Paradox wanted us to start as Germany in 1936 because it’s a fast-paced start with an immediate objective (capture Poland) and a fair number of troops at your disposal (in contrast to starting as Sweden, for instance). My time with Hearts of Iron IV didn’t go much better. We’ll restart the game so you can get back in.” The Paradox team laughed at me and basically said “Yeah, that’s a horrible country to try and start as. I decided to try and play as the Golden Horde, at which point I was promptly conquered by my neighbors in the first five minutes and booted from the game. The first time I demoed Europa Universalis IV the dev team wanted to play a bit of multiplayer with us. Ideally, a Paradox grand strategy title is something you ease into, like training for a marathon-except instead of limbering up and gradually building endurance, you’re sitting in a desk chair for hours on end sipping scotch and occasionally muttering to yourself about tariffs. Demoing a Paradox game is probably the worst trial-by-combat I’ve ever experienced in this industry.
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