[quote who="calmon" reply="134" id="2643940"]Is beta 2 today? Brad noted it will either on last Thursday -which i was not- or this week Tuesday which means today... Or did i miss an update? [/quote] He said last Thursday or this Thursday.
[quote who="_PawelS_" reply="33" id="2643912"]I haven't analyzed the screenshot enough to see that many units are fighting simultaneously. Such things are good for the "awe factor", but not for the combat clearness and ease of control, which are the deciding factors that make me prefer turn-based combat. [/quote] Well, I guess we're different. [e digicons]:)[/e] I really don't care about "combat clearness" or "ease of control", I care about the diversity an
[quote who="John_Hughes" reply="49" id="2643708"] "I would need to play before I commented on how much having a city on turn one would matter." Seeing how the previous recruit only if "within a City boundary" requirement seems to have gone by the way side, if you could recruit a couple of Hero's very early, if you could even afford to, while keeping a close eye on saving enough Gold to start at least 1 City at some point down the road, then it may be advantageous, in tha
[quote who="_PawelS_" reply="30" id="2643677"] Quoting pigeonpigeon, reply 29 I just found this screenshot: I am going to miss you, continuous-turn combat . That screenshot just looks so amazing. Why do you think it can't look similar using turn-based and tile-based combat? Maybe some details will be different, but I think it will look much like on this screenshot. [/quo
[quote who="TS22" reply="48" id="2642799"]Just curious...have we gotten any confirmation that Beta 2 is this week? [/quote] Well, last week Frogboy said it would be last Thursday or this one, so unless it's delayed again, we should have it this Thursday.
[quote who="seanw3" reply="25" id="2642698"]It has just occured to me that a heavy civics focus would lend to a very defensible empire. Massive spires with even a few bowmen could forseeably stop any invading army, aside from a very siege orientated war focus. I am excited to see how things work out balance wise. [/quote] To a mundane army, sure, but I'm sure there'll be anti-wall spells, and what if somebody brings a dragon? It would just fly into the city and start eating
[quote who="caross73" reply="30" id="2642580"]When you get right down to it, Master of Magic was all about Mr. Two Spell Points getting killed by Mr. Forty Attack, throwing down cities and adding buildings to them, trying to gather enough spell points to cast the spell of ultimate victory while your enemies tried to dismantle your empire. It was a lot of fun, and the graphics are extremely dated (256 color, 320x240 VGA) and sparse by comparison. As far as immersion goes, this
[quote who="Xolat" reply="34" id="2642482"] Quoting kryo, reply 33 Hi Hortz. Bye Hortz. Please bother to catch yourself up on the news before you make another account to try again. I keep making accounts because you are so sneaky and nasty that you don't outright ban me(for what I have no idea) but you make it so that nobody sees anything I post except for me(I guess you have no reason to ban me so you do it in a clandestine way) I have never
Speaking of NPCs, is the only way to recruit them going to be paying them Gildars? Because there are a lot of other interesting possiblities there.
[quote who="Xolat" reply="29" id="2642428"]This game could be a big hit since Disciples 3 was such a complete failure, and people want something to fill the gap between the next King's Bounty expansion which has already been announced. I hope the battle in Elemental will be as visually satisfying and deep as it is in King's Bounty/Armored Princess... [/quote] "King's Bounty/Armored Princess". . . And he was just bashing Fallout 1 and 2 for animations.
[quote who="Xolat" reply="5" id="2642423"] Quoting Thiryn, reply 1 I love the series and the lore/story behind it all but if I had to pick my favourite game out of the three it would be Fallout 2 - just because I prefer the opening song What a stupid topic...Fallout 1 and 2 are completely unplayable due to its completely obsolete graphics, animations and screen resolution. [/quote] You ARE Hortz! [e digicons]:rofl:[/
I'm pretty sure there's no install limit, as long as you own all the machines.
[quote who="BoogieBac" reply="153" id="2642095"]And Tuco, if you've seen Dwarf Fortress, you know that there are gamers that genuinely don't care about graphics. They aren't fanboyz, or sheep...they just know the worth of a solid gameplay experience. I, ironically, am not one of them...I want Elemental to look as good as possible. Don't hold back your criticism of the game, but try not to criticize other forum goers Thanks! [/quote] This is me
[quote who="Xolat" reply="25" id="2642016"]Well, first you have to know what language it is to be able to put it through translatation, and you can't know that if you don't know cyrilic. So total fail all around.... [/quote] I only see one person failing.[e digicons]:rolleyes:[/e]
[quote who="ZehDon" reply="24" id="2641664"]... and just as I expected, the fine print holds some interesting clauses that give Activison complete control over any title entered into the competition. However, they go a few steps further than what I had anticipated. Firstly, the game has to be unknown, and I mean totally unknown. No press of any kind can exist for your game. It must be completely invisible - that means not even a publically accessibly website
[quote who="Frogboy" reply="62" id="2641618"]It's been my experience that if people can steal something without fear punishment, that suddenly those things they steal are things they "can't afford" to pay for. Over the years during these piracy debates the "I can't afford it so I'm not hurting anyone" argument is something I've seen over and over. And yet, those people tend to have high speed net connections and high end video cards and the such that they could "afford".<br /
[quote who="endofdayz" reply="11" id="2641616"]i remember this guy. he comes back every month or so, complains because EWoM isn't kings bounty, then leaves when his arguments are easily obliterated... Only to stalk back again in a month or two. [/quote] HORTZ! [e digicons]XD[/e] But honestly, he isn't complaining about animations, so I doubt it's him.
[quote who="Grove12345" reply="35" id="2641589"] Quoting Drake7177, reply 34 I thought they were merging beta 2 and 3 due to financial constraints? hmm financial pressure and investors can ruin a game. Seen it happen with many games. [/quote] Too bad Stardock is a private company, and makes plenty from their customization software. [e digicons]:|[/e]
[quote who="Frogboy" reply="124" id="2641469"] Quoting Bill_Door, reply 121 Quoting Frogboy, reply 120Regarding moddability, people should be careful in setting their expectations too high on what you can mod on release. While Python is the scripting language we're using, it only can do things that we expose to it and that will be a long long process that will only begin during the last beta and continue over the next couple of years. For ins
[quote who="Xolat" reply="2" id="2641345"]But the guy was specifically saying that he wanted to show combat with spider, he said nothing what you are saying, it would be pretty strange to omit such crucial detail, especially considering he was saying what else he didn't show.. [/quote] It is strange, but he was still wrong. Proof. Look at Beta 3. EDIT: Ninja'd x2
[quote who="Azrailx" reply="18" id="2641251"]so if i preorder say today, would i still get into beta 2? id like to support stardock as i am a big fan, but can wait if i wouldnt get into the next beta thx for the help [/quote] You'll get in, the Beta stays open for a while after the next iteration is released,
[quote who="Frogboy" reply="120" id="2641237"]Regarding moddability, people should be careful in setting their expectations too high on what you can mod on release. While Python is the scripting language we're using, it only can do things that we expose to it and that will be a long long process that will only begin during the last beta and continue over the next couple of years. For instance, I don't see how someone could add an espionage system into the game using even Pyth
[quote who="Frogboy" reply="45" id="2640386"]In the long run, the pirates are going to wreck the experience for everyone else. People have been screaming about Ubisoft's DRM but you know what? Their sales are WAY up on those titles versus the titles that don't have that DRM. Every publisher I know of is seriously looking at what Ubisoft did. Look how many people are perfectly happy with Steamworks in their games already? Sure, you just have to be online to play the
[quote who="VivaGabe" reply="31" id="2640862"]Will Beta 2 include tactical battles? I know that betas 2 and 3 were melded together and I believe beta 3 was going to introduce tactical battles...does this mean its found its way to beta 2 which we will be receiving soon? [/quote] No, Beta 3 will have tactical battles, Beta 2 was the multiplayer beta, Beta 3 was what we're going to get in Beta 2, and Beta 4 was tactical battles.
[quote who="Mike850" reply="72" id="2640504"] Quoting SavageBananaMan34, reply 1 Good luck! Is September too close to the holidays for you to delay to then if necessary? September is the projected release date of Civ V. I doubt that Elemental will want to compete with it. [/quote] You call a planned August 24 release date not wanting to compete? I think Elemental will want as much direct co