The beta makes me hungry for more stuff to be released.  Definately a great base so looking foward to the other tech tree being enabled, and all the extra other stuffs too:)

MP was interesting, havn't found a way of being 100% sure of getting into a game with some mates, other than both of us hitting the matchmake button at the same time and i assume lucking out.  He could also end my turn while i oculdn't end his which led to some entertaining ventrilo raging on my part ^^.

I tested it two times against AI. First time i died when some random golem suddenly killed my sovereign. Second time, the same thing happened.

Haven't touched the game since... what the hell i'm supposed to do? I mean, don't i need fertile land or such for farms? Sure i can build a city on that frigging wasteland but...

Also, performance troubles, if they can be called that (also something to note: some options aren't fully shown on main menu, Fog of War brightness for example). 1440x900 (lowering this doesn't affect), no AA, no shadows, most of the options on, on minimun setting when possible. 30ish FPS, a bit lower, most of time, but when i do something, the game slows down considerably. Open a window, a slow down. Move, a slow down. It seems that most of my time is spent on waiting something to happen.

Play count on impulse incremented by about 20.  This is actually only about 5 - 6 hours of playtime, it was a busy weekend.

I played it and finally played enough of it to win a game by killing off my two opponents.  I am pleased with the gfx and with the way it is shaping up so far.  I am getting some stuttering in the movements of my units every once in a while but I don't know if that is a bug or just the way it is at this stage.  Other than that though, I can't wait to see what it shapes up to be in the upcoming releases.  So, thumbs up devs, it's looking nice and keep up the good work. 

Also, a big thumbs up to the community.  Many of you are waaaaay over my head when it comes to strategy games.  I am glad and lucky that you guys are throwing in your two cents because you seem to know your stuff and are a hell of a lot better at thinking of ideas and ways to improve upon the game than I could ever suggest or think of.  <--- hope that made sense.

Cheers. 

Played a bit.  Has some good framework. 

I am looking forward to being able to create my own quests and AI personalities via XML or other simple means.

Going to play AoW: Shadow Magic with some friends until retail Elemental comes out.. unless it is delayed until next February, then we'll probably play Civ 5 until Elemental comes out.  What I find interesting is that as many complaints as Elemental gets for having bland repetitive quests (which will certainly be expanded upon come release) they are still generally more varied and interesting than Shadow Magic's, which are 90% of the time "Kill infidels."

Dude I wish I had more time to play! (Work, A Team, Grad Parties, Lan Party...)

But I must say I really enjoyed it! Also I love the artwork! (SUCK IT HATERS!)

Eh.

played it too will play some more games before some feedback

played several games, but it out of memoryed or bluescreened on every game for me, but liked the artwork & transitions to cloth map, did not like the overpowered monsters/creatures that are wandering around, and would like a way to slowly restore the essence of the ruler.

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I played it for a couple games. In one I won by conquest after 4 turns or so.

Played a decent amount now that I know we are officially caring about balance and features.  Game is pretty fun but needs a lot of fleshing out before I know how good it's going to be.  Still find myself playing almost entirely on the cloth map ironically.  Find it difficult to play zoomed in for the most part as I can't tell what is what.  That's how I play most games though so I wouldn't put much weight in that.  Sounds like things will be advancing pretty quickly so I'm excited to see what's coming.

Played it and really enjoyed it. I think the game becomes bigger the longer you play. It starts off simple, but what really did it for me was training up a few companies of troops, and sticking my sovereign in that group and running around the map with them. That was great. Knowing that I could stick in a few creatures in that army within the final build made me smile.

(Personally I've always wanted to see a Total War Fantasy series.)

Once all the elements are in the game I can see every turn becoming important. Especially against a better AI and human players. Right now there is a bit of "turn waste" in the current build, but I think I'll be more concerned about what's happening within the games I play when all the elements are in, and what I do really counts.

Oh.. on a side note... I want to make a "Fabio" sovereign in a later game..... he'll be crap at fighting and spells, but the "women.... they love him...."

I'm trying to think of a few names for him..."6-Pack Mack", "Andy Abula"....