No Tomb Raider Demo Because ‘We Don’t Want To Spoil The Story’

16 responses to “No Tomb Raider Demo Because ‘We Don’t Want To Spoil The Story’”

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   billb.

   January 19, 2013 at 12:21 pm

   “We’ve weaved such an personal story we don’t believe spoiling it by having you wait a week or so to play on, delivers on our promise,”

   I’m not sure if this guy knows what and who a demo is for. If people are on the fence about the game and no demo why would they buy it?

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      kizaru

      January 19, 2013 at 9:37 pm

      I think a game like is is more dependent on word of mouth. Demos for games like this don’t really do it justice.

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   n0neoftheab0ve

   January 19, 2013 at 12:27 pm

   This is the biggest spin I’ve ever seen. However rule of thumb is thus… If they’re guaranteed hype and sales there will be no demo, if they’re desperate for sales – there’s a demo.

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   nec

   January 19, 2013 at 12:33 pm

   Lame, a demo doesn’t need story exposition, it needs gameplay and interface so we determine if the game is playable enough to make it through the story in the release version. Ah well I won’t be buying this game anyway. After watching a vid where she was constantly spouting monologue I figured that if they needed so badly to keep my attention or feed me character background and plot points by having her talk to herself all the time there probably isn’t enough to the game to keep me interested in playing it.

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4. 

   Franz

   January 19, 2013 at 12:49 pm

   Wtf, they’ve shown off hours of gameplay, what’s left to spoil?

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5. 

   Cymelion

   January 19, 2013 at 12:58 pm

   Lets see they have had the game up for a while now on Steam and it is not even half way through the 2nd pre-purchase rewards – the game looks interesting but I have been burnt on Lara 1 too many times I think.

   Might pick it up in the steam sales – I feel sorry for the developers because if this fails it might be the end of Lara – which may not be a bad things poor girls had a rough time.

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6. 

   screamface

   January 19, 2013 at 1:01 pm

   To be honest, I pre-ordered this on steam for some reason. If this sucks, i’m going to be pretty close to never pre-ordering a game again. Unless it’s something I really want, or a known entity.

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7. 

   nate

   January 19, 2013 at 1:09 pm

   It’s damage control. They’ve already shown two hours of the game, they just don’t want everyone to know how extremely linear and scripted the game is.

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8. 

   stu

   January 19, 2013 at 1:18 pm

   It’s a brave direction for the franchise … It may be one of those cases where a twenty minute demo would just discourage customers because what gameplay you get is disjointed, out of context, and disappointing. A demo for Dark Souls, for example, would have the same issues.
   Of course, if Dark Souls DID have a demo that analogy breaks down.

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9. 

   moloko

   January 19, 2013 at 2:07 pm

   I guess downloading the full game on PC will be my demo then.

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   1. 

      lockinvar

      January 19, 2013 at 3:33 pm

      As much as I hate to dabble in game piracy these days, that was my first thought too. If they’re not confident enough in their product to release a demo (and despite the stupid explanation that’s exactly how I read it) then I’ll be trying before buying on the one-way steam street.

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10. 

    tree_lord

    January 19, 2013 at 3:45 pm

    Mass Effect 3 got a demo, are they trying to say their story is better?

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11. 

    roachless

    January 19, 2013 at 5:33 pm

    I read this as “No Tomb Raider Demo Because ‘We Know People Will Play It And Not Like It’

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12. 

    arkayn

    January 19, 2013 at 7:23 pm

    This is a worry. I pre-ordered PC too. Maybe I should can the collectors edition then. I don’t want to get it home to find that it has a linear story with constant annoying monologue and runs like a crap port that is unplayable like some releases of late.

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13. 

    chrobaciky

    January 19, 2013 at 8:31 pm

    Well I’d like to try before I decide to buy.. because I don’t want to spoil my money.

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14. 

    soulblade64

    January 21, 2013 at 10:04 am

    This is typically spin for “Our game is a turd, we don’t want you to know that before dropping your $60 on it though”

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