[i] Disappointed by the launch state and further development. [/i] The studio makes one strange design choice after another. I see their vision but I really can't support it if it leads to empty, overly complex mechanics without effect and, which is worse to me, incredibly unhistorical or even insensible outcomes. The game feels sluggish all the time, even on a powerful machine.
One might argue over that, but I hate the UI which is neither efficient nor fitting. The UI designers just don't know how to present the interface and its data in an aesthetically pleasing fashion that suits the historic setting. It's corporate-style buttons contrasted with brown backgrounds or overcrowded pictures with glaringly colourful text. What a mess! Just have a look at the government tab or a province overview. Or look at the cluttered top interface which is a space waste in the corners at the same time. Or, for Michelangelo's sake, better don't look at all.
Unfortunately, the studio's priorities are off, one update after another. I'm not quite sure I like studio Tinto's approach under Johan's leadership and under Spain's sun. Instead of improving the abysmally bad performance or giving contextual content to the player in systems that actually matter, they crank out mid DLC and updates that, in years prior, would have been considered pre-launch polishing. The changes most important to me have been postponed this week for a year and a half. That's crazy.
The studio always presents their "dynamic historic events" like a sacred cow in their posts. But I don't feel the impact of them. There is no intuitive or fun way of seeing the requirements for certain events or possibilities following in the next years. Even playing a country with a well-known history often feels like [i] floating in empty history space [/i] – never knowing what comes next or what was before you. I can neither see a permanent plaque or overview somewhere with my diplomatic, military or economic achievements nor is there a mission tree where I could look up my choices and taken paths ... and I think that's what many players want. It's not necessarily the amount of flavour content but the impact and uniqueness of it. I want to [i] remember [/i] a playthrough of, let's say, 50 hours! And the next one is not supposed to feel largely the same.
