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Paradox Interactive Forums - Paradox Development Studio http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/ en Mon, 20 May 2013 04:52:30 GMT vBulletin 60 http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/images/misc/rss.png Paradox Interactive Forums - Paradox Development Studio http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/ New game advice http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?688855-New-game-advice&goto=newpost Fri, 17 May 2013 20:56:11 GMT Hello everyone.
I played a fair amount of HoI 2 and am now increasing my hours played on HoI 3 + expansions at an alarming speed.
I tried to take a look on other Paradox titles, but the catalog is huge and I can't really pick a new title.

I prefer the military part of the game (no shit Sherlock, it's a WW2 game :rofl: ) but enjoy all aspects of it, from diplomacy to production.
And I'm one of those control freaks who control everything manually, so micromanagement isn't an issue.

Wich game would you suggest to an avid HoI 3 player?
Thanks in advance. ]]> Paradox Development Studio Ai Shizuka http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?688855-New-game-advice Svea Rike II http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?688849-Svea-Rike-II&goto=newpost Fri, 17 May 2013 20:17:34 GMT Isn't it time for Paradox to think about making a sequel to one of its very first games? Paradox is a Swedish company, but it has only one game about Sweden! How come?

CORRECTION: Crown of the North, not Svea Rike ]]> Paradox Development Studio Yakdast http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?688849-Svea-Rike-II Feel free to like Paradox Development Studio at Facebook :) http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?688774-Feel-free-to-like-Paradox-Development-Studio-at-Facebook-)&goto=newpost Fri, 17 May 2013 11:10:27 GMT Hey there!

If you wanna show your support for us developers that created Crusader Kings II, Hearts of Iron III, Victoria II and are now creating Europa Universalis IV,
feel free to like our facebook page! :)
https://www.facebook.com/ParadoxDevelopmentStudio

Have a lovely weekend!

cheers,
regina

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]]> Paradox Development Studio Regina http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?688774-Feel-free-to-like-Paradox-Development-Studio-at-Facebook-) Applying to work for PDS http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?688252-Applying-to-work-for-PDS&goto=newpost Mon, 13 May 2013 20:47:49 GMT At the moment , I am studying engineering Electromechanics. But Im planning on changing next year to engineering informatics software development. And I would be lying if I said that it is not to learn how to make games; I even hope that maybe in two years time I will be able to apply for a position at PDS. It got me wondering ,would you guys accept a bachelor Engineering software development ,or do you want someone with a masters degree? Or is regular engineering school not enough to apply for a position at PDS and you really need to go to a specific gameschool? EDIT: Small thought, is being able to talk four different languages actually a plus on a resumee for PDS ? Or is English all you search for in communication? At the moment , I am studying engineering Electromechanics. But Im planning on changing next year to engineering informatics software development.
And I would be lying if I said that it is not to learn how to make games; I even hope that maybe in two years time I will be able to apply for a position at PDS.
It got me wondering ,would you guys accept a bachelor Engineering software development ,or do you want someone with a masters degree? Or is regular engineering school not enough to apply for a position at PDS and you really need to go to a specific gameschool?

EDIT: Small thought, is being able to talk four different languages actually a plus on a resumee for PDS ? Or is English all you search for in communication? ]]> Paradox Development Studio burny26 http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?688252-Applying-to-work-for-PDS Rhode Island loves Paradox http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?688191-Rhode-Island-loves-Paradox&goto=newpost Mon, 13 May 2013 13:06:36 GMT A local political blog in my home state posted this piece over the weekend: http://www.rifuture.info/why-ri-should-be-more-like-paradox-studios-less-like-38-studios.html 38 Studios, referenced in the post, was the video game company owned by former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling. The RI state government lost roughly $100m when they went belly-up. A local political blog in my home state posted this piece over the weekend: http://www.rifuture.info/why-ri-shou...8-studios.html

38 Studios, referenced in the post, was the video game company owned by former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling. The RI state government lost roughly $100m when they went belly-up. ]]> Paradox Development Studio reepicheep33 http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?688191-Rhode-Island-loves-Paradox <![CDATA[The History Game: let's create a game together]]> http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?688175-The-History-Game-let-s-create-a-game-together&goto=newpost Mon, 13 May 2013 10:15:21 GMT My fellow paradox-game-players, For a while now, I long for a full history game, more detailed than Civilization, and broader (longer time-period) than the paradox games. Although I love the paradox games, I am always near crying when a campaign has ended, because I want to continue my build up empire into the next era. So I decided to bring people together to get it done. You can join the newly made forums at: http://thehistorygame.freeforums.org/index.php I am looking for people who want to help with the programming, and for people who want to share ideas and have discussions about history in general and how to implement those in a game. My fellow paradox-game-players,

For a while now, I long for a full history game, more detailed than Civilization, and broader (longer time-period) than the paradox games. Although I love the paradox games, I am always near crying when a campaign has ended, because I want to continue my build up empire into the next era. So I decided to bring people together to get it done.

You can join the newly made forums at: http://thehistorygame.freeforums.org/index.php

I am looking for people who want to help with the programming, and for people who want to share ideas and have discussions about history in general and how to implement those in a game. ]]> Paradox Development Studio Persipnei http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?688175-The-History-Game-let-s-create-a-game-together Interesting read! The 4 biggest lessons from the year in strategy gaming at Gamasutra http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?688173-Interesting-read!-The-4-biggest-lessons-from-the-year-in-strategy-gaming-at-Gamasutra&goto=newpost Mon, 13 May 2013 09:53:21 GMT Hey everyone!

Interesting read about strategy gaming at Gamasutra, enjoy!

The 4 biggest lessons from the year in strategy gaming:
"2012 was a godsend for those suffering from the strategy game itch. Everyone from the strategy veteran to the genre neophyte had a breathtaking library of new releases that all showcased the very best that strategy has to offer. Most surprising was that this came at a time when some were wondering whether strategy, specifically turn-based strategy was on the verge of becoming a dead genre on the level of point and click adventures (which, I must point out, are also somewhat on the rise again)."
http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/MarkS...egy_gaming.php

Cheers,
regina ]]> Paradox Development Studio Regina http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?688173-Interesting-read!-The-4-biggest-lessons-from-the-year-in-strategy-gaming-at-Gamasutra GameHorizon 2013 - Using an axe to carve a niche - presentation by Fred Wester, PI http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?688165-GameHorizon-2013-Using-an-axe-to-carve-a-niche-presentation-by-Fred-Wester-PI&goto=newpost Mon, 13 May 2013 08:02:50 GMT Hey everyone! Check out the speech by Fred Wester, CEO at our publisher Paradox Interactive :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dakmZk2zBZ4 Hey everyone!

Check out the speech by Fred Wester, CEO at our publisher Paradox Interactive :)
]]> Paradox Development Studio Regina http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?688165-GameHorizon-2013-Using-an-axe-to-carve-a-niche-presentation-by-Fred-Wester-PI Ancient Greece in near future? http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?687149-Ancient-Greece-in-near-future&goto=newpost Tue, 07 May 2013 06:35:38 GMT I've honestly been surprised with the lack of front on a Paradox Game with a Greek Theme, especially the 550 BC - 330 BC period, maybe even Alexander... Lack of info, maybe? Anyway, the best game would have to be one centered in Ancient Greece... Pitching for a future game! ]]> Paradox Development Studio SCORPIONMIRO http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?687149-Ancient-Greece-in-near-future Stay away from Green Man Gaming http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?687012-Stay-away-from-Green-Man-Gaming&goto=newpost Mon, 06 May 2013 13:10:10 GMT Hello,

I'm not sure that this thread belongs here or anywhere on the forums, but here it goes. I bought Rome Gold from GMG and they did not provide me with a key. Instead, they forced me to download their crappy Capsule app and auto-activated the game there without providing me the key necessary to register my game on this forum.

I sent a support ticket and this is their answer:

Because of this, I was required to buy the game AGAIN from steam in order to get a key and register it on the forums. This caused me more sadness than financial loss because GMG's proved to be cheap but dishonorable.
Therefore I will never buy anything from them again and I advise you to do the same.

Update: they finally sent me the key after 6 days and 2 tickets. The key is NOT VALID so be advised when you do business with them. ]]> Paradox Development Studio satyrlord http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?687012-Stay-away-from-Green-Man-Gaming Interview with Paradox Development Studio at MMORPGItalia http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?686324-Interview-with-Paradox-Development-Studio-at-MMORPGItalia&goto=newpost Thu, 02 May 2013 09:49:42 GMT "We at MMORPGITALIA are really committed with Paradox Development Studio strategy games, expecially with the most famous of them all, Europa Universalis. The fourth chapter of this series is about to come out, so we've made some questions to the Studio Manager at Paradox Development, Johan Andersson. Because I'm not a true affiliate to gaming journos, I'd have liked to have a much more focused interview, instead I could only come up with random questions, I hope you won't mind."
http://www.mmorpgitalia.it/site/cont...sson-Interview ]]> Paradox Development Studio Regina http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?686324-Interview-with-Paradox-Development-Studio-at-MMORPGItalia Registering some old Paradox Games http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?685623-Registering-some-old-Paradox-Games&goto=newpost Sun, 28 Apr 2013 17:33:45 GMT Just realised that not only Steam games could be registered.

I own a bunch of PDS games ever since the EU1 (and the Valhalla actually ;)

Somehow only now got the point of registering them. I wanna new awesome avatar.

So I got to "My Games", choose, say, vanilla EU3, enter the 20 digit code and... it says the code is invalid. I tired it with all of my games, of the relatively newer ones it's vanilla EU3, HTTT, DW, Cronicles, Rome Gold.

They are all Russian versions published by 1C/Snowball. None of them works. Have they just expired?

Is it possible to just PM my codes to some mod, so he checks it somehow and gives me the icons and new avatars?

Is there a EU1 and EU2 icons? :3 ]]> Paradox Development Studio Dragovit http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?685623-Registering-some-old-Paradox-Games The History in Paradox games http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?685361-The-History-in-Paradox-games&goto=newpost Sat, 27 Apr 2013 10:28:29 GMT I enjoy my history, i watch alot of documentaries, i read alot books on the subject, i research on the web...
yet ever since i first started playing paradox games I've learnt so many new things about the past that i never hear in documentaries or books.
how do you get this knowledge? do you have historians working for you? do you have a TIME MACHINE?
we all know the major things like the crusades and the ottomans, but the little things like how Frankfurt somehow managed to stay alive for so long. please tell ]]> Paradox Development Studio Dale248 http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?685361-The-History-in-Paradox-games CK II, EU3 or Victoria 2 newbie needs help choosing http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?684899-CK-II-EU3-or-Victoria-2-newbie-needs-help-choosing&goto=newpost Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:29:02 GMT So after playing lots of various Civ parts (okay pretty much all of them) and various other turn based strategy games I finally thought I wanna get into the whole grand strategy thing. Now thanks to a some bundle sale and the huge discounts on the new paradox web shop I was able to get EU3, CK II and Vic 2 for a good price. I have all the major addons to all of them including Heart of Darkness for Vic 2. I do not have all the sprite packs (olny some for Vic 2). Now from what I understand other than the obvious differences from the time periods each game plays in Vic 2 seems to be for the most be focused on the trade and economy part, CK II on all the family business things like marrying, vasals and helping your family grow to power and EU3 seems to be not focusing on something special (so I might be wrong) and seems to be balanced on all the different parts. Now I am a total newbie to those kinda games but they always been quite appealing to me and thats why I finally came around picking some of them up. That said I think no matter the choice I will have to learn quite a bit on all of them (been watching some longplays and overviews already). Now what I am looking for is basiclly civ just on a bigger scale and with more advanced diplomacy and trading options. I also like to see myself as warmonger but even in civ everytime I tried to be one I ended up putting way to much into research and trade and tried to be getting along well with everyone (or at least as long as they would be of any help for me ^^)! I never was able to get myself to sink so much money into my units when I could build a wonder or research something that would give me a much greater benefit. So yeah based on that information which of those 3 mentioned games would fit me most and why and if someone thinks different than please give me the reason why you think I would enjoy your choice more. I hope you guys can help me with this one. Oh and just so you know every single one of them does have something that did appeal to me thats why I bought those in the first place but since all of them are rather complex and there is noway to actually play each of them for an hour or such and make a good decission based on it I thought I going to ask here. So after playing lots of various Civ parts (okay pretty much all of them) and various other turn based strategy games I finally thought I wanna get into the whole grand strategy thing. Now thanks to a some bundle sale and the huge discounts on the new paradox web shop I was able to get EU3, CK II and Vic 2 for a good price. I have all the major addons to all of them including Heart of Darkness for Vic 2. I do not have all the sprite packs (olny some for Vic 2). Now from what I understand other than the obvious differences from the time periods each game plays in Vic 2 seems to be for the most be focused on the trade and economy part, CK II on all the family business things like marrying, vasals and helping your family grow to power and EU3 seems to be not focusing on something special (so I might be wrong) and seems to be balanced on all the different parts. Now I am a total newbie to those kinda games but they always been quite appealing to me and thats why I finally came around picking some of them up. That said I think no matter the choice I will have to learn quite a bit on all of them (been watching some longplays and overviews already).

Now what I am looking for is basiclly civ just on a bigger scale and with more advanced diplomacy and trading options. I also like to see myself as warmonger but even in civ everytime I tried to be one I ended up putting way to much into research and trade and tried to be getting along well with everyone (or at least as long as they would be of any help for me ^^)! I never was able to get myself to sink so much money into my units when I could build a wonder or research something that would give me a much greater benefit. So yeah based on that information which of those 3 mentioned games would fit me most and why and if someone thinks different than please give me the reason why you think I would enjoy your choice more. I hope you guys can help me with this one. Oh and just so you know every single one of them does have something that did appeal to me thats why I bought those in the first place but since all of them are rather complex and there is noway to actually play each of them for an hour or such and make a good decission based on it I thought I going to ask here. ]]> Paradox Development Studio Manji666 http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?684899-CK-II-EU3-or-Victoria-2-newbie-needs-help-choosing <![CDATA[Interview: Paradox Development Studio on the strategy games & design]]> http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?684858-Interview-Paradox-Development-Studio-on-the-strategy-games-amp-design&goto=newpost Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:18:14 GMT "Before my laptop went belly-up, one of my favourite developers was Paradox Development Studio. Best known for producing the most hardcore of hardcore strategy games, Paradox games, like Europa Universalis, Hearts of Iron and my personal favourite, Sengoku, all share one thing in common - you can lose months of your life to each and everyone one of them. From intricate political systems to empire building that makes Civilization look like Angry Birds, this is a studio for genuine fans of strategy games.

The studio's lead, Johan Andersson, sat down with us to have a chat about the team's design philosophy, and where the studio is heading in the future. While it's a little disappointing that there is no intention there to build games for the consoles (surely the PlayStation 4 would be able to handle a Hearts of Iron game!) it's good to see that there are developers out there of a substantial size that are still committed to a purity of vision, rather than chasing after a mass-market that might not be there for their games."

Read the interview here:
http://www.digitallydownloaded.net/2...active-on.html

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