William BagleyDemigod - What is it?
September 12th 2008 14:41
Taking a break from Spore, I realised that there are two things:
1) Other games
2) No shortage of unoriginal other games
One game which I believe does not fit into the second category is Demigod, due out sometime in 2009. The game is being published by Stardock games, famed for their brilliant 4x4 work with Galactic Civilisations, and hybrid RTS/4x4 Sins of a Solar Empire. The game is being developed by Gas Powered Games, headed by Chris Taylor, the visionary developer behind arguably one of the best RTS games of all time, Total Annihilation.
The basic story of Demigod is, God is dead. Now you, one of his children, must duke it out between your siblings for a chance to become the Almighty.
While the game is being designed as an RTS, it isn't your traditional strategy game. The idea behind it is that you are in control of one of the Demigods, and your character will be supremely customisable. However the majority of the fighting in-game will be performed by NPC characters, called creeps. As you upgrade your Demigod, the creeps will upgrade alongside you as you battle to destroy your opponent's fortress, at the other end of the map.
In essence, it will combine RPG elements (control of your Demigod), RTS elements (you will need to utilize your creeps and abilities to complete a set goal, all within an arena-style battlemap. All in all, slightly more interesting to me than some of the franchise returns (Dawn of War 2, et all), especially considering that I enjoyed the previous works offered up by these two companies.
Here are some screens of the game as it stands so far:
Stardock themselves have posted some interesting blog articles on IGN:
Really Long Link
Really Long Link
All in all, a game which I believe should have at least one eye kept on it. Be sure to check out the screenshots at IGN as well!
1) Other games
2) No shortage of unoriginal other games
One game which I believe does not fit into the second category is Demigod, due out sometime in 2009. The game is being published by Stardock games, famed for their brilliant 4x4 work with Galactic Civilisations, and hybrid RTS/4x4 Sins of a Solar Empire. The game is being developed by Gas Powered Games, headed by Chris Taylor, the visionary developer behind arguably one of the best RTS games of all time, Total Annihilation.
The basic story of Demigod is, God is dead. Now you, one of his children, must duke it out between your siblings for a chance to become the Almighty.
While the game is being designed as an RTS, it isn't your traditional strategy game. The idea behind it is that you are in control of one of the Demigods, and your character will be supremely customisable. However the majority of the fighting in-game will be performed by NPC characters, called creeps. As you upgrade your Demigod, the creeps will upgrade alongside you as you battle to destroy your opponent's fortress, at the other end of the map.
In essence, it will combine RPG elements (control of your Demigod), RTS elements (you will need to utilize your creeps and abilities to complete a set goal, all within an arena-style battlemap. All in all, slightly more interesting to me than some of the franchise returns (Dawn of War 2, et all), especially considering that I enjoyed the previous works offered up by these two companies.
Here are some screens of the game as it stands so far:
Stardock themselves have posted some interesting blog articles on IGN:
Really Long Link
Really Long Link
All in all, a game which I believe should have at least one eye kept on it. Be sure to check out the screenshots at IGN as well!
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