East India Company website relaunched

GlobalExplorer · 06-06-08, 10:28 AM

I spend some time at their new forum to get some information about the game. Currently on of the designers is communicating with the (small) community, and ppl should make use of that.

It looks like the game will be a strategy game, but also allow you to control fleets of up to 5 ships. The "politics" will be mostly about relations to other companies, as well as control over ports and their exports.

They also state that they want the game neither to be too realistic nor too much arcade, which is probably the best we can expect. Graphics in the screens and the new video seem to be not spectacular, but overall it looks like an ok game so far.

What worries me a bit is that they seem to make no statement about moddability, that could hurt the game immensely.

I am still posting here and ther and try to get them 'round to consider the inclusion of some historic events, hopefully they will turn to that later (I think the will maybe not in the initial release, it's too late for that).

06-06-08, 10:28 AM	#1
GlobalExplorer Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Location: Berlin Posts: 2,015 Downloads: 165 Uploads: 0	I spend some time at their new forum to get some information about the game. Currently on of the designers is communicating with the (small) community, and ppl should make use of that. It looks like the game will be a strategy game, but also allow you to control fleets of up to 5 ships. The "politics" will be mostly about relations to other companies, as well as control over ports and their exports. They also state that they want the game neither to be too realistic nor too much arcade, which is probably the best we can expect. Graphics in the screens and the new video seem to be not spectacular, but overall it looks like an ok game so far. What worries me a bit is that they seem to make no statement about moddability, that could hurt the game immensely. I am still posting here and ther and try to get them 'round to consider the inclusion of some historic events, hopefully they will turn to that later (I think the will maybe not in the initial release, it's too late for that). __________________