[quote who="The_Biz" reply="18" id="3409426"] looks neat. it's a bit puzzling that something being presented as a fit for strategy or RPG games only solves a problem which would make the games less about strategy or role-playing... it's like saying Total War is a better strategy game if you have to control 10 times as many units in a battle. [/quote] I sure wish Total War games didn't look lik
LOL. That's pretty awesome. So does this mean that we'll finally see strategy games that aren't treated like second class citizens graphically? Seriously, that's some great talent there.
[quote who="Wizard1200" reply="46" id="3357064"] It is very sad, that important parts of the game like additional items, spells and quests will be sold as DLCs. I guess that the DLCs are the reason why not many new items, spells and quests have been included in LH. I thought that Stardock was one of the few developers who sells complete games, but i was wrong.[/quote] Please tell me you were joking here. </
Let's put together a list of websites that are discussing the game. After the negative reviews WOM got, I bet a lot of people are on the fence and could be helped by actual players telling them their experiences. Here's some of the sites I lurk on. Please add yours. QuarterToThree.com: http://www.quartertothree.com/game-talk/showthread.php?t=65318 Rock Paper Shot gun: <a href
Of those, I've only played Torchlight 2 and XCOM. It's so hard to judge FE to those games because they're so different. I do remember Civilization V got scores like 90 and FE is better. I hate guessing but it shouldn't get anything lower than an 85. So I'll say 87 only because the reviewers these days tend to be kids looking for explosions and won't appreciate the vast amount of hours one can get out of this game.
[quote who="Glazunov1" reply="13" id="3252654"] Yet if you define "modern" as games that are only a year old, there are more than a dozen strategy games you missed that are published by Shrapnel Games, and other companies like it. And that should also include Paradox's Crusader Kings II, East vs West, and Sengoku, all of which are roughly a year old or less. If you meant to ask, "Is FE the best strategy game of the last year?" they all fit the conditions you set.&nb
Congratulations! And, if I may be so bold, good on you guys for being so careful to make sure the game is absolutely ready for release. As an old Master of Magic hand, I am delighted that I have, at last, found a new home. Good job.
In no particular order. === the good === Feels faster The fonts are much nicer, thank you thank you The early game cost, pacing feels good Finally got some random events! ==Requests== Late game starts to slow down, please either make things not keep scaling in expense whether it be tech or imps/units or keep providing us ways to keep making our ability in this area keep up Quest of Mastery is tedious. I don't l
AI coding is a very specialized skill set. What was the last game with GOOD AI that you've played? You make an interesting post but calling out Brad is exactly the reason his participation has been waning. Most of the things you mention are due to the values in the game's XML. I suspect one of the modders can verify this. You don't think the game hard codes what spells it should cast when do you? It's a good post but the editorial is off putting.<
[quote who="Lonemessiah" reply="174" id="3143398"]There is a post on the Warlock forum in steam that is knocking E:FE. "I've played Warlock - it's excellent. I've played the first Elemental. It was one of the dullest things I've ever done. I've yet to play Fallen Enchantress so it's impossible to reach any conclusion but the odds sure favour Warlock at the moment. I shall revisit this question when/if Stardock release a demo. I sur
This is looking a lot more promising than War of Magic. I really had high hopes for Elemental but always thought they weren't giving it enough time to bake. The final game felt half baked to me. It looks to me that they're doing things right this time.
[quote who="esc923" reply="113" id="2843535"]It's already 'out there' in the form of the gradualy improving betas. If your reasoning is merely to have something better than the previous release version, then use the beta - there is no advantage to 'being patient' and not playing the beta.. If you find the current beta version too raw, then guess what your 1.1 is going to be no matter what it's called? Changing the name of .9x 'beta' to 1.1 'released' is not going to mir
It's time to put this out there. Some of us haven't been part of the beta and have been patiently waiting for over 2 months for an update. Hearing people say it should be delayed because text changes should be made makes my blood boil. The only question you people should be asking yourselves is this: Is it better than what's out there for us now. If the answer is yes then it would be inexcusable to make your fans, like me, wait through Christmas. My Christmas break is wh
I'm pissed off. How could both Stardock and Firaxis fuck up a sure thing like this? Civ V is pretty but devoid of depth. It leads you by the nose whether you want it to or not. Elemental is pretty but devoid of depth. It dumps you in a world with no idea what to do. In the long run, I think Elemental will be my favorite because Stardock is more likely than Firaxis to make that changes needed to make their game a classic.
If you liked the book you might want to review it on Amazon . I don't know if any of you saw that earlier thread but a bunch of the lunatics at Quarter to Three.com who stalk Brad around the Internet got together to trash the book and harass people who gave it positive reviews.
I agree that Elemental had more problems out of the box than Civ V had. But Elemental didn't average 9 out of 10. I can't even Alt-Tab out of Civ V and units stutter like crazy. I have also yet to complete a game of Civ V without it crashing at least twice. If you want to talk about white washing, talk about the press that gave Civ V a pass on things that they knocked Elemental on. Elemental was atrocious on release and it paid for it in reviews. Civ V got a pass. And don't get me sta
[quote who="Jam Sandwich" reply="113" id="2749542"] She "announced it" on the site that mostly inspired her to make the site in the first place. The site that has previously enjoyed her other reviews and where several people know her personally. It's also the perfect audience - everyone on QT3 knows Brad, everyone on QT3 is aware of Elemental. And please, provide some goddamn proof that she participated in "shitting on the book on amazon", because all anyone knows is that Matt post
[quote who="Morberis" reply="109" id="2749536"] Uh huh. Apparently for the second time in a whole year. She's a dynamo. Yeah sorry why would she get all bent out of shape about a temporary banning? He's been banned before and will be again and I've never seen her get mad about it. If you're going to go off about her review argue about the points in the review not the woman. Why pick the book? Because Elemental was a h
[quote who="Xan" reply="102" id="2749500"] You know, reading this thread got me thinking the same thing. The number of people willing to go to bat for a bad novel is astounding. It's called decency. It has nothing to do with whether the book is good or not. I have no idea and I don't care. It's about really loathsome people who take pleasure in trying to hurt other people. These aren't people ridiculing some book by some author they've never m
[quote who="Jam Sandwich" reply="88" id="2749448"] Yeah, look, you're wrong. You're wrong because you're guessing on the thinnest of clues and because you have no idea of what the hell QT3 is or Brad's relationship is or who angie and Matt are. [/quote] *laughs* Sorry you are just being hilarious. Yes, the issue is just so complex. Her hubby gets banned and two days later, bam, here comes the first review she's written since the start of the year. [q
[quote who="hairrorist" reply="83" id="2749429"]Source: It's buried in the elemental thread somewhere, when the book is mentioned, Angie pipes in and says that sounds like unamommer fodder if I remember correctly.[/quote] LOL. So according to what you said, she planned on shitting on it before it came out. Occam's Razor, doesn't jive with you. Husband gets banned from their site and pissed off wife comes out of retirement to shit on book with her comic-book guy friends p
[quote who="hairrorist" reply="76" id="2749410"]FYI, that book review was announced months ago, long before the Wardell/Matt argument began.[/quote] Source? And how long did the "Wardell/Matt" start?
[quote]It's clear you people have no reading comprehension. Angie/Unnammomer reviews laughably horrible books, it's part of what she does. She doesn't spit when she says his name and she's entirely reasonable.[/quote] LOL. http://www.unamommer.com/ Review of Destiny's Embers: August 28, 2010. The last book she reviewed: January 3, 2010. I admire the passion people have in trying to pretend that this was just
[quote who="hairrorist" reply="70" id="2749380"]Also, in what kind of bizarro 1950's Leave it to Beaver world do you live in where spouses hold the same opinions?[/quote] You're adorable. Husband gets banned from a game forum. Wife decides to "review" the book written by someone who caused her husband to get banned from.The book is merely the medium for these sad people to vent their hate.
[quote who="surlybob" reply="59" id="2749333"] Quoting TheJaker, reply 56Heh. I learned about QuarterToThree.com thanks to PC Gamer and discovered a hilarious thread: http://www.quartertothree.com/game-talk/showthread.php?t=60997 Check out the asshole parade in that thread. It's hilarious. They're obsessed with Brad Wardell. That thread made me LOL.[/quote] I know. You gotta wonder if they are even self aware enough of how they look to out