Demigod

Lets talk a bit about a game that showed up a few months ago from Stardock Games called Demigod. If you have ever played Warcraft III: Defense of the Ancients (DotA) mod, then you'll feel somewhat comfortable in this game. The overall premise is that you control a hero and are tasked to accomplish some goal for the round. There are a total of 8 different heroes. 4 generals and 4 assassins. The generals have a following of creeps that aid them in whatever they attack. Upgrades allow them to have more and stronger creeps. Assassins don't have any helpers but make up for it in sheer power.

There are several things helping and hindering you in the goals.

• Buildings
  • Energy Towers - Attack anything near them. The more towers it can connect to the more powerful it is
  • Arrow Towers - Has a cone AoE attack
  • Fortresses - Lots of health, has a cone AoE attack
  • Item Shop
  • Artifact Shop - Has expensive and powerful items
  • Energy Crystal - Standing next to this gives you health and mana quickly
  • Flag - Gives a buff or debuff and often control of nearby buildings
  • Portal - Periodically spawns fighters that automatically attack the opposing team
  • Gold Mine - slowly gives gold to the team controlling it
    
  • Citadel - Lose this and its over. Gives you access to upgrades for all buildings and creeps.

As the game progresses your hero gains experience by capturing flags, killing creeps, and killing other heroes. Additionally you get large sums of money for killing other heroes. Each time you level you can upgrade or add new skills to your hero. In total there are 20 levels, however, there are closer to 30-35 upgrades available so you must find a good setup that works for you. Additionally as you upgrade things in the citadel your buildings get new abilities, stronger, and heal faster. New fighter types can also be added to the waves.

There are 4 levels of difficulty in the game. Easy and Normal feel undertuned. Hard feels more like what normal should and Nightmare is more like what hard should feel like, but that might just be me. Additionally there are 2 single player modes. 1 is tournament where you play 8 levels to get the highest amount of favor (earned by killing other things mostly). The second is a quick skirmish.

Overall I enjoy Demigod. It has had alot of patches in the last couple months to balance it better, but the patching has slowed and I believe we are up to a more stable point in the games lifespan.