Human Flavor Expansion

[ShaynaLynn]

Just a thought I had, it would be fun to play as the Humans where there are anomalies that are tailor made for the Humans. I'm thinking somewhere along the lines of figuring out more about our origins. There would be events that would remind you that Earth and her Human host has a long, extraterrestrial past. Ancient astronauts basically. I just think that it would be a fun story line to explore, I mean you can find out about the history of long extinct species and their empires but I haven't seen anywhere that you can find out about your own past. It's not that important, just a fun idea that would add more flavor to the Human game.

 

[Mordaith]

I wouldn't be shocked if something like this happened. Falling back on the CK2, Paradox has shown a willingness to do content for specific situations. Like the Charlemagne expansion. Which was fantastic. But it all boils down to demand. If there is a demand for it, it will likely happen.

 

[ShaynaLynn]

you could like uncover the secrets of the Anunnaki and other alien beings that had influenced your ancestors in the distant past. It could grant several bonuses, everything from tech advances to something that would represent a clearer understanding of your self and the place of the Human Race in the cosmos. If nothing else, it would be a fun side quest

 

[Borgrabbit]

We found ancient alien base on mars, -> Research -> The name of this facility turned out to be "Human Flavor" it was a famous restaurant about 100,000 years ago.

 

[ShaynaLynn]

It wouldn't be terribly hard to do. If they threw in some more human portraits and a specifically "Human" style line of development for ships, I would even throw a few bucks at it

 

[Fossa]

I think it'd be hilarious if at the end of the questline there was an big black obelisk with the words "God was here" carved into it.

 

[ShaynaLynn]

lol back when they served us on the menu on their base on Mars...

 

[Mordaith]

Actually, now that I think of it, and entire Exogenesis DLC wouldn't need to be humancentric. I mean, such a pack could contain unique anomalies for Human races, but the mechanics of discovering your species was influenced by a great precursor race could be added in for all. This could be done with several quest lines representing different possible origins. Maybe have some tied to an existing Fallen Empire, maybe uncovering the horrible truth of your race can lead to an End Game Crisis? Or maybe even change the way a current End Game Crisis is done.

Imagine getting a notification that another race has discovered it was the servitor race for the Unbidden, and they have resumed their role and now herald the coming storm.


And... so on... and so forth. Lots of possibilities.

 

[sparta105]

We found ancient alien base on mars, -> Research -> The name of this facility turned out to be "Human Flavor" it was a famous restaurant about 100,000 years ago.

We found ancient alien base on mars, -> Research -> and went on to activate a dormant mass relay which pissed off the turians... oh wait...

 

[ShaynaLynn]

I agree! It would be better if it could be done for all species, though I think it would be most in depth for the Humans as there is an enormous amount of myths, stories, legends etc to draw from, plus I'm partial to the Humans lol

 

[Fossa]

Isnt there already an exogenesis questline in the game though, ancestor anomalies that Wiz wouldn't show us on the stream? I'm always for more content, but maybe wait until we see what's there already

 

[ShaynaLynn]

 

[Georilla]

HUMANS? HAK! HAK! HAK!

 

[ShaynaLynn]

I don't remember hearing that in the thread, I'm just throwing ideas around, that's all. If everyone just waited until we found out everything that is in the game, no ideas would be generated. If it does turn out that Paradox has already included a story line that closely follows the old stories that have fueled the ancient astronaut theories I will be sure to follow that particular path in my game after it comes out. I really just think that in the future the Human game should be expanded in many ways, since most people will play as the Humans at least once and it wouldn't take an enormous amount of figuring out what to put in, there's already stories to draw from with the Humans, other species (though no less valid) you have to create a complete set of lore from scratch. I just don't want to have the same backstory for every single race

 

[Edopardo]

HUMANS? HAK! HAK! HAK!

You mean "HUMANI? HAK! HAK! HAK!"

 

[999realthings]

Meh, I dunno. I wouldn't mind if it was part of a larger that adds more features to all species but if it was an expansion for just focusing on humans seems kinda not worth it especially with all the other races we can play. Also I'm not sure how it works with PDX approach to species so far where they are just cosmetic.

 

[urkuru]

HUMANS? HAK! HAK! HAK!

HUMANS? NOM! NOM! NOM!

 

[Hull-Tanker]

I remember early in development that Henrik said that the further you go in the game the more mysteries you would unlock not only about the universe but also about your own race's origins.

My guess that there is several generic paths based on if you pick random/custom empire and then there is actual scripted backgrounds if you pick one of the empires that are available at start.

 

[ShaynaLynn]

I think that it should add to all the species, my only concern with adding a "discover your hidden origin story" to all the different species is that I don't want it to be too generalized. It would take a lot of work to add a unique story line to every single species. It's a wonderful idea but is it really worth all the effort. I guess, the way I'm imagining it is something like what Paradox did with EU4 with Purple Phoenix, Star and Crescent, and American Dream where they could add some detailed origin stories for the Humans (because as even has been admitted by the devs, they expect the human's to be the most played species), another micro expansion for maybe The Blorg and maybe a few of their other favorites. It's just an idea

 

[Rory1237]

Hmm, the ability to start in Sol is enough human flavour for me. I care little for stories of ancient aliens interfering with our glorious history.