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"Try before you buy"

I was thinking that despite having a subscription to OPS2M magazine, so far not one demo has made me buy a game. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying the demos haven't been good, but the games I have bought I have wanted anyway. I haven't come across a demo that has made me change my mind from being indifferent about a game, to wanting to buy it. Basically, there hasn't been any surprises.

Has anyone played a demo on OPS2M that has changed your mind about buying a game, in a positive way? From that viewpoint, are the demos doing their job?

oh i didnt like Jak & Daxter but i loved the ico demo

WòókieeMøn§†€® wrote:
> I've bought two games after havnig played the demos - Jak & Daxter
> and Dropship.
>
> Jak & Daxter I wasn't sure of, but the demo made up my mind.
> Dropship was a game I was always going to get, but some reviews gave
> me doubts. The demos banished those doubts totally.
>
> Many more demos have done me the favour of saving me money, though.
> There have been many more games I've been thinking of getting, which
> the demo has shown up as being severely lacking. Most notable of
> those was the Lotus game - it looked fantastic in the screenshots, but
> played terribly.
>
> So yes, I think demos are very much worthwhile!

is Jak and Daxter any good?

Well I've just ordered Time Crisis 2 and a gun from SR thanks to a demo I have. I've been on the demo for TC2 all week since I wasn't sure whether or not the game would be worth investing in.

I'm also now interested more in the games Ico and Heardy Geardy, which are two titles that didn't appeal to me at first. But after playing demo's of the two games, I now think they will be great titles to own.

Thats the good thing I find about demo's, they can often make your mind up when your not sure about a particular game. This also helps any decision you want to make on a game that has been getting mixed reviews and are not sure about getting.

I've bought two games after havnig played the demos - Jak & Daxter and Dropship.

Jak & Daxter I wasn't sure of, but the demo made up my mind. Dropship was a game I was always going to get, but some reviews gave me doubts. The demos banished those doubts totally.

Many more demos have done me the favour of saving me money, though. There have been many more games I've been thinking of getting, which the demo has shown up as being severely lacking. Most notable of those was the Lotus game - it looked fantastic in the screenshots, but played terribly.

So yes, I think demos are very much worthwhile!

anyways that is the only game from a demo from OPS2 that has convinced me to buy a game.
it also made me decide not to buy WWF Smackdown3 : Just bring it when i played their demo a while back

I had leant that out ive got it back now and i did go on it abit more, but now someones leant me FF7 so im playing on that at the moment. I don't know how long it's gonna take me to complete GTA3 a long time ill probably have GTA4 before i complete it well at least GTA Miami

yerp

Yeh it is like saying how long it will take to complete GTA3 you cant say

**Kerrang!** wrote:
> I think I will complete it in around 2 weeks. I think :) but I'll
> probably play it again and again just for the blitzball game. :)

you can't set a time on a game like FFX, you just play theres so much to do

yeh it is 40+ hours long, beat that MGS2