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REMINDER: BETA 1 is NOT supposed to be fun. IF you find it fun, you should seek help immediately!

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REMINDER: BETA 1 is NOT supposed to be fun. IF you find it fun, you should seek help immediately!

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Just as a reminder here, folks, BETA 1 of Demigod is an engine test.  It is to see how well it works on a wider variety of hardware configurations.

For instance, my default nVidia 7950 drivers that came with Vista did not work right with the game.  

In addition, we can discover any and all Impulse problems people have with installing the game.  

Once in the game, the strategic features and content have been severely curtailed and a lot of visual content isn't even in.

If you are finding yourself enjoying the game, you should probably not play beyond beta 1 as future updates, will be so much more fun by comparison that it may cause permanent damage.

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Reply #76 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting Kyrein, reply 16
then why is it called beta 1?
End of Kyrein's quote

because they are confused about the differnce between alpha and beta version.

Reply #77 from Demigod Forums Top

They know what they're talking about.  It's definately not alpha (not enough bugs).  But it's not a full game beta.  It's basically an engine test beta.

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Reply #78 from Demigod Forums Top

People have these ideas about a Beta being feature-complete, but that's just them making stuff up.  I don't think it actually applies to any real beta I've ever played.

Reply #79 from Stardock Forums Top

Really the definitions were never well formed, english is very fluid. If I check on wiki now for example, it shows that alpha is a stage of internal testing by engineers, while beta is external testing. By that definition this will be a beta.

Other definitions I have seen (and always used) is that an alpha is a version where parts of it are not functional (its not a matter of having all the features, but where things are clearly supposed to be there and are instead filled with placeholders). Beta has no such placeholders, and is fully functional (but might not have all the features you want to eventually have), but has an unknown amount of bugs that need to be found via testing.

Reply #80 from Demigod Forums Top

Quoting Nights, reply 3
People have these ideas about a Beta being feature-complete, but that's just them making stuff up.  I don't think it actually applies to any real beta I've ever played.
End of Nights's quote

 

The problem lies in the fact that different game companies have different timeline when they release public beta. Most MMORPG beta are pretty feature complete. Early betas are commonly closed-betas and the opposite is true.

It'd be much less confusing if they name public beta that has pretty much feature complete but not bug free, as gammas :)

Reply #81 from Demigod Forums Top

I've had more fun with this beta than released AoC levels 21-80.

Reply #84 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting StarFreeze, reply 6
I've had more fun with this beta than released AoC levels 21-80.
End of StarFreeze's quote

MMOs are not supposed to be fun, they are a crappy job that you pay for. (or if you are chinese, you get paid to do).

Reply #85 from Demigod Forums Top

Quoting taltamir, reply 9
MMOs are not supposed to be fun, they are a crappy job that you pay for. (or if you are chinese, you get paid to do).
End of taltamir's quote

Even among those, Age of Conan stands out as being terrible.  It is not any kind of exaggeration to say that beta 1 of Demigod is more polished, bug free, and playable than AoC is now after release and then months of patches.

Reply #86 from Demigod Forums Top

MMORPGs are fun for those who don't have a life. That explains it pretty well. No offense, since I didn't have a life at some point.

Reply #87 from Demigod Forums Top

I have a life, just no soul... gaming FTW!