Review by
RSP Divine Wisdom on 2/17/2013.
The boats make this map unique and more realistic.
35 out of 38 people found this review helpful.
Review by
hiji on 2/18/2013.
This is a great map that realistically accounts for sea travel and is fairly balanced based on the couple of single player games I have tried, although I have yet to play a multiplayer game on it. Super-bonuses accurately reflect the difficulty to acquire the requisite lands and aren't too massive.
Now for the one (major) downfall. AIs are stupid and the map setup makes it difficult to get a good game out of them (I had to create custom scenarios to place them in the middle of a landmass) because for some reason the AIs have a water fetish and will expand exclusively on water if possible. Because the oceanic territories grant no extra reinforcements, the AI will remain at 5 income as they stick to the ocean and avoid land for the entire game. I don't know what could remedy the AI's fixation, but I recommend that bonuses be created for the marine properties to at least give the pirate AIs some income.
Other than that, it's a nice map. A 5 if the AI problem is fixed, but for (pun intentional) now a 4.
Response by map creator
Moros
on 2/27/2013
I have no idea how to fix that problem. In the original game, the seas actually cost money to get your troops across them, so making them into bonuses wouldn't make sense.
I considered making bonuses for the viking, arab and european ships, but those would be very big and not worth completing.
And from what I know, AI's will always try to complete bonuses, so it might consider the seas all part of a bonus of 0 territories, making them the top on the list of things to complete.
One thing I could try though is to create an "invisible" bonus. One that covers all seas, has no bonuslink and is worth no armies. Maybe the AI will then consider it a useless bonus and start on the smaller ones first. But I'm not sure, this will have to be tested.
EDIT: I will be making bonuses for seas, but they will be rather large, to avoid people starting in them.
21 out of 23 people found this review helpful.
Review by
Stalin Was Right on 2/18/2013.
This Map is awesome! You should make maps for all the Paradox Games, would allow us a Mega Campaign, lol.
Response by map creator
Moros on 2/18/2013
Haha. I'm afraid I own only CKDV, so I don't know any other good Paradox game to make a map of.
8 out of 8 people found this review helpful.
Review by
Samuel Aha on 3/7/2013.
Great map, but so enormous, it takes ages to expand
Response by map creator
Moros on 3/16/2013
Then play smaller maps.
7 out of 7 people found this review helpful.
Review by
CROivan on 11/5/2013.
I've just played today against two players on this map. It's really exhousting to play with less than 5 players on this map, but I'm sure that it's very fun to play on it against many players. I like the idea that you need to possess sea if you want to get oversea territories. 5/5 and on favorites list
6 out of 6 people found this review helpful.
Review by
Shadowstar on 2/18/2013.
This is so amazing! It's such a big an awesome map and so accurate too!
I can't wait till i get promo account and have 23 other AI's playing with me. That'd be even more epic!
Response by map creator
Moros on 2/22/2013
You can play against as many AI as you like in Single Player modus ;) But I advise you not to grant them too many starting spots, as it quickly gets chaotic. Have fun!
6 out of 6 people found this review helpful.
Review by
Aenye Deithven on 4/20/2013.
Excellent map, possibly the best of all I have played ! The addition of non-bonus, traversable sea zones is briliant, greatly adding to the tactical challenge. The bonuses are well adjusted, making "surprises" possible even in end-game. Congatulations !
5 out of 5 people found this review helpful.
Review by
Nathan on 11/1/2013.
So much fun. Keep it up!
Response by map creator
Moros on 5/26/2014
Thank you for the good review, Nathan! Is there any map you haven't reviewed?
4 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
Review by
wonzii (Fin) on 2/19/2013.
this map is AWESOME and i'm in love whit this :DD way well... areas are cool and kingdoms. this map looks awesome because the sea is't black and the bout system IS AWESOME every single map should have this genius bout system :DD my rating 5/5 because this map is SO much diffident
3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
Review by
Dgreatemennace on 4/18/2013.
excelent, the water territories makes a different type of strategy that makes the game more intresting because generates a diferent type of fronteer that gives the power to conquer easyer far away countries but you have to get the navy dominance to make it possible, its a very good option to play
3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
Review by
powerpos on 7/14/2013.
gulf of biscay doesn't have a "-" in front of it's name.
Good map, lots of bonuses, eastern superbonuses are a bit too big to get.
Response by map creator
Moros on 7/16/2013
Thanks, it will be fixed.
3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
Review by
ian on 2/26/2013.
Enjoyed this map, but naval routes can get confusing without lines showing which are connected. Overall a good play.
Response by map creator
Moros on 2/26/2013
The seas are divided into squares, and each square contains one ship. Wherever the squares border, so do the ships in them. Adding more lines would make the map too cluttered, in the Mediterranean especially.
4 out of 5 people found this review helpful.
Review by
Teckmantle on 2/20/2013.
This is a really good map, but a bit boring to play against the AI. The ships give a welcome extra. Probably much more a map for several real players or teams.
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by
DJGG on 3/14/2013.
Amazing map!
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by
Major Risk on 3/9/2013.
Amazing for a large FFA, and very well balanced.
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by
AmG on 2/20/2013.
Longest game I have played to date, but the pay off at the end was amazing. Don't play this map expecting an easy or short game. The abundance of ships add a unique edge. Took me about 6 tries to win, but like I said, worth it in the end. :)
3 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
Review by
Landalf on 4/18/2013.
very nice and intesresting
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by
EMPEROR on 5/1/2013.
Big and has interesting features like the ships.
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by
Hagen1954 on 7/29/2013.
Nice map when You like amfibius operations
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by
Adolf Hitler on 6/11/2014.
I'm on a boat,I'm on a boat, Everybody look at me 'Cause I'm sailing on a boat
5 stars!
I love the map,for it requires the player to dominate the sea in a sense,and adding bonuses to the ships make it dangerous to pick a start near the sea/ocean
Plus I just like historical maps PERIOD.
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by
Master of the Seas on 2/21/2013.
Incredibly detailed, and as far as I can tell, no missing links. It is also very nicely balanced, and the ships are both detailed, and very helpful tactically. Only thing I could possibly think would make it better would be if ships had bonuses (Like capturing all those in the Atlantic or all the longships)
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by
Tarhani on 1/11/2016.
Nice concept: The ships do not represent single routes, they represent zones of control. So every sea area is connected to all adjacent areas, sea areas similar to land areas.
8 player settings:
- Spain is a bit strong, they have a fast uncomplicated start, a secure corner of the map and higher bonus-to-land-ratio in the beginning.
- France loses. Their large superbonus comes late and is hard to defend against three stronger neighbours.
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by
Weisblut on 9/9/2013.
good map with some pretty nice bonuses
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
SkyLimit on 11/21/2013.
Awesome
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
MaxK on 5/30/2013.
Excellent map. However, could the creator perhaps make an alternate map where the oceans have no bonuses (like before) or even negative bonuses to make players weigh the cost/benefits of crossing water?
Also, I think it would be interesting to have a version with higher bonus values geared more towards expansion-style gameplay.
Response by map creator
Moros on 12/9/2014
I'm possibly updating the map to have the naval bonuses as 0. If you think you know a good template with other bonus values, please send me the link.
1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by
[NL] Daan on 8/25/2013.
i like to play it
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
blacksabbath on 8/15/2013.
fun map, though its very confusing.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
6th Army Group on 7/11/2013.
A good map for early time, before more precise maps could be made, a rare find. To make it a Role playing game, where you can define your own kingdoms boundaries, set Kingdom Bonuses to 0 so you dont abide those.Good map
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
Cicconephile on 8/22/2013.
Very detailed, offers lots of different (sometimes overlapping) bonuses, and makes use of water regions. Love it!
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
DanWL on 9/29/2013.
good but comfusing terroterys conected together
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
Aleksey Nabilskiy on 1/16/2014.
Normol
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
DerKaiser on 2/16/2014.
i like it
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
Grievous_II on 11/17/2013.
Whats the total income for this map?
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
AJ on 11/21/2013.
Adding capture-able water territories creates an added complexity to the game-play. Blockading is now accomplish-able; bringing a more realistic game-play to the users. I'd like to see more of these. 5/5 Would play again.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
Mcownageburger on 4/17/2014.
Long, but quite good.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
{rp} Clavicus Vile on 7/1/2014.
Excellent map of the quality you would expect from this mapmaker.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
Devean on 7/25/2014.
One of the best maps I ever played! Only the sea super-bonuses are a bit superfluous ;).
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
antimatterfish on 9/25/2014.
Map is pretty cool, though the ships and bonuses are scattered all over (there's a bonus called "ignore this"...) and you can't tell where the ships connect to. There are several land territories that appear to be connected, but actually aren't. All in all though, still a nice map with a decent variety of bonuses.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
Beege on 10/10/2014.
tough map. Shipping lanes were rough
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
Wayne Wohler on 10/14/2014.
large map, real geographic interest, fair but some interesting surprises at sea.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
American ML on 11/26/2014.
awesome
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
Red Menace on 12/2/2014.
Love the ships, overall design and visual look! 5/5
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
shanezie on 2/7/2015.
This is easily my favorite map. I love how waterways are territories themselves.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
KGB Putin✯✯✯ on 3/2/2015.
Cool map and neat horn sound for battle.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
Rube610 on 3/18/2015.
Me gusta
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
NksTheKiller on 3/25/2015.
It is almost same as the Cruasader Kings 2 Map
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
Lord Snow on 8/6/2015.
good map
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
TJohn2008 on 9/2/2015.
excellent map
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
[WOLF]Traits_of_War on 11/3/2015.
Very good nice. lots of territories
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
ipg on 11/15/2015.
Nice and huge map.
Ideal for strategy and roleplay too.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
quatrazerov on 1/15/2016.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
Andalorium on 1/25/2017.
Love the map, and how you made the ship bonuses, is a stroke of genius. It adds a bit of fun to the map.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
giannisefoa on 3/2/2019.
I really like the historical background of the map but something that troubles me is that the game is played a lot in the sea and I think it is a little bit confusing because it is not easy to take care of all of your shore territories due to the fact that there not lines to show the connections
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
Aaron on 6/10/2023.
nice
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
Pinkbladder on 3/30/2024.
eh
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
Gutek Legione Gladio on 4/20/2016.
My favorite game. I like play on this map 4 players FFA
0 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by
Richard on 5/12/2013.
This map is too big and confusing with the ships.
2 out of 6 people found this review helpful.
Review by
exe on 9/10/2013.
111
0 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by
Lord Syvedyas on 2/23/2013.
It would have gotten 5 Stars if it had better coloring of the big bonuses. Great map never the less.
Response by map creator
Moros on 2/24/2013
Better coloring? What do you mean?
0 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
Review by
Doctor_G on 4/15/2013.
Great map for multi-player but not enough cards
Response by map creator
Moros on 4/22/2013
You can add them yourself...
0 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
Review by
Krulle on 2/21/2013.
Sail away!
0 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
Review by
DaavisH on 2/17/2013.
Nice map. The Livonian
0 out of 5 people found this review helpful.
