Chris- Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 It's happened to me a few times, mostly with multiplayer FPS...I played the shit out of Halo 3's demo/beta, as well as various DICE betas (Battlefield 2 on Xbox, Battlefront on PS4). Sunk a bunch of hours into one map or whatever was being featured, then proceeded to play the full game less. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fizzzzle Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 I remember that happening with Gran Turismo 5. It took them so long to release that thing that I was kind of already burnt on the demo by the time it came out 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paperclyp Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 They were just videos but I remember thinking SaGa Frontier and and Tomba looked incredible on a demo disk I had, then I was underwhelmed when I played them haha. Don’t know if that counts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 I remember loving the Lost Planet demo on the Xbox 360 to death... when the final game came out, I had to force myself to finish it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GameDadGrant Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 I enjoyed the hell out of the Metal Gear Solid demo that my roommate and I got from Pizza Hut (I think?) back in 1997/1998. I loved the full game, make no mistake. But the demo was...I dunno. Something else. It was fantastic. Same for the Dreamcast version of San Francisco Rush: 2049. Loved the demo, loved the full game...but something about the demo was...I dunno. MORE. Despite it being less. I can't explain why. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacon Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 All the time with MMO betas but what that really proves is that those games was just doomed to fail. Never happened with a shooter of any kind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 37 minutes ago, GameDadGrant said: I enjoyed the hell out of the Metal Gear Solid demo that my roommate and I got from Pizza Hut (I think?) back in 1997/1998. I loved the full game, make no mistake. But the demo was...I dunno. Something else. It was fantastic. You could probably say the same thing about the MGS2 demo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkStar189 Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 I was like a year late to the original Half-Life game. Before I played it, PC Gamer had a demo disc with Half-Life Uplink and I played that soooo much. I was also subscribed to the Dreamcast magazine with the demo discs and I played the hell out of all of those. Probably more than the full games if I ended up renting them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crispy4000 Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 There’s this hilarious QWOP like game called Pro Gymnast on Steam. Absolutely worth turning on the demo for shits and giggles, especially with a crowd. But I don’t think I’d ever bother to take it seriously enough to buy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Best Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 I'm assuming a lot of people are doing this very thing with Battlefield Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GameDadGrant Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 12 hours ago, Keyser_Soze said: You could probably say the same thing about the MGS2 demo. I probably would! If I had played it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercury33 Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 Fusion Frenzy on the OG Xbox. There was a game in the demo my roommates and I played to death. Turned out it was the only fun game in the entire collection lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xbob42 Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 3 hours ago, best3444 said: I'm assuming a lot of people are doing this very thing with Battlefield I actually came in here to say the Wake Island demo for BF1942. We played the everloving shit out of that for hundreds of hours and had a blast. I don't remember too much from the real game aside from it having a lot of maps that were not Wake Island that never felt as good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HardAct Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 14 hours ago, GameDadGrant said: I enjoyed the hell out of the Metal Gear Solid demo that my roommate and I got from Pizza Hut (I think?) back in 1997/1998. I loved the full game, make no mistake. But the demo was...I dunno. Something else. It was fantastic. Same for the Dreamcast version of San Francisco Rush: 2049. Loved the demo, loved the full game...but something about the demo was...I dunno. MORE. Despite it being less. I can't explain why. The MGS demo in my opinion was the best ever. The game was fantastic too. I remember seeing / playing for the first time in EB games and I was hooked. The perfect amount of content and feel. Now to answer the post question, P.T. !! I loved the demo so much, can't say the same for the game itself....lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GameDadGrant Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 2 hours ago, HardAct said: The MGS demo in my opinion was the best ever. The game was fantastic too. I remember seeing / playing for the first time in EB games and I was hooked. The perfect amount of content and feel. Now to answer the post question, P.T. !! I loved the demo so much, can't say the same for the game itself....lol Totally agree. That MGS demo was awesome. I had a buddy of mine try to play it, but he was too action-oriented. Kept trying to bum-rush the nuclear disposal facility and kept getting gunned down over and over. LOL I told him he had to use STEALTH but he just...refused, haha. He never finished the demo, of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5timechamp Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 Poster child of this: Sniper Elite 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dre801 Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 That Demo disc that came with the original PS1 contained a few examples. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamer.tv Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 As primarily an N64 and GameCube owner growing up…never really came up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshsToAshs Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 On 11/13/2021 at 8:41 PM, Keyser_Soze said: You could probably say the same thing about the MGS2 demo. That's the first thing that came to my mind. I played the MGS2 tanker demo a TON of times. Then the full game came out and everything after the tanker was... different. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodporne Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 I actually liked the Nioh demo more than the full game and the reason was probably that the best two levels were in that demo anyway. I still think Nioh is great but the level design took a massive shit quickly compared to the demo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Best Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 7 hours ago, AshsToAshs said: That's the first thing that came to my mind. I played the MGS2 tanker demo a TON of times. Then the full game came out and everything after the tanker was... different. You mean everything after the tanker was trash, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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