Visuals and sound

Demigod boasts a gorgeous visual style, with excellent art design and nice technology to back it all up. The Demigods are especially impressive, and I’m not just talking about their smooth animations, but their ingenious designs; a giant rock with castles on top of him, a vampire lord, an armored knight with a huge shield and beastly axe, and a skeletal warrior mage. These aren’t all of the incredible beings you will find in Demigod, but they are definitely the most notable. The game tops off this fantastic art direction with excellent technology. The textures look detailed, the edges are smooth, and the animations look fantastic. There is some slowdown occasionally, but overall, you would be hard-pressed to find another RTS game that looks this good.

The sound here is just as good as the graphics, if not a little better. Not a lot of voice acting is included, though there is some at the beginning when the story is being explained. It is so cheesy that it is awesome, while the in-game voices are awesome simply because of how good they are. The dialogue often feels corny, but it is saved by the rest of the game’s top notch production values. The music is some of the best I have heard. And I’m not exaggerating, either. It is epic, it is catchy, and it is the kind of stuff I would listen to on my iPod.

Multi and single player

The story isn’t incredibly deep, though as a multiplayer focused game, it really doesn’t need to be. That said, it is good – especially since a game like this really doesn’t need a story in the first place. Basically, a god has fallen, and one of the many lesser gods must take his place. To decide who will do this, they must battle to the death. The problem with this story is that in a multiplayer-focused game, you can’t win. No one will ever become a true god, and this epic story can’t have a conclusion. It’s a shame, really.

The main flaw of the game is that online match-making is incredibly slow, and you will constantly be disconnected from games. As a multiplayer focused game, it is unfortunate there couldn’t have been more polish in this area, but it is forgivable, because the games are fun to a point where it is worth it. In addition to this problem, you will also have to play a lot of single player-games before you are ready for online. I mentioned earlier that the gameplay is relatively simple, but that doesn’t mean it is easy. It has a very steep learning curve if you really want to be a champion.

Lots of fun

Demigod is a fun and imaginative combination of real-time strategy, action, and role-playing, with top notch production values and art that will truly blow you away. It is not perfect by any means, with long match-making, some tedious objectives, and its lack of content, but it’s a lot of fun to play, and that is what games are for. Even if you aren’t into strategy games, Demigod is worth a try, because it offers up enough new ideas and fun concepts to make it a worthwhile addition to any gamer’s collection. If you can look past its flaws, it’s really something special, and an experience you won’t find anywhere else.

Collector’s Edition Content

This review was written with the collector’s edition of Demigod, and therefore I feel I should tell you if it’s worth the extra dough. In short... yes, it is. Even with its extra content it’s cheaper than most games, so there is really no reason not to get the collector’s edition. It contains a very small Pewter (or Rook) figurine, which surprisingly isn’t useless. On the contrary, it’s great for Monopoly. It also contains an epic and large Demigod poster that will look great in your game space, and a soundtrack. Demigod’s music is excellent, and the collector’s edition is worth it for the soundtrack alone.