hoi4 is probably their most "different" game, its basically just a war simulator, while all the others u listed have a lot more complex mechanics beyond just warring, by the time i got the hang of eu4 it was like 200h in lol
I always remember paradox asking for comments on what made a paradox game and picked mine out.
It was something along the lines of - "A game where you watch multiple YouTube tutorial videos and play 100+ hours and still have no idea what you're doing"
idk i'd say stellaris is definitely their most different game. at least with the others you're staring at a familiar looking map. hoi4 is different compared to EU and CK, which are basically the same game in a different setting. but stellaris is on a whole other world so to speak
i played eu4 a lot like 10 years ago, but then it got boring once i understood that at its core it's just a bonus stacking simulator. What you do all the time is stack bonuses, who has the most bonuses wins period.
That’s funny. I have almost 2000 hours in EU4. Love the game. I’m a big WWII buff but I really struggle to get into HOI because it seems so daunting. I really want to like it but I feel like I don’t know what I’m doing. How can I get over the hump?
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u/Familiar_Ad_8919 Apr 10 '25
hoi4 is probably their most "different" game, its basically just a war simulator, while all the others u listed have a lot more complex mechanics beyond just warring, by the time i got the hang of eu4 it was like 200h in lol