Fantasy 4X is a sub-genre of strategy game with a very definite set of mechanics that came from a couple of very early titles, with Master of Magic being the primary inspiration.
Stardock's series of games in the Elemental universe aimed to improve on some of the bigger flaws that some fantasy 4X games suffer from, and Elemental Reforged is no exception.
In this video developer journal, we discuss what separates a fantasy 4X from other 4X strategy games and what Elemental Reforged does to address some of those previous issues.
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v1.4 Update Now AvailableElemental: Reforged v1.4 Update Now Available View Changelog The v1.4 update for Elemental: Reforged is now available. This release improves AI expansion and battle decisions, adds creature type icons to the unit panel and details window, fixes a crash when loading into or leaving a game, and preserves outpost upgrades across saves while stopping quest and monster battles from stacking on the s…Dev Journal #32 - Late Game OptimizationWe are in the exciting world of late game optimization. Got a saved game that was on turn 800. Anyone getting to that point in any 4X strategy game has found themselves in the "there be dragons" area of gameplay. In Elemental's case, of course, there are actual dragons. The first thing we wanted to look at was optimizing the loading of saved games. An 881 turn game has a lot to load so finding…v1.3 Update Now AvailableElemental: Reforged v1.3 Update Now Available View Changelog The v1.3 update for Elemental: Reforged is now available. This release resolves multiple crash scenarios, restores tactical UI info cards, adds a new strategic unit speed control, and speeds up map generation while rebalancing loot drops. Stability and UI Improvements Resolved multiple crash scenarios across research, audio, terrain r…