In all honestly, if you're still on the fence I would wait another week. We're supposed to be getting a beta patch today for the people who still have issues (beta patch just in case something goes wrong so it wouldn't mess up those who don't), and the proxy servers should be up within the next few days as well.

Personally I think it's worth getting anyway, but I'd get accused of being biased since I have no reason to think SD will not deliver on their promise to fix it up, whether it's this week or next - depending on how the beta patch goes.

It's an amazing experience when it works.  It's still a little flaky, but you can get your money's worth as long as you're not one of the fringe cases for which it absolutely does not work.  (and if you're in the US you're probably not)

Like Annatar said, it should be soaring in another week or two.  But there's no reason not to pick it up now.  There's a lot to learn, and plenty reason to play some offline skirmishes before hopping online.

It's still way to early.  Wait until you see the online connectivity complaints die down online and then jump in.  The game has some great potential, but right now you'll just be ticked off and may never come back to playing it.

Any idea how long he'll be waiting? Couple weeks, couple months?

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It is very enertaining just playing a single player Tournament mode to get you started.  I would win a Hard tournament, or even a Nightmare tournament, in single player before jumping online.  You can get online before then, of course, it can just be a brutal way to learn the game playing against other players.

Demigod is a great game and multiplayer keeps improving so it is very much worth getting be it now or in a week.

I would wait for a demo if I were you. By the time it comes out, the MP is probably fixed and you can also see if the game runs at all on your comp (people are having issues still, and I'm not talking about the MP problems). If it runs and the MP is fixed, it's a great game.

Still broken, put it on the back burner for two weeks.  Head to best buy, they got a bunch of stuff on sale for $9.99 (mostly console, but spread across all consoles), you can probably find something to hold you over for a week or two.

Absolutely fantastic game!  The most fun I've had gaming since.....well I don't want to remember.  I've given companies like Noobi-soft (UBI) way too much of my money over the years......sigh

Giving Stardock money feels like an investment, tell me the last time giving a software DEV your money felt like that?  

For me the critical thing is.......I'm not a fantasy-genre gamer.  Never have been.   I'm usually a WW2-RTS and FPS gamer.  This genre and game-type were a complete FIRST for me, a first I'm not about to regret!

the Monk