Gamers Bill of Rights

http://www.edge-online.com/blogs/the-gamers-bill-rights

Particularly 1 and 2.

If this were any other company, I'd be pretty pissed about the networking issues, because I'd have no idea if they'd ever be fixed.

BUT:  Stardock is a company that prides themselves on releasing finished games, and maybe even more importantly, offers a refund for games that don't work.  I've been happy with their games since Galactic Civilizations on OS/2.

I really like what I've been able to play of Demigod, I'll give them the benefit of the doubt for a few more days.

 

 

 

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Reply #1 Top

sorry.. i dont understand you mr.OP

 

Are you trying to start a discussion? - Posing a question helps with this.

 

Reply #2 Top

If you are suggesting that Stardock are 'breaking' the Gamers Bill of Rights by their actions in the release of Demigod, this has already been discussed before.

 


  1. Gamers shall have the right to return games that don't work with their computers for a full refund.

I think if this is the case, such as it being unable to launch, that Stardock actually will refund you. I remember something along those lines from even when it was in beta, that if it won't work on your computer what so ever they will in fact. I'd contact sales@stardock.com or see a mod for clarification. I don't think the multiplayer issues are quite the same, they are working on this, on top of that the singleplayer game works for the majority of people. Even the multiplayer, if your router and that of the people you're trying to play with works, then it'll work. I had a game a couple of hours ago, that lasted for 40 minutes and only took me about a minute to join.

 

2. Gamers shall have the right to demand that games be released in a finished state.

The game is in a finished state, other than the NAT thingy, I can't quite remember what it's called, but that itself isn't actually Demigod. They're releasing a patch, working on it as much as they can, it'll be out soon enough i'm sure. You can play the game completely, it isn't like things are missing, if you play through LAN or on single player or manage to find a set of people who's routers are set up to play, you can get a full finished game.

Reply #3 Top

As far as #2 goes, let me point out that the code was pretty good in beta -- the biggest problem they have is the sheer number of people connecting.

 

I believe a recent post mentioned the numbers of 20,000 legit users connecting, and over 100,000 total.