Dragonshard Demo

by Maarten Goldstein, Aug 04, 2005 6:02am PDT

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Atari has released a public Dragonshard singleplayer demo, allowing you to try out this upcoming fantasy strategy game from Liquid Entertainment. The 370mb includes an early part of the Order of the Flame campaign.

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By: mittense x Show Full Post

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Wait, I'm confused.

The DS2 thread yesterday was filled with people whining about the graphics, when DS2 looks like:

http://polycat.net/gallery/dungeonsiege2/ds2_18?full=1
http://polycat.net/gallery/dungeonsiege2/ds2_07?full=1
http://polycat.net/gallery/dungeonsiege2/ds2_16?full=1

Yet... Only one rip on the graphics in this game? Am I missing something?

Aug 04, 2005 5:14pm PDT

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  are you trying to disprove your point with those screenshots? : derean
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    So you're telling me none of those look better than this?: http://www.shacknews.com/screens.x/dragonsh... : mittense
    - All of them look better than that. : mathyou

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Meh, it seemed pretty forumlaic to me. I didn't really care about the characters. The combat was uninspired. I dislike that all the heros are around, but I can only use one. The unit cap makes it nearly impossible to have a decent sized army. You'll be lucky to get ten guys. Meh.

Aug 04, 2005 3:13pm PDT

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Meh, it seemed pretty forumlaic to me. I didn't really care about the characters. The combat was uninsp... : mathyou
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  Yeah, go back to your game's of Dominion then. LOL Should suit you to a 'T' since you can't grasp what ... : wytefang
  - Holy harsh, Batman! I guess I'm not entitled to my own opinion. I at least explained what I didn't lik : mathyou

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Well, I just finished playing mission 1 and part of mission 2...it seems pretty solid.

Since I'm the weird kind of RTS gamer that doesn't like, or care about multiplayer, I think I'll probably pick this up, as it's Eberron (and I'm totally turned off by D&DOnline), and while it isn't breaking much new ground, it's pretty fun.

However, I have one MAJOR complaint.

When the game started up, it defaulted to a resolution the made the left half of the screen hang off my monitor, and the right half of my monitor black...and, of course, since the video options were all the way on the left, there was no way for me to change them until I actually got into a mission.

Aug 04, 2005 3:17pm PDT

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Well, I just finished playing mission 1 and part of mission 2...it seems pretty solid. Since I'm the w... : Vincent Grayson
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- What was the start up resolution? : gnoleb

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By: Gauss x Show Full Post

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A solid Meh out of five.

Yet another tactical clickfest, managing a small number of units with a distinctly familiar interface (Warcraft 3, is that you again? why yes, yes it is!)

Graphics are ok, sound is ok, interface is ok. Some fun concepts in the single player (presumably carried over to multi?) where you can earn expendable items and permanent upgrades to your main heroes between missions. I could give two shits about single player rts games though, so my eye is towards multi - and this game offers me nothing I haven't already seen hashed and rehashed a dozen times before.

Back to Kohan :P

Aug 04, 2005 11:49am PDT

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  Why do you feel the interface is similar to WarCraft 3? What elements make this so? : gnoleb
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    Unit controls - group a set of units, hit tab (or shift tab) to cycle through groups of like units, click... : Gauss

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Graphics on par with Dungeon Siege 2, and it's only 370 megs!

Aug 04, 2005 7:08am PDT

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Graphics on par with Dungeon Siege 2, and it's only 370 megs! : rigidnips
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  dungeon siege 2 looks like ass : james t kirk
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    dungeon siege.....2......looks like...........ass : chiisu81
    - Okay, thank you for proving that you smoke crack on a daily basis. LOL : wytefang

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Played the beta awhile ago and was unimpressed. It felt like it had potential but didn't make it there.

Aug 04, 2005 8:59am PDT

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Played the beta awhile ago and was unimpressed. It felt like it had potential but didn't make it there. : graah
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  Did you give your feedback? What didn't you like? : gnoleb
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    Here's a link to my comments from awhile ago. http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=10030391 Guess it was... : graah
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      I'm not sure what I was expecting to be honest. If I think back I can come up with a couple of things.... : graah
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  I wasn't unimpressed, there's a ton of innovation, great grahpics, and good strategic depth. I think thi... : wytefang
  - Thanks =) The game doesn't have a "big new thing" at the fore front to try and weave the gameplay arou... : gnoleb

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Not one of those dragons has a hardon! False advertising!

Aug 04, 2005 6:31am PDT

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Not one of those dragons has a hardon! False advertising! : physio
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- Dragon's Hard - LOL ! : Ra5putin
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  "Honey, the dragons hard. Break out the economy lube." : thaperfectdrug
  - No need to spring for the warming liquid though : pharoah mike
- I'll take dragons hard for 1000, Alex. : peppermd
- You just made me choke on my sandwitch, you'll be hearing from my lawyers. : spdon

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Could anyone give a brief review if they've gotten a chance to play it yet? Is this yet another mediocre RTS title, or is it something innovative and interesting.

Aug 04, 2005 7:46am PDT

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Could anyone give a brief review if they've gotten a chance to play it yet? Is this yet another mediocre ... : disposition
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  It's not terrible innovative in that it doesn't have any one specific thing standing out, but it has inno... : Ikuve
  - Thanks, sounds interesting. How many people play(ed) online in the beta at any one time? : Commee

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By: lightly inclined x Show Full Post

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7/10.

Graphics are ok, gameplay seems uninspired the majority of the time, but the whole town architecture is pretty neat and I like it. The story seems engaging so I'll keep playing.

Not bad for a demo, the real thing could be fun.

Aug 04, 2005 10:48am PDT

7/10. Graphics are ok, gameplay seems uninspired the majority of the time, but the whole town architec... : lightly inclined

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Anxious to play this one.

Liquid started off with Battle Realms, wich was a fine RTS. Not as good as Blizzard's RTS's but they showed some real potential (for a first title anyways).

But then they released War of the Ring, wich redefines the word ass within the realm of games.

And now there is Dragonshard, a D&D RTS. Should be nice, but somehow the shots make me feel War of the Ring all over again... but the glowing hope inside tells me to try this one out.

Aug 04, 2005 6:15am PDT

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Anxious to play this one. Liquid started off with Battle Realms, wich was a fine RTS. Not as good as B : [7]kami
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- While I wasn't terribly impressed with War of the Ring, it was hardly 'ass'. It was slightly above avera... : wytefang

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Now this is something to try! Unlike that massive 1.4gb Dungeon Siege 2 demo.

Aug 04, 2005 8:56am PDT

Now this is something to try! Unlike that massive 1.4gb Dungeon Siege 2 demo. : darkling

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What's with all the demos being released before the games?

Aug 04, 2005 6:05am PDT

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What's with all the demos being released before the games? : dante2010
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  What's with this question? Would you rather have it the other way around? : lightly inclined
  - Nope.. was being sarcastic. : dante2010
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