Space Siege demo anyone?

[IEC]

Meh, I won't have time to play this for another two weeks, but it's going into my queue of "things to try out"

 

[Molondo]

Might have been my computer, but it felt very choppy.

 

[KeithTalent]

Originally posted by: Molondo
Might have been my computer, but it felt very choppy.

Chopless for me. I had everything cranked up and it was as smooth as rich creamery butter.

KT

 

[Elcs]

Ill download it when my PSU gets back from RMA.

Looks like my kind of RPG.

Are there any other similar games out there?

Ive played Sacred, DS1/2, TQ:IT and D2...

 

[Molondo]

Originally posted by: KeithTalent

Originally posted by: Molondo
Might have been my computer, but it felt very choppy.

Chopless for me. I had everything cranked up and it was as smooth as rich creamery butter.

KT

I had it cranked as well. But the choppiness i speak off, is your character skipping back and forth and sometimes getting stuck

 

[KeithTalent]

Originally posted by: Molondo

Originally posted by: KeithTalent

Originally posted by: Molondo
Might have been my computer, but it felt very choppy.

Chopless for me. I had everything cranked up and it was as smooth as rich creamery butter.

KT

I had it cranked as well. But the choppiness i speak off, is your character skipping back and forth and sometimes getting stuck

Nope, I never encountered that. Not sure what would cause it, sorry man.

KT

 

[Inspector Jihad]

cool, i gotta try the demo when i get home. btw, how big is the demo?

 

[you2]

Bleh. Pretty poor. Kind of like dungeon siege 2 dumb down - of course dungeon siege 2 was a pretty 'dumb down' game to begin with. I guess a lot of folks like games like that since they seem to sell well but I found it kind of boring and I suspect the full game will be a bit boring.

 

[Borealis7]

i loled when i picked up that cyborg machine gun. that gun is bleepin'-huge!
anyway, if there is no inventory, then does it mean no money and no stores, just use what you find? dont like that one bit.

but the physics were so cute! how the gas filled barrels fly when you hit them and stuff.

i hope its gets a little more RPG than action.

 

[Piuc2020]

Originally posted by: you2
Bleh. Pretty poor. Kind of like dungeon siege 2 dumb down - of course dungeon siege 2 was a pretty 'dumb down' game to begin with. I guess a lot of folks like games like that since they seem to sell well but I found it kind of boring and I suspect the full game will be a bit boring.

The term you are looking for is dumbed down used like a verb not a noun

I agree, Dungeon Siege II was a pretty limited and hand-held game, Space Siege looks like an action game not an RPG and if they don't put full co-op multiplayer in it (all I've heard about is a separate campaign, the dumbasses, it's probably 2 hours long) then I'll never buy it.

Developers need to embrace multiplayer, there are so much golden opportunities for multiplayer that are not taken for "story" reasons or whatever (we care about playing with buddies we could care less about the coherence of the story, just ignore the extra character for the story sequences). Gamers are not friend-less beings who like to play by themselves all day long.

 

[Inspector Jihad]

Originally posted by: you2
Bleh. Pretty poor. Kind of like dungeon siege 2 dumb down - of course dungeon siege 2 was a pretty 'dumb down' game to begin with. I guess a lot of folks like games like that since they seem to sell well but I found it kind of boring and I suspect the full game will be a bit boring.

not everyone has the massive intellectual capacity that you possess.

 

[lupi]

I've installed it on both of my comps, but only played a couple minutes while doing an AH scan in WoW on my secondary one. It ran a little slow with most settings at high-max (22" WS monitor pushed by a 7900GS). Will need to give it another go on the otehr comp but looks like it could be a good death and destruction game.

 

[Rage187]

tried running it on my laptops that play titan quest just fine but this was a slideshow.

 

[geoffry]

The moving around was the strangest I have ever seen.

I uninstalled it after a few minutes, if it gets good reviews when it releases I might give the demo another shot to try and get used to the RTS like movement/shooting and then make my yay/nay decision.

 

[Elcs]

OK. This is released soon and I dont get it until the 22nd (UK yay!)

So, who is going to get it and review it for me?

 

[Qbah]

Very short, though playing a dude with cybernetic arms and legs weilding a big mofo chaingun is fun!

- upgrades - check
- big guns - check
- cheesy character name - check

Should be fun! Will probably get it once it's released.

Ohh and it was running butter smooth, obviously.

 

[Elcs]

Just played the demo through twice on maxxed settings @ 1920x1080. No slowdown (X2 6000+ 3hz, 4 Gb RAM, HD4870), looks good but it feels a little plain and generic graphically.

First play through, I went fully Cybernetic. Crazy firepower and was so easy it wasnt funny.

Second play through, fully human. I even upgraded my gun's RoF and Damage with those upgrade materials and the difference was night and day. Everything was the same until the final bit where the Cybernetic version of me totally owned and the Human version struggled a little.

I'll be picking this up... just wish it was downloadable.

 

[AlgaeEater]

Yeah I just finished the demo, it's kinda like a slower, prettier Alien Shooter Vengeance. (Which by the way was fun for what it is)


Definitely not going to be picking this up at full retail, not by a long-shot. This is one of those games you want to let hit the $29.99 or lower range for sure. But I like what I got in the demo, so I'll probably being coming back to this game in a few months once the price drops.

 

[Calculator83]

Originally posted by: 450R
Everything (intro, menu screens, etc) looks okay until I get in the actual game. It looks like it's artifacting severely - giant, multi-colored triangles with seizure-inducing flashes of light. I tried setting everything to low, restarted the game several times, rebooted... nothing worked. I don't see my video card (X1950XT) being the problem as I haven't had any issues in the past, and I just got done with a few rounds of TF2 and a skirmish in Company of Heroes.

No one else is experiencing this?

If you're using Stock Heatsink then it IS the problem. I have x1900xtx and the stock heatsink = terrible, I switched to the HR03GT and now it'z spectacular and can hit 745mhz

 

[450R]

Originally posted by: Calculator83
If you're using Stock Heatsink then it IS the problem. I have x1900xtx and the stock heatsink = terrible, I switched to the HR03GT and now it'z spectacular and can hit 745mhz

It wasn't heat. I've been downloading the latest drivers but apparently I've been forgetting to install them. Slap to the head.

 

[DaveSimmons]

So, is anyone playing the retail version yet? Dungeon Siege 1 was a lot of fun so I'm hoping this will be good too.

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: Elcs
Just played the demo through twice on maxxed settings @ 1920x1080. No slowdown (X2 6000+ 3hz, 4 Gb RAM, HD4870), looks good but it feels a little plain and generic graphically.

First play through, I went fully Cybernetic. Crazy firepower and was so easy it wasnt funny.

Second play through, fully human. I even upgraded my gun's RoF and Damage with those upgrade materials and the difference was night and day. Everything was the same until the final bit where the Cybernetic version of me totally owned and the Human version struggled a little.

I'll be picking this up... just wish it was downloadable.

it is...direct2drive


just played the demo. way too many keys to remember and press at once to actually do any good.

 

[Aberforth]

I have a question, do characters open their mouths when they speak? or is it the same as DS2?

 

[AlgaeEater]

Originally posted by: Aberforth
I have a question, do characters open their mouths when they speak? or is it the same as DS2?

From what I can remember, it's static animation during the intercom messages and no mouth movement from speaking.

Just try out the demo, it will give you a real good feel of how the game feels like. I hate to say that it really feels like a 100% console ready game and if they decide to port this, they could probably knock it out in a day.

Still fun for what it is though.

 

[Qbah]

60$ on Steam?! /pass for me then

The game demo was ok, but not enough to warrant such a cost.