox games and have no patience, comeback 6 months later.
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