Anyone tried the new Knights of Honor?
Played the first one to death and liked its influence on EU3 and 4. But is the new game worth it if you have Paradox fatigue?
Anyone tried the new Knights of Honor? Played the first one to death and liked its influence on EU3 and 4.
Reviews say it's just an HD remake instead of a new game
Guess its not getting bought at full price.
BUT I HAVEN'T PLAYED THE ORIGINAL GAME, HOW IS THIS A POSITIVE OR A NEGATIVE OR ANYTHING AT ALL YOU DUMB FRICKS
>Dumb zoomer has no reading comprehension, but throws a tantrum anyway
And nobody was surprised
>He said, while having 0 opening his birth year
I love when Gankertards show up on this board.
I love zoomie gaygets who pretend like they played the original
nah, better ask a non-paradox board for this anon
closeted paradox board*
we all hate pdx but in a tsundere way, which is very, very gay
It's okay
The RTS combat isn't great, just hunting commanders while the AI acts erratically. The world map is pretty and I like how they new building system to be about upgrading buildings instead of having to build 40 every city. The AI is pretty erratic, however, and you're hardcapped with knights and governors, so owning more than 7 cities doesnt really do much for you.
It is neat to try out and get a breath of fresh air, but it is somewhat lacking in depth or greater complexity, due to some holdouts from the 1st title, but its overall an okay game. I'd recommend on a sale or trying out the 1st one, as its pretty much an updated version with more accessibility/user features
>It is neat to try out and get a breath of fresh air
>a 1:1 remake of a 19 yo game
>breath of fresh air
This is your brain on being a zoomer
It's not 1:1, but the core gameplay is the same
>owning more than 7 cities doesnt really do much for you
What is the end-game of this game?
conquer europe as bulgaria
It's literally the original game with FEW minimal QoL changes and new, modern engine for updated (but still 1:1 as far as possible) graphics. It's just as borked and unbalanced as the original, too. They even recreate few minor bugs, this time as features, rather than bugs.
So if there is some weird reason why you can't stand simply playing regular KoH - no point buying this game.
And even then, no point buying it at its current price.
It’s great. It kept all the good stuff from the original and new mechanics don’t feel out of place.
Only weird stuff is:
>have general
>serves 20 different kings during centuaries
>last king dies
>no male desendents
>general becomes king
>loses imortality
>05
ugh. it's the average gayet who knows it all. heres (you)r you win the argument bro
>But is the new game worth it if you have Paradox fatigue?
I'd say it's worth it, especially on a sale. I have a lot of fun playing it. Definitely worth checking out.
>especially on a sale
>buying games
>with actual money
I know, sucks being a poorgay
it do not play like paradox game, its simpler but more fun and your decisions and focus usually matter more
its more similar to early TW games
OP we had this thread
near when the game released. It was deleted for some reason.
Is there any flavour to the different factions? What I never liked about historical grand strategy games is that everyone plays the same.
there are different religions and they do have some differences(the pagan is the most different with shamans and believes(buffs) and being unable build high culture buildings)
cultures have also different rosters although usually they have similar units the biggest outsiders are nomadic cultures plus there are local units(quite rare)
the map(resources and locations) is randomized to a extent
You get different units, which does affect your ability to conquer new places, aka 2/3 of the entire gameplay. Which renders certain factions not just weak, but outright unplayable, as you will be stuck with your shitty, low-tier units for the entire game.
Unit balance seems off. Some cultures have special units that are all outclassed by the special units of other cultures although it could be a jack-of-all-trades type deal.
It's a great formula that needs to be expanded on
I mean factional unit balance. Unit balance itself is good. With heavy troops not strictly being direct upgrades either. Involving strategy and decision making from the player.
That's because the game is doing its very best to be a remake, rather than sequel, to the original KoH. And the original was suffering from the same issue, too: entire factions had crap armies, with other having nothing but game-breakingly powerful units as their whole roster.
At least on release it gave impression of being slightly different in this regard, but then it turned out that it was just a matter of poor testing and first patch they've made instantly reduced all the suddenly good units back to C and D tier.
Can't you pick up stronger mercs? At any rate, I guess I'd consider that a challenge, though the original game could be beaten with generic units alone.
Mercs are total crap, since they always have shit morale (and 4 out of 5 battles are decided by routing) and cost absurd amount of money for what they have to offer, even without morale issues.
And let's not forget: mercs spawn units typical for that area, so you will get more of the same shit you can get normally, with only slight deviation on "borderlands" between cultures.
I just use mercs for rebel fights while I fight wars myself, unless I need a distraction so the enemy army doesn't go after my knights.
>is the new game worth it if you have Paradox fatigue?
It's where it shine the most because you have TON of options you can't do in eu4 for example. I loved it precisely because of my paradox fatigue
it's fun for one maybe 2 playthroughs, but then it gets stale really fast
It's on sale right now.
Worth 30 dollar with the updates and mod support? Of which is there any must have mods?
>It's on sale right now.
>30 dollar
Then it's not on sale. It wasn't worth that much on premiere and sure as hell paying 30 bucks for it as "sale" price isn't worth it either.
imagine being europoor in the current_year
It's a pretty fun game on your first playthrough, but the more you play it the more you see the cracks and seams that make it a little too "Gamey" and based in RNG. It makes it very trivial to play the same way no matter what faction you are. I'm curious as to what modders and future DLC will add to it.
Its pretty fun, you could call it casual and relaxing.
what is the objective of the campaign? I picked a country and started playing but I feel like I have no goal. I just keep going but unsure what I'm supposed to do. Random countries across the map get pissed off at me for no reason or declare war. I'm really not getting this. If it isn't obvious already, I've never played a gsg before.
>what is the objective of the campaign
1) review what you have in terms of buildings, economy, resource, etc.
2) review your starting position, border regions, neighbors, relations etc.
3) start upgrading your economy and making sure you get more money from rich provinces.
4) start reinforcing border regions, and building fortifications in border regions in a direction you don't intend to expand just yet
5) wait until someone aggros you, then stomp their shit in, expand until you reach a defensible position (somewhere that doesn't leave you open to attack from multiple directions, where you only have one or two provinces that can get attacked, which is easier to defend or until you've destroyed them
6) if difficulty too low and nobody aggros you, pick a target that you can destroy and still be in an advantageous position at the end of the war. i.e. you're england, try to take over the whole island. or you're france, try to take over spain and not germany. cause at the end, with spain you get a narrow border with africa and the atlantic ocean. whereas with germany you get a wider border with poland, hungary, italy, switzerland, scandinavia, baltics so you have to spend more resources to defend more territory
and then just repeat. you have to tell your own story, like in mountain blade. start working on making profit, pick a direction to go in and let the flow of the game take you.
bought it
realized it uses more GPU power than fricking rdr2 for trivial graphics
refunded
Lmao which GPU are you using? I run it maxed out 1440p with high frames.