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Re: Best demo ever
Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 4:03 pm
by Skippy
Crackdown was good but the best is Bioshock.
Re: Best demo ever
Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 4:07 pm
by jambot
KKLEIN wrote:The Getaway demo didn't give a particularly fair representation of the final game. The car handling was broken for a start.
That whole game was broken. I lost count of the number of times I swore at it because I couldn't see what I was shooting at or it just glitched and dumped me up to my waist in the floor.
Re: Best demo ever
Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 4:10 pm
by consolegaming
jambot wrote:KKLEIN wrote:The Getaway demo didn't give a particularly fair representation of the final game. The car handling was broken for a start.
That whole game was broken. I lost count of the number of times I swore at it because I couldn't see what I was shooting at or it just glitched and dumped me up to my waist in the floor.
Yes it was broken in some respects, but it was a technical feat and for us londoners was that bit more special imo. I remember it being the only game me and my uni pal competing over who would complete the game first, god i was so determined to see the ending!
So many things were wrong in the game, but i think it was harshly treated and was quite decent.
Re: Best demo ever
Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 4:25 pm
by jambot
consolegaming wrote:jambot wrote:KKLEIN wrote:The Getaway demo didn't give a particularly fair representation of the final game. The car handling was broken for a start.
That whole game was broken. I lost count of the number of times I swore at it because I couldn't see what I was shooting at or it just glitched and dumped me up to my waist in the floor.
Yes it was broken in some respects, but it was a technical feat and for us londoners was that bit more special imo. I remember it being the only game me and my uni pal competing over who would complete the game first, god i was so determined to see the ending!
So many things were wrong in the game, but i think it was harshly treated and was quite decent.
Nah, it was gooseberry fool. Once the excitement of crashing into building that I actually went past every day got old, all you were left with was a piss poorly executed GTA.
Re: Best demo ever
Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 4:31 pm
by consolegaming
jambot wrote:consolegaming wrote:jambot wrote:KKLEIN wrote:The Getaway demo didn't give a particularly fair representation of the final game. The car handling was broken for a start.
That whole game was broken. I lost count of the number of times I swore at it because I couldn't see what I was shooting at or it just glitched and dumped me up to my waist in the floor.
Yes it was broken in some respects, but it was a technical feat and for us londoners was that bit more special imo. I remember it being the only game me and my uni pal competing over who would complete the game first, god i was so determined to see the ending!
So many things were wrong in the game, but i think it was harshly treated and was quite decent.
Nah, it was ****. Once the excitement of crashing into building that I actually went past every day got old, all you were left with was a piss poorly executed GTA.
The thing is that it was actually quite different from gta and a much more linear story focused game. The game mechanics were passable, but honestly the realisation of the city was a really good effort imo.
Re: Best demo ever
Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 4:33 pm
by Christopher
The Getaway demo nearly made me buy the full game, then I played it round a mates and glad I didn't waste money on that gooseberry fool. So glad they canned the PS3 version. I just can't stand the whole Guy Ritchie movie feel the series had.
Re: Best demo ever
Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 4:35 pm
by consolegaming
suzzopher wrote:The Getaway demo nearly made me buy the full game, then I played it round a mates and glad I didn't waste money on that ****. So glad they canned the PS3 version. I just can't stand the whole Guy Ritchie movie feel the series had.
I wanted a next gen realisation of london, with gta4 being so popular though it was probably the right decision to can an expensive game that might not have sold very well.
Re: Best demo ever
Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 4:35 pm
by Hulohot
The Mercenaries demo. Me and my friend took it in turns to play it for hours on end. I have fond memories of the Silent Hill 4 demo. It was my most anticipated game and I didnt even know there was a demo until my friend said he had it. Oh and Tombi, on the Demo 1 disk.
Re: Best demo ever
Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 4:39 pm
by Floex
'Your talking a load of ol Brad Pit. The Getway was bloody Robin Hood. You'd be better off takin' a camel hump, you charlie Ronce'
The Getaway didn't effect me at all
Re: Best demo ever
Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 4:58 pm
by SchminkyPinky
Crackdown by miles. I expected it to be awful but it was the total opposite. The demo was generous giving you a whole island and a relaxed time limit and it let you see exactly what the game was about. Then just to be nice it let you do it all online with a friend. Superb.
I was really blown away by the Fight Night Round 3 demo when it first came out as well, mainly because of the graphics.
Re: Best demo ever
Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 5:14 pm
by KK
I have to agree with Eurogamer & OPS2 I'm affraid, I thought The Getaway was great. I can safely say I found the game a walk in the park. Though I was using a very well written guide, which probably took all the frustration out of the stealth sections.
Black Monday...not so much. The faults of the first were less forgiveable 2 years down the line. They'd managed to fix nothing.
Re: Best demo ever
Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 5:37 pm
by Cal
The best demo I've played recently would have to be Too Human (360).
Yes, really. I thought it was great, it defied my low expectations and totally impressed me - so much so that I actually played the whole demo through to its conclusion, which is something I rarely do with any demo.
Re: Best demo ever
Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 6:02 pm
by Cropolite
To develop on what I said earlier;
PSone Era; MGS1.I put this in the tray expecting nothing, it had been lying there for six whole months after I got ISS 98. I remember always gazing at it saying "Stupid name, stupid game". I was so wrong, instead it all felt so serious despite the Japanese dialogue, and the lack of level-step progress was a breath of fresh air. I spent days on the Heliport, I played it everyday from eating my breakfast (simultaneously) to 4pm.
Worms Armageddon.Two locations, a fixed mode. I still play it. Enough said.
Future Cop LAPD.Dont know what I can add really, it was awesome on Co-op, and awesome in arcade mode. Especially considering that both modes were barely recognisable from eachother. The Transforming in single-player was just awesome.
Toy Story 2The original level set in the house had so many gameplay modes. I used to love the race in the garage around the family car. The sound was eerie but brilliant.
PS2 Era;Ape Escape 2;The game was nice - but its the Monkey Football mini-game that had me hooked. My Brother and I used to always play this, it's the best arcade football game of its generation. Easily.
Tiger Woods 2004;First time to experience the Analogue swing. Everyone I feel should have a TW on their Demo list.
Mashed;Its the perfect party game.
Burnout 3: Takedown;Perhaps my most mind-blowing demo of last gen - I had never experienced the series before this. Now I'm a huge fan. I had never seen crashes like it. The Downtown Northbound (NYC?) track was awesome, and actually had brilliant design unlike Paradise City.
PS3 era;Codemasters!First DiRT, then GRID have really impressed me for their own reasons. They were my first taste at Driving this gen and I was loving it, GRID wasn't much different but the new replay system kept me coming back - Oddly I played the full game of DiRT to the death, yet I was bored of GRID after a couple of seasons.
Re: Best demo ever
Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 6:49 pm
by Schumi
I got hooked on the Tony Hawks Pro Skater 2 demo, im sure you had a limted amount of time to get a high score?
MGS demo was superb as previously said.
Re: Best demo ever
Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 9:06 pm
by OLIN
Brerlappins little hat wrote:Demo 1 that came with the PS1.
Playing porsche challenge, rage racer, lifeforce tenka, abes oddysse, all on one disc!! It was great! Even that shitty game where you controlled a boat and shot at stuff was good
Overboard.
I bought that game years later off ebay then didn't really bother with it. But yeah, that demo disc was brilliant - I might still have it somewhere.
Re: Best demo ever
Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 9:09 pm
by The Alchemist Penguin
The Metal Gear Solid 2 demo that came with Zone of the Enders. My mate got it from the local video rentals copy of ZOE, and it was simply amazing. I probably played that demo more than the final game (because I didn't have a PS2, but still).
The Skies of Arcadia demo that came with an issue of some Dreamcast magazine was meant to be about 4 hours long or something, I once heard. It took you threw most of the opening of the game, which was brilliant for a demo.
Re: Best demo ever
Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 9:12 pm
by Lotus
Schumi wrote:I got hooked on the Tony Hawks Pro Skater 2 demo, im sure you had a limted amount of time to get a high score?
MGS demo was superb as previously said.
Both of these points.
Also, any game where I just keep playing it over and over. For some reason. This Is Football on the PS2 did this for me, as did Puzzle Quest on XBLA and a fair few on the PlayStation.
Then there are demos where I'll play them a little bit, and suddenly stop because I just know I'm going to get the full game and don't want to spoil it. Recent example could be Eternal Sonata. Played it a for a few minutes, already with the preconception that I'd buy it, and as long as it confirmed to me that nothing was overly wrong or borked, I knew I'd buy it.
Re: Best demo ever
Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 9:14 pm
by MrBrown
Return to Castle Wolfenstein on the PC. I played the multi player demo for ages before its official release. Think the map was called the beach or something, awsome level. Oh and Halo MP demo for PC, played that a fair amount at work when i really should have been doing something more productive. The AVP2 demo for PC was blinkin scary aswell.
Re: Best demo ever
Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 9:46 pm
by Loire
I'll go with the original Pro Evolution Soccer demo - awesome two player fun!
MX Superfly, as it had a fifteen minute time on it. When we were young, my younger brother and I would play it for ages before my mum shoo'd us away to bed.
Metal Gear Solid was also a great one.
Resident Evil 2 was also another great one! I loved making sure the zombies came through the gun shop window! Scary as.
Tekken 3, as it came in a Special Edition magazine, and it that magazine, was a brilliant feature on Final Fantasy 
!
Re: Best demo ever
Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 9:51 pm
by Cropolite
Am I the only one that thinks Demo One's Lifeforce Tenka sucked?
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