Paradox Interactive tries to bring "Diplomacy" a PC near you...

[Imran Siddiqui]

... and not have it suck (like the 1999 Microprose game did).

http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/diplomacy-2005/636313p1.html

Official Site:

http://www.diplomacy-pcgame.com/

If anyone can do this, I'd say Paradox has a good claim. Right now, they seem to appreciate strategy gaming and have a good reverence for the classic board game.

screens:

[Urban Ranger]

I wish them luck, though Diplomacy is one of those games that are extremely difficult to write a decent AI for.

[:) Smiley]

I sure hope they improve the graphics. The current one looks like it could be an MS Office application.

[Urban Ranger]

Graphics don't bother me

[Nostromo]

I've been following this one for a while. Looks very interesting. The Paradox Diplomacy forum is pretty much dead, unfortunately.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Originally posted by Urban Ranger
I wish them luck, though Diplomacy is one of those games that are extremely difficult to write a decent AI for.

Indeed. That was my same thought. I don't really want to buy a Diplomacy game where I'll have to find people online just to get a good game (though I may do that once in a while).

And I think the graphics ain't half bad.

[Grumbold]

Originally posted by nostromo
I've been following this one for a while. Looks very interesting. The Paradox Diplomacy forum is pretty much dead, unfortunately.

I can't say I'm surprised really. There are undoubtedly a significant number of people around the world who play diplomacy but a PC game is really only going to supply them with an alternative interface. No matter how good the AI gets (and Paradox don't often deliver resilient AI) I don't see it appealing to a significant number of modern gamers. It just doesn't have the appeal of a WW2 or even Age of Exploration world conquest game which even their most anal games so far have always had.

[General Ludd]

I do not have much respect for Paradox anymore. They have been completely neglecting their games for what... a 3d engine for a board game? And then they go and make a beer and pretzel game on top of it.

[Nostromo]

Originally posted by General Ludd
I do not have much respect for Paradox anymore. They have been completely neglecting their games for what... a 3d engine for a board game? And then they go and make a beer and pretzel game on top of it.

Diplomacy, a beer and pretzel game? Aren't games incredibly long? I admit, I never played it, but it promises to be a breath of fresh air.

[General Ludd]

Originally posted by nostromo


Diplomacy, a beer and pretzel game? Aren't games incredibly long? I admit, I never played it, but it promises to be a breath of fresh air.

Well, I've never played it either, but it seems rather simplistic... perhaps not a beer and pretzel game, but still a far cry from the standard set by previous paradox games, I think.

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by Smiley
I sure hope they improve the graphics. The current one looks like it could be an MS Office application.

MS Diplomacy

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by General Ludd
Well, I've never played it either, but it seems rather simplistic... perhaps not a beer and pretzel game, but still a far cry from the standard set by previous paradox games, I think.

Simplistic = complex, actually, like chess.

[Datajack Franit]

geography is just awful

[Nikolai]

Diplomacy might be the first Paradox game since EU1 I won't buy... But MrT said some time back that this engine would be very good for remakes of their older games, especially CK. That sounds more like what I'd do if I had the option.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Actually, if the AI works, this may be the FIRST Paradox game I buy since EU II .