Where are the devs ??

[Piksa]

Rhello ?
You have a game to finish, still waiting for a decent game since the day one
6 months without news

[Machiavelli]

They took the money and ran. That's how game development works nowadays.

[Piksa]

well i learn, dont preorder =)
just take it on the grey market a few years later with a little price =)

[AbbyHeart]

Originally posted by My Lord of Fellington:

They took the money and ran. That's how game development works nowadays.

True, but they promised 2 dlcs with premium edition, got full money, but never delivered on those promises. They can run, but i don't know if they are faster than the law.

[Fatbill]

Originally posted by My Lord of Fellington:

They took the money and ran. That's how game development works nowadays.

There was no money to run with.
This game did not sell enough copies to pay off the funding PDX initially provided, and to keep development on-going.
Allegedly, PDX has had to provide the minimal funding to keep the development of DLCs 1 (now released) + 2 going, and did so simply because it was cheaper to do that, than be sued in the EU for not delivering the DLCs that were "sold" in bundles when this game was released.

The "devs" are "gone" because there is no money to pay anyone to do anything.

I'd be surprised if the office of Romero Games was even still there, in Ireland or where ever it was.

[Dragster6681]

Originally posted by Fatbill:

Originally posted by My Lord of Fellington:

They took the money and ran. That's how game development works nowadays.

There was no money to run with.
This game did not sell enough copies to pay off the funding PDX initially provided, and to keep development on-going.
Allegedly, PDX has had to provide the minimal funding to keep the development of DLCs 1 (now released) + 2 going, and did so simply because it was cheaper to do that, than be sued in the EU for not delivering the DLCs that were "sold" in bundles when this game was released.

The "devs" are "gone" because there is no money to pay anyone to do anything.

I'd be surprised if the office of Romero Games was even still there, in Ireland or where ever it was.

Apparently they are still active, according to their website they are recruiting an Art Director. Who knows, maybe they are still working on the game and the 2nd DLC, it's just that they can't be bothered talking to us.

[Lovecheese45]

Man I was having high hopes for this game. Seems like it flopped

[Fatbill]

Originally posted by Dragster6681:

Originally posted by Fatbill:

There was no money to run with.
This game did not sell enough copies to pay off the funding PDX initially provided, and to keep development on-going.
Allegedly, PDX has had to provide the minimal funding to keep the development of DLCs 1 (now released) + 2 going, and did so simply because it was cheaper to do that, than be sued in the EU for not delivering the DLCs that were "sold" in bundles when this game was released.

The "devs" are "gone" because there is no money to pay anyone to do anything.

I'd be surprised if the office of Romero Games was even still there, in Ireland or where ever it was.

Apparently they are still active, according to their website they are recruiting an Art Director. Who knows, maybe they are still working on the game and the 2nd DLC, it's just that they can't be bothered talking to us.

Pretty sure that listing has been up for at least a year, not that I have been paying any particular attention...

Someone brought it up a long while back.

[pete0714]

Paradox needs to stick to Grand strategy map games, and stop trying to go to other directions, they fail at it too many times.

[Piksa]

i'm a little mad tbh, such a mess, this game on the paper looks so good

[Fatbill]

Originally posted by pete0714:

Paradox needs to stick to Grand strategy map games, and stop trying to go to other directions, they fail at it too many times.

Well, a bigger issue is probably that this game was done by an outside studio.

The new "old" boss of PDX said when he took over, that PDX would be focusing on internal IPs and core products, and not be financing titles from outside. The posts are probably still around.

It was the previous CEO of PDX who resigned, that made the (money losing) deal for this game with Romero Games.

[Btad]

actually i just got an email from them saying "contact Paradox they are in charge of all game announcements and updates" lmfao but the email i got from Paradox 3 weeks ago said the opposite

[Fatbill]

Originally posted by Btad:

actually i just got an email from them saying "contact Paradox they are in charge of all game announcements and updates" lmfao but the email i got from Paradox 3 weeks ago said the opposite

I guess that is confirmation of sorts that Romero Games ran out of money and PDX is holding the bag for the last DLC...

[Btad]

Originally posted by Archaon:

https://twitter.com/maezzabr/status/1523983301509361664
https://twitter.com/romero/status/1524107145398079493
Update from devs. They still active.

yeah cus they work on other games. i asked them about a patch or dlc they responded with "thats all up to paradox to announce" which means it dont matter if they are active or not.

[Martin X]

So, if we don´t receive the second DLC after buying the Premium Edition (because... you know... we all do stupid things sometimes...), can we do something about it? Or is like... Sorry, you lose your money about this second DLC and that´s all?

[Fatbill]

Originally posted by Martin X:

So, if we don´t receive the second DLC after buying the Premium Edition (because... you know... we all do stupid things sometimes...), can we do something about it? Or is like... Sorry, you lose your money about this second DLC and that´s all?

The second DLC is probably "coming".

Otherwise they would get sued for the equivalent of consumer fraud in the EU.
Allegedly, PDX is funding the development of the second DLC at a low level, for the sole reason that it is cheaper than getting sued and paying the penalties for commercial fraud in the EU, even if it makes no financial sense to do another DLC to this game (which it doesn't).

But there is nothing saying the second "sold" DLC has to be delivered quickly.