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Demo is out, I played it last night. You can find it on Fileplanet. Its a big Demo, 1 Gig. Took me 40 minutes to download on a ADSL2 20mb line.

First of all, like the help says in 3 different places you really do need to have the absolutely last drivers available. It really doesnt like earlier drivers espicially if you run VISTA. I was using the April 30 Nvidia Driver I couldnt get the Demo to play until I installed the lastest Nvidia June 1 Driver.

Overall I liked it, controls are a bit awkward as it is designed for a XBOX 360. Helps if you have a Gamepad (which I do).

The graphics are nice, but a little rough on the edges especially with the characters. I was only playing at 1024x760 so increasing the resolution might help. I also noticed there were no anti-aliasing options, another sacrifice compromise for the Xbox version. A pity.

Like DK and Evil Genius, there is a wonderful Dark Humor at work.

As I suspected the Gameplay is very similar to Eidos Freedom Fighters but in a fantasy setting. One nice thing is you can move between levels as certain areas can only be reached by certain goblins.

The special effects are nice. Throw a fireball spell into a wheat field and the fire will quickly spread while BBQ all enemies inside. When Goblins enter houses the building shakes and sways like int a cartoon before it collapses.

The Demo I thought the problems were related more to the demo than the game. The Demo was too short and didn't give me good overall look at the game. I wasn't able to get a good impression as I felt they were holding lots of stuff out of the demo. I will wait for the reviews and then decide. I will buy it but I have not decided when. I might wait until its a budget game and get it then. Still its perfect for bit of 'light' gaming.