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Savage 2 -- Now FREE

BamelinBamelin Registered User regular
edited December 2008 in Games and Technology
The FULL game is now completely free to download and play:

https://savage2.s2games.com/main.php

I remember some folks saying Savage 2 was pretty decent. I played the hell out of Savage 1 but never got around to trying out Savage 2.

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  • ChewyWafflesChewyWaffles Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    I loved Savage but can't be bothered to try Savage 2. Dunno why, actually. Games are kinda like books - there's too many of them to play anything less than what you really love.

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  • MorkathMorkath Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited December 2008
    savage1 was pretty good, savage2 felt like it was missing something back when I tried it when it first came out.

    Getting the free version now to give it another shot, looked at the premium version, but you don't seem to get anything worthwhile for your $10.

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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu PIGEON Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    It was free for a week or two (maybe a weekend) and all I could think about during that time was why I was playing this instead of Natural Selection. Interesting choice on their part though. Can't imagine it's easy to just go "OUR GAME IS FREE."

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  • ZombiemamboZombiemambo Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Ah fuck shit as if I didn't have 10 million games to play ALREADY FUCK YOU BAMELIN

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  • randombattlerandombattle Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Sucks for anyone who bought it!

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  • Feels Good ManFeels Good Man Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    ChewyWaffles wrote: »
    Games are kinda like books - there's too many of them to play anything less than what you really love.

    that's pretty dumb

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  • MorkathMorkath Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited December 2008
    TychoCelchuuu wrote: »
    It was free for a week or two (maybe a weekend) and all I could think about during that time was why I was playing this instead of Natural Selection. Interesting choice on their part though. Can't imagine it's easy to just go "OUR GAME IS FREE."

    They did it for savage1 as well, it seems to just be something they due to their games after about 2 years.

    Probably because the communities are almost dead at that point, and the free players give the people who actually bought the game someone to play with.
    So in a way it is a good thing for both groups, we get a free hopefully decent game. And the people who actually liked the game enough to pay for it, get more people to actually play against.

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  • ChewyWafflesChewyWaffles Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Feels Good Man wrote: »
    ChewyWaffles wrote: »
    Games are kinda like books - there's too many of them to play anything less than what you really love.

    that's pretty dumb

    Not quite, but thanks.

    EDIT: Or you have a shitload of time on your hands. Maybe that's it.

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  • ZombiemamboZombiemambo Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    ChewyWaffles wrote: »
    Feels Good Man wrote: »
    ChewyWaffles wrote: »
    Games are kinda like books - there's too many of them to play anything less than what you really love.

    that's pretty dumb

    Not quite, but thanks.

    EDIT: Or you have a shitload of time on your hands. Maybe that's it.

    I do, so yes

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  • LurkLurk Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    I was in the beta for this. I had no idea what I was doing and the interface was trying to devour my face. I might come back to it. I do have fond memories of Savage 1.

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  • KhavallKhavall British ColumbiaRegistered User regular
    edited December 2008
    This is the game where there is a commander and then players play out the units, right?

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  • EinhanderEinhander __BANNED USERS regular
    edited December 2008
    Dear developers:

    If I have to look for more than one minute to find the system requirements for your game, your website is fucking broken.

    love,
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  • augustaugust where you come from is gone Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Feels Good Man wrote: »
    ChewyWaffles wrote: »
    Games are kinda like books - there's too many of them to play anything less than what you really love.

    that's pretty dumb

    You're pretty dumb.

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  • CrashmoCrashmo Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Khavall wrote: »
    This is the game where there is a commander and then players play out the units, right?

    Yup. Pseudo-Injuns vs. Beast-things. Complete with tech-trees, builder units, tesla guns, seige weapons/trolls, and creeps!

    It is a pretty darn fun game, though Savage 2 had a kind of MMO ui that bothered me. Dl'ing this immediately.


    edit: I remember this having a crappy launch, glitch-wise. Surely they've fixed most of those bugs by now.

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  • LurkLurk Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Looking at the UI tutorial and damn, there is a lot of information to ingest on the player screen. Most MMOs are simpler than this : /

    http://savage2.s2games.com/tutorial/

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  • CrashmoCrashmo Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    The tutorial is probably more confusing than actually playing the game and figuring it out for yourself.

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  • KhavallKhavall British ColumbiaRegistered User regular
    edited December 2008
    I liked Kotaku or Joystiqs description of the game. "When it works, it is an amazing experience for all involved. When it doesn't it's an RTS with the worst AI ever"

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  • PMAversPMAvers Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Huh.

    Apparently they released a OS X client for it today as well.

    Nice.

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  • AiranAiran Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    The learning curve is no worse than Natural Selection really. Takes all of 15 minutes to pick up and play, and through some pain in actual matches you'll learn some of the nuances of the mechanics (or you could just ask the players, they're generally responsive and helpful).

    Shame this has gone free, it was released just this year apparently, and has had a weekend price cut on Steam (which is where I bought it for like £6?). I wonder how these developers survive :|

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  • JarofmoldymayoJarofmoldymayo __BANNED USERS regular
    edited December 2008
    I always had a thing for Natural Selection Classic gamemode, before they added in combat mode and it died.

    This anything like that?

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  • MorkathMorkath Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited December 2008
    Airan wrote: »
    The learning curve is no worse than Natural Selection really. Takes all of 15 minutes to pick up and play, and through some pain in actual matches you'll learn some of the nuances of the mechanics (or you could just ask the players, they're generally responsive and helpful).

    Shame this has gone free, it was released just this year apparently, and has had a weekend price cut on Steam (which is where I bought it for like £6?). I wonder how these developers survive :|

    crap your right, it did release this year, I thought it released in 06 for some reason.

    They probably keep their costs down with a small team, and making money off the initial sales. Plus it probably isn't selling well enough for it to matter if they give it out for free, they are probably hoping people will play it, like it, and get the premium accounts.

    I played for a few hours, its ok, still kind of lacking something. I think its the fact that ranged weapons are completly useless this time. I can hit someone with a fully charged marksman shot, and only do like 10% damage at most. Which is pretty hard to do considering you have to account for them dashing/dodging/arrow flight.
    Also the melee is pretty spammy.

    Not bad for free, but I still wouldn't pay money for it. =/

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  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Oh Jesus fuck yes. I enjoyed the shit out of the first one but didn't know if dropping hard earned money on the second was a wise choice. Plus, I bought the first one like three months before it became free.

    It's like karma swung my way. <3

    Edit - I like how the game install is only 979MB, but the system requirements are barely met by my compy.

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  • greeblegreeble Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    I loved Savage 1, played it a lot, but I never got around to Savage 2, possibly because the demo didn't wow me.

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  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    I'm downloading it right now. I'm hoping it lives up to, or improves, the experience of the first. Usually I'd trust the word of forumers here but I don't remember there being much of a reaction for the first one from people here.

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  • HaikiraHaikira UKRegistered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Downloading now. Thanks for the heads up.

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  • urahonkyurahonky Cynical Old Man Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Haha, sweet. I told my friend I'd buy it if it shut him up. Now I'm out no money and he's out $10 he spent last week. :P

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  • SlicerSlicer Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    I think this is the reason why I never bought it, I expected it to end up like the first game.

    Well, that and never being too impressed with the first. I enjoyed it when it became free, but not enough to actually want to pay for it.

    Now that the sequel is free I'm sure I could get a few hours of fun out of it at least.

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  • BamelinBamelin Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    From poking around I've heard they are moving to a microtransaction model. No idea what this entails ...

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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu PIGEON Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Bamelin wrote: »
    From poking around I've heard they are moving to a microtransaction model. No idea what this entails ...

    It entails paying real life money for in-game items that grant you marginal benefits.

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  • MorkathMorkath Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited December 2008
    TychoCelchuuu wrote: »
    Bamelin wrote: »
    From poking around I've heard they are moving to a microtransaction model. No idea what this entails ...

    It entails paying real life money for in-game items that grant you marginal benefits.

    Basically $5 for an item that gives 15% to hps/mana/stamina, +15% to something secondary stat, and the ability to instantly heal yourself, your mana, or your stamina. Oh and it expires after 120 days.

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  • FyreWulffFyreWulff YouRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited December 2008
    I remember Savage 1 as introducing everyone on this board to motherboard BIOS updates.

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  • Feels Good ManFeels Good Man Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    awesome a spambot is crashing everyones game by giving them some packet overflow error hahahaha

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  • zanmattozanmatto Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Man. They didnt actually add anything to the game when they made it free. They just cut stuff from the people who download it for free. And to think, I thought I was gonna get a bonus for owning the game :(

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  • Feels Good ManFeels Good Man Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    yeah they turned it into the "korean" model

    free game, but with a lot of minitransactions

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  • DisDis Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    WTF.
    Regular Account on 4 inventory slots while Prime has 6.
    So free account folks are suppose to be weaker to let Prime account users grief you.

    And microtransaction for passive items giving you an unfair over the edge advantage over players who don't have it.

    Sorry I am not playing this game to let other players WTF PWNED me with their unfait advantage.

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  • ImpersonatorImpersonator Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Dis wrote: »
    WTF.
    Regular Account on 4 inventory slots while Prime has 6.
    So free account folks are suppose to be weaker to let Prime account users grief you.

    And microtransaction for passive items giving you an unfair over the edge advantage over players who don't have it.

    Sorry I am not playing this game to let other players WTF PWNED me with their unfait advantage.

    Complaining about a game you're able to play for free? Really?

    And yeah, why should paying customers have more advantages over non-paying ones, fuck them!

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  • Rotting MeatRotting Meat Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Is it worth playing as a free player, or am I going to feel completely disadvantaged the entire time and get frustrated?

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  • DisDis Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Rotting Meat wrote: »
    Is it worth playing as a free player, or am I going to feel completely disadvantaged the entire time and get frustrated?

    Isn't it obvious?
    o_O

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  • KhavallKhavall British ColumbiaRegistered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Dis wrote: »
    WTF.
    Regular Account on 4 inventory slots while Prime has 6.
    So free account folks are suppose to be weaker to let Prime account users grief you.

    And microtransaction for passive items giving you an unfair over the edge advantage over players who don't have it.

    Sorry I am not playing this game to let other players WTF PWNED me with their unfait advantage.

    Yeah


    I want my money back!

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  • MorkathMorkath Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited December 2008
    Khavall wrote: »
    Dis wrote: »
    WTF.
    Regular Account on 4 inventory slots while Prime has 6.
    So free account folks are suppose to be weaker to let Prime account users grief you.

    And microtransaction for passive items giving you an unfair over the edge advantage over players who don't have it.

    Sorry I am not playing this game to let other players WTF PWNED me with their unfait advantage.

    Yeah


    I want my money back!

    Seriously the lack of 2 item slots means nothing, and the premium items mean little. I had no problem killing people last night.

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