I like them cheap. But I think they should have a maint cost.
[quote who="LNQ" reply="308" id="3138592"]I think this here is just a case of a minor burnout with regards of Elemental. It's good to have at least a short timeout on both sides. I myself will keep feedback to a minimum before the city management is overhauled.[/quote] I think it's a case of people looking a gift horse in the mouth. I think it's beyond poor taste for people to demand wholesale changes of the game and then when the target of those demands resi
[quote who="Nick-Danger" reply="310" id="3138602"] Quoting Mmrnmhrm, reply 307 Am I the only one curious as to why the game was already shown to the press? Seriously? Games are always shown to the press months before release. Do you read game magazines? What do you think those previews are about? Have you read any of the FE previews? They're all extremely positive, at least the ones I've seen.Yes, seriously! Given the extra hurdle to overcome from
[quote] Am I the only one curious as to why the game was already shown to the press?[/quote] Seriously? Games are always shown to the press months before release. Do you read game magazines? What do you think those previews are about? Have you read any of the FE previews? They're all extremely positive, at least the ones I've seen.
Actually it's Fredrik Wester, CEO of Paradox.
[quote] Sigh he was supposed to take a back seat actually wasnt he? But he couldn't resist. He reminds me of some great talented people who always like to make things extra difficult for himself for no reason except because it doesn't matter because his talent, brilliance will usually win through anyway. Very entertaining to watch but too much drama...[/quote] How do you define back seat? He's not the designer. He's not the producer. He writes the AI
[quote who="Nathan E" reply="254" id="3137769"] I agree bug fixing doesn't seem to have been given any priority. Last beta version various pathing issues were reported and those same issues are still present. The reloading saves issue you detail is significant and its not a good sign nothing has been done. I can deal with the bugs. I'm not expecting the AI to be good at this point. So I voted "fair".[/quote] Yea...if only there was some sort of chang
Voted: Good Agree with those who want decisions to have more consequences. This is particularly true in the economy and unit design.
[quote] Are you offering to refund the preorders if they dont like the direction of the game? [/quote] It's a beta, not a demo. [e digicons]:|[/e]
I hate to say this but I think the game is rapidly reaching the point where community feedback is worthless when it comes to polls. Reading the forums here is starting to be about is fun as watching a Star Trek convention question and answer session.
It really isn't that useful to have anti-fanboys (ultra critics) sitting there with their comic book guy voices saying how low they'd rate FE when any reasonable person knows that FE, even in early beta, is a pretty decent game. We all saw the polls. Virtually everyone who voted said the game was Great or Good in beta. I understand that some people get off on thinking that they are somehow better by saying everything sucks. But it's not terribly useful to the process
[quote] As of .86, I would give FE a 55/100. [/quote] So, no better than WOM you're saying? Or are you using some special review scale known only to you that we're supposed to telepathically relate to? Why give a "score" with nothing to reference to? I give FE two purple rainbows, a blue diamond and a purple horse shoe.
I'd vote city management. But I don't have any specific ideas on what to do that wouldn't make the game bog down or change the entire game.
[quote] Who cares what have been there before? I know there has not been a crossover game like the one I tried to describe, but why limiting yourself to what MoM did in the 90s, how Civilization does this or that or if FE looks so much better than War of Magic?[/quote] Because if you try to be all things to all people you end up sucking in all. Some of what you want are contradictory. You seem to want an RPG that has some strategy elements. That&
[quote who="puntarenas" reply="59" id="3091953"]I voted "poor" and I really cannot say if you are on the right track. I had some fun with the current beta, but replayability beyond curiosity is low. I feel not much spirit or inspiration around this game, it is just the same old stuff we had a thousend times before. No sophisticated character building on the "rgp side", somehow bland mechanics on the military side and city building is completely unfun. The tech tre
Are you suggesting that the monsters graphics should be wimped out so that people with 6 year old video cards don't experience a frame rate slow down? Wouldn't it make more sense for you to just get a better video card?
Do you have anti aliasing off?
This should be repeated often: People loved MOM except when they didn't.
You can't actually lose at MOM. A lot of people seem to forget that. It's easy to have lots of neat game mechanics if the AI isn't required to use it. It is literally impossible to be conquered in MOM. Anyone really think MOM would get that free ride today?
Me thinks some people are too full of themselves. In the poll, https://www.elementalgame.com/journals , nearly everyone has rated the beta good to great. Yet, reading this..thread..you would think the game was in dire straits. What are the developers supposed to think? I would rate the current beta as good. There's a lot to do especially in balance and AI. A lot of the criticisms posted here would apply equally
[quote who="TheProgress" reply="71" id="3070098"] Quoting Mmrnmhrm, reply 70 Quoting TheProgress, reply 69"I'm no artist, but I..." "I know nothing of DirectX, but I..." ...and? The forum is full of game design opinions and I doubt there's a professional game designer amongst them. So you'd have no problem letting an artist service your engine and letting a mechanic dictate your interior design? There's a vast difference between givin
[quote who="TheProgress" reply="69" id="3070079"]"I'm no artist, but I..." "I know nothing of DirectX, but I..." [/quote] ...and? The forum is full of game design opinions and I doubt there's a professional game designer amongst them.
Cool!
I'd like to see multiplayer. But I also know from bitter experience that few use it.
Neat.