Videos

[unmerged(4766)]

Just to mention (I guess you can't realy discuss about it) that I expect EU2 will be full of animations and videos (for example, if a great battle is won). EU1 is only 200 Mb, and I guess the rest of the CD can be used for much more multimedia that I think isn't very hard to create..

 

[unmerged(4783)]

I second that, juszuf7.

I think that EU was very spare in that regard. It would add more flavor if the videos could reflect historic change as well. The animations would show different uniforms, weapons, etc. as time progresses

 

[Txini]

I also second that, maybe you could see the battle, or siege, and you should be allowed to go out of it and see another and take orders.

 

[Rex Francorum]

boring..... Yeah first time will be cool to see these cutscenes and animations but after a couple of time, you will be bored...

However if any animations or video can improve gameplay (really?), okidokelee.

 

[Johnny Canuck]

I think the ideas of videos, etc. is good, but I only hope that it doesn't raise the minimum system requirements for EU2. I had to upgrade to a P200 just for EU, & it would be a major pain to have to buy a new computer for EU2!

 

[Alexander Seil]

Does it matter?

Hmm, i don't care as long as game is realistic, and full of various choices to make. Paradox must concentrate it's efforts on new options and improvement of AI. I prefer one more option/event/nation than 1000000000000 new movies....

 

[unmerged(596)]

I agree with Rex.

I think there should be no extra movies. Has anyone here ever played Shogun: Total War? The ninja cutscenes in it were cool to watch at first, but then they got soooo boring and repetative. Now when one of them starts I just close the window immediately. The same will happen with EU2. Eye candy is unnecessary.

 

[unmerged(2238)]

Well, yeah, that's the thing. There are so many things that need/could be worked on, and with such a small company, I'd like to see them just work on gameplay. Although a little polishing to the interface and whatnot wouldn't hurt. It's the same issue as tactical battles that was talked about in a previous thread: the Paradox crew, for all their quality, don't have enough quantity to be wasting time implementing a goofy tactical battle system that not all that many would use. If it were a bigger company, I wouldn't mind seeing a lot more movies and graphical polish.

 

[unmerged(4766)]

Well OK I guess videos are bothering some people here. So there should be an option to turn them off.
Or, if you leave them out, those 400 Mbs still have to be used somehow. Perhaps creating something like a historical encyclopedia with huge documentation (how much text can fit in 400 Mb?) should be good then, huh? Anyway it just bothers me to see so much unused space...

And gee, thanks for the rating (2 stars? the thread is realy that bad?). How do you rate a thread? I heard there is supposed to be a small menu, but I can't find anything!

 

[Carolus Rex]

How about an ingame manual that also explains what effect the tech's had on the world.??

 

[PatMaster]

You find the rating munu below the last post. To the right

 

[Alexander Seil]

It will virtually take years and years even to write up even 200mb of text. Anyway, it won't enchance gameplay.

 

[Carolus Rex]

How about an ingame manual also including paintings and art from the eras, some thoughts on people like Da Vinci and Michelangelo, make the game a history lesson.

 

[maekh]

Maybe have some small videos in tutorial hwen you i.e discover america,Asia and other artsof the world, when you build your first colony/tradepost,when discovering new nations , when you annex your first country.....

 

[maekh]

Originally posted by Carolus Rex
How about an ingame manual also including paintings and art from the eras, some thoughts on people like Da Vinci and Michelangelo, make the game a history lesson.

well maybe if clcik on "more info" about the protestantic church, monarchs and leaders....

 

[unmerged(4766)]

Originally posted by PatMaster
You find the rating munu below the last post. To the right

Aaaah! Cool!
Five stars for my thread, of course...