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> The real interesting part of the game in my view is that conquest is no longer an option Isn't it though? Russia seemed to do OK with the conquest of Crimea.
by tcoppi 10y ago
> The real interesting part of the game in my view is that conquest is no longer an option
Isn't it though? Russia seemed to do OK with the conquest of Crimea. Anyway the suggestion of Europa Universalis is probably the closest you will get right now. If Paradox made a post-cold war sim I'd play the hell out of it, but I think it would be hard to do right and be interesting precisely because without real conquest and wars, there isn't much that is interesting for a game on the global level.
- defenestration 10y agoI enjoyed Europa Universalis as well. It taught me quite some history while being engaged with addictive gameplay. A modern version simulating the last 100 years of politics and war on a worldwide scale would interest me. Especially if you could try different strategies and perspectives in current day hotspots like Syria, Southeast Asian sea, etc.
- xlm1717 10y agoWell, technically speaking Stellaris is post-cold war, by about 150 years. :P
- tcoppi 10y agoTrue, and I'm currently enjoying the hell out of Stellaris, so I guess that counts :D
- peteretep 10y ago> Russia seemed to do OK with the conquest of Crimea While I'm no Putin apologist, Russian "conquest" of Crimea is a bit like hypothetical Éire conquest of Northern Ireland. You're certainly going to upset a lot of people, but it's also hardly black and white.
- hackuser 10y ago> it's also hardly black and white No, I think it's clear. The Russians invaded another country, conquered Ukranian land and kidnapped Ukrainian people. EDIT: Fixed the ambiguous pronouns
- peteretep 10y ago> Their military invaded "Their" being Russian here... > conquered their land and kidnapped their people By 'their', you mean the people of Crimea, of which over 50% identify as Russians?
- hackuser 10y agoYou can't invade another country because people "identify" as something. It's an absurd argument, worthy of the Kremlin (from whence it comes). Plus, IIRC that survey was also Russian propaganda.
- flashman 10y agoUnder that logic, the 87% Hispanic population of Texas's 15th and 34th congressional districts ought to welcome the Mexican army.
- hackuser 10y agoDon't forget cities like New York, with China Town, Crown Heights, etc. etc. etc. It's going to be a challenge to manage all those national borders in such a small area.
- lazylizard 10y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internment_of_Japanese_Americans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internment_of_Japanese_America...
- chx 10y agoHardly black and white? Care to provide us with some sources which provides the legal grounds for Russia annexing a part of Ukraine?
- vlehto 10y agoYou could view Crimea just as minor oscillation in the wake of collapse of Soviet Union. Conquest of strategic locations is just as important as before. Suez, Panama, Gibraltar and Singapore are pretty carefully looked after. But there has been significant decoupling between ownership of arable land and economic power. So you don't see same kind of land grabs that marked most of middle ages and lasted until WWII.