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Machiavelli Oct 14, 2023 @ 1:51pm

This has been dropped faster than Empire of Sin

Empire of Sin is still a continuing scam with the expansion never coming.

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BoJustBo

Oct 17, 2023 @ 10:21am

Learn the meaning of words before using them.

Machiavelli Oct 17, 2023 @ 2:49pm

Originally posted by BoJustBo:
Learn the meaning of words before using them.

Maybe you should? This is a true statement. The CEO of Paradox has declared this game is a loss and it's canned.

Last edited by Machiavelli; Oct 17, 2023 @ 2:51pm

robpost3

Oct 17, 2023 @ 4:13pm

With the difference being: this is a really good game out of the starting gate and the other was a hot mess...

JimmysTheBestCop Oct 18, 2023 @ 12:45am

Paradox just released the devs starting jan 1. Hbd is independent again of it stays together.

And this game stops support Jan 1 too.

So yeah it's dead

chorion Oct 21, 2023 @ 12:12am

Originally posted by robpost3:
With the difference being: this is a really good game out of the starting gate and the other was a hot mess...

The ending is a string of text,.....no graphics
So yeah a PDX game

drusca Oct 22, 2023 @ 8:33am

so what? it's not about the destination but about the journey. if it is a bad game for you just because of the ending....tough luck...there are so many good games out there with this problem.....but this doesn't make them bad games on the whole.

and how is empire of sin a scam???? scam means something completely different, hence the user saying about the meaning of the words.

neonwired Oct 22, 2023 @ 9:49am

Originally posted by robpost3:
With the difference being: this is a really good game out of the starting gate and the other was a hot mess...

It's really not, it's the most basic TBS game anyone could have created

MaxPrimal Oct 23, 2023 @ 5:17am

just play the game or not and be quiet.

LASci Oct 23, 2023 @ 7:05am

Originally posted by drusca:
and how is empire of sin a scam???? scam means something completely different, hence the user saying about the meaning of the words.

Sold, and continues to sell 2 DLC's. Only released one. Sounds like the meaning of scam to me?

Machiavelli Oct 23, 2023 @ 1:47pm

Originally posted by LASci:
Originally posted by drusca:
and how is empire of sin a scam???? scam means something completely different, hence the user saying about the meaning of the words.

Sold, and continues to sell 2 DLC's. Only released one. Sounds like the meaning of scam to me?

Yes, they are still selling an expansion pass that is selling a DLC that is never coming. That is a scam. This is the trend of Paradox publishing games not made by them. They poorly mismanage them and it seems this is the same case.

Last edited by Machiavelli; Oct 23, 2023 @ 1:49pm

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TroubleProne has The Lamplighters League

Oct 26, 2023 @ 4:38pm

I don't think so. Just because a game struggles out of the gate, doesn't mean it's trash. Chaos Gate was unplayable until it was patched.

The game is actually good, the writing is great, the music is great, and the voice acting is superb. It's on a whole other level.

The layoff's at the studio occurred MONTHS before the game actually launched. The publisher knew they had overpaid for the IP...and that they needed a great reception at launch to recover their losses, so like any publisher, they cut 80% of the staff loose. Everyone knows that payroll is the biggest expense. They probably thought that they would only need 20% of the staff for product support and patches. Who cares that Harebrained was actually a good studio.

The CEO is a moron. He probably hasn't even played it. There is a rabid fan base for turn based tactical sims. If they fixed the console issues, especially on XBox, it would actually do pretty good. Throw in PVP or endless mode, crossplay and a couple patches with some tweaks and it would be soaring.

And marketing for this was poor. I didn't know it existed until two days before it released. (And this is hands down my favorite type of game...)

I don't think they'll give up on this, but if they do, someone will pick it up and run with it, realizing that it's the sleeper(with some fixes) they've been looking for.

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Prisoner 76561197992841073 Nov 10, 2023 @ 3:21pm

This game looks cool but I just checked and it has 773 max concurrent players near launch... that's really sad and depressing to see, this game must be a huge loss unfortunately

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JimmysTheBestCop Nov 10, 2023 @ 11:27pm

Originally posted by Prigozhin:
This game looks cool but I just checked and it has 773 max concurrent players near launch... that's really sad and depressing to see, this game must be a huge loss unfortunately

the game is dead. 70% of devs were fired over the summer 6 months before launch. 2 weeks after launch paradox sacked the entire studio.

game has support til jan 1st.

it is DEAD

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