My review

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My review based on these videos (over 500MB).

 

-I like the many customization options for creating your main character, even down to the card, it feels like a real RPG which is very good, everyone likes RPG in anything(Relic realized this a long time ago)

-the ambient sound when viewing the main map is very immersive, hopefully each type of terrain has its own ambient sound scheme.

-the terrain itself feels very solid, especially when you rotate the view, but there needs to be more dense detail on each square, and you should have an option to turn of the square grid of the world so it feels more natural and seamless, even in King's Bounty combat screen you can turn the grid off...or make it toggleable with a simple press of a key, like ALT for example.

-the animation of characters on the world map is good with exception when they stop moving, it is much too abrupt going from moving to standing stance, please make a transitional animation to fix this because you really need to fix it.

-the art style works fine, just like it did for Borderlands, maybe even more here because of the fantasy setting

-fantastic that the appearance of your character changes based on the equipment, even King's Bounty doesn't have that, I was afraid that it will all be made symbolic.

-the gameplay mechanic of building your civilization, research etc. looks to be very streamlined, meaning everything is easily accessible and understandable but with great degree of variations and branching.

 

Now the most important part, the actual battle.

In all the videos there was a single instance of combat, with a spider, are you seriously trying to tell me that the combat will be that symbolic and underwhelming and that you will not enter the combat arena with greatly detailed and animated units like in King's Bounty or HOMM5 or Disciples 3?

Because if that is the case, please tell me, I might as well forget about it then.

I thought the whole point of this game was to have a great mix of RPG and civilization building, and if the RPG aspect(the combat) is so minimally represented it kinda loses the point because all that other stuff would have been a build up for great combat experiences. If there is no such thing there is nothing to look forward to..

Please explain yourselves...

 

P.S.

Btw here is King's Bounty simulator with all the skills, creatures, races and equipment, just no spellbook...

(the only thing I don't like in Armored Princess is that you can play only as a woman)

 

 

 

 

 

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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

Tactical combat have not been revealed in a video yet. Screenshots of tactial combat have been posted, it will be much more detailed than what you saw in the video (it will zoom in).

 

Tactical combat will be implemented in beta 3 i think.

 

For a screenshot of a tactical battle: http://pc.ign.com/dor/objects/14295360/elemental-war-of-magic-/images/elemental-war-of-magic--20100601115351003.html?page=mediaFull 

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

But the guy was specifically saying that he wanted to show combat with spider, he said nothing what you are saying, it would be pretty strange to omit such crucial detail, especially considering he was saying what else he didn't show..

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Reply #3 from Elemental Forums Top

read the previous post

he was just showing autoresolve

 

people being willingly ignorant is sad, trolling or not...

Reply #4 from Elemental Forums Top

What was shown in the video was basically auto-resolve. The game should have full-on zooming tactical battles.

Reply #5 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting Xolat, reply 2
But the guy was specifically saying that he wanted to show combat with spider, he said nothing what you are saying, it would be pretty strange to omit such crucial detail, especially considering he was saying what else he didn't show..
End of Xolat's quote

It is strange, but he was still wrong.  Proof.  Look at Beta 3.

EDIT: Ninja'd x2

Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top

OK, will the part 3 be shown on the same website, it's the only one I could find with HD videos...

Reply #7 from Elemental Forums Top

Brad has stated (in another post) that those videos were never intended to be released.  He was just showing it to some retail guys and PR released them.  ( or something like that )

 

The combat IS more detailed than that (though the auto-resolve option will remain), and this is why he did not mention it in the video.

 

[edit]  I haven't watched THOSE videos yet (slow internet here) but I think they are the same ones Brad talks about here: https://forums.elementalgame.com/383366/page/1/#2640523.

Reply #8 from Elemental Forums Top

Do you research things or do you just make posts that show how clearly uneducated you are about that which you've posted.

At least know every facet of a game before pretending to review the beta of it. Otherwise you just come off as an over egotistical wanna-be critic with an inflated opinion of his own viewpoint. If however, your entire post was simply a lead up to the final question then just research it yourself.

Reply #9 from Elemental Forums Top

Id much rather read a review from the games Artificial Intelligence in binary. 

That aside form an opinion after you buy the game, nows the time for impressions, not opinions from all those non-developers. 

Reply #10 from Elemental Forums Top

Reviewing a game

A. From videos alone

and

B, That isn't released yet.

 

You sir, are either a troll, or an idiot.

 

/endthread

Reply #11 from Elemental Forums Top

i remember this guy. he comes  back every month or so, complains because EWoM isn't kings bounty, then leaves when his arguments are easily obliterated... Only to stalk back again in a month or two.

Reply #12 from Elemental Forums Top

Можда само треба да сачекате док демо излази.

 

Reply #13 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting endofdayz, reply 11
i remember this guy. he comes  back every month or so, complains because EWoM isn't kings bounty, then leaves when his arguments are easily obliterated... Only to stalk back again in a month or two.
End of endofdayz's quote

HORTZ! XD

But honestly, he isn't complaining about animations, so I doubt it's him.

Reply #14 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting Frogboy, reply 12
Можда само треба да сачекате док демо излази.

 
End of Frogboy's quote

 

Maybe he should, indeed.  :)

Reply #15 from Elemental Forums Top

Wait. How many of us speak Russian? 8C

Reply #16 from Elemental Forums Top

Google translate! 

Personally id rather play the game and its beta than wait for a demo to come out :D 

Reply #17 from Elemental Forums Top

he said: azrail is the bestest poster on these fourms

Reply #18 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting Bill_Door, reply 13



Quoting endofdayz,
reply 11
i remember this guy. he comes  back every month or so, complains because EWoM isn't kings bounty, then leaves when his arguments are easily obliterated... Only to stalk back again in a month or two.



HORTZ!

But honestly, he isn't complaining about animations, so I doubt it's him.
End of Bill_Door's quote

Seriously, where is Hortz, when we need him to say something intelligent...like "EWoM sux cuz the animations & gfx is crap compared to King's Bounty." \o/

Reply #19 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting Frogboy, reply 12
Можда само треба да сачекате док демо излази.

 
End of Frogboy's quote

 

This gibberish is very nasty, unprofessional and inappropriate thing to do. what am I suppose to do with that?

Reply #20 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting Xolat, reply 19

This gibberish is very nasty, unprofessional and inappropriate thing to do. what am I suppose to do with that?
End of Xolat's quote

Don't tempt him.

 

Reply #21 from Elemental Forums Top

Posting 'reviews' based on videos is unproffesional and inappropriate (and somewhat unfair to the devs).  Froggie was just repaying the compliment.

Reply #23 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting Xolat, reply 19

Quoting Frogboy, reply 12Можда само треба да сачекате док демо излази.

 
 

This gibberish is very nasty, unprofessional and inappropriate thing to do. what am I suppose to do with that?
End of Xolat's quote

 

 

its not gibberish :( its serbian not Russian :D

Reply #24 from Elemental Forums Top

google translation from serbian to english gives:

Maybe you just have to wait until the demo comes out.

 

Reply #25 from Stardock Forums Top

Well, first you have to know what language it is to be able to put it through translation, and you can't know that if you don't know cyrilic.

So total fail all around....