If you get a game demo, you get the idea of the game. Once you buy it, you
unlock it and find that the demo scratched the surface. Phil gave the
benefits of buying Tenpin Alley compared to playing the demo. SOD gives you
the first level of the game. Buy it and you have a heck of a lot more
gaming fun. Tank Commander gives 5 more levels with no time limits. Lone
Wolf's demo gives the first 2 of 17 missions, plus the ability to play
almost 100 others that gamers have created. The demo of MOTA, although
still in testing, gives 2 out of how many levels that will be created? My
point is, a demo is a great way to introduce or showcase a game, and if you
like it, you'll like the full version even more. It's up to the gamer, but
the full version of a demo is usually well worth the money spent.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Dakotah Rickard" <[email protected]>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 3:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Free version tenpin alley?
The trouble is that most companies today, in the mainstream, don't
offer demos of games. THey offer trailors. I love our companies,
because they do offer demos, but for some people, buying the full
version should unlock loads of worlds, new equipment, etc. like in
Shades of Doom.
I think that the comment stems from games like Ten Pin Alley and to an
extent, Entombed, that do not differ in gameplay from demo to full
version, only in content. I value this difference enough to buy
Entombed, and I've considered buying Ten Pin Alley off and on,
although (no criticism intended) I enjoy Wii Sports a little more, and
I already have it.
I've often thought that, should I begin to market games once I'm
proficient enough to make them interesting, I'll offer either a
trailor, a very limited demo, or a timed demo. The first is
self-explanatory, the second is a demo like Shades of Doom, where you
run into one additional weapon and two monsters, and the third option
is like Galaxy Rangers etc.
Ten Pin Alley does rather offer a lot of itself up, but this in no way
makes purchasing the full game unreasonable.
Signed:
Dakotah Rickard
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