Elemental: War of Magic - Catch All

koshnika wrote:

Ok, i'm late on the bandwagon but any idea how bad my system will fail at playing this game.

I meet all recommended specs except one. My current video card is a 9500GT and desperately needs
to be upgraded. Should I even bother with this game before a new video card is in the budget?

No, you'll totally be able to play it. You're definitely above minimum specs.

It will run on a netbook.

You're good.

Thank you OP, you Filthy Enablird you.

Now I can go and request funds from SWMBO with a clear heart

Brizahd wrote:

This worries me just a little bit cause I'm one of those people who assumed multiplayer would be the same as singleplayer... but with humans instead of AI.

I'm with Brad Wardell on this one, unless they do some kind of turn by email thing. That's the only possible way I can think of playing a turn base game.

i've not used impulse/stardock games before...but i ordered from amaazon...will i have to run impulse to run elemental?

mekaz wrote:

i've not used impulse/stardock games before...but i ordered from amaazon...will i have to run impulse to run elemental?

If you want updates to the game, yes you will need Impulse. To just play the game, out of the box, no you won't need it.

garion333 wrote:
mekaz wrote:

i've not used impulse/stardock games before...but i ordered from amaazon...will i have to run impulse to run elemental?

If you want updates to the game, yes you will need Impulse. To just play the game, out of the box, no you won't need it.

PS: Yes you will want the updates to the game.

Brad's gameplay example, with pictures. Not finished yet, but here's parts 1-4. Interesting stuff.
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4

So, I am assuming that since I preordered it AFTER the beta, I won't see it until it goes live?

Sephirotic wrote:

So, I am assuming that since I preordered it AFTER the beta, I won't see it until it goes live?

Seems to be that way. I still havent seen anything except for the initial receipt for my preorder.

I preordered it yesterday, and just got an email about pre loading starting Monday. I was kinda hoping the email would tell me to download it now, but no such luck.

I had hoped for a weekend release myself.

*twitch*

Rezzy wrote:

Dicks.
Now make me love you again! Gimme toys!

Sinatar wrote:
Stardock wrote:

This version should go live in approximately 90 minutes.

ETA is roughly 10pm EST.

That'll do!

They just said that because retailers have broken the street date they are going to unlock the game on Impulse later tonight for preorder customers!

Stardock wrote:

The official release date of Elemental is August 24th. However, some retailers have broken the street date and to make sure that those who helped us in the beta as well as those who pre-ordered it don’t miss out, we are going to release a pre-day 0 version of Elemental tonight.

This version is beyond the digital gold version that reviewers currently have but it is not quite the day 0 version either. There’s been a lot of polish, tweaks, and other improvements to the game in this version.

If you did happen to get Elemental early from retail, you will want to load up Impulse (which was installed) and update to the latest version.

This version should go live in approximately 90 minutes.

ETA is roughly 10pm EST.

Gah! NO email or anything to talk about this. I are sad! There really needs to be some sort of confirmation email for pre-orders. I got nothing!

Well shoot. My pre-order isn't live yet but people who bought it at retail can update and play? Crappy.

Though good for you guys =)

360 seconds until Beta accounts are active and we can hit refresh according to Frogboy on the IRC.

The download is working. Thanks for the info! Now to think about how to explain to my boss at work why I didn't sleep...

<3

ty rezzy.

Update: UGH. finally. waited all day for this. Hell, I ended up playing 14 starcraft matches waiting for this.

If I pre-order the game now would it let me download it now?

Crockpot wrote:

If I pre-order the game now would it let me download it now?

Possibly?
They were talking on IRC that they were starting on the Preorder batch and that they would give access just as quickly as they could take your money. But they were also saying that the pre-order queue was something like 5 hours long, so probably not tonight!

Crockpot wrote:

If I pre-order the game now would it let me download it now?

Yes, sort of. At the moment pre-orders are being charged and that can theoretically take hours (there are lots). If you were to order now it will be placed in the queue and be processed in order.

Just so I understand correctly, so I order now, I can play, but I have wait until it's process which could take a couple of hours?

Crockpot wrote:

Just so I understand correctly, so I order now, I can play, but I have wait until it's process which could take a couple of hours?

Yes, orders are being processed as they come in. As soon as it goes through, you will be able to download.

I ordered mine weeks ago and nothing yet.

SpyNavy wrote:

I ordered mine weeks ago and nothing yet.

Did you try installing it? Nothing prompts you that it's available you have to trigger the d/l.

Island Dog wrote:

Yes, orders are being processed as they come in. As soon as it goes through, you will be able to download.

Meh, I'll just preorder from Amazon so I can get that $10 bucks that I'll use for civ 5.

So I just finished my first game. In 3 minutes. Started a large map on easy. My avatar kept wanting to walk two squares south every time I moved him somewhere. I founded a city, my avatar was apparently then attacked by a squadron of spiders and a brown bear which appeared out of nowhere. I was informed of my death. Scrolled up to check on my city, scrolled back down and then saw my avatar being mauled and killed, then the cutscene for defeat and a screen saying I had lost the game. Back to the main menu.

Fastest first impressions evar!

Going to try it again.

Edit: Second attempt is going more smoothly. Turn updates are a little choppy, but otherwise it's a vast improvement over the beta.

Downloading now. Huge sadface thought, I won't have time to dig in until tuesday