[quote who="Frogboy" reply="8" id="1961638"] Here's a link to an image that gives you an idea of the look we're going for: http://angel.cs.msu.su/~salnikov/gilrond/Images/John_Howe/the_war_of_the_ring.jpg[/quote] Damn. If the game ends up looking even remotely close to anything like that, I'll piss myself with joy! [ Martok begins repeating mantra: "I will not have unrealistic expectations, I will not hav
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Damn, Spartan . I'm impressed! How did you find my thread over at the Org, though (along with all the other threads)? Did you just randomly peruse all those forums?
Ha! Nice. I particularly love Zargon0225's getup. He looks wonderfully creepy. [e digicons]:grin:[/e]
Isaac Asimov's Robot and Foundation series. Now *that's* some epic science fiction! I'll also strongly second Weber's Honor Harrington novels. Although I can't compare it to the Horatio Hornblower books (I've not read them yet), it's definitely a great space opera series. :D [quote who="Fatpunk" reply="12" id="1959424"]Kim Stanley Robinson. Mars Trilogy. Brilliant. [/quote] Gah! No. With apologie
[quote who="catwhowalksbyhimself" reply="2" id="1958005"] [quote]For me, the Tolkien universe in general is my favorite. Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series comes in second, with Stephen R. Lawhead's Pendragon Cycle rounding out my top three. [/quote] This[/quote] Wow. I'm impressed, especially that you enjoy the last one. I don't know that many Lawhead fans, at least that poke their heads up online. Kudos!
Awesome, dthif1980 ! Glad to hear you're liking it so far. :)
[quote who="Rhedd_V" reply="10" id="1957215"]You'll have to forgive us old farts who view the original trilogy as a life-changing experience, but anything not on those six hours of film isn't Star Wars.[/quote] QFT Like some folks here, I've seen the original trilogy more times than I can remember -- 20 is a low estimate, probably more.
Some very good points and arguments here, including a couple of which (admittedly) hadn't really occurred to me before. pigeonpigeon
I really, really hope that we'll be able to withdraw from combat if the fight isn't going well or we just don't like the odds. It's a pet peeve of mine that some strategy games (including GalCiv2, unfortunately) don't give you an option for your forces to retreat from battle, and that the only choices are literally "victory or death". Whatever happened to discretion being the better part of valor? ;) One of the things I've always liked about the Total
Looks good to me, GW Swicord . :D
Fascinating, Komnenos . You're a pretty good storyteller. :)
[quote who="ubernaught" reply="19" id="1949776"]Farseer Trilogy for me...damn those 3 books are incredible. Though maybe more gritty than epic.[/quote] Damn, you must be some kind of masochist then. I can't stand Robin Hobb. Don't get me wrong: Her overall storylines are interesting enough. However, she makes her characters so damn unlikable, I find myself literally wishing they would die and/or receive the comeuppance they so richly deserve.
Wow. I think this might the first game I've ever come across where the MP portion sounds like it could be just as fun as the SP portion. Seriously, I suddenly find myself actually *wanting* to try this out (which for me is unprecedented -- I've nearly always stuck to singleplayer only). That's just way too cool, Brad. [e digicons]:thumbsup:[/e]
"Wizard fight!" [e digicons]:D[/e]
[quote who="General Homsar" reply="16" id="1948489"]I really don't like this trailer. The ridiculously fast "music", sparse dialogue, and flashes of combat (which didn't give me a sense of what was going on) make it seem like yet another adreneline-filled action-fest, and nothing like ST. [/quote] QFT I was cautiously optimistic about the movie until I saw the second trailer. Now I'm more than half-expecting/dreading that it will be a steaming pile of spunk.&nb
For me, the Tolkien universe in general is my favorite. Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series comes in second, with Stephen R. Lawhead's Pendragon Cycle rounding out my top three.
[quote who="Spartan" reply="10" id="1945567"]Update: OK I got permission from Brad (via CariElf) to set up the domain this morning. The domain is setup now. I'm still waiting on the asset package, most likely it will come from Scott.[/quote] Sweet! [e digicons]B)[/e] (We're still talking about the .net address, correct? I just want to make sure I'm not assuming anything.) </
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Holy crap, Spartan . That's one hell of an update! Also: The game got mentioned on Reuters? Seriously? Wow, is there anything they don't report?
[quote who="NTJedi" reply="6" id="1945739"] Gamespot currently has the game categorized as Real-Time Strategy.[/quote] What?? [Martok goes to double-check] Holy crap, you're right. Why the hell did Gamespot do that?
Meh. Wasn't really that funny. I appreciate the sentiment, though. [e digicons]:)[/e]
Incidentally, it turns out that wasn't the entire article. Here's the whole thing : Stardock's recently-announced Elemental: War of Magic is the developer's own internal creation -- but it's no secret that the Michigan-based company originally intended to secure the sequel r
Apples. Citruis fruit tends to give me wicked cankersores. [e digicons]:thumbsdown:[/e]
Well that's certainly interesting. I know Brad had at one stated an admiration for the Master of Orion series, but I didn't realized he'd actually pitched making a sequel to Atari. A pity that they don't appear to have ever responded to his offer. EDIT: Changed the link to the full article. <
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Mithel : Brad has already said on previous occasions that GalCiv2 won't be getting multiplayer (in either a patch or expansion), so I guess you'll have to wait for GC3. Now as to when *that* comes out is anyone's guess. Brad's already stated that we won't see a GalCiv sequel until the next decade, which means 2011 at the very earliest. Realistically speaking, I'd say 2012 or 2013 is more likely.
Unfortunately, vieuxchat has a point. If you don't have at least 4 players (and even that's pushing it, as 6 is much closer to ideal), then you're not going to get the full experience of playing TI like you should.