There actually is a demo class at my Uni. :P It is not about game demos, it is some kind of business course I think.Quote:
Originally Posted by Polemists
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There actually is a demo class at my Uni. :P It is not about game demos, it is some kind of business course I think.Quote:
Originally Posted by Polemists
Awesome, i'm set,
Me: Today Class we shall discuss the difference between an actual dev post, and a moderator post about a developer.
Student: So is this based on product lifecycle model?
Me: Uhm....sure?
Welcome to the PHD of demo :laugh4:
I'm still optomistic on friday, despite everyone whining about 13th.
A quote from SenseiTW or Mark O Connell who is the
Mark works as PR and Online Manager at The Creative Assembly. When he isn't playing the latest game releases, Mark spends his time continuing his mission to watch every film in existence (twice).
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I will be releasing both a Faction and unit feature next week.
This is usually on a tuesday. Not sure if this has any bearing on our demo...but at least you now know we get something next week.
and maybe we get the demo this week?
hope is the last thing that leave us.
edit: yey i am a member
lol, I still think what I thunk b4, people are getting waay to excited. :P As long as the demo is released at the time of or a few days before the game I am happy. That way I can play it before I buy it.
Ok people Quiet please................QUIET PLEASE......
I'm going to make another prediction.
.................soon. maybe very soon.
fenir
I just want to try the demo a couple of weeks before release so I can upgrade; almost a certainty; or even order a new system. I am fairly certain that my current rig will have some issues when I try to run the game at an acceptable level of graphical sweetness.
:2thumbsup: First good reason for the early demo craze I have heard. :2thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Sol Invictus
I can definately understand that. Ok, now that we got a good reason, I will stop giving the demo people such a hard time. ~;)
(Un)fortunately for me, my paranoia drove me to upgrade last month. So the only reason I have left to grab the demo is that I really want to play around with the set pieces. :sweatdrop:
With the news that the demo includes both Naval and land battles it makes waiting that much harder. Of course, waiting is all we can do. We're about three weeks removed from the release of ETW and considering we are being told "NO DON'T LOOK IT'S NOT READY!" I doubt it will be this week. I'd look to next week.
Yeah probably next week seeing as the demo is not top priority. I would hate to have the game get released unfinished because they had to put too much time into a demo.
Just be glad there is a demo. Some vary large games don't have demos.
Anyways if you are wondering about upgrading you comp then why not upgrade now get everything set the way you want it to be instead of rushing to upgrade and then miss out on the ETW launch because you bought some crappy ram or something.
Well for me it's an issue of buying a computer that I won't see for the next 12 - 14 months. I want to buy a new desktop, but I can't take a desktop with me to Iraq when I deploy. So rather than buy an expensive kick-butt system right now that will only be mediocre by the time I can use it, I'll wait until I get back and buy whatever the best is 14 months from now. Surely that system will play ETW at max resolution with no lag or stuttering. If I can get by with my laptop playing on the lowest settings until I get back, then I'll be the happiest soldier in the Army.Quote:
Originally Posted by Belgolas
:army::army::army::army::army::army::army::army::army: :music:
Nine out of Twn soldiers agree. The other one was listening to his I-pod.
SG
Well that makes a lot of sense. Then yes it would be better to wait and yes by that time you should have no problem running it max settings at 1920 x 1200.Quote:
Originally Posted by scipiosgoblin
Well still no release and I expect no news will come till next week (aka monday), glad to see the fake demo release date thread got quelched before I came back on....oh wells.
Maybe next tuesday when they update things we will get a demo update.
Sorry but im not glad for anything....sadly capitalism has taught me a hard lesson: Care about none since the cash is the only bottom line....Quote:
Originally Posted by Belgolas
If there is no demo....I can assure you some people will make sure to make a "demo"....
Agreed, I mean yes CA is nice and they are making good games so I don't want them to close down, but at end of the day this is about money. They are not making the game to be my buddy, or my pal, they are making the game to make money.
If they want my money, I want a demo.
Preferably soon :laugh4:
Spoiler Alert, click show to read:
On topic the demo is still not out, what are you doing CA? Torturing us or
getting so much eagerness that we play it 24/7 until we settle down.
Can't wait for the AARs and story's
Seriously the demo fanatcisim has no end, at this point I expect demo withdrawl groups to start forming in small communities :laugh4:
Judging by fact monday is a monday and tuesday they are releasing a faction and a new unit profile, it seems we will be waiting till friday for a demo.
At this point I think CA either can't fix something in the demo or are waiting until one week before release.
Good news is lots of youtube spoofs up, my favorite is the hitler angry over empire total war demo..probably because I know some german, it's just funny :P
Hitler probably wouldn't have waited patiently for the demo. If he had known it was waiting for him in Britian Operation Sealion would have been undertaken as quickly as possible. :tongue:Quote:
Originally Posted by Polemists
Perhaps CA is waiting to see how long Demo fanatics can hold out before medical complications such as strokes/seizures/exploding heads occur. :clown:
I know i would....Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir Beane
Is this Demo sickness the same for every game? TW or not? I only started out on the forums after kingdoms was released really so i havent seen the previous horrors i can imagine.
I've been around for all TW releases and I don't remember it ever being this frantic. Every demo/release wait for a new TW game is a circus, but not to this degree.:dizzy2:
I think Empire has definitely been worse, for a few reasons.Quote:
Originally Posted by KozaK13
1) Empire has the potential to be utterly fantastic, if CA deliver on what they have promised. Empire is a 'revolution' game with a new engine and new possibilities.
2) Empire seems to have attracted the attention of a great number of new TW players.
3) CA have released much less info on Empire, and the game has already been delayed once.
4) Polemists :tongue:
5) The demo has not been leaked as before.
6) People are probably more busy in late summer / fall than in February. With the previous waits, no one had the time to wait actively.
7) Medieval 2 was as much of a circus as this one...
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4) Polemists
but I really want demo :P
IIRC I got the demo for Shogun about 3 months before the game came out. I think it was inside Computer Gamer.
Still, it's nice to have something to look forward to. :sweatdrop:
But then it was so hard that it actually kept me from buying the game. I still hate that demo for that. If it weren't for that demo my Total War experience may have started with Shogun Total War, but alas I had to wait until the release of Medieval Total War before finally becoming addicted to one of the greatest strategy series of all times. What better way to ignite my fires anew then to release a...Quote:
Originally Posted by InsaneApache
demo?
and I miss deeeeeeemo....like the deserts miss the rain :P
Okay my song is done.
Hopefully today we get the demo, I mean I understand sales, holding back, all that stuff, but it's two weeks away now. I mean there is a window, if they release it next week I think people would just go...oh..right...uhm I get the game next week and am playing whatever now, I'm not going to waste my time downloading it.
the way i figure it. be case there a a few people waiting for the demo i will most likely get to play the demo two month after the game is released.
(and yes i too want the demo)
Well It is 8 in the morning in South West usa and no Demo. I promised Polemists I would join his demo legion if it were not out today. FOR THE LOVE OF LIFE CA PLEASE KEEP ME FROM THE LEGIONS! that said I am still hopeful since they have not yet released the Faction preview either. Although CA runs on English time.......I guess it makes sense them being in England and all
pyradyn
you...like the other demo legionaries.....are now.....MINE
LONG LIVE DEMO
*sigh* It appears so it appears so. I am now sad lol
Well knew it wouldn't get released today.
Next week I say.
If it isn't released by this Friday there must be a problem. This is starting to worry me.:sweatdrop:
Sure is cuttin' it close and this would be quite a break with the past.:embarassed:Quote:
Originally Posted by Sol Invictus
I'm getting more and more paranoid the longer we go without a demo or much official news of the game. Especially now a few negative reviews and videos have surfaced.
At this point I'm looking to the demo to reawaken my faith in the game being great. This may be a grave mistake. :no:
So I look in my E-mail and there is an email sitting there called: Empire: Totalwar. I screamed in joy thinking, THE DEMO. So I opened it and it said:
EMPIRE: TOTAL WAR
If you are having difficulties viewing this email, please copy and paste this link into your browser:
http://links.messages.sega.com/ctt?k...zYS1&mt=1&rt=0
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“This is one of the most playable, and therefore important and accomplished,
games ever created.”
“It’s exquisite.”
94% Editors’ Choice – PC Gamer, April 2009
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* PRE-ORDER NOW AND GET ROME: TOTAL WAR FREE
Per-order Empire: Total War todayand receive a copy of Rome: Total War for free! Reserve your copy at BestBuy.com or GameStop.Com to receive a code for a free download of this award-winning game.
Preorder
Best Buy.com
http://links.messages.sega.com/ctt?k...zYS1&mt=1&rt=0
GameStop.com
http://links.messages.sega.com/ctt?k...zYS1&mt=1&rt=0
Well I already Pre-Ordered and I already own Rome and BI and Alexander....I am angry! That is a tease
Well, if it got a 94 from PC Gamer it cannot have terribly serious flaws, can it? :dizzy2:
Yes, it can. Especially because Orgahs are far more likely to spot historical innacuracy and unrealistic combat than a PC Gamer reviewer. That and we tend to want more from out games.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barkhorn1x
Don't trust any review that isn't from someone on this site, and even then try and get as many other opinions as possible. :tongue:
Dear Lord, will our agony never end?:wall: We are getting another Faction and Unit tomorrow, so I doubt the demo will also appear. That leaves just two days this week. I fear a grave disappointment.:furious3:
This is too long. Pretty soon, people are going to lose interest in the demo since itll be too close to the release date. I am confident they'll release it by this week and if they don't, I have a feeling that there IS a problem that they are trying to fix so people will probably be less open to buying it.
Polemist's Demo Theme Song.
There is a demo legion? I guess I'd want to be a legionnaire.
Apply to Polemists for your official uniform, sword and hat. :tongue: A three year tour of service is mandatory, or until the demo comes out. You will be required to serve in a variety of countries and conditions, whatever it takes to get CA to release a demo. Since this is a TW army you will be replaced with elephants at the earliest opportunity, and subsequently used as an arrow shield. :2thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by ThePianist
Is it out yet? :inquisitive:
Nope :no:. But we all wish it was.Quote:
Originally Posted by InsaneApache
Rome Total War got a 92. Medieval Total War got an 82 IIRC - that still boggles my mind.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barkhorn1x
CR
Yes, the demo legion offers exciting oppurtunites.
Are you bored? Tired of pointless posting for no reason and grand demo desires? Then the demo legion is for you.
Come to a place where pointless signatures are the norm, and assaulting CA daily for a Demo just part of the job. :)
Just add something about demo to your sig and your in :), it's that easy. Also we have a pretty cool graphics bench over in frontroom, as my sig proves (you know if you want some colo photo to go with your demo saying) :)
Still no demo....it is a sad day.
If I were in charge at Sega, after browsing all ETW forums, I'd so be emailing subscribers evry single day with the word DEMO in the title. Then I would recline back in my chair, spin around to face the window, hands together under my chin and smile.
Yea, actually I'd prefer that because then we'd actually get a e-mail from SEga. Thus far tho Sega is to busy playing sonic to actualy think of anything clever.:laugh4:
Well more speculation today, supposedly the guy who got the leaked demo (and didn't release it to anyone else) says today is the demo release day. Supposedly when he first released the screenshots one was a steam screenshot saying Feb 18th release date for the demo.
True or not, it gives you just as much reason to hope today is a demo as any other :)
The rest of you who don't want to wait for demo are not required to read this or any other demo thread. Go frollic for two weeks :P
I will contine to wait on demo, and play F.E.A.R 2 at night, to bust through legions of replica troops and imagine there is a demo awaiting me on the other end :)
*sigh* FEAR 2 now I want to play so so bad and Polemists I will be adding it to my sigYa.....make that Elephants with cannons....I am breeding them now for the LegionQuote:
Originally Posted by Sir Beane
since this is a TW army you will be replaced with elephants at the earliest opportunity, and subsequently used as an arrow shield.
Hmm, I had the issue with the Medieval review (it was what urged me to buy Shogun in the first place), and IIRC they spoke of it as if it was one of the greatest games ever made. Are you sure it got an 82?Quote:
Originally Posted by Crazed Rabbit
Anyway, PCGamer UK are the most reliable game journalists there are with regards to the statements they make in their reviews, but of course the actual scores they give are meaningless. In fact I remember an article in a PCGamer issue about the institution of game scoring itself being fundamentally kaputt, which it is.
Well guys, still no demo, slim pickings. Good news is now each day without demo gets everyone closer to full release which is less then two weeks away now :)
Sad news is...I still want a demo
Demo song:
Is this the meaning of being lonely.....
Is this the feeling I'm meant to walk with....
tell me why...I can't have a.......demoooooooooo..........
there's something missing in my...heart...
:laugh4::laugh4:
Can we change this thread title to something like "no demo yet" so every time it updates and I see it on the main page I don't get my hopes up?
Yeah, for one fraction of a second, I thought the demo was released... :sad:
I think if we called this
Demo (Demo not yet released)
or Demo Discussion (Not released)
or Demo Legion (We don't have demo yet, but we want it)
Would all be better thread choices :book:
I vote to rename it Demo Legion!
Imho, Horde or mob would be better : a legion CAN negotiate.
A mob is maybe disorganised but will just tremple anyone standing in front of them, they'll take what they want and disband.
Well now you see just how far that got.
Who wants to guess the demo comes out with the second patch?
They seem so frightened of not showing their best that they are much more willing to show nothing.
:no:
Edit: Oh yes, and just so you know, The Demo thread at the official fan site today had 121 pages with 2409 posts. We have 5 as of now with 137 posts.
We're not a disorderly mob :no:
Me want the DEMO very badly
I'll give it one more day until I hit the panic button.:sweatdrop: I can't believe that CA intended to release the demo this late. Either there is a problem with the Steam distribution; unlikely; or they don't have alot of confidence in their game. I don't even want to think about that second option.:no:
My soul will be crushed if it isn't released by tomorrow.:wall:
Your demo is in the same place as the patch that fixes the official campaign of M2TW only little to the left
All this concern about the demo and in two weeks nobody will be playing it because they will have the game on their computer.
Here, HereQuote:
Originally Posted by USS Providence 1972
I couldn't care less about a demo at this point.
The game is shipping in a couple of weeks. I see a demo being released a couple of months before the game goes live...not days before it goes live.
At this point, I'll just wait for the retail version to hit shelves.
This says it comes out tomorrow: shoguntotalwar.yuku.com/topic/42851 (can't post urls yet)
Already posted
Thanks TheArsenal, and welcome to the Guild! :2thumbsup::beam:Quote:
Originally Posted by TheArsenal
Crisis averted. CA must have heard him.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sol Invictus
~D
No doubt!Quote:
Originally Posted by Greyblades
Here's the main text for those too lazy to redirect :laugh4:
Spoiler Alert, click show to read:
Looks like two tutorials and two historical battles that we get to play to death for 2 weeks. :yes:
Please direct all demo discussion to the demo discussion thread. Now the demo is out we don't need this thread.
Thread Closed! :dancinglock: