Cardinal 最近的评测

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I could write a very lengthy review for experienced PDX gamers and another very lengthy review for new comers to grand strategy games. However, I am lazy and I will use the excuse that others have written lengthy reviews and they have mentioned more or less what I would have, even the negative ones. I do believe this is a decent release and in the first couple of weeks the obvious bugs were ironed out which is promising not because of the bugs, but because it shows the direction this game will head to.

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This game is innovative in the genre. This is not vicky 2 remodeled, this is not EU4 or CK3. This game focuses on different things, in a different lense. BECAUSE OF THIS- We should reward this game, we should reward innovation and new games instead of repainting the same old car every year with new graphics. BECAUSE OF THIS - People should think again before they compare content richness of the new title that is totally new in mechanics with older titles that had 10 years in development. I would give a negative review on COD 150 if it was the same like the other 150 COD games but had more problems and bad executions. If it was a different game with innovation for the genre I would not compare it with the previous titles on a 1 to 1 basis. I really think this concept is being ignored by a lot of people in these reviews.

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Well, this game is not perfect at the moment. But, it is a very solid release and the only new RTS that has potential to become perfect. So it is certainly good at the moment and it has the potential in future patches to become a masterpiece. I hope they improve ui, unit responsiveness and maybe readability, add a solid ranked multiplayer with great matchmaking and rewards, some balance ofc and other fun modes like co-op campaigns and other casual modes!

An improvement over TF1 in all aspects, mechanically, graphically and QoL improvements.

Would be disingenuous to not recommend this game after 2700 hours.
This is a gem that Paradox Interactive has crafted. It started out as a harmeless hobby...i had no idea it would come to this... you may become an excel spreadsheet organizing freak, a map lover and a history buff more than you imagine.

A notoriously steep learning curve is the main factor keeping people away from this. But, arguably the amount of things you can achieve and how "sandboxy" this game really is pretty much makes it like this...you have to invest effort to truly enjoy this game.

When i was 10 years old, this game taught me that 10 elephants fit in a transport ship but 11 pikemen are too many. Now, i get the chance to play its updated version and appreciate how this legendary game taught generations of RTS and even moba gamers all the skills required!

Hey this is my first review, i'll try to be as helpful as possible, in order to do that i will split the review in 2 small sections.

1. To peole who want to know what this is about
Most of the bad reviews on the game right now are because people didn't search properly and were expecting a city building and/or total war type game. This is not that, if you are looking for that then dont buy this game and get dissapointed. This is a trading simulation game mostly simillar to Patrician 4 (and other games like port royal series and rise of venice). The goal of the game is to become succesful in producing, distributing goods in cities so they prosper and make a profit out of it. Most other aspects of the game like the campaign story, war, raids etc are just small additions. So if you want to play a war game or city building this is nto for you. If you want to try out economy sim games then this is the newest addition in the genre.
key points: Short campaign that is purpose is to teach you game mechanics. Trading sim as its core, war/raid armies as a flavour.

2. Pros and cons (this part i write for veterans of previous titles, to hopefully make the review helpful for them too)
Pros:
- huge map , i mean really huge map comparing to everything these games have offered so far. Map is also nicely partitioned in regions that offer you a title etc. Also option to only isolate the game on any part of the map you wish (if you dont like huge map)
-addition of technologies
-improved graphics, decent soundtrack

Cons:
- You don't view the city in detail to build it (like in patrician 4), that is no problem with me to be honest, especially since there are so many cities you could build
-The trading part seems a bit simplified. For one the option to keep products in the warehouse is gone. And the whole gameplay mechanics of figuring out efficient ways to organise trade (keep warehouses locking products, only selling on max prices etc) is gone too. So the automatic system the AI uses seems like the best choice...maybe with a few interventions of a manual trader.

Generally i'd recommend this game if you want to play economy sim, you will most probably enjoy it