[quote who="Zeta1127" reply="30" id="2907167"]Campaigner, I haven't played any of the Total War games either.[/quote] Nor I. I have never even tried a demo, and cannot remember ever even going to a TW site to look at info about the games. Though it's possible I did for one of the first iterations. But, I'm glad to hear that people are happy with this one, even if I don't care for the series.
[quote who="Xtropy" reply="127" id="2902037"] Quoting shadowtongue, reply 125 Brad is saying that whatever the MP is going to wind up, it's not really going to be much of a focus. Most don't want it to be, just want it to be the same as single player but with more humans. [/quote] Yes, that is the desire, but apparently, that's not what SD is going to do. We both understand this, and it's a shame for the MP crowd I suppose.
[quote who="zigzag" reply="26" id="2902886"] Ah, I think that I understand what you're saying now. I think that people are getting caught up in the phrase 'logical construct', since science doesn't (obviously) demonstrate logical relationships, only empirical ones. Let me know if this is accurate. Science 'works' means that science's methodology produces conclusions of a certain kind -- namely, conclusions that're consistent with each other and with other agreed upon nor
Both are logical constructs. Both are entirely definitional. You may be considering their applications rather than just what they are. But, are you going to continue your point and claim that the socratic method doesn't work eihter? What then is your definition of 'work'? Perhaps that term is a bit too nebulous for this discussion.
I am utterly confused now. What exactly do you think the scientific method is anyway? To say that is doesn't work makes absolutely no sense, much in the same way it doesn't make any sense to say that 1 + 1 = 2 doesn't work. To revisit that statement... Now one could argue that some scientists do not apply the SM correctly, but that's hardly the same thing.
[quote who="zigzag" reply="13" id="2901677"]Science and mathematics aren't obviously similar. Science is a lot messier than mathematics. It relies on certain premises like "there are observable regularities" or "theories can be tested in isolation". There are ongoing debates over whether or not belief in these premises is justified. These debates are complex, and I won't try to convince you one way or the other. Regardless, most scientists aren't attentive to
[quote who="Luckmann" reply="3" id="2901600"]Oh, please. Do YOU keep track of your rival families' offsprings? Obviously, the question comes up as "Hey, wanna marry some children off for fun and profit?"; "Nah, only have boys."[/quote] Well it doesn't seem that difficult to do a simple check before asking the question. In particular for the AI to do this simple check. Then again maybe gay marriage is supposed to be in the game, I
[quote who="Xtropy" reply="124" id="2901592"] Quoting shadowtongue, reply 119There are fine options out there if this is your thing, I don't see what Elemental or FE would have to offer for MP that would be any better than anything else honestly, and specifically better than games designed for MP from the start. I think you greatly overestimate or exaggerate the number of 4x TBS games that are "designed for MP from the start."[/quote] I may or I may not, but t
[quote who="Gwenio1" reply="120" id="2901373"]However the main group of people that want multiplayer are not interested in a game that is specifically for MP. Rather they want a game that is fun in SP but allows them the play the same game with friends. And Fantasy 4X TBS games are rare. There is a reason the Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic MP community (specifically PBEM) has been growing over the last couple of years... prior to its re-release through digital media when it cost
No. If I want to play something MP, I will pick something specifically designed for MP. There are fine options out there if this is your thing, I don't see what Elemental or FE would have to offer for MP that would be any better than anything else honestly, and specifically better than games designed for MP from the start. But sure, if you want to play coop with your friends, and elemental is the only game you can agree to play. &nbs
[quote who="GW Swicord" reply="5" id="2899356"] Yes, but it is everyone in science, not just the folks clinging doggedly to their favorite ideas. I piss off many of my academic friends when I say things like this, but science is every bit as faith-based as Roman Catholicism. It's just the objects of faith that are different. In theistic systems, gods & other mystical beings are objects of faith. In science, we put our faith in the overall goodwill of the research community and our pe
Yep, good news if it actually comes to pass. Though really comparisons to Wheel of Time are misplaced. Wheel of time is an endless muddle of largely uninteresting characters who just bump around waiting for some reason for all of them to wind up back together for the final battle (assuming it ever comes). Fire and Ice is a better paced muddle of more interesting characters (from their diversity of motivations and situations) who actually lea
[quote who="Takao21" reply="51" id="2892435"] Even if math isn't your strong point, this should obviously be a problem. As I said before this is a policy debate not a math debate. I appreciate you questioning my math skills but thats not what the OP was discussing. We've been spending billions propping up a joke of an industry that will only cause us grief, and the result of it is that less than 2% of our power comes from wind. Did
Yeah, the translation was not good, but not so bad as to really hinder my enjoyment of the game. What hindered my enjoyment was the dull repetitiveness of the game. Granted it was really cool for a while, but meh, I guess i just have a low tolerence for 'take this message to system X' then some pointless minigame, then some more 'take these supplies to system Y', then some more uninteresting minigames... Granted, some people don't mind the r
Will there be a box version at some point after the digital release? Cuz I like boxes...
[quote who="Kamamura_CZ" reply="41" id="2891707"] Well, that's where you are wrong. More expensive gas maybe just a nuisance for you, because you have reserves and you'll just cut spending. First aspect of it that when everyone is forced to cut back spending because of energy prices, we will have another round of recession (since we still have that obsolete consumption-rewarding system). However, in poorer parts of the world higher energy mean food costs increase over a
[quote who="Jafo" reply="23" id="2890328"] Oh....we're running out of it alright... Don't be fooled. It's finite in that its creation takes ONE HECK OF A LOT LONGER to create than it does to use.[/quote] Well, what we're running out of is CHEAP oil. Of course oil isn't remotely finite either, though I suppose that depends on if you consider synthetics and replacements 'oil'. In the context you seem to be using I wo
I wonder if that's just one trailer for one PC (the woman). Be cool to see the others if they provide as dramatic a story as this one did.
Peak oil is a joke though. Hell according so many doomsayers we should already be out of oil! (2010 was the magic year for them in the 90s). Amazing what technology can do isn't it? Not to say that I think we should continue along the oil economy we have built, but the crying about it is as bad as the GW-alarmists who also said by 2010 New York would be underwater. A more important consideration is run
[quote who="Frogboy" reply="51" id="2889506"]Neither include pink ponies. Thus, they are both wanting.[/quote] Includes in the default install? I can add pink ponies to SotS rather trivially if I wanted to, but I really don't want to. Ponies make me [e digicons]:'([/e]
Brad, have you ever played Sword of the Stars? Game mechanics aside (though some would be fun for elemental), the way the different races are handled in game really makes for markedly different experiences depending on which side you play, and, which sides you play against. And not just in the 'these guys historically don't like those guys' kind of way. Lore is fun, lore is good, but if the only impact lore has on the actual game play is 'th
[quote who="gmot" reply="10" id="2889386"]I would say yes and no. It is somewhat fun to play right now, but a little bland. But I find myself thinking that Fallen Enchantress will be (or has been promised to be) much better so feel like I should wait for that before investing much more time in Elemental. So that makes Elemental less fun to play now. My 2 cents worth.[/quote] This has been my issue all along, and the reason why I never got EWoM in the first place. <
Moo2 was not the holy grail, Moo was. Though I agree with adam, DW just didn't have it for me, and though I bailed long before the expansion, I could not get excited to try it again because the first brush just didn't do it for me. Which is odd, because I liked Moo3 (after user patches and mods) and I like the idea of automation and playing at a macro level. DW just wasn't fun or engaging, and the fact that it has those 'low budget' issues d
[quote who="gchristie" reply="47" id="2889190"]Thanks for responding, shadowtongue. I agree the terms I used are subjective and if I were a better writer I'd have zeroed in with more objective language. Ultimately it's a trial by error, buy a game and see if you like it situation. But I respect the views in the forum and read them to gauge whether it's worth shelling out the cash for a game. [/quote] Well I believe there is a demo for SoTS,
I still strongly maintain that this game should have simply been as close to a MoM clone as possible using the new engine. Instead we got them trying to break the mold, and apparently trying to do too much, then realizing they couldn't do it all, and so the scraping of systems began, the 'dumbing down' of systems began, and the end result was... well no need to rehash that. Everyone (and yes, literally EVERYONE) would have been ecstatic with a MoM