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EndWar Demo Now Available

EndWar Demo Now Available
Written Wednesday, October 15, 2008 by Dan Webb

I don't know about any of you, but for some time now I've hurled commands at the games I've been playing, just hoping that they listen to what I say. Today is the day for change ... Well not entirely, but it's the day to sample change as the EndWar demo is now available for everyone except Switzerland (I'm not sure what the Swiss did).
 
Weighing in at a hefty 1.6Gb, you too can sample the first voice controlled RTS before it's upcoming release. Let us know your thoughts on the gameplay and such in the comments below. Does it work? We're itching to find out!


User Comments
Comment #1 by richardjanssen
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 @ 02:53:06 PM

gonna download this one maybe

Comment #2 by ThrawnOmega
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 @ 02:54:27 PM

I really hope this one is good. Need a good RTS after slogging through Warhammer...

Comment #3 by Chigawa
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 @ 02:54:36 PM

Nice, I'll download it later tonight :)

Comment #4 by [M]ike
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 @ 02:57:46 PM

Gonna download this now, I own every Tom Clancy title on the 360 so far and have enjoyed them all, I'm a big RTS fan so this shouldn't dissapoint!

Comment #5 by Badlandz
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 @ 03:05:34 PM

Tom who?

Comment #6 by b3nnyth3gr33k
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 @ 03:07:03 PM

oh YEAH!

Comment #7 by rickyfeeney
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 @ 03:09:16 PM

good ive been waiting for this. i think the swiss didnt get it because of what they done to try to destroy the world with a black hole. just why. honestly. why

Comment #8 by rickyfeeney
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 @ 03:10:42 PM

oh and id like to add that this game is good becuase i played the beta and enjoyed it just been waiting for a bit more about the story

Comment #9 by LewisRedd
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 @ 03:26:29 PM

I just had a go it alright. the voice system is really good. I hope this is a feature alot of games will start to take on.

Comment #10 by Vince
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 @ 03:29:11 PM

not really into this type of game but i want to experience the voice command lol

Comment #11 by Vince
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 @ 03:30:26 PM


Comment #12 by ozzdog12
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 @ 03:34:31 PM

meh I didnt think the BETA was that good, but i may check it out

Comment #13 by Da CRU Mughhh
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 @ 03:37:23 PM

The Voice comment works almost seamlessly

Comment #14 by bluntedGRINCH
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 @ 03:40:05 PM

RTS are going down hill, Starcraft is still and will always be the "only" RTS.

Comment #15 by BladeStrike
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 @ 03:54:11 PM

the one player level is realy short, but the voice comands worked perfectly for me.

Comment #16 by richardjanssen
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 @ 04:02:22 PM

rickyfeeney, you're just too rude for those poor swiss :)

Comment #17 by xpectsthexpctd
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 @ 04:07:08 PM

Downloading as we speak, this going to be awesome!

Comment #18 by Lupadi
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 @ 04:10:15 PM

a dammn i got no room for it anymore :( realy need to go and buy 120 gig hdd =/ got like 1.3 gig left but when the beta of CoD 5 ends i will download it :)

Comment #19 by BROOKIE
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 @ 04:19:06 PM

the camera angle is shite will not b gettin this pile of plop.

Comment #20 by wigidywaxa
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 @ 04:33:48 PM

Shit yeah, Im downloading this straight away...hope it's good

Comment #21 by wh1tel1ght
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 @ 04:46:08 PM

I've never been much of an RTS fan. But the whole voice command has really caught my attention. Will definately give this a try when I get off work.

Comment #22 by CaptainKicker
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 @ 04:56:17 PM

This is not good.. at all!

Comment #23 by TerraRazoR
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 @ 05:17:44 PM

Lame

Comment #24 by Medaking
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 @ 05:20:39 PM

Hated the beta so no idea why I downloaded the demo... Twas a long day

Comment #25 by Darklord Saige
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 @ 05:23:58 PM

Well, would of liked to see how it handled, but after two hours of leaving my xbox on, and the d/l being only 19% complete, looks like ill wait to borrow from a friend....

Comment #26 by Buttmustard
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 @ 05:42:56 PM

yer this game is bad its so slow paced not enough action

Comment #27 by gafirefighter9
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 @ 06:33:04 PM

rickyfeeney, nice reference. i wonder how many people on here actually know what you are talking about.

Comment #28 by squirreltakos
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 @ 06:44:13 PM

Why is there a beta if they release a demo like 2 days later.

Comment #29 by The End
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 @ 07:02:20 PM

This download is taking forever

Comment #30 by Edable Giraffe
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 @ 07:11:38 PM

I was in the beta and all i can say about it is that it is the worst RTS i have ever played.

Comment #31 by Thrall320
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 @ 07:16:39 PM

Eh... not as entertaining as I had hoped.

PASS.

Comment #32 by Blue Thunder28
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 @ 07:20:54 PM

Yeah hopefully it's single player, I did not enjoy the multiplayer Beta very much...

Comment #33 by DarkPyroGuy_09
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 @ 07:27:50 PM

Going to download now.

Comment #34 by Sraew
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 @ 07:36:19 PM

To the blackhole comment, the origanal person behind it was Welsh/English :)

Downloading this right now though, can't wait.

Comment #35 by sporter08
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 @ 07:46:01 PM

My download is stuck at 1%........

Comment #36 by L0nni3
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 @ 09:41:22 PM

I will download this one but i probably not going buy this because I hate RTS but a voice control feature is cool enough to at least try out

Comment #37 by callofdutyachievements
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 @ 09:43:47 PM

OOrah but my headset is broken =-(

Comment #38 by spartanjohn912
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 @ 11:11:59 PM

The beta is pretty cool im glad i got in.

Comment #39 by PaulXVII
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 @ 11:24:28 PM

ace demo, will be even better 6v6 online on the full game

Comment #40 by Mozza FTW
Thursday, October 16, 2008 @ 01:04:25 AM

This is awesome the voice commands work without fail although I did find myself adopting an american accent lol!
I hope more game addopt this feature as it seems to have been perfected =]
Unit 1 suck my nads FTW
"no can do sir" lol

Comment #41 by hoochie mama 88
Thursday, October 16, 2008 @ 01:23:36 AM

The voice commands are incredible but I'm just not into playing God in a video game. I'd rather pilot the chopper or be the soldier fighting on the battlefield. RTS games are just not for me but this game is cleary the best one I've ever seen.

Comment #42 by Brigadier Badge
Thursday, October 16, 2008 @ 02:04:32 AM

Awesome

Comment #43 by jhaywood1
Thursday, October 16, 2008 @ 02:46:47 AM

downloaded it, its amazing.

the only bad thing is i suck at these type of games lol

Comment #44 by ProxsimityVirus
Thursday, October 16, 2008 @ 03:14:31 AM

just played it, i'm sold demo was good. love the voice feature.

Comment #45 by Ben172
Thursday, October 16, 2008 @ 03:20:04 AM

I'm a huge fan of RTS games, mostly C&C, but I thought this game was utter crap. I hated the camera angles and how you can't pan the camera angle away from your units. It was just really hard to navigate around. The only thing i liked about it was the voice commands but i find them to be like 10x slower then just clicking A on units, A on Attack and so on.

Comment #46 by Sir BadWolf
Thursday, October 16, 2008 @ 03:40:34 AM

Seems to be missing alot of the commands I was using at E 4 All... Grouping, putting units in transport etc.. Guess will be in final retail version

Comment #47 by Brigadier Badge
Thursday, October 16, 2008 @ 04:43:16 AM

O Wow This is so fun recommend for all !!

Comment #48 by Cheezbrgr
Thursday, October 16, 2008 @ 04:51:26 AM

Pfft. I was a beta tester - I hated it.

Comment #49 by TranClan67
Thursday, October 16, 2008 @ 05:18:35 AM

Once I figured out how to use the voice controllers, I only used one button. I got that lazy

Comment #50 by Thinreaper
Thursday, October 16, 2008 @ 07:21:17 AM

The voice command worked perfectly for me and i think its a great feature that many other games like this should consider implementing from now on

However i hated everything else about it, it was so confusing as to what was going on for me. I didnt know what i was supposed to be doing half the time, there seemed to be so many functions and none of them were very well explained to you. This demo needs a tutorial level. I hated the camera, found it too hard to move your units around. Its a shame, if the gameplay had been as good as a more established RTS like command & conquer or something this could have been amazing

Comment #51 by United10717
Thursday, October 16, 2008 @ 11:36:27 AM

kwl gonna download dis later just to see wat it is like cos im prob gunna get it when it comes out!!

Comment #52 by Invader Skooj
Thursday, October 16, 2008 @ 12:52:48 PM

It was a major let down. If you want a good RTS, stick with Company of Heroes on the PC.

Comment #53 by Parkerktm
Thursday, October 16, 2008 @ 02:50:13 PM

Is this the same as the beta? Or different?

Comment #54 by mslot722
Thursday, October 16, 2008 @ 05:04:36 PM

Took a little getting used to, yes, but so does every game right? The voice command worked like a charm, and once you get the hang of it it becomes really easy.

@#50 - "I didn't know what I was supposed to be doing" Well if you listened to your objectives and used the map, it was very clear what to do, and simple, eliminate all hostiles, which were marked red triangles on the map. And there is a short tutorial level, so look around the whole game first before bashing it down.

I think its a very good demo and it has a lot of potential, can't wait for the full game.

Comment #55 by rsxdelerium
Thursday, October 16, 2008 @ 05:54:55 PM

Sounds interesting .. I'll give it a try. @14, starcraft is not the only real rts, it was the first awesome one.

Comment #56 by dragon strife 1
Thursday, October 16, 2008 @ 06:03:12 PM

not getting this for two reasons
one i got the cog waw beta and coz this looks rubbish
i dont see y anyone would want a game were all you do is tlk



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Developed By:
Ubisoft

Published By:
Ubisoft

Genre:
Strategy

Release Date:

US: November 04, 2008
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Resolution: 1080i
Sound: Dolby 5.1 Surround
Players: 1-3

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