Panzer76 Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 So, Im just casually interested in this game, which I guess many potential buyers are. And here is my experience with the demo. Downloaded and installed, started up. Start training mission one, try to move the camera. Response is VERY sluggish and delayed by a few seconds, makes it impossible to move around or even have a clear view of my troops. Camera control not very intuative (may be connected to sluggishness). Nothing impressive. Exit the demo, forget about the game. Now, there is nothing wrong with my PC, it is high-middel end, and runs far more rescource heavy games than this, smoothly. Now, I guess there is a way to fix this if I was interested enough to go trouble shooting, browse the forum etc, but frankly, there are many games out there, and I dont feel like wasting time looking for a fix for a demo, that should have worked when I started it up. For me it tells me its shoddy work, and I loose interest. Im not saying this as if its a " ah, woo is BTS, they loose a customer", but more as a reminder that there are many like me, and they may wantto look into their demo they release as to give potetial customers a better impression of their game. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturmmann Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 I had zero problems with the demo. They are tweaking it for the next patch to run alot better than current build, but you may check the support forum to see if you can get it to run better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reichenberg Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 I guess Panzer76 had a problem with the shadow settings - with shadows on "off" it should have worked out smoothly. Ahh, too late now. Uwe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
met1966 Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 He surely didnt try very hard. I tend to think as a customer you'd be more of a liability than an asset anyway, so perhaps its best that you and the game part ways. I have a "middel" end rig as well and had zero problems with the game. You can adjust camera scroll in the options menu. Was this supposed to be a joke post, btw? and its "lose"....not loose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinnN Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 Overall I like the game - and I'm afraid I agree with Panzer76. The demo includes tutorials with tactics and deployments in that will get you killed in the game, the AT gun one being a particularly good example. The 'real' battle that's included has a lot of units in it and does affect performance on my machine (an old 2.8GHz P4 with 2G of RAM). I'd pre-ordered but I think it would have been unlikely (but not impossible) that I would have bought the game if all I'd seen was the demo and I think I'm more tolerant of problems in games I like than most. BF would be doing themselves a big favour if they revised the tutorial missions to make them finishable and put in a mission or two that's more typical of the number of units you find during the campaigns. Have fun Finn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonar Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 The only problem I had with the demo was that it showed the game to be crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchell58 Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 Here we go again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
von Ribbentrop Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 The most importent aspect of the demo for me was,to see that there is a lot of potential, and that the general idee for the game was good. Now ive been here on the forum alwhile, and this community is great, and the tech suport is realy trying to help people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturmmann Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 Originally posted by sonar: The only problem I had with the demo was that it showed the game to be crap. If you don't like the game then why are posting on the TOW forums? I think by now most people have come to their own conclusions about the game...no point beating a dead horse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
met1966 Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 When the extent of someone's critique is something akin to, "The game is crap."...you know the extent of their mental development. This guy gets off on coming in and posting his imbecilic comments apparently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlapHappy Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 I recently upgraded my memory and viddie card in part for this game and saw no appreciable result in improvement in frame rates. However, after putting a minor (10%) over-clock on the processor, I was able to immediately see a difference. I think the game suffers somewhat from poorly compiled code, which Battlefront has already said as much. I think the only way to get anything out of it currently is to throw more raw clock cycles at it. However, with the new compiled code in the patch, I think I will see some (hopefully) substantial improvements in performance. Madmatt has already indicated that has been their recent experience with the new code on Athlon 64 based machines. I still think you are probably better off running the game with 2 gig of RAM. Too much virtual memory makes the game "hiccup" quite a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonar Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 met1966 this is a forum and the title of this thread is "My impression of the demo".Everyone knows the problems with this game,if it gets fixed then fine but in it's present state for me "My impression" is that it's crap ok.So please keep your aggressive and nasty little comments to yourself. [ June 16, 2007, 04:03 AM: Message edited by: sonar ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchell58 Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 Everyone knows the problems,,,,Yes every1 knows but only a few don't want to play it or wait for the patch so move on and let the vast mayority of us who r enjoying it have fun with it without having to read your repeated posts. Panzer stated a problem and the guys r making suggestions to help....U r not!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturmmann Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 Originally posted by sonar: met1966 this is a forum and the title of this thread is "My impression of the demo".Everyone knows the problems with this game,if it gets fixed then fine but in it's present state for me "My impression" is that it's crap ok.So please keep your aggressive and nasty little comments to yourself. Then why keep posting on a forums? If you think the game is crap then sell your copy on eBay go play something else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonar Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 Now,now boys the object of the forum is to exchange opinions on the topics discussed.The title of this topic is "My impression of the demo" I'm giving my impression of the demo,that is the way the forum works,if you don't agree with me fine but don't try and bully me away just cause I don't want to dance to your tune. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slapaho Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 sonar, if the fixes being discussed are implemented, will this change your opinion do you think? or do you generally just dislike the game anyway? A fair few people who like the game say the demo is crap, so its of no surprise when someone who might not like the game would think the demo ... well - crap From most of the comments about the demo (it being not a good reflection of the game) would it not be in BFC/1C best interests to modify it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonar Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 Slapano,I have followed this game since it was wartime command or whatever it was called back then.I really hope that they can fix the game as it would be in my interest if they did.My comments are based soley on the unplayabilyty of the game(for me) in it's present state. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchell58 Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 Sonar,,when u say unplayability do u mean system related or the game as it is now ?????Like I said before guys here are helpful and i am sure if there is something they can suggest they will to help u.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
met1966 Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Sonar. I think everyone else here gets a pretty clear idea of your mental development. If all you are going to do is post sophomoric (complete with spelling errors) useless comments then I think you should expect responses in the same tone. Why not come in with some humility and true desire for some assistance? You'd find tons of intelligent, dedicated gamers eager to help with your problems. As the game runs fine on my system, which is hardly high end as well as most others..then the problems you appear to be experiencing are most likely the cause of operator error - to put it nicely. Or..I could just say that the operator is crap, but I wouldnt do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Jones Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 I'll throw in my cent. I liked the demo and I like the game. br. Dr.Jones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slapaho Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 sonar a few people have been (very) dissapointed with the demo, I have never played it, only the full version. Update the demo BFC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arengada Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 I'm playing this demo over and over while I'm waiting for my copy to arrive and the only thing that bothers me are the low fps. But still... I can't wait to play the full version. I haven't been so excited about a WWII game since Close Combat!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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