OT: Stardocks Fantasy TBS

[Tifone]

Guys, stop the dreaming or the awakening might be painful We've all passed through that

[Epaminondas]

Here's the inevitable thread at the Elemental forum comparing that game to Dominions III:

http://forums.elementalgame.com/330416

It quite contentious, as one would expect. Dominions III is the type of game that elicits passionate responses, whether for or against!

[JimMorrison]

That thread is funny. The guy complaining about Shrapnel not sending him a new CD key even though they can verify the purchase, is hilarious.

I am not aware of a single gaming company that will send you a new CD-key. How do you prove yours is gone? Not like they know what key you had, and can deactivate it somehow..... Just pure comedy.

[lch]

What did they compare it with? The trailer that they released for the upcoming game, scheduled in 2010?
I've not seen one single person praising that trailer, in fact even people that were enthusiastic about the game didn't appreciate it.

[S.R. Krol]

Yeah, I just don't see how you can start comparing the two games when for one game all your have is a possible feature list. But hey, it's the Internet, who says things people post have to make sense?

And really, why worry about comparing and contrasting? I'm sure their hard drives have enough room for *gasp* two games. Probably even more!

[JimMorrison]

Originally Posted by S.R. Krol

Yeah, I just don't see how you can start comparing the two games when for one game all your have is a possible feature list. But hey, it's the Internet, who says things people post have to make sense?

And really, why worry about comparing and contrasting? I'm sure their hard drives have enough room for *gasp* two games. Probably even more!

Some of the new fangled high end machines can hold 4 or even 5 games at a time, but who can afford such technology?

[Tifone]

I'd like to underline the fun, in the 3ad Epaminondas brought to our attention, that the elemental guys are skinning each other alive after Dom3 and how our paladins are defending our fortress well (Omni, DC FTW)

[HoneyBadger]

I'll say this in favor of Dominions3's low requirements and "primitive" graphics--I was able to play it for the first time in many, many moons, last night, because it'll run on a crappy, broken, 10 year old laptop. Woohoo!

As far as Stardock goes, they weren't even able to make freakin' GalCiv2, a science fiction game, without filling it chock full of Tolkien references, so I can only imagine how hopelessly generic their quality of fantasy will turn out to be.

[Tifone]

... in fact the good race vs evil race thing, even if divided in some factions each, makes my "OMGsostereotype" alarm ring and ring and ring... yet I repeat too soon to judge

[Gandalf Parker]

Originally Posted by Tifone

... in fact the good race vs evil race thing, even if divided in some factions each, makes my "OMGsostereotype" alarm ring and ring and ring... yet I repeat too soon to judge

That is another (*SIGH* Yet another on a list of many many many) things that Illwinter did amazingly well. How could anyone create a game using Fantasy, Mythology, Religious material and avoid the concept of good vs bad. Even for an old RPGer like me I cannot feel that nations such as Rlyeh, Ermor, Ctis represent evil. Or that Arcos, Pythium, Marignon, Man represent good. Yes those might be the most likely candidates for such but in thinking about it I am amazed that the end result is not that the game is painting one side or the other as good/evil but it boils down to a "the other guy is always the evil one" feel.