Quote Originally Posted by Martok View Post
Also, a mere four daimyos vying for control of Japan feels a little sparse (although perhaps I'm just spoiled by STW?).
Yes, agreed. Which four will they choose? No matter who they choose important clans will be left out. Plus it's kind of a bit simple. Kill 3 other dudes to win, w00t.

Out of curiosity, what other regions were you wanting to see receive more attention? (I confess my own areas of interest are largely restricted to Europe, north Africa, and Asia.)
I was hoping for what the poll option said: rest of world. Anywhere and everywhere that isn't western Europe, excepting those tiny little minors. Something akin to what various mods and the game ‘For the Glory’ have done. I want to be able to pick any decently sized country on the list and have a game which feels complete and fully featured.

In particular, I'm surprised the various Indian states haven't received some attention. They're pretty popular.

I'd also like to see them alter westernisation. Get rid of the frankly weird idea of hopping through culture groups until you reach the top. Maybe make it dependent on status versus the rest of the world like in Victoria, or a step by step process where researching specific items and building specific improvements brings you closer to westernising. Want the western research percentage? Then research the handful of western research concepts and build a western style university. Etc.

I'm not sure I'd lay odds in favor of that actually happening, but I wouldn't be entirely surprised if it did either.
I really hope that there's more. Not only is this not what quite people voted for, it's also quite sparse on features. Unless they are planning to make it a £9.99 expansion instead of a £14.99 one? I doubt that.

My main hope is that this expansion could finally fix the one major overriding problem I've had with the EU series since I first tried EU2. Well, aside from the interface and data presentation. :cough: Well that's mostly not so bad these days. Anyway, major problem which turns up in every single game I start and ruins it: there's no one who I find appealing to play, so I struggle to pick and then often lose interest.

I hate the era; I'm a classical and medieval froggy. The moment guns appear on the historical scene I start to lose interest. EU picks up right at that point. So there's no one whose historical deeds I want to emulate. At the same time I know enough about certain countries (e.g. England) to have an idea of what I am 'supposed' to do. I either feel wrong for doing something different, or bored for following in their footsteps doing things I don't want to. Nations I know nothing at all about appeal more because then at least I feel free to do as I wish. Problem: they're mostly the 'rest of the world' nations, lumbered with penalties and limitations which make gameplay unenjoyable and artificial. If you don't want the penalties you have to westernise, and that's another annoyance because it forces me to play a certain way in order to achieve it.

I don’t struggle so much picking a country in For the Glory because most of them have received some attention. The penalties are still in place (surely there’s got to be a better way to illustrate the differences in culture!) but there are tailored events, information, even a different soundtrack if you’re willing to swap music folders.

NB: I don't want historical determinism back a la EU2. Events and gameplay flavoured by history, yes. Events and gameplay which try to jackboot you follow history, no thanks.