Fallout 3 will not have a demo

And it doesn't really capture the fun of a game like an Elder Scrolls or a Fallout, where you can go where you want and do what you want. So no demo, sorry.
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Translated:

"And it doesn't really capture the profits of a game like an Elder Scrolls or a Fallout, where we can do whatever we want and charge whatever we want. So go buy it, assholes."
 
I kinda find this ridicilous, these types of entertainment should be partially accessible for free, in the case of PC games, the demo. I can listen to a CD at a record store, I can test out console games at the gaming store as well. But there are no gaming stores around where I live at least that has a computer set up for allowing people to try out PC games. :P

I mean come on, wasn't the Witcher demo pretty much the entire first act? I'm sure Bethesda could find a way to give people a demo that represents the game fine (cut out a slice of the actual game). I'm sure this would take work, yeah, but I really think providing a demo should be mandatory for PC developers. You will at the very least give the player a sense of how the game works (perspective, controls, the UI, a few quests) and looks.
 
Stop trolling. We're not keen on anti-beth trollishness either. If you have a point to make, make it, don't clutter the board with mouth-stuffing.

It's a warning this time, the next one to do this *again* gets a strike or the boot for a week.

As far as I could remember, the Daggerfall demo was pretty damn good and gave an accurate presentation of the full game.
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That reminds me: In my opinion, Fallout Tactics' demo was actually... better than the finished game?
 
Fallout alpha demo is what made me go to Egghead (lolz) and buy the actual game. They started off by giving you some items in the demo to give you an idea what the Junktown stage of the game plays like, and they succeeded, allright.
 
ET:QW had a very playable demo, which was a great idea by the devs, as the gameplay differed quite a bit from the regular Quake games in Id's franchise. Players were initially skeptical about how fun it would be, how well the story would mesh with the existing games, and how a player focused FPS could be turned into a squad based FPS, and Id and the devs they worked with to make it, pretty much handed them the answers.

As I see it, based on the tiny bits and peices of info that we've had to painstakingly splice together into a vague outline, Fallout 3 differs quite a bit more from Fallout and Fallout 2 than ET:QW does from Quake and it's sequels.

that wasn't back in the good old days either.

developers still have the choice to make demos, and not go over budget.
 
I played the Fallout 1 demo probably about 100-200 times before I was addicted. The demo captured the game very well. I guess some developers are just not competent in this day and age.
 
hey i love fallout, and i dont need a demo to satisfy my love for it!

But if anyone knows were i can get the first fallout demo You would please me and god very much.....

And if they ruin it I will shun them just like van buren!

But hey i cant make one any better so why complain?

(and trolls should be left in oblivion not here on the postings!!)
 
Reverend-Mauser said:
But if anyone knows were i can get the first fallout demo You would please me and god very much.....
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Here.

Reverend-Mauser said:
And if they ruin it I will shun them just like van buren!
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Huh?

Reverend-Mauser said:
But hey i cant make one any better so why complain?
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Huh?

Reverend-Mauser said:
(and trolls should be left in oblivion not here on the postings!!)
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Huh?!
 
One big difference is that in FO1 you have specific limits of loaded areas, where as with FO3 there is no limit to the outside other than the far edges of the map.
 
Does anyone remember Vampire the Masquerade Redemption's demo? That shit sucked (no pun intended) and really turned me off from the game. A few years later I saw the game in the discount bin, bought it, played it and loved it. Some games can't be sampled based on a segment. If I am playing FO i want as close to no restrications to my in game freedom as possanble. However the fact that they havent posted any gameplay videos is a bit shady (or did they?).
 
Is f:Tactics really that good, i never played it. Is it worth playing?

wean i was young i used to play demos all the time, but today wean demos is over 250-500mb i don't see the point of polluting the HD and the regedit (they how used win98 fist ediston know what im taking abute). I miss dos only ting you can fuck up is lose the boot up disk. i have still nightmares from windows ME and i can't find shit in vista.
 
Well, can't say as i'm surprised they don't release a demo. Actually, i knew this about a year ago when someone said

'We give info to the gaming press so they can give it to you, so we don't have to.'

From that time on, i expected nothing more then PR shit from Beth.
 
Mascumus Idunus said:
Is f:Tactics really that good, i never played it. Is it worth playing?
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Its pretty okay, don't expect any Fallout like RPG experience or the strategic gameplay of other tactical games but it's not bad.
 
i would have to say that to be honest, the less advertising there is for a game, the higher the chance ill buy it.

the higher the opinion of the people here of a game, the higher chance ill buy it.


no advertising purchases where here didnt influence:
NWN2 = 8
NWN = 9
M&M:DM (ugh) = 3
Fate (kid version of diablo) = 7
Fable = 9
Oblivion = 3
Gears of War = 5
Orange Box = 9.5
Dragonshards = 8
Halo = 6
Sacred + exp = 8
black and white 2 = 6
Age of Empires 3 = 7
Battle for Middle Earth 2+exp = 9

Games i bought based on info here:
*Stalker = 7
*Supreme Commander = 8
*Gothic 2 = 6
*Arcanum = 9 ( and i havent played it much)
NWN2:MOB = 8 (not finished yet)
*TOEE = 8 ( only ever got about halfway )
*Civ 4 = 8
Bards Tale (remake) = 0 (cant even load it)
*Stronghold 2 = 6
*Morrowind = 6
Dungeon Siege 1 gold = 7
Dungeon Siege 2 = 8

thats just off the top of my head with my ratings.

games i bought that had a demo that i did not buy based on demo:
Bioshock


the main reason i buy games nowadays is based on what people say here or what they dont say here. or if its $20 or less in the bargin bin.

if they want me to pay more than $20 for a game, either it better be a game in a seriese i care about, or else it better have good reviews here.

i havent bought a gaming mag since like 2001 or so whenever that king kong game came out.


PS:
* in the title means i bought it because it was favorable here
 
NO DEMO!?!?!?!?!??


LOLZ WTF ROTFL WHATCHU MEAN NO DEMO!?!?!


Oh wait. It's Fallout 3. We aren't suppose to know anything about the game. Until we pay for it first, of course. Soooo predictable.

Get ready for a new wave of exclusive previews, though, I'm sure they already have a few scraps for us.
 
Ctaylor said:
People enjoyed the Fallout 1 demo? Cool.

Personally, with the magic of hindsight, I think the Fallout 1 demo was a mistake. Looking back, I think my issue with the demo is that it took time away from the actual game we could have used for balance issues and bughunting.

I also didn't think the demo did a very good job of portraying the actual game. I have had a small measure of regret for the demo ever since we released it. (Insert "I regret nothing!" MST3k joke here!)

But if it helped sell a couple of copies... then I guess it worked. We'll never know if not releasing the demo, but having a tighter release product, would have resulted in more sales.
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The demo was when I fell in love with Fallout.

It was one of those things that left a lasting branding in my psyche, and... simply put, it was awesome.

AWESOME.

*goes away to his kitty-corner*
 
CD Projekt made a demo of The Witcher after the game was released, and it includes quite a big chunk of the game - most of the prologue and the whole Act I - probably more than the Fallout 3 press demo.
 
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