Is the demo just gone?

[hoot hoot]

I'm someone who always *wants* to like MH, but rarely actually gets into the game's gameplay. So, before buying, I wanted to try the demo for MHR.

On the game's store page, there's a demo link that takes you to the Sunbreak DLC which explains that the demo for the DLC is no longer available on Steam.

So, okay, but where's the demo for MHR, the one that I clicked on that is listed on the base game's store page, not the DLC's page? Is it gone? What is the logic of removing an already-made demo?

[Emerald Lance]

https://www.monsterhunter.com/rise-steam/us/topics/demo/

Both demos are no longer available on the store page.

[hoot hoot]

Originally posted by Emerald Lance:

https://www.monsterhunter.com/rise-steam/us/topics/demo/

Both demos are no longer available on the store page.

I see, thank you. That is quite a demo. Looks like they put a lot of time and paid manpower hours into this very good marketing tactic of letting players try the game before buying it. I can absolutely see why they'd remove it for potential buyers to try.

[Seamus]

The demo was removed because people found a way to use it to get the sunbreak dlc for free.

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by Far Teabutt:

Originally posted by Emerald Lance:

https://www.monsterhunter.com/rise-steam/us/topics/demo/

Both demos are no longer available on the store page.

I see, thank you. That is quite a demo. Looks like they put a lot of time and paid manpower hours into this very good marketing tactic of letting players try the game before buying it. I can absolutely see why they'd remove it for potential buyers to try.

Potential buyers still can try the game, though. Within Steam's refund policies it is safe and comfortable, while not as easy as with the demo.

[hoot hoot]

Originally posted by Seamus:

The demo was removed because people found a way to use it to get the sunbreak dlc for free.

Dang. Okay, that makes sense then.

Originally posted by アンジェル:

Originally posted by Far Teabutt:

I see, thank you. That is quite a demo. Looks like they put a lot of time and paid manpower hours into this very good marketing tactic of letting players try the game before buying it. I can absolutely see why they'd remove it for potential buyers to try.

Potential buyers still can try the game, though. Within Steam's refund policies it is safe and comfortable, while not as easy as with the demo.

That's a good point. I keep forgetting about the fairly generous refund system Steam has.

[ZexxCrine]

Originally posted by Far Teabutt:

Originally posted by Seamus:

The demo was removed because people found a way to use it to get the sunbreak dlc for free.

Dang. Okay, that makes sense then.

Originally posted by アンジェル:

Potential buyers still can try the game, though. Within Steam's refund policies it is safe and comfortable, while not as easy as with the demo.

That's a good point. I keep forgetting about the fairly generous refund system Steam has.

its not. if you have never played a monster hunter game before, you can easily spend 2 hours in a bunch of menus learning how the game works, trying to figure out what weapon you want to use, and hunting your first monster.

it is very unlikely that you will figure out if monster hunter rise is a game you like in that time frame.

furthermore, its far more likely that you will rush to get to some content before that two hours, have no idea what you are doing, get bodied, decide in a rush that you hate everything about the game, and refund it

that said if you have any friends who have ever played the demo they can still download it from steam and you could play the demo that way.

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by MXyphrr™:

Originally posted by ZexxCrine:

its not. if you have never played a monster hunter game before, you can easily spend 2 hours in a bunch of menus learning how the game works, trying to figure out what weapon you want to use, and hunting your first monster.

it is very unlikely that you will figure out if monster hunter rise is a game you like in that time frame.

furthermore, its far more likely that you will rush to get to some content before that two hours, have no idea what you are doing, get bodied, decide in a rush that you hate everything about the game, and refund it

that said if you have any friends who have ever played the demo they can still download it from steam and you could play the demo that way.

Free advice: you can play games in offline mode for as long as you want without counting towards the 2 hour limit.

Oh? Is it really that easy? How does it exactly work?

[ᔑᓭ∴ᔑリ⊣]

Originally posted by アンジェル:

Originally posted by MXyphrr™:

Free advice: you can play games in offline mode for as long as you want without counting towards the 2 hour limit.

Oh? Is it really that easy? How does it exactly work?

just disable the wifi
works for family shared games too. lol i used to play multiplayer with a friend on the same copy of the game. think they fixed that though.. idk its been a few years
if you can't launch the game offline, then launch it & alt-tab to hit the wifi button
haven't actually tried to scam the refund window with it myself though, but it should work. i can't believe i never thought of this before...
just remember to actually refund the game and not forget and let it sit in your library untouched for 2 years, i can confirm they don't accept refunds after that long

[Kawalorn]

Originally posted by アンジェル:

Originally posted by MXyphrr™:

Free advice: you can play games in offline mode for as long as you want without counting towards the 2 hour limit.

Oh? Is it really that easy? How does it exactly work?

I once head you can buy a game with one account, and play it in Family Share offline with another account and it won't be counted towards anything, but I'm not sure if they fixed that or if that's even what were are talking about.

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by ᔑᓭ∴ᔑリ⊣:

Originally posted by アンジェル:

Oh? Is it really that easy? How does it exactly work?

just disable the wifi
works for family shared games too. lol i used to play multiplayer with a friend on the same copy of the game. think they fixed that though.. idk its been a few years
if you can't launch the game offline, then launch it & alt-tab to hit the wifi button
haven't actually tried to scam the refund window with it myself though, but it should work. i can't believe i never thought of this before...
just remember to actually refund the game and not forget and let it sit in your library untouched for 2 years, i can confirm they don't accept refunds after that long

Originally posted by Kawalorn:

Originally posted by アンジェル:

Oh? Is it really that easy? How does it exactly work?

I once head you can buy a game with one account, and play it in Family Share offline with another account and it won't be counted towards anything, but I'm not sure if they fixed that or if that's even what were are talking about.

Okay. That trick is brilliant!

[hoot hoot]

Originally posted by MXyphrr™:

I actually believe I'd been mistaken in saying that you could just play it on offline mode.
I definitely remember doing something like it, but Google seems to say otherwise and that the playtime is still counted.

I'd honestly be very surprised if it works and it isn't something Valve has fixed. It'd be a massive exploit to their refund system otherwise.

If I buy the game, looks like I'll just go into it hoping for the best and not expecting to refund it. I liked MHW even if I couldn't really get into it like I did with the original (?) Monster Hunter on the PS2.