Floris Mod pack, it touches and improves just about everything in game while still keeping the vanilla flavor. Best mod out there if what you want to do is improve the original game. http://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php?board=197.0
It's an interesting game, not sure whether to call it good or bad though. The atmosphere and feel of the game are top notch and the investigative missions puzzles are really good. It's never been able to keep me attached to it for any length of time though, combat feels really clunky and repetitive (Which is a shame because the skill wheel and synergy idea are superb) and there just feels like there is way to much filler exploiting the combat then we really need to have, a byproduct of being an MMO I suppose. Still I go back to it for a day or two every month. Worth a shot for the price.
Ultimately it depends on what you're looking to do. If you're looking for more raiding/PvP/End-game type stuff WoW and Rift would be the games. If you're looking for a game where most of the meat is prior to the level cap Lord of the Rings Online and to a lesser extent Guild Wars 2 are the games for you. If you want a decent mix Guild Wars 2 would be the game, though I didn't find it to really excel in either regards.
Well, I'm playing Wargame: Airland Battle right now and the only diplomacy you do in that game involves an F-117 Nighthawk and a pair of GBU-27 Paveway III laser guided bunker busters. If you dig complexity, you'll be happy to know there are over 850 units available at your command, you can full customize your deck to tailor fit your strategic deployment. Slower paced, focus on strategic placements of key military assets such as SAMs and ATMs. I'm still a n00b but I've played a few online games and I can easily say this is the most complex and rewarding war strategy game I've ever played.SKaREO
Airland Battle is more tactical complexity whereas the OP is looking for more strategic complexity. My suggestions would be either Victoria 2 or Europa Universails 3 along with all their respective expansions from Paradox. Both games involve much more diplomacy then Crusaders King 2 and both can be played and progressed with little warfare if you choose. Europa would be the better game to start with as Victoria has a very indpeth economic model attached to it which takes a bit to learn. Give it a go and if you like it move onto Victoria 2 or Europa 4 which comes out in a couple of months.
The current license agreement expires. If they aren't able to retain it then obviously the game has to shut down (Whomever buys the license could also buy the actual MMO off Turbine/WB but I really don't see that happening). If they are able to retain it I honestly would expect WB to try and get a replacement developed ASAP or give LotRO a serious overhaul. Hard to believe they would spend that massive amount of money on a new license and ride it out with a decade old MMO. So yeah, really don't see LotRO surviving much longer past 2017.
Eh, Sins of a Solar Empire is a bit of a 4X ultra-light. Good game but missing a few X's. I'd agree with others saying Galactic Civilizations 2, certainly a good one. Masters of Orion 2 and Imperium Galactica 2 are oldies but are legends in the genre. Space Empires series and Sword of the Stars are also good. I've also heard Distant Worlds is also good from what I've heard but I've yet to dive into it.
this isn't very good for gamers who like creativity and don't like micro-transactions.
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As opposed to LucasArts sitting on the franchise and doing almost nothing for a generation?
At least EA has talented teams and tends to actually release the games they're working on.
Well EA certainly has that and in that regards I suppose the license is in a better home. Unfortunately the rushed development cycles, micro transaction focus, increasingly slipping quality assurance, the poor response time and, er, response to said slipping quality assurance, and the always wonderful DRM features EA lavishes us with lead me to the opinion that there's not much actual incline to be found. I mean what's really gained from simply shifting the exclusivity from Lucasarts in house system to EA's?
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