Which is what happened with the Darth Mod for Total War Empire, until he built Ultimate General: Gettysburg, and then built Ultimate General: Civil War.
What, Ultimate General/Admiral were made by the guy who made Darth Mod?!
....Suddenly, a lot of choices for how land combat works makes a lot of sense.
To go with your overall point, I totally agree that Indie devs are where its at if you want good games right now. Pretty much everything I have been interested in or enjoyed in the last few years has been indie. Meanwhile, the amount of AAA game devs I give a shit about can probably be counted on one hand. Specifically, Paradox continues to live up to its name. On the one hand, they are a bunch of woke Swedes. On the other hand, Victoria 3 is going to have one of the most complex and in depth discrimination systems they have ever put into their games, and they have improved pretty much every aspect of the game over their previous ones while keeping true to the overall tone and theme.
What, Ultimate General/Admiral were made by the guy who made Darth Mod?!
....Suddenly, a lot of choices for how land combat works makes a lot of sense.
To go with your overall point, I totally agree that Indie devs are where its at if you want good games right now. Pretty much everything I have been interested in or enjoyed in the last few years has been indie. Meanwhile, the amount of AAA game devs I give a shit about can probably be counted on one hand. Specifically, Paradox continues to live up to its name. On the one hand, they are a bunch of woke Swedes. On the other hand, Victoria 3 is going to have one of the most complex and in depth discrimination systems they have ever put into their games, and they have improved pretty much every aspect of the game over their previous ones while keeping true to the overall tone and theme.