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I'm a fan of all three studios. :) But it is hard to meet up since CA is in the UK and Firaxis is in the US. I've talked to some Firaxis people and heard some talks, and they all seem to enjoy Paradox games. I think that PC strategy studios are so rare that they don't really compete much with each other. Everyone is just happy that strategy games are made.
 
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Like others have said, the strategy games part of the world is quite small, I don't see the point of arguing with each other. Besides, the others make some really good games too.
Beyond Earth will release tonight in Sweden, and I've pre-loaded it and am ready to dig in!
 
Choksquaker said:
Is there any dev here excited for Total War Attila?

I think they learned their lesson from Rome 2. A lot of cool new features.

Too bad there is still no unit mass and weight for better melee clash, like the guy above has said.
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I'm cautiously excited, as I am with most other games. Any developer can have a bad game, us included. I very much enjoy the Total War series, and I'm probably going to buy it, but not necessarily at release.
 
Blackfish said:
Didn't Sid Meier have a megacampaign AAR here a while back?
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Really? Hard to believe, if someone could dig it up I would love to read it. Sure it isn't just some random guy who named his account Sid Meier?
 
Goosecreature said:
If this is the real Sid Meier, I'll eat Groogy's hat!
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My hat is pretty big, sure you want to go down that road?

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Gred Flotkin said:
Hey all,

Sorry for necroing this thread but I just had a quick question as someone who is a fan of Paradox games but is mostly a Total War player. Do Paradox have any plans to start incorporating real time battles into their games?

Watered down campaign strategy and weak AI are making me very disillusioned with the Total War series and I'd love to see some direct competition from Paradox. Apologies if this is about the millionth time this has been discussed!
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Just my 2 cents:
They would be expensive to produce (lots of assets)
We would compete against CA which would frankly be better than us at it
Real time battles would not work in multiplayer
Personally I don't think it fits well into the PDS grand strategy gameplay anyhow.
 
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I for one don't want that during the 400 years of play in EU4 to be stopped every time I get into a war because I have to command my troops manually. Ugh during one play through, just imagine how many battles that would be, I would pull my own hair out.
 
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aramael said:
EA distributed Archon, one of the greatest games ever made. Of course, that was in 1983.
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Oh, that was a great game!

And to answer the original poster - I don't think I currently know anyone personally at CA or Firaxis, but I certainly have played their games a LOT. If I have to pick a favorite from each it'd be Civ 4 and hmm... Rome II or Empire.
 
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Will Steel said:
Rome II? :eek:
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To their credit, they eventually fixed it up a lot after the bumpy release. I have to admit I shelved it right after I bought it and then picked it up again much later :)

I play TW mainly because of the looks and the smell of blood and gunpowder, knowing my soldiers bleed for the glory of the empire in the bigger picture. I always play grand campaign and always play ALL the battles.

I liked Empire mainly because I'm a fan of naval warfare in the Age of Sail.
 
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