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I agree with the review in most aspects, and am glad they acknowledged the exellent support we've received so far. I'd personally rate Elemental at around 7/10.

[quote who="Tormy-" reply="98" id="2761626"]...The battles in the Civ games are all about RNG basically. It's possible to beat a tank with a warrior, and I don't like it...[/quote] I tend to agree. However, if they took this into consideration and presented some stylistic animated scenes for a tomahawk wielding Barbarian single handedly defeating a Tank in an Epic confrontation - with optional slow motion - I think Civ 5 would be something else entirely. All kidding aside,&nb

[quote who="wayninja" reply="101" id="2761338"]...You don't actually believe that, do you?[/quote] As a Beta Tester myself, I can attest that the majority of us didn't experience many of the problems that are apparently plaguing others now, or simply didn't make enough noise about it. Perhaps we simply didn't do our job? [quote who="BoydofZINJ" reply="100" id="2761328"]Some of us are just shocked at the poor quality of a recent purchase...[/quote] This is prett

I did not mis-quote, quote out of context, nor did I segment your quote in order to better allow myself to address a particular point you made. You made a statement, I quoted it and made the necessary amendments to it to allow it to read correctly and used the correct methods for doing so to ensure anyone reading would understand that I have done this.

[quote who="wynams" reply="88" id="2761215"]...my thoughts on [Civ 5] are as valid as yours my friend.[/quote] That is to say they are entirly in-valid, as neither of us have played said game, correct?

[quote who="wynams" reply="82" id="2761112"]...FWIW my EWOM $ was refunded...[/quote] Give it a rest.

[quote quoting="post"][Unintelligent Opinion formed through a lack of self-eduation of the matters at hand presented on an internet forum][/quote] You're a moron. No fooling around, no joking, no puns or funny pictures - you are a moron. Please leave.

Damn. Now I wish I had of bought two copies of Elemental.

Rumours have been confirmed : Duke Nukem Forever is being 'polished for release' by Gearbox studios for a 2010 release, heading to consoles in 2011.

... I was just wondering if any of them made it into the release version? I remember reading that they might be included, albeit requiring a shortcut extension? Any info would be welcome.

I'll have to disagree. Not only is the game entirely playable, it's also pretty fun to boot! If you're having issues, I suggest you post in the support forum and hopefully the community together with the Stardock-ians can help you solve it. Threads like this do little to help.

After playing the game solidly for the past few days, and on a variety of machines, I haven't seen a single crash or major issue that makes me scream at my machine. I had a weird 'Activate your Product' thing earlier, however that's all fixed. Obviously my case is a 'best case' scenario, considering people are experincing some fairly sizeable issues. When Elemental is 'working as intended' I think it's brilliant, and a lot of fun. I think it's perhaps not as 'full

If a game is built with square grid based level design, such as Elemental, then a square grid based movement system is more natural and compliments the design of the map. Arguing that the measured distance travelled from the centre of the centre square in a 9-square grid to the centre of a diagonal square within that grid being different to the distance travelled to the centre of the non-diagonal square is moot unless the games uses that measured distance for calculations

Terrific, thanks very much Kryo :)

Don't let the neigh sayers get you down Brad, it's a great game. Just make sure those review boys get the latest update - I'd hate to see a re-tread of Demigod. Rest assured, what you guys don't add in the modding community certainly will. Why, I've already made my first quest and delusions of grandeur are already setting in. Give it six months and Elemental will have more content available to the player base than they'll know what to do with. Now, back to

I use a multi-display setup as my Gaming Machine, however due to the nature of the expanded viewing space, I now can't scroll my moving my mouse to the side of the screen because my cusor simply moves on to the next monitor instead of scrolling the camera. I looked through the options menu briefly, and I couldn't see an option to fix this (there could be, but I didn't see it). Just wondering if there is a solution to this, and I'm simply too stupid to figure it out? Any he

Complaining about an early release? Really? Really?

*shrugs* I pre-ordered the game some time ago, have been enjoying the Beta process - even Beta 1 - and am looking forward to coming home form work and downloading the full version to play through. Release day spelling mistakes, mis-communications and math 'problems' are not new in any form. Does it make the game 'bad'? Hardly. It might mean the game could use some additional polish, however we're not dealing with EA Games or Activision Blizzard here - pa

[quote quoting="post"]...Starcraft 2 was the one which seems to have got this ball rolling...[/quote] I just wanted to correct this: it was Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 that started this trend of charging as much as you possibly can, and keeping the title at release price until the next title in the series is out. You can thank Activision for making this a trend.

[quote who="OMG_Splitshadow" reply="156" id="2713727"]$60 for 29 Terran missions, the fantastic online play and ladder system, thousand upon thousands of custom games, your own map editor in case modding is your thing, the 9 or 10 mission Protoss campaign, a series challenges that let you test your skills, and lots of achievements that help give the campaign replay value...[/quote] The 29 "Terran" missions is inclusive of the Protoss Missions - there are 29 total missions

[quote who="Polynomial" reply="18" id="2711903"]Uh, this is coming out in 2012? And play it before you judge?[/quote] Fair point, I should've used 'interating' rather than 'annualising'. And I don't have to play it, I know exactly how it will play: it'll be a poor mix of generic run-and-gun gameplay with selectable ammo types, and under-developed 'Ability' upgrade mechanics that serve more as dot points on the back of the box than as gameplay expanding tools. <br

If Duke Nukem stays true to it's roots and is simply a damn good Shoot 'Em Up (remember when we called FPS that?) that is a blast (no pun intended) to play, I'll purchase it. If it's a generic, watered down shooter that tries to be Half-Life and ends up the sequel to Diakatana, then obviously I won't.

Wow. Annualising Bioshock. I expected them to at least call it something different. Bioshock stood on it's own merits and became a very successful IP because it was simply good. Bioshock 2 cashed in on that, and delivered a bit of an encore. Not essential, but not terrible to the point of burning the franchise to ground... or tying balloons to it and floating it into the fucking sky, either. Bioshock 4: Modern Warfare Bioshock 3DS Bi

An interesting article on IGN claims that, apparently, Duke Nukem Forever may not be cancelled after-all, and has been handed to Gearbox - the creators of Borderlands - to complete. After hearing of the demise of the-now-comical Duke Nukem Forever, I have to admit I was a little sad that I'd never get my hands on what has become the longest serving tradition in gaming history - waiting for the Duke.

Those games are fun because of the mechanics of the game. For example, Resident Evil 4 is simply fun to play. The situations never really alter, you're simply doing the same thing for 20 hours - but it holds up, because of it's mechanics. Same for Ninja Gaiden, playing the game is simply fun. This, however, simply doesn't have that 'it looks fun' rather only 'it looks explosion-y'. Hopefully they release a demo prior to it's release, but it just doesn't hold my a