It was what they didn't have to do but did anyway thet gave it such a charming 'personality'. I loved the M:TG-esqe snippets when you researched things. 'I don't know but I've been told, Dierdra's got a network node!' 'Likes to press the on-off switch, Dig that crazy Gaian witch!'
[quote who="TCores" reply="19" id="2601729"] "And THEN the MIGHTY forces OF DARKNESS rose from the deeeeep AND we FOUGHT them so VALIantly and WE would have been oveRCOME but for THE HOPE of a NEW age and RAISED our swoRDS to FIGHT ON." And it drives me batty. [/quote] Like this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZU-n8UZM5Cc Sounds like Patrick Stewart's less talented brot
I suppose we have to ask ourselves 'what does trading tech mean?' Is tech trading something you whisper to a foriegn diplomat and he says 'of course! It's so simple!' or perhaps you hand them a few diagrams describing how to build a mine? It's abstractly dealt with, certainly, for the sake of simplicity but if it were not, if perhaps you gave them mining tech and it was a physical thing like a caravan with mining engineers, scrolls and materials that had to get to the friendly territory/
With Metropolis I always think Superman and modern, neon-light cities despite it's ancient origins. I'd prefer- 4. Minor/lesser city 5. Major/greater city
Elemental, my dear Magicke. I think it's a Middle-Earth classification type thing.
[quote who="markieness" reply="10" id="2600548"] Quoting Mogmoogle, reply 6 Age of Wonders 1,2 (crappy) Total War (Shogun, Medieval 1) (Hated all of them) Dragon Age Origins (This game is also a peice of crap) Daggerfall (Sucked) Is he allowed to say that? or can we stone him to death now? [/quote] Let he who is without si
[quote who="John_Hughes" reply="2" id="2600437"]Morale is cool but it can also be very finicky. How does it work? +/- values per soldier buffed by a Commander? Does it accumulate with battles won, or decline with Battles lost? Does a loss of morale automatically cause a complete retreat of any affected troops, or whole groups of troops? Do 10 single guys in a Stack get a different Morale bonus/value vs a Company of 10 men who all trained together
I assumed there was to be gods (wether they exist or not) unless Elemental is to be an atheist fantasy rts, which would be... interesting. I don't expect a thing like in the pre-empire total war games where religious agents can convert provinces (they were mostly removed in the most recent games and not really to it's detriment) but I would have thought post-cataclysm a return to old faiths and beliefs would be common.
[quote who="GW Swicord" reply="11" id="2600365"]Well, if you want to get serious about scary insects, we need some members of the wasp family. Giant yellowjackets could make you wish you'd run into giant spiders instead.[/quote] I've read that one of Brad Wardell's hobbies is beekeeping, so we may well find some very well-detailed and fleshed-out Apoide flying around the elemental world! [quote]And then there are all the fun options presented by their surreal range of paras
Well...it tells you the relavent exposition but I can't says I was overly keen on it when I saw it a while back. The VO sounds a little am dram and the whole thing especially the 'OR THEIR DOOM' thing which was unintentionally (I think) hilarious. Also the way she says 'magic' sounded like a teacher telling schoolkids a story. A little derivative, maybe? It's old but I rather wish for something of a differant lilt. It is just an intro, though. It sets the mood which can be import
[quote who="Ratya48" reply="8" id="2599795"]I HATE SPIDERS GET THEM AWAY [/quote] I'm sorry, I didn't mean to have you imagine an Orb Weaver sneeking through your window at night, crawling over your sleeping body before paralysing you with it's bite and have you watch in terror, helpless, as it slowly cocooned your motionless body. That's the last thing I wanted you to think of. [quote who="Ephafn" reply="7" id="2599787"] In strategy game, it is especially important
[quote who="Frogboy" reply="10" id="2599126"]We're having this debate internally as well. We will have a "proper" intro for War of Magic but this will be a button in the main menu: [Introduction] [New Game] [Load Game] .. But the intro for Elemental itself (i.e. the one that comes after the load screen) is something we're really going back and forth about. There is a considerable camp for doing a 4-bit (16 color) sty
Hehe you can just imagine the spells- Pull Rabbit out of hat. Cost: 50 spell points. Effect: Increases troop morale. Cup and balls trick Cost: 60 mana Effect: 30% chance of causing confusion to enemy.
[quote who="CrusaderScott" reply="1" id="2599002"]That was quite an interesting post! I also agree with your sentiments. In fact, when it came for Shelob in Jackson's LotRs, the ultimate design they wound up using was the least scary one IMHO (you can see the range of ideas on the special edition DVD). But I believe that was intentional. I think when it comes to movies and games, directors/devs don't want to make spiders as frightening and repulsive as
Could someone explain to me the difference between sim and non-sim turns pref. with examples? I dinnae ken.
Games very rarely get spiders right. Just to get this straight I have no particular affection for Spiders, in fact I tend to run away screaming like a little girl when I see one. However, they make for great enemies in the 4X and RPG genre. Sadly, some devs need to be taken to Arachnology school and assume the more a spider is less like their real life counterparts the more threatening they are, leading to some overly-stylised efforts. I say the spiders encountered in everyday life (and
[quote who="strager" reply="7" id="2598957"] I'm hoping April 2011+. That way they have time to polish everything till it sparkles. I want Elemental to win EVERY "Game of the Year" award out there and bring attention back to the genre. [/quote] *inhales air through teeth* that'd be a 350-1 outsider. Put you down for $5?
[quote who="Tasunke" reply="1" id="2598950"]Among the mounts I would like to see in the game ... Definitely Horses, Wargs, and Elephants ... Hopefully Rhinos, Armadillos, Griffons, and Eagles ... and Flying Insects + Wyverns + Drakes would be really really cool, yet unlikely (still hope they are in, at least for fallen). [/quote] I'd be interested in seeing how mounts are incorported, whether they simply increase movement/have an attack or are sep
Bad news for people who want it soon, good news for people who want it done right. I'm betting October 1st.
[quote who="Eternal_Inferno" reply="19" id="2598940"]This video was posted up on teamliquid.net a few weeks ago. One of the guys there paused the video where she shows the beta key, flipped the image upside down so he could read it, and is now using the key to play. Just goes to show you, one man's loss is another man's gain. [/quote] I blame CSI.
That would make things too easy for me. I want a game that shrugs it's shoulders and says 'tough break' and leaves me to figure out how to get my hands on the relevant shard through hook or by crook. It would also take away the situation of you having the shard an enemy needed, reducing strategic options. Just my opinion.
[quote quoting="post"]Why would a shield you find in a random goodie hut have YOUR royal seal painted on it? [/quote] [IMG]http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/6124/signoraingiallo02art.jpg[/IMG]
I hope Brad wardell's missus is more understanding than her...
No, I’m not referring to the lacklustre 1997 movie (‘Not a sequel an equal’ my ass!) but rather the non-magical/enchanted/corrupted creatures that have counterparts in the Real World. Okay, ‘mundane’ creatures aren’t as sexy or fantastic as vampire uber-bears or flying zombie wolves but they do lend a more down-to-earth (down-to-elemental?) charm that doesn’t throw magical creatures at you from the get go. Don’t get me wrong, I want fant
Flogging a dead celestial horse, you might say.