IGN: Elemental: War Of Magic - Preview

[Foodstamp]

Well, I respect your judgments on Elemental. I haven't had a chance to play it myself, but we all like Dominions, and so far according to the people who have played the game, Elemental is soulless and terrible, so I will just keep my money.

[Kofiman]

Hmm..

Most of the information is found in the dev journals, just off the main page.

http://www.elementalgame.com/journals.asp

Omnirizon, units should be pretty diverse. The unit model is that you manufacture equipment, and equip and train people to use that equipment, rather than having generic units or RPS. It should be quite a lot different from Dominions, but I can see some definite similarities to kitting up thugs.

Here's one of the dev journal entries related to that.

http://forums.elementalgame.com/329473

Doesn't sound very much like either Galciv, does it?

Here's another.

http://forums.elementalgame.com/354240

All I know is that I'm going to try my best to kick the @#$% out of it in the beta period. Some of you should do the same.. although it will definately not be the least bit fun until at least the next entry period, which my guess will be January.

Do what you like. Not everyone liked Galciv much.

[Ballbarian]

Originally Posted by Kofiman

Hmm..

The unit model is that you manufacture equipment, and equip and train people to use that equipment, rather than having generic units or RPS.

Thanks for the links Kofiman. I have not read the journals yet, but the quoted statement has grabbed my interest by the throat. I have been toying around with an idea for a TBS with this very feature and would love to see it done right. Will be watching this closely now.

(I was a big fan of Lord of the Realms II and wanted to take something along the lines of that system and put it in a Dom3-like scale.)