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Is This Game Playable?

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Is This Game Playable?

from Elemental Forums

I purchased this game today at Wal-Mart for 30 bucks and I got it home and tried to play it some. It has been, so far, totally unplayable. I tried to update it and the Impulse software cut my download speed of 1/3 of what it should have been downloading at. I bought this in hopes that it would be a modern equivalent of MoM because I loved that game and sunk so many hours in. I have more than the recommended specs and the game still plays terribly slow, they're are huge chunks of my map that are just black with no terrain, the characters (When I can get them to move) move at a snails pace. 

My main question is, will this game ever be playable, maybe after I get patch 1.1 if Impulse isn't being terribly slow....

 

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Reply #26 from Stardock Forums Top

Yeah, it's playable. I only crashed once in about 500 turns all added up. My only <X3   is that the AI is too easy. I have not tryed on the max difficulity yet, but the AI was like a small child trying to tell me, a king with an army of 200 archers, to give up, then sitting around and making no attempt at growth with the 50 turns I gave to the AI to do something. Along with the underwelming magic system and the unbalanced gameplay, I was board after the first two games.

You should wait until the modders get to work on the game or the game AI is smarter then your average carpet.

Reply #27 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting BlackRainZ, reply 20
I think the game is great. I also keep updating my EXE to the latest one that Frogboy puts up and the AI IS SO MUCH better. Still has a ways to go though. I know that a lot of people are probably not playing the AI on the hardest difficulty because you have to manually set each AI to the difficulty you want.
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Reply #28 from Stardock Forums Top

I read about that, but where is the latest EXE?

Reply #29 from Stardock Forums Top

My friend and I have been waiting with anticipation for the community to start saying the game is fixed. I just don't want to waste my time and get tired of playing it before it's even finished. We are big fans of GCII and have sunk many hours into it. I think Stardock can bring something to the table that other companies cannot. Civ 5 turned out to be a highly polished sim-farm, it doesn't even come close to GCII. I am waiting for that kind of depth and customization in another game, hopefully it's this one.

 

 

Reply #30 from Elemental Forums Top

It's playable.  It's not great yet, but it's definitely passable.  I occasionally crash, but it's rare.

 

If Elemental 1.1 were Elemental 1.0, most of us would be happy with what we've seen so far.   Given Stardock's support  history, I decided to  just knock .1 off all the patches, assume the game got delayed four months, and enjoy the ride.  They've proven that they're committed to making this better.

 

 

 

 

 

Reply #31 from Elemental Forums Top

I bought a game though, not an investment... That is my only problem...

Reply #32 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting Emperor_Nero, reply 31
I bought a game though, not an investment... That is my only problem...
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All games become better after a few patches. Some become MUCH better!   Elemental is one of the latter ones.

 

Just play something else in the meantime and come back in a few months time. The game will only get better with time. Myself I haven't gotten it yet (though I've followed it since it was announced) but I'll try the demo and MAY get it when the first expansion hits.

Reply #34 from Elemental Forums Top

If you installed the update you also need to restart the game. Do not try to play in by using a old save.