Parogar

[quote who="Major Stress" reply="19" id="3268631"]You bring up a good point. Many of the mainstream games now have gameplay that is pretty much "dumbed down" to the point of absurd. Sure the graphics may be cutting edge, and the art, scenery, and pretty explosions may look awesome, but what good is all of that if the gameplay is a rinse, and repeat of previous games before it? For example World of Warcraft is simple walkity walkity walk.. Stabity stabity stab. An endless boring grind. Every M

[quote who="Captain Quirk" reply="10" id="3268497"]Yes I want him executed!!!! It's like I research spellbooks and he steals my research and tries to sell me the spellbooks from his store for 60 gold each......[/quote] I can raise an entire army for what it costs me to buy a coat during wintertime in his shop.

I want to kill the shopkeeper in one of my cities. I'm out there, every day, protecting my country from those who would see us dead; I'm fighting rock monsters and dragons, all to protect my people's freedoms--and for what? So the shopkeeper can give me 4 gold for a wolf pelt and then charge me 150g for a broadsword? I'd like to be able to execute this fool for treason. While he's in his bed sleeping at night, probably grinning how he swindled me out of 180

[quote No, ....and 'fun' isn't an emotion.... . ...[e digicons];)[/e] [/quote] Okay, smart guy. The definition of the word emotion is, "A natural instinctive state of mind deriving from one's circumstances,

I used to enjoy playing the majority of video games. Once upon a time, I could sit down and play a game like Call of Duty and experience the emotion we call "fun." Yet, over the last five years, I find myself becoming inexplicably bored with just about everything I spend $50 or more dollars on. By bored, I mean after twenty minutes of gameplay, I no longer have any inclination to continue. Usually, I'll hear about a game that's receiving rave 9.0 or betters reviews, buy the game, and

[quote who="Chibiabos" reply="28" id="3266460"] Quoting DsRaider, reply 10 Quoting Frogboy, reply 1The monsters, during the beta, were considered "too tame" so we turned them up. In v1.01, we're doing more work so that their behavior is much better controlled by the difficulty levels. Well in our defense "God Wolves" are a very recent addition. In particular the Howl ability of Great wovles is rediculous, especially if you tame them... &nb

[quote who="Martimus" reply="11" id="3266156"]I tend to agree with you that the early game is frustrating. I have been restarting the same midgame save where I made it through the early going to get to the different endings, since I just dont want to play the beginning portion of the game again. I will say that I quite enjoy the late game, and like having tough monsters to kill at that point. It might be nice to have some tougher monsters and quests spawn as the game gets going, since those a

So, my initial impressions to this game were very good. I played one game to victory. After that, I had about four or five very unsatisfying experiences where I ended up restarting the game. What I've determined from my (granted) very short time so far--at least when compared to how much time many of you have played--is that one of the biggest weaknesses of this game, as it stands, is the early-game. Put simply, it's just not that much fun and far too luck-based.

Well, I loved building up huge civilizations in Elemental, and I kind of feel somewhat limited in this game. I don't like having to traverse humongous stretches of empty terrain just to find the one other place I can settle. Granted, I am a new player to this game, but I have restarted my game about 4 times. MY very first playthrough was good, but I've been trying to get another good one and since haven't been able to. For instance, on my current play through, I was only g

I'm sorry, everyone. I didn't mean for this thread to start a fight.

[quote who="Fistalis" reply="7" id="3263189"]Because some people spammed pioneers alot it was decided it would be more "fun" to force everyone to spam pioneers early rather than letting them expand at their own pace.[/quote] So do I need to restart my game? I don't think I'll be able to do much, because the last 3 games in a row, I can't get enough territory. Then when I do find a place (having to REALLY look hard for it) I have to rush to it, and often supe

I'm having a difficult time with this game, because no matter what map size I choose, I have a very hard time keeping up with the enemy, because they all have several cities, and I (no matter how long and tirelessly I search) can't find any damn spots to build cities, only outposts. The problem is that I have very small things being build/trained/produced because (if I'm lucky) I'll only have found one extra spot I can build a city, and I can't reall

I haven't played many of these games you guys keep mentioning. I've played many 4x games, but WOM was my FIRST introduction to the fantasy type of 4x game. In your opinion, could this be the reason I loved it so much? Until WOM, I'd only ever played space and war 4X games. Perhaps what I saw was but a glimpse of a genre that you guys have enjoyed for many years?

[quote who="sweatyboatman" reply="8" id="3262497"] Quoting BlackRainZ, reply 7 Quoting Parogar, reply 5 Quoting Tuidjy, reply 2 Fallen Enchantress (so far) is every bit as good, if not better, than Elementa Wow. If you actually liked Elemental, you probably won't be able to post in the next week, because you will be too busy playing Fallen Enchantress. As far as I am concerned, Fallen Enchantress is so much better that comparing the two insults it.<br

[quote who="Tuidjy" reply="2" id="3262411"] Fallen Enchantress (so far) is every bit as good, if not better, than Elementa Wow. If you actually liked Elemental, you probably won't be able to post in the next week, because you will be too busy playing Fallen Enchantress. As far as I am concerned, Fallen Enchantress is so much better that comparing the two insults it. I loved a few things about elemental, but I just could not enjoy it. At all. And

Even just mediocre (in 1.1?) I'm not sure what version it was in when I started playing it, but I really loved it. I never had any problems with it, either.

I'm twenty-four-years-old. Granted, I'm neither the oldest gamer nor the youngest, I've been around since the NES days. In that time, I've never once played a game that had been trashed in the reviews and found myself in disagreement, with the sole exception of Xenogears (Gamepro gave it a 1.5/5, if I recall correctly) Now as I sit down and sink tons of hours into Fallen Enchantress, I reflect on the time I discovered the first game, Elemental. I've liked 4X games

Just wanted to thank all you guys for the responses. You were right. EDIT: (fixed comma splice here) The game has not been dumbed down in any way, shape, or form. I ended up spending the extra $10 so I could get it on Steam. It's a small price to pay for having steam's accessibility.

I haven't played the expansion pack, so I'm basing this off the vanilla game, which I couldn't stand.

Thank you for the responses guys. I just bought it. I was a little hesitant at first, because after four great civilization games, I remember buying the fifth one on faith, and I simply hated it. Contrary to popular belief, I don't think people enjoy 4x games because we like to see little people moving around on a map. I think we enjoy it because of the feeling of empowerment. At least, I've always enjoyed the aspect of sitting behind my computer with my hands folded, plotting

All I want to know is if this game has been dumbed down/streamlined in any way since the original (which I loved) I never understood all the bad reviews Elemental got. Usually, games that receive awful reviews deserve them, but last year I spent so much damn time in that game, lol. But I am very wary about buying sequels (Civ V, Mount & Blade) All I really want to do is make sure I'm not buying something that's going to be ANY LESS complex than the