Elemental is getting better, that is clear. 1.09N feels *more* like a game now, and is actually sometimes fun!
What I would love to see happen though is the fit and finish improve. Bugs or design decisions from Version 1.0 are still present. Here is a partial list that are things that bug me:
- Zoom out to the paper map, press Escape to to to the menu, then return to the game and you are no longer seeing the paper map. It's the standard map sans details. You have to zoom in and out to correct this.
-We have a new build menu but it has the same old problems. You click a building type, click Build, hear the sound that means it got added to the queue, but the item doesn't get removed from the list and/or doesn't show up in the queue. Why is this so hard to get right?!
-Selecting objects and people is still really clumsy, I'm not sure why. I guess I'm used to Civilization style games where it cycles automatically through units...
-Popups are still so annoying! There popup over eachother and it's all frustratingly timing based. For example, press Escape at the same time as the game wants to show a popup and the popup message appears over the menu. Or if the game decides it's time to pick a tech or spell to research at the same time, they compete with eachother.
So while I'm glad things are improving, and the game is getting better, this kind of fit and finish stuff really makes Elemental seem like an amatuer game.
