Two Years since HOI4 announced?
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You merely adopted the hype. I was born into it, molded by it.
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In retrospect, the whole way they announced this game was way too hype-tastic and built up expectations that they probably could never have met. The fact that they announced the (cancelled only 11 months later) Runemaster at the same time shows that this was a double-mistake on their part.
Neither of the games they announced then should have been announced until they had a good idea what they were and when they would be released.
No guarantee, but it sure as hell would be a buggy mess if they released it before a proper beta.
Neither of the games they announced then should have been announced until they had a good idea what they were and when they would be released.
No guarantee, but it sure as hell would be a buggy mess if they released it before a proper beta.
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well tbh i think if you watch quill's or amuba's vids on the alpha test event even though they both said they had a blast i am glad they took the time to fix the problems that made ww2 start in 1936 lol
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The hype train has lost some steam and the track has been a bit bumpy but I'm still on it! Choo choo mother fluffers! Going to ride this thing all the way to the end!
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TBH I think that announcing games over 2 years in advance is bad business. The message of what the game intends to be get's confused over time, which customers come up with mixed up expectations - including myself.
I'm not saying this directly towards HOI4 but more of a general observation. I like what Bethesda did with Fallout 4 announcing it six months ahead of time keeps the excitement red hot, rather than talkign about a game for 2 years or more and then it's underwhelming when it's finally released.
Granted not all publishers/devs have the brand value of Bethesda where they can pull it off. But I think Paradox is on that same level of respect, (albiet a much smaller genre) where you dont have to start talking about games over 2 years in advance. Keep your resources on develpment not PR.
I'm not saying this directly towards HOI4 but more of a general observation. I like what Bethesda did with Fallout 4 announcing it six months ahead of time keeps the excitement red hot, rather than talkign about a game for 2 years or more and then it's underwhelming when it's finally released.
Granted not all publishers/devs have the brand value of Bethesda where they can pull it off. But I think Paradox is on that same level of respect, (albiet a much smaller genre) where you dont have to start talking about games over 2 years in advance. Keep your resources on develpment not PR.
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You get stuff mixed up a little bit. When Paradox announced the game, the release date was half a year or one year away. Then they saw, that, what they had at the time, was not good. And since then they have reworked the game for these 2 years.
The new guideline for Paradox is now, don't announce a game, if we did not hit Beta or are only short of Beta. So under these new PR rules, we should have heard about HoI 4 only now.
Tl;dr they were to eager to release the game and then saw, that it was not up to their standards.
For the sake of Argument, lets say HOI IV is to be released in Q2 of 2016 (around summer, correct?)
how much time has the game been delayed if the above argument was true?
how much time has the game been delayed if the above argument was true?
I'm not holding my breath. I'm OK with waiting even until next year!!!
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It is a lifetime for a hamster.
I've actually only been following this game properly for the last few weeks so for me its been a very short time. I am interested to see how the game comes along it is looking very interesting now that we have seen some gameplay. But a long way to go yet - long enough for me to play a HOI3 Japanese or Italian campaign I feel.
Honestly I lost all hype 1-1 and a half months ago. Hope it comes out mid Q2 or next year.
Yeah it's been 2 years, its quite close now. Possibly the summer, but no good games are ever released during the summer. It will either be released right before summer, or as swedes enjoy their semesters, it will be released this autumn. (Most likely august-september. Mark my words.)