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[nenjin]

The sprites are....ugh. I'm ok with no animations but they're HUGE. They just look kind of out of place next to the rest of the map space.

I'm honestly a little surprised this is coming out so soon. I'd have figured another couple of months.

I might hold off on this, as this is the first real look I've gotten at the game. Mechanically it sounds really neat, but aesthetically it is not doing it for me. What started looking like a charming isometric God game now looks more like a digitized board game. I'll wait for peeps to tell me whether it's amazing or not.

[ScriptWolf]

I think it's just the beta from what I can read on the forums

[LuckyNinja]

Okay, idiot coming through here, but I'm not spying any download links for this, and it sounds like some people have got a hold of a copy. Is there something I'm missing?

[ScriptWolf]

THe game will be coming out on the 23rd

Also people who have it now will be alpha testers

Also nenjin the game will be $5 so I plan on buying it for that price even not knowing how good it will be

[Aklyon]

Okay, idiot coming through here, but I'm not spying any download links for this, and it sounds like some people have got a hold of a copy. Is there something I'm missing?

Alpha testing.

[nenjin]

At $5 it's hard to say no. I guess I just don't want to suffer some crushing "Looked like Populous but really isn't" disappointment.

[Aklyon]

Release imminent, on either direct, steam, etc.

Quote from vg24/7 on it:

it’s “sort of like playing chess against yourself, only you’re always a total bastard”.

[Mephansteras]

Huh, this sounds rather promising. I'll have to check back and see what people think when I get back from camping next week.

[CognitiveDissonance]

At $5 it's hard to say no. I guess I just don't want to suffer some crushing "Looked like Populous but really isn't" disappointment.

I'm really, really curious about this game and $5 is hard to say no to.
That said, this doesn't make me think of populous... it makes me think of... ahh... there was a really old strategy game, with a dark sci-fi theme, where you built in sky islands. You had a sky priest, with special elements, and would seek out and sacrifice enemy priests. Maybe somebody remembers the name...

So, this looks like that game plus early Settlers - and that makes me happy

[Aklyon]

Also, Nick Trujillo made a couple comics about it, they're here.

[Bluerobin]

That said, this doesn't make me think of populous... it makes me think of... ahh... there was a really old strategy game, with a dark sci-fi theme, where you built in sky islands. You had a sky priest, with special elements, and would seek out and sacrifice enemy priests. Maybe somebody remembers the name...

Netstorm maybe?

[Levi]

Hmm!  I wasn't expecting it to be so cheap on release.

I haven't really enjoyed a single game from Arcen games, but I do really like the developers.  They are always trying new things and I've never had any technical problems running their games, like crashes and such.  I might have to pick this up and see how it is.

[Mephansteras]

Also, Nick Trujillo made a couple comics about it, they're here.

Those comics make me want to play the game.

[CognitiveDissonance]

That said, this doesn't make me think of populous... it makes me think of... ahh... there was a really old strategy game, with a dark sci-fi theme, where you built in sky islands. You had a sky priest, with special elements, and would seek out and sacrifice enemy priests. Maybe somebody remembers the name...

Netstorm maybe?

That's the one! May have to track it down and re-re-re-replay it...

Also, Nick Trujillo made a couple comics about it, they're here.

Those are fantastic!

[ScriptWolf]

Hmm this is multiplayer as well... I wonder how that plays