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[quote who="endofdayz" reply="86" id="2337923"] Quoting Nesrie, reply 85 god, why do people say other people are whining when they simply disagree with them? I think a trailer would be good for elemental. I, as in me personally, never said anything about a blockbuster sized trailer. god, if only people would stop and listen for a moment. A good trailer could help Elemnetal sell better. (keyword is could. I didn't say it was for certain). And a good trailer do

Reply to A feminists complains about StarCraft in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="goodgimp" reply="54" id="2337785"] Quoting Nesrie, reply 53 Right because assuming that a character is male in a industry where 85% of characters are portrayed as men is sexist. http://negativegamer.com/2009/08/05/new-study-finds-minorities-women-to-be-underrepresented-in-games/ No, the author clearly is implying that women are incapable of performing in the scientific fields. I can't

Reply to A feminists complains about StarCraft in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="goodgimp" reply="52" id="2337748"]Didn't read the entire thread so don't know if this was mentioned above, but this cracked me up: A Nydus Canal is a large, vaginal opening, that if a Zerg unit enters, it may emerge at the other end, in a manner that "greatly puzzles most Terran scientists." (This quote is too much to not mock: What? Men cannot understand the vagina: the symbolic representation of women? I never would have guess

Reply to Don't chintz on the opening videos and trailers in War of Magic Stardock Forums

[quote who="endofdayz" reply="83" id="2337716"] Most gamers don't want to be looking at spreadsheets either? god, people act like it's all or nothing. Last I heard, there is a middle road. When did I say I want spreadsheets? And when did the Devs say that they wanted to make a game in 8 bit with 16 colors and not make a trailor? Why are some of you guys assuming the game will look horrible unless you whine incessantly on the forums. The screens ive seen thus far seem gre

Reply to Don't chintz on the opening videos and trailers in War of Magic Stardock Forums

[quote who="endofdayz" reply="81" id="2337405"]god, ya know most gamers beg companies to spend less money on glitz and more on game... A trailer lasts a few minutes, the game is what matters. [/quote] Most gamers don't want to be looking at spreadsheets either? god, people act like it's all or nothing. Last I heard, there is a middle road.

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[quote who="Thrawn2787" reply="42" id="2337315"]Off topic, I do remember that episode of TNG but why is Q wearing a guy fawkes mask? Was that in the episode? That much I don't remember Back on topic; Nesrie, you have actual numbers to back yourself up there? [/quote] Here are some links for you. And please note, your gaming preferences and what you like to play doesn't give you the right or the power to decide what is a game or not. World of Goo fell into

Reply to A feminists complains about StarCraft in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="landisaurus" reply="30" id="2337161"]oh, sorry. I was making edits to my post. (I felt the same way you did when I re-read it. It came off sounding like I was promoting it, which is NOT the case. I was trying to demote taking an extreme stance against it.) No I think that jokes are a good motivator. Starcraft has a lot of personality. sure its a tad insensitive, but the result is the internal cultu

Reply to A feminists complains about StarCraft in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="landisaurus" reply="28" id="2337156"]wow... I mean, I understand her point of view on some of them. ("you don't touch the over elves like that" from only warcraft 2 female comes to mind) But suggesting that the zerg represent sexuality of women I think is streching it. But, like... target audiance in 1998 when starcraft came out? Sorry woman, yeah, its a male dominated industry, and it REALLY was a male dominated industry

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[quote who="Thrawn2787" reply="5" id="2336969"]Starcraft is over 10 years old Also, what's the average consumer in the gaming market? Whats that? White males? You win! Sorry a market likes to appeal to it's average consumer. [/quote] You are so wrong on so many levels. White males are not the average consumer in the entire gaming industry. To actually make such a claim you would have to ignore the casual gaming industry en

Reply to Don't chintz on the opening videos and trailers in War of Magic Stardock Forums

[quote who="Tridus" reply="77" id="2336663"]A good trailer can draw attention to the game. But if there's nothing there? Warhammer Online had a lot of attention at launch, and then it cratered because the game itself was pretty bad. A good game with a bad trailer will do better in the long run then a bad game with a good trailer. [/quote] And a good game with a good trailer can do better than a good game with no or a bad trailer.

Reply to Don't chintz on the opening videos and trailers in War of Magic Stardock Forums

[quote who="Denryu" reply="72" id="2335534"]One area that I do believe graphical sizzle will make a big difference is in spell effects. I mean it doesn't have to jump off the screen at you, but something like that which is going to be looked at all the time I think should be a higher priority than a trailer that the average person might view a couple of times. Also, if spell effects are good then gameplay trailers are alos going to look impressive - so a much better inves

Reply to Will/should Stardock consider revamping other games from the microprose bucket!!!! ? :D in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

X-Com as an FPS would be a terrible idea. I think I would have to consider boycotting any company that would turn an incredible strategy game like X-Com into some sort of blockbuster FPS. Now if a company wanted to consider doing a new X-Com game and did it well, worship may soon follow.

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[quote who="econundrum1" reply="46" id="2331582"]There is nothing wrong with a pretty opening movie or trailer, but I'd rather they put more time and resource into actually making a great game. As for demi-god I actually liked the intro it was simple but nice, depends what you like I guess. Actually as far as video's are concerned in game footage as more impact on my decision to buy than a nice intro movie I will probably only watch once. [/quote] I c

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[quote who="Bingjack" reply="37" id="2331155"] Quoting KellenDunk, reply 35 Quoting Bingjack, reply 34By the way, getting back on topic, would anyone like to go on record, and try to convince us that you bought Civ 4 because of the *trailer*, and not for the virtue of it being *Civ 4 * ? What trailer? I dont know. I just assumed there was one. According to the OP wildly succesful 4x strategy game

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[quote who="Bingjack" reply="34" id="2331149"]By the way, getting back on topic, would anyone like to go on record, and try to convince us that you bought Civ 4 because of the *trailer*, and not for the virtue of it being *Civ ? [/quote] I was already a fan of Civ IV and following the game before it came out. I think the purpose of a trailer is to excite the fanbase AND get others interested who might not have encountered the series/company/game yet. I mean n

Reply to The soundtrack in War of Magic Stardock Forums

For some reason, for games in the fantasy genre, I have a much higher expectation for the soundtrack than others. I would like a variety of tracks, tired of listening to the same track over and over again in strategy games in general, epic and little neat sound effects. Themed music for each race and/or alignment sort of thing would be interesting too.

Reply to Don't chintz on the opening videos and trailers in War of Magic Stardock Forums

Well I never said any of those things either. In fact, the discussion about graphics was already going when I joined those threads. I didn't start them myself, only added my own voice to it. I am sure there are people who enjoy the style and think it is just going to get better. That's fine. If I thought the game was going to fail (oops, not using fail as a noun I mean), I would not be here. I do think there is room for criticism and I think its pure snobbery to think that this game shouldn't

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[quote who="Bingjack" reply="28" id="2331024"] At some point, if that isn't good enough for you, you just have to move on. [/quote] Well I am not a fan of the art style choice so far, but it has also been brought to my attention that the graphics are not finished in a way that might change my mind later (I already knew they weren't finished). I think there is something perfectly valid about not choosing a game because its visually unappealing to you. I mean you are tal

Reply to Don't chintz on the opening videos and trailers in War of Magic Stardock Forums

Well I don't know what the deal is with Hortz and graphics, but I keep seeing the game Crysis come up and to my knowledge, and no I haven't read every thread, no one has actually suggested the game should look like Crysis. I don't know that I would like to see different graphics automatically jumps to the realism more often seen in FPS games. And yes, I know he keeps showing up in various threads with a common theme. Here is my concern though. One, I don't want see Elemental turn

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[quote who="Bingjack" reply="21" id="2330884"] I really dont think you have any concept of what this game is going to be. Which is fair...many people dont at this stage. But your constant references to Kings Bounty as a comparison for this game are confusing. [/quote] Youa are not actually suggesting that Elemental is going to be a completely original game which will have and can have no comparision products and that Stardock wants it to be such a nic

Reply to Dragon Age: Origins in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

The term "better" is completely subjective. I don't think its necessary to try and prove which game is better than another, nor do I think it's useful to anyone. I do agree with Vincente in that games should be released in more finished states than they are now. I don't know what happened to the industry, as a whole, to make them think its okay to push out unfinished products just because they can patch them later. When I got NWN as a gift from my sister, it was unplayable, unplayable

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[quote who="Coelocanth" reply="78" id="2329654"] Quoting NTJedi, reply 75 The NWN has been so successfull Bioware released 3 different expansion packs plus several premium modules. They released two expansions, not 3. This is a silly argument, IMO. NWN is a great game, yes, and the design of it, where you can get basically unlimited community content and new adventures is what's kept it going. And it'

Reply to What is up with the graphics for this game? in War of Magic Stardock Forums

[quote who="Charvel1" reply="69" id="2328709"]@Nesrie, Are you responding to my comments or the comments made by Hortz? Because if you're responding to my comments then you need to take a look at the graphics that Zork employed. Basically, take this text I am typing now, place it on a white (or black) background and there you have it. It was completely text-based. And yet it sold more than 400,000 copies. Which was phenomenal back then. So, basically, my post was co

Reply to C&C4 to require internet connection for singleplayer in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="Star Adder" reply="129" id="2327995"] Quoting Crassmaster, reply 24 Stardock, Paradox, EA, Betesda, anyone else you can name are in business for the express reason of MAKING MONEY AT IT. Of course. However, most Devs/publishers -as opposed to EA- actually try to give people who have probs with their products support the best way they can... Biggest exception being Atari which tends to rather abandon their products when support gets too

Reply to Dragon Age: Origins in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="JagerJack" reply="24" id="2323267"]Only reason I hate EA is because of what they did to Spore. [/quote] Which is a great reason if you ask me. So far, they've been backing off a bit on the DRM aspect anyway. As for mutilating the game... no fix for that apparently.