Comments on: A First Look At Demigod

By: Brokenbroll

Brokenbroll — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:42:19 +0000

Inspired by DoTA, not a clone of DoTA.

And on the Demigod website and forums, and the GFW article, the DoTA inspiration is noted.

By: Kalash

Kalash — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 13:58:24 +0000

all sounds great but why is there no mention of DOTA in this review, almost gives a sense that gas powered is trying to take credit for the basic game play foundation instead of paying homage to its true creators, personally I cant help but feel disdain in this case seeing as a game company is basically stealing somebody else’s idea and using their resources to cash in on it i think the developers of DOTA deserve some compensation

By: mrrobsa

mrrobsa — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:07:15 +0000

@Thelps
Agreed, and a double agreed to the strategic zoom. Amazing feature which I hope spreads to all RTSs. Tried playing C&C3 in a LAN cafe the other day and was dismayed at my limited view of the world. I couldn’t even select all my units because I couldn’t pull the blasted view back to see them all!

By: Thelps

Thelps — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:45:13 +0000

@Mrrobsa:
My main example of SupCom’s complexity is really the resource system, where it’s far too easy to crash your economy if you don’t observe a fairly strict, well-timed build-order. I really like that aspect of the game but, in my experience, most ‘traditional’ RTSs put emphasis on control of resources as a finite quantity, so it’s a little harder to utterly cripple your side just by mucking a build-order up (not that I’m saying it’s impossible, happens in every RTS at the competitive level, at least).

I wonder in what capacity the strategic zoom will feature in DemiGod? The maps don’t look nearly so large as SupCom’s and they have a board-game like quality, as Jim mentioned. Either way I hope I can zoom out to see the whole battlefield again. The strat zoom is the kind of thing that never crosses your mind as necessary until you use it, then it’s near impossible to go back to other RTSs that don’t have it.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 11:32:46 +0000

Well as a fan of the two Xbox Kingdom Under Fire games I can see how this could work. But it needs character and drama within the battles, not just the briefings, to make the slashing exciting. This isn’t exactly GPGs strong point.

Also, I’m pretty certain this will murder my PC.

By: Phantom707

Phantom707 — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:54:31 +0000

Demigods as huge creatures is FTW

Thats what I hated about WAR3, the fake scale: a ship was usually only a little bit bigger then a hero/unit yet it could caryy 6, thats soo 1995

Demigods are like Supreme Commanders of their field, and the Castle Creature is made of pure class. Even beats SupCom’s cybran destroyers that walk on land

GO GPG!

By: Anonymousity

Anonymousity — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:34:12 +0000

I was just about to post a comment saying that sounds alot like DoTa but others got there first it appears. I think it would be good for a whirl, although I don’t like the size and look of the demigods. When does it come out?

By: Mr.Moon

Mr.Moon — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:25:46 +0000

Sounds pretty cool. Though, are there going to be different types of game modes?

By: Zeno, Internetographer

Zeno, Internetographer — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:03:44 +0000

I’d play this in a heartbeat if I could run it.

Come to think of it, I’d play DOTA all the time too if the people weren’t such jackasses all the time.

By: SwiftRanger

SwiftRanger — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:57:16 +0000

TA:K wasn’t that bad, had some really interesting stuff (Zhon race without any real buildings and such) and a superb art style. Only the engine and the pathfinding weren’t up to it.

Looking forward to this one, if there’s a boxed version coming out that is. :)

By: TacoCreature

TacoCreature — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:52:39 +0000

squerl, I read on the GPG forum there will be a boxed version available as well, GPG probably will get some form of publishing.

By: squerl

squerl — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:36:38 +0000

The GFW article of Demigod said that they’re not going to use a publisher and that they’ll be utilizing digital distribution like Steam and D2D. If they price it well ($40 or under) I can see it becoming popular. I’m always looking for fun games I can play with my friends on Steam (that aren’t fully priced). Can’t wait to see video of this.