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Elemental: War of Magic – GDC Video Walkthrough

March 25, 2009 10:53:44 AM from JoeUser ForumsJoeUser Forums

Check out this video of Elemental: War of Magic, which was shown at the 2009 GDC.

 

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Reply #1 March 24, 2009 8:17:10 PM
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Is that the fabled cloth map we see when fully zoomed out? Or is that the "proper" one?

Also, big laughs for the item names. Any of that be in the "real" game or is that just devs goofing off?

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Reply #2 March 24, 2009 8:38:38 PM
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Looks great

If items are submitted by users, I'm sure there will be plenty of crazy item names.  Some of the vanilla items do need to keep their originality too though  .  It was pretty disappointing when the Demigod AI names went from funny random stuff to standard fantasy names.

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Reply #3 March 24, 2009 8:40:13 PM
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Excellent video---indeed the Roguelike is STRONG within this game.

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Reply #4 March 24, 2009 8:55:15 PM
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Ooooooow ..... Interesting to see the dev touted zooming in action.. which is much as I expected, but that's good

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Reply #5 March 24, 2009 9:14:03 PM
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I really hate when developers release games today that run on the computers of tomorrow. Elemental looks nice and scalable though like the rest of Stardock's games.

 

Now onto beta questions since Brad keeps teasing about it:

1. Has Stardock decided how it's going to handle the initial Betas?

I ask because I believe I read Stardock was thinking about only inviting people, during inital beta stages, who had been helpful in previous betas. I think was due to a lot more people preordering Elemental than previous games. Sorry if I'm remembering incorrectly.

2. Will the modding tools, like the Particle Editor, be available for testing during beta? 

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Reply #6 March 24, 2009 9:27:15 PM
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OOOHHH Pretty!

 

That is very impressive!  I never expected something that was so well animated.  You have outdone yourself, and you aren't even done with it yet.

 

EDIT:  Now that I have seen the video a couple dozen times (I was bored), I have to say that I was impressed because I didn't expect much.  (none of the other games I have of yours has any character animation, so any animation was much better than expected for me.)  The walking (running?) animation could use some work, but the rest is adequate enough that if it shipped like that I would be completely fine with it.

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Reply #7 March 24, 2009 11:15:20 PM
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Nice video.

 

One day....one day I may be a developer.....hopefully...

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Reply #8 March 25, 2009 12:16:32 AM
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neat!

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Reply #9 March 25, 2009 2:14:35 AM
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I am... impressed...

 

Good work!

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Reply #10 March 25, 2009 2:17:25 AM
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Man, I love the part where they add the sword and the characters arm is being pulled down by its weight. The character goes sth like: "What the f... Oh, nice!"

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Reply #11 March 25, 2009 2:33:37 AM
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It looks great. Too bad I won't be able to preorder it to get into the beta(unpayed salaries, gotta love'm), but next year I'm going to be all over it 

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Reply #12 March 25, 2009 5:25:47 AM
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Cool What I realy do like is the free-form world, most modern TBS games (HoMM5 etc) you can only move around on predesignated paths, while in older games you had way more freedom to move around (Age of wonders series and older HoMM i believe). Btw. how big can the maps get? I would love to play this in a huge world

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Reply #13 March 25, 2009 7:06:35 AM
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Nothing all that exciting going on, but it's nice to see some video finally!  Keep em coming.

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Reply #14 March 25, 2009 7:32:47 AM
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Quoting NelsMonsterX,
reply 13
Nothing all that exciting going on, but it's nice to see some video finally!  Keep em coming.

I agree.

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Reply #15 March 25, 2009 7:48:13 AM
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Hmm... I can't seem to view it.  After I click play, it acts like it finished viewing the video.  I'll try from another computer or give it a bit of time in the event Gamespot is doing something behind the scenes.

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Reply #16 March 25, 2009 7:50:20 AM
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And now it's working.  Strange!

Looks great, Brad and SD folks.  Thanks for the teaser.  Now I really want to help with the testing!

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Reply #17 March 25, 2009 7:56:12 AM
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Super Amulet of Coolness FTW!

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Reply #18 March 25, 2009 9:30:51 AM
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MOAR

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Reply #19 March 25, 2009 9:39:18 AM
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When initial screenshots came out, a few people weren't crazy about the art style (though I don't remember many who outright disliked it).  Seeing it with the camera and characters in motion, though, I'm now fully off the fence and in the "I really like it" camp.  Mind, I didn't think it was bad before, but I had trouble visualizing how it would work.  I know it's still early and look & feel may change somewhat, but that "works", I think.

Just my 2 coppers, of course.

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Reply #20 March 25, 2009 9:44:06 AM
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When I first saw their was a video I assumed it was just a paper/pencil flipbook by Frogboy recorded on camera.

/End smarta$$

For real though, the engine looks just simply amazing. I cant believe how everything flows together so nicely.

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Reply #21 March 25, 2009 10:27:18 AM
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I'm in love.

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Reply #22 March 25, 2009 10:31:18 AM
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Man, I love the part where they add the sword and the characters arm is being pulled down by its weight. The character goes sth like: "What the f... Oh, nice!"

 

I noticed that too. Man I just love what you guys are doing to this game. It's just WOW.  Everything seems just right. It looks good I can't wait to see the finish product.

 

HAil the

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Reply #23 March 25, 2009 11:31:00 AM
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is this on the main conference floor or was this in the lecture by frogboy on monday?    Where is/was this playing/played?

I like how animated the man is as you equip him with different options.

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Reply #24 March 25, 2009 12:51:23 PM
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I just saw this on youtube so I was like OMG goes to elemental site for MORE! Ohhh beta beta BEETAAAA!

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Reply #25 March 25, 2009 1:13:51 PM
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We need more videos.

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