OT: Stardocks Fantasy TBS - Page 6

Endoperez · #1 November 5th, 2008, 03:04 AM

Sorry about the double post.

S.R. Kol, thanks for the forum link! That's great stuff. I especially liked how he described betatesting and its importance to the final game. That's really the first thing that really caught my interest.

Does anyone have any more detailed info about how the betatesting works? Is it straightforward "all preorders get to the beta", or is it something else?

WraithLord · #2 November 5th, 2008, 03:51 AM

I have pre-ordered yesterday. As far as I could tell there are two ways to preorder- either choosing to join the beta or not.

I've chosen not to join the beta as I prefer making rather then finding bugs

Dragar · #3 November 5th, 2008, 04:01 AM

I just pre-ordered, probably a rash decision but have to support people developing one of the very few types of games I want to play

DonCorazon · #4 November 6th, 2008, 02:57 AM

I pre-ordered. Looks cool and like Dragar, I like to support my favorite genre.

Also, Gamespot has a preview up here. Pretty much the same material as others.

Epaminondas · #5 November 6th, 2008, 07:20 AM

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Originally Posted by DonCorazon

I pre-ordered. Looks cool and like Dragar, I like to support my favorite genre.

Also, Gamespot has a preview up here. Pretty much the same material as others.

I am going to wait a bit before pre-ordering. In addition to the bad graphics (which isn't a huge a deal), I don't like the fact that the game will only contain 2 races.

JimMorrison · #6 November 6th, 2008, 11:18 AM

Well, it's VERY common this early in development for a studio to either only have definitive info on a small amount of their content, or to be intentionally saving a lot of it for later, to dribble out to you over the next year, or even some things as a surprise just before release.

mg · #7 November 8th, 2008, 05:14 PM

actual 2 races x 6 factions per race = 12

http://forums.elementalgame.com/329355

also, sounds like i may be getting windows 7 in 2009 or 2010:

"Stardock is even toying with the idea of taking advantage of 64-bit machines, which allow in excess of 2 gigabytes of RAM, to support "huge, epic maps -- I mean, truly epic," Wardell noted.

"People play campaigns in Dungeons & Dragons in the real world that last for years. We could do that with 64-bit. We couldn't do it with 32-bit because you can't make the landmass that big -- that's been a big memory limitation," he claimed. "If someone wants to play a game that lasts for three years, who are we to stop them?"

vfb · #8 November 7th, 2008, 10:42 AM

Did you ever try Black & White? Sounds kind of similar. I really wanted to like it, but eventually gave up on it.

JimMorrison · #9 November 7th, 2008, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by vfb

Did you ever try Black & White? Sounds kind of similar. I really wanted to like it, but eventually gave up on it.

Honestly, my experience with, and feeling towards Overlord almost exactly mirrors my Black and White experience, so you may be on to something.

Gandalf Parker · #10 November 8th, 2008, 06:10 PM

Sounds good to me. But then Im known for being addicted to large-map games.