Last night I downloaded the demo (and was surprised to find it actually worked on my system), and spent a couple hours playing through the available content (it had a level cap at 7 and no new quests after you bring Darkhunter to your home city). Does anyone know why it starts by trying to access the internet (which I had my firewall block), then do nothing for about a minute before showing the splash screen?

Interesting game. (Disclaimer: the developer's forums indicate a lot of changes have been made since the demo came out.) The dialog is written out letter by letter v.e.r.y..s..l..o...w....y but the spell results gobyreallyrelyfst. Also, the help tips that appear during combat (not the tutorial lady) are very annoying (they cover up gems you may want to click), and usually tell you stuff you've already heard a dozen times before ("Mana lets you cast spells!"). And yet nothing ever explained what wildcards are or how to use them (it took my a lot of trial and error to figure them out).