Paradox has destroyed Creative Assembly... for me.

[Big_John]

They compete for my time, though. There's just not enough general goodness in the TW games anymore to compete with most other good games.

well, right now i'm only playing oblivion and homm5, anyway.

[Banquo's Ghost]

I must admit that I failed miserably with Paradox's games. I liked the idea, particularly the recommendations for Vicky, but the sheer complexity and time needed is beyond me. My wife gets tetchy if I devote a morning to MTW, let alone a game so usefully shortened to 'Vicky'!

I tried Crusader Kings, but that was rather dull.

MTW continues to hold my attention because of the excellent mods available, and the good balance between complexity and game play. I like the battles, rather than the spreadsheet approach.

There may have been a time when younger, in which I would have had the devotion to master a Paradox game, but life intrudes too much now.

But they certainly look fascinating!

[Dorkus]

i tried to liek hoi2. i really did. but i couldn't get into it at all.

it seemed more like work than play. and the game did not seem to reward creative or interesting strategies. i never really found myself poring over my strategic options and thinking hard about the optimal approach. it was kind of, meh, i'll just take this option or that option. and let's see what happens. but nothing partiuclarly exciting or unexpected ever seemed to happen.

is doomsday any better? the slow pace of hoi2 might be a lot like real war. but that only proves to me that i would not find commanding an army in a real war to be very entertaining (even apart fromt he massive death and violence of course).

[TB666]

EU2 is probably my favorite among Paradox games.
Crusader kings was good but after a few generations it gets boring. It is pretty much only fun at the start when you try to make your domain stable.
HOI2 was a improvement over the first one but there was still something that bothered me with it so I just couldn't enjoy it.
But I'm looking forward to EU3

[Lehesu]

First thing I did after buying new computer was get Rome. So disappointed. The only thing keeping the game on the hard drive is the eventual release of EB. Med2 will not have my money unless it is more retro.