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Reply to The Heretical Thought: Demigod is Not DotA in Demigod Stardock Forums

[quote who="abix85" reply="14" id="1863864"] quoting post You might ask, "Why try to redesign a game and improve on it when theres already a wildly successful model that works beautifully and draws massive amounts of players...all in a 3MB custom map file for a game that came out in 2001." Partly because the number of players that are into DotA aren't enough to sustain a commercial game in today's market? So, youre saying that there arent enough DotA players to support a

Reply to The Heretical Thought: Demigod is Not DotA in Demigod Stardock Forums

[quote quoting="post"] Demigod is not DotA. Don't ask for it to be. If you have the urge to do so, stop, consider, and ask yourself, "How can this be made less like DotA and more fun?" That's the kind of thinking that pioneers and improves. [/quote] There is one other important reason not to make a DotA clone. How many clones were more popular than original games compared to a number of clones released? If Demigod will be a DotA clone, a majority of DotA players will not p

Reply to Arena Mode in Demigod Ideas Demigod Forums

[quote who="Doommastr" reply="4" id="1845518"]Might not be the best idea since demigods might scale differently(early game demigods, late game demigods)but then again, i have no idea how the gameplay and that is right now. [/quote] They may let us enter with a "preset" demigods who are balanced against each other - demigods that are weaker at the start may get some extra items etc.

Reply to Knowing Your Limits in Demigod Ideas Demigod Forums

Culdcept sounds like a clone of Magic: The Gathering. I hope there will be no "account progression" in Demigod. I don't like to collect/farm something before playing the real game. Also, it's much harder to balance the game with custom heroes so don't expect something like that in a competitive game.

Reply to So few weeks before beta starts, how many you think pre ordered? in Demigod Beta Feedback Demigod Forums

[quote]i think between 500 and 2500.. Yeah there has been no gameplay video so people who have preordered are putting A LOT of faith in gpg.[/quote] I didn't like Supreme Commander so for me it's DotA+Stardock. Good enough so to make a preorder.

Reply to Demigod, DotA in Demigod Journals Demigod Forums

[quote who="Loomismeister" reply="12" id="1845989"]That kick function you're talking about wasn't in DoTA, its a third party program that blocks you're IP from connecting to the hosts, thereby removing you from the game. Blizzard already made that program not work with custom maps in warcraft 3 also. So there really is no problem here I think you may have joined a "pro only" game perhaps? But even if you didn't, you can't possibly hold it against the developers if other players don't want to

Reply to Demigod, DotA in Demigod Journals Demigod Forums

[quote who="Windexglow" reply="24" id="1842497"]Sorry, but I don't enjoy spending several hours playing a game to get the "full experience" in order for it to be fun.Some people don't have 8 hours of free time.And great post eternal cat.[/quote] By wasting 3 games for 9 players, you wasted let's say about 13.5 hours for them (10 minutes to setup a game, loading, pick heroes etc + 20 min actual game, to a total of 0.5 hours * 9 players * 3 games = 13.5 hours). So, it's totally ok for y

SoSE 1.1 newsletter bug in Stardock Support General Stardock Forums

Black text on a black font in Firefox 3.0. IMHO it isn't that hard to test your newsletter in 2nd most popular browser...

Reply to Europe exists! in Demigod Demigod Forums

[quote]In Sins's case, it has not been released at retail in Europe simply because none of the publishers there (we have to subcontract international publishing) agreed to take it, saying the German market would not support a game of that type. We certainly did try.[/quote] Actually, it was released in retail in a Russian Federation by a publiser №1 in Russia. Russian Federation is in Europe. Though there was almost a 2-month delay compared to an US release. Right now SoSE is in the 6th plac

Reply to Gameplay style? in Demigod Demigod Forums

[quote]But a real hero who commanded units was never in dota, but might be a nice idea, we'll se ho it works out in demigod.[/quote] Say, Chen or Summoner.

Reply to THEY DISSED US! in PC Gaming Demigod Forums

[quote](Opinion begins here)SEV is great if you like playing with a spreadsheets. But, hey, there are some guys out there who like that. I think they are a bit of a niche, though. So GalCiv simply may not be their cup of tea. No game will ever be all things to all people.I find GalCiv2 to be a perfect balance...not too complex but never a cakewalk either. It oozes with that "just one more turn" factor...the mark of the best 4X games.[/quote] Nah, common misconception. Actually, you don'

Reply to Starcraft vs. Sins of a Solar Empire in PC Gaming Demigod Forums

[quote]That's a game for cybersport(what's a silly word, you can't do sport on a computer) so I will never buy it.[/quote] I don't know how it is in your country, but in my country cybersport is an official sport since 13 November 2003 http://www.cybersport.ru/comp.htm

Reply to Starcraft vs. Sins of a Solar Empire in PC Gaming Demigod Forums

[quote]The FPS games do have extensive multi-player capabilities adding to their value. In fact, Crysis looks pretty amazing in that regard. I did play one FPS online a little bit, Call of Duty I believe. That was pretty good because it was all team based, but it didn't hold my interest long. Usually, there's some kid wizard on a console kicking the crap out of everybody. I have zero interest in competing with that on a keyboard and mouse. I'm not into video games enough to play on a conso

Reply to Dominions 3 the awakening vs. Master of Magic vs. Age of wonders in PC Gaming Demigod Forums

MoM is the oldest so has an awful AI. Dom3 interface is a killer, it requires so much unnesesary micro. It should have been ok for a 10-15 years old game, but for a one year old game it's unacceptable. AI plays ok but it's too simple. This game should be very simple for an AI so i guess they made some simple set of rules how AI should behave but i didn't see something intelligent in it's actions. AoW felt like a simplified MoM to me so i didn't really like it. Overall,

Reply to On programming gaming AI: "Good" vs. "Fun" in PC Gaming Demigod Forums

[quote]Now see, I *am* a person that likes it when the AI can beat me, especially if it's not cheating. One of the reasons I enjoy games like GalCiv 2, Shogun Total War, & Medieval Total War is because the computer actually has a chance of defeating me. Maybe my views are in the minority, but I love strategy games where I actually have a chance of losing to the AI -- I find a genuine challenge to be a lot more fun than games where I know I'm probably going to win.Yeah I am same way- I like chall

Reply to I take it I shouldn't bother with the beta... in Demigod Demigod Forums

double post - forum complained about some error so i resent the post but it seems it worked the first time too

Reply to I take it I shouldn't bother with the beta... in Demigod Demigod Forums

[quote]The computer you linked is just $500-$650 of parts so I don't know why you think it'd be a scam.And if you're talking about waiting a few months you could get a 9600.the 8600 512mb is just a $100 graphics card. And there are $150 9600's.That processor is less than $200.About $125 for motherboard.$0.20 per gb or less for storage.$75 or so for 4gb of ddr2 ram.$150-$200 for a reliable good power supply like an OCZ.$100-$150 to get a real fancy case like a thermaltake one.Money left over for