oh we got friends... friends that doesn't play paradox games hell one time i tried to introduce my friends to it in that limited time free experience hoi4 and ck3 but welp shit things didn't go as i planned hell one of them did the mobile warfare doctrine while playing as UssR
Or when you start talking to a colleague, and another colleague overhears in pure shock: "...so yeah, I had to marry off my 16 year old daughter to a 70 year old man so that she can make him a child and inherit. Unfortunately, she made two boys so I had to kill one off"
You're on spot man. I've been playing PDX games for the last 16 years, Stellaris and HoI4 is still "new releases" for me and when I overhear people saying they want Stellaris 2, I am like "wth, but Stellaris 1 just relea- ooohhh... wait..."
I am a relatively new paradox player. In my childhood I mostly played total war and the tropico series (and age of empires). Over ten years ago I once tried out hearts of iron 3 but I didn't like the game and somehow never picked up a paradox game again. Then when crusader kings 3 released I tried it out and from there on I became a passionate paradox player. Ck 3 was the first paradox game I got into and from there on I expanded into other titles, especially imperator rome conquered my heart rapidly.
I remain ever so baffled as to how you seem to have experienced the same gaming progression as me. From Final Fantasy X being a most beloved game that claimed a part of our hearts (thanks for that 4-hour analysis by the way), to Rome and Medieval Total War seeing us grow beyond the Age of Empires and Civilization life, to Crusader Kings II introducing us to Paradox Interactive... Not only do I find myself agreeing with your takes on all these games (and more), I feel I've met a twin of sorts who has played the same games in the same way for the same reasons. Thank you for putting into words your thoughts on these collections of games.
That's unironically wild, especially because I also feel like (and this is a realization I made after starting TH-cam) so few people actually genre-hop or are innately genre-agnostic. I quite literally play games from every genre as long as I love that game, I don't only play strategy games for example, and I can tell you don't either! Thanks for sharing my friend, and thank you for sticking with me ever since the FFX video! Do you know about my Andy's Critique channel by the way? More exciting stuff will come there :)
@@AndysParadox I am aware of that channel, this one, and the regular Andy's Take, and am subscribed to all three! A good game is a good game, regardless of the genre! Though admittedly, as my early 30s carry on, PvP is about the only thing I've truly dropped from my life. Co-op is infinitely more satisfying. But that's still not specific to a genre! Co-op shooters can be just as fun as co-op RTS or co-op grand strategy.
@@AndysParadox Thanks to this comment I learnt that you're the same Andy across several channels. I have a hard time recognising voices so I assumed it must have been different people. But yeah I have a very similar gaming experience too. My first game was probably Age of Empires I. Also Caesar III. FFX was the game I spammed when I was in middle school. And I used to play a lot of Rome TW in between. Then I discovered EUIV in 2014 and got addicted to Paradox games since then. I even restrained myself on purpose so I wouldn't waste my whole life playing them. Still I'm nearing 10k hours playtime. Paradox games are the kind of games about which I tell myself "I'll just play a quick 2-3 hour session in the morning". Then 15 hours later "oh shit it's already midnight and I didn't even eat".
@@Pelthis Yess, let's gather up the multi-genre player army! :D Cool to hear you too have a similar experience! Man I've had to deal with so much shit from older FF players who for some reason - but they'll never admit it - never understood FFX and thought it was bad.
theres no feeling that comes close to starting out as a small green dot on the map and after hours of gameplay being a giant green blob that has devoured half the map :D
I really wanted to like Total War, and have purchased more titles of them than I should, but strategically, grand strategy level, they all seemed very shallow compared to Paradox.
they are indeed. My journey from Total War to Paradox was mind-blowing because of this. Sure I missed my grand battles, but man, when the campaign got me that hooked, it didn't truly feel like I needed them, you know?
@@AndysParadox I think there was a mod that did this, but imagine a game with Total War's battles but Paradox's events, diplomacy and administrative stuff. Would be a banger to play.
I got CK2 with Mount and Blade for $5 five years ago... I thought the cover art dude with the shield looked cool so I said meh I like strategy, let's try it. Bought EU4 and HOI4 the next couple months and now have close to 1000 hours in each of them. The ability to play almost any nation on earth and tell your own stories, is just second to none. Yeah there is lots of DLC that isn't always great. But look at the hours played by many in the community. The value for the dollar is still absolutely crazy.
There is only one thing that is missing from Paradox games. The ability to import saves to subsequent game. Sure, there are mods that do it, but still...
Started with HOI3 when i was but a tiny kid I now play CK2 as an adult. Looking back, i probably shouldnt have spent the past decade on wasting my shot at a social life for maps
First time a played a Paradox game was in 2017, Total War in 2010, Civilization and Age of Empires in 2007 or 2008. I will say I enjoy Paradox and Total War more than the other two.
Hi there, you mention around 7:12 that you´ve made a video about Paradox game maps, but I can´t seem to find it. Would you be so kind as to post a link to it? Cheers!
I started with EU1 - it looks like you beat me to win Paradox fan #0001 🙂 TBH The Paradox magic has worn off a lot by now. EU2 was probably the one I played most. Then HOI2, also CK2. Seems that the #2 are the best. Stellaris 2 maybe?
Hehehehehe... I have refunded Crusader Kings immediately when I noticed that it will consume too much of my time :D Still have EUIV but uninstalled. Same reasons. Similar story with TW series actually, would love to return to Shogun 2 and finally play Empire, but sadly I do not have time for that...
Funny to talk about the multiplayer aspect while we all know paradox players don't have friends
I was going to ask my girlfriend about this phenomenon, but then I remembered... oh wait, I'm a Paradox player.
I have friends ! You just don't know them because they are in a different school !
Speak for yourselves…
Well in ck 3 always get a lot of friends and all women in the world are pregnant with my children 😂
oh we got friends... friends that doesn't play paradox games
hell one time i tried to introduce my friends to it in that limited time free experience hoi4 and ck3
but welp shit things didn't go as i planned
hell one of them did the mobile warfare doctrine while playing as UssR
nothing compares to the moment at work when someone asks me what've you been doing yesterday and I response "I was conquering Europe"
Or when you start talking to a colleague, and another colleague overhears in pure shock: "...so yeah, I had to marry off my 16 year old daughter to a 70 year old man so that she can make him a child and inherit. Unfortunately, she made two boys so I had to kill one off"
There's nothing quite as satisfying as when you finally fulfill the requirements and you click the button to switch tags
ah HECK YEAH dude, love clicking those buttons that finally lit up
No other company produces such a time sink of games. I don't even play multiplayer or mods simply enjoy achievement hunting.
it's a peaceful life
We here are all historians at heart!
I salute you all!
You're on spot man. I've been playing PDX games for the last 16 years, Stellaris and HoI4 is still "new releases" for me and when I overhear people saying they want Stellaris 2, I am like "wth, but Stellaris 1 just relea- ooohhh... wait..."
EU4 as cody from alternate history said the most underrated era in history
I am a relatively new paradox player. In my childhood I mostly played total war and the tropico series (and age of empires). Over ten years ago I once tried out hearts of iron 3 but I didn't like the game and somehow never picked up a paradox game again. Then when crusader kings 3 released I tried it out and from there on I became a passionate paradox player. Ck 3 was the first paradox game I got into and from there on I expanded into other titles, especially imperator rome conquered my heart rapidly.
I remain ever so baffled as to how you seem to have experienced the same gaming progression as me. From Final Fantasy X being a most beloved game that claimed a part of our hearts (thanks for that 4-hour analysis by the way), to Rome and Medieval Total War seeing us grow beyond the Age of Empires and Civilization life, to Crusader Kings II introducing us to Paradox Interactive... Not only do I find myself agreeing with your takes on all these games (and more), I feel I've met a twin of sorts who has played the same games in the same way for the same reasons.
Thank you for putting into words your thoughts on these collections of games.
That's unironically wild, especially because I also feel like (and this is a realization I made after starting TH-cam) so few people actually genre-hop or are innately genre-agnostic. I quite literally play games from every genre as long as I love that game, I don't only play strategy games for example, and I can tell you don't either! Thanks for sharing my friend, and thank you for sticking with me ever since the FFX video! Do you know about my Andy's Critique channel by the way? More exciting stuff will come there :)
@@AndysParadox I am aware of that channel, this one, and the regular Andy's Take, and am subscribed to all three!
A good game is a good game, regardless of the genre! Though admittedly, as my early 30s carry on, PvP is about the only thing I've truly dropped from my life. Co-op is infinitely more satisfying. But that's still not specific to a genre! Co-op shooters can be just as fun as co-op RTS or co-op grand strategy.
@@AndysParadox Thanks to this comment I learnt that you're the same Andy across several channels.
I have a hard time recognising voices so I assumed it must have been different people.
But yeah I have a very similar gaming experience too.
My first game was probably Age of Empires I. Also Caesar III.
FFX was the game I spammed when I was in middle school.
And I used to play a lot of Rome TW in between.
Then I discovered EUIV in 2014 and got addicted to Paradox games since then.
I even restrained myself on purpose so I wouldn't waste my whole life playing them. Still I'm nearing 10k hours playtime.
Paradox games are the kind of games about which I tell myself "I'll just play a quick 2-3 hour session in the morning".
Then 15 hours later "oh shit it's already midnight and I didn't even eat".
@@Pelthis Yess, let's gather up the multi-genre player army! :D Cool to hear you too have a similar experience! Man I've had to deal with so much shit from older FF players who for some reason - but they'll never admit it - never understood FFX and thought it was bad.
theres no feeling that comes close to starting out as a small green dot on the map and after hours of gameplay being a giant green blob that has devoured half the map :D
Bro's this video is awesome❤ (great choice of music, engaging titles, visuals) 🤯
Me being introduced by the TH-cam algorithm about Paradox Games since 2017 is forever life-changing for a teenager like me.
What really brings me back to paradox games is decisions and focus trees. It gives you a goal and an intresting playthrough
CK2 was my first paradox game also and it changed my view on what was possible in terms of depth loved it then love it now
I am just jumping around paradox games all the times. Map-based series and cities skylines....
Time for us to unite together and establish the Third Rome - Empire of Earth.
Fourth.
Russians don't count@@МенМаатСет
Tbh I first saw and got hooked into eu4 when I saw the Thor ragnarok eu4 videos. Tho I only bought them after becoming a history enthusiast.
I really wanted to like Total War, and have purchased more titles of them than I should, but strategically, grand strategy level, they all seemed very shallow compared to Paradox.
they are indeed. My journey from Total War to Paradox was mind-blowing because of this. Sure I missed my grand battles, but man, when the campaign got me that hooked, it didn't truly feel like I needed them, you know?
@@AndysParadox I think there was a mod that did this, but imagine a game with Total War's battles but Paradox's events, diplomacy and administrative stuff. Would be a banger to play.
"Years of updates and DLC..."
**cries in Imperator**
Don't worry.
We still have Invictus :D
imperator rome music
I love it so!
There's nothing else like playing a map painting games, thanks paradox
this channel is andy at his most unhinged, on god.
THIS IS REAL, THIS IS ME, I'M EXACTLY WHERE I'M SUPPOSED TO BEEE NOOW
WHAT HAVE WE DONE, WE UNLOCKED THE INNER ANDY
@@Kliixi GONNA LET THE LIGHT - SHINE ON MEEEE! NOW I'VE FOUND, WHO I AM, THERE'S NO WAY TO HOLD IT IIIIIN
I got CK2 with Mount and Blade for $5 five years ago... I thought the cover art dude with the shield looked cool so I said meh I like strategy, let's try it.
Bought EU4 and HOI4 the next couple months and now have close to 1000 hours in each of them. The ability to play almost any nation on earth and tell your own stories, is just second to none.
Yeah there is lots of DLC that isn't always great. But look at the hours played by many in the community. The value for the dollar is still absolutely crazy.
Absolutely, it is insane how good the value for money ratio is, second to none essentially
There is only one thing that is missing from Paradox games. The ability to import saves to subsequent game. Sure, there are mods that do it, but still...
It would've been nice if it was done natively, but the mods are great ways to do it all the same :)
And maybe real time battles
And realistic economies.
Me likee big Polant. Me conquer Polant enemies.
Polan can into space
Started with HOI3 when i was but a tiny kid
I now play CK2 as an adult.
Looking back, i probably shouldnt have spent the past decade on wasting my shot at a social life for maps
First time a played a Paradox game was in 2017, Total War in 2010, Civilization and Age of Empires in 2007 or 2008. I will say I enjoy Paradox and Total War more than the other two.
absolutely agree there!
"Own Our Lives" is bit strong there my friend.
"a bit strong" is my middle name, FRIEND
Recommend you get some kids. That’s the only way I managed to break free 😅
Good for you, breaking those CHAINS!
I have a kid. I play at night.
@@s7rika7ul that might be my reality to soon. Hard to break free. I try to fool myself that I own stocks in Paradox so I “paying to myself” haha
Nah, I would introduce them to Paradox games early and turn my kids into people who I could reliably call on for multiplayer games
@@mackycabangon8945 well that takes a few years even if you do it early
what defines their games is the question of : " what if ?"
Hi there, you mention around 7:12 that you´ve made a video about Paradox game maps, but I can´t seem to find it. Would you be so kind as to post a link to it? Cheers!
of course, here it is :) th-cam.com/video/x1A4Dn9xhtg/w-d-xo.html
@@AndysParadox Cool, thanks! Ah, no wonder I couldn´t find it. I was searching for a video with "Paradox maps" in the title :D
man i wasted my holiday for mega campaign on mp eu4
playing as bohemia then comes monday
I played ck2 and never looked back
you and me both Deboo
I feel so old, my first paradox game was Svea Rike.
I started with EU1 - it looks like you beat me to win Paradox fan #0001 🙂 TBH The Paradox magic has worn off a lot by now. EU2 was probably the one I played most. Then HOI2, also CK2. Seems that the #2 are the best. Stellaris 2 maybe?
@OrangeNash tbf I found it at a yard sale in like 08 before then all I ever played total war
long ass games take long to finish
EU4 sucks. It has sucked 3500 hours out of my life.
lol, the modern steam review review
Started playing Paradox 11 years ago? Summerchild...
Monster Hunter games consume a lot of time as well.
Now I'd like a video about things that push you away from playing Paradox games, just to balance things out 🙃
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Great video, how do you get that particular map in Vicky. I have all the dlc but I don’t have that map. Thanks
I made a mod :) steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2880479137
@@AndysParadox awesome thanks (:
best map in any paradox game imo is the shaded relief map mod for vicky 3
I lost my life
Me too😢
Same :))
Details, details, and more details... You can never fully understand the game, there are always a million mechanics.
If only I was wasting my time on the game instead the 20 minutes loading screen...
And 8: if you are as passionate about History as I am, well, bad news for your social life 🤣
Hehehehehe... I have refunded Crusader Kings immediately when I noticed that it will consume too much of my time :D Still have EUIV but uninstalled. Same reasons. Similar story with TW series actually, would love to return to Shogun 2 and finally play Empire, but sadly I do not have time for that...
as a person addicted to CK3 I Can confrim paradox owns my life
Remember that most of the players play the pirated versions
❤❤❤💖💖💖💖amazing 😀🤘🏼
Talks positively about Vic3
Dislike and do not recommend
Paradox is charging 25€ for their latest Stellaris DLC. Their extreme greed paired with absolutely abysmal quality lately lost them a customer.
Same, their high prices and bad products really make me hate thems
Is honestly mind blowing people still play the games they make.
Machine Age is rated very positive on steam??
@@jj-sd8sw Show's they are right in cranking up the prices right? People happily pay that.
Fanboy.
Well, you gotta keep that fairly hemmeligt, you hear?
Paradox games are boring because it is the same map every time.
ooooh, you did NOT just say that
Nah learn history then its fun to rwstorw rome etc and if u get bored just install mods