Hi everyone,
In case you were wondering where I disappeared off to and why, the reason is in the thread title. I felt I needed to take a slight break from UFO:AI about the last time I posted here, played a couple of other games for a while and was just considering coming back here when
Illwinter Game Design announced they were developing Conquest of Elysium 3. I asked them if they'd like my help in beta testing. That was sometime in early August 2011 and right now the game is just a few days from release on
Desura. Release date is 19th or 20th, depending on your time zone.
All in all, if you're a fan of turn based strategy and have fond memories of games like Master of Magic or Age of Wonders, or if you liked Illwinter's Dominions series, this game is definitely worth checking out.
There's a dev log discussion thread here, but in order to get an idea of what the game looks like, there are several YouTube videos available. The beta version accidentally leaked out to about a dozen people due to a permissions snafu at Desura, but it didn't turn out to be a bad thing at all, since the videos have generated quite a bit of interest.
Here are the video links:
52 minute overviewDemonologist gameBurgmeister (essentially a hobbit class)
NecromancerIn case anyone likes a text and screencaps AAR/LP, I wrote one playing the Necromancer class and the AAR can be found here:
A Chronicle of the InterregnumSadly, savegame compatibility got axed between versions 2.96 and 3.00, so the end of the story is left to the reader's imagination.