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Reply to Elemental: July 2013 Status Report in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

I would be a fan of "Elemental II" if not for the fact that "Elemental" was completely dropped from the front of FE and FE:LH. Well, not completely, but... the games are sold on Steam that way. They're publicized that way, even on the front page of their official website (i.e. this one). So I would say "Fallen Enchantress II", or just a new series entirely. What I do not want to see is another standalone expansion (FE:title, or LH:title), when it could instea

Rebellion OST in Sins Rebellion Sins Forums

So I know that you can get the Rebellion soundtrack by buying the Collector's Edition of the game. And yes, I know, you can just listen to the *.ogg files directly out of the game's data files. But I'd be interested in buying the soundtrack separately (as a digital download, perhaps), but don't really care about most of the rest of the Collector's Edition (though I confess the Kol Battleship model is pretty cool). So is there any chance Ironcla

Reply to The birth of a Game Designer in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

A bit late, but this is a really interesting article. I can't help but think of the works you (Kael and Jon Shafer) both produced for Civ 4 and compare them to this, and it's pretty clear that Fall from Heaven 2 is more about content driven design where Final Frontier was more about designing and playing with new systems (Civilization in space).

Reply to Science and God (One and the same?) in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

In regards to the time travel "theory", I like the idea pitched by Star Trek better... that all the gods in Earth history aliens (and ST V seems to say that the Judeo-Christian-Islamic God is an alien too). [quote who="Leauki" reply="5" id="2215297"] Huh. That's odd, I'm pretty sure there's storm gods all over the world, in multiple religions. And I'm also pretty sure there's gods in multiple religions who have mated with humans. So, these stories of gods affecting the natu

Reply to Star Trek **SPOILERS** in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

Usually I don't read the movie books when they come out. I read the one for Nemesis and that's about it. But Frogboy's summary of the book sounds like it fixes a lot of issues. Are these books considered canon?

Reply to Science and God (One and the same?) in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

It seems that people making the argument that science and god can coexist [i]always[/i] are monothiests and are of the "Abrahamic" (Jewish/Christian/Islamic) point of view. But since you raised the point, Leauki... Can you tell me that the gods of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome were compatible with science? For example, we know how lightning forms. It has nothing to do with a bearded god waving lightning bolts about. Greek scientists and Greek philosophers were [i]not

Reply to Official Multiplayer Discussion Thread in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="bosskoss" reply="22" id="2061812"]Whoa, whoa, whoa... no multiplayer? I never played GC2 before but I just bought the ultimate edition today thinking from the description on the back of the box "put you scores on-line via the metaverse and compete with players from around the world" meant there was a multiplayer option. My friends and I had a blast playing Master of Orion hotseat back in the day and I was hoping for a similar experience here. No multiplayer?&nbsp

Reply to Star Trek **SPOILERS** in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

I tend to think of the 'protein resequencers' and 'synthesizers' as incredibly archaic replicator technology used only when necessary. And still, in the 24th century, we know plenty of people who don't like/refuse to use replicated food, so I don't see why farming would be outdated.

Reply to Star Trek **SPOILERS** in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="Zyxpsilon" reply="20" id="2207629"] Spock and Nero could have travelled to the future instead of the past. They could have done the exact same plotline, just with a different crew and ship in the future. Both came from the future and as a result, altered the timeline & reality for Kirk & co (to use your perception of the past). For an allllllmmmmmoooosssssttttt exact explanation, i'd have to recommend you (at a minimum) Voyager's episodes Year of Hell

Reply to Star Trek **SPOILERS** in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="CobraA1" reply="16" id="2207282"] How do you reboot the franchise and wipe out the entire 43-year continuity of five entire series of hundreds of episodes and ten movies (not to mention the thousands of books), without "alienating all the fans by tossing aside the well-loved and already established content"? You can't. They pretty much have to. They can't maintain continuity with an old series with actors being old or dead. They're not having much success cre

Reply to Star Trek **SPOILERS** in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="Piznit" reply="2" id="2205943"] --- Just because they didnt rehash the same old story that everyone already knew, they should "fix" it for some old Trekkies? --- Fact still remains, they might tell you the movie was made for Trekkies, but it wasnt. I just dont understand what all the fussing is about... [/quote] As a fan of Star Trek, I didn't even want them to return to TOS in the first place. Or TNG. Or I wanted t

Reply to Star Trek **SPOILERS** in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

Rightwinger: I really don't want to continue this argument. But the simple fact is, you are saying that because Phase Weapon and Phaser sound so similar, they must be the same . All I'm saying is that it isn't necessarily the case. The two words aren't the same like they were in your other example. Personally, that's a change I'm fine with, but that's just me. -- I would still like to know why Abrams decided to make this movie abo

Reply to HEY BRAD, do you know what would be awesome? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Why? I'm serious here. Most of the multiplayer crowd want multiplayer and singleplayer. But why make it an MMO? As someone who almost only ever uses single player, and the only conditions I do play multiplayer is hotseat on Civ4 or something, I don't really care about MM. And I especially wouldn't want a MMO. I don't mean to offend, but I can see no reason for the idea at all. You yourself say that only a handful of 4x MMOs have been done, and none have been very succ

Reply to Star Trek **SPOILERS** in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="Rightwinger" reply="12" id="2203579"] I should point out that the idea that lasers are less advanced than phase weapons is your own idea. I never really liked the lasers in The Cage anyway, but I can accept them as a stepping stone between basic beam weaponry (phase pistols) and more advanced ones (phasers). All three techs could be very similar, just with different nomenclature (speaking GalCiv-ish, they'd be Laser I, Laser II, and Laser III).--Minor race<br /

Reply to Star Trek **SPOILERS** in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="Rightwinger" reply="14" id="2201626"] ENT made a handful of changes to established continuity in TOS and TNG, but for the most part the only continuity it messed with was "fanon/licensed continuity". An example would be the Klingon ridges. An unofficial explanation was provided in a book somewhere, and at that point people just accepted it because it was never really established in the official continuity. Suddenly it is established officially though, and people might get a l

Reply to Star Trek **SPOILERS** in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="Rightwinger" reply="12" id="2201376"]I might add that this "altering" of the timeline is one of the reasons "Enterprise" was never fully accepted by the fans. [/quote] I don't think this can be compared to Enterprise, though. ENT made a handful of changes to established continuity in TOS and TNG, but for the most part the only continuity it messed with was "fanon/licensed continuity". An example would be the Klingon ridges. An unofficial explanation was provid

Trouble viewing Journals in GalCiv II Site Issues GalCiv2 Forums

So when I try to look at the Journals page of the site, I find two strange occurances. 1. The 'Galactic Civilizations 2: Dread Lords Journals' bar on the top of the page is blurred and split (directly below the title there is another title. 2. In the past, I was able to scroll through the various journal pages to view archived ones. But I can't anymore, because there's no longer a bar at the bottom of the page to go to past/future pages. Was this changed in a foru

Reply to Star Trek **SPOILERS** in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="Spooky" reply="2" id="2197014"] Quoting dWind, reply 24 Well the bigest glaring inconsistency was that Earth (and vulcan) is totaly undefended ... seriuosly ... a ship can can sneek up on an interstelars empires homeworld and start drilling the planet with a huge laser powered drill ... and all the citizens can do is run about screaming? I mean were is the home fleet? dont tell me those 7 ships that went to vulcan were it? Where are orbital defens

Reply to Science and God (One and the same?) in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="Leauki" reply="9" id="2197045"][quote]No, it's not. It is a mere description of a religious moral-realist position.[/quote] Yes, that is what makes in an excellent summary. [/quote] But only to a religious person who believes in God. If you weren't a monotheist (belief in one powerful god), or were a polytheist (belief in multiple gods), a pantheist (believes in a God that is everywhere, like an energy force or something), or a follower of a r

Reply to What a waste of MY time in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

I've found that in some levels- particularly pre-DL ones, your allies are exponentially stronger than yourself and your enemies at lower levels than higher levels (it balances out at Normal, I think). Shouldn't this hold true on the other campaign missions?

Reply to Forums are Back Up in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

Well, the reply box is really small at the bottom of the screen... And also, the pictures in the Databank (for each section) aren't displaying, and I cannot view the Game Examples link.

Reply to Sins Lore - single player backstory in Single Player Sins Forums

I'd be the first to admit GalCiv2's campaign wasn't very good. (Actually, probably more like the three hundred thousanth, but that's beside the point). But the idea is not all campaigns are like the way you guys just described them. One thing I liked about BFME I was that in the campaign you could choose your missions, which led you to a different set of choices. You also brought your forces along with you (if you lost a bunch of units in one mission, you needed to rebuild). And the 'te

Reply to Please help, how to start a campaign? in Single Player Sins Forums

I hope that, perhaps, if an expansion pack is released for Sins, it includes a campaign? A campaign would be possible, but only if the tools to make one are released or developed.

Reply to Korath Clan in Star Trek? in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

Knowing Klingon house systems, you probably mean 'House of Korath', but the title of a House changes with it's ruler. Korath sounds vaguely Klingon anyway, and it is not being used in the form of Korath Clan. I don't even think they said Korath Clan, but I don't know. And if anything, ST Voyager came before the Korath were written into GalCiv2.

Reply to Thalan Discussion in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Considering that the Terrans have agents outside of their barrier, they could work even with Earth shielded. (Remember, the terran agent helping the Drengin against the Korath? Who told them about the spore? And the Terran guerilla warriors in mission 2 of DA?) -Also, it's established that Draginol enters the actual universe at some point from a collapsing alternate universe.