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I want to test drive this bad boy. Although it's a lot less awesome sounding than it was a few months ago ... no more 10,000+ unit battles, no more Nation Designer, no more "Spore-like" network to share creations. They definitely scaled it back.
Still, though, I want to see for myself. Might be awesome. Might be overhyped trash.
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| Posted: Mon, 23rd Aug 2010 08:30 Post subject: |
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| locke_digitalus wrote: |
Still, though, I want to see for myself. Might be awesome. Might be overhyped trash. |
While it may be slightly incomplete at release, it will be awesome. This is Stardock's labour of love, and they'll support it to a huge extent for years to come. You can't go wrong buying this, even if the game initially feel a tad bare-bones compared to what was promised.
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| Posted: Mon, 23rd Aug 2010 10:45 Post subject: |
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yeah 14% but I never get good speeds through Impulse. Funny though I was talking to a Stardock person in IRC
"Oh we have a server in Aus"
Sure you do that's why when I block connections to the US address NOTHING in impulse will download.
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JBeckman
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| Posted: Mon, 23rd Aug 2010 11:30 Post subject: |
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Impulse is needed (Account data and such.) plus "Reactor" (A serial-key is used for activation.) but it's usually bypassed rather quick, game is about 1.3 GB.
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| Posted: Mon, 23rd Aug 2010 12:04 Post subject: |
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@Azi
just so you know: requesting is not allowed here.
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Epsilon
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| Posted: Mon, 23rd Aug 2010 13:11 Post subject: |
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While Stardock games themselves are barely protected as such, usually update system is strictly centralized. Without "leaks" from legal users it's pretty impossible to get patches for pirated versions.
Heh... I don't even remember if all patches for GalCiv2, ever appeared outside legal users.
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| Posted: Mon, 23rd Aug 2010 14:01 Post subject: |
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Tbh, that's where i draw the line. If a game is good enough in order to use patches to play it, then buying it is mandatory, specially when it's almost drm free and made by stardock.
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| Posted: Mon, 23rd Aug 2010 14:16 Post subject: |
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I for one won't make them available as I'm a hypocrite in this area, stardock is one of the few companies that make games for the particular niche that I enjoy, and good games at that. So I'm not about to make the patches and community stuff available.
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| Posted: Mon, 23rd Aug 2010 14:36 Post subject: |
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| Epsilon wrote: | | I for one won't make them available as I'm a hypocrite in this area, stardock is one of the few companies that make games for the particular niche that I enjoy, and good games at that. So I'm not about to make the patches and community stuff available. |
It makes sense.
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| Posted: Mon, 23rd Aug 2010 14:44 Post subject: |
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The game is a bit rough and unoptimized right now, regretfully. When hovering over 3D objects (towns, etc) performance plummets. Knowing Stardock, it'll all be polished.
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| Posted: Mon, 23rd Aug 2010 15:02 Post subject: |
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| m3th0d2008 wrote: | Attention! This is not a troll post or do I'd like to offend anyone! Just to make that clear.
I just don't get what's so great about that game. Looks somewhat boring to me... hell, to be honest, it looks hellofalot fucking boring to me. Are there some games comparable to this one (older one for example) so I'm able to figure out where the fun is in this game? Or could someone explain what's so good about it. Is there a Demo?
I watched some videos of it, yes, the developer walkthroughs too, but I just can't figure out what would keep me from falling asleep while playing this. Maybe it's just not my kind of game but I'm so bored atm that I would try anything. Some explanation would be appreciated  |
I'm in the same boat here. I never played Master of Magic, which someone compared it to, or GalCiv 2 either. I like old school turn-based strategy games though ,so if anyone can write up a mini-review and tell us a bit more, I'd love to see it. I'm having a hard time finding out a lot about the game and I love supporting quality developers, but I just don't really get what this game is all about. If anyone has a good external link with more info, that would be great too.
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| Posted: Mon, 23rd Aug 2010 15:12 Post subject: |
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| Vulgarr wrote: | | m3th0d2008 wrote: | Attention! This is not a troll post or do I'd like to offend anyone! Just to make that clear.
I just don't get what's so great about that game. Looks somewhat boring to me... hell, to be honest, it looks hellofalot fucking boring to me. Are there some games comparable to this one (older one for example) so I'm able to figure out where the fun is in this game? Or could someone explain what's so good about it. Is there a Demo?
I watched some videos of it, yes, the developer walkthroughs too, but I just can't figure out what would keep me from falling asleep while playing this. Maybe it's just not my kind of game but I'm so bored atm that I would try anything. Some explanation would be appreciated |
I'm in the same boat here. I never played Master of Magic, which someone compared it to, or GalCiv 2 either. I like old school turn-based strategy games though ,so if anyone can write up a mini-review and tell us a bit more, I'd love to see it. I'm having a hard time finding out a lot about the game and I love supporting quality developers, but I just don't really get what this game is all about. If anyone has a good external link with more info, that would be great too. |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elemental:_War_of_Magic
Might be best to wait a week or two before buying so they can iron out the bugs. Mind you, this will be a GOTY.
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| Posted: Mon, 23rd Aug 2010 15:23 Post subject: |
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quote from GT
| Quote: | | i really dont understand why most pc exclusives look horrible... |
lol
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| Posted: Mon, 23rd Aug 2010 15:29 Post subject: |
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GT, Gamefaqs, insert website here.
Full of DERP.
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| Posted: Mon, 23rd Aug 2010 15:49 Post subject: |
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| spell_walker wrote: | Game looks kinda blurry. Hopefully gameplay isn't as boring as shown in gameplay trailer.
You can only hope... Oh well ... runs back to SC2.  |
Made by derps for derps  |
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| Posted: Mon, 23rd Aug 2010 16:15 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Mon, 23rd Aug 2010 16:18 Post subject: |
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| spell_walker wrote: | http://fidgit.com/archives/2010/08/elemental_in_a_world_of_dragon.php
Not looking good I am afraid. ;-(
He is my favorite reviewer. |
His math is wrong and the review is based on the beta build. There is an entire thread about this review on the Elemental forums.
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Epsilon
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| Posted: Mon, 23rd Aug 2010 16:40 Post subject: |
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It's not a review either, more like his thoughts on the beta build. As can also be seen in the thread on the official forums.
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| Posted: Mon, 23rd Aug 2010 16:52 Post subject: |
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No random maps? Oh dear.
Epsilon: Game is great btw, I love it, so far it's a definite goty. It's remarkable how much has changed since the beta, stardock have been working their asses off, and it shows.
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