Comments on: Savage 2: A Tortured Soul released

By: Chiablo

Chiablo — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 01:16:24 +0000

It took me five attempts to find a server that wasn’t lagging to the point of unplayability. Once I got in a good game ,it was fun, but I can’t see playing it long term.

I was a big fan of Savage 1 and I had hoped they would have made more evolutionary leaps with this rendition. The melee combat is considerably improved with the rock-paper-scissors system in place… but Savage 1 felt a lot more epic.

By: Martin

Martin — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 17:56:49 +0000

Damn, I should’ve bothered reading all the text in the original post before commenting.

Ah well – you live and never learn I guess.

By: Martin

Martin — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 17:54:26 +0000

DigitalSignalX says:

…something that seems quite out of place but since he linked to some nice renders of boobies I won’t complain.

By: Darthus

Darthus — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 08:02:12 +0000

Yeah, I’ve been playing Savage 2 (I highly recommend it) and there are some definite misinterpretations there. At :46 it’s a Chaplain rezzing another unit, not a fight. At :54 that is the battering ram using an ability that jets out flame and does damage to all units around it. 1:12 he’s actually building what looks like a Garrison, which is a unit spawn point. 1:32 is a marksman using backstab on a hell unit and killing it. 1:54 he’s a Chaplain (healer) not a knight, so he’s looking for someone to heal.

Any of you who played Savage 1 and thought it had potential, Savage 2 capitalizes on that potential in spades. It’s a much more polished experience, and the experience of having a commander who’s actually good (or being one) is an experience you can’t get anywhere else. Plus they’ve added a huge amount of community options, stat tracking, rating systems for players, Karma points etc. It’s awesome. Try out the demo here:

http://savage2.s2games.com/download.php

It’s pretty much full featured, you’re playing with registered players, you just have a 5 hour limit. It’s 30 bucks for a purchase, and definitely worth it. If you buy it, say Darthus referred you via the website. =) I play on US West 1 usually if you want to say hi.

By: Therlun

Therlun — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 04:15:51 +0000

I dont think the wannabe tank is set on fire.
It looks more like a special attack to me.

By: billyboob

billyboob — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 03:45:17 +0000

I played a little of the first one so I’ll give the trial a go. Im from Melbourne so does anyone know if there are any oz servers? If there are and you’re from down here let us know if you plan on trying it out. I doubt if anything can pull me away from TF2 for long though

By: Zeno, Internetographer

Zeno, Internetographer — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 02:26:36 +0000

The old one was kinda fun, but it always seemed to lack polish… At least it was free, though. Maybe I’ll get back into it, since I don’t have $30 at the moment.

By: Okami

Okami — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 02:00:56 +0000

There’s something fundamentally wrong about feeling attracted to hot Orc females. But maybe that’s just because female Orcs have allways meant Blood Bowl Orc cheerleaders to me….

By: DigitalSignalX

DigitalSignalX — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:47:22 +0000

Looks good, also looks like I’ll be setting the video gamma *way* up if it manages to reach stores just left of the middle of nowhere.

Any creepy vibes the dwarfs send out in L2 are more then offset by the suggestive bouncing physics of the dark elf, light elf, orc, human Mage and Fighter females. When grinding 12 hours a day for 1/8 of a level, it’s always good to get more bounce for your buck.

By: quibbles

quibbles — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:09:32 +0000

I played a fair bit of the original. At heart it’s a great concept, but there’s just something so un-fulfilling about the combat. It’s like, you could have the craziest battle planned out, but actually going out there and being the guy killing people is negative fun.

By: Okami

Okami — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 23:40:44 +0000

Oh.. Allmost forgot: Savage was a brilliant game, if you were lucky enough to find a decent team. Which allmost never happened for me. I guess I’ll give the trial version of S2 a try…

By: Okami

Okami — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 23:39:15 +0000

Why does 3rd person melee combat allways suck in pc games (don’t get me started on 1st person melee combat…)? How about a multiplayer version of God of War?

Only game with decent melee combat was Severance: Blade of Darkness. And that didn’t have multiplayer. Well, there was a multiplayer mod for it, but that was lag hell..