I agree with what all of you are saying. I would much rather know what I'm getting before I buy it. Even if a game sounds great from the description, I may not enjoy the game at all, and would have regretted buying it. As an example, I thought that Operation Blacksquare would be a game I would really get into. The concept of it sounded awesome. After trying it, I became very frustrated, and gave up on it eventually. It was much more difficult than I expected it to be. Now, granted, this is a free title, but let's suppose that it had been a paid game, and there was no demo. Even if I only spent 5 or 10 dollars on it, I still would have been pretty mad that I would have wasted even that small amount of money.
On 1/17/13, hayden presley <hdpres...@hotmail.com> wrote: > You know, Dark, I was considering that about demo-less games. It is > probably > more likely someone will end up pirating the ting to give it a try, and for > the less scrupulous among us will probably just keep the pirated copiy they > were given. > > Best Regards, > Hayden > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gamers [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of dark > Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2013 6:39 AM > To: Gamers Discussion list > Subject: Re: [Audyssey] The Dragon Answers Questions > > Hi Tom. > > another fact to considder, is that often the experience of playing a game > is > very different to that of hearing about it. A perfect example hear is rail > racer. > > I do not myself enjoy racing games, they are not something that tends to > interest me in the least. Thus I wasn't absolutely enthusiastic about rail > racer. nor did the podcast Che made about the game precisely enthrall me > either because the concept of riding round a track on a machine bolted to > it > on a rail where you couldn't actually hit the sides or crash struck me as > even less interesting than usual racing games. > > However because! there was a demo available, and because I know myself that > the experience of playing a game can be vastly different from hearing about > it I tried the thing and found my previous assumptions to be wrong. > > in the case of rail racer in fact, I'd argue that the reason the game works > is in it's mechanics and fine tuning and the need to develope the necessary > judgement and coordination to play properly, things which are not clear > from > a review or a podcast, and only become clear when you try the game for > yourself. > > This is especially true of games hwich might be extremely well designed, > but > in genres or settings that you would not normally play. You mention your > own > experience with sarah as an example, but even if Kelly or someone similar > made a podcast would you have been likely to buy the game without a demo? I > know for a fact I myself would not have bought railracer without that demo, > and would (I'm sorry to say), be unlikely to considder buying any other > racing title unless a demo was available since it is a subject and genre of > games that I just do not generally find interests me. > > So if you for instance produced race way and had no demo, I would probably > not buy a copy myself however good the game might be and quite likely even > if someone made a podcast about it. > > In that case however I probably would be more likely to play a pirated copy > just to see what the game was like, far more likely than if a demo was > available in fact. > > Beware the grue! > > Dark. > > > --- > 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://mail.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://mail.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://mail.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.
