[QUOTE="Maroxad"]

According to the forums, you can only save via autosave in multiplayer and lacks the multiplayer option simultanious turns meaning that you wont be able to play with everyone having their turn at the same time :(, with that said I cant .

Fried_Shrimp

Well, the comments in the forums were based on the version made for reviewers, which is naturally not meant to be played for 100s of hours, in the retail version we will probably have the ability to save during multiplayer and the simultanious turns option. I can not guarantee it though.

the way the site was written, it sounded like it require monthly fees... i'm wrong, right?BrunoBRS

It is just a 1 time fee. once you have paid it you will gain access to the beta and the finished game as well.

This free weekend seems to be doing a lot to advertise the game. I would quite honestly recommend minecraft to anyone. The game is 50% off during alpha, and and is nearing Beta soon (where it will no longer be 50% off). Heck, I showed the game to 5 of my IRL friends a few days after I got it. Before the sun was down all of them had bought it:twisted:. The only problem is I can't get on the game atm due to too much traffic.

This game is absolutely brilliant. It is possibly the most addictive thing ever. I could dig a mine for days and not care what time has passed. I will definitely be getting an account when its not free anymore (as long as it is reasonably priced).

foxhound_fox

Indeed it is, it is for 10 EURO atm while the game is still in alpha (will be more expensive later on), I bought it a few weeks ago and I do believe you could play offline once you download the game and sign up once on the downloaded game, you can also mod it to improve the graphics, but I like the NESlike graphics. You can even download a metroid theme if you want to.

I am hyping it to get AAA here, but I must say the current abilities look VERY unbalanced, but hopefully good UU and UBs will make up for bad abilities.

• America: Their special ability will make their units see 1 tile farther than everyone else, they will also be able to buy land for 25% cheaper.
• Arabia: +1 extra gold per trade route and they get twice as much oil as everyone else.
• Aztecs: Bonus culture for each enemy killed.
• China: More and better great generals.
• Egypt: Builds wonders 20% faster.
• England: Their ships have 2 more movement than normal.
• France: +2 culture per turn per city before discovering steam power, from what I have heard each wonder gives 1 culture as well, so this is like two free wonder in every city (culture wise).
• Germany: 50% chance to gain 25 gold and gain the defeated unit when defeating a barbarian inside an encampment.
• Greece: City State influence drops at half rate AND they gain influence twice as fast as everyone else.
• India: +1 unhappiness per city, however they only gain half unhappiness per population, since happiness is now empirewide rather than citywide, this ability looks really powerful.
• Iroquois: Units only spend 1 movement point on entering forests (all units have 2 movement compared to 1 in previous games)
• Japan: All units do damage as if they had full hp.
• Ottoman: 50% chance to convert a defeated barbarian naval unit to your side and get 25 gold.
• Rome: If a building is already constructed in the capitol, said building will get a 25% construction speed bonus when built everywhere else in the empire.
• Russia: Twice as much, iron, horse and uranium. In addition all strategic resources give +1 production.
• Siam: +50% food and culture from city states.
• Songhai: Triple gold from barbarian encampments and pillaging, embarked (land units who move at sea tiles) can defend themselves.
• Persia: Golden ages last 50% longer, and units get +1 movement and 10% combat strength during a golden age.

According to the forums, you can only save via autosave in multiplayer and lacks the multiplayer option simultanious turns meaning that you wont be able to play with everyone having their turn at the same time :(, with that said I cant wait for the 21st :)