Artist formerly known as "Mistress". 

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OT, but what happened to The Lair?

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Save taking this thread off the rails completely, you can find the answers here.

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Who are you???

Artist formerly known as "Mistress". 

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OT, but what happened to The Lair?

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Who are you???

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The Former Global Moderator Mistress. "

"They'll probably do it the Piranha Bytes' way: release a demo after the game has been released."

 

Meh. They'd be doing it the same way it was done with NWN.

 

 

"In Piranha Bytes case I can understand it (small team, not enough time), but for Obsidian..? It just feels so illogical to release the demo after the game. Isn't a demo supposed to make you interested in a not-yet-released game? Also, a demo is a good indication if your computer can handle the game in question."

 

Nah. A demo is simply a way to see if you like a game before playing it. It shouldn't matter if the demo is released before or after the game is released. In fact, it's more intelligent if a company releases a demo after the actual game is released business wise.

Haven't quite a few demos been released after the actual game release, or am I going a bit mad? For some reason I seem to remember that the BG2 demo came after the game - but I might well be wrong...I don't generally pay a great deal of attention to demo releases.

In fact, it's more intelligent if a company releases a demo after the actual game is released business wise.

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Why is that? A demo could get people to buy a game they are hesitant to buy without trying first. There have been numerous games I wouldn't have bought if if hadn't been for a demo, ones that I never thought of getting but figured I'd try the demo anyway.

 

They only way I see it as bad for business releasing a demo beforehand is if the game is poo.

 

Haven't quite a few demos been released after the actual game release, or am I going a bit mad?

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Yeah, I don't think it's that uncommon.

Haven't quite a few demos been released after the actual game release, or am I going a bit mad?

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Yeah, I don't think it's that uncommon.

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Hi HKD Good to know I'm not going mad (well...).

They'll probably do it the Piranha Bytes' way: release a demo after the game has been released.

 

In Piranha Bytes case I can understand it (small team, not enough time), but for Obsidian..? It just feels so illogical to release the demo after the game. Isn't a demo supposed to make you interested in a not-yet-released game? Also, a demo is a good indication if your computer can handle the game in question.

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Sure. I'm curious why this doesn't work if the demo was released after the intended release date though?

I hope things are going ok for Obsidian.  Or maybe this could be a good thing that they got more time to polish things up.

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I have a bad feeling, clouds gather like by BI and Troika... hope its not true. :ph34r:

I hope things are going ok for Obsidian.  Or maybe this could be a good thing that they got more time to polish things up.

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I have a bad feeling, clouds gather like by BI and Troika... hope its not true. :ph34r:

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Just how this is somehow a bad thingie? I got bit delayed. Big freaking deal.

Doom-da-doom-doom-dooom.

It's an rpg, why do we need a demo at all?

I don't follow that line of logic.

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The Former Global Moderator Mistress. "

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I don't remember that name

Sure.  I'm curious why this doesn't work if the demo was released after the intended release date though?

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It still works. But I'm curious why they're not using the hype surrounding the game before the release to gain attention for the demo. After a game is released, I seldom bother to download demos. I just read reviews instead.

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I don't remember that name

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Antimatter.

Sure.  I'm curious why this doesn't work if the demo was released after the intended release date though?

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It still works. But I'm curious why they're not using the hype surrounding the game before the release to gain attention for the demo. After a game is released, I seldom bother to download demos. I just read reviews instead.

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Why not? It's effectively still the same thing, in terms of trying out the game and seeing how it runs.

 

I don't typically play demos to build up the hype for a game for me, but rather to see what the game is like. I still feel it's a much better assessment of the game than a review.

 

As for why they wouldn't do it to help build the hype with a prerelease demo, maybe they'd rather have their team working on the final product since they already had a minor delay recently, and are likely in a huge crunch. Taking people off the project to work on a demo is probably low priority.

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Never trust a reviewer; only your own experiences.

 

Having said that I barely buy any games before having played a demo (B&W and Oblivion made sure of that) exception line GTA...

 

From my experience most demo's are shipped AFTER the final game is done; to lure in any doubters (scaring off the real-sure-buyers is a risk of pre-game-demo's)...

 

And Demo's can give some great insights and make you buy games I would otherwise would never have bought (Majesty, Deus Ex, GTA (1), Dungeon Siege, Freelancer, Painkiller etc. etc. etc.)

NWN didn't have a demo.

No. It had.

 

http://nwn.bioware.com/downloads/demo.html

That wasn't there at release was it?

That's not what you claimed though...

No. It had.

 

http://nwn.bioware.com/downloads/demo.html

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I remember that. Takes you right to the end of the tutorial area.

That's not what you claimed though...

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Eh?

 

When did I claim anything about a NWN demo?

"NWN didn't have a demo."

 

That's what you claimed. Your claim was proven wrong.

Yes, and your point? I was proven wrong then I asked if that was there at the game's release. Then you said that isn't what I claimed. I am asking now if that was there when the game was released.