Has anyone ever played a good Demo version of a game? or a demo atall for that matter?

[Vern]

Uplink was especially awesome because it was a completely stand-alone demo. None of the stuff in there was actually in Half-Life. I recently played the GH: Metallica demo and enjoyed it, so I think I'll be picking that up soon.

That helped as well, it felt like a complete side story. It actually ended, as opposed fading to a screen saying "Buy the full game to experience more!" I suppose the first part of Half-Life wouldn't make for a very convincing demo anyway, pretty slow. Let that be a lesson to you developers who say "Well we can't make a demo because it's such a huge game and we don't want you to just play a small part." Just make a completely stand-alone demo with some of the parts you feel really show off what the game can do.

 

[New Troll]

Impossible Creatures demo. Made me buy the game. Other than that, i can't recall any great demo experiences.

That was a good demo. Made me buy the game also. Too bad the game itself didn't live up to the demo.

Overall the best demo I've played was for Majesty. And since it wasn't in the game, it stayed alive on my computer for a very long time. I still play it occasionally when feeling nostalgic.

 

[Valiance]

I have played plenty of good demo games...Since I used to come from when PC gamer disks had something like 12-14 demos on them. (mid 90's)

 

[iggyus]

Demos tend to suck a lot. A few of them can be good though

 

[Sewer Rat]

The Doom 3 demo seems to be really good from what I played so far and has made me want to order a cheap copy of amazon, on the other hand I just played the Tomb Raiders Underworld demo and I hated every second of it...

 

[DragonChi]

i was never into the whole "Demo" thing. ever. i didnt like the prospect of making progress in a game with knowing that it doesn't even matter in the end because you can't continue it. i always just waited for one of my friends to have it and try it then. at which point, if i like it. ill get it myself.

 

[WinterSoldier]

I got a Jampack for 95 cents. There a demo for Final Fantasy X on it.

Meh, I probably would've gotten it anyway.

 

[Erana]

The demo of The Graveyard is meant to accompany the full version. You should play both.