HookedGamers Preview of Elemental

Published on July 23, 2010 By Island Dog In Elemental News

HookedGamers has posted a quick preview of the forthcoming Elemental: War of Magic.

“If you are still unsure about giving a try to Elemental: War Of Magic, please know that these few facets I have talked about are just the icing on the cake. There are many more ways to have fun with Stardock's hybrid: you can do diplomacy, choose your kingdom from different races, build dynasties, research technologies and in the end, if you are still not happy, you have the option to mod the game to your liking. Overall, Elemental: War of Magic sounds like an interesting new take on the RTS genre, mixed in with RPG features.”

Check out the full preview here.

Comments (Page 1)

Alstein

on Jul 23, 2010

LOL at describing the game as an RTS. Though I'd love to see you do one someday.

Wylaryzel

on Jul 23, 2010

Interestin article Several parts sounds familiar with what I found in the beta .. but the RTS-part ?

Tormy-

on Jul 23, 2010

"Renewing the RTS genre - again" -

Grakul

on Jul 23, 2010

This preview paints Elemental in a very bad light indeed...

Henry_Morgan

on Jul 23, 2010

Yeah, I thought Elemental was a first person shooter.

Annatar11

on Jul 23, 2010

Guys, guys, it's obviously a side-scroller arcade game.

Twohawks

on Jul 23, 2010

Tormy-

reply 3

"Renewing the RTS genre - again" -

I don't think it does Elemental any real harm.. I think it speaks more about the the reviewer concepts of rts/tbs then it does about elemental. it still highlights some of the gooey goodness that is Elemental:WOM.

Wintersong

on Jul 23, 2010

Elemental is the spiritual succesor of Pong.

It isn't the first time I see a preview of Elemental saying that it's an RTS in it (and not just once!).

SpaghettiMon

on Jul 23, 2010

What? Elemental isn't a pirate sim? How do I get my money back?

Thrawn2787

on Jul 23, 2010

arstal

reply 1

LOL at describing the game as an RTS. Though I'd love to see you do one someday.

Sins of a solar empire ring any bells?

Mogmoogle

on Jul 23, 2010

Id love to see you make an X-com, or Syndicate

Course I am waiting on this for X-com fanboys

http://www.ufo2extraterrestrials.com/faq-press/

Gwakamoli

on Jul 24, 2010

they talk about it being a TBS in the first paragraph of the review

One strategy title on the release calender to attempt to bring something new to the table, is Elemental: War Of Magic. Made by Stardock, of Galactic Civilizations fame, Elemenal: War Of Magic is a Turn-Based strategy game filled with swords, castles, dungeons and creatures of myth.

ahhh...they 'may' have edited their review somewhat after legions of stardock fanboys decended from on high to wreck havoc with their water fountain

(new final paragraph)

If you are still unsure about giving a try to Elemental: War Of Magic, please know that these few facets I have talked about are just the icing on the cake. There are many more ways to have fun with Stardock's hybrid. The game offers a system to conduct diplomacy, allows you to choose your kingdom from different races, build dynasties, research technologies and in the end, if you are still not happy, you have the option to mod the game to your liking. Overall, Elemental: War of Magic sounds like an interesting take on an fairly stale genre.

Aesir Rising

on Jul 25, 2010

Thrawn2787

reply 10

Quoting arstal, reply 1LOL at describing the game as an RTS. Though I'd love to see you do one someday.

Sins of a solar empire ring any bells?

Sure does. Here's the website of the developer:

http://www.ironcladgames.com/

Anyway, the Hooked review was in need of professional editing and a spell checker. There may have been some good info...maybe... but it was all couched within between-the-lines phrasing that seemed to indicate the reviewer would rather have his ankles crushed than play something from the "RPS gerne".

Campaigner

on Jul 26, 2010

Amateur article.

In the beginning when he says: "the released demon Kraxis" and stuff, it make it sound like it's a scripted mission like a mission in Majesty. He should say that it's randomly generated maps like MoM or random maps from Age of Wonders.

charon2112

on Jul 27, 2010

Definitely an amateur article. Yuck. They don't seem to know what they're talking about. And what do they mean 'stale genre'? With Elemental and Civ V coming out, it's hardly stale.

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