PSA: Don't buy EU5 or any Paradox title (hexbear.net)

submitted 3 months ago by trompete@hexbear.net to c/games@hexbear.net

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I probably spent somewhere between 100-200€ on EU4 back in the day over a couple of years. Still missing half the DLC. Still can't play any African nation without all my troops and advisors looking like Prussians. Still don't have access to some of the special mission trees and mechanics needed to do an interesting playthrough of many nations.

They apparently want another 212€ for me to get the full game, or pay a subscription of 8€/month.

Fuck them please pirate their games or don't play them at all.

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[-] alexei_1917@hexbear.net 2 points 3 months ago

True, true. I love pirating Sims 4 because there's a super handy "Updater" tool that just handles the updates and DLC piracy automatically. Although the updates thing is probably a lot easier with a game where the devs give away the base game for free because they make all their money on DLC.

I got excited for CK3 All Under Heaven (what communist wouldn't be excited to play as China or Korea in a political game, even one set over a thousand years before the historical socialist revolutions), and then remembered how much fucking work it was to get the latest CK3 version downloaded and up and running last time I wanted to play it. Ugh.

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