Mmrnmhrm

I like the new XCOM. Not sure why that got dragged into here. It's not a strategy game in the sense that fallen enchantress is. Very different genres.

[quote who="francois02000" reply="13" id="3252686"]Nice! Is there any plan for a champion editor? Frank[/quote] Can't you just make a sovereign and use that as a champion?

I don't like the -1 HP cost. Otherwise he'd be worth it.

[quote who="Ashbery76" reply="3" id="3252591"] Holy overhyped.It is a much better game than War of Magic and a good game in general but will not set the world alight in my opinion.[/quote] Compared to...what? If I'm a PC gamer looking to play a good 4X game. What should I buy? Endless Space is a good game. I think I agree with XAN that I think its sequel might push it into FE's league. Warlock? It's just a bi

By industry standards, the game was probably ready for release with Beta 5. But I think given the disaster that WOM was, it makes sense that they were anal retentive this time.

I lower my head in shame. I use Ctrl-N.

Almost every bug I've seen is someone saying the game "needs" a feature and lists it as a bug. Imagine if Civilization V's beta had been run through Civfanatics.

I see the AI casting spells all the time on the strategic map. Unit buffs, city buffs, summoning. But you say best 4X fantasy strategy game, I am curious as to what is the best 4X fantasy strategy game you would recommend to someone to play if not Fallen Enchantress?

[quote who="Tuidjy" reply="37" id="3246910"] Quoting Mmrnmhrm, reply 34Am I the only one who doesn't buy the story of "AI stupid, I win on ridiculous" at face value? I can beat Civilization IV at pretty high levels but I get smoked on FE at anything above challenging and I've been playing every beta. I'm not doubting someone found a way to do it. But me thinks they're not telling the whole story. You again? How many AAR do I have to post, with turn-by-turn. blo

Am I the only one who doesn't buy the story of "AI stupid, I win on ridiculous" at face value? I can beat Civilization IV at pretty high levels but I get smoked on FE at anything above challenging and I've been playing every beta. I'm not doubting someone found a way to do it. But me thinks they're not telling the whole story.

Yea, I think Fallen Enchantress demonstrates the beauty of digital distribution. My son's Windows XP machine had some problems with Beta 5 but the latest build fixed that. It's been solid as a rock on Windows 7 since, I don't know when. I think the things the community worries about will still be debated a year from now. Should the monsters attack more? Should they attack less? Should champions be nerfed more? Should they get buffed. I'm just glad

It's going to be interesting to see where this game stacks up.

I think if Deb dies there will be riots.

I'm playing 983 [/quote] Lack of information about bonuses/traits of factions and races when creating custom sovereign's and factions. Auto-resolve of combat ignores magical abilities making it easy for the AI (or a knowledgeable player) to defeat any and all magic heavy challenges Auto placement of units in combat is poor, often meaning fragile units in the front line and strong units behind and leading to fragile units dying immediately</li

That's a great list. I agree with most of it. But calling them "serious" is, seriously, not credible. I think at this stage we need to make sure we use "serious" for things that need to be fixed before the game gets released. As a serial Ctrl-N'r, the game is very solid and ready I think.

Have you even played a recent beta?

You can control how many players you're up against. I find on a large map, 5 players feels pretty good to have a large empire. If you are looking for magic Civilization, I'm not sure the Elemental games are quite that. They do blend role playing and strategy nicely. But the city management is somewhat simpler which seems to be the intent since unlike Civilization, so much of the player's attention is spent on their characters out in the field. You do have a l

[quote who="Jam3" reply="107" id="3240336"] Poor, the AI is so bad at the moment its hard to tell if the game will be any good. I am still seeing crazy tower building, AI that just stalls out, only gets like 2-3 cities while others get 8-10 from auto-turn games, plus it still doesn't seem to cast a wide array of spells. Since this is a single player only game the ai is crucial and right now its essentially broken. How the tower problem hasn't been fixed yet is just strange. This

My 2 cents... I wouldn't say that the game is ready for release right now. But I think anyone suggesting that it's months away is being hyperbolic. You could spend 10 years on something and there will still be people who will say it's not ready. Just a casual look through the beta reports makes it patently obvious that the game is just about ready for release. It's no longer about crashes or game stopping bugs. It's UI nitpicks or balance nitpicks.

It is getting close. A little more polish and balance and I think it's ready to go.

Well it seems like most of the time it's a good idea. I think the trick is that they should only retreat out of harm's way if the rest of the team can still win the battle without them.

Oh that's very interesting. ClearType fonts in FE. FTW.

Me likey.

I knew who the author of this post would be just by the title of it. It just goes to show how different every person plays a given game.

The reviews of Warlock haven't been very positive yet. Has it gotten a single positive review?