I was disappointed to see the result of the work on Demigod. I am a real fan of RTS's and this one seemed appealing on the outside. But the more I watched the videos of gameplay, and then after reading the revew here on GS, I decided to skip it. I like the idea of controlling a boss or god-like unit with its minions, but being able to only control that unit and not the minions seems like a problem. If you wanted to create a diversion with your minions or the AI was being stupid you'd have a problem. Being left with only 1 unit to control in a RTS seems like little fun, even if there are RPG apsects to it like getting items and skills. I'd rather be controlling armies than a solo character. The nail in the coffin is that there is no single player. I mostly enjoy my RTS's with me vs. the computer AI since my friends almost all lack decent computers or are adicted to WoW. Playing against strangers online just doesn't seem as much fun, since inevitably you'll run into a crowd who play a lot more than you and are better and consistently wipe the floor with you. And that's no fun except to them I guess. Even if I was interested in online play, it is currently broken in Demigod according to GS, which cuts out the main purpose of the game.

I am also kind of skeptical about buying a Gas Powered Games game again after buying Supreme Commander Gold from them. I liked the original and decided to pick up the bundle of the original and the expansion for $30 on Amazon. Seemed like a good deal. But what I found was that the expansion is very buggy on my system, even with the last patch applied. The sound cuts out in the game, and only 1 or 2 buildings might have sound. This affects gameplay since you don't have cues of what is going on audibly. The publisher THQ's site had a post about it, but the fix didn't work, and the game doesn't seem to be actively supported anymore. Speaking of THQ, could they have made finding a patch or getting support on a game any lousier? You have to search for the game's exact title (where there should be a pull-down menu with all their games in it or something), and then there isn't an actual page where the patches are posted and the changes listed. Is it that hard to support games like Blizzard does? They still have pages for patches for games released in the mid-ninties (Diablo) while THQ can't seem to support a game that's less than 2 years old?