I always like HOI expansion packs. I might have voted for Vicky 2 if I had played the game and have a basis on determining if an expansion pack was needed (even though I would buy one reguardless )
Needed??? I think you are coming at this from the wrong angle, brother...
EU3, HoI3, Rome.....
I remember the days when you could buy EU2 or Victoria and Crusader Kings, and even though they were buggy to begin with, you'd feel safe in the knowledge that come patch 1.06, or 1.04 or 1.05, they'd be excellent games that could be played again and again.
Doomsday was the begining of the new age of bug-fixing-expansions/patches. Fitting title for the dawning of a new age.
So, are you telling me that I, the consumer, will be able to buy Victoria 2 and enjoy it without needing to buy an expansion that will fix any bugs that may appear?
In other words, if (when) bugs do appear, will you continue to support correcting any bugs, without forcing the consumer to buy an expansion that will be needed if one wants to keep playing an improved version without bugs?
Well, I think the fact that they have said they learned from the HoI3 release and will use different procedures for the V2 release means they are aware that there was a problem and have moved to fix it.
Well that makes sense.*Stuff that makes sense*
Really I think you should stop buying software. There will reach a point where we will no longer support Victoria 2 and then we will cease to patch it. At this point we will probably make and expansion. If we find bugs dating back from the original game we will fix it then, instead of releasing a product with flaws in the name of ideological purity. Microsoft does not still support Windows 98 and they have far higher budgets than we do.
Which is why I'm searching for re-assurances for Victoria 2 - surely you can appreciate my concern.
I don't want to buy the game at release time if I'm not going to play it at all.
I haven't even played HoI3 yet because it was not ready to play (in the standards I expected of it compared to HoI2 a la Doomsday) when released.
So you are encouraging me to stop buying Paradox products??:wacko:
EU2, CK and Victoria in their last patch versions (1.09, 1.05 and 1.04) were as good as I could expect them to play as finished versions - and I don't expect Paradox to continue to patch these products any further - I merely expect them to release a game that works and if it doesn't they fix it so that the customers feel as if they are actually buying a finished product, not a Work in Progress.
I vote Rome. Maybe it is time to make it good enough so that Johan will buy it.
I would like to see a Doomsday for HOI 3
What do you mean by rotw?
Rest of the World.
Doomdark has alot of ideas for it.