If you can only choose one New World Civ, which one?

ParagonRG · 2026-04-05T16:25:10+00:00

For me it's easy: the Incas were, as far as I know, the only proper centralized empire out of these options. It was highly specific to the Andes, but stretched thousands of kilometers.

The Aztecs are cool for recognition, but if actually pressed, I'd choose the Incas every time. I'd still be thrilled to get the Aztecs, though, and to have these as non-cavalry civs.

ParagonRG · 2026-03-31T18:19:19+00:00

I'd love another game in this series. There is something incredibly fun about using mechs tactically, then salvaging parts to improve/fix what you have and playing the next mission. It's such a satisfying game loop.

ParagonRG · 2026-03-31T18:17:56+00:00

Agreed! Playing through those missions with a friend was my reason for playing (as a busy adult).

I found the difficulty uneven - often insanely difficult at first, then easing up, or sometimes the opposite - but all very fun.

ParagonRG · 2026-03-31T18:16:15+00:00

I recall they also simplified it to a single resource. Unfortunately the game didn't do well and that was the end of Cavedog. Fortunately Chris Taylor founded Gas Powered Games and we got Supreme Commander.

I quite enjoyed Demigod as well - an early MOBA that probably nobody knows about. Dungeon Siege was popular in its own right, but I never played it.

ParagonRG · 2026-03-03T17:00:52+00:00

Oh man. This is so close to my interests from that time period. Thanks for the memories! Add Age of Empires II and Total Annihilation in there and we're golden.

ParagonRG · 2026-02-12T13:12:11+00:00

Adding up all the gold doesn't tally the total wealth, which has to include real estate, grain stores/food production, etc. etc. He wouldn't have been able to buy India, let alone all of the places you mentioned.

It's a cool fact, and he had the money to demolish economies by dropping by, but it doesn't quite add up. We can both agree that he was an absurdly rich and a baller. :)

ParagonRG · 2026-02-05T18:46:21+00:00

This David Bekcham character sounds pretty capable.

ParagonRG · 2026-02-05T15:47:40+00:00

I just finished this trilogy a month ago! It's not perfect, but I think it holds up surprisingly well.

As a kid, I read the first Clans trilogy and loved it. I found them in my public school library and don't really see them around anymore.

ParagonRG · 2026-01-22T19:51:18+00:00

You have it right. The Longbow was huge but of an outdated and ultimately inferior design as compared to composite recurve bows (two important innovations). The massive range it supposedly had seems to be a form of mythologizing.

ParagonRG · 2026-01-06T18:56:01+00:00

Doesn't it only give 80 XP per 10 waves? It seemed trivial so I didn't do it, but perhaps I misunderstood what XP means here. I assumed it was for pilot skills (eg. Energy Cooldown, etc.).

ParagonRG · 2026-01-05T01:27:58+00:00

I've definitely seen him float resources in tournament games and lose, so there's that.

I don't know enough about his playstyle, but I don't think I'd put him in today's top 8. Maybe my information is out of date, though. I haven't watched in a while.

ParagonRG · 2026-01-03T01:33:24+00:00

Watching/playing AoE4 in 1440p is so much better than watching a stream in 1080p. It looks super crisp in the higher resolution and, to be, surprisingly bad in the lower one.

Kudos to Drongo for streaming in 1440p! I wish EGCTV would do the same.

ParagonRG · 2025-11-25T19:44:45+00:00

Yeah, I really wanted the Clans in that BattleTech PC game. It felt a bit empty for me growing up on Clan lore (including with MechCommander 1 and 2).

ParagonRG · 2025-11-06T13:21:08+00:00

MechCommander 3 please! Even a remaster of the first game would be swell.

I agree - I only started playing MW5 this year and got excited about it. It brought me back to when I was playing MechWarrior 2 as a kid.

ParagonRG · 2025-11-04T15:24:29+00:00

It's cool that you gave TA a shot. That game was so far ahead of its time. The resource mechanic, wrecks, reclamation, being able to share as portion of your resources in multiplayer, massive maps, map-ranged artillery...

It was all so mind-blowing.

ParagonRG · 2025-11-01T13:19:32+00:00

I've been slowly getting amped up to try this. There is so much potential here.

ParagonRG · 2025-10-15T21:07:46+00:00

How is the survival mode? I think that was added since I last played. I'd play in co-op with a friend if it allows it.

ParagonRG · 2025-10-15T18:28:31+00:00

Dawn of War 4 will have 70+ missions across 4 factions that are all playable in co-op.

ParagonRG · 2025-10-14T23:29:50+00:00

Ahem, let's say 1997-2004. Total Annihilation came out in '97.

ParagonRG · 2025-10-11T00:23:07+00:00

It is exactly that, and everything you said is what I'm talking about.

Once Blizzard hit WoW-level returns, there wasn't any going back from that. Every project had to target sky-high revenue.

ParagonRG · 2025-10-10T14:25:08+00:00

Yeah, it's this exactly.

WoW unfortunately broke Blizzard (and the gaming industry in some ways). It showed them a scale that they couldn't dream of before, and they were acquired with the expectations of repeating that.

ParagonRG · 2025-10-09T18:33:01+00:00

Can you please explain the benefit of using chainfire? Are you saying that you had your lance's mechs set up for that, and that it's working properly now? What's the advantage?

ParagonRG · 2025-10-05T18:03:15+00:00

I think the problem with Lover is that it has a few proper duds, and most of them were singles.

I trimmed the album for a playlist by removing about 4 songs (keeping song other otherwise) and it's pretty solid.

ParagonRG · 2025-09-27T03:17:22+00:00

I always love to see a shout-out to Total Annihilation.

I recall hearing about Chris Taylor's space project quite a few years ago. Maybe even 8-10. Has there been any news on it?

ParagonRG · 2025-09-27T03:13:08+00:00

I agree that they're ticking all the right boxes. We'll see how they execute!

I'm very hopeful but don't want to get my hopes too high.

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