I've completely lost interest in Elemental for the time being. It's in that "put it on the back burner and check back in 6 months" category at the moment. I'm sure that many others who were disappointed have adopted a similar stance and have simply stopped reading the forums or only do so infrequently as I am now.
[quote who="ElanaAhova" reply="46" id="2789516"]Actually, it is a very cleaned up version of what genghis khan said. Conan (O'brian?) borrowed it.[/quote] "The greatest pleasure is to vanquish your enemies and chase them before you, to rob them of their wealth and see those dear to them bathed in tears, to ride their horses and clasp to your bosom their wives and daughters."
[quote who="esomonk" reply="44" id="2787110"]-replace all text with voice overs from Christopher Walken.[/quote] Even better... Kevin Pollak *DOING* his Walken. Madness!
The Age of Wonders series had a pretty simplified version of this. If you capture a city who race you (aka the race you started with) don't get along with, they'll be surly. I forget if it leads to lack of production or the like, but if you leave said town un(der)defended, there's a chance they'll rebel and kick you out :) In addition you have the option to change it to a friendly race, either your starting one or that of a city you own. It's based on the distance
[quote who="SirFlak" reply="11" id="2791592"]Its ok. I haven't tried the imbue thing but it sounds like cheese to me. Exploiting a completely unbalanced aspect of the game then saying the AI is no good is rather silly. I think the AI in starcraft 2 is decent but it can't handle things like a protoss cannon rush. Protoss cannon rush is cheesy just like the imbue thing. It's a waste of time to build up the AI to combat that strategy if the magic system is changing so
Incredibly poor. Even on large maps, "ridiculous" setting and just sitting back for a couple hundred turns before I make any aggressive moves towards the computer players, it's a pushover. Most of the AI controlled cities will be very lightly defended (if at all) and my only real danger is if: (a) I'm relying on a single killer stack (2) I'm too far away from a threatened city and too far into my own territory to cast teleport. Even then, it's just one ci
[quote who="Frogboy" reply="69" id="2791317"]REAL gamers could get well over 625K free with QEMM386 to get Wing Commander going.[/quote] 625k? Pshaw! Come back when you hit 630k, n00b =D I've been gaming for just about 30 years and there are many games I miss from the past, but I have to say I don't miss having to finagle that annoying 640k ceiling. Well, on most days.
If you're either new to the game or want to check it out again, PLEASE do yourself a favor and get a couple of mods. To wit: The community fan patch (aka 1.4) Dwiggs 5.0 Required patch for Dwiggs 5.0 Mind you the latter two are m
Wait a while longer. Despite the Herculean bailing efforts by Stardock, it's still an incredibly spartan game insofar as features. And with the most recent patch, it's become a very tedious game to play (with insanely overpriced sovereign equipment and a potential trickle of resources even late in the game). I'm starting to regain faith that they'll pull a rabbit out of their proverbial hat(s) and polish this into a true gem, but it's a ways off. Granted, if you
[quote who="charon2112" reply="344" id="2790434"]solid- I'd say that Civ stole from Brad, actually. In Civ IV: BTS they added random events, and in Civ V they have city-states, which are just like the minor races in Galciv2.[/quote] Eh. Given that the minor races make 1 pop cities that do nothing, it's not quite an apples and apples comparison. To go really into left field, Civ's city-states remind me of "factions" in WoW (and probably other MMOs, but my only longt
[quote who="rossanderson48" reply="332" id="2789129"]Get em Istari ban him ban all those who oppose Elemental please. ) I also wish everyone should have to register their game and have an icon to show they bought one before they can post in THIS forum. I also wish there were some way they had to show they bought CIV V before they could post about it in THIS forum as well. ) Without a register icon they can only READ posts, if they want to talk about the game there should
All well said, Brad. One thing about your post did stand out though... [quote who="Frogboy" reply="324" id="2788656"]Most people who loved Master of Magic never played the original release in 1994. I am obviously a big MOM fan (few people would spend millions on a game that is a spiritual successor to a 15 year old game that was a commercial disaster). People forget why there wasn't a MOM2. MOM bombed. It became a great game,a classic, AFTER its release and much of it by
[quote who="Tridus" reply="53" id="2788552"]Nah, the problem in Elemental is that most of the choices are obvious, and/or don't matter. Sure, you CAN use shortbows over longbows. There's no reason to do so. You CAN make squads of 1 instead of bigger ones. Again, there's basically no reason to do so. You can pick the earth direct damage spell over the fire direct damage spell, but once you know what kind of shards you have within reach the decision is obvious a
Just as an oddball little aside, I've been a system builder (among other things) for over 20 years and have recently gotten hooked off buying parts from Amazon. No tax and no shipping for 2 day (since I have a Prime account).
[quote who="Grove12345" reply="114" id="2787420"]Why are people afraid to stick to what worked? And why not stick to gorgeous 2d instead of primitive 3d?[/quote] Given my general distaste for how Elemental has turned out, this is one of the few areas on which I disagree. Granted I prefer some of the earlier mockups but I really do like the "paintbrush" feel of the world in general in Elemental. It's a nice break from cartoony (Warcraft 3, League of Legends) and "realisti
[quote who="Mtn_Man" reply="310" id="2787426"] Quoting Baleurion, reply 306No, it's an awesome and amazing game right now, day 1 after launch. Its polished, its beautiful, the gameplay is amazing and deep. Dont judge all gamers to be blind idiots who cant judge a game for what it is. I'm absolutely in love with civ5... Up until that last line, I honestly wasn't sure if you were talking about Elemental or Civ 5.[/quote] The best part about the dyed in the wool fanb
[quote who="Mtn_Man" reply="304" id="2787334"] Quoting Nesrie, reply 303Elemental has flaws, but the game is more than just functional, it's playable and fun... You see what I did there? [/quote] Yes, you practiced the fine art of self deception. Bravo.
The way you "attack" them is by having multi-turn movement that ends on their square (simultaneously moving on to it perhaps). So I just get cautious about movement once I'm near one.
[quote who="Ahroo" reply="293" id="2786343"]The sad thing about it all is both games had a pretty bad start. But everyone is going to praise Civ V for being amazing while continuing to trash this game. When they both suffer from the same exact problems.[/quote] CAVEAT : I've only put about an hour of "fiddling around" time into Civ 5, so I have yet to see some of the more potentially braindead combat AI and diplomacy issues, so I'll ad
Awesome perseverance, Kevin! This is a great lesson... stick to your guns and ignore the trolls demanding you not even be allowed to ask the question or worse, ask for your banning. And thanks for addressing this point Brad and Boogie :)
[quote who="ddem1" reply="233" id="2785550"]Well this one is flash but it's so awesome, if you like fantasy, loot, skills, tower defence blah blah http://www.kongregate.com/games/undefined/protector-iv?gamereferral=protector-iv just check it out, you won't regret it[/quote] Hot damn, loving it already.
[quote who="Raven X" reply="396" id="2785713"]After seeing Frogboy's latest Dev Journal I guess it's ok to talk about this a little. I had a conversation with Frogboy and Boogie yesterday and after hearing about some of the upcoming changes to tactical combat they have in mind and are working on, I can now say I believe that when we see what they have in store for us battles will look a Lot More like what we have in the picture on the side of the box . I can't/won't go
Sweet Zombie Jesus! Must buy another copy now (I have it installed but damned if I know where my discs are this long after said install). And yes, this is a game that has much to offer Stardock insofar as inspiration and wheel rebuilding ideas...
[quote who="Dhraconus" reply="15" id="2785045"]I think somebody needs to learn that when it comes to marketing a game (or anything else) the only guaranteed truth is "A thing by this name exists." I mean really, you're getting uptight about box art? Why don't you go ride one of the game companies that "advertises" their games using only massive CGI clips which have absolutely NO resemblance at all to the actual gameplay? (e.g. Dragon Age Origins) This is a bloody pictu
[quote who="Mtn_Man" reply="288" id="2784963"]In short, Firaxis removed a lot of features from the series but didn't replace them with anything. Some people seem to like this simplification, but the general consensus I'm seeing is that the series has been "dumbed down".[/quote] You and I agree on so very little here, but if this ends up being the case (simplification in the granddaddy of all TBS games?!?!?) I'll be a very sad panda.