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delra

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Greetings Swedish neighbours.

I have a question, have any of you listened to Sabaton (swedish heavy/power metal band)?

They have some inspiring songs about historical battles/wars, especially their latest album about the Swedish Empire is awesome to get in the mood for EUIV Sweden campaign :)

(Sorry if asked before, too many pages to read on phone)

I'd gladly pay extra for the game if Andreas Waldetoft teamed up with Sabaton to do the music... Imagine "Carolus Rex" (born to rule) in Eu4. :)
 
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Greetings Swedish neighbours.

I have a question, have any of you listened to Sabaton (swedish heavy/power metal band)?

They have some inspiring songs about historical battles/wars, especially their latest album about the Swedish Empire is awesome to get in the mood for EUIV Sweden campaign :)

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I still remember the night when a friend from Poland got me going and I stayed up till 4 am listening to Sabaton.....won't name any names.... :glare:
 

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Greetings Swedish neighbours.

I have a question, have any of you listened to Sabaton (swedish heavy/power metal band)?

They have some inspiring songs about historical battles/wars, especially their latest album about the Swedish Empire is awesome to get in the mood for EUIV Sweden campaign :)

(Sorry if asked before, too many pages to read on phone)

Yes. :)
 

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What's the oldest possible historical period that you can imagine yourself to be able to design a PDS game to be set in? How far back in time you think you could take us?
 

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What's the oldest possible historical period that you can imagine yourself to be able to design a PDS game to be set in? How far back in time you think you could take us?

Jurassic Times! :D
 

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Greetings Swedish neighbours.

I have a question, have any of you listened to Sabaton (swedish heavy/power metal band)?

They have some inspiring songs about historical battles/wars, especially their latest album about the Swedish Empire is awesome to get in the mood for EUIV Sweden campaign :)

(Sorry if asked before, too many pages to read on phone)

Poltava is a great inspiration to me in the MP :D (playing Russia)

Also yes.
#NotEvenSwedish

I second this.

Who doesnt like wenches and mead?

And this.

--

Then Hammerfall, Powerwolf, Tyr, Heidevolk..

If only Rammstein was on Spotify, they'd be a shoe-in too.

--

Of course, this will also depend a bit on what I'm working with at any particular time; They're much better played loud.. But loud music doesn't really mix well with testing game sounds f.ex.
 

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What's the oldest possible historical period that you can imagine yourself to be able to design a PDS game to be set in? How far back in time you think you could take us?

I dont see that there would need to be a limit, but the scope would have to change. You couldnt do a stone age grand strategy, but you could do one where you lead your tribe and throw rocks at other tribes and dodge sabertooth tigers in a tighter scope that is more about survival than painting the world map.
 

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Would it be possible to have a group picture of the present staff with names and nicks attached?

I always find myself asking during twitch streams who are the pds staff present. And also it's nice to know the faces behind the g(n)ames.
 

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I dont see that there would need to be a limit, but the scope would have to change. You couldnt do a stone age grand strategy, but you could do one where you lead your tribe and throw rocks at other tribes and dodge sabertooth tigers in a tighter scope that is more about survival than painting the world map.

Stone age is an era for city builders, IMO.

Hey, here's a question not really cause you're devs, but cause you're all Eurotrash types.

Do native English speakers seem more 'foreign' to you than people like yourselves who had to learn it? I ask cause it occurred to me the other day that Swedes probably see the Dutch, for example, as more similar to them than the Irish mainly because both speak English as a second language. Similarly, I subconsciously have countries like Holland, Denmark, Germany etc in a category called 'All speak fluent English but not like us'. Am I on to something?
 

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I ask cause it occurred to me the other day that Swedes probably see the Dutch, for example, as more similar to them than the Irish mainly because both speak English as a second language.

Doubt it, I think its just a question of the Irish being more or less alien compared to everyone else.
 

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Gratz on Eu4 being the highest rated strategy game of 2013 according to Metacritic. How does it feel to be mainstream, and make games appealing to the masses, after all these years? :)