Teknopathetic
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Starting up a beta thread is fine, but official threads work better when they start from a clean slate right around the time the game is released so that people don't have to wade through a multi-page thread for info.
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Elemental: War of Magic - Stardock TBS
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platypotamus
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Thought this was interesting enough to bump the thread:
http://forums.elementalgame.com/362223
Mentions that it was influenced by George R.R. Martin's Game of Thrones novels (mega sweet) and sounds like a logical step forward from the awesome family system in the Total War games.
http://forums.elementalgame.com/362223
Mentions that it was influenced by George R.R. Martin's Game of Thrones novels (mega sweet) and sounds like a logical step forward from the awesome family system in the Total War games.
Doytch said:
One big difference between SD and the TW games: SD generally cares for and delivers on QC. I'm really wondering how SD is going to deliver on all this promise though- it really feels like they're promising the greatest game (of the genre) ever. That said, I think SD will deliver.
Can't wait for early Sep beta.
platypotamus
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Doytch said:
This is what I get for converting to a largely thread-subscription based browsing method. Sorry Tek!
Sipowicz said:
Sure, just start on the lower difficulty levels and ramp up. If you enjoyed Civ Rev, the core gameplay is similar, just with more depth and complexity. On the lowest difficulty levels of these types of games, you can usually get away with ignoring stuff that you aren't ready for, or experimenting a bit to figure out what works.
Joseph Merrick
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oh that's hot
also.. my majesty2 just unlocked itself on gamersgate :O~~
also.. my majesty2 just unlocked itself on gamersgate :O~~
Peronthious
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Well, they converted me. I preordered. The interview the other day with shacknews flipped me over the edge.
And they lied, beta 1 is to fun.
And they lied, beta 1 is to fun.
http://frogboy.impulsedriven.net/article/369046/Elemental_video_diary
nice video diary, showing where the game is at. Nice to see it in motion (for those of us not in the beta yet).
nice video diary, showing where the game is at. Nice to see it in motion (for those of us not in the beta yet).
New video from beta 2 that shows some exploration and city building on an island map:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0bdOXOkxdc
The public release of the beta 2 should be this week if everything goes as planned.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0bdOXOkxdc
The public release of the beta 2 should be this week if everything goes as planned.
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Deleted member 17706
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A friend of mine who is a huge fan of Master of Magic (a game I never played) was gushing about Elemental: War of Magic to me the other day. I checked it out on the Impulse website and it looks pretty damn awesome. I love me some hardcore PC strategy gaming! It's too bad it won't be out for a few months, but I will most definitely be picking this up.
MrCompletely
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If I pre-order right now can I download the beta? It looks like the purchase page on their site hasn't been updated in awhile and says the beta is closed.
Musashi Wins!
FLAWLESS VICTOLY!
Post impressions, plz.
It's really, really cool. I'm a little worried that they are trying to do too much and some things might suffer for a few patches, but the scope of the effort is impressive. Kingdom building, questing, character development, insane amounts of customization, hero/unit progression, diplomacy, trade, tech tree, spell tree.........Strategic, tactical,multi-generational role playing, city building turn based god game. I guess that sums it up?
I turned on the cloth map and it made me wish I had jumped into the beta earlier. I found the cloth map, chit style pretty charming.
I turned on the cloth map and it made me wish I had jumped into the beta earlier. I found the cloth map, chit style pretty charming.
Right now I am most interested to see where the battles end up. They've evolved heavily it seems since the initial beta and have gone from real time to what Brad described a "X-Com" style. None of that is in the beta yet but that could add a whole nother level of crazy awesome.
To be clear I don't feel like it's necessarily trying to do too much, I'm just worried they won't have time to polish all of the various elements of the game in time for launch, and some will suffer as a result.
To be clear I don't feel like it's necessarily trying to do too much, I'm just worried they won't have time to polish all of the various elements of the game in time for launch, and some will suffer as a result.
arstal said:
Sure, but release it too early and it gets Demigod'd. I loved that game, hate to see it happen again, where technical issues just chop the knees out from the community. There is a small thread about it over at the game site and Brad chimed in:
frogboy said:
Of course I assumed that was the case but it does ease my mind a bit.
platypotamus
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IIRC, Tactical Battles are in internally, and we should see them in the beta in a week or two.
I'm about to try Beta 3, haven't played in a few weeks and apparently there's lots of new stuff. Excitement!
I'm about to try Beta 3, haven't played in a few weeks and apparently there's lots of new stuff. Excitement!
eznark said:
Big difference being that Demigod was created by Gas Powered Games and published by Stardock. I have full trust in everyone at stardock. A bunch of the models and quests in the beta were created by Brad himself who isnt exactly part of the art team. They are holding a lot more back then you expect.
arstal said:
People were having problems getting into 5v5 presets months after release.
I know it's not the same dev or anything, just the first thing I thought of when someone brought up "release it now, fix it later" in the other forum.
I hope there is some significant multiplayer in Elemental. I know they are making a huge effort to involve modders and the community, and it seems like that never holds up in single player focused games outside the rare exception.
Despite my minor misgivings (and the game crashing when I alt+tab!) the beta is a ton of fun.
I'm really interested in the game but I'm not ready to shell out 50 bucks for it yet. I liked previous Stardock 4X games like GalCiv but it the games were never that intuitive for me and it always felt like there's a lot of information that I was just missing. The concept for this game is awesome though, and I hope they'll have an open beta or demo soon enough.
Do they have a set release date for the game yet?
Do they have a set release date for the game yet?
I know- double post, but Stardock started Beta 4 today and beta is closed.
The patch made the game a lot more stable and reliable- managed to finish a game, though it did chug in the endgame some when we both had large armies.
Game is starting to look good now, and they get 3.5 weeks left to work on it. They are off crunch time now as well. (This month was the first time I saw Stardock employees really work significant amounts of OT- usually Brad likes to keep them at 40 hrs/week)
The patch made the game a lot more stable and reliable- managed to finish a game, though it did chug in the endgame some when we both had large armies.
Game is starting to look good now, and they get 3.5 weeks left to work on it. They are off crunch time now as well. (This month was the first time I saw Stardock employees really work significant amounts of OT- usually Brad likes to keep them at 40 hrs/week)
Can't wait to get home and check it out. I was nervous w/ B3 despite Wardell saying everything was going great. Now hearing that they are working normal hours...well, they can't delay it at this point, right?!
Any significant game play changes? Have they added the tactical battles?
Any significant game play changes? Have they added the tactical battles?
eznark said:
They added tactical in the last beta. It's less broken now.
They added in this mod a much more refined tech tree, AI, and modding. Also the game is supposedly as stable as GCII retail release (not that stable, but stable enough). Memeory leaks are supposedly mostly fixed also.
They go gold next week (though patching will continue until beta, pre-gold patching will be stability based to get the retail as bug-free as possible)