Gamerofthegame posted:

Mixed. You need to read up on things to know what to do and there's a few things where it's hard to get feedback on how well you're doing (boats mostly) but actually doing things and information for the most part is p ez.

Dr. Video Games 0031 posted:

I'm kind of curious as to what Paradox's expansion model for HoI4 will be like. Their other games are fairly obvious, there were/are a plethora of areas for CK2, EU4, and Stellaris to grow in, but WWII is a pretty well-defined thing and there are only so many ways you can expand on that specific conflict while still maintaining a balanced, cohesive product. Like, I can see one major WWII-focused expansion, maybe two tops. I wonder if they're going to start getting into alt-history stuff.

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- Revenues for the second quarter amounted to SEK 234.9 (182.0) million, an increase of 29 % compared to the same period last year.

- Operating profit amounted to SEK 142.3 (68.4) million, an increase of 108 %.

- Profit before tax amounted to SEK 142.9 (68.4) million, and profit after tax amounted to SEK 110.6 (53.2) million.

- Cash flow from operating activities amounted to SEK 62.1 (174.5) million, and cash flow from investing activities amounted to SEK -25.1 (-20.7) million.

- By the end of the period, cash and short term placements amounted to SEK 143.2 (176.4) million.

-During the second quarter of 2016, the internally developed games Stellaris and Hearts of Iron IV were released. In addition, an expansion for Europa Universalis IV, “Mare Nostrum,” was released. Revenues from the second quarter of 2016 are mainly attributable to Stellaris, Hearts of Iron IV, Cities: Skylines, Europa Universalis IV, Pillars of Eternity and Crusader Kings II.

Slime Bro Helpdesk posted:

But I suspect most people played ~2 serious campaigns at launch, felt they'd gotten the HoI experience, and set it aside for something else. Some went and played a campaign of EU4. Others played an RPG or TF2 or whatever. In a few months when they're feeling burnt out on what they've been recently playing they'll probably pick HoI4 back up and do another campaign.

Slime Bro Helpdesk posted:

Podcat you are a wonderful troll-

https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/hoi4-development-diary-september-9th-2016.967971/

Lum_ posted:

bees everywhere posted:

Honestly I hope they simplify the economy HOI4 style for Vicky 3 because I've played a lot of Vicky 2 and that poo poo still confuses the hell out of me. Not in that I don't understand it, it's just a lot of work to keep up with it when you've got so many other things going on.

The Cheshire Cat posted:

If you ever did take a crack at Vicky 3, how would you handle this? I mean resources being in limited quantity/availability is pretty key to Vicky's economy (as opposed to say HoI4 where resources are limited but not consumed, so you never actually "run out" unless you lose access somehow or increase your production beyond your supply), but it must be a hell of a balancing act to ensure that like, the world is capable of producing enough food to sustain the global population as it grows over time let alone all the other production chains going on.

Agean90 posted:

Yeah, their former publishers pushing for naval u it's kinda wrecked Wargame for me.

Is it going to be basically ww2 Wargame? Cause that would own

DurosKlav posted:

That does look really sweet! I do get kind of an updated Close Combat vibe from it.

Alchenar posted:

The problem is that over the course of the three games it became clear that they definitely never understood why people liked Wargame, and their heart was always in abandoning that surprisingly popular game to go make Act of Aggression. That having bombed, they went back to producing DLC for Red Dragon and looking for a new publisher (now found).

The talent is definitely there, what they need is a bit of that Paradox style bond with the fans where they listen very carefully to what the customers actually want.

Ofaloaf posted:

The KR panel was great, half the "history of KR" presentation was about modder drama and every fight for control since 2006. They barely talked about any development milestones except for when they moved to a new game.

Ein Sexmonster posted:

There's nothing EU5 would really accomplish at this point- they'd rather develop more content for 4 and have their new games be, well, new.

Stairmaster posted:

wait why are we talking about meiou all of a sudden

Jeoh posted:

meiou, more like 没有

LogisticEarth posted:

some missteps from the "old" design team, namely the POP/tile system

Jeoh posted:

That's a thing? :o

Phlegmish posted:

I am a bit disappointed with how Stellaris apparently turned out, I remember being pretty excited for it when it came out. Hopefully it's one of those series where they iteratively improve on the formula each instalment, and I can enjoy Stellaris 2.

e: is Endless Space 2 good? I didn't much like the first one as it's so generic.

The Cheshire Cat posted:

Something like trade lanes would also be an intuitive way to display the flow of goods to the player - everyone would still be able to sell goods to anyone else, but the actual flow of goods would be tracked from the selling nation to the buying nation and contribute to the "size" of the trade lane. They could be pre-defined like EU4 trade routes, or dynamic based on actual trade activity (although I could see this becoming a huge disorganized mess without some system to "cluster" trade into shared lanes rather than just everything taking the most direct route). Then your tariff income would be based on control of those lanes and how much actual trade was flowing through them. This would also mean that controlling say, the Suez or Panama canals would actually have an intrinsic value because of how they disrupt the flow of trade, rather than just giving a yearly flat "you got 10,000 monies" bonus.