Back then CK (the first crusader king was released) how believable was it that in less then a decade that series would bring paradox out of the dark ages (funny considering which time period CK is about but Im not one of those that say middle ages was a dark time). The first CK development was even started by another company but finished by paradox. I don't know how big of a success CK was but given that it did get an expension several years after release would tell me it was decent but not the greatest by any mean.
So a games success is not that dependent on its ancestors as you may think so just because Rome or Vicky have not been the most successful paradox games don't mean that they can not be the most successful (they can be as nothing is set in stone). That however don't mean that paradox will make a new Rome or Vicky game in this decade as for each game they make they could made another game and paradox is maybe looking for something new instead of improving the wheel a bit more. Naturally if the wheel cracks the whole company could come to a halt.
But by doing something new they may achive even higher successes both in matter and in mind. They tried to develop Runemaster which was neither historical nor a grand strategy game, while that game froze away it tells me that they have ambitions outside their "safe path" which is historical grand strategy. Now they are developing and will release Stellaris which could be seen as a compromise between the old and the new, grand strategy but with influences from turn based 4x games and it is a sci fi game. Just another steep and it may no longer even be a compromise game they will develop but a game like Runemaster, something new.
Just because an option have been shown safe in the past don't mean that you would wan't to do it again, people don't wan't to get stuck. I doubt paradox ambitions is to do CK-EU-HOI-Vicky-Rome-Stellaris over and over again, they will do new games, maybe they do a CKIII but that may be year 2030, maybe at 2050 they are at EU6 and not at EU10 or something and instead have done other game, some which may have been unthinkable that paradox would have done. Some not successful and some others more successful then what CKII is today.
Yes they did get money from EU (not the game) for one of their projects so that should tell us something about what they are currently doing but before it is revealed we can not be sure exactly what it is.
So a games success is not that dependent on its ancestors as you may think so just because Rome or Vicky have not been the most successful paradox games don't mean that they can not be the most successful (they can be as nothing is set in stone). That however don't mean that paradox will make a new Rome or Vicky game in this decade as for each game they make they could made another game and paradox is maybe looking for something new instead of improving the wheel a bit more. Naturally if the wheel cracks the whole company could come to a halt.
But by doing something new they may achive even higher successes both in matter and in mind. They tried to develop Runemaster which was neither historical nor a grand strategy game, while that game froze away it tells me that they have ambitions outside their "safe path" which is historical grand strategy. Now they are developing and will release Stellaris which could be seen as a compromise between the old and the new, grand strategy but with influences from turn based 4x games and it is a sci fi game. Just another steep and it may no longer even be a compromise game they will develop but a game like Runemaster, something new.
Just because an option have been shown safe in the past don't mean that you would wan't to do it again, people don't wan't to get stuck. I doubt paradox ambitions is to do CK-EU-HOI-Vicky-Rome-Stellaris over and over again, they will do new games, maybe they do a CKIII but that may be year 2030, maybe at 2050 they are at EU6 and not at EU10 or something and instead have done other game, some which may have been unthinkable that paradox would have done. Some not successful and some others more successful then what CKII is today.
Yes they did get money from EU (not the game) for one of their projects so that should tell us something about what they are currently doing but before it is revealed we can not be sure exactly what it is.
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