Demos That Convinced You Too Buy The Game?

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#1 SaintJimmmy
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What Are Games that you had low expectations for but, the demo for it complelty changed your mind for me it would be Left 4 Dead, I knew coming from valve this game was going to be good but, i thought it was going to way to short and i pretty much decided aganist buying it but, i downloaded the demo and after playing the same 2 levels 20+ times and it still stayed fresh its compeltly made me want to buy the game

 

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#2 Stoner-Pimp
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I would say most recently it's Mirrors Edge for me, i had no real interest in it until i played the demo and i just thought WOW!!!, i'll be buying it as soon as the paycheck clears :D.
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#3 kfjl
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Braid, although after playing the entire game I kinda wish I hadn't bought it Mirror's Edge almost sold me but hearing about how short it is scared me off until the price goes down.
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#4 Lanezy
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Mirror's Edge almost sold me but hearing about how short it is scared me off until the price goes down. kfjl

Same. I'll be waiting for a price drop. I also plan on picking up DiRT based on what I played from the demo, but I still haven't seen the game at a reasonable price yet. 

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#5 vitriolboy
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Its going back a bit but Crackdown was the best, most eye opening demo I've ever played. I had no expectations what so ever and it turned out to be pure fun
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#6 dnathug
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Battlefield: Bad Company, Dirt, Devil May Cry 4 & Shadowrun to name a couple off the top of my head, I tried Mirror's Edge and that was nuts but i'm going to wait for it though, also I have to try Left 4 Deadso many people are loving that game right now.

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#7 der_spudmeister
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I'm usually spot-on with my gut feelings for games, but Mirror's Edge definitely surprised me. I never got the hype for the game, but I decided to try the demo and it completely blew me away. It went from a no-buy to a must-buy :P
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#8 Quintinius
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BF: Bad Company, Left 4 Dead (if I had money), Crackdown, Guitar Hero III (thought it was a massive gimmick at first but I spent so long on the demo) and Braid.
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#9 xiayan
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Pure, I didn't even know what that game was. I am the type that downloads and tries all demos and it blew me away. Same with starwars.
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#10 sammyjenkis898
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Mirror's Edge almost sold me but hearing about how short it is scared me off until the price goes down. kfjl

Same. I'll be waiting for a price drop. 

I can't think of a demo that convinced me to buy a game. I really enjoyed the Left4Dead demo but I don't think I'll be picking it up.

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#11 Mwright68
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left for dead was okay...sweet idea but the fun factor wasnt there
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#12 wwervin
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I really enjoyed L4D....still thinking about getting it. Not too psyched to hear about only having 20 levels and 10 weapons... Dead Rising let you have a LOT of weapons and it kinda drags the fun out of L4D when you think about that, but it was still a lot of fun. I'll wait and see though.
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#13 olpfan
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its like the opposite for me. Games i was interested in suddenly seemed crappy after i played the demo.
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#14 xmen1414
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I wish there was an Oblivion demo! There are so many things pulling me towards it but just as many pulling me away!
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#15 SRome82
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Star Wars The Force Unleashed.

 

Big Mistake.  

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#16 ReverseCycology
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Saints Row, Crackdown, and Left 4 Dead.  I'm going to pick up Left 4 Dead right now.

 

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#17 rockertom94
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I'm thinking about getting L4D, but i want Guitar hero WT first.:D
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#18 craigalan23
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Left 4 Dead. I expected it to be extremely laggy/glitchy. I was wrong which i'm glad i was.
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#19 DPhunkT
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BF: bad Company. The sselling point was there controls, if they were crap like BF:Modern Combat, then no. But to my surprise they were decent.
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#20 Snakefan11
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CoD:WaW & L4D demos pushed me over the edge to buy the game, whereas Mirrors Edge convinced me to avoid buying the game. Aren't XBL/PSN demos convenient as hell? i love just trying out new games without moving from my chair lol
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#21 proview
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Devil May Cry 4, but the game wasn't as good as i thought it would be...
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#22 Kuruption84
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Left 4 Dead most recently. There's been plenty that's convinced me not to buy a game, and there's also been plenty that were bad and then the full version was great.
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#23 AnthonyCarmine
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None, actually, I don't like demos.

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#24 czort666
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Left 4 Dead
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Pure
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#26 ViscaBarcaInter
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The few demos that I play generally convince me NOT to buy a game. But Strangehold won me over instantly, when I realised it was basically a HD version of Max Payne I ordered it on the spot.
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#27 ViscaBarcaInter
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The few demos that I play generally convince me NOT to buy a game. But Strangehold won me over instantly, when I realised it was basically a HD version of Max Payne I ordered it on the spot.
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#28 orb_03_2006
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The Force Unleashed & Too Human :D
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#29 PlasmaBeam44
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There were a couple of demos during the PS2 era that made me want to buy the game. So far the only 360 demos I've played that made me want to buy the game are Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts and Left 4 Dead.
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#30 DerkaDerkaJihad
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Battlefield: Bad Company. I figured it would suck just like the last BF on a console but the demo took me back to the old days when I use to play BF2 on the PC all the time. It was basically everything I wanted BF to be on a console.
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#31 Post-Carnage
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Gotta be Mirror's Edge, I haven't bought it yet, but the demo makes me want to buy it.

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#32 R7_3
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Left 4 Dead:D
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#33 -eddy-
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Battlefield: Bad Company :)
I didn't think much of it but for some reason I tried it. I fell in love with the MP and was sold.
I've had the game from launch and still play its MP pretty actively.
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#34 REforever101
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just bought left 4 dead two seconds ago!

though i'm waiting for me friends to come on before i start playing :(

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#35 iam2green
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left 4 dead, i downloaded it liked it bought it today. when people were hyping it i just thought it was going to be a bad game.
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#36 Deltapixel
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Made me buy skake and DMC4, both of which I sold, Virtua Tennis 3, and the VP demo made me buy VP:TIP.

Demos of COD:WaW, Condemned2, Mirror's Edge, Left 4 Dead made me NOT buy the game that I would have if a demo wasn't released.

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#37 Dabbagins
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Mirro'rs Edge demo did a great job convincing me to buy the game. Which I did and even though the campaign was great the replay value turned out not to be so good imo. I'm talking about the time trails and speed runs, racing leaderboard ghosts and going for 3 stars even though is great, just after some time turned out to feel like a chore to me. I don't know how many times I can go running through the same level for achievements. Anyways I will be trading it in for CoD:WaW, loved the beta for that one and I'll probably keep it around due to it's multiplayer.8)

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#38 naruto7777
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Left 4 dead and not banjo kazoie
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Motorstorm for ps3 and skate for xbox 360.
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#40 thisguy51
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Only Geometry Wars.
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#41 vendettared468
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Crackdown-the demo was a bunch of fun. And the game was too, for a few days.

Skate- I played the demo with my friends more times than i can remember.

Bioshock-I was a skeptic on the game, it gave me the vibe that i wouldn't enjoy it. Then i played the demo, and it went to the top of my list for must have games.

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#42 XxSTILL_BORNxX
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Forza Motorsport 2.
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#43 DaveDude57
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Left 4 Dead.
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#44 deactivated-64b76bd048860
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Left 4 Dead! I wasn't too much interested in that game, but man the demo got me!
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Saints Row
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#46 Bloodbath_87
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Just about every XBLA game that I have.
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Bad company
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#48 hak145
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if anytihng it has got to be L4D? Man did that demo rock.
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#49 jamejame
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Pure is the only game thus far to really convince me to go out and make a $60 purchase. Great game.
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#50 JohnnySN1P3R
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Mirror's Edge, Left 4 Dead, Saints Row 1