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Very sad to see this game isn't up, but truth be told it is amazing to see how long it was running. I hope someone can get in contact with Zanzarino Design and purchase the game. It is flawed but has so, so much potential.
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jcdamighy: If you had read some recent comments and put them together you would have your answer. One cannot play the original version of Elements and likely never will be able to do so again because ElementsTheGame.Com has expired and you won't find anything on the server. The option to play this same game is to play it via Flashpoint, where one can play all the main levels and visit the Oracle, however, one can not play in the Arena or duel against anyone. Another option is to play a fan based adjustment of the game called OpenETG. You can go to the Elements original game site which is here: https://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php. Click the top right selection of Tools, go to the bottom and click Go Back, then the first option is OpenETG. Alternatively, you can go directly there as it is located on this page: https://etg.dek.im/. The other option is to go to Kongregate's OpenETG, and if you click Forum it will take you to that page.
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In addition, there is a third alternative where Sparklmonkey is trying to recreate the game. There are still lots of bugs and there is as yet no arena or dueling, but there is hope that one day the whole game will thus be resurrected by his efforts. There are two sites to play this version. One is to go directly to https://elementstherevival.com, or alternatively, to follow the same directions as previously listed at ElementsCommunity, only instead of the first option, it will be the third option. The other site which houses this version is at https://sparklmonkey.itch.io/element-revival. For Revival, I highly recommend everyone go to setting and set it to quick play ON and animation speed 3X. Again, as yet, this version still has many bugs, so be prepared. I hope this summation helps with your quest to play this game. :)
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i have been trying to get on this game for a week. it keeps saying the servers is at maximum connections. please fix the problem. like i said i have been trying for a week whats the deal.
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Shame there's no way to play offline. None of the revivals/remakes make use of all of the old assets. The audio in particular, as well as the specific flow of the cards and the like. I really was hoping to get those parts, but it kind of seems they're just gone. Really sucks.
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(Part 1 of 2) Thank you Flagonslayer for letting us know about Elements Revival. I went and played it. I have no idea if one can transfer their prior deck. I had to again start from scratch. First thing I noticed was the difficulty of putting the game on the page as it is so overly rectangular. I had to put the zoom at a low number to see much of the game, but I couldn't see everything as then it would have to be even smaller. At this size I could not read the names of the cards when they were stacked. I also couldn't see when spell cards were played by the opponent. There was a lot of eye strain with this version. For experienced players I highly recommend changing the setting to quick play as you will not want to have to verify playing each and every card.
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(Part 2 of 2) There are many little differences. (This includes battling nymphs in the lowest levels and how much easier it is to win with full health.) Besides the size, the things which frustrated me the most were when cards don't play the way they should, such as scarabs starting with N+2 and boneyard creating quite a few skeletons with one death.
I have to give up for now because I obviously can't play the oracle until I can upgrade a card, and that has proven impossible. This is because no matter how I adjust my screen, even by adjusting my resolution, in that mode I can't see my cards.
This version has a ways to go to be polished like the original. However, it should help people satisfy an Elements game itch. Hopefully it will continue improving. I will remember to check back periodically. If anyone knows how to remedy my problem, please pm me.
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The option to play this game is to play it via Flashpoint, where it is a shell of the previous game. There, one can play all the main levels, but one can not visit the Oracle, play in the Arena, or duel against anyone. Your other option is to play a fan based adjustment of the game called OpenETG. You can go to the Elements original game site which is here: https://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php. Click the top right selection of Tools, go to the bottom and click Go Back, then the first option is OpenETG. Alternatively, you can go directly there as it is located on this page: https://etg.dek.im/. The other option is to go to Kongregate's OpenETG, and if you click Forum it will take you to that page. It hope this helps some of you with your quest to play this game. :)
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For some reason it will not let me play this game. Also, anyone else have to start all the way over from level one again?
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Anyone got problems starting the game? It notes that "The servers reached the maximum number of connections, please try again later." So sad.
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I don't often play card games like this, rarer still ones with resource management, so if this is a problem common across all games like this, and not just this game in particular, then that would take some of the blame off, but generally speaking, any game that has unblockable cards that can demolish a unit at any time is poor design. Imagine if recent games like Battlefield or CoD had a button you could push 3 or 4 times per game that instantly killed another player and forced them to respawn, with no counter. It would be poor design and annoying, but not not necessarily game-breaking. Just annoying and pointless. Now I expect to get downvoted by some crybabies, so, thanks for clicking (show) to read this comment.
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Coming back to see the servers down is like seeing a picture of an old friend who moved to the other side of the country but you will never be able to speak to again. Please, bring this back.
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If anyone reading this came here to experience the nostalgia of this game, and found themselves disappointed, know that the game may have died, but its community has not! To see how Elements has evolved over time and adapted to outlive Flash, you can join the Elements the Game Discord server here: https://discord.gg/qAmfB8T
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doesn't work anymore ? i tried the app on my phone but not fonctionnig ... how to play to this marvelous game ? ! plz help !
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Can we play Elements again with Ruffle? I keep getting "The servers reached the maximum number of connections, please try again later". I have been trying to get on for five days. I won't stop trying unless someone tells me it's a hoax. I love this game...been playing it since the start. ELEMENTS
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fyi if you go to the actual game site, dude got SUSPENDED (elementsthegamedotcom) I presume some kind of usage issue was behind the ISP giving him the boot. Basically not a usual situation of the dev leaving the page up until it failed itself but actively being nuked. There is now a fan-made version up on Gplay though! Wish i knew how to get in touch with Zan to let him know