[quote who="Rune_74" reply="47" id="2741354"] Quoting b0rsuk, reply 42Surlybob: Games People Play Crixa Shattered Nations Pax Imperia Denizen Warcraft Adventures Nomad Raiko [/quote] Also Sid Meier's Dinosaur game. Blizzard's Ghost. While I agree big backed studios have a bit more leeway, I don't get the sense that funding was SD's problem. Frogboy did mention somewhere that they actually came in UND
It goes down to the basic problem with the game's documentation. There really isnt any. This was a major FUBAR decision on SD's part. There are a lot of bugs in the game but having piss-poor documentation and an un-intuitive UI probably feeds into the whole unprofessional appearance to the release. I too couldnt figure out for the life of me (until 1.05) how to make a farm; or that (or how) to equip my hero with a weapon to keep them from getting1-shotted at the start. These are basic
[quote who="Archonsod" reply="61" id="2741293"] Quoting SqueekyRat, reply 52 Heck I bought Torchlight for $9.99 and found it to be far better in terms of polish and stability than EOWM. I paid twice as much for Vista, and found it far less stable and lacking in polish. [/quote] EWOM needs fixing; Vista on the other hand, needs an exhorcism, firebrands and crosses included. G I woudl recommend you get windoze 7, it is MUCH better. RAT <p
Indeed, as the old cliché goes: you only get one chance to make a first impression. Stardock's presumed grand entrance became firm trip, stumble and face-first landing in the cow pucky. Any work stardock does now it to retain what fans it has and to rebuild its street cred, investor confidence (so it can market the game) and to restore any prestige it had for its future products. I agree with Storm - they have lost the casual crowd to Civ5 by this point. Consumers are not just fickle,
Excellent translation LDiCesare you got it spot on. thumbs up! RAT
Wait 5-6 months or maybe a significant price cut. It has the potential to be a fun little game; however right now it has a "my first game" quality to it. FR
[quote who="greywar" reply="49" id="2740976"] While I agree entirely and SD is getting a lot of slack from review sites due to their wealth of built of cred on these issues I think we probably got this point across to SD already. [/quote] I agree. If a major studio released game in this condition they would have been raked over the coals. Even here on the SD forums it is a far more constructive discussion than what would be in evi
If a spell is cast on them it seems to damage the aggregate HP total not individual totals. As it was pointed out a 4 man 4x10 unit = 40 hp . Thus a 10 damage makes it "lose" a man and go to being a 3 man 30/40 unit. This occurs even if it is being attacked by another multi-man unit. Thus despite what the devs say it is NOT 4 individual units but rather 1 "superunit". This explains the def stacking and the way healing works. In theory ALL of the "men" in the unit should take and deal damage s
Ohh that is a good feature, thanks for the heads up on that. That being given; the box is useless as the manual is waste of tree. FR
[quote who="Werewindlefr" reply="71" id="2740777"] as someone previously said, maybe reviewers have a multiplayer-enabled build. And most of the points made by the reviewers have been raised on this forum.[/quote] Then explain to us why on earth Stardock would give the reviewers a build that the customers do not. That actually makes things sound even fishier. If it was so robust why did it not ship that way? However, I am sticking to the notion that the review is f
Yup it makes you wonder how really rushed not just development was, but also distribution. Even many US customers are finding it near impossible to find at retail. FR
The 1UP review is obviously fake - lazy reviewer peons no doubt. The writer cant even be bothered to take a real screenshot or actually even talk about anything that is actually in the game. It is really an unprofessional review and it reads like jaded fanboy rant. FR
+1 Muchos Kudos!
The 1UP review is pooch-poke fest; I don't think the game was even played by that reviewer, even the screenshots are at least several months old. WTF robust multiplayer??! /roffles They ought to fire that jerk for an obvious fake review. Overall I'm am so on the fence about what to call EWOM . potential classic vs generic shovelware at this point. The more and more I play this game the plethora is poor designs, crashes, silly "my first video game" level bugs get me down. I dont
[quote who="laxtonto" reply="9" id="2738456"] So if you do create a new hero, try and max out the Wis. You cannot change that in game. [/quote] Which is a real head scratcher as to why not since other stats can be increased. RAT
[quote who="Archonsod" reply="22" id="2738114"]To be honest I don't mind the low number of cities, but I do get annoyed by the amount of impassable mountains. Less hilly terrain would help the map feel more open.. [/quote] Yes this is a serious PITA. There is nothing quite as fun as getting a quest to go clear out some rats 10 tiles away - only to find a mountain which reuires you to walk half way around the world to get to. I think it also creates far to many bottlenecks which i
What exactly is meant by 12x14 (etc.) for maps. This cant simply be tiles. What is the scale refering to ? RAT
[quote who="searro" reply="10" id="2737859"]Plus if you find a sand golem amulet soon, you are the king of the mountain and can start crushing opponents 1 by 1 .. [/quote] Happily I found 2 of those for my sov in game last night. With 1 familiar 2x sand golems, her rampage in the next 20 she did to the AI is a major felony in most states in addition to just plain old war, [e digicons]8(|[/e] RAT
Ranged also appears to be a bit weak. I regularily seem to miss or do really piddly damage with archers. RAT
A part of the problems seems to be that the damage is scaled from 0 not 1. In otherwords things like spells have eseentially no mininum. This should be changed for an escalating minimum (through tech, stats and research) for spells. For example, a lowly club does 1-3 damage with a rating of 3. A short sword has a rating of 5 with a damag erange of 1-5. But say with better reserch into warfare and slashy things the both raise their minimums and maximums +1 per
I will agree on the point that the maps are largely too barren. It is the equivalent of playing CIV on all desert maps and having cities clustered around oases. Yes it fits the "lore"; however the whole world will feel so blah and you do not get the sense of control of your expansion. It almost feels like one is colonizing on rails - going from hotspot to hotspot. I think it would be really nice if the spell or civics trees allowed for skills/spells that could improve all t
I have basically given up on GS in general, they have become little more than a used game pawn shop. The few GS that even carry PC games leave that section feeling like a tiny ghetto stocked with dented frayed boxes of 5 year old expansions for EQ and even Auto Assault (lol). A friend remarked it was like going into the adults only corner of a shady video store - the only thing missing is a bead curtain. Gamestop staff have commented how online sales are the cause of the decline in PC
It is one of the complaints. You do not regenerate mana in battle; you only gain it at the rate of 1 mana per game turn. It bites, yes it does indeed. RAT
If you trade anything of yours for gildar (theirs) you will NOT recieve it - in fact you may even LOSE gildar. This is a seriously annoying bug as I cannot seem to sell anything in diplomacy. example I noticed my neigbour had 0 metak. I offered 100 for 450. Offer was accepted. My neigbour received 100 metal - I LOST x amount of gold. RAT
[quote who="Wintersong" reply="12" id="2735192"] Quoting taltamir, reply 10 PS. Its dynasty not dinastyD'oh! Thank you for the correction. [/quote] Well in this game its die-nasty. [e digicons]:P[/e] RAT