Eador: Genesis

[Martok]

I forgot to ask:  Does this game come with a sandbox mode?  Or is it mission-based campaigns only? 

[tgb]

I forgot to ask:  Does this game come with a sandbox mode?  Or is it mission-based campaigns only?

It does have single-player sandbox and I think the maps are random.  But you will still have to go through the campaign to learn the game.

[Tpek]

It has MP (in contrast with what was said), including Hotseat mode.
So the HS mode lets you pretty much learn the game at your leisure :)

[Yskonyn]

It's a steal at this price. Ordered.
Will not play it right away, but it really seems like a great fantasy TBS fix.

[Yskonyn]

Just ran it to see wether it would start, but it does. However, is there a way to change the resolution of the game?
It seems fixed at 1024x768 and nowhere in the options I can find a resolution setting?

[Huw the Poo]

Oh my god this game looks lush!  I shouldn't really be spending money but that's almost free.  Gonna pick it up later. :D

[bbmike]

Bought it but can't get it to run in fullscreen mode. There's a file called Eador.cfg in the game directory that lets you change some options. When I try fullscreen the game becomes ultra laggy and unresponsive.  :-\

[Nefaro]

So far I have had no problem running Eador: Genesis on my 64-bit Windows 7 PC. The game is much deeper than Heroes of Might and Magic III and Warlock: Master of the Arcane, although it has elements in common with both of those games. The easiest way into Eador: Genesis is to do the campaign, which includes a tutorial. Otherwise the learning curve will be a bit much.

Deeper than others?  Big learning curve?  Oh dayum!  Sign me up!  8)

Looks like I'll be getting this one.  Does it have higher resolution support or is it locked in the past?

[Huw the Poo]

I'm trying desperately to allot some time to this game.  Since my most recent Minecraft ragequit (in which I lost all my diamond and obsidian) I doubt I'll be going back to it any time soon, so hopefully this week I'll get a few hours in.

What I can say so far is that it certainly looks like a very deep game.  The interface isn't pretty but it works well enough, and the tutorial does seem decent.  I haven't finished the tutorial yet but so far it has taken me through everything I've needed to do in detail.  I have a really good feeling about this one. :)

[FarAway Sooner]

Any other user feedback yet?  3 pages of posts expressing excitement, and I'd love some more thoughts from Huw or first impressions from somebody else!

I've been having lots of fun playing FTL, but my wife was a huge Heroes fan back in the day (before the franchise started to be a bunch of crappy, poorly developed money-makers coasting in on the name of the franchise).  If it's got even comparable gameplay to H3 or H4, at that price, I'd be all over it. 

My big beef was H4 was the crappy map development, the horrrid voice acting/cut scenes, and the idiotic Adventure Map AI.  If this game is built such that you don't even notice these things (because they're not there, or because they're masked skillfully with other design decisions), I'm snapping this one up in a moment.

Eador: Masters of the Broken World has been on my radar for a few months now, and I'm very excited whenever that one might hit the market!  If this is a cheap way to get a teaser, I'm all up for that.   :)

[Greybriar]

....Does it have higher resolution support or is it locked in the past?

According to this, "No way to play in widescreen resolution. Only fullscreen or window 1024*768"

[Huw the Poo]

I'm determined to have a good sesh on it tonight.

My big beef was H4 was the crappy map development, the horrrid voice acting/cut scenes, and the idiotic Adventure Map AI.

What do you mean by crappy map development?  There are no cut scenes or voice acting; so far, in the campaign (still in tutorial phase though) there's the occasional text box/portrait of an advisor but that's it.

[Yskonyn]

I've been playing it for a few hours now and it definately reminds me of the HoMM games of old (3 mainly) and Age of Wonders.
Its fun to play has pretty decent graphics and tells a great story. The translation seems to be done very well too, so far. No weird texts found.

The only thing that annoys me is that there are no tactical battle unit animations. A thing we have been spoiled with in the King's Bounty and HoMM 5 and 6 games, IMO. Those animations were fluid and spectacular, but in Eador the units just slide over the map and attack by quickly moving towards and away from the enemy unit. Hopefully this is better in the new game.

But we have to remember that the game is an indie game made by only one guy. If you keep that in mind it is an outstanding job!
It certainly fixes the Heroes itch if you might have it.

[Huw the Poo]

For  :P sake.  I'm getting a 100% reproducible CTD.  This game doesn't like Win7-64 apparently.  I've tried the various fixes suggested by the GOG community and the game's developer; my last resort now is to email GOG.  >:(







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[Yskonyn]

I am running it without problems on two different systems, both Win 7 64bit.
How can you reproduce the crash?