Game News Demise vol. II: Ascension descends to the public

[Elwro]

Tags: Demise - Rise of the Ku'tan

<p>Well, not <em>exactly</em>, but almost. The mythical expansion to the behemoth among dungeon crawlers -- <a href="http://www.decklinsdemise.com/">Demise: Rise of the Ku'tan</a> -- rivaled only Grimoire in terms of its delay, with countless news of its release being just behind the corner. Today our esteemed member S<em>tabwound</em>, who apparently preordered Ascension,<em>&nbsp;</em>brings news that he received his expansion key. A look at the <a href="http://www.decklinsdomain.info/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=36&amp;t=4146&amp;start=25">forums</a>&nbsp;confirms that the expansion is finally finished, with the developer being charming as usual: <a href="http://www.decklinsdomain.com/games/gameindex.htm#Ascension">here</a>'s the purchase link, and if you buy the expansion (which includes the original game), you will receive the download link INSTANTLY, that is, uh, "<span>before the end of March 2011".</span></p>
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<p>Thanks, <em>S</em><em>tabwound!</em></p>

 

[Yeesh]

Oh I'm all a-twitter over this one. Or at least I would have been 4 years ago. But I'm still interesting in hearing the final list what the expansion does and doesn't do, and of course reading reviews.

 

[Elwro]

Well, I never completed the original (but still liked it!). And I think the expansion introduces new areas for high level characters. If it doesn't come with a predefined party, a reviewer without much experience with the original game would have to play for 100 hours before reaching the content added in the expansion, I guess :D

 

[ecliptic]

This shit was hilarious. A good five years or so of sliding almost release dates.

 

[AlaCarcuss]

Man, I've seen some crap websites in my time but this one takes the cake.

Hope his game got more attention.

 

[ecliptic]

It apparently makes the base game harder.

...

No thanks, I'm fine with the old version.

 

[covr]

Well, I never completed the original (but still liked it!). And I think the expansion introduces new areas for high level characters. If it doesn't come with a predefined party, a reviewer without much experience with the original game would have to play for 100 hours before reaching the content added in the expansion, I guess :D

If I remember correctly, the expansion adds new areas, items and spells since beginning of the game. So it may be worth to to play it again.

 

[Konjad]

I already forgot about this game long time ago

 

[tindrli]

HOLY SHIT!!!!! FINNALY!!..waiting for that damn thing since 2004!!!

 

[getter77]

Will pick it up at some point...actually had money for it last year but that ship long since sailed as things kept sliding.

Definitely looking forward to reviews, LPs, etc.

 

[Elwro]

...and the forums are down now, of course :D

 

[Crooked Bee]

This shit looks good. I hope it plays good, too.

 

[Jigawatt]

Can't say I've heard of this one before... but there's something really off-putting about a website that was "revised 2007" and still says "best viewed at 800x600 in Internet Explorer". I'm having timecube flashbacks.

 

[Stabwound]

Yeah, the sales webpage is an abomination. Looking at the source, it was designed with "Frontpage 4.0" which apparently was released in 1999.

The original game was released at the end of 1999, meaning the expansion was released over 11 years after the original, which must be a record. It has been in development for something like 5-6 years now and missed about 10 promised release dates, so it's shocking that it's actually out. I was checking the status about once a year and really didn't think it would ever be released.

If you like grid-based blob dungeon crawlers that are a massive time sink you'll love Demise. It's not without its flaws, especially the very clunky UI (which was bad even in 2000) but if you can enjoy the old Might and Magic/Wizardry games you'll enjoy this.

There is apparently a demo here but I can't vouch for it at all as it seems like it's from an extremely old version of the game and I didn't download it.

 

[Xi]

I too have a CDkey and have downloaded the game. If they didn't remove level pinning or at least tweak it, then I doubt I will give it much time. I always hated that about the game. You can amass thousands of levels, but you have to leave the dungeon after gaining just two or progression halts.

Worst design ever! Unless spending 10 hours back tracking out of the dungeon thousands of countless times is "fun," then they need to alter it. That's probably the biggest issue I have with the community for this game too. They are far more masochistic than the Codex, and they prefer a time challenge as opposed to a strategy challenge.

We'll see.

 

[tindrli]

does anyone knows the master server adress to play demise online???

cant find anything that works