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Published on April 25, 2009 By Multianna In Demigod

Long overdue do to personal stuff, the first gameplay video in high quality is here.

Some of you may know me from Sins of a Solar Empire (be sure to check them out here) where i did the same thing and i hope people will like these videos as well

 

All settings were set to highest possible on resolution 1680x1050


Each part will be 5-15min long and have a size of 200MB

 

High quality download here

 

See low quality on Youtube

Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aA_kS20NLd4

 

Part 14 of 14 released

 

Special thanks to

Thunderborn, Kitkun & Lost_WLd


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on May 04, 2009

Annatar11

The forces of light have constructed a finger of god!
Now, show me on this doll where it touched you..

Eet touches me EVERYWHERE!1!

 

TurielD
This could be quite useful as an educational tool: in vid x at time m:ss see what player z did there, avoid that, but what player Y did was very good... etc.

That would leave you open to criticism though, and as the vids are rather nice I'd rather avoid that, so far I'm watching with interest

Oh im open for criticism Tho i learned alot since i made that video. If anyone wants to do what you say, feel free to do so

 

TurielD
Wish there were some documentation with the game tbh; got it off impulse a few days ago and just worked most things out by trying in skirmish/tourney vs AI. I saw in the video stuff like 'I'm confused about the warscore, why is ours so low??' And for my first few games I had the same thing, untill one of the little info messages during a map load told me:

Warscore comes from controlling flags.

 

Lots of things like that can be learned from vids like these for instance, which would be much more entertaining than a manual anyway

There are no tutorial with Demigod? never clicked single player So yeah i can agree some sort of tutorial is needed

on May 04, 2009

Eet touches me EVERYWHERE!1!

I see what you did there!

on May 05, 2009

Annatar11

Eet touches me EVERYWHERE!1!
I see what you did there!

on May 05, 2009

Are these game replays, or movies you made of games.  Specifically, can we record our games too now?

 

on May 05, 2009

where is EETs, I've been untouched for too long, and he is the damn reason I bought Demigod and he isn't even around to play!

 

also these are movies Multi recorded of himself playing demigod using his own movie making software, demigod does not allow for built in video recording as far as I know.

on May 05, 2009

PurplePaladin
Are these game replays, or movies you made of games.  Specifically, can we record our games too now?

 

Hey, As lordkosc were so nice to tell, im using my own recording software, nothing in the game allows recording videos. But a replay system is in the works.

 

where is EETs, I've been untouched for too long, and he is the damn reason I bought Demigod and he isn't even around to play!

And where are you? You were the one who made me buy it

By the time you start playing i will have ascended to a GOD or devil..

on May 05, 2009

I will be around the next 3 days, its raining finally, so I dont have to go out and do yard work

on May 05, 2009

You're very welcome to join our Demigod video sharing site

 

 

 

on May 05, 2009

lordkosc
I will be around the next 3 days, its raining finally, so I dont have to go out and do yard work

lol, You shall feel the wrath of my hammer

 

Raa_dk
You're very welcome to join our Demigod video sharing site

Thank you very much, the quality isnt on the high side, but it will do just fine for some is there a limitation to how big a video file may be? what kind of formats do you accept? is there anything else i should know about? as there is no FAQ to answer those question

on May 05, 2009

Sorry for the slow reply Been sitting at work hehe

The max size is atm like 200 mb i believe, but if you have request for higher, I can adjust up to 500mb - hosting center wont allow for bigger conversion.. All standard formats accepted - I've been uploading as .wmv because there's a fair quality for small filesizes.

FAQ isn't up because there are no FAQ's yet, site is brand new

Best Regards

on May 05, 2009

200mb will do fine, will have to reencode some down to 200mb anyway since gametrailers.com only allows 200mb

I will properly do some upload while i goto sleep since it takes quite some time with only 1mbit upload

 

Do you mind me asking? are you Danish? since the dk after your name

on May 05, 2009

Very Dansk

on May 05, 2009

Actually there are replays recorded by the game (!) as .DGreplay files, even an automatic recording of your last game gets saved.... there just doesn't seem to be a way to play them.

on May 05, 2009

 

Video 1 commentary:

Ok, starting the game, all is well. Prison is a fairly unique map out of the bunch to choose from, as it has a lot of wide open space so you can’t easily draw your opponents to your towers for that advantage, and retreat is tough for the same reason.

All the Demigods have their advantages and disadvantages of course; the opposing team has chosen Sedna and Regulus. Sedna is going to give their team a lot of staying power, so the high burst damage that TB can dish out will be quite useful. The rook will also be able to stay in the fray for a long time, an interesting matchup… as are they all.

On first choices:

Abilities: You may start out with a plan for where you want to take your DG, in which case this is moot, but if you’re not sure, go with something that will take out some creeps to get you to level 2 in your first flag encounter when possible. Skills like fireball and snipe can certainly be useful even this early on, but the chance that an opportunity will arise to make good use of them before you reach lvl2 are slim; leave it for your lvl2 skill.

Items: The Scaled Helm is very useful to any ability centric DG, but it’s a shame to let half your gold just sit there. A small health potion and a teleport scroll can save your live and keep you fighting much longer, or you could wait the extra couple of second for your gold to reach 550 to buy the +health armor piece, which early on adds a significant chunk to your healthpool. For generals, spending 900 on the Monk idol may be the best gold you can spend.

I’ll not comment on favour items as they aren’t working yet anyway and you didn’t have much to choose from.

 

As the game gets into its first couple of minutes we can see Sedna traveling very quickly, quite possibly she used her gold to purchase the boots of speed, or she use the Swift Anklet favour item. There is lots of early action, and unfortunately your opponents managed to gang up on the Rook before you could come near to distract them causing an early loss. This happens, but when you see that they’re able to take down a Rook, don’t let the rather squishier TB hang around. Trying to fight them 1vs2 is a mistake even if you think they’re low on mana after the fight… they’ll still outdamage you significantly.

Your opponents have a long period of you being dead in which to creep in peace, leveling up with little interference. Luckily the enemy creeps make it to your base area just in time for you to reap the XP from them dying. More action follows in the center of the map, with that flag changing hands. Unfortunately again there is another death, due to following a retreating enemy (which you could not catch up to) while not paying close enough attention to your own health bar. When you see your enemy is getting away from you in hairy situations like that more often consider buying the Boots of Speed, one of the most useful items and available very early, as is the Swift Anklet favour item: Speed keeps you alive, and stops your enemies from getting away, as the Sedna player will display throughout the game.

The first segment concludes with a close escape and everyone at roughly level 3 bordering on 4. Things are shaping up to look a little uneven, but not significantly out of ballance as yet.

 

on May 05, 2009

 

Video 2 commentary:

A quick visit to the item shop to see what’s available shows that the +health armor is still just out of reach. Again it’s probably worthwhile to wait the extra few seconds to have enough gold to buy it, and this time you appear to do so, but get a major health potion instead. A valid choice, but I suspect the permanent +health and regen would have been better. If you do go for potions, mana heavy characters, especially ones with lower base health, almost always get better utility out of the purple Regeneration potions. These can be used as either a mana or a health potion in a pinch, or as a complete rejuvinator after you've been in a tough battle. With a 3s use time potions arn't very practical in combat to anyone but those with the highest health and armor values, such as the Rook.

Back to the game: The Rook is happily killing creeps, and taking out the creeps on the other side is certainly a good idea, but don’t neglect the flags! Flags give significant bonuses, 10-20% on things like health, experience and cooldowns.

The next battle between the Demigods sees a victory for the home team, in no small part due to the increased speed of the Rook, who’s independent weapons keep the pressure on Sedna as she tries to get away, and a fireball finishes it off nicely. Now is the time to farm what creeps you can to level up, and importantly grab those flags!

With level 4 come the second tier of the starting skills, and fireball is a good choice here: your opponents have show themselves to be escape artists, the extra bursts of damage can make a big difference.

With over 2000 gold now due to the Sedna kill, another trip to the shop is in order. Here we must be careful though: more expensive doesn’t always mean better! The Hauberk of Life is a fine armor, but as you’re not a general with Minions the Nimoth Chest Armor, for 250 gold less, is actually a better piece of kit. Indeed, you have enough gold for the Nimoth and the Banded Armor, at 300 gold more than the Hauberk, but the two together outclass the Hauberk by an order of magnitude.

Back out on the field flag capping is good, and there’s a lovely clump of creeps just screaming ‘let me give you another level’ an opportunity well taken advantage of. With the fifth level comes Fire Nova, a good burst AoE spell. Still, it’s worth looking at the second tier of Circle of Fire, as the extra spell will drain your mana very quickly, while CoF functions perfectly adequately for the same purposes. Still, getting fire nova increases your short term damage output more, which will help in battles vs the opposing DGs.

Another battle concludes this segment, but as you used the mana-heavy Fire Nova on the creeps you’re left with no usable abilities. Getting the Vlemish Faceguard or the Battlecrown should now a top priority. Despite the mana woes you manage to bring Sedna down to low health, but being faster the player lures both you and the Rook past Regulus and the two forward enemy towers, reducing your health to a sliver in moments, while healing herself back up… It was a trap.

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