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Elemental: War of Magic |OT| Spellbooks, Spiders and Shards
- Thread starter Spl1nter
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I was curious about Elemental: WoM, but not being a fan of 4x games I didn't preorder. Then things went as they went and I never got it.
Awaiting opinions on this.
(I followed a bit the development and I think they worked hard, so I hope this time they got it right).
platypotamus
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I'm not jumping in at the moment as I'm too distracted with other games, but would love some impressions if you (or others) do!
platypotamus
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I got an email about it, saying that it was getting added to anyone's account who preordered the original. So check your account, I guess.
Yeah... i pre-ordered WoM too and didn't really play it. 1.0: Unplayable. 1.1 for me, still unplayable. 1.2 boring or unplayable. 1.3, the same. 1.4, haven't even bothered to try it.
But FE sounds promising, so absolutely going to try it. Why not, getting it for free after all.
Mengy
wishes it were bannable to say mean things about Marvel
To anyone who does try this expansion beta out, please post impressions here. This was one game I was so looking forward to, and so crushed when it came out. I never even bought it due to all the horrible reviews. Hopefully this time around they actually put a game worth buying out.
All I want is Master of Magic 2. Is it really that hard? Is it too much to ask?
Sounds promising. I've always had half an eye on Elemental - but the disastrous launch threw me off completely; fingers crossed for this one.
Fallen Enchantress beta impressions:
It's stable. No crashes so far. Performance is all right despite old laptop that pretty much matches the min specs only (not using cloth map and i have minimun zoom (but that's because i like it that way)).
Looks nice. More color than EWoM.
Gameplay is certainly an improvement over WoM. Similar but feels better... since i ended up playing WoM very little, it is hard to say exactly how this is different.. for me, feels better is enough though. Tactical battles especially are much better.
Monster can gain levels and items etc, by the way, so you need to win on try number one or it is gonna be harder. No dynasties... though they can be enabled and modders can probably add them as fully working feature.
I'll play some more later on, feel free to ask questions but if your question concerns something that starts happening during mid-game or later, be prepared to wait for your answers...
It's stable. No crashes so far. Performance is all right despite old laptop that pretty much matches the min specs only (not using cloth map and i have minimun zoom (but that's because i like it that way)).
Looks nice. More color than EWoM.
Gameplay is certainly an improvement over WoM. Similar but feels better... since i ended up playing WoM very little, it is hard to say exactly how this is different.. for me, feels better is enough though. Tactical battles especially are much better.
Monster can gain levels and items etc, by the way, so you need to win on try number one or it is gonna be harder. No dynasties... though they can be enabled and modders can probably add them as fully working feature.
I'll play some more later on, feel free to ask questions but if your question concerns something that starts happening during mid-game or later, be prepared to wait for your answers...
Mengy
wishes it were bannable to say mean things about Marvel
My number one question: does it feel like Master of Magic?
I guess I need to ask, did you ever play the old Master of Magic? Stardock has always said, from the beginning, that this was the spiritual successor to MoM. They even tried to get the MoM license at one point but couldn't, hence the different name. I so want this to be a good game.
Thanks for the impressions. Please keep us informed as you play it more, post everything.
FE beta has now expanded to anyone who purchased WoM before 11/1/2010. You'll have to log in to store.stardock.com and go to My Downloads to see if the beta is available.
Anyone been playing this? I've been following the journals and forums. People seem to be cautiously optimistic.
Anyone been playing this? I've been following the journals and forums. People seem to be cautiously optimistic.
There's a beta thread. I think the general consensus is that the game is coming along quite nicely, but isn't there yet.
If the game gets the same level of improvement that FFH did from its launch to .41n, you might be looking at something special though.