It does take place in the Gal Civ universe, in its mentioned about the Altarians basically being able to use magic (though it isn't called that.) and how one of the other playable races (can't remember the name, think its Drath?) was originally from the same planet as the Altarians while something similar is mentioned in Elemental.
I agree completely with the TC, and agreed when a similar thing was suggested during the pre-release beta. I'm getting tired of the 'epic' battles consisting of one or two guys with sticks or having one spearman defend a city of 100 or so (luckily there's no crime!)
[quote who="Carnston" reply="1" id="2821585"]Three games, books, and now a TV series. All that's left is a movie and a play.[/quote] There's been a movie and it was actually called 'Stalker' too.
[quote who="Heavenfall" reply="1" id="2810560"]I love how environment spreads out and reinvigorates the land. It can create cool-looking borders between nations as well. I would love to see more variations of these used in-game. Right now there's only Kingdom and Empire, but you could easily extend it to have some nations spread an arctic environment, or a desert. Another improvement to this would be that environment doesn't spread quite so fast within your influence. Ri
If you end up not liking Space Empires V, you could always try Sword of the Stars.
I brought the PC version of this game after playing Case Zero and despite what is said above I think its a very good port since all of the main technical weaknesses of the 360 version aren't applicable to the PC version. However, I had to use a workaround to get my 360 controller working with the game despite the fact that the controller is supposedly supported by default. Anyway, I'm a big fan of the series - including its much-berated 'time limit.'
[quote who="Ace_2001" reply="17" id="2799667"]Criticism does not necessarily contitute a smear campaign. I'm highly critical of Elemental's setting. Primarily because of the fact although it's argued that considerable thought and effort has been placed in it, why are concepts recycled wholesale from Galciv II? The 'Dreadlords' there were a fun tongue-in-cheek reference to other 4x games having big-bads. But what purpose does it serve t
Thats GFaqs in general - the community is pretty horrific nowadays.
[quote who="Nesrie" reply="6" id="2799306"] Quoting Thiryn, reply 5I personally don't pay much attention to either. Well they both have advantages and disadvantages. You've got fanatics that will give anything attached to their favorite series or publisher or developer a ten, and you've got pro. reviewers knocking down games for reasons the fans actually like the series. I will certainly say between the two, I've managed to save my money and not wind up with
I personally don't pay much attention to either.
Add more AI.
[quote quoting="post"] Problem started with the disk I bought at WM being defective. The game would install, then it would start up and try to run. I did the 1.09 patch and it would just lock on the loading screen requiring a reset. Uninstalled and did the long download which on my connection was a royally SLOW pain! Got it installed and started it. Problem #1 The audio clips and goes away in the initial movie. Escape and go to main menu. Wa
It was in the Beta at one point, I'm pretty sure I remember being able to choose islands etc, etc.
[quote who="mbaron888" reply="34" id="2792286"]What SpardaSon said. You pick the shape of the universe/galaxy and there are around 24 choices in the Complete Collection. Flat, sphere, spiral, arm, clusters, rift are examples. I checked out GoG. They even have I-War with the Defience expansion![/quote] The galaxy shapes also have a profound effect on the way the game plays due to the different ftl methods that the various races use - some races do a -lot- bett
IIRC they were having some trouble with the map generator and rivers, seems they never got around to sorting it.
[quote who="mentalinstra" reply="2" id="2789097"]Here's an idea, lets piss and moan like a little girl about a 30 second video of a game that is not even out yet. God, go outside or something.[/quote] Here's an idea. Lets piss and moan like a little girl about a single forum post. God, go outside or something. (Yes, I am fully aware of the irony and hypocrisy contained within this post, but it needed to be done.)</spa
Taking over Hell in Solium Infernum.
[quote who="DustinSouls" reply="10" id="2787400"]well this is a fantasy world and it would not be unrealistic for your sovereign to live to be 200 or 300 hundred years old. this would fix the aging issue, also if the sovereign has offspring andhe died battle (a hero's death of course) the kindom would have a new heir. Would'nt you use your sovereign more in battle if you new he had a heir to the throne?[/quote] Well it was implied in the book that one of the channeler's
That Elven city looks amazing!
[quote who="TheJaker" reply="8" id="2785612"]If you liked the book you might want to review it on Amazon. I don't know if any of you saw that earlier thread but a bunch of the lunatics at Quarter to Three.com who stalk Brad around the Internet got together to trash the book and harass people who gave it positive reviews.[/quote] Do people actually read Amazon reviews?
Wasn't that screenshot released when the game still had RTS battles....months ago?
I agree. The free content we'll be getting that was only briefly outlined in a short summary of upcoming content isn't good enough. I'm not quite sure what will be in these expansions but I already know that it is not enough. I want MORE (of...something...) and I want it NOW. - To those wondering; yes,
[quote who="GaelicVigil" reply="70" id="2783452"] Quoting Kalin, reply 68My apologies on interrupting your wall staring, but I posted this in the other post and thought it fits here: Quoting Kalin, reply 73 I'm not convinced that these specialists would change the current city spam dilemma. What would stop someone from making an outpost, add a house, and produce these specialist? With the current description of the system, wouldn't that just be an outpost that c
Its not abandonware if its up for sale.
It hasn't closed its doors yet but the site is down now. However; there are rumours that it is just a bizarre PR stunt and they are simply leaving 'Beta.'