A few hundred turns in and no crashes. A rather odd bug at one point though - some of my (Gilden) cities started appearing with names and stats of neighbouring Magnar cities. Was just the on-map UI and didn't affect gameplay and it disappeared after a few turns. I wiped out Magnar in revenge [e digicons]:-"[/e]
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Looks like Froggy has an exploit to close when he gets back. I mean 'close' by making the AIs realise what you are doing and ganging up on the bad guy.
I still think HP need increasing. Some dude (possibly with wings and breathing fire) with say 100 attack comes along, you get a bad roll, nighty night.
Civ 5 can wait. I'm playing Elemental!
They are going to have to change the 'parties act as one' mechanic. Makes stacks way OP.
Happens on every game's release. And there will always be bug reports and claims the game is broken. I have never ever had a single game that hasn't crashed at some point. I'm actually impressed that there are quite a few threads with compliments and constructive criticism and only a few 'OMG this game is so crap and broken' threads
That's how you get the pre-made archer unit, but once you have the archer tech you can just design a unit with a bow.
I believe it is in game options.
0% as I'm waiting for the box. Damn these connection speeds and download limits [e digicons]:'([/e] In the meantime, MoM [e digicons]:)[/e]
They are random, just not 'that' random
Sounds like they need a lot more random map seeds. Froggie said in a journal that they had fully random maps but it took an absolute age to load and so they use 'seeds' (basic shapes) and randomise from there. Can't comment much though as I'm not currectly playing (will get hung drawn and quartered if I download that big a file so will have to wait for the box).
https://forums.elementalgame.com/390894 https://forums.elementalgame.com/391153 https://forums.elementalgame.com/391018 https://forums.elementalgame.com/391023 https://forums.elementalgame.com/391193
Its in the EULA that you are allowed to install it on two computers for personal use. You can install it as many times as you like, but you're not meant to have more than two at any one time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfoXlDVBq24&feature=related
You have encountered the police. You are arrested. Game Over. [e digicons]:P[/e]
Apart from the maths thing, it seemed a quite honest review. A lot of the main reviewers tend to gloss over bad points of games (see Empire TW, Spore etc which both got glowing reviews but were slated by the community at large - also see MoO3), he's saying 'I don't get this, this doesn't make sense' and makes some useful points. Did seem a bit depressed while writing though, maybe needed some sleep [e digicons];)[/e]
This has been suggested twice before and it would be a really cool feature.
Sounds like he isn't used to a game with so much 'game' as opposed to fancy graphics and 'user-friendly' stuff.
The reviewer assumes the game's maths is wrong. It is simply adding bonuses cumulatively instead of from base value.
I DEMAND to know why you cannot recruit space ponies! This is clearly game-breaking! [e digicons]XO[/e]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxEzPZ1m8Y4&feature=related is a video from beta 3C last month. Still pretty rubbish compared to what the release should look and play like.
I think preloading for a prerelease is a bit rich TBH. Originally they were going to be releasing thursday with a preload, but they've decided to allow the preorders to get to play earlier instead. So think of the Monday release as a pre-load with the added benefit of being able to play [e digicons]:)[/e]
Have a look at https://forums.elementalgame.com/363763 for screen comparisons but note THIS THREAD IS A YEAR OLD so even the last one is a year out of date.
They really need to get rid of those concept screens. The turn-off one you mention is an early engine test I believe, and is literally years old (considerably pre-beta).
The AI will be good, Froggie is his own biggest troll when it comes to saying how good it is. As for waiting for patches, sure it will be a better game after a few patches (players of Gal Civ 2 will know what I mean - comparing v2.0 with ToA to v1.0 is just obscene) but it will still be a great game at release.