CARTEL - The New Paradox Game

[vadermath]

Blimey, Pdox's truly been mighty busy these days

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/09/21/paradox-announce-cartel-interview/

But still, this is awesome: Their CEO, Wester, told RPS some weeks back he'd love to do a true sequel to Syndicate, with EA making their blasphemy FPS version to the angst of the classic's fans. They've now officially announced work has begun on what is basically a sequel to Syndicate in all but name, with much of the systems changed and/or improved, of course.

So, what do ya guys think? Ya played Syndicate? If so, did you like it? I played it 2 years ago, and despite it not aging particularly well, it was still damn good fun, IMHO.

 

[cric]

It is.

 

[Itakethebuseverywhere]

is syndicate like xcom?

 

[Radalan]

Holy ****ing awesome **** man dang, I've been waiting this for a long time. 

 

[Archonsod]

is syndicate like xcom?

Nope. Cannon Fodder in cyberpunk drag.

 

[Sir Prince]

I don't really have a clue what Syndicate is but I'm a big fan of combining turn and real time strategy so hopefully this will be awesome

 

[Swadius 2.0]

I hope my system can run this.

 

[Sir Prince]

http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?561194-CARTEL-or-for-legal-reasons-quot-NotSyndicate-quot

It will not be developed in-house by Paradox but no developer has been announced yet.

 

[QuailLover]

The article mentioned Pizza Tycoon...

The article wins.

 

[Swadius 2.0]

The article mentioned Pizza Tycoon...

The article wins.

Oh lordy, I love that game!

 

[QuailLover]

Can they make a remake of that next? 

 

[Radalan]

I don't really have a clue what Syndicate is but I'm a big fan of combining turn and real time strategy so hopefully this will be awesome

I don't ever remember having turn based strategy in original syndicate nor Syndicate wars.

Both are fun games anyway, thought Syndicate Wars suffers from ugly 3d/2d engine.

http://syndicate.lubie.org/synd/html/synd_main.php

 

[Wellenbrecher]

So yeah, like I wrote:

So RPS had some time to play this and apparently it's going to be a game for people who thought DXHR was too complicated but liked the looks of it.

Also I keep confusing this, Paradox's 'Cartel' and that stupid new X-Com FPS.

Now I'm really hoping that this one's going to be good.

 

[vadermath]

Nah, I doubt Paradox'll screw this one up: unlike other publishers, they've recognized the huge market for this particular game, in this particular time: They'll market it as the game the new Syndicate should've been, no doubt. Also, in slightly related news, Quinns of RPS fame has started working for Paradox Entertainment, or their marketing department, to be precise; times of awesomeness are ahead