This Elemental Forum Post announces the release of
the promised Day 0 patch for
Elemental: War of Magic, updating Stardock's just-released 4X turn-based PC game to version 1.05. There's also a post on
PC Gamer that tears into it, saying while it is "one of the most exciting game ideas for a long time," it is "a mess," saying "it’s been shoved out months too soon." They report persistent bugs and crashes on two different computers, and don't mince words, saying: "The game you actually get in the box, or in the initial download if you bought it digitally before today, is riddled with bugs. You should not buy it." They also point to
a thread on the Quarter to Three Forums where Stardock's Brad Wardell responds to a complaint saying: "Also, to anyone, like you Ben, saying the game is like an 'early beta' then well, please stay away from our games in the future. I consider it ready for release and if others disagree, don't buy our games."
The PC Gamer article concludes with an update that followed the game being patched: "The problem where tactical battles just show a white screen and are unplayable is now back, even though the interim patch had fixed it. Before last night’s patch, the game was working other than the every half-hour crashes. It hasn’t crashed since the patch, but not being able to fight is worse. Others are already finding
the same." The notes from the day 0 patch and word on what they are doing next follow.
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, this is not the only game lately to need a mass of fixes. Commander Conquest of the americas , aliens versus predator 3 and also the problems with singularity.
