Graphics of some 3D games didn't age very well. Especially the games which came out when 3D technology was in early stage of development . I didn't play TA:K, but TA looks awful for me (I played it, but I could tell this from some gameplay videos). Graphics of most of the 2D games, on the other hand, aged nicely. I still love Warcraft II graphical style for instance.
So how FE is compared to AoW?
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So you've got something like x=x? It's a tautology (formula which is always true); x is still unknown.
[quote who="Leo in WI" reply="53" id="3084842"]That'd be great. Be nice to see more developers of good games out from under the thumb of the megalithic game crushers. Not sure Zynga qualifies as that or not, but obviously they are not making any in-depth type of games though either. At least that I've seen.[/quote] Zynga has very bad reputation. See here (Reddit
[quote who="Leo in WI" reply="51" id="3084806"]Wow, you really know how to absolutely crush a guy's hope. Completely. [/quote] I'm really sorry. When I learned about it I was crushed as well. Brian Reynolds himself told that AC 2 is virtually impossible ( here , 1h30min podcast -- very interesting btw!). I think Stardock should
Alpha Centauri 2 ? 1. AC is a baby of Brian Reynolds. He now works for Zynga ( [e digicons] 2. AC is a baby of Firaxis. It's called "Sid Meier's" after all. But Firaxis doesn't own the rights for AC. 3. EA owns rights for AC (<a href="http://www.pcgamer.com/2011/08/10/alpha-centau
[quote who="Lord Xia" reply="39" id="3084335"]I only have 2 actual games from Stardock, other than FE beta. GalCivs 2, which I would give a 9/10 and WoM which would give about a 5/10. With those two releases they are gien a Xiacritic score of 7/10. What I own of Firaxis, Alpha Centauri 10/10, Civ 2 9/10, Civ 3 7/10, Civ 4 9/10, Civ V 8/10, Pirates 8/10, Colonization 8/10. Giving Firaxis a Xiacritic score of 8.4/10. All scores are subject to change at a
Look guys! A path! I think the dots shouldn't have borders, so they would have same style as the green unit selection squares (what they're called?) . Are they floating (they don't hide behind trees)?
[quote]Magnar’s crappy artwork needs to go away soon. Ack.[/quote] Thank you so much! I couldn't bear looking at his face.
[quote who="joasoze" reply="29" id="3084169"] Civ V is the first Civ game I havent bought. Maybe I try it sometime, but they butchered what was the best game ever (CIV IV). [/quote] How come? Did they stop selling Civ IV?
Fans of Civilization V have been begging me for an answer to this question for quite some time: will Civilization V get an expansion pack? Today I am extremely excited to tell you all that yes, it will! Sid Meier's Civilization V: Gods & Kings is currently slated for a late Spring 2012 release. It will come as no s
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[quote]my sovereign has no head[/quote] Pics or it didn't happen!
[quote who="Das123" reply="16" id="3081782"]Tomorrow I'll be playing Crusader Kings 2 and then in a week's time I'll be playing Conquest of Elysium 3 so I've got a lot to keep me occupied anyway.[/quote] More Youtube gameplay videos? :)
[quote who="Ihfacny" reply="6" id="3081392"]For the second battle, shouldn't the archer try to get further away (unless it only has two moves)?[/quote] No. He would draw his enemy too far away from the second bandit. Am I right, is it intentional? EDIT: [quote who="Frogboy" reply="7" id="3081396"]I'm working on the second problem now. [/quote] OK, so it's not intentional.
[quote who="Heavenfall" reply="2" id="3081346"]PS2. To determine a target, you need to evaluate three variables: 1) is the unit dangerous to me? 2) is the unit valuable to the enemy? 3) how weak is the enemy to my attacks (ie - how fast can I kill it)[/quote] Good point. But I think it's limited to intelligent units. Animals don't take into account unit's value to the enemy. I can only imagine that a wolf would attack the leader of enemy's "pack"
[quote who="Frogboy" reply="5" id="3081012"]Yea, the AIPriority value I randomize so that it's not too predictable. But randomness won't change the fact that the AI won't cast a wind shield when there are no archers.[/quote] I like this.
[quote who="Frogboy" reply="2" id="3080934"]for i = 1 to num of spells should I cast spell = rand()%;[/quote] Will the final AI have any randomization (if value of expected outcome of possible AIs actions isn't the same)? Little randomized AI could be sneaky [e digicons]:grin:[/e]
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Some natural terrain improvements, like Crystal Crag, sometimes look odd -- they seem to be out of place, kinda attached to the ground. I think it's because their color doesn't match the tile's color they're located on; they're "made" of too distinctive material and there's no smooth transition between them and terrain . It would be nice if there were a few versions of (at least some) terrain improvements so they w
[quote who="Frogboy" reply="4" id="3076562"]So now you know why every DirectX 9 supported game has light text on black background.[/quote] wow, thanks for this inside information Frogboy [e digicons]:grin:[/e]
FE interface is kinda reversed interface of WoM: it's dark instead of light. Not only interface: unexplored areas are black instead of light-gray (there is darkness instead of clouds). I like both and I like their consistency. Initially I thought that the darkness of FE suggests evil (vs good). But no, it's more like darkness of forest or jungle (like darkness of outer space in GalCiv). And I like it as well.
Thanks Ausland.
[quote who="Ausland" reply="6" id="3075984"]I tried it on my desktop computer. It has an older processor, but its also 2.1 Ghz. Its also got an older graphics card. And to my amazement, FE works just fine. So, I guess its not a hard requirement to be 2.4 and this can't be why my laptop isn't working.[/quote] Do you have one-core processor? Which graphic card do you have?
One question to the devs about minimum requirements : elsewhere Frogboy said " We don’t officially support single core CPU’s because they’re so old but their terrible performance helps us find bugs." I'll ask again: So I must forget about playing FE on my oldie one-core Pentium 4 2.8 GHz, 1.5 GB RAM, GeForce 8600 GTS (256 MB)?[e digicons]8|[/e]
[quote who="Baleurion" reply="145" id="3075016"]There is no success without risk. Without risk all we can achieve is mediocrity.[/quote] When you have $10'000'000 to invest you don't risk. More than 90% of game development companies are held by money-makers, not visionaries . That's why I hang out here.