Comments on: Demigod Footage

By: innociv

innociv — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 22:10:44 +0000

Yes of course.

A big part of why Stardock is publishing it is to push Impulse like HL2/CS:S pushed Steam.

By: MeestaNob!

MeestaNob! — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:36:51 +0000

Interesting, anything will be an improvement.

Any idea if the retail version will be using Impulse software too?

By: innociv

innociv — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:21:48 +0000

MeestaNob!
No, it won’t.
It’ll use Impulse which won’t do that.
AFAIK it downloads/installs the FILES themselves, not .exe installers.
So it will just update which individual files you have which are old, and not keep downloading/installing multiple old versions of that file.

And you can verify the install to fix any files if any files get problems rather than reinstall.

I’m in the beta.

By: MeestaNob!

MeestaNob! — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:00:25 +0000

I think the worst thing about this game is that it will undoubtedly be using GPG’s GODFUCKINGAWFUL multiplayer client.

It’s the one that installs patches chronologically rather than taking the closest all-in-one patch to update your games.
It’s the one that will always download patches that fail to patch correctly on freshly installed games, then upon failure will continue to patch again and again with Supreme Optimism that eventually the stars will align and it might just work. And doesn’t. It will then cheerfully tell you to re-install your game. That’s 10gb and 20 minutes later people.
It’s the one that makes GameSpy stuff look brilliant.
Above all it’s the one that makes you wonder why you cant just run online games from within the game you’re trying to play.

Gah!

By: Heliocentric

Heliocentric — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 08:54:47 +0000

¥ no edit on mobile site.
I see this game selling well, its cross targeted at sup com fans and wc3 fans. But mainly i mean the game is petty enough that people who judge a game by the back of the box will get it.

By: Heliocentric

Heliocentric — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 08:47:37 +0000

To me, if you don’t sell, good quality or not, you are not mainstream. You do not tell the stream, the stream tells you.

By: Crane

Crane — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 07:44:18 +0000

If I didn’t resent DOTA for putting an end to custom map making for Warcraft III, I might be more happy. Still, it -does- look awesome.

By: MeestaNob!

MeestaNob! — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:54:57 +0000

@ Heliocentric
Sacrifice was a mainstream game, it just didn’t sell. As with everything Shiny had a hand in.

By: Powerhaus

Powerhaus — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:44:52 +0000

Damn this game looks entertaining. How’s the beta shaping up?

And in other news, the DOTA players of RPS need to assemble for some games, too many retards on bnet.

By: Heliocentric

Heliocentric — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:53:29 +0000

the game really is beautiful. Like a mainstream version of sacrifice. Shame the game seems a little to simple.

By: EyeMessiah

EyeMessiah — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:37:16 +0000

As a Dota et al fan, I’m officially jazzed.

By: Real Horrorshow

Real Horrorshow — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:26:02 +0000

Looks boring tbh