I am a great fan of Paradox and love (most of) their games. Their support is second to none, and new mods and patches are released constantly. Be aware though; upon release, most (all) of their games has some serious playballance issues. Kudos to the betas
for trying, but CK out of the box (vers 1,01 in Norway) was crap.
Basically there are two things to do in CK. Creating an empire and maintaining it. As In vers 1,02 creating was too easy while maintaining it is just tedious micromanagement (the game mechanics limit the size its practically to maintain). In vers 1,03 it takes a bit more of an effort to build your empire, but maintaining it are still a bore. Haven’t given up on the game yet though, there are great potential for great future patches and mods in CK.
As for buying it now:
- If you are a history buff: It’s great, you can really learn a lot from this game.
- If you are a hardcore strategy gamer: Its safe to wait for a few more patches (should hit the bargain bins by then too
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