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ORIGINAL: wodin

Understood..tricky I suppose..but then a bad review from someone who likes casual games and complains it's to complex would actually be a good review for me;)

You still need to push about how this is indepth and a deep gaming experience. It's what has me interested, as I said your browser Fantasy Kommander game did have a negative impact on my interest..it's only after seeing your comments that my interest picked up.

Anyway good luck mate. I understand how protective you become over a game which you have developed and bad press is the last thing you need.
Look forward to the player reviews etc.

Hopefully we'll have great reviews only ;)

Thank you very much for your feedback!
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I don't think a demo is actually required. Having a couple of gameplay videos on youtube or some walkthrough on a dedicated web site would be perfectly enough. A good quality strategy game doesn't need state of the art graphics. It's the gameplay what matters. Look at eador, a really great game.
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It seems FK may address issues I didn't like about Eador Genesis. Can't complain - it was cheap - but I am not convinced to buy the second Eador. Stardock's Legendary Heroes has its charms, but the tactical side is understandably still a bit weak. So FK may have found a niche. [:)]
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True..good AAR's help aswell..AAR's are the biggest influence on if I buy or not.

Are the units animated at all?
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I don't think a demo is actually required. Having a couple of gameplay videos on youtube or some walkthrough on a dedicated web site would be perfectly enough. A good quality strategy game doesn't need state of the art graphics. It's the gameplay what matters. Look at eador, a really great game.


More Screenshots and Videos will be released this month.

Did you have a chance to see the latest screeshots (with captions)?

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More contents are coming, stay tuned! ;)
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Lol! Gone are the days of PC-Mac only. If you want to only walk with the crows that's fine you won't last long. But good luck.
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It's not for PC only.

This game is available also for MAC.

Anyway we belive (and hope) that the game may conquer enough pc wargame-strategy players.

Subscribe and try the Beta and let us know your impression.
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Being abit harsh their mate. I'm sure they've thought about tablets but maybe they don't have the skill set in the team to code for them. No doubt if it turns out a good game and people like it it may end up on the IPad. Most wargamers will have both a tablet and a PC..so it prob doesn't matter to much 'cos if doesn't come out for one you can get it for the other. Tablets are just another format but it isn't the end of the world or a disaster if a game doesn't come out on it. Obviously you'll sell more units if you get it out on all formats but again you wont go under if you don't. Plenty of games come out on the PC only and even more on the tablet only but the developers don't go bankrupt because of it.

One day if I win some money I will get a tablet...however PC will always be my main go to games machine.Games like BA or PC I'd buy for the tablet only..but I certainly wouldn't give up my CMx2 games for CM touch and I'd def not get IL2BOS or WOFF on the tablet nor would I want to fly a sim on such a small screen. I think tablets are great for certain games and yes this will be one of those game but don't be so harsh mate..nothing worse than someone pi##ing on your cornflakes. I'm sure the team is getting excited for the release.

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Lol! Gone are the days of PC-Mac only. If you want to only walk with the crows that's fine you won't last long. But good luck.
ORIGINAL: Fabivs

It's not for PC only.

This game is available also for MAC.

Anyway we belive (and hope) that the game may conquer enough pc wargame-strategy players.

Subscribe and try the Beta and let us know your impression.
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Being abit harsh their mate. I'm sure they've thought about tablets but maybe they don't have the skill set in the team to code for them. No doubt if it turns out a good game and people like it it may end up on the IPad. Most wargamers will have both a tablet and a PC..so it prob doesn't matter to much 'cos if doesn't come out for one you can get it for the other. Tablets are just another format but it isn't the end of the world or a disaster if a game doesn't come out on it. Obviously you'll sell more units if you get it out on all formats but again you wont go under if you don't. Plenty of games come out on the PC only and even more on the tablet only but the developers don't go bankrupt because of it.

One day if I win some money I will get a tablet...however PC will always be my main go to games machine.Games like BA or PC I'd buy for the tablet only..but I certainly wouldn't give up my CMx2 games for CM touch and I'd def not get IL2BOS or WOFF on the tablet nor would I want to fly a sim on such a small screen. I think tablets are great for certain games and yes this will be one of those game but don't be so harsh mate..nothing worse than someone pi##ing on your cornflakes. I'm sure the team is getting excited for the release.

ORIGINAL: rogo727

Lol! Gone are the days of PC-Mac only. If you want to only walk with the crows that's fine you won't last long. But good luck.
ORIGINAL: Fabivs

It's not for PC only.

This game is available also for MAC.

Anyway we belive (and hope) that the game may conquer enough pc wargame-strategy players.

Subscribe and try the Beta and let us know your impression.

As I said before this is a "first release".

We're more than ready to make a porting for Tablets (we developed on all formats in the past).

Probably it was an error to not develop this game for tablets from the start, but when you are indy and you have limited budget, you have to make hard choices.

Anyway, I hope you'll like this Pc/Mac version and so give us the chance to add tablets and make sequels ;)

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Hi, some feedback on what I have seen so far:

Graphics: personally, I do not like cartoony style graphics, yet they are done well and I can leap this hurdle as from what I understand, the gameplay will be on par with the old Fantasy General from SSI which I really enjoyed.

The only thing that I fear will hold me back from a purchase is lack of an editor. Will there be any ability to create ones own scenarios or linked campaigns?
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Hi, some feedback on what I have seen so far:

Graphics: personally, I do not like cartoony style graphics, yet they are done well and I can leap this hurdle as from what I understand, the gameplay will be on par with the old Fantasy General from SSI which I really enjoyed.

The only thing that I fear will hold me back from a purchase is lack of an editor. Will there be any ability to create ones own scenarios or linked campaigns?

In this first release you'll have 4 Big Campaigns to play.

Every Campaign is very detailed, with different Units and tactics to learn and apply in battle.

For example, the first campaign is with the Human Army and the second is with the Elven Army. Elves obviously have great bonuses in the forests...

The plot develops during the campaigns, on and off the battlefields. Three of the 4 campaigns take place in the great Empire of Adamantia, invaded by the forces of Kaos, and one in mysterious and unknown lands.

About More contents like Editor, Multiplayer or a Kaos Campaign (to play with the units of the bad guys) and more: We're working on these things.

Multiplayer is very near the end of development but we have to make changes in order to have it playable by email (or PBEM).

I have to be very honest with you: This was a long development, we're a small company and we really, really, really need to release this game to lower the financial stress. Also, Slitherine and Matrix had only this date to release our game in 2013.

So, for these reasons, we did not have the time to release immediately these contents, but we're more than ready to release them very soon if you guys will like the game and Fantasy Kommander-Eukarion Wars will be a success (as we belive and hope)!
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Cool, appreciate the response!
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Cool, appreciate the response!

You're welcome.

Please, feel free to ask me anything you'd like to know about this project ;)
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Not being rash but honest. Matrix /slitherine has released games for the iPad for less than two years and they admit just from the tablet market alone make up 25% sales revenue. Mind you these are just their dated games like legion and the good but by no means great battle academy. As a consumer I probably won't buy this for my PC. As a small company I would rather reach out to the biggest market available to me and not the smallest one. Look at this way would you rather market to a small chain on ma&pops stores or to Walmart ?
ORIGINAL: wodin

Being abit harsh their mate. I'm sure they've thought about tablets but maybe they don't have the skill set in the team to code for them. No doubt if it turns out a good game and people like it it may end up on the IPad. Most wargamers will have both a tablet and a PC..so it prob doesn't matter to much 'cos if doesn't come out for one you can get it for the other. Tablets are just another format but it isn't the end of the world or a disaster if a game doesn't come out on it. Obviously you'll sell more units if you get it out on all formats but again you wont go under if you don't. Plenty of games come out on the PC only and even more on the tablet only but the developers don't go bankrupt because of it.

One day if I win some money I will get a tablet...however PC will always be my main go to games machine.Games like BA or PC I'd buy for the tablet only..but I certainly wouldn't give up my CMx2 games for CM touch and I'd def not get IL2BOS or WOFF on the tablet nor would I want to fly a sim on such a small screen. I think tablets are great for certain games and yes this will be one of those game but don't be so harsh mate..nothing worse than someone pi##ing on your cornflakes. I'm sure the team is getting excited for the release.

ORIGINAL: rogo727

Lol! Gone are the days of PC-Mac only. If you want to only walk with the crows that's fine you won't last long. But good luck.
ORIGINAL: Fabivs

It's not for PC only.

This game is available also for MAC.

Anyway we belive (and hope) that the game may conquer enough pc wargame-strategy players.

Subscribe and try the Beta and let us know your impression.
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Dear rogo727

Thanks for your honesty and clarifications.

And honestly (as you can read in our dev diary on AOG) I think we had to develop this game with Unity and so have it available for Tablets from the first release (with better graphics also).

Unfortunately we didn't (for many reasons).

But we did our best to make a great (and unique) Fantasy Wargame (for PC and MAC only)...

Now we belive (and hope) that the game will sell well enough and we'll have a chance to develop it for your iPad in the coming months ;)
ORIGINAL: rogo727

Not being rash but honest. Matrix /slitherine has released games for the iPad for less than two years and they admit just from the tablet market alone make up 25% sales revenue. Mind you these are just their dated games like legion and the good but by no means great battle academy. As a consumer I probably won't buy this for my PC. As a small company I would rather reach out to the biggest market available to me and not the smallest one. Look at this way would you rather market to a small chain on ma&pops stores or to Walmart ?
ORIGINAL: wodin

Being abit harsh their mate. I'm sure they've thought about tablets but maybe they don't have the skill set in the team to code for them. No doubt if it turns out a good game and people like it it may end up on the IPad. Most wargamers will have both a tablet and a PC..so it prob doesn't matter to much 'cos if doesn't come out for one you can get it for the other. Tablets are just another format but it isn't the end of the world or a disaster if a game doesn't come out on it. Obviously you'll sell more units if you get it out on all formats but again you wont go under if you don't. Plenty of games come out on the PC only and even more on the tablet only but the developers don't go bankrupt because of it.

One day if I win some money I will get a tablet...however PC will always be my main go to games machine.Games like BA or PC I'd buy for the tablet only..but I certainly wouldn't give up my CMx2 games for CM touch and I'd def not get IL2BOS or WOFF on the tablet nor would I want to fly a sim on such a small screen. I think tablets are great for certain games and yes this will be one of those game but don't be so harsh mate..nothing worse than someone pi##ing on your cornflakes. I'm sure the team is getting excited for the release.

ORIGINAL: rogo727

Lol! Gone are the days of PC-Mac only. If you want to only walk with the crows that's fine you won't last long. But good luck.

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I'll give you that it's much more complex than Wesnoth. And I don't care about graphics. I also don't need a scenario editor or modding tools. But the game has to be moddable, or I am out. I find Ageod's games difficult but I can mod them to my liking. I am not going to get stuck with a campaign I will either get frustrated or bored with. There's really no excuse not to at least be able to mod unit stats. Do that, and I buy the game.
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I'll give you that it's much more complex than Wesnoth. And I don't care about graphics. I also don't need a scenario editor or modding tools. But the game has to be moddable, or I am out. I find Ageod's games difficult but I can mod them to my liking. I am not going to get stuck with a campaign I will either get frustrated or bored with. There's really no excuse not to at least be able to mod unit stats. Do that, and I buy the game.

Hi rosseau

We'll see what we can do with the next updates.

Thanks for your feedback!
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I really like TBS and even fantasy TBS and would buy this but the graphics are just too clunky for my taste. I'll pass on this one.
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I really like TBS and even fantasy TBS and would buy this but the graphics are just too clunky for my taste. I'll pass on this one.

I'm sorry for this, I think you could play an interesting game.

I hope you'll have a chance to play a demo or buy our next games ;)
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I loved Fantasy General as well, and turn-based strategy is right up my alley.

Purchasing and downloading now.

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I loved Fantasy General as well, and turn-based strategy is right up my alley.

Purchasing and downloading now.

Thanks

Great, let us know your first impressions ;)
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