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No Far Cry 2 Demo
[Jul 11, 2008, 9:24 pm ET] – Share – Viewing Comments

Eurogamer has word from Ubisoft's Clint Hocking that we should not expect a demo version of Far Cry 2, as this is another of those open-world style games the won't readily scale to a sample version: "One reason is, even if we were to give out what you played today - even if we put invisible walls around it and said, here's the demo, you can go anywhere you like inside these walls and play it how you want - that's potentially right there eight-to-ten hours of gameplay. I don't know too many people who are willing to give away a 12-hour game for free."

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Jul 11, 2008, 21:36

theyarecomingforyou

... Jul 11, 2008, 21:36

Jul 11, 2008, 21:36

theyarecomingforyou

I can understand not providing a singleplayer demo, even if it is a disappointing move, but they could at least provide a multiplayer one. I always like to judge a games "feel" and performance before actually buying a game. I fear this move will only encourage piracy. It would be nice to see a time limited trial available through something like Steam, which would allow gamers to get an idea of the game without giving them too much for free.

Oh well, I guess I'll have to rely on review sites and forum posts... far from ideal.

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