let me add that,

'riddled with ridiculously high number of bugs, no internet and single player mode, and extremely limited content'

with beta 2 i'd expect some of that to be added, repaired, corrected

can anyone else add more?

at max. 2-3

No singleplayer, no internet. 3 Heros. ^^

sins change during the different betas?

One gazzilion out of one billion...

Beta 1: 2/5 at best.

Even if it had more content (more maps and demigods) it would, IMO, geta  3 out of 5 at best.

For Demigod to be a great game it needs these things IMO:

1) Enough Demigod skills and items in order for players to play their demigods in very unique ways.  Otherwise, you would need to have 50+ Demigods like Dota has but that would completely alienate most gamers who would be overwhelmed.

2) The arenas must have strategic depth to them.  It can't be just about going and bashing the other guy (like it is now). It has to be about making lots and lots of trade offs.  Do I attack point X or do I try to capture point Y or do I return to my base to upgrade my Citadel (which isn't in yet) or do I make use of special tiles on the arenas (not in yet) to give my side an advantage.

3) Multiplayer has to "just work". This is a big thing. Obviously right now it's not in. But I'd like to see multiplayer work without even requiring open ports. The game should just work if you have a modern router.  This is something Stardock and GPG will have to deliver for the game to be a success.

4) The generals will have to be interesting to play as and provide a distinct but well-balanced gaming experience.

5) There needs to be an over-arching universe to the game so that each game isn't merely a skirmish. What exactly am I working towards in this game? I won. Yay. No what? How do I "ascend"?  I don't want a scripted, pre-designed "campaign" in single player. I want something more dynamic that goes together nicely that lets me take each Demigod to ascension and is interesting.

6) I need to have computer players that are lethal and intelligent. I am fine playing online but I want to be able to play online and have AI allies who have settable intelligence and I want to be able to play single player and have an interesting, unpredictable challenge.

Those are 6 things off the top of my head that I think the game needs to reach above 4/5. I think missing any of the 6 items above would automatically disqualify it from much above 4/5. Miss two things and it would be lucky to get 4/5 unless it made it up big time somewhere else.

Perfectionist. I think that if you hit all those things you'll have an excellent case for 4.75/5 or the equvalent. but perfectionism's good, it's why I love your games.

I kind of meant with all that full stuff done properly, with just the mechanics left to do.

Oh and #7 polish.  The game needs a lot of polish still.  For instance, when we start the game, the camera should zoom in on your demigod and introduce him. then zoom out and zoom in on the enemy's citadel (stronghold) and make clear what the objective is.

Or add pinging and make the stronghold get pinged.

Truth. Some of the most fun things are unintended.

Gunz comes to mind.

A cruddy korean third person grind shooter which has one major maret.. a bug where attacking with a melee weapon resets your dash and jump.  So you can basically play the whole match flying through the air.

It'd be a horrible game without that.  With it it actually is kind of neat.

I hated strafe-jumping in quake though.   Most people disagree with me there though heh.

Now that I've gotten over my initial "This is totally awesome" bit, I'd say 4.5/10.