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Honestly, if the idea of no trials don’t bother you, there are plenty more reminders why YOU shouldn’t preorder.

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[–] Call_Me_Maple@lemmy.world 46 points 2 years ago (5 children)

I miss the age of videogame demos, it feels like nothing but a distant memory now. And the only reason companies let people play their broken betas now is to gauge excitement for their games and fix any serious game breaking bugs.

[–] phario@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Eh.

On the flip side, back in the day, a lot of people bought a lot of crappy games based on nothing more than what the cover art on the box showed. The only source of info was video game magazines, and that applied only to new releases and only certain games.

Now upon release you can look up dozens of detailed reviews, even video reviews. You can watch full play through a on YouTube. You can ask for opinions in social media.

The amount of information you have to figure out if this game is for you is insane compared to before.

[–] Funwayguy@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Depends really. Nowadays publishers push out fake CGI marketing trailers and paid reviews to premptively muddy those information sources long before release. Same goes for social media (not that they were ever reliably accurate or objective anyway). There are even promises of DLC roadmaps that never materialise such as the OW2 story mode.

By the time actual independent reviewers have their embargoes lifted, the preorder sales window has closed and it wouldn't make much difference to those who already sunk money into the game. Those waiting in vain for DLC and patches are merely sacrificing their refund window.

[–] phario@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

That’s true. I understand.

I’m also not a fan of the DLC and change to video game design based on such payouts.

But even then, even with fake reviews, young gamers are completely spoiled with information compared to the black hole that existed in the 80s and 90s. I’m not sure how people argue otherwise.

The fact that I can go on my phone, jump on YouTube, and watch a play through is incredible. When I was young, I had to make decisions based on what the box art looked like ffs.

[–] TassieTosser@aussie.zone 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I miss the age of videogame demos

Fuck the corps. That's what piracy is for.

[–] boletus@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Pirating big games is probably morally fine. Pirating indie games is shitty, like stealing from a local business.

[–] lefixxx@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

He is not talking about actual piracy though. Piracy for try-before-you-buy's sake is even more morally fine.

[–] Nerdybynature@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

We may just have very different tastes in gaming, but there’s really no shortage of solid game demos out there, they’re just usually for the indie stuff.

[–] Call_Me_Maple@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah, I mentioned that to another person, Steam Next Fest was great this year, I got to try out a bunch of awesome games. But like if we're talking triple A, or even just games on consoles demos are just a resource sink for a lot of these companies and don't exist. When there's a demo there's usually a lot of marketing push behind it.

[–] Nerdybynature@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Honestly it’s been more incentive for me to move away from the AAA stuff and lean way more indie. They have demos, deep sales, and they make an effort to engage with the community. It is a bummer the lack of demos available on consoles though.

[–] TiredSpider@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 years ago

for some reason indie games still seem to have demos semi-often, especially if you check their itch.io pages.

[–] Syndic@feddit.de 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I miss the age of videogame demos, it feels like nothing but a distant memory now.

No it isn't! With Steam you can try most (if not every) game for 2h and return it if you didn't like it.

[–] Call_Me_Maple@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

That's not a demo, that's a return policy. Plus, in most cases you don't get a good feel of a game in the first 2 hours of the game. A demo is a snippet of the game made specifically to let people get accustomed to most of the mechanics in a game, something that isn't usually present in the first two hours.

You could've easily said Steam Next Fest and I would've agreed with you. Indie devs are the only ones who seem to care about their players these days.