Will they ruin them? :(
http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?t=450213 (http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?t=450213)
Haven't been terribly impressed with AGEOD anyway. Shrug.
Fuck.
To be ruined you actually have to be good first :P
AGEOD had some potential but had not realized it yet. Perhaps this merger will help them along and if it doesn't well...they weren't exactly on an upward trajectory anyway.
Well, that is annoying.
Quote from: Valmy on December 17, 2009, 10:33:58 AM
To be ruined you actually have to be good first :P
AGEOD had some potential but had not realized it yet. Perhaps this merger will help them along and if it doesn't well...they weren't exactly on an upward trajectory anyway.
My take on this explained by me on Paradox OT:
I like Paradox, I have been here since the first beta AAR for EU1, I think EU3 with all the expansions is a masterpiece, but in general, I have a bad feeling about where they are heading, and AGEOD has (had?) been very much like the old Paradox, and their designs transfused a much-needed fresh blood to our small niché market.
How much did that cost? $100? :)
Honestly, I don't see what AGEOD brings to the table. Well not anymore than it would have been sense for P'dox to acquire Keewie.
That said, it's clear we need another player in this niche strategy market. P'dox can't support the mantle.
So they're going to be competing with themselves? Are they trying to make Victoria 2 fail?
Quote from: Habbaku on December 17, 2009, 02:25:54 PM
So they're going to be competing with themselves? Are they trying to make Victoria 2 fail?
Perhaps they will make AGEOD game fail :)
Quote from: garbon on December 17, 2009, 12:26:02 PM
Honestly, I don't see what AGEOD brings to the table. Well not anymore than it would have been sense for P'dox to acquire Keewie.
Crunch would have made MILLIONS! :cool:
Post from Fredrick, the Paradox CEO, FWIW:
QuoteAgeod is, and will remain, an independent studio run by people who create great games. Philippe Thibaut has designed games since I was in kindergarten (well maybe not that long, but you get the point) and there would be no reason for us to enter this relationship if we didn't believe in the stuff Ageod is doing.
Paradox will mainly market and sell the Ageod titles; we have been trying to find a way to work together for quite some time and this was the best solution we found. I hope this makes a 1+1=3 rather than anything else.
Fred
Are AGEOD the ones who did that Making History game?
As it was bleh.
Quote from: sbr on December 17, 2009, 02:35:53 PM
Post from Fredrick, the Paradox CEO, FWIW:
QuoteAgeod is, and will remain, an independent studio run by people who create great games. Philippe Thibaut has designed games since I was in kindergarten (well maybe not that long, but you get the point) and there would be no reason for us to enter this relationship if we didn't believe in the stuff Ageod is doing.
Paradox will mainly market and sell the Ageod titles; we have been trying to find a way to work together for quite some time and this was the best solution we found. I hope this makes a 1+1=3 rather than anything else.
Fred
Wasn't Phillippe Thibaut the designer of the original Europa Universalis boardgame?
Quote from: dps on December 17, 2009, 06:30:45 PM
Quote from: sbr on December 17, 2009, 02:35:53 PM
Post from Fredrick, the Paradox CEO, FWIW:
QuoteAgeod is, and will remain, an independent studio run by people who create great games. Philippe Thibaut has designed games since I was in kindergarten (well maybe not that long, but you get the point) and there would be no reason for us to enter this relationship if we didn't believe in the stuff Ageod is doing.
Paradox will mainly market and sell the Ageod titles; we have been trying to find a way to work together for quite some time and this was the best solution we found. I hope this makes a 1+1=3 rather than anything else.
Fred
Wasn't Phillippe Thibaut the designer of the original Europa Universalis boardgame?
Yes.
Paradox does seem to be better than AGEOD at publishing and distributing, so this should help AGEOD.
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on December 17, 2009, 06:48:30 PM
Paradox does seem to be better than AGEOD at publishing and distributing, so this should help AGEOD.
AGEOD needs to work on game design first. They've nice conceptual pieces but that don't mean shit.
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on December 17, 2009, 06:48:30 PM
Paradox does seem to be better than AGEOD at publishing and distributing, so this should help AGEOD.
Painful as it is to think about, Paradox is also probably better at polishing games for publication - or at least doesn't seem to have the same need to publish games before they are even reasonably playable (whether fun is another issue).
Quote from: garbon on December 17, 2009, 07:14:26 PM
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on December 17, 2009, 06:48:30 PM
Paradox does seem to be better than AGEOD at publishing and distributing, so this should help AGEOD.
AGEOD needs to work on game design first. They've nice conceptual pieces but that don't mean shit.
Exactly what I was saying above, but probably better-put. AGEOD doesn't really develop their games until after publication. That is a losing business proposition.