Though I only played the beta and the demo, it struck me as lacking in (for want of a better term) charm . The whole aesthetic was so clinical and lacking in drama, it was such a step down from the other heroes that treated everything with fanfare. WoM had this problem.
Never liked the HoMM approach of just rehiring them that kind of took some of the shine off a planned-out victory. HoMM IV had it better with heroes being imprisoned in the nearest town that you had to capture to release them. Perhaps having the same thing but then adding a Mount & blade/Pirates! style chance to escape every turn might balance it a bit. Having buildings like a prison tower could reduce the chance of escape. There should always be a chance the champion just gets killed, th
Ancient Greeks didn't have a word for blue. They described things like the sky as coloured 'Bronze'. This explains their later conquest by the Na'vi.
The US relied too heavily on compulsive liar Rafid Ahmed Alwan al-Janabi because they wanted to believe it was true. I guess when you're in charge of the most powerful country on earth having daddy issues is not condusive to wise leadership.
[quote who="Grizzyloins" reply="57" id="3021856"] Those that take an oath of loyalty to a certain nation but then attempt to twist said nation in order to follow another agenda are the treasonous b*st*rds. I believe nearly all (a vast majority) of the members of our govenment (U.S.) and others, use their position to enhance their own agenda or the agenda of this or that organization rather than to do as those that elected them wish. I believe tha
[quote who="seanw3" reply="27" id="3021581"]In the state of Washington, there is a wide variety of trailers and trash to fill it. For the most part there is no better place to enjoy meth. Why spend money on an abandoned house when you are just going to blow it up when the cops get there anyways? Where are you talking about leeboy26? [/quote] My name is Earl.
[quote who="tetleytea" reply="25" id="3021433"] This topic and thread is filled with the mad rantings of racial and socio-economic class prejudice I disagree. I mean, when we refer to trailer trash, it's not a bash on socio-economic status at all. It's the trailers we're bashing. I mean if we didn't have trailers, we wouldn't have trailer trash. And besides, when there are tornadoes, trailers
[quote who="teddybearcholla" reply="44" id="3020806"]Why don't all the leaves fall off all the trees at the same time, and be done with it. [/quote] 'Cos then you'd only have a limited window of opportunity to stand on a street corner and write a beautiful haiku on the joys of autumn.
[quote who="Noumenon72" reply="24" id="3020639"]If losing your sovereign means losing the game, the sovereign is too important. Players will reload any save where they lose him and will never lose. [/quote] I don't think I've ever done that... I always say to myself 'tough, try harder next time'. I get a perverse pleasure out of it. Besides, players will just find cheats if they don't care how they win as long as they do. Making the decision to keep your Sov a
[quote who="Heavenfall" reply="31" id="3020597"]Import fee? Do you mean you had to pay to use impulse? I've never had anyone say that before. Or do you mean that your country has restrictions on imports that you have to pay for a physical copy? Hardly Stardock's fault. [/quote] The latter. I don't recall saying it was Stardock's fault, but the fact WoM was about as fun as a spreadsheet and not worth the amount I paid for it most certainly was.
Having imported the game and paid a rather unwelcome import fee any feelings of guilt over getting it free has evaporated somewhat. Getting a game for free is almost unheard of though, so kudos to Stardock for trying to renew faith in their products.
We intend to have a almost completely new sound track. This isn’t a promise. We’ve gotten a lot of new music and effects in and have put them in but we wouldn’t delay the game over making sure all the music and sound is new. Ah well that's something. I'd be interested in hearing what improvements were made because (as my recent thread highlighted) the SFX in WoM was pretty piss-poor. Hopefully we'll have something better th
[quote who="tetleytea" reply="7" id="3019932"] The Rothschild myth, a favoured staple of the usual anti-semitic conspiracy theory dross Dude. Grizzly just said in the OP he's trying to keep religion out of it as much as possible. You're the one who brought up "anti-semitic", not him. [/quote] I apologise if I came across as aggressive but I've argued with people on innumerable forums over this stuff and I know exactly
[quote who="Grizzyloins" reply="5" id="3019751"]Something else interesting I learned (by watching another special of some sort), was that back in the day when the big battle of Waterloo was fought, there was a fellow that worked for a banker or something like that at the battle & once it was won he quickly made it back & told his boss/buddy the conclusion of the battle resulting in them getting a rumor going that the British had lost, the british stocks fell, in which case they bought
[quote who="Vallu751" reply="10" id="3015874"]Nice pics. And I agree that some background for Relias should make it even better. What would be appropriate? He's an adventurer, but trees and mountains are already taken. [/quote] Pub.
Games like WoM tend to appeal primarily to those that are PC enthusiasts who tend to keep their rigs up-to-date as much as finances allow. Five years is a long time and if you are still chugging away with a graphics card powered by a hamster in a wheel then maybe saving up is a good idea. Surely even a moderate upgrade from a 5 to a 3 year old card from e-bay wouldn't break the bank. If Pixel shader 3 halves memory usage then bring it on. It might reduce sales but at leaast t
[quote who="Mortenart" reply="41" id="3015018"] I second this.. There need to be more penalties for the best weapons and armour, or everyone will be using them. I know that Stardock have gone some way to remedying this, and I will wait for the Beta before I make any further judgement. [/quote] Having penalties for armour other than initiative might go some way to remedy this, maybe- Chain/plate armour- vulnerable to lightening spells +30% damage to wearer
I hope the twist is Ceresa is actually a fallen woman i.e taken up prostitution.
[quote who="Lord Xia" reply="29" id="3000363"]How about "Shit I ain't close enough to see"? Has a nice ring to it, I think. [/quote] Faecal myopia?
I'm sick of the term 'Fog of War'. How about 'Mist of belligerence', 'Shroud of antagonism' or 'Haze of affray'. Poll?
Yeah that's some good fog there, seems like there's some nice improvements to the graphics... is there going to be similar improvements to the Sound and music areas? A journal devoted to them would be great.
That picture is completely unnacceptable in my eyes... there's no tools for drawing and quartering, for a start.
[quote who="HenriHakl" reply="11" id="2998884"] There is a lot of truth in that. Age of Wonders (and follow-ups) were entertaining for a bit, but it doesn't have (for me at least) the lasting and legendary appeal of MoM due to lack of exhaustive options. More units, more magic, more interaction, more special abilities, more everything. Compare Civilization 4 (and the associated Fall from Heaven 2) - there's LOTS of complex interactions and stuff to know about; and the
The General Status report doesn't mention anything about the sound designers, plenty about animators tho- https://forums.elementalgame.com/411211/page/4 It does say 'In addition, several new artists/developers have been hired over the past year with the result being that the FE team is larger than the WOM team was.' makes me wonder if there's been any additions/changes to those involved in th
Are the fonts going to be change for FE? The ones in WoM were very pedestrian and not very condusive for setting the mood. It's a little thing but in WoM they all added up to a big thing.