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[quote who="landisaurus" reply="5" id="2035747"]Total War is not, Baldur's gate is. Baldur's gate had the option that would pause it every turn and you'd have to hit 'end turn' to continue. You could turn this off though and the turns would tick by on their own, which is how most people played since I believe it was the default. Total War has no such feature, so while mechanically it is turn-based perhaps, there is nothing like that on the surface. <em

[quote who="landisaurus" reply="4" id="2035701"] [...] For people who have a 2nd screen but might not want to use it, they could just put the 'cinimatic view' of the game (as seen in Sins of a Solar Empire and Empire at War). So they can play the game on their one screen, and the other person will have a clean sexy angled view on the other screen. Or, if possible you could turn the screens around and put 1 hotseat player on 1 screen,

[quote who="landisaurus" reply="3" id="2035715"]So, just for reference. Where did somebody say it wasn't turn based? I think that source should be brought to front, because from what I understand it is. If its going to be like "X-com meets dungeons and dragons" (I'm pretty sure that is a quote from somewhere in an article about elemental, possibly an interview) that means E:WoM is turn-based.[/quote]I can't really remember where I picked it up, but it's been said

[quote who="pigeonpigeon" reply="1" id="2035656"]This was sort of touched on in the 3D glasses thread. [...] [/quote]I don't think I've even really been in that thread. :p [quote who="landisaurus" reply="2" id="2035682"]It was also touched heavily here in this post. (pretty much the main topic) https://forums.elementalgame.com/329677 [...] The post itself is quite old though, so this new thread is needed.&

[quote who="pigeonpigeon" reply="6" id="1959076"][quote]Their use is simple - to cut down on transports. The bigger a game is, the greater the odds that by the time your troops get anywhere near a front line, the front line have been moved, the war is over, or the units obsolete.[/quote] I think you're overlooking something though. When your empire is so big that that becomes a problem, you shouldn't be fueling your war effort from the other side of your nation. Sending fast units

An idea just hit me. What about support for multiple monitors? While I'd have a hard time to see the entire viewing field extended across monitors (would there be much of a point?), thinking back on GalCiv2, apart from having an extra screen to watch Stargate Atlantis or Star Wars on, it'd just be excellent to be able to bring one of the additional screens up on a second monitor. Let's say that I had the entire Civilization Manager screen up, continously, while I do my turns.

[quote] pigeonbear: The player tells where they want their units and uses the space bar to pause the action to give new directions. That way, we can get much more interesting battles.[/quote]It's funny that when I quote you now, pigeon, I only get this little snippet. Ironicly, it's also the snippet I wanted to address. :p From the sounds of it, he means exactly the kind of simulated realtime that you've got in, say, Ne

[quote who="pigeonpigeon" reply="23" id="2035522"]Well there might be sort of turn-based. What is the phrase they use? Continuous turn combat? From what I gather it's some sort of turn-based system that occurs in real time. Or something. [/quote]I think that continuous turns are only for the actual game, in multiplayer. I've got a very hard time seeing the control of numerous units in a continuous turn format, in combat. Don't confuse this with simulated real-time, though. Simulated

[quote who="Sole Soul" reply="15" id="2035329"]You just wanted there to be more bears...[/quote]Well.. it couldn't have hurt! [e digicons]:(O[/e]

[quote who="Psyco567" reply="12" id="2031616"]Well it wasn't the worst episode ever, actually it was more exiteing but was wrapped up so fast your head spun. Now the second last episode now that was the worst one.....pointless. Ya just watch the whole dumb thing to see one plot element for the finale; ah well.[/quote]I agree. I really, really enjoyed the end episode, but it was horribly, horribly marred by being a single episode, instead of the proper 3-parter.

[quote who="NTJedi" reply="21" id="2035164"]Other related Battlefield Combat Concerns: 1) What's planned for the battlefield turn limit? Hence how long can a battle last? 2) What happens to the defenders and attackers which cannot retreat from the battlefield after reaching the above unknown turn limit? These two questions concern me because in Dominions_3 it's setup to force a retreat on the attacking group after X amount of turn

[quote who="Thrawn2787" reply="14" id="2033685"]I think we need a good 40k moive, maybe even during the horus heresy (I don't want a movie that revolves around just one chapter/legion... and knowing GW it would either be a new chapter that they make just for the movie or... smurfs) [...] [/quote]Given the enormity of the setting, the distances and the timespans, I'd prefer if there were a whole series of movies. In different settings, showing different persons an

[quote who="Sorkenlol" reply="18" id="2034607"]Thanks guys. I've been waiting for Age of Decadence for a long time, didn't know about Mass Effect 2. I tried the Drakensang demo a week or two ago, but I didn't like it. I'm more for serious RPG, this was just the generic pretty looking fantasy game with women with enourmous breasts. Not my thing.[/quote]Classic German RPG. But yeah, Mass Effect. While it's RPG status is contestable (I'd call it one, even with it's extensive action eleme

[quote who="Serik55" reply="14" id="2034570"]If you're interested in dialog-heavy olde-fashioned CRPGs, check out Age of Decadence. The game's creator is pretty intent on putting the "R" in RPG; you can complete quests and stuff in multiple ways depending on the role you wish to play.[/quote]Ah, yeah. I was thinking of that RPG earlier, but couldn't remember the name. It looks extremely ambitious, from an indie roleplaying game perspective. Edit: From that article.<br

[quote who="GHenrikG" reply="10" id="2034507"]Then, there would be another two RPGs worth checking out: The Witcher and Sacred 2. Both can be downloaded via Impulse. However, check the forums before you really get them. At least Sacred 2 has some major bug problems. Looks nice, though[/quote]I'm not sure I'd call Sacred 2 an RPG (just like I wouldn't call Diablo/II one). That, and Sacred/2 is definately an "aquired taste" it seems. I personally like the Sacred games, but I agree, one should d

[quote who="dingbat91" reply="8" id="2034413"]There is a game being devloped by a indie group here in the uk called Kenshi which is a squad-based RPG http://www.lofigames.com/[/quote]I really don't like how it looks at the moment, but I love the air of attitude the developer(s?) give off on the site. I'm definately going to have to keep track of this, it sounds like a real RPG of which likes we haven't seen in years. [e digicons]:D[/e] [quote who="GHenrikG" reply="7" id="

[quote who="Sarissi" reply="16" id="2034409"]Those old AD&D Goldbaox games run at 320 x 200 resolution, so you need a monitor that goes that low, or, you get a screen that is slpit in the middle vertically and 2 of the same. Been there. Done that.[/quote]DOSBox?

Dragon Age is the only current 'high-profile' RPG in the works at the moment, as far as I know. There's also things like Mass Effect 2 , but there's not even screens out on it yet. GHenrikG already mentioned Drakensang , that despite being a s

[quote who="Jafo" reply="24" id="2031872"] [...] Philosophical discussion of warez is fine. Promotion of warez-use isn't.[/quote]Of course, but again I'd like to stress that I've never advocated piracy (and I'll probably never do). This doesn't necessarily mean that I argue against piracy either, I just enjoy a healthy argument and what I opposed was the simplicity of or absolutist nature of "Seriously, where in the world can you honestly say 'I STOLE T

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[quote who="starkers" reply="14" id="2031768"]Quite easily saying it is one thing... being true/correct is another...[/quote] You missed the point. Depending on the circumstances, I could be entirely correct. But what I argued wasn't the right or wrong of piracy, but the issues of the statement that "I STOLE THIS LEGALLY", wheter in a sarcastic sense or not. [quote who="HG_Eliminator" reply="13" id="2031745"]LOL ...park out side Sony HQ and start selling Pirated Music of their

[quote who="Tailsgirl" reply="1" id="2031620"] [...] Seriously, where in the world can you honestly say 'I STOLE THIS LEGALLY'? [e digicons]o_O[/e] [/quote]Not to start an argument for or against piracy, but it's not about stealing or not, but about the definition of theft, and even so, it's not about legality, but morality. I.e. "Is illegality always amoral?" or "Does copyright infringement equal theft?" . I, for example, can quite eas

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This thread reminds me of Neverwinter Nights 2: Unstable at any speed . Over two years after release, a multitude of patches and two expansions, I've still yet to see it run without a single hitch on any single computer I've tried it on (well above 10). [quote who="Tamren" reply="2" id="2013632"]Half arsed is right. The console port of Mass Effect was pretty good. The interface was certainly an improvement. Problem is something the newer Nvidia drivers just gr

Who pays for Windows, anyway, amirite? [e digicons]*_*[/e]