Mtn_Man

[quote who="bman654" reply="299" id="2738892"]Will every negative review be labeled a rant at Stardock?[/quote] No. But that French "review" was certainly a rant.

[quote who="kapeman" reply="29" id="2738578"]On a similar note, why does Best Buy hate PS3? The PS3 sections, at least at my local stores, are tiny compared to the Xbox and Wii sections.[/quote] I suspect it's because the PS3 is a distant third behind the Wii and 360, and common sense retail says you give preference to products that are in demand.

[quote who="TheProgress" reply="293" id="2738812"]Well I tried posting this earlier, but apparently some mod is cencoring the forums.[/quote] I don't blame them for deleting it because that "review" is just another shallow rant at Stardock's expense. And anyway, when something gets moderated, it's bad form to just post it again.

[quote who="tillachan2k9" reply="282" id="2738623"]Deslock and Mahood are there again, Mtn_Man, doing their old columns [/quote] Sweet. I'll have to check 'em out!

[quote who="landisaurus" reply="289" id="2738735"]I agree, however it pains me to see reviews like the one above.[/quote] It wasn't a review, it was a rant, but they seem to have cooled their jets in the last few days. [quote who="landisaurus"]Now elemental had the eyes of the internet watching to see if they could pull off another great game.[/quote] That's a great point. Stardock seems to still be operating with the mentality that they're a small, unknown compa

[quote who="Renevent" reply="275" id="2738510"]I think the mag is relatively the same as it's always been, though admittedly for a while it was sliding somewhat. Even then it was still a good informative magazine to read. In recent months they seem to be recapturing the magic of the older issues and better editorials and are even giving space to some indie titles too. I was REALLY surprised to see Din's Curse in an issue couple months back.[/quote] Maybe it's time I

[quote who="greywar" reply="276" id="2738517"]Dude, seriously?[/quote] Ya, man. [e classic]:hot:[/e]

"Is there a date feature?" Unfortunately there isn't. I'm afraid the fate of your social life is in your own hands. Oh, is that not the kind of date you're talking about? [e classic]:D[/e]

Edit: Never mind... looks like Stardock is already aware of the situation.

[quote who="greywar" reply="53" id="2738486"]You can easily yank it out yourself by posting more than "24 August".[/quote] Aren't you just a ray of sunshine in my bitter little world.

[quote who="Renevent" reply="273" id="2738431"]PC Gamer is a great mag...while the tone of the initial article was more emotionally charged than I would like, it's hard to argue that the majority of what was said isn't true. I think the author felt the same sting of disappointment as most everyone else, and that found it's way into the article.[/quote] I think what annoyed me about the first article is that writer apparently thought his experiences and opinions were universal, w

[quote who="greywar" reply="51" id="2738372"]Well thought out reply. Adds a lot to the discussion and proves your point so succinctly. Thanks.[/quote] I appreciate the compliment. Now will you help pull this knife out of my back? [e classic];P[/e] On a related note, I didn't realize the necromancer had cast his magic on this thread.

To be fair, that follow-up is considerably less acrimonious than the "Stardock just killed my dog" tone of the initial article.

[quote who="pexx421" reply="4" id="2738009"]I never did like the fact though, that in fall from heaven two, your stacks square off, and randomly chooses which unit of yours fights which of theirs, and you lose your nursed heroes and powerful units without having much say so.[/quote] That sounds frustrating enough to suck the fun right out of the game.

It'd be cool if PC Gamer had the balls to issue a retraction now that most of the major issues have been patched.

[quote quoting="post"]when do you think Elemental will be "finished" and worth playing?[/quote] August 24, 2010

[quote who="SuperTimo" reply="3" id="2738080"]That sounds a lot like wizard towers in AoW 2 and Shadow Magic Me like.[/quote] Interesting coincidence. I was actually drawing inspiration from the hero altars in WarCraft III.

Have some sort of resurrection shrine in the capital city that will revive the sovereign after some number of turns, during which his troops will have low morale (or some other suitable penalty to keep players from being reckless). That way, the only way to kill the sovereign is to destroy his resurrection shrine before he resurrects. And if the sovereign is alive and the resurrection shrine is destroyed, have it be rebuildable at any city so that you're not screwed if it happens

[quote who="AnjinSan1966" reply="271" id="2737543"] Quoting Mtn_Man, reply 269 Quoting Mtrixis, reply 259Yeah, still getting sub 10 fps once a few cities are down Hold on a minute: you mean if we're getting lousy performance, it's because our graphics card isn't being used in the 3D view? Am I understanding this correctly? Yea so it seems,some times in tactical battles the GPU is at 40% but on the main map its around 1-3% often 0%[/quote]</p

Maybe they can add hexes with a hot fix. (Yes, I'm being sarcastic.)

Has anybody considered that just because there's an exploit in a game doesn't mean you have to abuse it?

[quote who="joasoze" reply="19" id="2737300"]Kings Bounty Armoured Princess has the best turn based battles I have ever played. That game is pure CLASS. Elemental is waaay behind in that department[/quote] Yeah, but Elemental kicks Armored Princess to the curb when it comes to empire building.

[quote who="Archonsod" reply="7" id="2736988"] Quoting semperincomitatus, reply 4 "You can win 80% of the battles with that tactic, usually without loosing any units! Is it really entertaining to do the same thing over and over again?" Is it the game to blame if the player insists on doing something dull and repetitive?[/quote] Some people play only to win and forget that games are supposed to be fun.

[quote who="Mtrixis" reply="259" id="2736740"]Yeah, still getting sub 10 fps once a few cities are down [/quote] Hold on a minute: you mean if we're getting lousy performance, it's because our graphics card isn't being used in the 3D view? Am I understanding this correctly?

[quote who="Baleurion" reply="3" id="2725299"]For instance, is it really neccessary that i can see the tiny tiny daggers laying on the table in the Market improvement, while zoomed out so far that the cloth map almost kicks in? I think thats the biggest thing, some of the buildings ingame have their LOD settings messed up (blame the dude making them), rendering stuff you cant see that far away anyway.[/quote] Yes, I think LOD is a bit missed up at the moment.