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Dev Journal
One of the things in Elemental we've been thinking hard on is how the economic system in the game should work. Elemental is, first and foremost, about building a civilization that happens to exist in a world filled with magic. So when it comes to building things, we are trying to get away from the classic "N production units". There are, for instance, no factories in Elemental. We want players to really understand just how big of a deal it is for a civilization to be a... [read more]
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Elemental Civilizations: 12 of them
While Elemental comes with two races -- Men and Fallen, each of these races are split into 6 factions each (12 total). Each of these factions has its own technology tree and own spell book to make each faction play very very differently. The thing to remember here, these are groups that have been split off from each other for a long time now and they have evolved in very different directions. [read more]
News
IGN also got a preview of Elemental recently, and they give initial thoughts and impressions on what they saw. “Why the excitement? Well, there's the fact that 15 years after its release there still hasn't been a fantasy strategy game that matches of Master of Magic, or MOM as it is affectionately called. Some franchises, such as Age of Wonders, have come close, but they didn't quite capture the gameplay, random maps, and replayability of MOM. If you never played MOM, it could be... [read more]
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GameSpot Takes a Look at Elemental
The folks over at GameSpot take a “first look” at Elemental: War of Magic, the recently announced fantasy strategy game from Stardock. The time they did spend with Elemental seemed to leave quite an impression. “Elemental: War of Magic is one part Master of Magic, one part Civilization, and one part Total War, with a dash of The Lord of the Rings fiction sprinkled in for good measure. And from our brief first look at the game, Elemental is also one of the more p... [read more]
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Design elements of Elemental discussed
From around the net I've gotten a lot of questions regarding Elemental. Here are some of the questions and answers that have come up: Quote: I understand if some stuff is being kept internal, but here are the things Im wondering abou... [read more]
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Gamasutra Interviews Brad Wardell About Elemental: War of Magic
Gamasutra.com recently sat down with Stardock CEO, Brad Wardell, to talk about "Elemental:War of Magic" that was announced just today. "There's stuff in Civilization that we've taken; there's stuff from Master of Magic, Heroes of Might & Magic, Risk, Populous -- you name it," he said. "I have no shame when it comes to borrowing and being inspired by other games." Despite the range of influences, however, the game owes perhaps the most to the Simtex-develope... [read more]
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Edge-Online takes a look at Elemental
Edge, one of the leading game industry magazines has taken a look at Elemental. They have some exclusive details on the multiplayer aspects coming up that include both the on-line skirmish mode as well as the persistent world games in which the Impulse cloud hosts games. Stay tuned for more details. [read more]