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NEW YORK – January 26, 2012 – Players preparing to aid King Arthur when he returns to Britannia in upcoming RTS/RPG King Arthur II - The Role-playing Wargame will now have an advantage come release day.
Paradox Interactive and Neocore Games today announced that a demo for King Arthur II: The Role-playing Wargame is now available.

Soon-to-be knights can download the demo here:
http://www.kingarthurii.com/media/demos

This demo for the anticipated sequel to Neocore Games’ critically acclaimed King Arthur series
gives players a taste of what's to come, allowing champions of Britannia to play through the title's tutorial and first mission. With an expected gameplay session of about 60 minutes, King Arthur fans will be able to manage their army and territories, and lead their battalion into battle.

Help set Britannia free when King Arthur II - The Role-playing Wargame releases on January 27th, 2012 (PC, $39.99).

Pre-order King Arthur II: The Role-playing Game and get access to the prologue chapter for free:
http://www.kingarthurii.com/buy

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Watch the King Arthur II: Dead Legions trailer here:

[video=youtube;at8-nquseko]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=at8-nquseko[/video]

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Prologue campaign is not in demo. I think demo content is from main campaign. It is definetly shorter than 60 minutes, one text quest, one battle and a little bit from winters season things like units and heroes gaining levels, recruitment, research and developing provinces.
 
You already have a file / demo distribution system which is Steam, so why go to a third party site to distribute the demo?

Steam players don't necessarily check the forums for the demo, having it on the Steam game page would be best.
 
Nudz said:
The performance issues of the demo have been picked up on by the members of the "Rock-Paper-Shotgun" community. Suffice to say, people are not amused.
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What in the hell are you babbling about? The Rock-Paper-Shotgun article on the demo has 29 comments. A full third of them are just people complaining about Kate's explanation of the human eye and FPS, several are just people quoting lyrics to Queen songs, and most of the 'negative' commentary just links back to your posts in this forum or over on Steam's rather than actually coming from people trying out the game.

Suffice to say that I am not 'amused' by you and your ranting hyperbole and blatant exaggeration across at least three different forums now. I don't know who you post as on R-P-S, but you have a combined post total of about 71 posts between this forum and Steam's and of those 71 posts, something like 64 of them are you complaining about one or another of Neocore's games. It is very obvious that their games' inability to perform to your standards on your machine have led you to embark upon some personal crusade against them on every gaming forum that will give you an audience, but you never even manage to say anything useful or potentially constructive. The vast majority of your posts consist of: "Ugh. Neocore still sucks. I can't play their games." And you repeat it ad infinitium.

Yes, everyone knows you have problems with Neocore's games. How could they not, with you shouting it from the rooftops every chance you get? But repeatedly cursing and complaining and carrying on across numerous forums, all the while failing to actually say anything other than the repetition of identical complaints is tiresome. One complaintive post per thread, clearly stating your technical issues and what you've done to try and resolve them, should be satisfactory. But the way you carry on with your grief is enough to make it seem like we're in a Dr. Phil forum instead of a gaming one.

Just relax and go play something else for a while. Obviously Neocore games are giving you the vapors.
 
what in the hell are you babbling about? The rock-paper-shotgun article on the demo has 29 comments. A full third of them are just people complaining about kate's explanation of the human eye and fps, several are just people quoting lyrics to queen songs, and most of the 'negative' commentary just links back to your posts in this forum or over on steam's rather than actually coming from people trying out the game.

Suffice to say that i am not 'amused' by you and your ranting hyperbole and blatant exaggeration across at least three different forums now. I don't know who you post as on r-p-s, but you have a combined post total of about 71 posts between this forum and steam's and of those 71 posts, something like 64 of them are you complaining about one or another of neocore's games. It is very obvious that their games' inability to perform to your standards on your machine have led you to embark upon some personal crusade against them on every gaming forum that will give you an audience, but you never even manage to say anything useful or potentially constructive. The vast majority of your posts consist of: "ugh. Neocore still sucks. I can't play their games." and you repeat it ad infinitium.

Yes, everyone knows you have problems with neocore's games. How could they not, with you shouting it from the rooftops every chance you get? But repeatedly cursing and complaining and carrying on across numerous forums, all the while failing to actually say anything other than the repetition of identical complaints is tiresome. One complaintive post per thread, clearly stating your technical issues and what you've done to try and resolve them, should be satisfactory. But the way you carry on with your grief is enough to make it seem like we're in a dr. Phil forum instead of a gaming one.

Just relax and go play something else for a while. Obviously neocore games are giving you the vapors.
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:rofl:
 
Clegane76 said:
What in the hell are you babbling about? The Rock-Paper-Shotgun article on the demo has 29 comments. A full third of them are just people complaining about Kate's explanation of the human eye and FPS, several are just people quoting lyrics to Queen songs, and most of the 'negative' commentary just links back to your posts in this forum or over on Steam's rather than actually coming from people trying out the game.

Suffice to say that I am not 'amused' by you and your ranting hyperbole and blatant exaggeration across at least three different forums now. I don't know who you post as on R-P-S, but you have a combined post total of about 71 posts between this forum and Steam's and of those 71 posts, something like 64 of them are you complaining about one or another of Neocore's games. It is very obvious that their games' inability to perform to your standards on your machine have led you to embark upon some personal crusade against them on every gaming forum that will give you an audience, but you never even manage to say anything useful or potentially constructive. The vast majority of your posts consist of: "Ugh. Neocore still sucks. I can't play their games." And you repeat it ad infinitium.

Yes, everyone knows you have problems with Neocore's games. How could they not, with you shouting it from the rooftops every chance you get? But repeatedly cursing and complaining and carrying on across numerous forums, all the while failing to actually say anything other than the repetition of identical complaints is tiresome. One complaintive post per thread, clearly stating your technical issues and what you've done to try and resolve them, should be satisfactory. But the way you carry on with your grief is enough to make it seem like we're in a Dr. Phil forum instead of a gaming one.

Just relax and go play something else for a while. Obviously Neocore games are giving you the vapors.
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Nudz got pwned. Maybe he is a competitor? :ninja:
 
Myshkin said:
Nudz got pwned. Maybe he is a competitor? :ninja:
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Indeed. Though in all frankness, while Nudz did put (beat) his gaming issues across, his "interesting" way of communication in forms of vomiting and spewing venom at every opportunity did get grating after awhile.

He should perhaps take Clegan76's advice to heart.
 
Clegane76 said:
What in the hell are you babbling about? The Rock-Paper-Shotgun article on the demo has 29 comments.
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37 comments. Including a few gems:

[Regarding the frame rate:] Sounds as if it’s suffering from King Arthur: The Role-Playing Wargame syndrome.

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24 fps argument is so dumb. The only reason movies don’t flicker like CRAZY is motion blur. Every frame leads into the next. Whereas in games, every frame is a separate frame with no lead into the next. That’s why films shot digitally often seem stuttery on pan shots while analog movies are smooth. Analog film just does the whole motion blur better than digital postprocessing.

I’m guessing the PR dude who made the 24fps argument was either super dense, or under the impression that their customers do carpentry with their faces.

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[This one echoes my sentiments exactly:] King Arthur was okay, but it wasn’t great. The main problem is that they sold the game as something it wasn’t. It’s not an open-ended grand strategy game like Total War. If you try to play as though you have some free reign or actual choices, you’ll get bombarded with stacks of unstoppable ghost soldiers. Instead, you have to play a -very- specific way, or else you’ll trigger unsolvable quests early or get overwhelmed with enemies you literally can’t stop. I recommend reading a FAQ and playing it by the numbers because every other option is wrought with pain and misery.

It’s sad too because it had so much potential. The battles, when the combatants were somewhat balanced, actually worked fairly well. The text-based RPG adventures were charming. I like the morality elements, and how you could go Christian or Pagan, Good or Bad (two dimensions). The map stuff, too, actually worked when the developers allowed it too. However, heavy handed events, terrible pacing, and awkward event triggers all severely constrained what you could actually do with the map mode. C’est tragique.

Unfortunately, the early stuff I hear about this isn’t terribly exciting. From what I’ve heard, they’ve stripped a lot of the grand strategy elements out right, and there is also a lot less subtlety to the morality mechanics. I hope it still ends up good, but I’ve never been expecting an out-and-out classic.

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There's also a thread at the wargamer.com titled 'Neocore... The Great Disapointment':

http://www.wargamer.com/forums/posts.asp?t=582519

It seems that a lot of us were hoping that KA2 would become more open-ended, more of a strategy game, with a more complex and 'epic' battle system, but Neocore took the series in the opposite direction instead. A real shame -- there are a lot of Total War fans just dying for something new in that genre, and this title could have been it.
 
belit said:
It seems that a lot of us were hoping that KA2 would become more open-ended, more of a strategy game, with a more complex and 'epic' battle system, but Neocore took the series in the opposite direction instead. A real shame -- there are a lot of Total War fans just dying for something new in that genre, and this title could have been it.
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I agree with your other comments. However to be fair on the total war comparison, I am currently playing total war Shogun 2 on legendary (the hardest difficulty) with a hard empire, and i am getting a kick from the kingdom management aspect. When i play King Arthur 2, I enjoy it because it is more lightweight and different from total war. If the kingdom management stayed, i would be getting the same sensations as in total war. By eliminating the management aspect king Arthur sets itself apart from the completion, this is a point to consider. However the other side of the coin is that the is a sens of losing depth, and they need to bring more depth in other ways. Diplomacy is a great start, if they manage to fix the unit tier system and make research and province a bit more interesting the game would be better for it. Provinces don't have to be like in total war, there are other ideas to consider that would set the game apart, without being as bland and one dimensional as they are now.
 
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