Grand Strategy Games

StriderX

StriderX

StriderX

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I honestly have never really delved into this genre, I tried Crusader kings 2 (demo) and it seems rather difficult...perhaps its not my thing, but i dunno i kind of like the idea of grand strategy.

I'm not averse to learning difficult expansive games (X3 for example).

Just wondering what recommendations there are before I bother adding them to my personal watch list.
 
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Emo_hug said:
not really shur what your asking for but strategy make be Supreme Commander : Forge alliance
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Certainly not a grand strategy! :p

OP the 'kindest' (if you can have that in GS games!) is Europa Universalis III, and it's also one of the best all-round GS games.

If you get it, make sure you get the Chronicles, not 'complete' ;)
 
One that I liked was commander conquest of the americas, its very much like total war except its all about boat combat.

These games are normally a bit tricky for me but I found that one wasn't too much of a head**** while having a decent amount of strategic depth.
 
Would you classify the Total War games as grand strategy? I always had GS down as a more sedate affair, as opposed to Total Wars RTS dominated gameplay.

My suggestion would be Hearts of Iron 3 - That's pretty grand WW2 strategy. No idea how it currently plays with the later expansions though.

The learning curve with most of these games is just beyond vertical, and if you're keen on playing X3, then be prepared to spend some serious time on it. :D
 
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No I haven't, and none of the games mentioned here are grand strategies!!! (Bar HoI 3)

No offence but I recommend everyone to search the definition of a grand strategy game! :p
 
Yeah, was wondering why people were confused.

There is a clear difference between common RTS/4x/etc games and Grand Strategies.

I already know of Europa Universalis, if it happens to be the easier to get into game, then that is the sort of recommendation that I was looking for.
 
Hearts of iron III is a grand strategy game and is well worth looking at. I've never really sat down and played a full campaign but I've still clocked over 40hrs with it according to steam.
 
StriderX said:
I already know of Europa Universalis, if it happens to be the easier to get into game, then that is the sort of recommendation that I was looking for.
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Yes it's the easiest according to most, but i'm not saying you can't jump into others anyway. I went straight into HoI3, and even though I have no idea what i'm doing, it's fun :p
 
Eeep, so HoI3 is much harder to learn than Europa Universalis III?

I have had HoI3 sat in my Impulse (or whatever it's called now) list for ages without quite getting around to it. But I did have a blast on EU3 and found it completely baffling. I think I was trying to play it a bit like a Total War game on the maps, and just... everything went wrong and I had no idea why or what I should have been doing.

Quite fancy the idea of HoI3, but if the learning curve is even steeper, I don't know if I'll end up putting the time in to learn it. Is it actually that befuddling? Perhaps I'm just a sucky noob at grand strategy (I did completely love Strategic Command II a while back but not sure if that counts?)...

Edit: Oh that reminds me actually, I've had the Strategic Command III (World at War I think it's called?) disc sat on my shelf since my birthday in June without getting round to installing it. Again, not quite sure if this chimes with general definitions of grand strategy (though it's certainly closer to EU3 that Total War or some RTS), but I have heard pretty great things about it (and SCII was great for its time, had some cracking play by email campaigns with a mate age back).
 
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Ive spent many many many hours in the past with the total war series - medieval total war 2 was my fav ... forgot which mod makes it harder and more realistic - something steel.
 
strumpusplunket said:
Eeep, so HoI3 is much harder to learn than Europa Universalis III?

I have had HoI3 sat in my Impulse (or whatever it's called now) list for ages without quite getting around to it. But I did have a blast on EU3 and found it completely baffling. I think I was trying to play it a bit like a Total War game on the maps, and just... everything went wrong and I had no idea why or what I should have been doing.

Quite fancy the idea of HoI3, but if the learning curve is even steeper, I don't know if I'll end up putting the time in to learn it. Is it actually that befuddling? Perhaps I'm just a sucky noob at grand strategy (I did completely love Strategic Command II a while back but not sure if that counts?)...

Edit: Oh that reminds me actually, I've had the Strategic Command III (World at War I think it's called?) disc sat on my shelf since my birthday in June without getting round to installing it. Again, not quite sure if this chimes with general definitions of grand strategy (though it's certainly closer to EU3 that Total War or some RTS), but I have heard pretty great things about it (and SCII was great for its time, had some cracking play by email campaigns with a mate age back).
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HoI is far more orientated towards military management and combat than EUIII I think, it depends on the person to which is more difficult tbh!
 
as mentioned above already, any of the total war series would be great, in the last steam sale i picked up the grand war collection that's all the series plus addons and dlc for £30, thats less than the cost of one full priced game, a total bargin and would give years of game play as you can play it over and over again
 
I dont think I'd really class any of the total war series as "grand strategy".

HOI3 is a complicated game but worth putting the time into. I'd recommend starting as a smaller nation (Romania is quite a good start) and watching what happens from there.

Or just throw yourself in as Germany start from one of the later scenarios (1939?).

I'd avoid starting as the UK as that is a tough game at any scenario that you start.
 
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