New Supreme Ruler 2020: Global Crisis Dev Diary

December 2, 2008

New Supreme Ruler 2020: Global
Crisis Dev Diary

‘Hot Relations’ modification
revealed in latest Global Crisis developer diary

Paradox Interactive has today
unveiled the fourth in an ongoing series of Supreme Ruler 2020: Global Crisis
developer diaries leading all the way up until the game’s release, with this
newest installment from David Thompson, Lead Designer and Co-Founder at
BattleGoat Studios, discussing the “Hot Relations” modification.

In the following excerpt, David
elaborates on what exactly the “Hot Modification” is and how it affects gameplay
in Global Crisis;

“When we released Supreme Ruler 2020
we included two versions of the two original sandbox / campaigns. World 2020 in
Crisis was a "Hot Relations" modification of World 2020 in which both good and
bad relationships were amplified. Similarly, Melting Point was a "Hot Relations"
modification of the Shattered World sandbox / campaign. The reason we did this
was to appeal to different styles of gameplay. Some players wanted plenty of
time at the beginning of the game to get their nation set just the way they
wanted before it could be affected by changes in international relations.

Others believe the game moved too
slowly at the start and wanted more action from AI regions right from the word
go. So, essentially these two distinct versions of the same campaign provided
the player a choice of how quickly AI controlled international relationships
would develop into either war declarations or into formal alliances… “

Read the complete developer diary
for the expansion Global Crisis at:

http://www.gamesxtreme.net/pc/game/supreme-ruler-2020-global-crisis/diary-2871.shtml

Global Crisis is scheduled for a
digital download release via GamersGate during the latter half of Q4, 2008 and
will require Supreme Ruler 2020 to play. Supreme Ruler 2020 was released in June
2008.