[quote quoting="post"]I'm not trying to disrupt the community or be a negative burden on it, I simply want a refund.[/quote] Then why not contact the people who can give you one instead of bothering us?
Been wondering that myself. I assume my sovereign doesn't meet some prerequisite, but I have no idea what.
39 here. In a few decades I should be just about ready for my midlife crisis. [e classic]:hot:[/e] Anyway, am I the only one who thinks that the gaming hobby has become increasingly cynical over the last decade? It boggles my mind the number of actually very good games that are brutally ripped to shreds by the gaming press and "fans". It's as though a game can only be "Awesome!" or "Utter crap!" and nothing in between.
[quote who="fatindian" reply="104" id="2761740"]Oh you can't play it?[/quote] Assuming the minimum requirements are accurate (the biggest thing is that none of the games I listed require a dual core CPU). But that won't stop me from checking out the demo. Worse that'll happen is that it will simply crash like the Arkham Asylum demo. [e classic]:D[/e]
[quote who="Hybridvitae" reply="2" id="2761190"]...if it happens too often it can derail the momentum of the game. Especially in multiplayer...[/quote] This is actually a good argument for treating multiplayer as a separate game with its own rules and play mechanics, but when Brad suggested that, all he got was whining from people who were upset that multiplayer was being "gimped".
[quote who="fatindian" reply="101" id="2761690"]Minimum requires a graphics card that is 4 years old (which now costs like 30 dollars). Sure is state-of-the-art...[/quote] Just to put things in perspective, my system can play games like Borderlands, Bioshock, Fallout 3, and StarCraft II without a problem, but it can't play Civ 5, a turn-based game. Now tell me there's not something wrong with that picture.
[quote who="Wintersong" reply="45" id="2759695"]As far as my memory goes, Civ IV had a rough release with serious issues. No one remembers that user that made a patch to solve some serious memory issues? No one remember the huge version number that the patch that made the game playable had? (still unplayable in biggers maps though, that was corrected in the next patch) Maybe I come from an alternate universe where Civ IV was unplayable out of the box. Game mechanics wise
I chose Elemental over Civ 5 because Firaxis apparently thought a turn-based strategy game needed state-of-the-art graphics, and I think it's insane that you need a monster gaming rig to play a turn-based game. Plus, I really like the idea of playing a character that actually inhabits the game world. Oh, and I'm also not particularly enthused with 2K's DRM or this whole idea of selling you parts of the game piecemeal via DLC.
[quote who="Mandelik" reply="202" id="2761470"]If it's Spyndel (post#12) that you're calling an asshat, you're just wrong. He wrote one of the most thoughtful posts I have read on this forum, assessing even better the situation than Tridus and Nick-Danger try to describe.[/quote] Unfortunately, whatever merits his comments might have had were undermined by his condescending and patronizing tone. As my dad always says, it's not what you say, it's how you say it.
[quote who="dragoaskani" reply="196" id="2761345"]actually genius, he created an AI dev journal today, got ripped a new one and said he was done doing Journals for awhile and then locked that journal thread...[/quote] Which is why it was suggested that dev journal threads be restricted to current customers only because it's likely the people who have no vested interest in Elemental that are quickest to criticize (because, you know, the rest of us are just blind fanboys or something; l
[quote who="wayninja" reply="17" id="2759445"]Sorry, but seeing stuff like "I'm having a blast!" and "This game is awesome!" seem a bit more like practical fun being had and less theoretical potential, respect and patience. The latter I understand, it's the former that has me puzzled.[/quote] Then be puzzled. There's a lot of stuff in the world that people seem to go nuts over, and I stand there saying, "Eh... I don't get it." And even if someone took the time to exp
[quote who="Cauldyth" reply="4" id="2758945"] Quoting Frogboy, reply 14. If you have friends For some reason I found that amusing.[/quote] I find it amusing, too. And just to add more love to the thread, I'm enjoying Elemental myself. It's easy to lose a couple hours without even noticing the time go by.
[quote who="StarReaper" reply="174" id="2760782"]Bad idea. The more input the better.[/quote] Input from people who have never played the game and/or don't have access to the game in its current state is worthless.
[quote who="klaxton499" reply="159" id="2760387"]Stardock is it possible for you to segregate the Dev Journals to paying customers? We are the ones who will be most interested in where the game is headed.[/quote] +1 I think this would eliminate 95% of the trolls.
[quote who="wayninja" reply="79" id="2757507"]Seemed to be a pretty reasonable articulation of what the game is not.[/quote] Bingo. A game should be reviewed for what it is and now what it isn't . Heck, even StarCraft II could be given a low rating if you judged it based on everything it isn't. Judged on its own merits, I think Elemental deserves a 7.
Some of these reviews read like kicking someone while they're down. Elemental hardly deserves a 4.
[quote who="BlacShade" reply="132" id="2756209"]@Castor76- The whole point of giving people the free expansion is as an apology for the less than perfect game in the beginning. I am pretty sure waiting till the last minute to buy the game so that it has the best fixes in order to get a free expansion completely destroys the point behind them handing it out in the first place...[/quote] My guess is that the cutoff date will be decided before the first expansion is announced just to pre
The outlines have nothing to do with showing borders. It's a graphic feature that puts a "hard edge" around 3D objects, that is the black outline that gives the game its cell-shaded look. Toggling that feature shouldn't affect the area-of-influence border.
This is an interesting thing to watch. It reminds me a lot of the Hellgate: London fiasco, actually, but with some key differences. I remember during the Hellgate: London beta, beta testers were begging Flagship to delay the game because we could see it wasn't ready, but we were assured by the development team that their in-house build was weeks ahead of what we were playing and that we shouldn't worry. When the game was actually released, it turned out that there was only
The good news is that the latest patch tripled my framerates. The bad news is that I'm still only getting 12FPS. Granted, I have a low-end system, so a vast improvement at any rate. And I still prefer the cloth map.
Thanks for the link. Since you've earned a reputation for being a world-class troll, I trust you'll understand my suspicion.
[quote who="Deleuzian" reply="319" id="2753252"]From another thread: Quoting Frogboy, reply 45 There will be massive consequences for Stardock's game studio. I'll be talking more about this when I get back. But the game wasn't released early. The game was released poorly. Head in the sand syndrome imo. ... The point is, the issue here is far far worse than many of you think it is. I wish it was an issue of the game being released too early. That's an easy
Contact Stardock and ask for a refund. Problem solved.
[quote who="Deleuzian" reply="304" id="2752184"]Ah, nice chestnut. The old "gosh, if you don't agree with our viewpoint you can't be posting from reality, so I'll try and undermine you by suggesting you're a liar / full of bullshit / whatever".[/quote] It has nothing to do with whether or not you agree with me; it has to do with your unnecessarily confrontational and condescending attitude and the fact that some of your statements regarding the quality of the game and how it plays are
[quote who="Annatar11" reply="22" id="2752305"]The DIGITAL version, downloaded from Impulse only, does a transparent "activation" (account check, making sure the account installing the game has the registration for the game). There is no activation limit, no disk check, once the install passes Impulse is no longer required, so on. It can be considered a form of DRM due to being unable to install without an account with a valid registration for the game.[/quote] Or you can go to <a hre