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[quote who="WaitingOnTheGame" reply="12" id="2708644"] But based off of Gal Civ 2 and Sins. I trust SD. I enjoyed these games and elemental has a great design concept IMO.[/quote] I enjoyed Galactic Civilizations 2 too despite its many flaws(like robot race having farms and identical visuals of buildings to all other races) but Stardock never addressed any of the flaws, instead they are winnowing it down even further with each game.

Why do you call Elemental remake of Master of Magic, I had much fonder impression of MoM in all its aspects than anything I saw of Elemental. The abysmal state of battle aspect is particularly troubling in terms of visuals, animations, and gameplay mechanic.

[quote who="endofdayz" reply="10" id="2708635"] And saying its not as good as Disciples 3? The game that is universally panned by reviewers for everything except its graphics? [/quote] No. Reviews talk negatively about campaign structure and other things, not the visual aspect and animations in battles, and the battle mechanic itself. That is unanimously applauded and that is the only thing I'm talking about. You neve

I really do not enjoy making these kinds of topics but Stardock really needs to wake up from their isolated fan-made-bubble. And you are not helping by embracing cognitive dissonance.

[quote who="kyogre12" reply="4" id="2708614"] make a decent game that isn't a clone of King's Bounty.[/quote] It is all well and good when something is different from something else to expand the enjoyability and give new experiences, but when something is blatantly subpar in vital areas of the game then you should be concerned instead of using superficially appealing words like "clone" which creates an illusion that you made some kind of point.

Where are the arguments?

Elemental is a perfect example of a way in which Stardock makes their games. They build randomizers which give their games a sterile barren feel to avoid actually designing and making the game. They complement those with an interface like in a web browser game. And then just to avoid accusations of not having a proper game they add rudimentary animations and base graphics here and there. But this time they really seem to be streamlining this approach, as