If you’ve never played Paradox Interactive’s Crusader Kings II, then you won’t know why a game can have patch notes that include “concubines can now have the ambition to have a daughter," “Eunuchs can’t have children anymore," and “fixed error in polygamy event." It’s not an accident that Paradox has managed to become the top developer of grand strategy games on PC in recent years. According to a recent interview by Paradox Interactive’s CEO, Fredrik Wester, the company is hoping to bring its grand strategy game, including franchises like Crusader Kings, Europa Universalis, and even Stellaris, to mobile in the next year, year and a half. The company’s been doing really well on PC recently, so they’re focused on that platform, but mobile is definitely a platform that seems to be an enticing destination for Paradox.
The developer has released some games on mobile, like Knights of Pen and Paper 2 (Free) and Magicka: Wizards of the Square Tablet ($3.99), which haven’t been bad, but it’s the grand strategy games that have made Paradox what it is now, and those are the games I hope to see on mobile. Wester also said they hope to use mobile as a companion device for their games, which would be fun if implemented right.
Now, while Wester didn’t mention any firm plans for bringing grand strategy games over on mobile, the interview does sound promising. I’d love to have a game like Crusader Kings II on my tablet (or even Hearts of Iron IV) because they would play great on a tablet (provided the interface was made for mobile). The App Store is definitely lacking in quality grand strategy games (or any grand strategy games for that matter, so let’s hope Paradox comes in to fill that void. And then, I can finally kill that lame son of mine who’s next in line of succession.
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Yes even MORE stuff I'm never gonna download!! Haha ;) have fun tho the rest that does enjoy this stuff :p
Exactly.
Thanks for sharing your useless input.
Your loss this game is a killer app
Another month? This makes me even more happy that I took the time to look up my New Zealand account's password so i could download this early. I don't know how long I'll enjoy this game, especially because I plan to spend very little on it, but for the last week it's been eating up my IOS time. Well, this and Crashlands and Puzzle Strike.
Serotonin huh, say, I could use some of that. Been playing it a bit and find it sort of boring. With my current backlog, I had to delete. Just curious what you like about it?
Quick matches, lots of tense tactics, dramatic comebacks. I'm not saying it's a great game, but it's a nice shot of rapid-fire multiplayer fun. Right now it's scratching an itch for me, but I completely understand why someone might find it lacking.
I'm just glad the latest patch to the game fixed the issues I was having on my iPad. I was playing with the field totally black and the towers and bridges invisible. I also had a problem where the game would disconnect after 1-3 matches and the game wouldn't relaunch until my iPad cooled down again.
I still love the game even when it had problems but it's much better fixed.
And I haven't paid them a penny so far. If I keep playing it I'll pay for something once but that's my limit on games like these.
Yea I feel the same way
Been playing it for bout a week and a half. It doesn't do much for me, kind of boring rlly. Can't grasp the hype.
Don't like this type of game at all, but obviously, lots of people do.
So the people who are already spending thousands of dollars to be the top of the leaderboard are gonna have even more time? No thanks. I'll skip this like all freemium games.
They can not kill the X Bow. It could take 10 seconds to deploy and I'll still use it. <3
You shall have half your wish
If you believe in it, then anything is possible
Anybody knows if I will be able to transfer my account from my current newzealand account to my main US one once the game is live in USA?
I think game progress is connected to Game Center rather than your iTunes account. So you should be in the same place when you download the game from the US store. (I really hope that's the case...)
Supercell needs to tell players: This game is based on "pay to play"
Have you played it? As far as F2P games go, Supercell has always been incredibly fair when giving players the choice to pay, and Clash Royale is no exception.
Ha, okay sure
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Of course he hasn't played it.
I agree. I think supercell has one of the most fair f2p models of all the big shots. I was playing for the first 2 weeks or so without spending any real money. I liked the game a lot so I got a $10 gem purchase that lasted me about 2 weeks. Never felt like I had to buy anything in their games.
FF Record Realm is the only big f2p game I can think that is more fair to free players.
I've played the game about three days! sorry about my last post !
I really don't have an issue with the P2P element here. Yes, you'll climb the ranks faster if you spend money, but the matchmaking prevents unfair battles. Ultimately, paying just gives you the option to reach endgame battles more quickly. If you choose not to pay, you'll gradually unlock cards, level up, and eventually reach endgame battles after a lot of playing. The experience is unchanged, you can just choose to climb the ladder for a month or take the elevator for $20. Of course, that month of climbing is going to help out a lot when you finally get to the top.
That was very quick. Considering boom beach was in soft launch for an entire 6 months. I expected april to may or later, but hey, i don't care too much. Better to open it to everyone than have us all be so far ahead by the time it's released everywhere.