The trouble is that most companies today, in the mainstream, don't offer demos of games. THey offer trailors. I love our companies, because they do offer demos, but for some people, buying the full version should unlock loads of worlds, new equipment, etc. like in Shades of Doom.
I think that the comment stems from games like Ten Pin Alley and to an extent, Entombed, that do not differ in gameplay from demo to full version, only in content. I value this difference enough to buy Entombed, and I've considered buying Ten Pin Alley off and on, although (no criticism intended) I enjoy Wii Sports a little more, and I already have it. I've often thought that, should I begin to market games once I'm proficient enough to make them interesting, I'll offer either a trailor, a very limited demo, or a timed demo. The first is self-explanatory, the second is a demo like Shades of Doom, where you run into one additional weapon and two monsters, and the third option is like Galaxy Rangers etc. Ten Pin Alley does rather offer a lot of itself up, but this in no way makes purchasing the full game unreasonable. Signed: Dakotah Rickard On 5/3/11, dark <d...@xgam.org> wrote: > not much in Demos of first person games compared to the main game? > > I'm a litle confused by that comment Alfredo. > > shades of doom, terraformers Gma tank commander and Sarah all have pretty > huge main games compared to what is in the demo, even dynaman and packman > talks stil have a fair amount to offer. > > pluss, while the view in ten pin alley could be called first person siinse > the scan of the pins runs infront of you from left to right, this is > probably exaggerating the deffinition slightly, sinse for a start the first > person viewpoint really isn't the games distinguishing feature. > > All that being said, I do personally agree. > > ten pin alley is one of the Draconis titles I've not bothered buying, sinse > though the game has many features like adding in player names, none really > make a massive difference to the gameplay which is pretty much like crazy > darts when all said and done, ---- though with more ambience. > > Maybe this might be different if you had several people at one machine to > play it with, but as a single player game, Ten pin alley for me just wasn't > worth it, and imho Draconis should possibly considder this if they plan on > upgrading the game. > > Besides, I found it far too easy to guarantee a strike every go by throwing > at the correct place, which made the game pretty repetitive and might even > make playing with multiple players not much fun. > > Then again, I'll admit sports games aren't an interest of mine, so maybe I'm > slightly harsh in characterizing the gameplay of ten pin alley this way. > > Beware the Grue! > > Dark. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alfredo_The_Music_maker" <birdlover2...@hotmail.com> > To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> > Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 2:14 AM > Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Free version tenpin alley? > > >> Actually when you buy it there is not much that you can get like most >> other demos of first person style games, for I have played this game >> before and it does not sound like something you want to buy, though I did >> discover a handicapped option option in the menu thaw twas not available >> in the demo. >> >> --- >> Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org >> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >> gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. >> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >> http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >> http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. >> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the >> list, >> please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.