[quote who="searro" reply="183" id="2746242"]And if Brad changed name, put money in the caiman's isles and start doing something else ?? [/quote] Is that really what you are worried about?
People play this game for a final score? Is this Frogger?
[quote]Can you not acknowledge that this game is fundamentally broken? I fear this game will never realize its potential with so many on these boards feeling the game just needs a few tweaks. Every other rpg forum the VAST majority is calling it shite RPGWatch, AoWHeaven, RPG Codex, RPS, Blues News ... but we're the ones that are all wrong, you SD posters with 6 digit member numbers are the mans with the plans amirite?[/quote] Sorry, but I really have a hard time believing that you pa
[quote who="wynams" reply="141" id="2745966"]I would think a lot more of SD if Brad had come right out and said "we broke the gamer's bill of rights as well as the trust of our fans" instead of "... then don't buy our games". After a weekend of trying to focus on the potential I have decided to get a refund. I hope this turns around for SD, but as this was my first experience with them I will definitely always wait for a demo from now on. [/quote] The
[quote who="empire2008" reply="138" id="2745840"] Most games don't care about mods .... this will not have huge impact on the fame. The typical gamer wants a playable game out of the box. Not one that takes mod to be fun. If the game is fun and mod extends that fun .. great! But, if you need mod to make the game fun .. Mod'ing will not have a large impact. [/quote] This is not most games. This game was built with a primary intention of it being
[quote who="Mtn_Man" reply="150" id="2745625"] According to the almighty Wikipedia, the term digital rights management "is used to describe any technology that inhibits uses of digital content not desired or intended by the content provider. The term does not generally refer to other forms of copy protection which can be circumvented without modifying the file or device, such as serial numbers or keyfiles." Emphasis mine. Sure, you need to register to get the patches, just lik
[quote who="Dale_" reply="135" id="2745465"] If you noted the "editor's note", they pointed out MP was not available at the time of review, and that he was quoting the Elemental website's feature: Robust multiplayer. The reviewer was saying that a shit AI CAN be redeemed in a "robust multiplayer". [/quote] Editor's notes, particularly in this fashion, are nothing more than a Cover Your Ass technique used by writers that were too lazy to do the job correctly (if at
[quote who="Rune_74" reply="85" id="2744680"] I don't think troll or fanboy should be thrown around, its childish and solves nothing, other then getting the other persons goat. [/quote] [quote who="Rune_74" reply="86" id="2744684"] Ok you added that last part....what the hell is wrong with you? I never said it was perfect, I'm actually commenting and reading about ways to improve. Take yuor childish fanboy crap and go hide back under that rck you crawled out
[quote who="hairrorist" reply="27" id="2744218"]Brad, I have been a very outspoken critic of Elemental, in fact, on the verge of a return. Today I played a bit more and keep seeing more and more of the game's potential. Some of the design decisions are incredibly brilliant--I love how cities expand visually, and I love the aesthetic direction your art team chose to take. I would agree that this could be Stardock's magnum opus with a thoroug
[quote]I dunno, have you seen anything posted by rossanderson? That guy is pretty much the walking fanboy stereotype around here. Everything is perfect, any problems are made up (even ones confirmed to exist by the devs), and anybody not talking about how many awards the game will win is a troll if you listen to him. I mean in that one he takes a pretty good feedback thread and flat out tells the person to go away and play another game.[/quote] Report him, i gnore him, then move
[quote who="Mistwraithe" reply="182" id="2745547"] You haven't been looking then. From my point of view what I am really looking for is Stardock to front up and admit that the gameplay needs rebalancing from scratch. My concern with the people who are strong fans of Stardock (one could use the label fanboy, but I see you object to that) is that their stance is often "it is fine, everything will be great in time". I don't agree with that stance - I think if Stardock
[quote]Notice I haven't called you a fan boy yet?[/quote] LOL. I have noticed. But I don't think I am one. I respect Stardock, but I have been fairly critical when it was warranted. I think we are having a respectful discussion. I also haven't seen you call anyone a fanboy in these forums. It may have happened, it may not have. I just think that we are just having some fun talking etiquette, nothing more. It just gets frustrating to me
[quote who="Nenjin" reply="178" id="2745073"] You are not trying to point out that they may be looking at X company through jaded glasses and their opinion may be distorted as a result. Because this has proven really effective when dealing with the "Look, if you don't like it just ask for a refund. This place is for people who like the game" crowd. And the "You just don't get Elemental" crowd. If people can insult those who have problems with the game in a rou
[quote who="Nenjin" reply="176" id="2745027"] I think calling fanboy behavior what it is when it happens is warranted, and people's ability to deal with that criticism is as much as sign of their maturity as just smiling and sipping tea whilst we discourse is. Or can I start commenting on people's maturity level when they white wash criticisms and generally go out of their way to avoid say anything that can be construed as negative? [/quote] Insulting people, whet
Back in the day, there was this game... you may have heard of it... it was called Pac-Man. Well, it had a bug where if a ghost was chasing you, it would reach a certain point where it slightly overlapped you and you could reverse direction and go THROUGH the ghost, avoiding being caught. This was a hole in the code that was never patched. Further incarnations of the game (Ms. Pac-Man, et al) did not have this bug/exploit. More complicated games, hardware,
[quote who="Nenjin" reply="162" id="2744669"] Sorry, but that's funny. If someone calls you something negative, just recast it in way that makes you look positive! Yeah! Positive thinking is the way! Or you can be real, and realize that being a fanboy, while sometimes being good, also means a lot of negative stuff for both the person and Stardock. Fanboys say a lot about a company, both good and bad. If being blindly loyal and always shelling out for their product no matter wh
[quote who="Krooldeath" reply="154" id="2744533"] Fanboy. What a lovely statement. I have zero interest in Stardock's success or failure. What I am trying to say there is no other titles out there like this. It's worth being a supporter rather than a flamer, although so many people seem to think there opinion matters so much. Unfortunately, the internet is like a bunch of fucking people with Tourett'e Syndrome, you but can't help but blabbing something on the net that you would not say i
[quote who="Demiansky" reply="107" id="2743334"] Okay, thanks Rainz. Yeah, I agree there is plenty of just negativity floating around here. I don't want a refund because I still believe in Stardock and the company. I'm looking forward very much to modding the game, and I've always been active on the "ideas" thread. I think right now we're seeing two simultaneous debates going on that are easily mired together. There is the debate that Stardock is a great&nbs
Have you tried filling the spaces between tiles (i.e. the edges of a single tile) with roads (dirt or paved) at all? For instance, at the top edge of the tiles is a road texture, split in the middle so the bottom half of the road is visible. All bottom edges of tiles would be the same road texture with the top half of the road texture in the active tile space.
I would actually like to have a resistance for each school of magic, even life and death books (undead creatures and holy creatures rejoice). A positive number is a resistance while a negative number is a weakness. Cities should have a resistance value to enchantments that you can increase and decrease via spellcasting (or other various city improvements).
[quote who="jereome" reply="6" id="2742228"]I dont know but for me I was sold on this game being a sequal for Masters of Magic, and that Stardock even went so far as to try and purchase the license for it. Of course that didnt pan through but it was still sold as the spiritual successor to Master of Magic and unfortunately it fell woefully short of that. Couple that with the horrible AI and memory leaks and all I can say is, "Houston we have a problem." Seriously though
[quote who="abomination5" reply="96" id="2743149"]The reason that the forums may have seemed to be filled with a lot of 'yes men' was because any thread that claimed the game was being rushed out the door was locked. It was basically a taboo subject. Personally, I half believed the game was going to be finished based on Brad's remarks that the development build was lightyears ahead of beta 4. Although, the fact that they were locking these kind of threads came across as suspicious a
I'll give it a B- right now, only because I know that it is only going to get better. Much better. Personally, I am enjoying it. I am very glad that they released it, particularly since Stardock seems now to be much more aggressive with their improvements and patches than they were in beta. It has alrady ramped up greatly from Day 0. The sky is the limit. If it was still in beta, we would be seeing much less progression on these improvements. Right
[quote]Seriously, WHY do you keep coming into threads and crapping on people who have legitimate complaints?[/quote] There was no legitimate complaint made. I keep looking for it, but I just can't find it... You, on the other hand, made legitimate complaints/criticisms.
[quote]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.[/quote] Hating on "fanboys" for calling the detractors "haters." Legendary hypocracy.