Cruxador

Reply to Nintendo 3DS: Bandwagon starts here in Life, the Universe and Everything Elemental Forums

Well, not just that.

Reply to The Rampant speculation over scraps thread in War of Magic Elemental Forums

I'm pretty sure that the first dude is one of those cursed fellows who have to kill someone else in order to pass on. Not undead, merely a prolonged life. Unless I'm wrong, of course. The Ruin of Summer is some sort of elemental master, it seems he guards an area, and he presumably also guards a Shard. The wyrms may be similar. I doubt that the Haunter has his own faction, at least in the traditional sense, as he does not look very civilized. While his garb is of good make, hi

Reply to Nintendo 3DS: Bandwagon starts here in Life, the Universe and Everything Elemental Forums

I'll buy this when there's a game for it that I want to play. In other words, not until it's been out for a while and the price goes down. I've got a DS that I got the same way, and it's served me fine for a long time. I see no reason it shouldn't continue to do so for a while longer. And my heart goes out to you australian fellows, and your government/corporate situation. You fellows really need a good revolution. And it happens to be in style now; what with Egypt and

Reply to Fallen Enchantress Video and Artwork in Elemental News Elemental Forums

I actually do like the brown. It looks like barren soil, and it transitions nicely to the cloth map, which is what I use anyway. The green-brown of this swamp gives a unified and interesting look. Obviously there should be variation, especially with the new more interesting areas that are being added, but what we see here works very well for what it is.

Reply to Gamasutra Interview with Brad Wardell on Impulse::Reactor Free-To-Play in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

Interesting. All I can say now is that I'm looking forward to Reactor.

Reply to The Fallen Enchantress Poll in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="Hawawaa" reply="14" id="2896662"]1. Will there be espionage? 13. Any major improvements to dynasties?[/quote]We haven't heard about this, and it's big enough that we probably would have. So, it seems unlikely. [quote]7. Are there more soverign design options? 2. Will there be lots of new starting game options to pick? 3. Will there be more resources? 5. Will there be hero skill trees? 4. Will there be different

Reply to Fallen Enchantress Video and Artwork in Elemental News Elemental Forums

I notice that the 3d models in-game lose a lot of the vibrance of the 2d art. This isn't always bad - the big earth fellow looks good that way, as it blends him well into the landscape. But that snake is on fire, and his fire really should stand out more. I'm not sure how best to fix this, or if doing so would even be reasonably possible.

Reply to Favorite map size? in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

I use the largest setting. I normally like the largest I can get, but I don't think Elemental benefits much from going larger than that.

Reply to The natives may not be friendly in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="heyhellowhatsnew" reply="42" id="2885798"]You don't make niche games. This is a niche game: http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/ this is a niche game http://www.railsimulator.com/ RTS and strategy games aren't niche.[/quote]There are degrees of niche. Stardock's games are still much less mainstream than, say, Call of Duty.

Reply to The natives may not be friendly in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote quoting="post"]Everyone knows that it’s ass hat. Not asshat.[/quote]Actually, "asshat" is a very common spelling. The more common one, in fact. I think you're just being old fashioned about this.

Reply to Design a Quest Contest Voting is Open! in Elemental News Elemental Forums

[quote who="aeligos" reply="21" id="2884658"] Quoting Lord Xia, reply 19If the Empress is Child-Like, that means she's really an adult, but looks like a child...right? I mean if I were to [CENSORED] her, I wouldn't get into any legal trouble...right? It depends on which body of laws you subscribe to. -.-[/quote]For example, if you were British, it would be legal as long as you didn't take pictures of it.

Reply to The Stardock Game Roadmap 2011 in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Regarding Steamworks - I am entirely in favor of Stardock selling games that are also on Steam. However, Steamworks is a big part of reason I don't use Steam (the other being that the sort of games I like to play are mostly only on Impulse anyway). If Impulse can get those games without the DRM, then they should. But having titles with that DRM on Impulse will only serve to alienate the userbase, and, as Fistalis said, encourage people to just use Steam instead. There are things Impuls

Reply to Design a Quest Contest Voting is Open! in Elemental News Elemental Forums

[quote who="charon2112" reply="12" id="2884107"] Quoting GunslingerBara, reply 5I've updated the site. I changed the behavior of the popup so you can scroll down to read the full description. I also increased it's width to make reading easier. Apologies for the problems. Note: If you cannot read the top portion of the text in any popup, please do a hard refresh (Ctrl + F5) and try again! Bara The popup hasn't changed for me.

Reply to Quests in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="kenata" reply="22" id="2883122"] Dark Rising and Rod of Mages are also very good, adding a sort of a generic RPG plot into everything. They tie into lore and gets interesting things happening. Which is important. And either one alone could be the plot of a B-list RPG (in fact, Dark Rising basically was, with Dragon Age) which is a decent plus. lol...Well now that you point it out, there are some similarities between Dark Rising and Dragon Age, though I assure you t

Reply to Impulse Chosen Best Game Platform For Netbooks! in Personal Computing Elemental Forums

[quote who="CarGuy1" reply="11" id="2883017"]To convince everyone that digital distribution was the wave of the future a few years ago, game producers promised that prices would go down accordingly. I chalk it up to corporate greed.[/quote]Well, Triple-A launch titles are still expensive. But there are lots of other little games that cost very little, or are free, and that market is growing quickly. So digital distribution is having some effect on the market. It's just taking its ti

Reply to Quests in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Till Death Do Us Part is the best. It takes everything, and ties it together in a way that effects the game fundamentally, but doesn't usurp the actual gameplay. Dark Rising and Rod of Mages are also very good, adding a sort of a generic RPG plot into everything. They tie into lore and gets interesting things happening. Which is important. And either one alone could be the plot of a B-list RPG (in fact, Dark Rising basically was, with Dragon Age) which is a decent plus. Swappe

Reply to The Stardock Game Roadmap 2011 in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="179" id="2882778"] Quoting Cruxador, reply 169 Quoting Wintersong, reply 168 Quoting ne_zavarj, reply 166Stardock will never succeed to make a good RPG game . Never . They can only make good 4x RTS games , but nothing else .Yes, the only know to make RTS like Starcraft expansion.There's no need to go making fun of him. It's a legitimate concern, even if he doesn't have the English to express it articulately. It's really not a legitimate co

Reply to The Stardock Game Roadmap 2011 in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="Wintersong" reply="168" id="2882541"] Quoting ne_zavarj, reply 166Stardock will never succeed to make a good RPG game . Never . They can only make good 4x RTS games , but nothing else .Yes, the only know to make RTS like Starcraft expansion.[/quote]There's no need to go making fun of him. It's a legitimate concern, even if he doesn't have the English to express it articulately.

Reply to Derek, are you losing steam or are you just being quiet so you can read quests? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote]read quests[/quote] You mean like http://quest.lv/kusaba/quest/ ???

Reply to Big cut in energy bill in Personal Computing Elemental Forums

[quote who="seanw3" reply="7" id="2881489"]Capitalism is powerful because the government can create economic incentives to make the populace do just about anything. [/quote]You're thinking of socialism.

Reply to Icarus in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="Derek Paxton" reply="15" id="2877744"]I have played dwarf fortress a bit, I'm ashamed to say that I can't get beyond the ascii graphics to what looks like an incredible game beyond.[/quote]In that case, you might be interested in this: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=59026.0 That's a prepackaged version of the game with a graphical tileset, some of the tougher/more annoying options (aquifer

Reply to Post Your WorkStation 2011 in Personal Computing Elemental Forums

[quote who="Takao21" reply="21" id="2875914"]Here is my home pc. Need a new center monitor for eyefinity to work properly though. [/quote]BOB MARLEY AHHHHHH YEEEEEEEEEEEE

Reply to Twisted Genetics in War of Magic Elemental Forums

I... guess I approve?

Reply to Post Your WorkStation 2011 in Personal Computing Elemental Forums

[quote who="Skinhit" reply="18" id="2875199"]Cruxador...I love this shot.[/quote]Thanks. I actually did spend a bit getting my camera positioned just right. [quote who="Trojasmic" reply="22" id="2875998"]funny dude[/quote]How so?

Reply to I want your wife. in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

Some of those things sound a little iffy. Giving a city to a hero to be its own faction? How do they even serve you, then? But this is a good idea in general. They could also ask for things that benefit them that you might be inclined to do anyway, like outfitting them in armor (or giving them a horse or a sword) or imbuing them. PS you can have my wife, she's already borne me the maximum amount of kids anyway.