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Depends on your expectations. The game is good and offers a very complex gameplay mechanic, but has some performance and polishing issues that will take several weeks and months to address plus there is a steep learning curve, especially if you've never played a turn-based strategy game before. Wait if you expect a well polished game or you are a beginner, buy it if you can deal with the initial bugs and issues and have the time to sink your teeth into it.

[quote who="Slainangel52" reply="2" id="2726942"]I don't think you get to research world tech in the campaign do you?[/quote] correct, researching disabled for the campaign.

People and buildings contribute to the general arcane or world research pool and don't need to be assigned. You simply have to choose the technology/spell you want to research in the window that pops up.

[quote who="PurplePaladin" reply="4" id="2726899"]What do they mean "it was not fun"? That is what WAS fun in Age of Wonders and Heroes of Might and Magic for Decades now. . . . ? [/quote] He said that it was not fun to watch every single tactical battle being fought by all the players and that the game in general takes far too long to progress. He also admitted that he personally doesn't think multiplayer is worthwhile in a TBS game because of that, but that they will try

Tactical battles are currently not an option in multiplayer, yes. There was a post by Frogboy with a very honest evaluation of the multiplayer portion of the game. He stated that, while you will be able to play the game in multiplayer, it is not really that enjoyable in its current form and that you should reconsider buying the game if it is for the multiplayer part in the first place. If it is very important to you, I would recommend to wait a little bit before the mul

[quote who="tlvs" reply="9" id="2726831"]I found it much easier to start a sandbox game. After playing some in sandbox mode the campaign is easier to understand.[/quote] Seconded.

[quote who="Droog" reply="12" id="2726812"]I would not go so far, but how about second city 100g then 200g then 400g etc?[/quote] I agree with that idea, creating new cities should cost money on an exponential level.

[quote who="Slainangel52" reply="17" id="2726798"]I actually have to play from the cloth map until they fix the performance issues. It's SO much easier to distinguish important things on the cloth map than it is on the 3d one. Perhaps that's why it seemed so simple right off the bat.[/quote] You know what, I think you have a good point there. I was playing in the 3D view and I also find it difficult to locate important things in the world. I am sure it contributed to the fact that I d

[quote who="Slainangel52" reply="13" id="2726731"]That's where our minds diverge, when I get thwarted at the city I would've immediately clicked on the fertile ground tile to see what was up and search for more information. *shrug* I didn't play the campaign, simply started with a random large map. In the beta it actually built those things from the city itself, it gets kind of awkward when you've got multiple cities since they are tied to the closest one. For example, you build 3

I help you with the scenario: You get a message that you are now able to build a farm. You open the city screen to build it, like you build all the improvements before, but are unable to find the icon. You scratch your head and think that you either don't have the appropriate resources our you need to research something else to unlock the technology. Since it is not a pressing issue at the moment and the game continues without your farm, you decide to keep on playing thinking that you can try

[quote who="Thorsten Vehoff" reply="7" id="2726666"]I agree, I actually researched the food technology, hoping it would let me build the farm in the city screen only to find out later that all you have to do is click on it and I could've built it in the first couple days...[/quote] That's exactly what happened to me in the campaign when I was awarded the technology. I was already gathering all the allies later in the game until I realized by accident that all I h

[quote who="Slainangel52" reply="5" id="2726620"] Quoting Shermyth, reply 4It took me 2 hours to figure this out. It's not intutive at all. The same with several other parts of the interface. Seriously? Clicking on the location the farm will get built on is not intuitive?[/quote] Yes, if a campaign tells you that now is the perfect time to build a farm but at the same time forgets to explain to you that farms and mines etc. are

You must stand outside the city, it won't work if you are in the city. Once you are standing outside, click on your sovereign and open the spellbook (mid-down section, a book icon with two crossed swords), choose the desired spell, click cast button and click on any city tile.

Let me start by applauding Stardock for the game. I can only imagine how difficult it is to create a complex game like Elemental without much money (no big publisher) and time (Civ 5 imminent) in the background. Now I don't want you to think that I don't like the game: It offers many features that other games in the genre don't and that I really like (RPG focus, organic city development, varying technology trees), but there are two things that don't sit well with me: As

[quote who="rossanderson48" reply="7" id="2723476"]I guess it's because I use MY BRAIN to figure out how to play games instead of crying to MOMMY MOMMY MY GAME WON'T WORK WAAAAAH QQ boohoo I hardly ever and rarely open a manual to find out how to play a game. Most of them are just too intuitive even this one. But, if I don't know something I just ASK HOW TO not go QQing or CRYING the game is messed up blah blah blah.[/quote] Why don't you just go play the game with your int

I was about to post a similar thread, thank you for doing it. [e digicons]^_^[/e] I wholeheartedly agree with pretty much everything you've pointed out. The game is very promising and it can be fun, I am VERY thankful that they let us play the gold version (Thank you, guys!), but there are quite a few issues to be taken care of, at least in this gold version. The one thing that bothers me the most at the moment is the feedback and control in tactical battles. Both are in

You're gonna need a bigger server!

Well, a couple of hours is monday morning in europe then I guess. Time for bed. Good night all and have fun! [e digicons]:zzz:[/e]

[quote who="Lord_Asmodeous" reply="6" id="2721380"]I realize people are trying to be helpful, but isn't it better to let Stardock answer this one instead of just conjecture and possibly upsetting or confusing the poor chap further?[/quote] It isn't conjecture to tell him that the initial blame is on the retailer. Apart from that, I agree.

Just to make it clear: It's the fault of the retailer that sold you the copy since the official release date is the 24th of August. Your retailer broke the date.

[quote who="VR_IronMana" reply="107" id="2721225"]Doesn't that still tend to tick off bosses because "you should have given a better estimate" or "why couldn't you do it when you said you'd be able to"? [/quote] Not if your flight has been delayed because of some annoying people that blocked everything (or because of some annoying retailers that broke the street date).

[quote who="TENGILL" reply="81" id="2721091"]Its like x-mas as a kid. There you are, looking att the tree with all the gifts. But so close and still so far, you must wait for the grownups to finish ther eating. Never was time moving so slow. So you stayd in your place, imagining the wounderfull things santa would bring. With a sigh you look at the clock on the wall. Still not time, but soon.[/quote] indeed, let's just h

[quote who="Zehiir" reply="14" id="2720785"]I do not like digital downloads one bit. The only reason I can accept using Steam when there are no retail alternatives is that it is huge. The community is large enough that I feel confident in that an eventual problem will be solved, if not by their own support team, by someone in the community. I have used a couple of other digital download systems on occasion, and found the experience horrible. At this point I have no desire to try Impuls

[quote who="Zehiir" reply="10" id="2720761"]Okay, that is a shame. I might just have to sit out on this one, then. The lack of a retail option or a solid digital download is a deal breaker, I am afraid. Too bad, it looked like a pretty awesome game. Still, I wish you best of luck with the release, and hope you will offer additional venues of distribution in the future.[/quote] If I may ask, how is the digital download option not solid? It's quite reliable, cheap and in cont

[quote who="Zehiir" reply="4" id="2720708"]All right, thank you for the quick response. I glanced through some import options, which would turn out to become very expensive, and not really an option. Any chance of getting the game on Steam in the future? I am not really a fan of using a multitude of DD venues, and would rather stick to just using Steam due to several reason. The quality of their service simply is pristine in comparison to any alternative I have ever seen.[/quote]</