Augustus - Teaser #3 - 27th of July 2015

[BarskiPatzow]

Well, I can't think of anything...
When is this thing suppost to come out anyways?

Probably 2016.

 

[Haresus]

Pigs in combat was a big thing in Rome Total War 1. They might also have been in Rome 2, but I doubt that. Sacrificial pigs were in EU: Rome, I think. Hm. So this feels like an obvious reference to Rome, although it can have other meanings too. I guess the obvious conclusion is that a game about Rome is a no-go.

 

[sermaciej]

Obviously this is going to be shitty game, if you can't even stab pigs

 

[Victor Cortez]

Guys, he said: "there will be no stabbing of pigs".

 

[Vedinu]

This sounds like a discreet way of saying it isn't Rome.

 

[crowdemon]

There will be no stabbing of pigs.

I hope to see you all in Cologne!

The word pigs are often used in popular culture for repulsion, source wiki.
The site also mentions ancient Greece and Odyssey.

It might refer to ancient times like Rome and Greece.

 

[Super-Soviet]

Pigs, did you mean PIGS ?

EU Simulator confirmed !

EU: EU

 

[whitesoxfan]

It's a reference to "Romance of the Three Kingdoms":
http://bit.ly/1GTvmtW

Ancient China here we come!

 

[Urus]

obviously its a grand strategy game about ancient judea this would explain the numerology and the prohibition on pork

Agreeing to this. Or it may be sthing anout muslim world.

 

[Raph]

I guess the obvious conclusion is that a game about Rome is a no-go.

Yes, unless it's a troll attempt. Hard to tell. I hope it's not Rome/ancient history but rather something new and different but still a GSG.

 

[oscar721]

We'll laugh really hard when we know the game and the hints make sense!

 

[Domkrat282]

Predcition: stabbing of pigs will be included by modders.

 

[Razalhague]

Rome 2 with a new stability mechanic confirmed!

 

[Thure]

This sounds like a discreet way of saying it isn't Rome.

A hint for EU4 was 'Don't bother about being a bad boy'. This one sounds similiar. But Rome without stabbing of pigs...?

 

[Bodhisattvas]

These teasers (as usual) don't tell us anything We already knew it would be no Rome 2 Ahhh so excited

 

[uberjedi]

There are no pigs in space! -> GRAND STRATEGY SPACE GAME CONFIRMED!!
Oh yes!! Thank you Paradox!!
*cries tears of joy*

 

[Thure]

There are no pigs in space! -> GRAND STRATEGY SPACE GAME CONFIRMED!!
Oh yes!! Thank you Paradox!!
*cries tears of joy*

There are pigs in space! The Earth is in space too

 

[A_Dane]

Damnit, chances of a Rome game looks slim now

 

[Teljannin]

If you note carefully he said no "stabbing" of pigs.

Well pigs were indeed sacrificed in Ancient Rome, but they weren't stabbed. The ritual envolved cutting their throats and then an augur would slice their belly open to read their entrails. There was no stabbing as it would damage the organs and ruin the divination.

I knew it! Ancient world here we come!

 

[yourworstnightm]

Consider this... If it was a Bronze Age simulator, from the 7th century BCE to the 3rd century BCE, you could play as Rome and Alexander and Qin Shi Huang all in one game. Almost everyone would win... Except the cold war gs people

That's the iron age though. The Bronze Age was 3000 BCE untill 1200-600 BCE (took time for innovation to spread).