I'm addicted to it atm. It feels rushed. It WILL be a great game.

I admit I am somewhat "disappointed" in the game's current state, but I have faith in Stardock that in 30-90 days this game will be SPECTACULAR. 

I have enough faith in Stardock that I would not accept a refund even if they offered me one - I'm content to wait for the game I know Elemental will become. 

I pre-ordered becaue I wanted to support Stardock while they developed the game, so I really don't mind waiting a little longer.

Myst say that im a little disapointed, (Have the latest Patch) have trayed the campaign and got stuck with afther getting the both and cant continue..... Then started up a large map with 8 AI and afther 2 hour play sudenly almost every square is filled with Quest and places of interest, half of them working and the other half not doing anything other than block places in my cities from building structures. There is still mutch polishing to do and another 6 month with beta testing would have been worth the wait for me. ATM it's not playable for me and hope that the bugs gets fixed so i can play it for real....

The potential is there and there's a lot of good ideas, but there are major balance issues that need looking at. In particular the combat system and how damage is calculated. It's just too easy for units in the mid to late game to one shot anything anytime a bad defense roll happens.

Also, the AI on normal doesn't seem to expand or defend itself at all. It just sits there with one outpost waiting for me to come smack it.

So at the moment, disappointed. But the problems are fixable and the core idea of running around recruiting heroes and trying to beat the other guys to the master quest is a lot of fun.

I'm undecided yet. I want to know the game better, yesterday I started the campaign. Otherwise the game itself seems to be interesting, but not so challenging yet (in the beginning of the campaign).

I'm missing the full random maps, and I don't understand some game concepts well. For example: are the resource handling simplified to using global stocks like in standard games?

And how about the the different attack types (cutting, piercing etc.) and the appropriate defends? Like in GalCiv2. Are these eliminated? Because I see only Attack and Defend values among the unit stats.

So, I have to wait a bit to say an opinion.

Voted 'i like it'.

Game needs more polish tho, both technical(out-of-memory errors) and gameplay-wise(balance, world feels unneccessarily empty etc.). It's a very solid foundation for a great game. Fun even in current state, looking forward to future patches.

I love the game and I see its future. I have been waiting for a great turn based title like this for a long time.

That being said it needs some love and I know you all have been working feverishly to give it that love. I am sure you are overloaded with little bugs, fixes, suggestions, and tweaks.

I would fix the "swing and a miss" thing. I know it it part of the mechanic of tactical combat but it is a little annoying.

Anyway, doing a large blog piece I will post inspired by you and the way you did your journal entries leading up to launch.

"Disappointed" is the closest poll option for me.

Really, there should be a "I like it, and will stick with it because I know Stardock will do right by Elemental, but I can't really recommend it right now" option.

absolutely - except for modders who I would unreservedly recommend it to.

I didnt vote

I should properly have picked the "im disapointed" but then again im not really because i know how stardock work with there games.In 6 month to a year from now the game will be completly different just like GalCiv 1+2 was it. If it takes expansion packs then thats fine with me.

Its like a massive, gorgeous, mesmerizing but completely rough gem. Just like such a gem, its easy to see what the bugger could be cut into and is still impressive to gawk at, but someone needs to get out the chisels to finish her up like she deserves. 

For my part, I've encountered a few things disconcerting. At first it was CTDs that have turned into out of memory crashes. They have gotten (somewhat) better, occurring about every 20 or 30 minutes (as opposed to 10 to 20 pre-0 patch). Balance and design issues, as I see it, round it out to make it feel even rougher than I'd like.

The utter lack of documentation is also upsetting. Digging through the XML files is the only way to conjure up even useful scraps. For example, did you all know that Pariden has (or suffers, perhaps) from a "Distrust Bonus?" I didn't. I still don't even know what it means. So far as I can tell the bonuses are hard-coded, but the Distrust Bonus is listed right next to the Civilized and Influential, oh ... and the "Benevolence Bonus" too. Hell, I couldn't figure out which faction lined up with what race (such as Wraiths and Resoln or Capitar and Mancers) until I confirmed any suspicions in the XML. 

I also find that the Unit Design tool--while very promising--has too little and too similar of content to suit my more creative bent. The way units can sometimes look like blocky football players or odd-looking elves wrapped in padded foam, well, its off-putting and not very slick.

Frankly, and mostly because of stability issues, I haven't actually made it through an entire game. I end up getting too flustered and put it down for a while, only to come back again later to "re-roll" a new sovereign and give it another run.

In all, almost from the start even, I found myself having many of the same feelings and thoughts that I did when the original Neverwinter Nights was released; soooo much promise thanks to the engine/tools/etc. that I wish I had a fast-forward button to jump ahead about six months. Even on the modding side of the equation, and I admit I haven't inspected it too deeply yet, I have a sense that it isn't quite as expandable as I or some others would probably like. Certainly not quite as easily as we might like, I should say. Then again, I've always been over-ambitious when it comes to modding. *Shrugs*

Still, something keeps drawing me back despite the flaws. There is a true gem underneath it all and I can't wait for Stardock and the modders (potentially myself included) to wrangle this game into the amazing thing it will end up being. For now, its promising and thats enough to hold my attention. Looking forward to the ride-to-come ...

I'd like an option for less and less every minute. The more I think about it the more disgusted and frustrated I feel. Many people voiced concerns that we weren't allowed to test the "finished" code. People voiced concerns that despite the fact we were assured they were taken care of we kept experiencing the same bugs over and over, on beta version after beta version. We were assured that everything would work out fine by release day.

Now everyone is telling people that they just have to wait six months, or that modders will fix it, or some such nonsense. And there's nothing I can do but sit here and feel disappointed that I've enjoyed Elemental less than any piece of software ever on release day. I have never, ever, been so disappointed in a piece of software. And I'm not someone who can't handle bugs, even game breaking terrible bugs. I enjoyed Trespasser, and according to reviews it was one of the buggiest pieces of software ever released. I absolutely loved the Pools of Radiance remake (I think that's a crime in some states). Vampire the Masquerade : Bloodlines? Played it, overlooked the bugs, had a great time. Stalker? I enjoyed it so well I had already beaten it by the time most of the bugs were fixed. I played Neverwinter Nights 2 from start to finish, and when Mask of the Betrayer came out I picked that up and enjoyed it even more than I had the original game. Both had their fair share of bugs that made a lot of people dislike them. I played Heroes of Might and Magic V even though the series arguably jumped the shark with IV. Then I played not one, but both of the horrible expansion packs to that glitchy title (what can I say, I've played ever Might and Magic universe title since Might and Magic III with the exception of Dark Messiah of Might and Magic and that arena shooter they came out with, and I'm heavily invested in the storyline). I guess it could be worse, Elemental could have repeated the mistake of Battlecruiser3000AD and Stardock could have shipped a disc full of code that wasn't even compiled.