I have no idea what any of that is. I thought it was just a digital distribution store? Does it have a community like GOG?

http://www.impulsedriven.com/

http://forums.impulsedriven.com/

No sensible group of people would operate a digital distribution store and not have forums to go with it...

Gamersgate would beg to differ. :)

They have the tutor feature which performs a similar service.

I was extremely disappointed with Elemental. It's just so empty and shallow, lifeless and generic compared to my all time favourite, Master of Magic. I was very hyped about Elemental before its release, and that made the disappointment even worse.

Bugs are nasty, but they can fixed with patches. However, it's much harder to go and change the game's core mechanics and principles. This is the real problem with Elemental, and it's not something that can be fixed like a small bug.

Having Fall From Heaven's designer work on Elemental is reassuring, but I'm afraid the game will require such fundamental changes to become truly great that it's possible we'll never see them, or it may well take years of patient waiting.

Maybe modders will save the day in the end. It wouldn't be the first time either.

The demo is still in the plans..I think they said they just want to wait until the game is up to par before releasing it. No sense in creating more bad impressions.

It's sad that two or three "amateurs" can sometimes do what an entire team of "pros" failed to do over and over again.

update
http://forums.impulsedriven.com/403846

That's like paying extra for a patch.

That's Paradox's style .

True that.

I'm a huge fan of these kind of games, Age of Wonders shadow magic is one of my favorites and I'm waiting for elemental to get cheaper to get it, so is it any good compared to age of wonders?

What about Lan play? Is it an option? Does it require unique copies of the game for it?
It's free for those who already had elemental, and will be discounted for those who buy elemental in 2011.

So I'll have to buy a broken and overpriced game now and hope the patch will fix it? No way.

@NightK: On the box it says 16 player lan multiplayer and internet play. But that is false advertising. There is no functioning multiplayer at all in Elemental: War of Magic. It requires a unique serial number for lan or online play.

I would not bother with Elemental at all. It's a soulless piece of garbage in the face of Age of Wonders or Master of Magic. I bought it and was so bored after playing 10 minutes that i brought it back to my videoshop. Ah i encountered some ctds in this playtime.

Have a magic day.