[quote who="StAcK3D_ActR" reply="16" id="2222448"]i just realised i bought a copy of morrowind ages ago, what a piece of S#!T that was.[/quote] I have to second ZehDon . While I know not everyone loves Oblivion, everything I've heard about Morrowind has been overwhelmingly positive. What was your beef with it? [quote who="MishYu" reply="13" id="2222176"]hahaha good idea. lol but it's so.. asian.. lol[/quote] You could al
[quote who="Neilo" reply="6" id="2224978"]If....if, we see a GC3 (at least in SP TBS form) i would not expect it before 2012 and i would not expect to hear anything about it till the end of next year. Even your 2011 beta seems early to me Willy....though it could be that early i guess, depending on Elemental and/or other titles that SD publish in the meantime. (look at the work Demigod has needed from SD)[/quote] I concur. I strongly doubt we'll even se
Very good, Komnenos ! You're one hell of a storyteller. [e digicons]:thumbsup:[/e]
I would very much like to see something like this in Elemental, especially the city militias. A couple of the Total War games have a similar feature implemented (admittedly, with varying degress of success), and I think it could really work well in Elemental as well. City militias would definitely help prevent the whole "steamroller" phenomenon. I think the Conscripts/Levies idea is pretty cool as well, although I'm less certain they ought be able to c
Put me down for being in Camp #3. I want a happy medium between "good lord almighty, I'm getting a headache from the complexity!" and "durrh, what are resources?". [quote who="Vicente" reply="13" id="2217215"]Man, managing 110 resources is just crazy I'm in camp 2 because: - Honestly, (sorry Stardock) I don't believe any type of AI is going to be solving camp 1 problems well. In the end you are going to be forced to micro-manage it. - Th
A pity the beta won't be til at least July now, but I'd rather it be late and *playable* than "on-time" and still broken. Besides which, I'm probably going to have too much going on this summer to pay much attention to the game anyway, so it's pretty easy for me to be patient. [e digicons]:P[/e] [quote who="Frogboy" reply="1" id="2214977"]Let's be clear on the bots: You can have AI players in MP if you CHOOSE. But we won't be inserting
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Some very cool vids, BooieBac . The "Sublime Harvest" was probably my favorite! [e digicons]:D[/e] I would just like to add my voice to the concern(s) about spending one's essence on spells, however. Unless I've mistaken/misunderstood you guys thus far, I'm under the impression that essense is going to be an *extremely* finite resource (since it's essentially what your channeler is composed of). Assuming that's indeed th
[quote who="Cykur" reply="7" id="2211133"]If you are a Star Trek enthusiast, you could try and find a copy of Birth of the Federation and some of the user rebalancing mods for it. Not as old as MOO2, but old enough to be hard to find, hard to run, and it is also buggy, so you probably want to just forget that I mentioned it. [/quote] [quote who="ShadowOTE" reply="11" id="2212542"]BOTF was an amazing game. Sadly unbalanced, with some very annoying problems
Annatar : Agreed. I purchased Empire, but have been quite unimpressed thus far. It's not like Shogun & Medieval, where you can win using actual strategy & tactics. Instead, having bigger/better toys are about the only way to ensure victory. Not that Empire is a *bad* game per se: There's much potential there, and it's definitely better than Rome (although admittedly that's not saying much). However, it needs a great dea
Another FF user here. Was introduced to it a couple years ago, and I'm never going back!
1.) Master of Orion 3 -- Everything has pretty much already been said about this one, so I shan't add anything further. 2.) Rome Total War -- After the superb experiences I had with Shogun and Medieval, Rome was a real kick in the teeth: Awful AI, poor balance, extremely unhistorical....'twas a bitter disappointment for me, especially considering I shelled out $50.00 for it. 3.)
Question about the new Ultimage package: Do any of the expansions include ground invasions of planets? Or are destroying them and/or demanding their surrender still the only real option?
[quote who="Astax" reply="2" id="2196700"]He said COMPLEX. Sins is far from complex. You can try Sword of the Stars, is kinda complex once you get all the expansions.[/quote] It's all relative. As far as RTS space games go, it's one of the more complex ones out there. Naturally, it can't hold a candle to TBS games like the GalCiv or Space Empire series.... [quote who="Terraziel" reply="3" id="2196733"]It's not exactly new but Space Empires V is
[quote who="Dragoon4ever" reply="22" id="2200189"]I quit taking painkillers for my headaches/migraines because they never work. My doctor is doing the typical throw pills at them and hope they go away. For me I noticed the hot/cold temperature stuff (warm wash cloth, ice pack, etc.) a lot of people prescribe makes mine worse. As a constant headache sufferer with migraines thrown in that can last upwards of a week, I've found what helps me to get through the best (by no means does i
Ooh! Might have to check out the RSPD (Penny Arcade) games.
I get migraines on a fairly regular basis, although they've been less frequent the last year or so. Before, I use to get them at least once a week. Now I only get them maybe once every month or every other month. Generally speaking, eating something and then taking 2-3 ibuprofen (Advil) does the trick for me -- this is especially true if I do this when the migraine is still in its early stages. If I don't do anything until the migraine has reached full strength
If you're looking for a real-time strategy game set in space, get Sins of a Solar Empire. If you like turn-based strategy, you can't get much better than Galacitic Civilizations 2!
I pretty much do what the other two have said -- go and grab the better worlds first, and then come back and colonize the low-quality planets later on. I only ever settle a crappy planet early on if it's in a key strategic location.
Heh. Loved it when Brad's daughter walked in. [e digicons]:D[/e] Also, I believe Brad has now dubbed a new term: "Mordor-y". Hee!
Good question, Cikomyr . I guess I'd had it in the back of my mind that there could be 12 nations on any given map (since there will be 12 factions), but there's really no reason to assume that. As GW Swicord pointed out, GalCiv 2 only had 10 slots for 12 (major) races, so who knows for sure? I would dearly love to be able to have dozens of nations on a single map, but that may not be possible (or at least practical).
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I nearly always play with the max number of major races. Only on the very smallest maps do I play with less than that.
Is it possible one of the other races obtained a Diplomatic victory? I ask that because by process of elimination, it seems to be the most likely scenario. You stated Research and Ascension victories had been disabled, which leaves the Military victory, Diplomatic victory, or Cultural victory. The Military victory can obviously be ruled out, as that would mean your empire had been destroyed. Likewise, a Cultural victory seems unlikely, as that wo
Chalk up another fan of the Imperial Fleet in Star Wars, and both the Klingon & Romulan fleets in Star Trek. The Empire's Star Destroyers (again, in particular the Imperials and Supers) are just truly badass and awe-inspiring. On the other hand, Klingon and Romulan vessls have this predatory aesthetic that makes them look very intimidating.
[quote who="BoogieBac" reply="11" id="2130124"]Yes, an even log will be 100x easier to implement than a story generator....and the notes ides should be doable (just add an empty 'Event' wher eyou get to fill in the details...then you even get the timeline of when the note was posted).[/quote] Awesome. That would make me very happy. [e digicons]:thumbsup:[/e]
[quote who="Peace Phoenix" reply="6" id="2130518"] I just spent a whole hour customising a race Have you started playing with the ship designer ? [/quote] Heh. That's what I was wondering. If he took an hour just to design/customize a race, he'll spend whole days designing ships.... [e digicons]:P[/e]