Disappointed With XBL E3 Demos

I have to say I wasn't too thrilled with the demos we received on XBL. Now I know that they didn't even have to give us any demos at all, but still it's not like my gold account is free or anything. All I'm saying is that they didn't given us any 'Hot' demos.

I was excited when I saw Blue Dragon up (Then had to wait a couple hours) but IMO it's not that good of an RPG.

Ace Combat was actually pretty good, I was suprised because I usually don't care for flight simulators.

Stuntman: Ignition, I didn't even know they were making a sequel to that (IMO) God-awful game.

Harry Potter - Uh no thanks, maybe for the kids I guess?

NCAA: 08 - I think that's what it's called. Whatever another football game.

The Bigs - Yeah okay Baseball.

I can just see the guys at MS before they "hand-picked" these demos.

*Clasps hand together* "Oookay... so what are the sh*ttiest demos we can offer." "Well there's Assassin's Creed, Bioshock, Call of Duty 4, umm ... oh yeah Mass Eff..." "I said 'sh*tiest', how bout those over in the corner there?"

I have to say I wasn't too thrilled with the demos we received on XBL. Now I know that they didn't even have to give us any demos at all, but still it's not like my gold account is free or anything. All I'm saying is that they didn't given us any 'Hot' demos.

I was excited when I saw Blue Dragon up (Then had to wait a couple hours) but IMO it's not that good of an RPG.

Ace Combat was actually pretty good, I was suprised because I usually don't care for flight simulators.

Stuntman: Ignition, I didn't even know they were making a sequel to that (IMO) God-awful game.

Harry Potter - Uh no thanks, maybe for the kids I guess?

NCAA: 08 - I think that's what it's called. Whatever another football game.

The Bigs - Yeah okay Baseball.

I can just see the guys at MS before they "hand-picked" these demos.

*Clasps hand together* "Oookay... so what are the sh*ttiest demos we can offer." "Well there's Assassin's Creed, Bioshock, Call of Duty 4, umm ... oh yeah Mass Eff..." "I said 'sh*tiest', how bout those over in the corner there?"

SimpleFiddles

problem is, demos are used so you can taste a game before you buy, but since bioschop ac and cod4 are going to sell pretty well because of all the praise it hs recieved, there is no need of a demo

I think microsoft are going to do another Gears of War: don't release any demos and give minimal info on the game then when they release it, it surprises everyone (in a good way).

I dont think they want to kill the excitement of games such as Mass Effect and Assassins creed, and think of all those people that will whore to the demos to the point of them no longer being interested in the full game. Thats why they use crapper games to release as demos.

Though I would expect demo versions of those games you listed AFTER the full games are released.

[QUOTE="SimpleFiddles"]

I have to say I wasn't too thrilled with the demos we received on XBL. Now I know that they didn't even have to give us any demos at all, but still it's not like my gold account is free or anything. All I'm saying is that they didn't given us any 'Hot' demos.

I was excited when I saw Blue Dragon up (Then had to wait a couple hours) but IMO it's not that good of an RPG.

Ace Combat was actually pretty good, I was suprised because I usually don't care for flight simulators.

Stuntman: Ignition, I didn't even know they were making a sequel to that (IMO) God-awful game.

Harry Potter - Uh no thanks, maybe for the kids I guess?

NCAA: 08 - I think that's what it's called. Whatever another football game.

The Bigs - Yeah okay Baseball.

I can just see the guys at MS before they "hand-picked" these demos.

*Clasps hand together* "Oookay... so what are the sh*ttiest demos we can offer." "Well there's Assassin's Creed, Bioshock, Call of Duty 4, umm ... oh yeah Mass Eff..." "I said 'sh*tiest', how bout those over in the corner there?"

Guess_With_ReX

problem is, demos are used so you can taste a game before you buy, but since bioschop ac and cod4 are going to sell pretty well because of all the praise it hs recieved, there is no need of a demo

Ahhh, thats true. Why give a demo for a game with so much hype already. Good point. This is similar to what hama was saying about Gears of War.

"IMO it's not that good of an RPG"

You played the demo, you don't know. Play the full game, then judge.

The demo's weren't incredible, but as someone already pointed out - it's up to the developers to get them ready in time for the event.

I'm still pretty happy with the amount of trailers and videos we got.

It also tends to be the trend that when games are released with no Demos they seem to receive higher review scores, its just some theory I have.

examples:

Gears of War

Oblivion

Guitar Hero

Grand theft autos

etc

I can actually predict games such as Halo 3 and Mass effect receiving very high reviews from the likes of gamespot. Its just a theory though.

Stuntman: Ignition, I didn't even know they were making a sequel to that (IMO) God-awful game

SimpleFiddles

What, first one too hard for you? I'm sorry. did you even play the demo? It's a lot better, then the awesome first game, maybe you should give it a try, it's fun.

It isn't ms fault the good games we wanted didn't make a demo :(.. Only good one was Ace Combat 6

It isn't ms fault the good games we wanted didn't make a demo :(.. Only good one was Ace Combat 6

frizzyman0292

Thats a matter of opinion. Personally didnt like Ace Combat and found Blue Dragon (no surprise) to be the most enjoyable by far.

Ace Combat isn't a flight sim.

In the UK we didn't get NCAA or the Bigs soI was rather underwhelmed with the quantity of demos to DL. But the quality was there,seeings as Blue Dragon isn't my cup'o'tea and i have no interest HP. AC6 isa blast with some impressive visuals and stuntman is much the same as the first, a love it or hate it, restart....mess up....restart rinse and repeat affair till you hit in excess of 2.6mil on 1 scene after linking the whole thing....oh the feeling of accomplishment....all with alot more happening on-screen.

I wouldn't be suprised if we saw a fair whack of post e3 stuff, especially considering there are a fair amount of titles right around the corner.

the demo were not the best things to happen to me ither i mean i was thinkin of getting blue dragon before and see if i could get into rpg's well im not getting it no more i just found it way to boreing.. acecombat was pretty good and i might buy it... harry potter i dont think so.. and stuntman was ok i thought the 1st one was better i dont know y.... and sport games are not for me..

as you see here everyone has there own opinineions, some like them some dod not!

If you also own a PS3 like me, count your lucky starts you got these demos, on the PS3 side all they had were trailers and some were even hidden on the playstation store for you to randomly find, that's as much interactivity the PS3 got. Only just last night was there a coming soon Darkness demo announcement. And sony even said to them there'd be Lair demo in June, but didn't happen, and didn't even happen during E3, or a Heavenly Sword demo. All they got in the recent months was a Gundam Dynasty Warriors demo.

So in comparison the demos the 360 got are a blessing as there could have not even been one, just be happy they are there. Sure, it would have been amazing to get something like Assassins Creed, Bio Shock, or Mass Effect demo, but since these are all upcoming games, some delayed, I bet they're too busy just trying to get the game out. While something like Lost Planet E3 demo was still a year away.

I might check the Harry Potter demo out, just because the graphics don't look half bad and seeing some previews show you can explore the area freely, or something like that.

Blue Dragon is better than any PS3 exclusive RPG out now. Least 360 got demos on the PS3 they got nothing.

I liked the demos. Like the TC said, we didn't need to be given demos but Microsoft gave us some anyways, so we should be happy for that, especially since there are some big names up here.

Blue Dragon: AWESOME demo. I can't wait to play the game. It's going to be an awesome RPG.

Ace Combat: Still haven't beaten the level yet, but it seems fun. Seems like it might be too easy, but it looks fun. Hopefully it isn't repetitive.

Stuntman: Ignition: Really fun demo, but I doubt I'll buy the game since it's probably very short and relies on replaying levels over and over. Anyways, it was very fun to be in these awesome scenes and watching the replays (the actual scene when you beat the level) was awesome. Great demo, but again, I wont buy the game.

Harry Potter: Meh. I like Harry Potter but this demo sucked. No thanks.

NCAA: 08: Not into college football games but it was fun. I'm waiting for Madden 08 next month.

The Bigs: Really fun demo, but the game has no good modes to make a game worth playing for long.

Overall they were fun and who can complain about demos anyways? They are free looks at games. Assassin's Creed, Bioshock, and Mass Effect are way too popular to offer demos. If the demo comes out before release and people are disappointed because they aren't PERFECT then the game will lose sales. As for Call of Duty 4, we get the beta coming out soon enough.