Patrician 4!!!!!

[Keith]

Wow, I just found out about this.

http://forum.kalypsomedia.com/showthread.php?tid=1419

I'll see what other information i can get about ti..

 

[Bismarck]

I've heard of that some months ago.
Ascaron Entertainment has gone bankrupt and Kalypso bought the rights for Patrician, Darkstar One and Port Royal.
Now they have founded a new studio called Gaming Mind Studios and hired many of Ascarons old programmers that were responsible for the Patrician 2 and the addon you know as Patrician 3.
Hopefully, we will soon get a good economic simulation because East India Company is a bad joke and other gaming studios are not interested in intelligent games.

 

[Keith]

Yeah, I don't play EIC anymore, I should have waited for the demo before I put down the money Sad as I had great expectations from it.

At least I have something to look forward to again

 

[Bava]

Yeah, I don't play EIC anymore, I should have waited for the demo before I put down the money Sad as I had great expectations from it.

At least I have something to look forward to again

Same here, I quit playing after I discovered that building spice fleets is all you need to do. The battles were fun, though, and most of the ship models are well done. But I really expected something more "mature" - and more moddable, tbh (no new graphical content == big no no ) . My dream game would be a mix of ETW graphics and the game mechanics of Patrician/Port Royale but, heh, I´m still young and maybe one day ...

 

[Bismarck]

Hopefully, they won't waiste their time on "precious" 3d graphics. I can live with good, realistic and highly-detailed 2d graphics which don't kill my graphics card and keep loading times low. In fact, I would love to see how modern 2d would look like.
In my oppinion, the best idea would be to add new content on top of Patrician 3 and allow land trade with cities in the back (Berlin etc.), more politics, more wares, more cultural diversity, better city building and improved factories.

 

[Keith]

Yeah, inland trade would be good (goes against the Hanseatic league a bit though) It's funny i've been playing pat3 at work for the last couple of weeks and the graphics have never been an issue for me (easier on the eyes than PR2 imho)

I would like some expansion on the alderman type issues and possible get more responsibility as you go up, Councillor does not really do much other than opens some doors to sell more goods. Piracy should also be a real alternative

Oh and for the love of god, make it moddable.

 

[Bismarck]

Modability has never been a strength of Ascaron as far as I know.

A real pirate career with my own raubritter castle/city would be great, because P3 lacks in this field.
It would be challenging to play as good old Klaus Stoertebeker or Michel Godecke, 2 famous pirates.

Regarding land trading: Even cities without water access were members of the Hanseatic League, but I don't demand all countries with 100+ cities, just the most important ones would do it.

I would also love some kind of specialisation. Danzig should receive a bonus when producing grain, Visby is famous for tar etc.

Some roleplaying can't hurt either. The profit made by auto trading routes should be determined by the captain's trading ability or the ability of a paymaster. There should be the option to let the captain decide what he buys/sell + the option to add specific wares you produce in a city to the auto route.