Have you ever bought a game due to a good demo?

Have you ever bought a game due to a good demo?

For me, once i played the crysis demo i had to buy the game, same goes for uncharted: drakes fortune.

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I palyed God of War demo and I was so impressed with it that I bought the full game later.

The first Saint's Row demo had me sold after the first playthrough.

Of course, The Darkness and Army of Two are among some of the recent ones. More importantly, though, lots of demos keep me from wasting money.

I think it was only Mirror's Edge!

MGS2, MGS3, Uncharted and Motorstorm Pacific Rift.

Yeah, a lot of people didnt like the Pacific Rift demo, but I personally thought it was fantastic.

Actually, no. But I've been turned off of a few games after playing the demos!

Yes, But that was quite some time ago. Black and White, now if only I could make it work on Windows XP.Treflis

Black & White... What a game.

The only game I bought due to playing once (not a demo) was MGS4. And No, I don't regret it.

I also bought MGS2 due to the awesomeness of MGS4, and I don't regret that either.

Yes. The Dead Space and Valkyria Chronicles demos sold on my games whicch became two of my favorite experiences of last year. And the excellent demo of Red Faction 3 has made a game that hadn't even been on my radar a must-buy.

On the flipside, bad demos recentlypushed me away from RE5 and FEAR 2.

Demos are wonderful because they let you experience the game mechanics for yourself, but I disregard their general lack of difficulty since most designers make demos easier than the full games.

Deus Ex
Bioshock
Metal Gear Solid
Final Fantasy VIII
Crysis

heck yeah ^^

Before the net was so full of info, I usually bought gaming mags, and watched thier reviews, and they usually had a demo so you could see, feel and get an idea of the game.

Untill 1998 or thereabout most my game buys were due to demos, and sometimes boxart XD

Nope, never.

I used to do this all the time way back when demos were actually the first 1/3 of the game, normally the first episode of a trilogy in the game.

I think it was around 1997 when demos started to become shorter.

Of course, The Darkness and Army of Two are among some of the recent ones. More importantly, though, lots of demos keep me from wasting money.

UpInFlames

Did you enjoy Army of Two?

I loved it as a co-op experience and can't underatand all the hate aimed at it.

Not since PlayStation mag had just started doing ps2 demo disks instead of ps1 demo disks

Just one: RE5. I was going to get the game regardless. I just wanted to give it a shot.

Got aDreamcast at launch which came with a demo disc. One of the games were Tokyo Highway Challenge on it. To this day, one of my favourite games.

Did you enjoy Army of Two?

I loved it as a co-op experience and can't underatand all the hate aimed at it.Grammaton-Cleric

I only got it last week and haven't played it yet. Unless it's vastly different than the lenghty demo (which, unless I'm mistaken, is comprised of the tutorial and a mission straight from the game), I don't see why I wouldn't enjoy it. I love co-op - especially games built around co-op like Left 4 Dead. Army of Two has great controls, great team mechanics, weapons feel satisfying and you can smack your buddy upside the head. What's not to like?

Many, many times.

Yeah I bought Battlefield: Bad Company from playing through the demo like a half dozen times, great demo, even better game.

Burnout 3 takedown - demo was mad fun. I think I had more fun with it than the actual game X_X

Bioshock - My jaw must have touched the floor after I played the demo.

Mirror's Edge - Felt like I could fly

World of Warcraft - Pressing the 'M' key by accident while playing the trial and realizing how massive the world is sold me on that.

COD4 - Lets say I know every single pixle of grass on overgrowth.

Yup. I would have never bought Mario Power Tennis on the GC were it not for me being bored at a wal-mart once and deciding to play the demo to kill time. :P

System Shock 2.

Unfortunately this is how I got suckered into buying Force Unleashed, evil evil demo

Fahrenheit's demo made me rush out and buy the game - although the statements in the demo's intro mostly turned out to be lies.

Oh, and I was very sceptical about Left4Dead until the demo was released. I preordered the full game about an hour after playing that. :P

Of course. Valkyria Chronicles, Eternal Sonata, and Mirror's Edge are the most recent to come to mind.

Mercinaries 1 on the ps2

Valkyria Chronicles would be the most recent one.

And the converse is true. The RE5 demo convinced me I don't want this game after it played exactly like RE4.

I play a lot of good demos and I am sure that I have bought a few games based on it. Actually Battlefield Bad Company was the last one. The demo end hilariously.I wanted the game immediately. I always wait to see what Gamespot gives a game before I make my decision though. I will wait on Wheelman because of it only getting a 6.0. I loved the demo though.

Pixel Junk Monsters, Echochrome, and Rhythm Heaven come to mind. So yes.

I bought Devil May Cry after playing the demo included in RE: CVX in 2001 and other different games after playing a few demos from the OPM.