Vandenburg

[quote]The spells are going to be intentionally de-balancing in late game. I.e. by late game, you'll be able to do Populous level damage to the world. A lot of the reason we had to create a new engine was because we needed one where the world could be truly wrecked.[/quote] Nerdgasm. [quote]Totally. There's instant-resolve (i.e. two armies meet, one dies), there's auto-resolve where the game zooms in and shows a tactical battle but it's all handled by the AI (al

I'm not sure how accurate their information is, but holy cow on a stick: [quote who="Gamespot" reply="0" id="0"]Your kingdom can also be stylized however you like. In a separate Creator mode, you can edit city buildings to resemble medieval castles, like something out of a fairy tale, or crystalline structures that resemble Superman's Fortress of Solitude. [/quote] [quote who="Gamespot" reply="0" id="0"]Company president Brad Wardell envisions thousands of units

[quote who="Annatar11" reply="6" id="1928118"] Count me all the way in! /facepalms You should know better than to say things like that.[/quote] That was... awkward.

[quote who="Torment" reply="15" id="1928259"]Have you guys seen the comments about the graphics on the various forums? Many people are whining about the graphics style already. [/quote] Forumers whined in masses about Diablo III graphic style. So what?

[quote who="mittens" reply="5" id="1926243"]So if you want to make a really well thought-out and recognizable island but not an entire map you can save out that island for later use in custom maps or you can add it to the map generation process for inclusion in a random map.[/quote] [quote who="BoogieBac" reply="1" id="1925702"]... results are going to be pretty insane.[/quote] QFT. :D

I love the artstyle. I'm sick of all those other games which don't have an artstyle at all (being photorealistic isn't really an artstyle imho). If you look at the screenshots of newer games, they all look the same to me. So give my comic style, brillant color style or thick edges as used here. And imho the screenshot of the battle between the dragon and the soldier looks awesome, so congrats to the arty gals and guys.

Look at the screenshot I've posted above. And if don't think that looks nice, your bad. ;) Imho the semi cell-shaded look is really nice.

[quote who="Spartan" reply="10" id="1925578"] I'm a big fan of PI - it is my second favorite company behind SD. I vaguely remember the email about M2 but literally forgot about it since I have not heard anything at all. So I figured the project was cancelled. Speaking of which, one of my dreams as a gamer is for SD and PI to merge. [/quote] No, please no. While I like some of the games they'd made (haven't got one of their newers) the

[quote who="Alfonse" reply="7" id="1925553"]3: Tactical battles. I played a bit of MoM, and found this to be the most tedious part of the game. I very much understand wanting to take battles away from the simplicity of "bigger number wins," but this just makes it that much harder to effectively wage a war. A battle-heavy turn can involve 5-10 separate groups of units attacking. Having to micro-manage these (and I refuse to trust any automation to properly handle the battle, since they are nev

[quote who="Zoomba" reply="14" id="1925564"] Quoting Vandenburg, reply 8Zoomba, I'm sorry but you suck at chosing cool screenshots These are all early shots of the game which is very early in development still.[/quote] Ah, sorry, you misunderstood me. What I meant was that the screenshot I've posted looks very nice and since fluff is always good for anouncements, you should have included that one. It wasn't meant as a statement about the art direction/qu

[quote who="Phalnax811" reply="11" id="1925527"]screenshots look like crap[/quote] You know, your high level of discourse is really amazing. Dare I say you would be the leader of the trolls I've just disposed on the border of my magi-kingdom? (Burning Hand, Meteorstrike, Flame, Flame, *swoooosh*)

Ok, you got me scared there for a second. But only a second before I saw Brads response.

Zoomba, I'm sorry but you suck at chosing cool screenshots:

Raises hand.

[quote]- Frogboy/Draginol (Brad Wardell): AI Programmer -[/quote] That was everything I needed to know about it. ;) Oh, and to prove my fanboy credentials, I've also allready preordered. ;)