charon2112

[quote who="Nenjin" reply="189" id="2746534"]And after he said the game shouldn't get reviewed until it got a major patch. [/quote] You're wrong, Brad said that reviewers should review the original release of the game BEFORE 1.1. Because if there's problems, Stardock should have to pay for them. It was quite honorable, and one of the reasons I love Stardock... "7. To those reviewing the game: I would urge you to review the game pr

[quote who="solidsmooky" reply="112" id="2745131"]I hope this big september update comes before the 21st or its Game Over, Bradley. We all know it.[/quote] Is there any particular reason why we all can't play Elemental AND Civ V? I fully intend to. I kind of hope Civ V has huge bugs on release, to see if it effects reviews...I'm thinking it won't. And yet, Stardock is crucified for them.

[quote who="Nenjin" reply="5" id="2745139"]Er, his rig blows this game's specs out of the water. An i7, 2 gigs of system memory and 2 gigs of video ram cross-fired? What exactly is an awesome rig then?[/quote] Unless Elemental is optimized for multi-cores, he's basically playing on a 1.6 ghz processor...2 gigs of ram is ok for Windows XP, but if he has vista or 7, then windows is using most of that RAM...His proc sounds like the bottleneck.

[quote who="MxM111" reply="5" id="2745026"] Quoting charon2112, reply 2I actually find late game micro management a problem in most 4X games. That's why sometimes I'll quit and start a new game, I find the early and mid game more interesting... Yes, but I think it is especially bad in this game, due to all those monsters, and absence of ANY negative aspect to grow. In civ there is corruption and city maintenance, there is nothing like this in this game.[/quote] &

I actually find late game micro management a problem in most 4X games. That's why sometimes I'll quit and start a new game, I find the early and mid game more interesting...

[quote who="killer105" reply="4" id="2744981"] Quoting charon2112, reply 2 Quoting SqueekyRat, reply 1Now that you bring it up.. it is surprising to note there aren't any - at least I haven't seen any. RAT I really, really hope they add this. Even after years of playing galciv 2, I still come across events I've never seen before. It adds so much to the re-playability. I agree. I hadn't

[quote who="SqueekyRat" reply="1" id="2744889"]Now that you bring it up.. it is surprising to note there aren't any - at least I haven't seen any. RAT[/quote] I really, really hope they add this. Even after years of playing galciv 2, I still come across events I've never seen before. It adds so much to the re-playability.

Why not? That was a huge thing in Galciv 2. I'm very surprised that Brad & Co. didn't include them in EWOM...

Forget Mom, that's not old school. Here's real magic... Who can forget the first time the ball went from the left...to the right. and then, bounced off of the bottom of the screen...! Elemental has nothing on this.

[quote quoting="post"]Why isn't there a third option, Auto Tactical Combat?[/quote] That's a great idea.

Brad, for the people who hate Elemental, I think we need another one of these: http://draginol.joeuser.com/article/88762 ...called "Elemental is NOT Master of Magic". and thanks for the game, I love it.

this is a great post. It's nice to see the real bugs shown like this instead of general whining.

[quote who="Bettik" reply="85" id="2742589"] Quoting charon2112, reply 76Look, I am not gushing. All I've been saying is that--for me--it is fun, addictive, playable. Looking at the vitriol being spewed on these forums, you would think the game fried everyone's PC on executing. Like all of Stardock's offerings, they are not for everyone. Not many people are big fans of 4X games. While you're saying this, realise that the people who post on the

[quote quoting="post"] Hey guys, for those who are routinely stomping the AI left and right while on Ridiculous...[/quote] Now, you all do realize that setting the difficulty to ridiculous only effects wolves and spiders and such? and NOT the AI? Right?

[quote who="Dethedrus" reply="80" id="2742509"]Are you claiming that it's *MY FAULT* that I don't like buggy games that are missing many of the promises the developing company offered to us, the buying public?[/quote] No, you can dislike anything you want. I'm simply saying that I like the game very much. Even in it's imperfect state. I probably would like it less if I was having all the trouble some folks seem to, but apparently I lucked out.

[quote who="Corbeaubm" reply="90" id="2742351"] Dude, the bugs with shards and shrinking units are not hardware. [/quote] I was mistaken, the shard bug is real, I've seen that. But shrinking units...nope.

[quote who="jereome" reply="6" id="2742228"]I dont know but for me I was sold on this game being a sequal for Masters of Magic[/quote] This is part of the problem, EWOM is not a sequel to MoM!! Don't hate the game for not being something that it's not supposed to be. and don't forget, MoM was a bug ridden piece of crap at first release too...

[quote quoting="post"]...If you want a game that you will be playing for the next decade because every time you look there is a new fantastic mod that makes it seem like you are playing a brand new game, then buy EWOM because that is exactly what this is.[/quote] YES! This is exactly right. I've been playing Galciv 2 for years. I can see the same happening with Elemental. Give it a chance, guys.

[quote who="Dethedrus" reply="73" id="2742125"]And this is where Elemental is feeling the pain. A handful of devoted fans gushing about it on the Stardock forums isn't enough to outpace a dearth of reviews... and those few out there find it meh to atrocious. Once that kind of inertia is lost, it's going to be nigh impossible to regain. Granted this is a niche game, but any hoping of wide adoption has been hurt badly. Add AAA releases like Civ5 just around th

[quote who="phril" reply="88" id="2742230"] Addictive I'll grant you, but so far the play for me has been more compulsive than entertaining, even in that smooth period between starting the game and when it eventually chokes around turn 150-200. I've found the shard bug, the shrinking unit bug, the passive wildlife bug/behavior and the alternately timid/suicidal AI combine to produce a rather bland play session that has me clicking the turn button hundreds of times hoping something

[quote who="Zironicum" reply="81" id="2742068"]Elemental in it's current state however provides very little value because the game isn't coherent enough to have replay value, it has the potential to have value, but thinking that's fine is sorta like paying for a diamond, getting a lump of coal and being told that it might turn into a diamond someday if you just subject it to enough pressure.[/quote] What this is, is your opinion. I have found it addictive, fun as hell, and havin

[quote who="Mistwraithe" reply="65" id="2741494"] Wait 3 months. No question. Games are meant to be ready to play when they are released [/quote] Ahh, but it is ready to play...I've been playing constantly and loving it as much as Civ or GalCiv. No, it's not perfect yet (what is?), but it is most definitely "ready to play"...

As far as people feeling they are "ripped off" by paying $50 for EWOM...I feel MUCH more ripped off when I am expected to pay $50 for a game, then download a huge patch, then expected to pay $15 every month for the privilege to play.

[quote quoting="post"] I'm stuck playing in perma cloth-map mode due to the fps bug (https://forums.elementalgame.com/391334), and it's really difficult to see where roads are. If you could darken them a good bit so they stand out more, that would help a lot. [/quote] anyone know if this could be a simple XML adjustment?

[quote who="Voqar" reply="53" id="2741421"] I feel the same way about Fallout 3 - it is dookie. It is an abomination. It *might* a good game to some (I own it, it is mediocre the same way Oblivion is mediocre - to me) but it is NOT Fallout. Fallout is an isometric classic style RPG, not a shooter with RPG elements. [/quote] Oh boy...we have to talk. Have you played Fallout 3? It is by far, one of the top three gami