Key Takeaways
- Victoria 3 offers a dedicated goal to learn the game through the country more easily.
- Crusader Kings 3 focuses on a unique story and guides the player through the development of the leader.
- Europa Universalis 4 gradually introduces new elements along with the original battlegrounds and technology.
The title of a grand strategy is often not the easiest title to use. There are a lot of questions that come up when entering an unusual new strategy title – questions like “What do all these statistics mean?” and “Why is the resource tab hidden behind three other menus?” and the usual “why is my country leading a rebellion against me after I built one (1) rice field?”
Knowing the genre in general will certainly help with each title, but there are some games that, while not necessarily the easiest of the genre, have a great tutorial to help with. adapting the players to what is expected of them. Whether players are looking to get into grand strategy for the compelling story or the addictive mechanics, here are some great tutorial titles to help with their first playthrough.
5 Victoria 3
A Difficult Game Made Easy for Slow Players
Victoria 3and indeed, the Victoria series as a whole, is one of the more challenging Grand Strategy titles to come from Paradox. The various economic mechanisms, factions that define each government, and the complex mechanisms that go into building a stable economy can be intimidating to a new player, or even to a Grand Strategy veteran who has never been interacted with them. Victoria in the past.
Fortunately, this title offers specific gameplay objectives for simply learning the game. By taking the easier countries as starting projects, players can go through a kind of story dedicated to the game as the player guides them to the important things to look out for during the development of the country, along with 'the tips and ideas specific to the start-up country. chosen player.
4 Crusader Kings 3
A Game That Guides You Into a Simple Guide
Moreso than other Grand Strategy games, Crusader Kings 3 It's less about strategic nation-building and more about the player's personal story along the way. The new start date with the latest update has added some historical leaders, and as with all historical leaders in this title, there are some that will give players an easier time than different. Perhaps the best way to explain the method Crusader Kings 3 takes a different approach from its counterparts in the Grand Strategy genre is that the player controls a single member of the royal family, not the kingdom that the member controls.
the Crusader Kings 3 The tutorial does a great job of reminding players by guiding them in how they need to develop and manage their own leaders and leader relationships, while constantly introducing more advanced things to do. leaders to expand and maintain their empire.
3 Europa Universalis 4
This Tutorial introduces more elements
Both temporally and mechanically lie in between Crusader Kings 3 SY Victoria 3, Europa Universalis has an incredibly broad time frame, with everything from the early Renaissance to the late Age of Discovery falling under its timeline . What this means in practice is that many new mechanics are implemented as the game progresses and new ideas, technologies and even schools of thought develop.
Europa Universalis 4 manages to cover the basics of combat and early technology, as these are the core parts of the game, and then provides more guidance as the years go by. In addition, there are many countries for beginners that will help players get a place in this world.
2 Age of Wonders 4
An entire kingdom dedicated to teaching players the basics
Age of Wonders 4 is a combination of 4X rules with Grand Strategy, creating a unique civilization that is only limited by the player's imagination… and the game mechanics. This is very important. This makes it even more gratifying to see that the first scenario and state that the player can face is a very smooth and light exploration of how the game works, and what the player's goal should be.
The player is guided by a more advanced civilization that gives them victory if they continue to build their army and do a few quests between starting the game and putting one of the cruel Godir on the other side. map. It's a slow and smart way to introduce players to the core mechanics of Age of Wonders 4.
1 Stellaris
VIR is ready to help conquer the Galaxy
Stellaris is a compelling title about the creation of an interstellar empire, and how that empire is defined by its galactic neighbors. This game doesn't deal with the size of countries or kingdoms, but rather, entire stars and planets, so it's easy to be intimidating at first. It's one of the simplest Grand Strategy titles out there, ridiculously so, especially if the first game is put to good use.
But for players who need help, their own genius, VIR, is here to provide two distinct types of tutorials. VIR can provide an in-depth guide to all sources and all topics, or a more relaxed guide where the text box does not appear if it occurs in an important part of the the player's game. Players also have the option to mine VIR for minerals, which is great!
