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What they said. If you're looking for a single player focused game, Demigod isn't it.

[quote who="Takeitsy" reply="30" id="2360682"]If I have understood it well, in the Beta we will not see these cool screens. So, what are we going to see when zooming in?, only units and structures over the cloth map? I only hope that the Beta doesn´t delay too much, I'm getting very very anxious waiting for it. [/quote] In the early betas, that is correct. We'll see the cloth map, and... whatever they put on the cloth map. In

[quote who="Istari" reply="56" id="2360134"]Basically, Stardock's position is that on the games we host there will be users whose Internet connections fall below a certain threshold of quality. Rather than letting those users, as has happened in Demigod, wreck the experience for all players, they won't be able to play on our servers. The threshold will be determined by the beta testers and Stardock during the beta. However, when users choose to host games themselves, the

[e digicons]\o/[/e] There's a guy up in the watch tower on the first one, and what looks to be a legion of terror being formed up in town in the second one. Sweet!

[quote who="TheDude37" reply="47" id="2358088"]Then I suggest you get friends with faster internets. But seriously, I am sure they will allow direct IP multiplayer gameplay. I think the required upload speed they are talking about only applies to SD's multiplayer service. [/quote] Why does Stardock care if I want to play with a friend who has slow Internet? Why do any of you care? It's not like we're playing with you. This is them trying to solve a problem that shou

Sept 16. Why? Because I'll be visiting family in another timezone and unable to play. [e digicons]X([/e]

[quote who="endofdayz" reply="40" id="2356937"]Honestly, if you connection speed is THAT low, good riddance. Some people actually want to be able to enjoy MP without getting the 600+ ping ambush everytime they want a casual match. [/quote] If I want to play with a friend of mine in a game and he has a slow connection... what business is it of yours? I'm the one who has to put up with it, and I want to play with my friend, so I will. A game company telling me that they kno

[quote who="Netaddict45" reply="22" id="2356168"] Lastly, it looks like both shots are of almost the same art, with different lighting effects, Hortz. If it was bad before, it's still bad. [/quote] They are, thats a screenshot that was posted here last week I think? But I disagree, they look drastically different even though they're the same art. The lighting makes a world of difference.

Historically, they don't typically release things on Fridays, especially things like Beta 1 of a new game. If a good chunk of the team is at PAX, they likely won't be around to get it prepped for release before Friday, either. I hope for this week, but I *expect* next week.

[quote who="SavageBananaMan34" reply="40" id="2355144"]So are we not even testing the tactical battles or what? That would be terrible if true. [/quote] Not in beta 1, no. I think thats beta 2, due out... sometime.

[quote who="KellenDunk" reply="28" id="2352715"] You're forgetting about the tactical battles. [/quote] Starcraft played just fine on a decent dialup connection. Hell, WoW *still* plays fine on dialup if you're not into something that saturates the connection (raids, or Dalaran). I just can't see what Elemental is going to be doing that would require high speed upload. Demigod has that problem becuse it's P2P nature causes expoential growth in the data b

From the interview: [quote] Salvation or Ruin This is a piece that nicely illustrates a major component of the game - environmental territorial control. As your nation expands and lands once barren are replenished with magic, you will see a dramatic shift in the feel of the terrain. Kingdoms of Men will see their countryside turn lush and green. Animals return to lands healed and the surrounding ocean reflects the blue sky above. Play as a Fallen E

[quote who="WIllythemailboy" reply="6" id="2353034"] Nah, they just tried to research Improved Clubs and the RNG gave them toothbrushes. [/quote] LOL [e digicons]k1[/e]

[quote who="AbUs1v3_SoLjA" reply="37" id="2352813"]ok, that makes sense, im just wondering why my account was charged yesterday if its not supposed to be charged until the beta comes out? [/quote] That was likely the fund check, it seems to show up on some peoples bills but not others. It should be reversed. (I never see them at all.)

I see psychoraven is back to his trollish self. What people actually want is an AI that plays the game well and tries to win. Not some AI that when it's losing can randomly conjure up super troops. You're not playing a game of skill at that point, you're playing against the RNG and hoping that the gods of chance won't come down against you. It's bad game design.

No, not really. You're still buying the game. "Paying to get in beta" implies there's an extra fee for that, which there isn't.

I predict this will last approximately 15 minutes in beta. You would need a truly terrible connection for a turn based game to even notice it. I'm talking cellular modem at the edge of coverage terrible. There's no way a game like this should require fat pipes and

I know I for one can't wait for video games that mimic the casino going experience of being completely random. [e digicons]:|[/e]

Entrenchment beta, too. The same thing came up. Watching psychoraven get schooled is always fun. :P I just wish they wouldn't call it a "pre-order". If you pre-order games from anybody else, it doesn't work the same way. Like Aion for example. I pre-ordered that and got a beta key without paying anything. Of course, I did that entirely because I wanted a demo due to not trusting MMO reviews or hype in the slightest. So I tried it, then cancelled the order. What Stardock does p

[quote who="AbUs1v3_SoLjA" reply="20" id="2350633"]yeah, i understand what your saying, but no where in the preorder info or anywhere else does it mention that ill be charged for beta, it just says that ill be charged for the game when its released. i understand that by participating in the beta ,ill be allowed access to it, but preordering a game means you dont have to pay till its relaeased. idk, i just think it should have been mentioned somewhere. anyways PCE [/quote] I

So... will this system be in beta 1? [e digicons]B)[/e]

[quote who="cephalo" reply="31" id="2349700"] Wow, that's alot of extra work for just eye candy. I would think there would be tactical level battles or something, as opposed to the option of a cloth-map auto-resolve. [/quote] I think there's going to be tactical battles, there was a screenshot in the IGN gallery of what looks like one. :) Brad has also said they really like the idea of being able to see big armies going at it. I do too. But they also like strat

[quote who="cephalo" reply="24" id="2349579"]So nothing of importance happens in the zoom in view? It's just eye candy? [/quote] They've said before (and I think one of the articles mentions it as well) that the game is meant to be playable from the cloth map. The engine is disabled in beta 1 for that reason. If you can do it zoomed in, you should also be able to do it on cloth map view. The upside there is that very low end systems can do the cloth map but not the 3d eng

[quote who="Warderin" reply="16" id="2349367"] Any idea when the Beta starts? and any idea if we will be able to run it on 64 bit machines? I bought and I7 just for Elemental (and DoW2.... ) [/quote] Last news was sometime after PAX. Hopefully not very long! Last news on 64 bit was that they need a 64 bit version of Havok before they can actually make a 64 bit Elemental. It'll run right now on 64 bit hardware/OS, just in 32 bit mode.

[quote who="Vicente" reply="10" id="2348610"]Maybe they can't do a 64-bit native build because they depend on libraries that are 32-bits only. [/quote] In the past they've said that Havok hasn't put out a 64 bit version yet, and that's what is holding up the 64 bit Elemental. [quote]doh, i just installed windows 7 (ultimate ) x64 bit.. really like it. Was thinking of buying it after the 30 day free trial.[/quote] Windows Vista/7 64 b