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Olav Grey Mar 22, 2015 @ 10:22am
No demo?
I'm really sad that there's no demo. I was pretty excited for this game but than I saw that it required 3GHz processing power and my laptop is an Intel Core i5 with 1.7GHz with Turbo Boost up to 2.7GHz... so I can't run it.

I mean I can run GTA IV high settings at 30fps, Battlefield 3 max settings at 59 fps (I don't know why 59 but it never moves), Battlefield 4 high settings at 40fps, Arkham Origins medium/high settings at 40fps but I can't run a city builder...

I guess I'm asking if there's a demo anywere for this game because I'd rather not buy the game only to find out it won't run, but I don't want to not buy the game when I can run it...

Is there a reason for not having demo's anymore?
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Brok3n Mar 22, 2015 @ 10:26am 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QM6LoaqEnY
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Deimos Mar 22, 2015 @ 11:13am 
I'm not sure, but I think its because most of the time the developers give out Review copies early, before the game is released, they give the review copies to youtubers, then they upload gameplay reviews of the game to youtube.

Who knows though.
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Olav Grey Mar 22, 2015 @ 4:39pm 
Originally posted by TTGTheTechGenius.Net:
I'm not sure, but I think its because most of the time the developers give out Review copies early, before the game is released, they give the review copies to youtubers, then they upload gameplay reviews of the game to youtube.

Who knows though.
The thing that I have an issue with is how so many computers are different and may or may not run a game because of one difference like graphics card, or processor or driver. Maybe your rig can run a game spec's wise but the game is extremely badly optomized for NVIDIA cards... you wouldn't know from a youtuber's gameplay if he uses AMD or a specific NVIDIA card that works...

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Northern_Gryphon Mar 22, 2015 @ 4:42pm 
this game is very CPU heavy. If you don't meet the specs, you won't be able to run it late game. Not something a demo will show you.
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Olav Grey Mar 22, 2015 @ 4:45pm 
So they should say that in the hypothetical demo. "You may have been able to run the game up to now, but late game it get's very CPU heavy. Buy at your own risk" or something.
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Northern_Gryphon Mar 22, 2015 @ 4:52pm 
So, they should release a demo to help people work out if they can run it, which doesn't actually inform them if they can run the game or not...
Last edited by Northern_Gryphon; Mar 22, 2015 @ 4:53pm
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Lone Atreides Mar 22, 2015 @ 4:55pm 
The days of demos being common practice are long dead. There was a video series on youtube I watched the day before the game was released which showed someone playing the game (from starting it up from the first time, starting his first map and everything after that until he reached the final milestone). IMO that's just as good as a demo if the game doesn't have one. I'm just used to not having a demo by now though so it doesn't even matter to me.
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Deimos Mar 22, 2015 @ 4:59pm 
Originally posted by Olav_GreyMane:
Originally posted by TTGTheTechGenius.Net:
I'm not sure, but I think its because most of the time the developers give out Review copies early, before the game is released, they give the review copies to youtubers, then they upload gameplay reviews of the game to youtube.

Who knows though.
The thing that I have an issue with is how so many computers are different and may or may not run a game because of one difference like graphics card, or processor or driver. Maybe your rig can run a game spec's wise but the game is extremely badly optomized for NVIDIA cards... you wouldn't know from a youtuber's gameplay if he uses AMD or a specific NVIDIA card that works...

That is why you read reviews of the game from people that actually bought the game. Do your research before you spend your money.

Ill tell you what, I have been gaming on PC for the past 18 years, and I haven't had a problem with a game being better optimized for Nvidia/AMD. I really think people use that excuse because their other hardware is the real problem. However, I always had Nvidia Dedicated GPU's, I really didn't like AMD back then, so I always stuck with Nvidia. And like I said, I never had a problem like that.

If there is a problem, its most likely something else then "The game is poorly optimized for Nvidia/AMD". Check to see if ALL of your drivers and software is up-to-date, including DirectX. Make sure you meet the Min system requirements, also check your system for Viruses/Adware/Malware. A problem could also be with your OS itself, a few corrupted system files could be fine when your doing simple things on your PC, but when your actually running a game/program that uses those corrupted system files, it could cause problems.

When hundreds of people with either AMD and Nvidia are playing the game perfectly fine, then it must be your configuration, your system, your OS. It must have to do with how your system is running.

Last edited by Deimos; Mar 22, 2015 @ 5:02pm
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mishaankud Jun 30, 2015 @ 12:45pm 
Get it on steam and then request a refund but make sure that you haven't played it for two hours of owned it for over 2 weeks because then steam will get all annoying
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Desperado Oct 16, 2015 @ 3:17pm 
Why do people want a demo of a game?

People like to try diferent things out.
Even if you didn't like the game genre itself, it is posible you will enjoy this one.
But yes also to see "how" the game runns on you rig so you won't have a suprise afterhand.
Don't use the excuse end game is way more demanding then when you start off.
Everyone understands that off a game like this and yes you can still find out how you rig preformce.
The problem whit pc devs the last time is that they just ignore all of that.
They knew people couldn't get a refund though steam so why would they bother making one?
Well since steam started the refund rule devs where crying about the refunds...
Well here we are 7 months later and we all have our demo's! :D
Now we wait for the retarded devs to wake up and make us some demo's.
So we don't have to bother whit spending money and refunding it because they are to lazy!
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Mansen Oct 16, 2015 @ 3:23pm 
Originally posted by Desperado:
Why do people want a demo of a game?

Why indeed? You can try out the game for a full two hours and get a refund if for some reason it isn't for you...
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Olav Grey Oct 16, 2015 @ 3:45pm 
So glad people are still commenting on this... this is so relevant now.
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Mansen Oct 16, 2015 @ 4:00pm 
"Unsubscribe from discussion"
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Olav Grey Oct 16, 2015 @ 4:32pm 
Doesn't work, I've clicked it several times and it doesn't actually unsubscribe me... never has in any forum.
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Mansen Oct 16, 2015 @ 4:40pm 
I suspect a serious case of PEBKAC...
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