I finished the jumbo (NO KIDDING!) demo in only 13 hours. Now I’m sad.

[patricio.intp]

For only a half of a week! I played the original DQ Builders on the Switch and this is far and away better. I haven’t had any of the technical issues others have, and I like to thank Square-Enix for such of a substantial free preview. I often don’t pre-order without demo and/or watching another’s gameplay, and this is going to be one of them now.

[cowbell]

*golfclap*

[doshha]

i am having alot of fun currently playing the demo, and doubt i will finish it in the next 3 days...

im in no rush to finish my fun, but i cant wait to get to the part in the game where the aquarium stuff will be available !!

[Cass]

yeah, demo's are sadly usually a bad choice on the part of the studios.

They take time and money, and more often then not, present a chance to deter more people then they encourage to buy.

You would need to be supremely confidant your demo is bug free to put one out.

(and there is the potential of spending all your time on hte first 1-5hour experiance, and leave the rest of the game unfinished, which will then infuriate purchasers.)


Like, the first 5min of gameplay in this. I ran into the mouse camera movement issue. its atrocious. I didn't give up and swapped to controller. game went from unplayable, to very enjoyable. and over the course of the demo, did convince me to buy it. but, a great many will get turned off by that mouse/camera issue.

[nbst]

How does the demo end? Is there a message to tell you that you finished it? I am at a point where none of my villagers have any quest - is this how the demo ends?

[HeWhoFightsMonsters]

Originally posted by nbst:

How does the demo end? Is there a message to tell you that you finished it? I am at a point where none of my villagers have any quest - is this how the demo ends?

Before the final boss fight of the island a message pops up telling you it is the end of the demo.

[Troa11]

Yes, right after you tell Malroth you're ready to fight the final boss the game tells you the demo's over.

[yosha]

Originally posted by Troa11:

Yes, right after you tell Malroth you're ready to fight the final boss the game tells you the demo's over.

But when i choose "yes",only a black screen.Maybe fail to connect the Store?

[Tia1230]

Originally posted by doshha:

i am having alot of fun currently playing the demo, and doubt i will finish it in the next 3 days...

im in no rush to finish my fun, but i cant wait to get to the part in the game where the aquarium stuff will be available !!

It’s after you finish the first island which can take 20 -40 hours depending on how you play. You just have worry about where you fish there is this scary fish monster in the water. 😂

[MatthewKai]

Really? I heard the demo goes for 5 hours?

[Tia1230]

Originally posted by Tiger-Kai:

Really? I heard the demo goes for 5 hours?

I never had the demo so I was talking about the actual game.

[Troa11]

The demo goes for as long as you want it to. You could main the quests and be done in 5 hours, sure. Or you could get lost in building and easily rack up 20 hours.

[eduhmello]

Yeah the demo takes a lot of time, I finished with 11 hours, and I enjoyed the game pretty much, the max level and the point where it ends was a little bit fustrating to me, I was really expecting to fight a boss, just to stop right before the fight.

[Ydyp]

They sure are damn generous with the demo, they give you the whole first story island (minus the boss). And you should also be able to go back to the isle of awakening without the resources because the island challenge is not completed without the defeating the boss.

And on that island you can do start some remodeling and building if you want to, or you could stay on the first island and rebuild the whole farm to the form how you like it and keep racking up that gratitude. Which will pay of later after you finish the full story of the game.

[Troa11]

Sadly this doesn't work. Unlike later islands you're stuck on Furrowfield until you defeat the boss.

[Stardog]

I'm only considering buying this because of this demo. I've played for a bunch of hours and now and will probably want to continue my game in the full version.

Hopefully more dev's do this. I remember the days where every game had a demo.