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Are demos a waste of time or are they a boost in the gaming world when i first got my playstatio every month i bought a PSX mag with a demo i loved getting demos but after a few days it made me not get the game i wanted because it was boring and to easy and on demos the games are slightly modified by cutting out enemys and cutting out people and missing FMV sequences are we being mucked around??????????????????????
Demos are good, they are the equivalent of test driving a car before you buy it. Looking at reviews, listening to comments, and reading the back of the box can only really give you a vague idea of what a game is really like to play, without demos you'd be kinda lost otherwise, or taking a risk each time you parted with your £20-£40 quid, praying that you ain't picked a dud.
In the future, PC demo downloads should be available not just for PC games, but possibly for console games as well, the DC has this capability now if they'd care to exploit it, and the PS2 and future consoles could also have this ability build in.
See a game you like on the web? Download the demo, play it, and buy it, all from a PC or a console.
In the future, PC demo downloads should be available not just for PC games, but possibly for console games as well, the DC has this capability now if they'd care to exploit it, and the PS2 and future consoles could also have this ability build in.
See a game you like on the web? Download the demo, play it, and buy it, all from a PC or a console.
Personally I don't like demos,
for the PC anyway.
First of all you have to install them to play, then you've only got 30 days to play the demo, the demo ends up being to short, and so on.
Then afterwards you've got to uninstall the demo...
for the PC anyway.
First of all you have to install them to play, then you've only got 30 days to play the demo, the demo ends up being to short, and so on.
Then afterwards you've got to uninstall the demo...
Wow, you must have been out of breath after that sentence! Try full stops, they make life a little easier for readers!
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My opinion on demos is that they are pretty useful things. If you haven't got access to a games shop that lets you actually play the games before you buy them, then sometimes this is the only source of knowing what a game is like (short of trusting reviews, and we all know the pitfalls of that one!)
The main problem is that often demos are for products that are not quite finished and options may be left out, or graphics are not as good as they will be in the finished game. If you can take it at face value and just use it to get an idea of how the game plays then they are fine.
I love the silly little extras that used to get put on demo discs. One of the old Official Playstation mag discs had an update of the video music generator that originally came with the playstation and I must have mucked around with that for ages.
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My opinion on demos is that they are pretty useful things. If you haven't got access to a games shop that lets you actually play the games before you buy them, then sometimes this is the only source of knowing what a game is like (short of trusting reviews, and we all know the pitfalls of that one!)
The main problem is that often demos are for products that are not quite finished and options may be left out, or graphics are not as good as they will be in the finished game. If you can take it at face value and just use it to get an idea of how the game plays then they are fine.
I love the silly little extras that used to get put on demo discs. One of the old Official Playstation mag discs had an update of the video music generator that originally came with the playstation and I must have mucked around with that for ages.
Demo's are fun, of course being a N64 owner I didn't get to see much of demo's. But my mate had a PSX and he had all sorts of things. It is good to see the PS2 with a few demo's although having to buy a game to get the best one was a bit dodgy!
The main aim of demos is to give you a very appetising taste for that game. The GT3 demo which I recently played at my friends house gives you a couple of tracks, 3 or so cars and a meer 150 seconds to get up to 220mph and witness just how good the game is. And although I am a Nintendo fan at heart, the game was amazing. You may think all car games are the same and graphics dont really matter. But when you think about the real GT3 game you realise that there will be 50 times as many cars as in the demo, many more tracks and a hell of a lot of fun.
If a PS2 demo can make me feel like that about any PS2 game then it has done a VERY good job. I just hope, although I have no doubt, that the final version is just as, if not more, exhillarating!
Demos are cool, they make picking a game easier and you can say you played the game before release!
The main aim of demos is to give you a very appetising taste for that game. The GT3 demo which I recently played at my friends house gives you a couple of tracks, 3 or so cars and a meer 150 seconds to get up to 220mph and witness just how good the game is. And although I am a Nintendo fan at heart, the game was amazing. You may think all car games are the same and graphics dont really matter. But when you think about the real GT3 game you realise that there will be 50 times as many cars as in the demo, many more tracks and a hell of a lot of fun.
If a PS2 demo can make me feel like that about any PS2 game then it has done a VERY good job. I just hope, although I have no doubt, that the final version is just as, if not more, exhillarating!
Demos are cool, they make picking a game easier and you can say you played the game before release!
No, I dont think we are being mucked about, i think demos are a goos idea.
Even if you read a review for a game and it sounds like your cup of tea, spending £30-40 for a console game is a lot of money for most people, especiallt people at college or university or whatever. A playable demo lets you see if the game is right for you and if its worth spend that hard earned cash. I have a PC and a DC and I buy magazines with demo discs so that i can play a game for myself and decide if i want to spend my money on it.
YH.
Even if you read a review for a game and it sounds like your cup of tea, spending £30-40 for a console game is a lot of money for most people, especiallt people at college or university or whatever. A playable demo lets you see if the game is right for you and if its worth spend that hard earned cash. I have a PC and a DC and I buy magazines with demo discs so that i can play a game for myself and decide if i want to spend my money on it.
YH.
Are demos a waste of time or are they a boost in the gaming world when i first got my playstatio every month i bought a PSX mag with a demo i loved getting demos but after a few days it made me not get the game i wanted because it was boring and to easy and on demos the games are slightly modified by cutting out enemys and cutting out people and missing FMV sequences are we being mucked around??????????????????????