astrath

astrath

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Since my Elemental beta is currently unplayable (bug posted in beta forum), I've been having another go at Fall from Heaven 2 for a few days. It is simply the best mod I have ever played, and I seriously recommend it to any Civ4 players who haven't tried it yet. Here are the things I think it definitely gets right. 1. Radically different Civs Usually the difference between civs is say extra 10% research, slightly better soldiers

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It's part of the game lore that the sovreigns are immortal. Their descendents are not however. See https://forums.elementalgame.com/371029 for example.

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Given that Dan Brown's books sell so well there isn't always a correlation between how good something is and how much money it makes (I don't care about the religious debates, the simple fact is the books are absolutely awful). I'm waiting for the reviews anyway. Then we'll see.

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The original poster assumes (the usual American assumption [e digicons];)[/e] ) that the queen is head of state of the UK, which while being technically true, is merely a ceremonial position with no power. She still is actually head of state of most of the commonwealth countries anyhow.

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Might be a good idea, but Stardock are not going to be making something like this any time soon. For a start franchise games like this gome at a price and SD have no history of doing it. Also they have a timetable of games to make stretching well into the future, by which time it is lkely that someone else will have done it.

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"Right, I've got the magic, lets go conquer the world!" "Er, Mr Sovreign sir, we've got a problem" "Nothing can stop me, I am an immortal channeler!" What about those mountains walling us in on this tiny peninsula?" "Oh." 1260187781

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