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Preview - more than just a Diablo clone

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- Release date 12/09/2002
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bystander #1 10 years ago

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Hmmm, that text in the second shot saying "Elite Orc Warrior" looks a lot like font used in Diablo...
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Toby #2 10 years ago

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I downloaded the ridiculous 'Technology Test' last week. It is 30mb and contains an intro movie, nothing more.

I am now downloading the 400mb demo. I hope it does more than play an mpeg.
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Gestalt #3 10 years ago

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Apparently the demo has about ten hours of gameplay in it.
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LaundroMat #4 10 years ago

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The more annoyed [the shopkeeper] gets the higher his prices become, and eventually he may kick you out or call for the town guard.

I think I'll call my character otto.
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Khab #5 10 years ago

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This means that killing monsters with a large blunt instrument is not the only way to get past them and complete the game

No, I hear you can also use large SHARP instruments... Actually, that's my preference.

Hmmm.. I think I'll download that demo after all... bonusweb got it?
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pavs #6 10 years ago

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My extremly sharp wit also noticed that not only is the first letter of Diablo and Divine Divinity D but the second one in both is an i! Amazing, no?
It's nice to hear that it's more than just a Diablo clone since I just downloaded the demo (in 20 minutes, yay!) and I hate Diablo.

Khab, yes:
http://www.bonusweb.cz/download/dema/divinedivinityd emo.html
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#7 10 years ago

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400megs? shit.. i almost want to try this.
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Khab #8 10 years ago

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Thanks, pavs, I'd already found it! Curiously enough it's mind-numbingly slow for some reason (3.4 k/sec!) and I can't seem to find anyone else hosting the file... oh well.. only 30 hours and 19 minutes to go. Er.
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bionutz #9 10 years ago

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40kbytes/s for me...
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otto #10 10 years ago

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"I think I'll call my character otto."

LOL! Looks like this is the game for me!!
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skalmanxl #11 10 years ago

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The more annoyed [the shopkeeper] gets the higher his prices become, and eventually he may kick you out or call for the town guard.

Scenario:
Tom vs Local retailer
The bout of Sony game returning!
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GordonJ #12 10 years ago

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Big list of mirrors at http://www.larian.com/ getting 50k/s from telenet.be, only 2hrs to go

Edited by 1 at 05/05/02 @ 15:36
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otto #13 10 years ago

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getting 110k/s from gamerz.be, let's hope it lasts
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Max Diablos #14 10 years ago

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Apparently the demo has about ten hours of gameplay in it.

That explains Max Payne. I wondered where the game went...
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GordonJ #15 10 years ago

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Well, I downloaded and installed it, don't know what to say though, maybe I downloaded the wrong one from 5 years ago or something.
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Nobby #16 10 years ago

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Well my latest download speeds from my 56k modem are, um, anywhere between 800 bytes and 1.8k/sec.

So, I don't think I'll be downloading this demo, and I think I'm going to go and shout down the phone at my ISP. Looks good though.
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otto #17 10 years ago

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Well I just downloaded it (only took an hour, smug smug) and after a *very* quick gander I think it looks quite nifty (name's still stupid though). Nifty enough to make me want to give it a longer going over tomorrow.

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Khab #18 10 years ago

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I *can't* get a good speed out of these for some reason... grumble... I'll just have to wait until GamesDomain posts it on their sunet.se mirror... I usually max out there... Bleh...
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Max Diablos #19 10 years ago

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otto,

Completely of topic. But, I've just found some pictures of an early Judge Dredd game on the Sinclair ZX Spectrum.

http://www.v gmuseum.com/pics6/judge.html
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Khab #20 10 years ago

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Jo Body, thanks for the link, but I've already tried that one... besides, Fragland's server's bound to be in the US, meaning it's usually less than good speed to it from me (Sweden).

Thanks anyway, though!
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otto #21 10 years ago

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Max, yes that's the one! I've actually had it running on my emulator, wasn't much good though iirc as it's not on there now...
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otto #22 10 years ago

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Be PURE, be VIGILANT, BEHAVE!

lol!

lol, ob1 I didn't get this when you posted, now I've played the first 20 minutes I see where it comes from... Heh, a Belgian fantasy RPG with a reference to Nemesis the Warlock, who'd have thought?

Anyway, I take back that thing I said about it being nifty, it's POTENTIALLY nifty, but first they have to sort out that daft interface. Also, I'm no graphics whore, but they don't seem to have moved on from the original Fallout so some work needed there too I fear.
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Kylun #23 10 years ago

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Otto - (twas me as ob1) It quite tickled me too, dispite spelling "Nemisis" wrong. =]

EDIT - come to think of it - did they?

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otto #24 10 years ago

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You eh? Tut. No, they got definitely got the spelling wrong. Actually I spotted many typos, also some odd phraseology, they'll need to do an edit before releasing it. This "take care" dialogue option, at first I thought it was the 'aggressive' option to start a fight until I realised it just meant 'goodbye'.
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LaundroMat #25 10 years ago

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*meep meep*
I'm getting the demo from my ISP (telenet.be) at ca. 220kbps. *sigh* a whole half an hour to go...
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Moonbender #26 10 years ago

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Morrowind.
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Kylun #27 10 years ago

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This "take care" dialogue option, at first I thought it was the 'aggressive' option to start a fight until I realised it just meant 'goodbye'.

How do you figure?
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otto #28 10 years ago

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How do you figure?

Eh? Well at first it came a bit out of context, first meeting with that healer guy, & the options were "oh cheers m8", "oh bugger off" and "take care" (which could have meant, say, "watch it or I'll slap you". But then I saw it was the last option left after you'd exhausted all the others... And using it didn't result in a fist-fight, so... using my powers of deduction...
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Khab #29 10 years ago

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Yes?
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LaundroMat #30 10 years ago

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[Moonbender] Morrowind.
Raveiwed here!!1
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otto #31 10 years ago

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LaundroMat - that is a gr8 review!!
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bionutz #32 10 years ago

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Played a bit of the demo... I'm a bit disappointed... I'm gonna buy Morrowind, I read a nice review at <a href=http://www.gamespot.com& gt;gamespot</a>.
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