Heir to the Throne Carnet N°10

[Emp_Palpatine]

C'est le dernier!

Heir to the Throne is about to cross the finish line and there is not much left to reveal. In fact, I probably should not be wasting time writing this diary, but I suppose we might still have a few morsels left for you... Let's see; there is the in-game history windows, reminiscent of the character history view in EU: Rome. You can now peruse the history of any province, as well as of your whole country, at will. It might not be a major feature, but it does help placate your inner historian. (And you have to admit that guy can be pretty vociferous.)

We have also spent some time improving the game interface where it was the weakest, like the message settings window, the peace window and the list of country modifiers. Then there are the many little things, like having the game menu appear when you press ESC. Naturally, many other aspects of the game have been touched-up, balanced and improved. The AI has been tightened up, mainly in the diplomatic and invasion areas. We have updated many decisions, missions, modifiers and events to make them more sensible and interesting. We have tweaked colours, textures and buttons. We have imbued the game with good cheer and the blessings of the POPE (though we are still waiting to hear back from the other Pope, the Dalai Lama and the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.)

One of our core design concepts in Heir to the Throne was to make the various countries feel more different to play. I have already talked about monarchies and republics, and while they have received the most love, tribes have not gone unscathed through the purifying fires of development. We all know and love the concept of tribal succession crises for tribes that was added in In Nomine. Now it gets even more... interesting to play a major tribe. You will constantly be prodded into war with conquest casus bellis from missions. There are rebel factions lurking in the grass, ready to pounce and usurp you if you become peaceful and decadent. There are also bonuses for conquering foreign cities to allow tribes to stay at war for longer. Westernization and switching to a decent form of government is now much harder. Playing a horde is might be more challenging, but also more rewarding for a player wanting to experience something different.

Well folks, this is sadly the last Dev Diary for HttT, but never fear: we shall keep you happy with some swanky developer AARs in the time before release. Farewell, until the next expansion!

[SeNTEnZa]

On a une date de sortie annoncée ?

en tout cas c'est en pre order sur gamersgate : http://www.gamersdailynews.com/story-15 ... g-Now.html

[Emp_Palpatine]

http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/sho ... p?t=448218

Un aar de développeur sur le jeu, avec Byzance.

[griffon]

bel AAR

sur ce qui est sans doute devenu

le meilleur jeu de stratégie depuis bien longtemps !

[necroproject]

Il manque l'innovation la plus importante, la plus cruciale : l'abandon de ce moteur 3D pourri Le seul jeu qui ai autant choqué mes camarades, hors les wargames 2D hexagonaux (ils sont vite repérés et catalogués ceux-là, sans surprise), sur le plan de l'impact visuel, c'est total annihilation (quoique HOI3 se défend pas mal dans la laideur).
A la rigueur, mais c'est déjà trop demandé, un redécoupage harmonieux des provinces aurait beaucoup apporté à l'opus.

NB : est-ce qu'ils feront un "pack" incluant l'ensemble des extensions et du jeu original ? Parce qu'avec toutes ces extensions, celui qui perd ses codes et son ticket d'achat est mal barré

[Emp_Palpatine]

Le manuel est disponible en ligne:

http://manuals.gamersgate.com/Heirtothe ... lowrez.pdf

[necroproject]

You can now access the Main Menu by hitting
he Escape key on your keyboard, though if you
have open interface windows it will close them
nstead the frst time you hit Escape.

Ils y ont pensé ! Une révolution !

[Emp_Palpatine]

La comm' continue sur l'expansion:

Un guide sur les casus belli:

http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/sho ... p?t=448575

Un autre sur les nouvelles nations mises dans le jeu:

http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/sho ... p?t=448581

[griffon]

encore deux jours à attendre !

[el_slapper]

Bon, j'ai plus qu'à attendre une version ultime et définitive, parceque j'ai pas envie de me trimballer avec 50 boiboites ou codes de téléchargement.....