[quote quoting="post"] [/quote] Intarweb translation for the next generation: "The launch sucked, and could have gone a lot smoother...like silk or something" Sorry, couldn't resist. Draw a line under it, and here's hoping the next year brings better things. Best of luck!
[quote who="Frogboy" reply="110" id="2753548"] I think I mentioned this earlier but we employ multiple former editors of major review sites who were part of the process. [/quote] Am I missing something? Irony? Sarcasm? Is this actually serious? And you pay them? Employ professional game designers / content people, not pub-haunting pseudo-intellectuals who didn't do anything after university, even if they're your f
[quote who="Mtn_Man" reply="329" id="2753496"] What "another thread" exactly? [/quote] https://forums.elementalgame.com/394855 Yes, I found it odd that official announcements were coming via thread #84050 expressing badly formed, grammatically incorrect statements regarding why "the game came early" without any idea about contracts, law, business and so on. But hey.. I d
[i] Instead, they’ve taken more than three years of work and kicked it out in a state that’s turned anticipation into outrage, community excitement to shared disappointment, and the goodwill of fanboys like me into total dismay. As a game? It’s pretty good. As a decision? An utter disaster.[/i] PC Gamer. You got a C+. [70] [quote who="Frogboy" reply="99" id="2753485"] Obviously, if you don't like the
From another thread: [quote who="Frogboy" reply="45" id="2753014"] There will be massive consequences for Stardock's game studio. I'll be talking more about this when I get back. But the game wasn't released early. The game was released poorly. Head in the sand syndrome imo. ... The point is, the issue here is far far worse than many of you think it is. I wish it was an issue of the game being released too early. That's an easy thing for a co
At the moment, the AI essentially cheats, and the player (with enough forum research) can cheese game mechanics to easily win. If you don't, and are playing the game as a "virgin", you'll lose. Repeatedly. Given Gal Civ's AI (at least, from later on builds - I'll ignore the whole Sins problematic tactics of certain ship spamming = instant win, esp. in multi-player issues that went on for years) sophistication, the step down is immense. I'm hoping that 1.1 fixes
$.02 When I initially read the back story (ravaged land, yadda yadda, we're all post-apocalyptic fantasy peasants with hoes) I imagined a kind of mechanic like Alpha Centauri. i.e. Tile improvement would be a core feature. In AC, you literally have to prune back the native flora to get workable bases (at first). Instead, rare food resources (ok, player only, the AI doesn't have this limitation) determine at least starting cities (caravans, later on make this less important). At the mo
[quote who="the_momaw" reply="4" id="2752699"]I hope that their idea of "fixing" this isn't to only allow 2 rings and 1 amulet. Champions need all the help they can get to be combat-relevant in the late game. Just limit champions to one of each item. It costs quite a lot of gold to buy all this stuff, if you can't just spam the cheapest jewelry that gives each bonus.[/quote] Mr T gives you +1 karma for your excellent suggestion! <img src="http://www.
[quote who="Jharii" reply="309" id="2752244"] Yeah, this is the response I figured I would get. You have nothing to offer except pitchforks and torches. Absolutely zero content and only interested in arguments. Good day to you.[/quote] I'll parse a simple one out for you: What checks / balances are going to be put in place on multiple % stacking in the next patch? i.e. is there likely to be a hard-coded cap on stacked % modifiers to
Moved due to poster posting while editing: [quote who="Jharii" reply="305" id="2752190"]. And for the record, cars get recalled all of the time because of design flaws, some severe design flaws which are immense safety hazards, some as simple as a faulty censor for a fluid gauge, and everywhere in between. [/quote] You've descended into self-parody here, perhaps without realising it.
[quote who="Jharii" reply="305" id="2752190"] And I sincerely doubt that they are going to reference your opinion, with all of the animosity contained within [/quote] Well done, you hit the nail on the head. It has been noted before that this was going on. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning-Kruger_effect I notice you manifestly failed to addr
[quote who="Jharii" reply="302" id="2752165"] And some people around here need to apply some perspective. It's a game. It's not a world event. It's not a catastrophe. Someone, even a dev, offering a joke up does not mean he is not taking his job seriously. Sometimes you just need to take a step back, not take yourself so seriously, and laugh. Sounds to me like you could stand to follow some of that advice, with all of that venom and hostility oozi
[quote who="Tridus" reply="295" id="2751497"] It turns out that there's some real people working at Stardock, they allow them to post on the forums, and they have a sense of humor? Seriously dude, WTF? He posted a funny reply to your comment. What's the problem? Do you REALLY expect someone to come in here and give you a serious answer to a question like that? Stuff like this is the reason why so many companies let nobody other then PR interact with the public
[quote who="Winnihym" reply="160" id="2752050"]If that's the case, I'm eager to play your mod. When do you think you'll be releasing it?[/quote] I think the best mod out there is https://forums.elementalgame.com/394060/ , over 20 XML fixes. "Implies" isn't the case here - and it isn't about features / wishlist from two months ago. Its a bug fix to a patch, not day 0. &n
[quote who="Jafo" reply="292" id="2751474"] Mirrors break [?].... [/quote] Like your XML? *ba-bom-tish* No, seriously, I wouldn't be posting wisecracks at the moment if I was working for Stardock. In a thread where the CEO posts his everlasting and humble apology to the world. Guessing you [b]aren't[/b] in the PR department. *Wonders about # returns refunded in t
"Rosebud"
Quick answer to your question: Yes, the game is incomplete at this moment in time. Next question?
Metacritic scores are essentially flawed, as there's no point scaling for time. Quake II still boasts a huge metacritic score on Steam, and well... let's just say the old girl hasn't aged so well. We can argue over gems such as System Shock, Deus Ex and so on. But, truth be told, Elemental isn't going to hit anything above an 80, even if it was working. Low-fantasy is great if done properly, but you have to work damn hard to make it work we
Not sure if this my original Stardock account, probably isn't (I think this one dates from when I used to do Content addons for GalCiv??). Golly gosh, at one point I think I was under the 100k mark on member no. though. (I post this without knowing / caring about my member number - it used to be important, in the very distant past, or at least a source of amusement when the old fogies came out to play) $50 tag & various tie-ins with book publishers, retailers and so