EU3 Announced

[unmerged(40258)]

no he didn't

"As far as I know there is no announcement for any games today..."

his day ended, and the announcement came.

the paradox forums never sleep!

 

[Yakman]

i must admit that i had lost hope.

 

[fraese]

Three cheers for Paradox!

Hip hip, hooray!

Hip hip, hooray!

Hip hip, hooray!

Let's make this the fastest thread to 100 replies

 

[Yakman]

go

 

[Yakman]

Hopefully we will get a blend of all the best of CK, EUII, Vicky, and HoI!

i think we can leave the vicky out of that.

 

[fraese]

1700 provinces... how many provinces does MyMap have now?

 

[AndrewT]

BTW it's really really official now

 

[unmerged(8391)]

Ho hum...I loved leadership in Vicky, so I hope they do it like that again. Always liked being able to have unique...ish random leaders.

And CK traits, weeee...

 

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[unmerged(8391)]

BTW it's really really official now

Hmmm, new engine? Well...as long as it's a new next gen EU engine I'm a happy girl,

 

[Yakman]

Ho hum...I loved leadership in Vicky, so I hope they do it like that again. Always liked being able to have unique...ish random leaders.

And CK traits, weeee...

i never viewed rulers' stats as being reflective of the actual ruler, but of the general luck and progress of the country at the time. perhaps, they could have slight variations to spice things up but keep the game on the same general tack.

 

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You know, it took me a bit for it to set in. I saw the thread in OT, read the interview linked there, read the rest of the thread, replied to it, read some stuff about Crown of the North (for no apparent reason) came over here, read this thread, and finally, when I went to post, I became giddy and overly excited.

I suppose I just couldn't believe it at first... Oh, so much time between then and now... I can't wait to learn more... But I've spent to long rambling in this post, time I should have spent worshipping Johan for giving us this.

*does so*

 

[Jon Shafer]

Just priceless, this is what Ive been waiting for. Ive played pretty much every strategy game in existence but EU II is the best game ever created. Ive never made a statement like this but its Paradox and its EU together again so here it goes. There is no way this game can be bad. Not possible.

I think there's a problem with that kind of thinking. While I'm certainly excited, there is the "possibility" that the game will be bad. One of the most difficult obstacles EUIII will have to overcome is the hype... after so long and with so much anticipation everyone will expect this to be the best game ever made... when in actuality, there are many ways to screw up a game or series. Not saying that Paradox will do so, of course, but assuming it will be the best game every from the start will only lead to many hearts being broken in the long -run. Best case scenario is that only 15-20% of hardcore fans are disappointed, and that's a pie-in-the-sky estimate.

 

[unmerged(8391)]

Thinking about it...shouldn't be all that surprised, I believe Johan said a couple years ago that EUIII wouldn't be out before 2007.

Although if they get done with it early or something...we won't hold Johan to that...I'm sure.

 

[Yakman]

the hardcore are always disappointed. that's why we have modders.

 

[Tem_Probe]

I'll be looking forward to seeing the developments on this game. Suffice it to say EU2 is a classic, and improving it will be hard, but I'm certainly enthousiastic at the idea How is the leadership portrayed in Victoria?

 

[Barkdreg]

best news ever

 

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I think there's a problem with that kind of thinking. While I'm certainly excited, there is the "possibility" that the game will be bad. One of the most difficult obstacles EUIII will have to overcome is the hype... after so long and with so much anticipation everyone will expect this to be the best game ever made... when in actuality, there are many ways to screw up a game or series. Not saying that Paradox will do so, of course, but assuming it will be the best game every from the start will only lead to many hearts being broken in the long -run. Best case scenario is that only 15-20% of hardcore fans are disappointed, and that's a pie-in-the-sky estimate.

Oh, people that get their hopes waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay to high will always be dissapointed, just like with any other game or highly anticipated movie.

But with all the projects they've done since EU II, I think if they combine the best parts of HoI II/CK/Vicky along with the best of EUII and general improvements to it...then it'll be a good game. There have certainly been a number of things that I've though "Hey, this would be cool in EU."

 

[jacob-Lundgren]

The new starting time is perfect in my opinion. SP EU2 games often got way off track historical, thats why I avoided the full campaign for nearly all of my games. This new time should improve things a lot while still allowing MP games to kick history off its course quickly.

 

[Jon Shafer]

Oh, people that get their hopes waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay to high will always be dissapointed, just like with any other game or highly anticipated movie.

But with all the projects they've done since EU II, I think if they combine the best parts of HoI II/CK/Vicky along with the best of EUII and general improvements to it...then it'll be a good game. There have certainly been a number of things that I've though "Hey, this would be cool in EU."

I think it's safe to assume anyone posting in this or the OT thread in the next day will have their hopes "waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay" too high no matter what.