• happybadger [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    I hope it's like Victoria 3 where nerds get mad because they can't figure out why communism raises the standard of living so much.

    • EnsignRedshirt [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      Paradox seems to be fairly dedicated to high-fidelity simulation. If you try to make your economic simulator accurate, communism is going to be op. We love to see it.

      • jackmarxist [any]
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        1 year ago

        Paradox when they can't implement CIA into the game(They can't mess with socialism now)

        • EnsignRedshirt [he/him]
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          1 year ago

          It would be hilarious if their answer to communism op was imperial hegemony constantly undermining your efforts. Would radicalize a few gamers, I'm sure. "I don't get it, everything is fine inside my own country, but other countries keep funding efforts to coup my government for no apparent reason!"

          • CyborgMarx [any, any]
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            1 year ago

            The corporate holdings add-on in Stellaris functions pretty much like that, I still remember the fury I felt watching a hyper-capitalist (but physically adorable) species open a branch office on my home world and steal half my energy credits, I make no bones about it, in that playthrough I went full Imperium of Man on those cute little capitalist slug-people