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According to Xbox LIVE's Major Nelson, 1.35 gigs of an Alone in the Dark demo and 1.44 gigs of a demo for THQ's Wall-E have hit Xbox LIVE Marketplace. Both of these demos arrive well after the release of both games, meaning that if you've already purchased either of these games and hated them, these demos can simply serve as confirmation of your impatience and failure.

Although you could have read our Alone in the Dark review, in which our own Conrad Zimmerman wrote: "Give it a rental and at least see what they've attempted." Not long ago, we ran some hands-on impressions of Wall-E, and were "pleasantly surprised" that it wasn't completely awful.

Was anyone waiting on demos of either of these games before you opened up your wallets?








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Cartman's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/04/2008 09:11
Cartman
I dont know why they didnt put out an alone in the dark demo out BEFORE it came out. The first mission was beautiful, and i kow i would have been impressed. But, alas, the rest of the game sucked big floppy dokey donut.
HarassmentPanda's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/04/2008 09:11
HarassmentPanda
Also this week, Shove a Nail in Your Foot and Run Across the American Border and Contract Herpes from a Dude II will have demos available.
Maurice Tan's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/04/2008 09:20
Maurice Tan
The first missions sucked, so did the rest of the game as far as a human mind could manage getting through it.
Nick Chester's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/04/2008 09:28
Nick Chester
I thought that Alone in the Dark showed promise. I can see someone getting a taste in the demo and then wanting more.
falinter's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/04/2008 10:30
falinter
Money spent on first hour of Alone in the Dark: $10 Mil

Money spent on the rest of the game: 10 McDonalds Double Cheese Burgers and a slurpee
Rainbowblack's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/04/2008 10:41
Rainbowblack
wow was the game that bad? i never kept tabs on it after launch
It looked so promising. well the demo is downloading. i discovered it just before finding this article.
Kinsella's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/04/2008 10:54
Kinsella
AitD was one of the first games I've traded back in, for a $$ loss, in a long time. Its that bad. Last game I had traded in before this was Indigo Prophecy, another total piece of garbage.
pendelton21's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/04/2008 11:01
pendelton21
Oh man, I can't wait to not play wither of these!
king3vbo's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/04/2008 11:18
king3vbo
Bah, don't want
kyrengraves's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/04/2008 11:48
kyrengraves
I'm gonna use this to complain about something. As no one's brought it up before now, I'm assuming I'm the only x360 owner without a Gold account. As such, even if I wanted to try the demos, I can't, as they're time-locked for Gold accounts right now.

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WTF PEOPLE, IT'S A DEMO
TrailerParkJesus's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/04/2008 12:21
TrailerParkJesus
But I already forgot about these games!
TheDreadHawk's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/04/2008 12:36
TheDreadHawk
I've been waiting to at least try Alone in the Dark, so I suppose this is good news.
Aaron Mxy Yost's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/04/2008 15:25
Aaron Mxy Yost
I love free demos, even if they're terrible.
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