[quote who="shadowtongue" reply="56" id="2717491"] Quoting Bellack, reply 43 Have you played it after the Public Patch that the Modders put out after Triump stop supporting the game. This improved AI and made for very fun SP games. (I also modded the game wiht units and such that made SP maps very hard. Probably not, though I may have, I recall just getting board and frustrated with SM and uninst
[quote who="psychoravin" reply="47" id="2717387"] Quoting mastroego, reply 37 As I said before the MP was the best you could have and still is. The SP I never bothered with.. as it was crap. I understand that the LARGE majority of 4x games enthusiasts is mainly (or only) interested in singleplayer. And you are quite correct. As you can see the MP "I'm better than anyone" crowd is trying to movein on this game. Dow
[quote who="Nenjin" reply="3" id="2722758"]...Tell me it's better than MoM. That's my litmus test. [/quote] Well since AOW:SM was better than MOM then I'm sure Elemental if better than AOW:SM will defiantly be better than MOM.
[quote who="Buladelu" reply="2" id="2722749"]Better than Age of Wonders? I don't think most people would consider it as a big compliment. Tell me it's better than GalCiv 2 [/quote] Age of Wonders:SM was an awsome Fantasy TBS game. And like the poster I too am hoping this game replaces AOW:SM. I have played many Fantasy TBS games but none have been as good as AOW:SM. I did complete the download of Elemental this morning but had to go to work so I will not be ab
I don't believe that the campaign was meant to be a tutorial. Also Brad did say that the campaign would not have the Tech portion of the game in it.
Thanks for the update
I'm sure it will happen. I'm going to try to make my AOW:SM mod with over 100 units I made for AOW:SM over the years.
[quote who="Frogboy" reply="23" id="2715191"] Quoting SilentScream, reply 15 Just tell me you've fixed all the random crashes and I'll be happy. We added tons of new random crashes. Rather than thinking of them as bugs, they're now documented as "random events". [/quote] Any chance that you guys could put in a "Blue Screen of Death" random event? :)
[quote who="Circumstantial" reply="50" id="2718184"] Quoting RooksBailey, reply 39 These are good questions that suggest a way forward for the dynastic system. I would love for pregnant women to have to be kept safe during their pregnancy (it would be like a mini-game of sorts). Omg no mini games. Throwing in mini games to add "depth" to games does not. Mini games ar
[quote who="Frogboy" reply="34" id="2717888"] Quoting AbsynthMinded, reply 32 Quoting Frogboy, reply 23 Quoting Thizzbaby, reply 10Love it can't wait! Anyone know how many turns is a year game time? Whatever your imagination needs it to be. The turns have no particular time equivalent. That begs the question on tuns till maturity of children? How is that being addresse
Pretty cool. I have a question, those message that say adventures let loose some creatures and such. Are those creatures actully now wondering around? I have seen these mesages a lot in beta but never found any evidence that these messages meant something.
[quote who="Mtn_Man" reply="1" id="2716599"]More options is (almost) always a good thing, and Stardock is all about letting the player customize his experience, so I think there's a good chance that this feature will make it in a future patch. [/quote] I'm not likeing that quote either. I would hope that this would be an option. And for those of use that don't want to play 'MP Elemental Lite' at lest give us the option to play the full game MP. I really hate when games do t
[quote who="gamecat_uk" reply="36" id="2717109"] Quoting psychoravin, reply 28 Well I don't judge the game by the ai competency alone I also take into account the difficulties and how hard it is to beat and how fast. MOM was just better overall in every respect vs AOW. I add how the ai plays plus the difficulty and how hard it is to beat the GAME not just the ai. MOM once again was just better overall in every respect vs AOW. The only thing really AOW has over MOM
[quote who="shadowtongue" reply="20" id="2715842"]AoW:SM may have been a nice MP game, but it's SP play was just terrible. Boring, not difficult, repetitive... The AI was just completely unable to provide any kind of a challenge once the player got past the initial learning curve (which wasn't that steep in the first place). Dom3 is by far a superior game, though again, MP only if you want a challenge.<br /
quote who="gamecat_uk" reply="18" id="2715819"]Thanks for all the replies and information. For people who didn't play much of AOW: Shadow Magic (Not Just AOW, there is a big difference) I just wanted to correct a few assumptions. 1. Killing the wizard did not end the game. It stopped you using the wizard for a period of time before he/she re-spawned. Without the availability of global spells this could be a real pain but would not end the game. (unless it was specified i
[quote who="Ashbery76" reply="15" id="2715795"]AOW a 4x empire builder like CIV,MOM,Elemental? I think not sir. [/quote] Umm yes it is infact it is better than CIV (and I really like CIV) and MOM (which I liked but does not hold a candle to AOW much less AOW:SM)
[quote who="rossanderson48" reply="3" id="2715541"]I can certainly answer your title question: AOW:Shadow Magic Killer? By a long shot since this game will have an AI and lots of difficulty levels. Even MOM is an AOW:SM killer in that regards. I don't know what that crap was they called an ai that they put into AOW:SM but I could beat several ai opponents on their highest difficulties. Mainly due to that silly feature of kill the wizard lose the whole game. Sadly Elemental has that
[quote who="TheProgress" reply="9" id="2717115"] Quoting Xommep, reply 8 Master of Magic have not only Flying but also Swimming units; and in AoW was Floating units as I remember. It's basic feature of unit - type of moving. Maybe it's too late to insert this concept in the game but maybe in Addons or Mods... Elves and dwarves are core races of almost all fantasy games - are you going to start demanding them as well? I'm not defending an
[quote who="Sareln" reply="133" id="2714434"]Monopoly might take a while, depending upon the size and age of your family I'd be more inclined towards quicker games, perhaps something like Settlers of Catan or Robo Rally? [/quote] Actully Risk would be good. The LOTR Risk game is very fun and there is a quick version as well.
[quote who="psychoravin" reply="127" id="2714414"] Quoting NTJedi, reply 115 Quoting Frogboy, reply 69 First, 99.9% of users of this game are going to play it single player only. Do you even READ your own polls !! Gosh Darn last I saw on the developer journals the polls showed 10% wanting multiplayer not the 0.1% in your imagination. I remember the same multiplayer pains from Galactic Civilization
OK guys at launch the game cannot be played using Total Internet Free LAN. But sometime after ther release they will release custom servers that we will be able to use for LAN parties without internet. At least that is how I read Frogboy's announcment. Personally I have no problem with this as long as custome servers are going to be in the game sometime down the road. Personally I'm more concerned with getting Hotseat so I can play several empires at once in SP.
[quote who="Frogboy" reply="69" id="2714182"] Quoting abomination5, reply 62 Quoting StevenAus, reply 49 Alter this thread's title to say "Minimal Copy Protection", and I think the majority of people would not have any problem with it. Simple as that. I agree with StevenAus. It's not the information in this thread that bothers people but the way that it's presented. It comes across as doublespeak. "LAN Games" = No LAN s
[quote who="Polynomial" reply="12" id="2713940"] Quoting blix2006, reply 11 Quoting Polynomial, reply 2Archival DVDs? Really, Frogboy? Is there reeeaaally that much demand for patches on DVDs? like it was said..who cares its just more options.not sure why you felt it was something to criticize but theres only at least one in every post i suppose... I'm not trying to troll! I was asking Frogboy because this seems so archaic coming from a
[quote who="Polynomial" reply="6" id="2713919"] Quoting Nesrie, reply 5 Quoting Polynomial, reply 2Archival DVDs? Really, Frogboy? Is there reeeaaally that much demand for patches on DVDs? I think this is awesome, and yes there is. I want to be able to have access to the game, as Stardock intended it to be played, long after Stardock is gone (if that happens of course, it might not). Great new, and thank you. No, there i
[quote who="goodgimp" reply="129" id="2712315"] Quoting andrewlt, reply 114 I wouldn't classify a lack of LAN option as "DRM". When I think DRM, I think of some crap like SECUROM. Then again, I believe that was Civ 4, not Civ 5. Steam isn't exactly a rootkit, virus-like DRM like SECUROM. But DRM was the specific reason for removing LAN functionality. They don't want LAN play, or things like Hamachi, because they want all MP to be