The sweeping golden paint line going around the world highlights China, Mali, and even the fucking Aztecs, before entering Sicily and going from gold and smooth to black, chaotic, and destructive while the music switches from epic harmony to discordant noise. Then it goes to in game footage, kingdom of Sweeden covering entirety of Europe is amusing, and then we end on the above statues/figures, not a one of which looks like a European power to me.
I can feel the self-loathing rolling off the trailer, and I despair.
I'm sticking with Stellaris where genocide and atrocity aren't just part of the game but often required reading because the AI is that fucking retarded the only way to survive sometimes is to purge their empire from the game before they spawn a crisis nobody could survive.
They pretty much lost me when they removed warp drives and wormhole tech as starting options. Things that actually sold me on the game when it launched.
Since then it's been nothing but "remove this" and "rework that" to the point I don't even recognise the game anymore. But to really have fun, I'm supposed to buy over $200 in DLC?
EU V Pre-order trailer
The sweeping golden paint line going around the world highlights China, Mali, and even the fucking Aztecs, before entering Sicily and going from gold and smooth to black, chaotic, and destructive while the music switches from epic harmony to discordant noise. Then it goes to in game footage, kingdom of Sweeden covering entirety of Europe is amusing, and then we end on the above statues/figures, not a one of which looks like a European power to me.
I can feel the self-loathing rolling off the trailer, and I despair.
Yeah, I think I'll stick to playing IV.
I'm sticking with Stellaris where genocide and atrocity aren't just part of the game but often required reading because the AI is that fucking retarded the only way to survive sometimes is to purge their empire from the game before they spawn a crisis nobody could survive.
Stellaris keeps fucking with core mechanics. Stop it already!
They pretty much lost me when they removed warp drives and wormhole tech as starting options. Things that actually sold me on the game when it launched.
Since then it's been nothing but "remove this" and "rework that" to the point I don't even recognise the game anymore. But to really have fun, I'm supposed to buy over $200 in DLC?
Yeah, thanks but no thanks.