Elemental Game Review(s) Thread

One thread to hold them all!

Published on August 22, 2010 By lordkosc In War of Magic

So as I did for my previous favorite game SoaSE, I'll be scouring the web for Elemental reviews and posting them here. That way there will be a single location where we can navigate to all the reviews of the game, for easy reference.

If you happen to find one I don't post, leave a comment below it in the following format:

Site Name
Score
WWW Link

I hope this will be made sticky by someone from SD like my previous thread was in SoaSE.

Metacritic Average

English Reviews:

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NEOSEEKER

9/10

http://www.neoseeker.com/Articles/Games/Reviews/elemental_war_of_magic/

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Eurogamer

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BIG Download

Verdict: Must Own

http://news.bigdownload.com/2010/09/07/review-elemental/

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IGN

6 / 10

http://pc.ign.com/articles/111/1117649p1.html

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Gameshark

http://www.gameshark.com/reviews/3607/p_0/Elemental-War-of-Magic-Review.htm

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Gamespot

4 / 10

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/elementalwarofmagic/review.html

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GamerNode

2 / 5

http://gamernode.com/reviews/9442-elemental-war-of-magic/index.html

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GameInformer

6.5 / 10

http://gameinformer.com/games/elemental_war_of_magic/b/pc/archive/2010/08/31/review.aspx

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Giantbomb

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Rock, Paper, Shotgun

""At the moment, I think “unfinished” is too harsh a phrase. I’d lean towards “a bit shoddy”.""

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2010/08/30/impressions-of-elemental-war-of-magic/

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Joystiq

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Destructoid

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PC Gamer

70 / 100

http://www.pcgamer.com/2010/09/02/elemental-war-of-magic-review/

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G4 X-Play

2/5

http://g4tv.com/games/pc/63836/Elemental-War-of-Magic/review/

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Shacknews

No score at this time.

http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/65347

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1 UP

C+

http://www.1up.com/do/reviewPage?cId=3181116

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Fidgit

"I guarantee it's not going to be like anything you'll read from any other reviewer."

hhttp://fidgit.com/archives/2010/08/elemental_the_review.php

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RPGWatch

"Elemental is still 2-3 patches away from being ready for prime time. When and if those patches are done, Elemental has the potential to be one of those few games that stays on your computer for years as a fun gaming experience."

http://www.rpgwatch.com/show/article?articleid=159&ref=0&id=412

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OutOfEight

5/8

http://www.outofeight.info/2010/08/elemental-war-of-magic-review.html

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GameEnema

6/10

www.gameenema.com/2.shtml

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GamePro

3.5/5

http://www.gamepro.com/article/reviews/216449/elemental-war-of-magic/

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Non-English Reviews:

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iPon

57%

http://ipon.hu/jatekok/elemental_war_of_magic_%E2%80%93_elementalis_bakloves/825/

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Meristation

6.5/10

http://www.meristation.com/v3/des_analisis.php?pic=PC&id=cw4c7d415c6ed86&idj=cw4911603a40884

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Gamestar

79/100

http://www.gamestar.de/spiele/elemental-war-of-magic/test/elemental_war_of_magic,44740,2317608.html

Comments (Page 8)

106

Rune_74

on Aug 30, 2010

surlybob

reply 104

Quoting Dethedrus,
reply 103

Quoting surlybob, reply 102It looks like rossanderson's true identity has been revealed!
Wait are you suggesting that Rune_74 and Rossanderson48 are the same person?

Heresy! Let's just say that I'd like to see one of them post while the other is drinking a glass of water! (I keed, I keed)

That would be like suggesting that you and all the other frothing at the mouth posters are the same...Notice I never said I agreed with the 9 you however hate for the sake o f hating.

107

Poo-flinger

on Aug 30, 2010

# Site Name
# Score
# WWW Link

Gameenema.com

6/10

www.gameenema.com/2.shtml

108

Dethedrus

on Aug 30, 2010

Rune_74

reply 106

That would be like suggesting that you and all the other frothing at the mouth posters are the same...Notice I never said I agreed with the 9 you however hate for the sake o f hating.

You're right... Elemental is an absolutely flawless game with nary a problem and only a "hater" could do anything but foam at the mouth with joy over it.

Oh wait...

109

TOWDrac

on Aug 30, 2010

Dethedrus

reply 108

Quoting Rune_74, reply 106That would be like suggesting that you and all the other frothing at the mouth posters are the same...Notice I never said I agreed with the 9 you however hate for the sake o f hating.
You're right... Elemental is an absolutely flawless game with nary a problem and only a "hater" could do anything but foam at the mouth with joy over it.

Oh wait...

That is a horrible oversimplification and exaggeration.

He never said there weren't problems...but there is much hate and many haters who are grossly unjustified in their hate.

110

Rune_74

on Aug 30, 2010

Dethedrus

reply 108

Quoting Rune_74,
reply 106
That would be like suggesting that you and all the other frothing at the mouth posters are the same...Notice I never said I agreed with the 9 you however hate for the sake o f hating.

You're right... Elemental is an absolutely flawless game with nary a problem and only a "hater" could do anything but foam at the mouth with joy over it.

Oh wait...

Easy to do that huh? I noticed anything by you is all about how bad it is, how bad the launch was, nothing else. So in other words, useless. Thos are all known things....repeating them over and over will notmake them more true. Add some areas to improve, talk about what to do next....don't dwell on the negative because it solves nothing. And yes, constant hate posts makes you look like your frothing at the mouth, sorry.

111

surlybob

on Aug 30, 2010

Rune_74

reply 106

That would be like suggesting that you and all the other frothing at the mouth posters are the same...Notice I never said I agreed with the 9 you however hate for the sake o f hating.

I said I was joking. Your defensive reaction and another mouthbreather with the same bad grammar popping up to attack me makes me wonder, though..

112

dragoaskani

on Aug 31, 2010

Poo-flinger

reply 107

# Site Name
# Score
# WWW Link

Gameenema.com

6/10

www.gameenema.com/2.shtml

build a reputation first then your reviews count. No offense but your sites first review means it doesn't hold much credibility. that being said I glanced it over and its not too bad. Now write 20 more and then you're in business.

113

Dethedrus

on Aug 31, 2010

Rune_74

reply 110

Perhaps you need to pay better attention then.

Yes, I'm more than slightly down on Elemental. The launch was badly botched and the game is missing far too many key elements to be considered ready for retail. This is a mid to late stage beta, pure and simple.

But the key problem is that you equate reasonable anger (say with being charged $50 for a more than moderately unfinished game) with hate. Classifying people who are vocal about their unhappiness as "haters" is a solid straw man argument... you can just lump us all into that unpleasant appellation and dismiss everything we say.

By the same token, I've posted in quite a few of the suggestion threads. If my only goal was to vent this great rage you believe I have, why would I even bother?

Honestly, I'm not sure why I debate with you my friend. You've made it clear that Elemental is the next best thing to Slurm™ (now in Extra Chunky style!) and that any reasonable level of unhappiness with the current state of the game is UNREASONABLE. "Don't worry, they'll keep working on it" is great... but starting at a state 6 months prior to a stable release version means a lotta work for the dev team before we start seeing the game we should have gotten on day 1.

114

Rune_74

on Aug 31, 2010

Dethedrus

reply 113

Quoting Rune_74,
reply 110

Honestly, I'm not sure why I debate with you my friend. You've made it clear that Elemental is the next best thing to Slurm™ (now in Extra Chunky style!) and that any reasonable level of unhappiness with the current state of the game is UNREASONABLE. "Don't worry, they'll keep working on it" is great... but starting at a state 6 months prior to a stable release version means a lotta work for the dev team before we start seeing the game we should have gotten on day 1.

I was fine with everything else you wrote until this vomit at the end which took away anything else you said. If you guys feel the need to whine and cry about the bad launch on and on why not just make one thread where you guys can hold each other and wail in dispare? I have said the launch sucked, I just don't go around every thread repeatingit like some of you.

115

surlybob

on Aug 31, 2010

Rune_74

reply 114

You post like he just called your mother ugly or something. What's your deal? Why do you only post to whine about other peoples posts? Lots of us have contributed to genuine help threads and defended the game against genuinely unreasonable gripes. What have you contributed? Give me a link.

116

lordkosc

on Aug 31, 2010

Please FOCUS on reviews here guys , reviews 4 hugz!

117

Cauldyth

on Aug 31, 2010

Out of Eight
5/8
http://www.outofeight.info/2010/08/elemental-war-of-magic-review.html

118

Poo-flinger

on Aug 31, 2010

my mistake.

119

dragoaskani

on Aug 31, 2010

Poo-flinger

reply 118

Quoting dragoaskani, reply 112
Quoting Poo-flinger, reply 107
# Site Name
# Score
# WWW Link

Gameenema.com

6/10

www.gameenema.com/2.shtmlbuild a reputation first then your reviews count. No offense but your sites first review means it doesn't hold much credibility. that being said I glanced it over and its not too bad. Now write 20 more and then you're in business.

Lol - so only reviews that are up to your standards are added... whatever it is your thread - though you are basically censoring it. Nice.

Not my thread retard. I take back my small compliment.

120

Cauldyth

on Aug 31, 2010

So to summarize: Someone named Poo-flinger is upset that his site Game Enema isn't being taken seriously.

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