Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Balance and Pacing in Civilization and Crusader Kings II

I just bought Crusader Kings II and have been playing it obsessively the past few days.  It does a lot of things right with its game design, especially compared to other large-scale strategy games.

Let's talk about one of the classics of the genre: Civilization.  I've played many Civ games and I've had great fun with them, but there are always a few annoyances that have stayed in the series.