2 more mystery Paradox titles

[sandman2575]

I certainly wouldn't bet against it....seems to have been always their main product and I am sure all the WW2 fanatics would be all over it.  We'll see in a few days:)  The bigger question......how far away do we think either will be actually released...this year?  That will be even more torture knowing something is coming and still a long ways off.

A release this year may be optimistic -- Q1 2015?  ...that really is going to be torture for me -- there are few games I want as much as HoI4...

[steve58]

Hints #4 are up.  Clausewitz engine still for Project Nero.

http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?843-Project-Nero

Hint 1:  "There will be fire & darkness"
Hint 2:  "Is this a troll attempt ?"
Hint 3:  "There are no provinces in this game."
Hint 4:  " Clausewitz as you would never have thought possible. "


http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?844-Project-Armstrong

Hint 1:  "We will have ships!"
Hint 2:  "There will be a rocket on a loading screen"
Hint 3:  "n/t" and this jpg:

Hint 4:  " There will be deep technology trees!"


havent read that much about them yet, but theyre been mysterious about them at the moment

Im happy to say that looking at my steam account and from what i already know, Paradox could be my favourite dev now they seem to have their release s*** together

[Kushan]

Wonder if Nero is going to have movement similar to the campaign map in the total war series.

Since neither is likely to be EU Rome 2 I hope one of them turns out to be a space 4x with the clauszwitz engine.

[JasonPratt]

So... were Roman provinces called something else, and they're trolling the fans by going this route? (Fire and darkness could be references to Nero's fire on one hand and the start of the Dark Ages on the other.)

I have a hard time believing they're going to just skip Vicky3 instead of bringing it up to par, but then it's been a while since HOI3.

[undercovergeek]

the rise and fall of the forums mood with these hints is great - yayyy, boooo, yayyyyy, boooooo

im thinking HOI4 and something else - god knows what - space does not fit in with the released shots of nero so far, whereas armstrong says rockets, ships and deept tech trees - still HOI 4 for me

[OJsDad]

Most likely HOI4, since I just purchased the complete HOI3 collection at Christmas and started playing it. :P

[sandman2575]

I have a hard time believing they're going to just skip Vicky3 instead of bringing it up to par, but then it's been a while since HOI3.

I don't think Pdox has any intention of skipping Vicky 3 -- pretty sure Johan confirmed there will be a Vicky 3 sequel at some point.  But I have less and less doubt that HoI4 will come first.  Esp. with this latest clue about 'deep technology trees.'

Of course, I'd be perfectly happy if it is Vicky 3, which HoI4 only slightly beats out in my book --

[Nefaro]

So... were Roman provinces called something else, and they're trolling the fans by going this route? (Fire and darkness could be references to Nero's fire on one hand and the start of the Dark Ages on the other.)

Project Nero sounds like some Lord of the Rings themed development:

Hint 1:  "There will be fire & darkness"
Hint 2:  "Is this a troll attempt ?"
Hint 3:  "There are no provinces in this game."
Hint 4:  " Clausewitz as you would never have thought possible. "

[undercovergeek]

Johan has said its not a matter of semantics - when he says no provinces that doesnt mean they may be called, demesne, counties, or anything else

[JasonPratt]

So... were Roman provinces called something else, and they're trolling the fans by going this route? (Fire and darkness could be references to Nero's fire on one hand and the start of the Dark Ages on the other.)

Project Nero sounds like some Lord of the Rings themed development:

Hint 1:  "There will be fire & darkness"
Hint 2:  "Is this a troll attempt ?"
Hint 3:  "There are no provinces in this game."
Hint 4:  " Clausewitz as you would never have thought possible. "

::) Yes, but notice I included Rome explanations of the hints (up through hint 4, which is topically neutral unless it's referring to a discussion or statement made years ago by the devs on what the engine couldn't do.)

Hint 1:  "There will be fire & darkness" -- Nero was strongly suspected of having set fire to Rome; the Dark Ages popularly tend to begin with the fall of Rome in the 400s.
Hint 2:  "Is this a troll attempt?" -- Yes and no; yes they're trolling the fans by suggesting there will be trolls, no there will be no trolls -- unless "troll" refers to Germanic myths of the barbarians in the game.
Hint 3: "There are no provinces in this game." -- Because they're using some period-appropriate term for the little counties or whatever.

[JasonPratt]

Didn't see that before my last post.

Johan has said its not a matter of semantics - when he says no provinces that doesnt mean they may be called, demesne, counties, or anything else

Still topically neutral: a Rome game could switch to no province divisions just as easily as a high fantasy game. (Although that would apparently desynch from leading into Crusader King eventually.)

[tgb]

They're obviously partnering with a Japanese developer to create a dating sim set in the Roman empire.

[Gusington]

^Sold!

[OJsDad]

The losers have to face Godzilla.

[undercovergeek]

Didn't see that before my last post.

Johan has said its not a matter of semantics - when he says no provinces that doesnt mean they may be called, demesne, counties, or anything else

Still topically neutral: a Rome game could switch to no province divisions just as easily as a high fantasy game. (Although that would apparently desynch from leading into Crusader King eventually.)

theres a lot of speculation about a Clausewitz III engine with adjustable borders