Quote Originally Posted by Sheogorath View Post
Paranoia and CA's treatment of Russia in their games thus far >_>


Just to clarify once again,

My main fear was that, being 'confirmed' Russia would be like Dacia (or was it Scythia?), Thrace, or the other 'non-playable' (IE: You had to edit that one file to make them playable) factions. No unique units, a very small inventory of units overall, and generally a very clear intention that they were never meant to be playable anyway.

Of course, there are other issues as well. They might give Russia the treatment they got in Imperial Glory, with horrible income, horrible units, and so on. I found it rather amusing that a nation which was famous for relying on quantity over quality had issues raising more than two or three regiments.
Meanwhile, the British apparently had the official 'Best at Everything' award, and could easily trounce pretty much anybody who got in their way.
Of course, thats where the one GOOD thing about IG got in the way. The diplomacy system was pretty damn good. Too bad nothing else was.

My apologies for the off-topic rant, but IG was one of those games that had me really excited, then bitterly disappointed me :P
Speaking of IG, im off to play it now, and incidently, ive been absoloutely kicking ass as russia. Anihilated the Austrians, and well into north africa and central europe.
IG is really one of those games where you need the patience to turtle early games otherwise youll get no where.
However the one thing i do really like about it as mentioned earlier is the AI and diplomacy - ALLIANCES ARE ACTUALLY KEPT! its strange to think of it! :P