You know, just saying, like...

[Atlantians]

Just because Paradox said they 'will not make' an 'EU: ROME II', that does not dictate that they have 'no plans' to make a Greco-Roman era game.

They could make a far better game by redesigning the mechanics from scratch.

Thoughts?

 

[Thravid]

I'd rather have them make a game about the Cold War- Late Modern Era- Space Era, to link up HOI3 and Stellaris.

 

[anomanderus]

I'd rather have them make a game about the Cold War- Late Modern Era- Space Era, to link up HOI3 and Stellaris.

The game which shall not be named fell through so I don't think paradox will revisit the Cold War in the next 2 years.

 

[Atlantians]

Cold War/Age of Terror would be fascinating as a game.

Absurdly hard to model, though.

WWII-era is infinitely easier.

 

[anomanderus]

Cold War/Age of Terror would be fascinating as a game.

Absurdly hard to model, though.

WWII-era is infinitely easier.

Part of the problem is the fact that it is contemporary or semi-contemporary. Also a lot of the genocides during the cold war as well as the less genocidal but still infamous policies like Petty Apartheid are still remembered poorly. But having a cold war game which doesn't acknowledge the atrocities of Pol Pot might make people sore, but having the atrocities or even making it so the player can either cause them or prevent them might also anger people.

I just want my Roman game man.

 

[NoodleNaught]

Lets be honest a Cold War game built in the usual Paradox style, would be about as cold as the sun the second it's unpaused. No need to model much but the first unit pack.

A dawn of civilization game might be kinda interesting too. 4000bc- Bronze age collapse.

 

[themrwho]

We want, no we need a Roman game.

 

[SAS]

I think (I have no proof) that they are waiting for the total war cycle to move away from Rome, to clear the market.

 

[Scutatus]

If even remotely true, that's years away. Rome TW II - and in particular, Attila - are still too fresh.

But to my mind it doesn't ring true. The Total War series and the Paradox games are very different beasts, and if I recall correctly the original Rome Total War and EU Rome were around at more or less the same time(?). Medieval Total War II didn't stop EU versions being released. I am more inclined to believe that Paradox just want to move on to other projects and other periods. Which to me is a shame - it would be good to see an update for EU Rome, the way several other games have been updated, but if it is not to be, I can understand.

 

[VineFynn]

When did they state that? I recall Johan saying a while ago in a Q&A that "when" Paradox makes Rome 2, there would be a greater focus on character mechanics.

 

[Stuckenschmidt]

Just because Paradox said they 'will not make' an 'EU: ROME II', that does not dictate that they have 'no plans' to make a Greco-Roman era game.

They could make a far better game by redesigning the mechanics from scratch.

Thoughts?

Delusion. 0/10

 

[WingedLion14]

When did they state that? I recall Johan saying a while ago in a Q&A that "when" Paradox makes Rome 2, there would be a greater focus on character mechanics.

Would make sense...a Roman-era game focused on playing as a family within the Roman Republic, scheming within the city, the provinciae, and interacting with the nobility of other states (e.g., various Greek polises, the pharaohs of Egypt, Gallic tribes, Palestine, etc.) would be really cool. I've always thought a game where you only directly control what your family controls and have to work within the political structures would be cool (i.e., if your character's son leads a legion, then you physically move it across the map, but you receive military objectives from the consuls, like to capture Carthage).

 

[AJ2009]

I would love another Rome/Greek game but I doubt it will happen for sometime. I reckon it would be a bestseller if they did make it as so many people love that era and it's a naturally great setting for strategy games as you have so many different civilizations in a relatively small area. No more generic factions!

 

[steven1mac]

I cant imagine Paradox ignoring this time span forever, there is just too much potential. I prefer if the game was set back a little in time however. The founding of Rome would be a good place to start. I wish they would expand the map East to the Hindu Kush and South to of Egypt to the African Kingdoms.

 

[Thrake]

I cant imagine Paradox ignoring this time span forever, there is just too much potential. I prefer if the game was set back a little in time however. The founding of Rome would be a good place to start. I wish they would expand the map East to the Hindu Kush and South to of Egypt to the African Kingdoms.

Besides they recently stated that they want to cover the whole timeframe of human history. Odds are they won't ba satisfied by covering it with old games like EU:Rome, so they'll have to release sooner or later a cavemen game, a greko-roman one, victoria and well, cold war is in the basket for now; the rest is already recent or in the pipes already. We'll probably see one of the 3 announced in the near future (probably a bit after Stellaris/HOI hype goes down so maybe late 2016?).

 

[EU3NOOB]

Just because Paradox said they 'will not make' an 'EU: ROME II', that does not dictate that they have 'no plans' to make a Greco-Roman era game.

They could make a far better game by redesigning the mechanics from scratch.

Thoughts?

PDS would never say this. That would paint themselves into a corner.

 

[NoodleNaught]

Besides they recently stated that they want to cover the whole timeframe of human history. Odds are they won't ba satisfied by covering it with old games like EU:Rome, so they'll have to release sooner or later a cavemen game, a greko-roman one, victoria and well, cold war is in the basket for now; the rest is already recent or in the pipes already. We'll probably see one of the 3 announced in the near future (probably a bit after Stellaris/HOI hype goes down so maybe late 2016?).

A game set where the first people switched from (Cavemen) hunter gathers to sedentary peoples. Running from say 10,000 BCE - 1000 BCE, would certainly be a different experience.

And you could save game transfer right into a new Ancient-Antiquity era game.