Are we not getting any teasers for the new grand strategy game before saturday, then?
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Another mobile game after this Stellaris offshoot MMO thing would be a real trainwreck. I still think that a Fantasy game is the most likely option.
After all the hype the last few months I think the natives might get a bit restless & annoyed if the highlight of the show was some mobile game. Though, I would be surprised if that was so.
Your fear is groundless and irrational, they would not promise a GSG and then give us a mobile game. That would be a terrible idea and I see no reason to believe they're braindead.
Well, if they produce a GSG set in a random world, with a fixed length campaign beginning on a totally random starting date ranging from prehistory to something in the future, and a random chance whether or not fantasy elements will be included, then there's nothing to tease about, because each subsequent campaign could turn into just about anything. Of course, the odds of that are about zero, and the amount of time and effort to do all of that WELL would be close to infinite.
Well. I mean. 2 years ago I would have agreed with you. Under the current regime I'm not certain.
This is also an irrational fear. If the very broad "theme" of the game is fantasy, it still doesn't tell us much about the actual game.
And historical theme is far from being a guaranty of quality either. Quite ironic that your avatar is from Imperator when you say that.
Maybe a fantasy-themed game will allow the devs to focus on gameplay and fun. If anything, Imperator shows that Paradox needs a bit of renewal in its way to approach game design. I really hope for a breath of fresh air. Something more like Stellaris than like another EU-like game.
A fantasy grand strategy game could also prove that fantasy can work with grand strategy and maybe also don't need to be generic orcs and elfs if they decide to go that route. Fantasy would work very well with customization since there would not be any demand for historical accuracy just like stellaris and it could have role play elements that eclipse CKII while also allowing the developers pretty much total freedom in what they want to do instead of being limited to historical accuracy or even lore if they go with a sandbox fantasy game.
It also allow all these jokes about mana to actually become a reality, Assuming they make a fantasy game with magical elements.
It also allow all these jokes about mana to actually become a reality, Assuming they make a fantasy game with magical elements.
That's your prerogative, but I strongly disagree.
They did not pretend that Stellaris Galaxy Command was a mainline GSG, all logic suggests they would not do such a thing for the upcoming game. Worries about a new mobile game are ungrounded and entirely illogical.
At least on Twitter, they made it clear the mobile game is outsourced, not to replace PC games.
Paradox is changing some of its policies, maybe... but i really don't think they'll abandon PC games... they didn't do it when everybody said PC games were dead, they won't do it now.
The big thing I worry about is if this mobile game could mean we should expect to see Micro transactions in their PC titles in the future.
This is a significantly less irrational fear then the worry that the devs are pretending that a mobile game is for PC's.
I have no problem with porting their PC titles to mobile or something like that but predatory Micro transactions is a whole other thing.