*pulls out his day 0 patched version of the game and sees* OH RIGHT.... considering the only people have played the gold version of the game is stardock and even brad says the day 0 version will be much different and better. Your question is akin to asking a vegetarian what the new angus burger at burger king tastes like...

The game is good, but everything can be better . Nothing hold you from waiting till release, and then get an insight on a game frome reviews and forums. I am sure, there are going to be different opinions here, and everyone has a different taste. Also, noobody saw a finished product yet, so it is really hard to say. And if you want to know, how is the beta, there are videos on youtube, so check them out, and you will see

And there will be the "odd" person in the middle, who is neither a troll or a fanboy.

Best regards,
Steven.

Well none of us really know for sure, we are just giving our impressions (preferably without insulting people). I'm not sure if I'm quite as skeptical as Jareneko is, but certainly there are enough warning signs that advising someone who is unsure to wait a bit before picking it up is quite reasonable.

Being pro-Stardock doesn't give you a license to insult people. I share Jarenko's opinion. I think the game is going to be better after the free patches, but I am not expecting the release to be great or completely bug free (I hope I am wrong and I could be!).

Well your experiences may be different then mine, but I've personally found that the final version of the beta is usually a pretty good indicator of what the final game will be like on release. That was certainly true for WoW. Imagine if a few weeks before release it had played like the alpha, I suspect you would have been pretty concerned. The only reason I'm a bit less skeptical is because there is some evidence that Stardock does their betas differently then usual, so there I feel there is some cause for hope.

The final beta was not public so it's a moot point of trying to judge what Elemental is like from beta 4.

Hi

I've played all the betas and mostly love the game. That said I, like everyone else, haven't played the final release version.

It would be nice if those of us who have pre ordered could play the final release as soon as it is ready. But i understand that companies don't do that usually because of the potential for loss of sales if a few people out of thousands of pre-orders get on the forums and run the game down before the game is on sale for the general public.

Personally I would like to see more fantasy creatures... More fantasy Races with fantasy creatures for units etc.  It been said that that sort of thing is easy to mod.  So i hope some more talented moders than me are out there and ready to start on that sort of thing.

On the whole I'm looking forward to seeing just how good it is and what all the feedback from the community has helped to create. 

Cry Havoc and let slip the Dogs of War!  or maybe -- Cry Havoc and let slip the Elementals of war!

I thought it had been too long since one another of these threads popped up.