Rise of Prussia ,date de sortie, démo.

[Johan]

The map looks so good! That is a reason alone to buy the game

Edit: Love the trees.

[GlobalExplorer]

The map looks so good! That is a reason alone to buy the game

Edit: Love the trees.

As an native I must however point out that the representation is not correct at all!! I live in Brandenburg and this part of Germany is dominated by bone dry forests of pine trees. The screenshots show it covered with firs, which hardly exists in these parts (except as christmas trees), and would be befitting only for the mountain ranges, in Czechoslovakia, Bavaria or Thüringia.

Look at this image for a typical impression of a Brandenburg countryside:



not that this is important, but I find it strange that no one would have asked, or checked, because it really does not look right.

And if this is in any way noted, let me also point out that the country is extremely sandy, I know places where it literally turned into a desert, which is sometimes a strange sight.

[GlobalExplorer]

And since I am already nitpicking, I think you must do something about the faces. Your reasons for not providing all portraits are well known, but you must provide a replacement for the generic generals. Right now they look like wig standers, I don't know if you realize what a strange impression this makes, and all that's needed is to make some generic faces.

I think the problem now is that they just don't look human.

But maybe even a grey outline of the head would do.

[Ironclad61]

Well, a few generic faces could be better than the white faces... for generic faces you only need:

good commander ;-)
Medium commander :-)
Bad commander :-(

[PANGI]

wig standers

good idea

[arsan]

Interesting... many parts of central Spain looks just like Brandenburg
Not sure about that kind of forests up there, but similar pine tree forests down here are usually reforestation projects, planted juts some decades ago.
Regarding the "wig standers", i think something nicer is being worked on

[pjwheeling]

Love the map...hate the faceless Generals. Just my opinion.

Patrick

[GlobalExplorer]

Not sure about that kind of forests up there, but similar pine tree forests down here are usually reforestation projects, planted juts some decades ago.

You may have a point, the pines are probably the result of deforestation, and chosen because of the dryness. But natural forest here would have been made up of beech, birk, oak trees and such, I feel sure no firs or other needle trees, which you find in mountains.

But I stand corrected, in terms of the historic period, it might be even more correct to think of a more wild, natural countryside which not only covers most of east germany but also stretches into Poland, example:

The Schorfheide-Chorin Biosphere Reserve covers an area of 129,000 ha and is situated north of Berlin in the state of Brandenburg. In this biosphere reserve all geomorphological features of the postglacial lowlands of northern Germany can be found. In the transition zone of Atlantic and subcontinental climate, the ‘Schorfheide’ belongs to the driest parts of Germany. The natural potential vegetation of the biosphere reserve comprises mixed beech forests, oak-beech forests, pine-oak forests, mixed oak forests and dry subcontinental grasslands. Apart from forests, many lakes, moors, fens and mires can be found.

there is also a lot of information in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margraviate_of_Brandenburg , including some very nice maps:

The region is predominantly marked by dry, sandy soil, wide stretches of which have pine trees and erica plants, or heath. However, the soil is loamy in the uplands and plateaus and, when farmed appropriately, can be agriculturally productive.

Mark Brandenburg has a cool, continental climate, with temperatures averaging near 0°C in January and February and near 18°C in July and August. Precipitation averages between 500 mm and 600 mm annually, with a modest summer maximum.

[Pocus]

The map looks so good! That is a reason alone to buy the game

Edit: Love the trees.

Among others

[boudi]

Last I checked, Johan doesn't work for AGEOD.

Strange question, Tag; why do you ask?

Johan doesn't work for AGEOD, but AGEOD work for Johan, now.