Do you buy games based on demos?

[SilkySkyKitten]

Yes. If I enjoy a demo, more often than not I will purchase the full game (i.e. Call of Duty 4, Left 4 Dead 2, Audiosurf) or at least put said game on my list of games to buy in the future (i.e. Need for Speed: Shift, Crackdown, Bayonetta).

 

[NuclearPenguin]

I think the only demo that convinced me to buy a game was the Batman one. And that's because it was frigging awesome.

Just Cause 2.

 

[Drexlor]

Batman: Arkham Asylum and Just Cause 2 are two games that I wanted based on the demos.

 

[tombman888]

well, i did go out and buy Sly 2 and 3 based on the gameplay demo of it that was hidden in Ratchet and clank 3. it was bloody worth it.

 

[CobraX]

Yes and I also pass on games due to the demo.

Indeed. Why just yesterday I bought Mass Effect 2 for my 360 based off it's demo. Thus far I am quite pleased with it. Strange since I hated the first one.

 

[fenrizz]

No, not really.

I never tend to play demos.
Last I bought was Red Dead Redemption, and that I did not need a demo to get.

 

[EinTheCorgi]

umm let me think ill only play a demo if im not sure if i want the game or not like i would love to play a metro 2033 demo to see if its worth the 20-40 bucks.

 

[VS60]

First I play the demo if I like I just rent it. I did this for was Batman Arkham Asylum and lost planet. But I got lost planet a week after I rented it.

 

[Upbeat Zombie]

I bought AvP after playing the multiplayer demo. I sold the game two days later.
Well the demo was a lot of fun. =/

 

[Funkiest Monkey]

Most demos DECEIVE you.

 

[PureChaos]

i don't really play demos

 

[Harlemura]

If for any reason I can't rent it or play it somewhere else, a demo is the only deciding fator in if I buy a game.

A good game demo can twist my view on a game eight ways to Sunday, Uncharted being a good case in point.. When the new generation kicked in, I knew I'd have to jump into the stream of shooters at some point. I didn't really want to, and I felt somewhat annoyed that Naughty Dog jumped on the bandwagon.
But then I played the demo.
And all was well.

I'm sure there's an equivalent for a demo doing the opposite and proving a good game to be bad, but I can't think of one.

 

[Aeshi]

I make it my Number 1 rule to never buy games that don't have demos or some other way of trying them out first* (like free weekends)


*Exceptions being expansion packs and sequels that are similar to the original.

 

[ayuri]

gow3 demo

 

[AWDMANOUT]

Yeah, I downloaded the Overlord 2 demo before I bought it (I enjoyed the game). I also downloaded the Republic Heros demo (Star Wars fanatic), and you know, smite me, but it wasn't half bad.

 

[Betancore]

Only if the demo makes me desperate for the game. Hasn't happened much but that's probably because I usually don't download/play demos, I wait for someone whose opinion I trust to buy and play it, then see what they think.

 

[hazabaza1]

I think the only demo that convinced me to buy a game was the Batman one. And that's because it was frigging awesome.

Just Cause 2.

Oh yeah.
Well Batman was better.

 

[MysteriousClark]

I work on the basis that if I play a demo through more than once that is usually a good indicator for me. I recently pre ordered Kane and Lynch 2 due to the demo.

Inversely, I occasionally cancel pre-orders due to underwhelming demo action. (Crackdown 2 I'm looking at you.)

 

[Omnific One]

I got Mirror's Edge based on a demo. The demo was amazing, the actual game not so much.