[quote who="owl208" reply="34" id="2740848"]I agree with Chick's point about the game manual. The game manual that was made for Dominions 3 is how a manual should be. [/quote] I hear you. My one big complaint with Elemental is the manual. It's basically a pamphlet. It should have been 4 times as big, I really want to know all the details about this game...
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[quote who="BoydofZINJ" reply="48" id="2740966"] I will give SD credit for not giving up. However, why am I paying for a beta? Why was the game released this early. [/quote] Allow me to pose this question...would you rather they had not released the game, and waited 3 months while they work on it? Or, pay and have the game now and at least be able to play it while they work on it and release patches...? My answer
Is there any sort of "influence takeover" of other kingdoms cities that are near your borders? Can you flip them?
[quote who="Voqar" reply="8" id="2740440"]Critics love SC2 because it's an incredibly good game [/quote] Umm, no. Critics love SC2 because they're in bed with big developers. SC2, after the huge wait and build up, feels like a 5 year old game. It literally is SC1 with better graphics, and THAT is a problem. **sorry for the tri-post**
[quote who="Dethedrus" reply="7" id="2740422"]Unit design? Awesome idea! Too bad it has no real effect on gameplay and ends up being a confusing mess insofar as costs. You're better off just pumping out run of the mill squads of peasants or archers and just calling it a day.[/quote] I've heard this complaint many times on here and I don't get it. How is it worse than Galciv 2's ship design...? It's mostly cosmetic and for fun. Then yo
[quote who="surlybob" reply="4" id="2740383"]It's a sad day when games are proclaimed unfocused mish-mashes because they don't play or function like every other game in the genre. When a game that introduced zero innovation to the genre (SC2) gets praised and a game that is trying to shake up the genre (4X) is criticized for lack of "focus", how will game developers react? More innovation or more cookie-cutter crap? Game innovation is like stand up comedy, you gotta take risks and sometimes y
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[quote who="OliverFA" reply="33" id="2740638"] Now, the game is not unplayable. The game has not big desgin flaws. What happens is that the game failed to fulfill expectations, which is a very different thing. We were waiting for an A+++ game and when we just got a B+, we got disapointed. Expectations have not been properly managed, and this creates the false feeling that the game is "broken" while it is just not "as good as we expected". [/quote] I agree with
[quote who="AndonSage" reply="1" id="2740188"] quoting postI wonder .. Worth buying Elemental: War of magic? Will the new patches 1.05 and 1.06 allow a fun gameplay? Interesting me, or new patches balanced the game ?? (Sorry for my bad english) Some people are still having problems with the game. Others of us are playing the game with no major problems, and having fun Unfortunately, I can't say whether your computer con
[quote who="Dethedrus" reply="17" id="2740204"] Quoting charon2112, reply 15Legitimate "constructive" complaints are fine, but I'm getting a little tired of hearing about how EMOM is "unplayable"...that's bull. It's very playable, and very fun. But what if said complaint of "unplayable" is legitimate depending on playstyle? If, for example, I want to play a heavy magic sovereign "nuker" how well does this game work for me? .[/quote] <p
[quote who="Dethedrus" reply="13" id="2740170"] Seriously, WHY do you keep coming into threads and crapping on people who have legitimate complaints? [/quote] Legitimate "constructive" complaints are fine, but I'm getting a little tired of hearing about how EMOM is "unplayable"...that's bull. It's very playable, and very fun.
Is there a counter to "infinite city sprawl"?
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[quote who="woca" reply="7" id="2740149"] Quoting charon2112, reply 1 quoting post Right now: the perception of this game is that it's unplayable I can't begin to tell you how wrong that is. There are many haters that will whine no matter what updates Stardock makes. But most on here are having a blast with Elemental. the game is unplayable past 150 turns. it's bug ridden. Game mechanics don't work. i'm glad you ca
[quote who="Corbeaubm" reply="10" id="2740141"] Quoting Bashemgud, reply 8 This game is easily a b+ atm, and heading for a nice A ^^ Then you haven't noticed the plethora of game mechanics that are flat out broken. I don't even mean "imbalanced", I mean "they don't work." And I'm not talking about crashes or frames per second - I mean game rules mis-programmed so that they don't function. While I believe Elemental has staggering potenti
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[quote who="Dethedrus" reply="5" id="2740143"]I'm getting incredibly sick of the stock fanboy response that anyone who's not deliriously head over heels into Elemental is a "hater" (English please), PC gamer shill or hasn't played the game. I've been following the game since it was originally release, hell since Stardock first made inquiries to purchase/use the MoM license, and am still a huge fan of Master of Magic, Age of Wonders (up through Shadow Magic), Heroes of Might and Mag
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[quote quoting="post"] Right now: the perception of this game is that it's unplayable[/quote] I can't begin to tell you how wrong that is. There are many haters that will whine no matter what updates Stardock makes. But most on here are having a blast with Elemental.
[quote who="Qyth" reply="8" id="2740107"]So what did they get right to make the game more fun? All those things sounds like excuses except for the art.[/quote] The game is already fun. If you don't like it, then you don't like 4X...you should try Starcraft.
[quote who="tetleytea" reply="31" id="2739980"]I'm on the fence, too. The reviews so far are too lukewarm for me to plunk down $50 on it, and not good enough to make me jump off the Starcraft II bandwagon. But at least it got me onto this forum to research it before investing my time in this game. But I'm more off the fence than on it. Unfortunately, the time to get me to buy it for anything more than $19.99 is now. Now is when all the reviews ar
[quote quoting="post"] - They built a turn-based CIV engine from scratch. (Didn't seen any licensing props in the credits...) [/quote] You realize that Brad created his first turn based game engine in 1991, right? Elemental isn't his first game.
that 1up "review" is horrible. It sounds like he just read about the game and drew his conclusions from there...
is this a joke?
[quote who="tevans6220" reply="28" id="2739860"]I'm going to answer the best way I know. Barring a demo to try out for yourself, I'd hold off. Asking on these forums you're going to get two kinds of answers. Either buy it because it's the greatest game ever (fanboy) response or don't buy it because it's the worst game ever (detractor). Suprisingly there doesn't seem to be any in between. It's either gold or a turd. .[/quote] Hmm. I have to disagree with you t
[quote who="Austinvn" reply="15" id="2739925"] Quoting charon2112, reply 5 Quoting ElradV, reply 3 Lets take it to the extreme, lets say in this game you had a button that kills an enemy opponent in 1 turn and its big and red. Sure you can play the game how you want, but its more enjoyable if that button is removed. Or doesn't work. That's true, but those exploits exist in any game, in Civ IV you can rush build axemen and take over the world v
[quote who="TheProgress" reply="2" id="2739820"] Quoting charon2112, reply 1With a 4x game, there's always a way to rush win if you want...but what fun is that? I prefer a very slow build. The point IS TO WIN - at least, I'm pretty sure the point isn't to lose.[/quote] nah...I'd take a long, exciting game ending in a loss, than a quick win.
[quote who="ElradV" reply="3" id="2739823"] Lets take it to the extreme, lets say in this game you had a button that kills an enemy opponent in 1 turn and its big and red. Sure you can play the game how you want, but its more enjoyable if that button is removed. Or doesn't work.[/quote] That's true, but those exploits exist in any game, in Civ IV you can rush build axemen and take over the world very quickly, there definitely a technique for galciv 2, i
With a 4x game, there's always a way to rush win if you want...but what fun is that? I prefer a very slow build.