Supposedly extensive New EIC "add on" released

[modernknight1]

All, Found this on combatsim.com this morning. After gagging on the commercial optimism, it sounds like this add on might be worth looking at. I'm glad I didn't shred my copy yet. I'm gonna try it out. Land battles deserve a look. V/R AS

Free Add-On Announced for East India Company

Posted by Donster on: 2009-10-07 17:02:08 in category: Strategy and Wargaming News [ Print ]

In its continuing efforts to deliver the ultimate gaming experience to PC gamers, Paradox Interactive and Nitro Games today announced a "Designer's Cut" update for the hit naval strategy title, East India Company. Based on ideas from the game's developers, as well as feedback from the loyal East India Company community, the development team has gone to great lengths to ensure that players of East India Company experience everything they could possibly desire as they assemble the strongest naval empire to sail the seas.

The free add-on introduces a vast amount of enhancements for improved gameplay, including new port views, the ability to fight on land in island battles, the introduction of multiplayer modes "Beehive" and "Breakthrough", history graphs to help track long term progress, and many more new features to make East India Company a deeper experience than ever before.

PRESS RELEASE

 

[Luke159]

Hmmm, what you are told and what you get can be two different things, i won't be getting rid of my copy of EIC in the hope they can make the game better. I can't say as to my enjoyment in the game as i have only played the battle side of it, never the less the battle side of things will play a huge role in the game even for those who try to aviod war at all costs and if there is a problem there then it will be a problem that needs to be sorted out asap. Perahps one of the added features will make the AI ships work better and do as they are toild to do, the other new updates to the game opening new features is alway's a welcome sign but getting the game stable in that it does everything its ment to do without problems. From the looks of things the team are trying to make the game more fun and indepth so my hat goes off to them for there continued efforts, i hope one day this game becomes what it set out to be and if it does then it should have many fans and multiplayer should start to become very busy.

 

[rupertlittlebear]

In its continuing efforts to deliver the ultimate gaming experience to PC gamers, Paradox Interactive and Nitro Games today announced a "Designer's Cut" update for the hit naval strategy title, East India Company.

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WTF???

 

[modernknight1]

I with ya brother. V/R AS

 

[Zothen]

...the hit naval strategy title, East India Company. Based on ideas from the game's developers...

Muhahaha, gimme a break! I cant catch breath any more....
- "hit naval strategy title" - Lol! Hit? where? Into the face of the customer or rather a kind of face-palm hit? =)

- "based on ideas from the devs" - rofl! When I relate EIC with the basic concepts of gamedesign the word "code monkey" gets a very new meaning! Somehow they forgot to put the entertainment aspect into the good looking game..
I dont think the same "code monkeys" could fix what what theyve broken and not noticed in the first time. At least the chances are very, very low for that.
This announcement was at least a great laugh for me, hehe!