Having played nearly every Civilization (I only skipped V), I start to get a bit tired of the formula. I had high hopes for Civilization: Beyond Earth, with its non-linear tech-web, but it turned out you couldn't really research into drastically different directions. You had to pick all the techs at the center first, at which point the game was practically over.

The main game by now is really held back by the 4000 years of history it has to adhere to. It doesn't allow for a lot of change. Maybe if it would start in the present and extend into the far future, that would be fresh. Civilization: Call to Power (which wasn't even part of the franchise) at least expanded the late-game into the future with features like orbital cities, etc., and I think that could be taken much further. Pair it with diverging tech routes for a bit more asymmetry between the nations and you'd have one happy customer :-).

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Good I've been boycotting Ubisoft (and EA) for the past 15 years or so.

Though, I would have been really, really hard pressed to keep it up, had Ubisoft released the new Settlers as originally announced. Luckily, they botched that, too!

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I'd have expected CHF to actually get a price decrease, given the recent change in valuation compared to EUR. But hey, help yourself, I guess!?

That said, for a game like CK3, with which I've spent ~250h so far (and it's only so "little" because I want to play some other games, too), I still feel a slight increase might be reasonable. I've bought indie games for 10,- that have a much worse playtime/cost ratio. I didn't find them overpriced.

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Quoting: EikeDo you already have an idea for which age this might be suitable?

The story is definitely suitable for the young ones, but some of the puzzles will probably require the aid of an adult or older sibling.

There's also some dialogue that's clearly directed at grown ups, but I guess kids will just shrug that off or find it funny regardless of whether they get the actual joke. So there's probably a bit in there for every age.

If I have one complaint, it's that the free building mode that unlocks once a puzzle is solved still only has a very limited amount of bricks to chose from. You'll unlock loads of decorative items over the course of the game, but no really useful building blocks. So creativity is rather limited.

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Quoting: PendragonChained Echoes just came out though, so that's currently higher on the playlist

Yeah. I wanted not to buy that, as I still need to complete Eastward and Rise of the Third Power. But it looks amazing and has a native Linux version, so I could not resist. And I'm not even a JRPG fan! (at least that's what I keep telling myself)

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Switzerland?

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The still image above reminds me of Geoff Crammond's Formula One Grand Prix, so a bit sad that it's more of an arcade racer. With F1 2017 basically broken on systems with newer glibc, I'm somewhat deprived of my simcade fix. art of rally was fun for a bit, but I really favor driving in circles on shorter circuits, preferably from a first person perspective.

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Of all the DLC released so far, this is the one that I'm actually happy to get. Though not at any cost. I would not be surprised if this goes for 6.99, now that the price for the much "bigger" Flavor Packs has increased. Hopefully I'm proven wrong.

The reason I'd love to have this is that I usually gravitate towards rulers highly skilled in Diplomacy. There's so much benefits from having friends (they are unable to join hostile factions, they prevent accumulation of stress, etc.) that playing as anything but a great diplomat almost feels like a chore. So events surrounding friends (and a bit less so, rivals) is something that'd bring more variety to my campaigns, while I'm not feeling inclined to start in Scandinavia or Spain. As for Royal Court, I don't quite feel like decorating my abode, and the events that unfold in the court are a bit lackluster and repetitive, IMO.

Though whether or not I'll get the new DLC at full price or later at a discount, I am looking forward to the 1.7 patch. It looks like they fixed and improved quite a few systems to make for a bit more interesting (late) game.

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Nice. Though I am a bit torn on whether I should get it or not. Given how much fun I'm having with CK3, something that's same but different certainly has my interest. I just fear that together it could be too much fun.

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At least from playing the demo a while back, I decided that this might not be my thing after all. I love books, I love reading, but with Roadwarden I found the writing overly verbose.

Maybe there's just a lot of exposition at the beginning and things will get better, or maybe it's a game more comfortably played on a tablet while sitting on the couch ... at any rate, what I've experienced so far made me wish it was a lot more concise and to the point.

Remember, things are often at their best, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to cut :-).

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