Old news (mid-June), but I don't think it was ever linked here (it's not in the HoI in the Press thread)
http://pc.ign.com/articles/996/996142p1.html
http://pc.ign.com/articles/996/996142p1.html
If you have had the view that Paradox is aminor developer you must have been sleeping under a rock for along time Baneslave!
Well, minor is wrong word, but... non-mainstream would be more fitting. It is quite rare to see non-mainstream games being previewed so eagerly.
Well, minor is wrong word, but... non-mainstream would be more fitting. It is quite rare to see non-mainstream games being previewed so eagerly.
Sorry i think you are wrong again Paradox has been mainstream and a distinguished developer since Hoi1 and EU1.
Now "Madminutegames" for example is not a mainstream developer. Neither is "Nitro games".
I agree with you. Mainstream games are the GTA series.. The halo Series... Half life series... Counter Strike... Red Alert.. Classics, so to say.Depends on what you consider mainstream. For example, I don't think that Armed Assault 2 is mainstream game, nor do I consider any of Paradox's games as mainstream. On the other hand Portal and GTA4 are mainstream games, as everyone seems to have played them.
If you dont consider Hoi or EU serie of games mainstream then im really sorry for you
They are excellent games, but I don't think that they are mainstream. For example, if I go and ask my friends how many of them has played Portal, everyone says yes. If I ask how many of them has played HoI2, two out of ten might answer yes.
Mainstream =/= guaranteed to be a good game
If thats your view that mainstream is guaranteed to be good game then i definetly cant agree with you. Portal what is that? Where i come from such games as Portal and CS are sadly dominated by cheaters and everyone i meet classifiy those games as brainfodder played by 12 year olds that only play em since WoW servers is down. Paradox games on the other hand have established themselves on the good side of mainstream were in people that are interested in history and enjoy thinking are proud to own their games. If i ask a mainstream CS kid what his favourite thing with HoI 2 is he will look at me like im from Mars.
:wacko: oops feel like we're going offtopic here
Do you know what =/= means? I said that mainstream doesn't guarantee good game.
well if you had written +/- i would have understood.
Looking forward to tropico 3 as well.
Wait what? There is Tropico 3 in making?