Holy Tedalonia wrote:Purpelia wrote:True that. Now imagine my annoyance at the fact I don't really enjoy EU4 or V2 leaving a gap that's giant.
Indeed. Which is why I hope future games come in expanding upon the time period. I just disagree with the assessment that CK2 should’ve covered the entire medieval era. Given how difficult it is and time consuming it is to develop a game, it would’ve likely left the game to be broader, but less precise and interactive- something that I love about ck2. So I am desiring it can be further developed given that most game sequels are supposed to build off of the previous one and not just be “another one” in the series.
True.
Fundamentally the ideal lineup for this type of games would be something like this:
1. Bronze age up to the early iron age. Basically pre-classical Greece. Lets us play the Trojan war or conquer the med as the Miceneans or Egyptians or dominate the near east as Sargon of Akkad.
2. Classical Greece up to the fall of Western Rome. This includes Alexander, Cesar and Augustus and everything around and in between.
3. #2 up to the high middle ages. Basically the period before kingdoms became decently centralized and focused as opposed to loosely tied fiefdoms under which ever warlord wielded the biggest stick.
4. #3 up to the early modern period. So basically EU4 but a bit wider to include the whole Renaissance and ending just before the French revolution.
5. The age of nation states, French revolution to the 1900s.
6. WW1, WW2 and the early cold war (up until the end of Vietnam) as a package deal in a HOI4 style game. Start pushed back to maybe say just after the american civil war to allow for alt history setups.
Also parallel games happening in China up until the two merge at about #4.