This game would be great if you would make it work.

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Yesterday, a friend and I tried for no less than forty minutes to play Demigod online together. Let me tell all of you how this went. And as a fun game, see if you can count the number issues the game has!

We started trying to play, having the usual P2P issues we've suffered since beta. Great idea by the way, going with P2P over server-client. I can't get over how terrible of a call that was. Anyway, we started looking for a game even though we knew Favor, one of the key elements of the game and one of our favorite things about Demigod, had somehow broken. We were going through the standard "find a game and hope we both join in less than ten minutes" retardedness when something completely new happened! My friend's game crashed! "Unhandled Application Error" it said, or something to that effect. Boy was that unexpected. Oh well, we thought, the game has been freezing for no reason since the beta, so this is really a step in the right direction since I don't have to Ctrl+Alt+Del anymore. So I leave the "connection" and wait for him to restart the game. When he gets to the Internet sign-in part, it tells him that his username/password is wrong. That's odd since he told the game to save his password and it hasn't changed. He spends about five minutes trying to solve the issue before we consult all-knowing Google, and find out that the issue can be solved by uninstalling and re-installing Impulse. Tedious, for sure, especially since neither of us actually use Impulse to run the game. In fact, both of us disable the application completely. Why would the game need anything to do with Impulse, we wonder? Oh well, time to search for a game!
We're back on a connection screen a little later. We've been through a few because one of us will actually get in a lobby, but the other will get one of a number of errors. Sometimes they'll say the host has abandoned the lobby when he has not, or say we've been kicked from the game we were never in, and of course the good ol' NAT error. Finally we're trying to join yet another game when I, too, get the Unhandled Application error, and can't log in. Great.
I reinstall and get in and we begin the search anew. We're getting all the great connection errors and everything. Finally my friend's game gets the sweet Unhandled error, his password doesn't work, and we're done for the night.

The next night, we try again. This time, my friend's game keeps locking up whenever he tries to hit the Internet button. We can't even get to search for games together!

This game has me addicted. I enjoy playing it a lot. But I'm seriously about to demand a refund. I want to be able to play online with my friends, and most of them can't even get the game to not have graphical lag, even on the lowest settings, when their systems meet or exceed every recommended stat for the game. It's ridiculous.

This game needs serious work. I'm a notorious pirate, but I bought this game even before it was legally supposed to be released (thanks, GameStop!). To me, it's unbelievable that such a popular game would have so many problems after its release. I just want my working game, or my forty dollars back. What will it be?

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Reply #1 from Demigod Forums Top

Theres already enough posts about this.  We get the point, and we are all going through it. Don't take it so personal.  They are working on it, you're going to have to have patience.

Reply #2 from Demigod Forums Top

I don't really think they should bother giving you a refund after you just admitted you're a "notorious pirate" and would probably keep a pirated version of Demigod anyway. And play multiplayer on Gameranger. I doubt Stardock is that stupid.

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Reply #3 from Demigod Forums Top

Just ask for a refund if you want it, regardless of whether you pirated it first or not, it is a pretty broken game that does not function as intended.  You need to make a choice now though, you either get a refund asap, or live with it.

 

I am waiting it out and having faith that they will fix it soon... fingers crossed.

 

p.s. just because I have faith in them, does not mean I won't be on their back until they fix it :)

Reply #4 from Demigod Forums Top

I agree with OP. Personally I feel the game was rushed. And lets be honest here, multiplayer is why you even PLAY the game. Yeah, single player is ok every now and then, but there is no story or even a difference, except you're playing against predictable AI. People need to stop giving devolpers excuses and saying "they're getting to it" etc etc. No one would buy TF2 and have steams multiplayer be beyond functional and go "Its ok guys, we can play against bots!" Personally, I expect a higher quality product. I wouldn't expect any of you to buy a TV and have it only work everynowandthensortakindawhenyoufollowthesesurtainsteps and have to have it repaired constantly, and say "Give them a break, they're working on it!"

Reply #5 from Demigod Forums Top

If I were a developer, I'd rather someone pirate my game and possibly buy it than someone never play my game at all. If someone isn't impressed enough to buy the game from reviews and trailers, than it's better they try it out first and possibly enjoy the game enough to buy it then go without ever playing it. In the end, this model favors both me, the consumer, and they, the developer.

The main issue I have with Stardock's Demigod is that it seems as if the end product, the game I'm playing today, is actually worse off now than it was back in the beta. To me, that's insulting, especially with the CEO's declaration of "victory over piracy." I'm not here to advocate piracy; I know it's illegal. But honestly, I almost wish at this point that I had never bought the game. It's not even complete yet!

Every patch I've seen that's come out for this game has made it worse. Not to mention there's no changelog I've found anywhere on the site. In the beta, Frogboy and the other developers were very vocal in the irc and on the forums, working with players to make the game better. On the site was a changelog, if I'm not mistaken, informing players of changes to the core of the game as well as changes to the Demigod.

In terms of informing players changes in the game and reassuring (the numerous) player complaints about the quality of the game, the developers have taken a hint from the All-Father they have created: they have vanished. Where now is Stardock, if they're not telling us what they're doing?. Oh. That's right. They're declaring victory over the pirates smart enough not to purchase their game, and laughing behind the scenes at those of us foolish enough to pay.

Reply #6 from Demigod Forums Top

On a side note, in response to Sheezwack and in case anyone from Stardock is watching, yes, I would like my refund. If that comes, I'll unstall the game and send it back to Stardock (if they pay for shipping). And as soon as I see that the game is 100% complete, I'll buy it again.

I'm not new to the whole "breaking games with patches" thing; I play World of Warcraft. But every subsequent patch has made the game better on the whole, and the game-breaking problems last hours, sometimes a few days. They don't last weeks with no sign of being fixed. Also, the developers are very vocal with the player base. If something's broken, you can bet your ass Blizzard will tell you they're fixing it, and when it'll be done.

And before anyone says "but zomg Blizzard R bigger company than Stardock," WoW is also a much, MUCH larger game, with ten million players. Demigod isn't too big for Stardock to handle, and making excuses for them in their favor (and remember guys, Favor doesn't work!) just gives them all the more reason not to fix things.

Reply #7 from Demigod Forums Top

On a side note, in response to Sheezwack and in case anyone from Stardock is watching, yes, I would like my refund.
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Reply #8 from Stardock Forums Top

After my horrible experience in beta, I was decided to refund the game. And was sad this was not posible (the information at the time), later... the game has released, and I have played a few games, and  I am hooked, this game is good wen it work. I will not refund it (now that is possible) because I expect it to work some day.