Downloading

[leastonh1]

Hi all,

After reading the forums and reviews, then futilely looking for a demo of FPG, I've just thrown caution to the wind and used my credit card. The game is now downloading at 60.6kb/sec on my 512kb connection. It's just not fast enough though. Can I complain? [;)]

These forums are a great place to read about the wonderful games by Matrix and seem very friendly. Yes, I'm a lurker, but do own a few Matrix games already and love them.

I'm really looking forward to playing this game as all the reviewers seem enthusiastic, particularly considering it's a 1.0 release version! It just goes to show the quality of the Matrix productions I suppose.

22% finished...come on....hurry up [&o]

Yours in anticipation,
Jim.

[IronManBeta]

Your maiden post and it is in the Flashpoint forum! Another victory for the good guys.

Welcome aboard, Jim, and we hope you enjoy the game. Matrix does indeed have a real community of gamers and that is a very special part of the total experience. I was a long time lurker too before I was drawn out and became a citizen. There is no going back afterwards!

Cheers, Rob.

[CommC]

I suggest you get a faster connection. I downloaded the entire game in about 15 minutes using a 3 MB connection... Digital River has tons of bandwidth if you have the service to utilize it. Its among the fastest consistent download sites I've seen on the net.

Don't complain. [:)]

[Oleg Mastruko]

Indeed I am pleasantly surprised by number of first time posters in FPG forums lately! Seems like this game "de-lurkerized" some people, or perhaps drawn entirely new players to the genre.

In any case welcome aboard...

O.

[leastonh1]

Thanks for the welcome [:)]

Well, it did finally finish downloading and only took an hour in the end. Trouble is, just as I completed the installation, my wife dragged me out shopping for 2hrs....for clothes!!!!!! I didn't even see the splash screen until we got back home. Oh married bliss eh?

Anyway, I'm just working my way through the first tutorial and so far I am very impressed. I'll post something in the first impressions thread once I complete the tutorial.

@Commc - No chance of an upgrade, unfortunately. I'm on wireless dsl as this is the only option where I live and it is twice the price of normal adsl. Around £48/month compared to cable which is less than £20 iirc. Ouch. I'll stop complaining now [:'(]

Jim

[Adam Parker]

Happy to say just got my copy too [:)]

Download went without a hitch again - well done Matrix again.

Fired up the game without reading a word. And then using Robert's tip of shift selecting units to copy orders, quickly moved a long column of Soviet armor in the first British scen. Saw my lead unit retreat after inflicting and then taking loses [;)] Mmm. Time to read the rules!

First quick impression - Kudos Robert on allowing pre scenario human force deployment. This is a rarity in PC gaming taking one of the best elements from board gaming that hopefully will be copied by many other games designs.

Adam.