Playable demo

[Captain Kremen]

Is there going to be a playable demo of X2 before the game is released??? any body know of any plans for this that would really be a thing to push the PC magazines to obtain that we could hwelp with

[nobbystyles]

I hear PC xone is supposed to be giving out the demo coser to the release date

[The_Abyss]

I hope there will be a playable demo.

With a game as broad as X2 it will be tough to get it into a demo - it would not be possible to encompass all the trading etc. It would be cool to set the demo up with a player owning a couple of factories already, and then have some pirates or Khaak ships attack them. Either that or a simple mission.

[CanadianBrit]

I hope there will be a playable demo.

With a game as broad as X2 it will be tough to get it into a demo - it would not be possible to encompass all the trading etc. It would be cool to set the demo up with a player owning a couple of factories already, and then have some pirates or Khaak ships attack them. Either that or a simple mission.

Tough one to do a demo on I agree, but XT had a playable demo (it is still available as a download from egosoft), so i expect we'll see something!

[Jericho]

The X_BTF demo is the thing that got me hooked.

These days though, demos come out 2 months AFTER the game release.

Demos used to be good advertisements for games, but these days people play the demo and realise the game is rubbish so don't buy the full game. Publishers now realise this so ensure the late delivery of the demo.

Remember in the good old days when a magazine would review a game, then it would be released a week later? Again, it is common practice to reveiw games that have been on sale for a couple of weeks.

PC Zone reviewed Lord of the RIngs game and gave it 50-something% and said it was crap. It has been on sale for a long time though, and no doubt many people have bought it.

I am sure that X2 will not be crap, but I suspect the demo wil come out after the game anyway.

[Lorien]

Hope there will be a playable demo (maybe initially offered to forum members before the release date) for everyone to see what we're getting all excited about.