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[quote who="Frogboy" reply="43" id="2785786"] The short answer is: yes. The battle scene on the box is a screenshot from a beta version of the game that we nerfed later on for balance and memory consumption. The battle scene came from a test of the quest of Sarog's Egg and its aftermath. However, with v1.1 moving towards using population as a resource again we can effectively have much larger armies. But epic confrontations remain a core objectiv

[quote who="SapSnark" reply="52" id="2767028"]As far as games go, what would be the top 3 gaming AIs?[/quote] Chess Go Global Thermonuclear War [e digicons];P[/e]

[quote who="Voqar" reply="1" id="2765775"]Some day I'd like to see someone list one logical reason for buying retail over digital distribution. Accept change, move out of the stone age, blah blah. [/quote] I'll bite: Physical Distribution: 1. Portable Media. If I want to install a game on my laptop, my PC, at the cabin, on my new PC, I don't have to wait for the download. I pop the DVD in my drive and install. Staring at a download p

[quote who="dragoaskani" reply="1" id="2757777"]Yeah cause google is so damn hard to use. Here took me less time to do then it took to type even one of your bulletpoints... https://store.stardock.com/policy.aspx [/quote] Thanks, that's very helpful!

So what exactly is the refund policy of SD? I'm considering getting this game, but honestly, if it doesn't work on my PC (i.e. regular CTD, or if multiplayer is never enabled), then I want my money back. Not 75% of it. All of it. I can't see how this is unreasonable, or out of line with any other product I would purchase. However, on the forums I've seen 3 different claims: 1) Only 75% of money is refunded 2) 75% of money is refunded unless de

[quote who="Cryptomancer" reply="54" id="2757512"] After a lecture on "restraunts", we now have a pseudo-legalistic lecture. You are mechanically reciting an imitation of juridic lingo, which happens to not apply to the computer-software industry -- which is constrained by laws & norms that are quite different from those which apply when a consumer purchases a house or a car. I won't develop what I mean because I will not hijack this thread with a pretentious le

[quote who="tetleytea" reply="264" id="2757682"]I've got a question: if you pre-ordered, you have the beta, and Stardock is going to make it right, why do you really care whether SD calls this "release" or not? [/quote] I figure people have an issue with calling this release cause: 1) As much as Brad is passionate about the game, there is no guarantee that SD will be in the financial position to fix all of the issues with this game given it's curre

Is the GalCiv2 demo a fairly good representation of the game? Just asking, cause I loved MOO and MOO2 (I stayed away from MOO3...which was a good choice says a friend of mine), but I just couldn't get in to the GalCiv2 demo. It seemed that nothing ever happened, and the "universe" seemed really really empty. If I didn't like the demo, is there any chance I'll like the actual game?

[quote quoting="post"]I don't think the initial release of EWOM was ever meant to be an end game. This game was always meant to be a platform for us to play with and expand upon. ... buy SC2 or something other carbon copy piece of crap. ... Okay, I'm getting off my soapbox. Gonna go mod something. [/quote] Really? As far as I can tell Elemental was marketed as the spiritual successor to Master of Magic. MoM didn`t even ha

[quote who="enigma691" reply="196" id="2731932"] Another game with a inflated review, just starcraft with a facelift, not such a bad thing but did they really need 12years to do it? [/quote] To be fair, I seem to recall Blizzard releasing a couple of other games between Starcraft 1 and 2. I think one was some sort of monthly pay multiplayer fantasy thing. It's a little like asking...d id Stardock really need 16 years to make a sequel to MoM?&n