Do You Bother With Game Demos?

NextGen Player writes:

"My question to you guys and gals is, do you take advantage of game demos when you can? Should we expect them from the people who make games? Or are they destined to fall under their own sign one day, with giant red letters and proclaiming to all that there is to be "NO SAMPLING BEFORE PURCHASE!"

[lord_of_balrogs]

I think game demos are very important, I doubt I would of considered buying Batman Arkam Asylum if it didn't have demo.

[deadreckoning666]

Depends on the game. I don't need a demo to know Im gunna buy Agent because Rockstar has proven themselves in the past.

[BaSeBaLlKiD721]

yes i do rely on the demo for my decision on buying games, especially on new IPs.

[Rifle-Man]

I actually haven't found demos all that useful. A lot of them don't give you a very good idea how the game is going to really feel.

Here's an example: The Dead Space demo – I fúcking hate it. I think that, based on that demo, the game will suck balls. But everyone keeps saying that it's great, and I'm inclined to believe them – but that damn demo!

[Automat]

I completed the game twice before trying the demo. The demo sucks. The game should have been GOTY. Get it.

[green-cigarettes]

demos are very important.
just like someone above said... i was going to skip Batman A.A but then i played the demo and loved it

[KingHippo19]

I definitely think the Batman AA demo sold me on the game. I was on the fence until I played it.

[CryWolf]

Demo's are beyond important if it wasn't for demos I would have never gotten Ninja gaiden sigma or my first Ratchet and Clank game on ps3.

[CryWolf]

Demo's can make you choose a good game or a bad game.

[KingHippo19]

Most times if there's a demo available I'll download just to make sure the game I'm buying isn't broken.

[DocHoliday]

Yes i bother with game demos

[deadreckoning666]

True, but some demos can give a great game a bad impression. One example is the Burnout Paradise demo. The demo was subpar, but the full game was totally different and ended up being much better than its demo.

[Xof]

"Do you bother with game demos" is a question with the same answer as "are you an intelligent/competent consumer?"

Granted, some demos aren't all that represenative of the final product (Valkyria Chronicles leaps to mind), but at the very least they show us whether or not the game is "done." --which is something of a necessity these days when more games are shipped out unfinished than not.

[KingHippo19]

I guess it's a good thing I skipped the Valkyria Chronicles demo and went straight to buy the game.

[ASSASSYN 36o]

Wolverine is a prime example of a demo that made me run out and get the game. I love demos

[kelvin22]

demos are great and the games that you do know you are going to get it 110% confirms it like the final fantasy dissdia i know there are many who were ready to get the game but now we have a NA feel of the game which is important for all devs to have a demo.