Given that Impulse is only required to install and update games and does not need to be running to play the games, I don't think they can disable an installed game.  Once it is installed there is no more need for Impulse so it can't disable the game.

In regards to codes, to my knowledge Stardock adds the code to your account after they get your order.  I think just about every game I bought on Impulse showed up registered to my account within a few minutes of my order being completed, so your account gets the game when they complete your order without a need for emails usually.  They do send emails with the codes and I think I had one or two games I had to manually add the code for, but that is it.

I am disappointed aswell. What's the whole point to digital pre order a game if you can get your hardcopy via store / online store earlier? (e.g. stores open 9 o'clock and at the same time you can begin downloading)

If I remember correctly, another mod declared that all pre-orders get access to the mentioned early copy. In return for giving trust in a not yet released game and support the developers for their great effort.

I asked a favour to a friend of mine in order get this pre-order.
Because I do not own a credit card, so I had him to "gift" the game for me. As a matter of fact I would have ordered a long time ago but actuality you can't pre-order games with a paypal account.
Also I got some spare time around Easter, for this reason I convinced my friend to buy the game for me, so that I can play with that early copy.


Maybe the "Demigod" team could reconsider their "only beta testers get an early access" decision.

Please know that I am not challenging the accomplishment of a beta tester,
thats quite some awful work, but I think they got their big advantage by "get catching us with our breeches down".

Because we didn't play that game ... yet.

reg

Kaese

 

(sry 4 misspelling, english is not my native tongue)

I don't understand... I bought the game via Impulse, via digital download. It said it would only get the money when the game gets available. I checked, they got the money. But I didn't get any serial code, no way to DL the game. Mpppff, smells fishy.

 

If we beta tested, wouldn't we just be updating a little bit?

I believe the plan is to have the game require a clean install if you have the beta installed.

bummer - this game is released after easter - i was totally hoping for a few days of no sleep and giving this game a real belting.

kryo, I uninstalled the game and removed the beta serial from Impulse so I'd have a clean install next week.  Impulse won't let me re-enter the key now, but will it on Monday?  Thanks!

-HM

 

True...but....

 

At the same time i am used to companies who DO allow digital DL's to be pre-loaded ahead of time. The reason we all do it is for convenience and speed of aquiring the game. Like a poster said it would have been easier and quicker to just pre-order a hard copy and pick it up an 9am at the store of choice. If i had known ahead of time this is the way they release digital copies i would have just ordered it elsewhere.

Its also easy for you to sit there and make comments like this when your going to get yours earlier than the rest of us. I'm sure you would be singing a different tune if you weren't.

The problem with this method is that once you have downloaded Demigod you can shut down Impulse and then just run Demigod without ever hearing from it again. This means Stardock cant let you guys pre-download the game as they have no way of stopping you playing after its downloaded.

Now I can understand the dissapointment if you were downloading it off steam and you couldnt get it pre-loaded or you had to download it off a normal site, but your downloading it off Impulse - which downlods VERY fast compared to other sites. I have a pretty slow internet (1/2mb) and my downloads usually average at 100-150kb/second. With Impulse its at least 300kb, and when Im downloading from my laptop it downloads at about 700kb/s (my computer apparently doesnt pick up the wireless that well). It takes me about 1hour half max to download the full thing, which lets be honest, isnt THAT long. To go out, buy the game, come back and install it would probably take an hour - 1 hour and half anyway. Not just that, I bet you most of you guys have download speeds averaging at about 300kb/s from normal websites which is the twice the speed I get.

 

Version currently on Impulse (but un-downloadable) is about 2.8 GBs.

Hold on, The system requirements for demigod say 8 gigs of free hard drive space. How is the download only 2.8 gigs? And where do you see this version thats on impulse?

So I just called my local gamestop and they are selling Demigod so I plan on canceling this order and going to pick up the game.