Why is there actually no demo?

[Druppi]

I have missed the free weekend and could not try out AoE4. Why is there no real demo version of the game? Now I have to wait until the next free weekend to not buy the game blindly.

[Vudash]

You can try it for 1$ in gamepass if you like it

[Ragnarr Loðbrók]

Originally posted by Vudash:

You can try it for 1$ in gamepass if you like it

ONly if you get that crap of software to run on your PC that is required to play the games from gamepass.

Enough people have serious problems with the coded garbage from Microsoft, not being able to use the gamepass. They can pay for it, but can't use it become of some issues that only seems to appear on the minority.

I myself can't use the microsoft store to run the games , not even on fresh installed windows 10 (one of the many reasons why they moved AoE 4 to Steam aswell.

[Druppi]

Originally posted by Vudash:

You can try it for 1$ in gamepass if you like it

$10 per month here without the option for xbox cloud gaming. The xbox game pass library website is not even loading at the moment. I tried different browsers and I only see the loading animation.

Originally posted by Ragnarr Loðbrók:

I myself can't use the microsoft store to run the games , not even on fresh installed windows 10 (one of the many reasons why they moved AoE 4 to Steam aswell.

It looks like Steam is the better choice.

[[OG] Brandoid]

steam 2hr refund still applies

[*| Lion Heart |*]

Originally posted by Druppi:

I have missed the free weekend and could not try out AoE4. Why is there no real demo version of the game? Now I have to wait until the next free weekend to not buy the game blindly.

You did not miss much, I tried the trial time...and it just confirmed that aoe4 is not worth more than $10, or $15...after almost a year they did not fix the issues that were at launch...buggy, crashes, and its boring...with less variety, and complexity of upgrades than aoe2:de..in other words, avoid it!

This junk crashed on me 6 times in an hour on average, with a build with much higher specs than recommended ones...

[The King in the North]

the vast majority of games on steam have no demo version. why would you expect that there would be a demo...?

[Cryptic]

Originally posted by *| Lion Heart |*:

Originally posted by Druppi:

I have missed the free weekend and could not try out AoE4. Why is there no real demo version of the game? Now I have to wait until the next free weekend to not buy the game blindly.

You did not miss much, I tried the trial time...and it just confirmed that aoe4 is not worth more than $10, or $15...after almost a year they did not fix the issues that were at launch...buggy, crashes, and its boring...with less variety, and complexity of upgrades than aoe2:de..in other words, avoid it!

This junk crashed on me 6 times in an hour on average, with a build with much higher specs than recommended ones...

Genuinely don't know what you're talking about. I've had 1 crash in like 6 hours total gameplay and 1 issue with lag in one match

[FloosWorld]

Sadly, the time of demos/trial versions is long gone.

[Bubs]

It isn't, but how can you demo this game? You'd have to disable some factions in multiplayer games, and not allow the majority of campaign maps.... I guess that could work, but sounds empty.

[FloosWorld]

Originally posted by Bubs:

It isn't, but how can you demo this game? You'd have to disable some factions in multiplayer games, and not allow the majority of campaign maps.... I guess that could work, but sounds empty.

In case of AoE 1, you had a campaign exclusive to the demo version. In AoE 2, you could play the tutorial as well as a scenario with 3 players.

[Bubs]

right, tutorials. i forgot those. ignore me.

[Druppi]

Originally posted by FloosWorld:

Sadly, the time of demos/trial versions is long gone.

Many games from smaller studios have demos. There are many popular demos on Steam. I guess the larger studios will offer demos too if there is enough demand.