It’s sort of a shame that the multiplayer launch problems have overshadowed how great Demigod is. It’s my early favorite for best strategy game of the year, but I’ve had no shortage of headaches and grief over how difficult it is to get a big MP skirmish going. Brad Wardell, still wearing his hair shirt, [...]
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What Went Wrong With Demigod?
May 19th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Gas Powered Games, Industry, Multiplayer, Stardock
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Demigod – This Sums It Up
April 24th, 2009 · 6 Comments · Gas Powered Games, Stardock
One of the great things about having Tom Chick as a friend, is that it compels me to read everything he writes. Which means that I read his final word on Demigod, summing up what a lot of us are thinking. Reviews of Demigod should concern themselves primarily with the game and not the launch. [...]
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Three Moves Ahead: Episode 9 – Brad Wardell, Demigod, Elemental and a Prize
April 21st, 2009 · 8 Comments · Gas Powered Games, Podcast, Stardock, Three Moves Ahead
This week, the panel has a special guest. Stardock’s Brad Wardell joins Troy, Tom, Bruce and Julian to explain just what was up with Demigod‘s botched multiplayer launch. We also get a little bit of information on Stardock’s upcoming fantasy turn based strategy game, Elemental: War of Magic. And stay tuned to the end, where [...]
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Demigod Review
April 17th, 2009 · 11 Comments · Gas Powered Games, Review, Stardock
Pacing matters. I’ve always known this, but it is even more firmly embedded in my mind as a truth after I compared a late beta of Demigod to the Western Front in WWI. Though I liked the game, there was no denying that the back and forth got a little tedious when dragged out for [...]
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Demigod’s Multiplayer Problems
April 16th, 2009 · 5 Comments · Gas Powered Games, Stardock
Stardock CEO Brad Wardell has done a video for IGN explaining how he plans on fixing the network issues that have made Demigod’s launch a lot less smooth than it should have been. [url=http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3173758]In a comment to 1up’s Scott Sharkey[/url], Wardell says that the game, sold early by Gamestop, has also seen a lot of [...]
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Demigod: Early Moments
April 13th, 2009 · 5 Comments · Gas Powered Games, RTS, Stardock
Though we dedicated an entire podcast to the game, you can be sure that there will be a lot more to say about Demigod now that the final version (minus Day Zero patch) is out there. Some observations: 1. The Pace: It’s not nearly as much a slog as the final beta was, and there [...]
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