I'm not one for "New Year's resolutions", but I am one for overly ambitious projects.
For 2023, Project365 is "One New Game Per Day".
Given that I have 634 unplayed games in my Steam account and {mumble} unredeemed bundle Steam keys, there's a reason my unplayed collection is tagged "Pile of Shame".
I'll pin this to my profile, and give a brief summary here each day (or x, if I miss x days due to work or stuff).
I'll play 15-30 minutes of (at least) one new game I've never played before (or played less than 15 minutes of). I'll give every game at least 15 minutes, even if I hate every minute of it.
I'm also open to suggestions; if you reply to this thread with a game, I'll schedule it, or tell you what I thought of it.
One of the things that's come up is that I have a bunch of games that I've played once, and not touched again.
Victoria 3 is a grand strategy game from Paradox Interactive. It's the first game in the April Humble Choice bundle, and if you're a Paradox fan who doesn't already own it, would probably make the whole bundle worth the purchase.
Strategy games are not my go-to choice for gaming. It took me a long time to connect the dots between my general lack of enjoyment, and my ADHD.
The number of things a strategy game requires me to keep on top of simultaneously, is inversely proportional to how much I enjoy the game.
Then there are games with a steep learning curve. If a game requires me a drop a dexy to stay focused long enough to learn the game systems, that generally doesn't go well.
Paradox Interactive's games tend to be both of these things at once. They are deeply complex games, with steep learning curves, that require patience, tenacity, focus, and the ability to multitask.
I already have a day job, I don't need a second unpaid one at night.
21 minutes is not enough time for me to make a fair objective judgement of Victoria 3, but this project was never about objectivity. It was about whether I enjoyed a game enough to keep playing it.
Victoria 3 seems to be a well developed, and incredibly deep grand strategy game. Will I play it again?
Context: A random event triggered where I discover that my wife is plotting something against my wife so I have to warn my wife and she is very grateful.
The last 50 years of my #CK3 game has been rather boring; literally everyone left is an Empire or of Empire strength. It's more a matter of sitting around smiling at each other keeping everyone happy with everyone else.
I guess fairly realistic for the late 14th century?
Will the tribal Kingdom of Norway restore it's borders after being ripped apart during succession?
We're roleplaying, no min/maxing and beginners are 100% welcome. We love to teach the game and just hang out and see me flail about in trying to fight our wars!
It has been a long time since last I played and I haven't played it much either. With Crusader Kings 3 and 2 being my favorite Paradox titles, but finding the Victorian age appealing, I wanted to go revisit the game tonight.
Let's see how it's changed and if it's a bit more up my alley now.