Next EU IV mini expansion - Res Publica

[undercovergeek]

http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?783923-Paradox-Unveils-New-Europa-Universalis-IV-Mini-Expansion-to-the-Public

i think its a wonderful thing there is so much content to choose from

trouble is im happy tooling along in vanilla theres that much to do

[steve58]

...is out.  $5 at Steam and Gamersgate.  ...and three more $2 DLCs to go with it.

[Greybriar]

I think I'll wait until I can get the complete EU4 DLC collection for less than $10.

[Queeg]

I'm expansioned out with EU4 - and with Paradox games in general.  They seem to start with a decent idea and then wander off in whatever direction suits their fancy at the moment.  The end result too often looks like a house built without the aid of an architect.

And EU4 has been especially bad.  Several of the "patches" have introduced fundamental gameplay changes to accommodate features in the so-called "optional" expansions.  I always thought one of the cardinal rules was that DLCs should not break the base game - let me choose whether to buy a DLC; don't break the core game with a "patch" to make me have to buy the DLC.  That's a major bad in my book.

I may give EU4 another try if they ever figure out what they want the game to be about and quit the one-step aimlessly in the general direction of forward, two steps back routine.

[tgb]

You could always go into Steam and turn off automatic updating for EU IV.

[Nefaro]

You could always go into Steam and turn off automatic updating for EU IV.

But what if it's too late? 

[Queeg]

You could always go into Steam and turn off automatic updating for EU IV.

You're right, I can roll back to the original game, without any of the patches. But if all I want are the AI improvements and other fixes from the patches, but without all the gameplay changes they added to accommodate the DLCs, then I'm SOL.  A "patch" should fix things; fundamental changes should be reserved for expansions.