Question from a New Guy

Hey all,

I'm a longtime fan of Stardock titles, particularly GalCiv2, and recently I've been absorbed into the Demigod demo. It's pretty much decided that I'll be getting this game come Christmas time, and I look forward to being a part of the online community :)

That said, I have a quick question: Is there any "singleplayer" mode, beyond skirmishes against the AI? I, of course, understand the game is meant for its multiplayer, but at the same time I'm interested if there's any storyline outside of the game and characters' origins.

Thanks!

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Reply #1 Top

No, just skirmish and a tournament, which is basically just eight skirmish matches strung together with a short speech at the end from the announcer. There's really no storyline.

Reply #2 Top

Haha well I'm cool with that. I was getting the game either way :-P. Is the announcer's speech always the same, or is it unique for "Light vs Dark" endings, or something like that?

Reply #3 Top

Well... there is a story, but its not baked into the game.  Check out here:  http://www.demigodthegame.com/origins/

But as far as a true story mode that you progress through the game, no so much.  You get an opening and an ending cinematic for playing a tournament. 

Reply #4 Top

Quoting OrdigTroll, reply 2
Haha well I'm cool with that. I was getting the game either way . Is the announcer's speech always the same, or is it unique for "Light vs Dark" endings, or something like that?

The speech you get depends on the Demigod you're playing as when you win, describing his/her/its ascent to godhood.

Reply #5 Top

Quoting JagerJack, reply 4

Quoting OrdigTroll, reply 2Haha well I'm cool with that. I was getting the game either way . Is the announcer's speech always the same, or is it unique for "Light vs Dark" endings, or something like that?
The speech you get depends on the Demigod you're playing as when you win, describing his/her/its ascent to godhood.

 

And if you finish single player with the new Demigods, Demon Assassin or Oculus, then the speach is actually that Demigod talking. Kind of like a thankyou speach.

Oculus is all "I am a fair and just God, but I blow Smash your face in if you mess with me".

Demon Assassin is all retard like "That was fun. Kill kill kill. Blood blood blood "

Reply #6 Top

Quoting frogboy:

"In a couple of weeks, we hope to unveil here the single player concept.  I think people will be pretty pleased as those who are worried that single player will merely be skirmishes or some scripted campaign need not worry. We have something really special and unique in development."

WHAT A LOAD OF CRAP rotfl

So u will spend about 10-15 hours in single player till u get bored. Then u will try online game, IF you got ASDL or more u can get some games goin. If u got less then ASDL speed or wireless or shared asdl dont hope for proper games (3v3 or more). And you also need at least dual core, so if your computer is older then 4-5 years there is no point tryin.

Then you will see that nightmare AI is nothing compared to average online player.

For first 2 month you will have hard time to get into games because no one wants noob on their team. On average u will spend 30-40 minutes in lobbys to get game going which will last 30 minutes, unless someone drops, leaves, goes afk or desync/exploit the game when u start winning.

Most people will blame lost games on you, sometimes calling you names coz u r noob.

If you get any decent later on and start playin with average/pros players u will be suprised by number of them that desync/hacks/exploits the game

When you get really good ( u can win 2v1 or 3v1 againts low/average players) and people will recognize ur name, u will be sittin in lobbys for 45 minutes to get game going coz no one will play againts you.

If u want to play with ur friend all the time u will be called premade and your games will take about 1 hour to fill up. If u name ur room premade very fev people will eventually join. If you dont people will point out that to you especially when they loose.

Oh also dont worry about stats and ranking system as it is currently filled with bugs that:

dont record ur games

make ur games that u won count as loses

are too easy to hack/exploit

But if you rank is too low no one will want u on their team, If too high no one will play againts you.

And also dont forget that quite a fev people are giving up on this game. so sometimes there is no games hosted to join.

Ps. If you notice any bugs  or players exploiting/hacking the game dont bother to contact support. We all did it with no result.

Summarazing get urself freesby instead 1, Never lags :D 2 Freakin hard to break :D 3 Always there when u want to use it 4 u can do solo and multiplayer mode

Reply #7 Top

What irek says about people blaming there loss on others they call "n00bs" is very special for Demigod.

Reply #8 Top

Just learn to tune fools out and you'll be all set. Just like everywhere else on the interwebz

Reply #9 Top

Quoting irek1988, reply 6


If u got less then ASDL speed or wireless or shared asdl dont hope for proper games (3v3 or more)

 

I've played with wireless all the time and have no problems whatsoever.

(edit: even 5 vs 5)

Reply #10 Top

"In a couple of weeks, we hope to unveil here the single player concept. I think people will be pretty pleased as those who are worried that single player will merely be skirmishes or some scripted campaign need not worry. We have something really special and unique in development."

That was posted almost a year before release. Obviously, things change during game development.

Reply #11 Top

Teucrian u right mate, but its funny as hell. U dont like that one i give you another:

-Fixed TB’s ability to attack while moving in Fire Mode                                                                                                         -Fixes to desync issues (That somehow added victory screen exploit)                                                                                     - Heroes will re-engage their attack target after performing an ability
- Fix for all of TB's Rings of Fire going away after the oldest ones time out.

about tb fire attack - sorian made a mod to fix this one long time ago, there is no reason that this mode hasnt been added as some sort of hotfix or update to fix this issue (it exists since beta) except a plain laziness.