Worst Demo I've Ever Played

[thatstheguy]

For those who don't know, Marvel vs. Capcom 2 was released on Xbox Live Arcade today. I had never played that game before, but it seemed to have gotten a lot of praise from the gaming community. So, I decided to try the demo.

When I did play the demo, after waiting several minutes for it to download, I was in for a surprise. See, rather than do what, say, Street Fighter II on XBLA did and give you limited characters in a single player mode to allow you to try the game, this game only allows local multiplayer. So, if you're like me and don't have a second controller, you're screwed.

Do you think this is fair of Capcom/Backbone Entertainment to do this? While we're at it, what's the worst demo you've played?

 

[gigastrike]

What!? How are you going to do 10,000 billion damage if you have nothing to hit!?

On a side note: I liked the Spore creature creator's creature creator better than the final game's.

 

[DazZ.]

That's abit of a strange demo limitation choice.

Most recently I downloaded Battlefield 2942 demo, only for the servers you need to connect to to completely not work. Granted its an old game but they could have whacked a singleplayer bit in just to see if I enjoyed the game mechanics over BF2.

 

[Radeonx]

I don't think its unfair, the game was specifically made to be multiplayer. But, that still sucks. I'd still get Marvel vs. Capcom though, because it is a great tag-team fighting game. The worst demo I've played, was probably the H.A.W.X. demo. It was horrifying.

 

[joe182]

-Snip-

I downloaded that today, so I feel your pain... It does seem rather weird of them to NOT inculde a singleplayer demo...

 

[Generator]

Well, I don't believe that really counts since you never technically played it.

OT: I've heard that Soul Reaver on the PS1 was a good game, but I refuse to play it after the terrible, 5-minute long demo I tried out.

 

[chuckman1]

Well, I don't believe that really counts since you never technically played it.

OT: I've heard that Soul Reaver on the PS1 was a good game, but I refuse to play it after the terrible, 5-minute long demo I tried out.

I played that demo a long time ago (like 10 years ago) so I don't remember that much of it but I liked it from what I remember.

 

[Generator]

Well, I don't believe that really counts since you never technically played it.

OT: I've heard that Soul Reaver on the PS1 was a good game, but I refuse to play it after the terrible, 5-minute long demo I tried out.

I played that demo a long time ago (like 10 years ago) so I don't remember that much of it but I liked it from what I remember.

Maybe we played a different demo, because the one I played was just boring.

 

[L3m0n_L1m3]

well in reverse, i played the mirrors edge demo and thought it was great, so i bought the game. then i thought the game was crap. yes, i know that is backwards but whatever.

 

[Maxnwil]

Enemy territory quake wars. Aweful, aweful demo. I swear, the number of people who were pro at that demo (you know, the things that are designed to attract NEW players) was absolutely staggering. Not to mention that I found the game to be a massive disappointment overall.

In the other direction, I think I logged more time into Red Faction Guerrilla demo than I did the full game.

 

[Beffudled Sheep]

Well, I don't believe that really counts since you never technically played it.

OT: I've heard that Soul Reaver on the PS1 was a good game, but I refuse to play it after the terrible, 5-minute long demo I tried out.

I played that demo a long time ago (like 10 years ago) so I don't remember that much of it but I liked it from what I remember.

Maybe we played a different demo, because the one I played was just boring.

The game is much greater than the demo. It gets a bit boring at times but those times are few and far between imo. I still preferred the original blood omen though.

OT: the worst demo I ever played was the fight night round 4 demo. It had a terrible selection of boxers (even for a demo) and I just sucked at it even though I dominated in the third one.

 

[Slash Dementia]

I think Ghostbusters: The Video Game. That demo was awful. That said, I haven't played many demos. My favorite would be UFC: Undisputed.

 

[Beffudled Sheep]

well in reverse, i played the mirrors edge demo and thought it was great, so i bought the game. then i thought the game was crap. yes, i know that is backwards but whatever.

There was too much fighting and not enough running/exploring.

 

[chuckman1]

Well, I don't believe that really counts since you never technically played it.

OT: I've heard that Soul Reaver on the PS1 was a good game, but I refuse to play it after the terrible, 5-minute long demo I tried out.

I played that demo a long time ago (like 10 years ago) so I don't remember that much of it but I liked it from what I remember.

Maybe we played a different demo, because the one I played was just boring.

Mine was one of those with a bunch of games on it.
I think it had a demo for one of the Cool Boarders games to.

 

[Generator]

Maybe we played a different demo, because the one I played was just boring.

Mine was one of those with a bunch of games on it.
I think it had a demo for one of the Cool Boarders games to.[/quote]

Nah, that's the same one I played. Oh well, guess we just have different opinions.

Edit: Oops. Anybody know how to fix that?

 

[DazZ.]

Enemy territory quake wars. Aweful, aweful demo. I swear, the number of people who were pro at that demo (you know, the things that are designed to attract NEW players) was absolutely staggering. Not to mention that I found the game to be a massive disappointment overall.

Aww I loved that demo! Played it constantly up until retail release day. I had played alot of both Quake and Enemy Territory before though.

Hope Wolfenstein gets a demo...

 

[The Rockerfly]

I heard Banjo and Kazooie: Nuts and bolts has and awful demo, don't know if this is true or not because I didn't play it

 

[ohgodalex]

Since the game was sort of meant to be played with more than one person, I assume that they intended the demo to give you a basic idea of what the experience would be like. I'd say that it worked very well to this end, as I played it with a friend, and decided that I would purchase it later in the day.

Worst demo I've played? Guitar Hero at Gamestop. They didn't have the guitar hooked up and I tried to play with the controller.

 

[joe182]

Worst demo I've played? Guitar Hero at Gamestop. They didn't have the guitar hooked up and I tried to play with the controller.

Playing wih the control is actually really fun, even if it detracts from the supposed 'realism' of playing with the guitar.

OT: Worst demo i've downloaded has to be Fuel... oh my god that game is BORING.

 

[hailmagus]

well in reverse, i played the mirrors edge demo and thought it was great, so i bought the game. then i thought the game was crap. yes, i know that is backwards but whatever.

So what? You thought the game was crap... so you bought it... and then thought it was great so you played the demo?


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