Question for the Developers?

[moodgiesanta]

I'm all for Shrapnel Games, myself. This game, aside from the graphics (which are functional and pretty decent in that respect but not Halflife 2 by any means) doesn't feel independant. I think a game such as this would not do well on the big market. Europa Universalis got a sequel, which is an absolute blessing IMO, so I'm thinking it sold OK at least, or had very low costs, since it was essentially a translation for release over here in the US, but I'm not sure how much the developers got out of that. Besides, the documentation for that game was awful, the packagin unimpressing. Post release support has been pretty good, though, which to me is important. A lot of developers stop getting paid for the product after they end development, and aren't paid any more for patches. This game feels like a work of passion, too.

This hasn't been the most coherent of Posts, but hey. If it works for them, cool, because as incredible quality games like this one keep coming from ol' Shrapnel games and the games get coverage from various media, perhaps Shrapnel's business model will be seen as viable, inducing more indie productions and more companies in the field.