Space Siege demo pops up

By Robert Purchese Published 29 July, 2008

RPG from Gas Powered Games.

Gas Powered Games has popped out a PC demo for Space Siege.

The sampler, which comes in at just under 1GB, offers you the role of futuristic hero Seth Walker, an engineer tasked with saving humanity.

Space Siege is a bit like Mass Effect: there's a big story to unravel with lots of characters to meet and multiple paths to go down, plus plenty of character customisation through abilities, skills, and even a personal robot chum.

The trump card may be co-operative online play for up to four players with adjustable scenario options.

We shall find out when Space Siege is released on 22nd August and we'll have a review nearer the time.

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  • madgerald Verified Studio Head of PR & Marketing, Colossal Games LTD #1 4 years ago

    For those that are interested, we've just released a video interview with Chris Taylor (CEO of Gas Powered Games)

    http://youtube .com/watch?v=fLIuNiBY4Mc
    Edited by 2 at 29/07/08 @ 17:18

  • DuTraveller #2 4 years ago

    Nice demo, but nothing spectacular.
    Controls are a little strange...
    It was good if there were some COVER actions..

    More or Less like Dungeon Siege.

    Maybe a buy..

  • Dizzy #3 4 years ago

    Not really impressed... not for me and I love these kinda of games normally.

  • Turambar #4 4 years ago

    I quite enjoyed it. Pretty much a higher budget shadowgrounds.

  • TheArcane #5 4 years ago

    Played it. Seems pretty weak... Dungeon Siege wasn't a particularly complicated game, but this one is just stripped bare in comparison. No inventory, no detail for the character, no armor/clothing variety, no variety in equipment or gadgets, etc.
    Gameplay is standard point and click death and destruction, you can mess with physics too as there are a lot of crates and pipes lying around everywhere, that you can shoot and throw around (plus a surprising number of explosive barrels and gas tanks, considering the game takes place in a spaceship), skills and special abilities can be activated from a hotbar, more like Diablo than Dungeon Siege. The demo does not contain leveling up and I didn't see any XP bar or counter so I couldn't figure out how it all may work.
    Also, there was a lot of buzz about trading your very humanity for cybernetic powers, but changing your arm and legs in the demo seems to bring no warning except for showing that your humanity bar will get X% shorter. In fact, you are encouraged to do it by some guy on the radio and it has no noticeable consequences, at least not in the demo. They could show more depth in the demo, in my opinion... I hope this is something that will be fleshed out in the full game, however, I expect there is little chance for improving the other things I mentioned.

  • Lachsgeruch #6 4 years ago

    Boring. Strange WASD-use. Lowend Graphics though highend settings. Pretty disappointed. :(

  • Katsumoto #7 4 years ago

    Damnit. I was one of the few people who adored Dungeon Siege, so was hoping everyone's cynicism wouldn't be on the mark. But the demo is... weak.

    As was said elsewhere - Shadowgrounds Survivor does all this much better.
    Edited by 1 at 30/07/08 @ 00:32

  • Gurrah #8 4 years ago

    I am disappointed to be honest. I was hoping for Dungeon Siege in a spaceship setting.

  • Sorbicol #9 4 years ago

    Erm, Considering it was only a demo I quite liked it (and yes I did play both Dungeon Sieges, both of which I also enjoyed if I found them a little repetitive at times - even for these types of clickclickclickclickclickclick games)

    Lots of abilities and techs you couldn't unlock in the demo, which seemed a bit stupid to me as it was more like a lick than a taster, but I liked the overall feel for it. Probable purchase for me.

  • UncleLou #10 4 years ago

    Didn't like it at all, and I completed Titan Quest several times, and was a Hellgate subscriber. ;p

    I quite enjoyed it. Pretty much a higher budget shadowgrounds.

    Consdering Shadowgrounds plays and looks significantly better although it is older, I am not sure where that higher budget is hiding. Well, maybe in the CGI films.

  • craziii #11 4 years ago

    I only hope it won't be as short as ME, ME was so short I was left wondering wtf.

    will edit with impressions of demo.

  • peak_performance #12 4 years ago

    Ctrl-v: "How long until the required "The Full Game Is Nothing Like the Crappy Demo!!!1" announcement?"

  • Snidesworth #13 4 years ago

    Exactly what I expected. Which is to say "not much."

  • MaxiSleep #14 4 years ago

    Genuinely dreadful. Refines Workmanlike. All the soul of a damp rug.