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Jade Raymond speaks, we listen: No Assassin's Creed demo photo

A few of us here at Destructoid have had a chance to play Assassin's Creed, and our feelings are quite mixed. I can't speak for anyone else here, but I found the game to be a delightful little experience, with a minimal control scheme that let me perform some slick moves with little effort. It's too bad you'll just have to take my word for it. 

In an interview with Gametrailers, the game's producer Jade Raymond was pretty clear: There will be no Assassin's Creed demo.

"This game is more like a sandbox style game," Jade tells Gametrailers, "where there's a lot of things, so it's not a linear mission where you can say OK, we're making a demo and we're giving you this mission."

"There's no way to really make a demo," she says as she digs herself into a hole, "and I think that's the same reason games like GTA don't have a demo."

Ah-hah -- we got you! Grand Theft Auto clone-extraordinaire Saint's Row had a very serviceable demo, Jade! What say you to that, lady? Wait ... where are you going? Come back! I was just kidding ...

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ZeroTolo's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/04/2007 23:44
ZeroTolo
"...had a very serviceable demo.."

Service her... Aye, and gladly.
sbshootme's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/04/2007 23:45
sbshootme
Then how am I gonna see if the game even runs on my PC??

Wait.

It's coming out for PC, right??
JonDarkwood's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/04/2007 23:56
JonDarkwood
Well, renting the game is almost the same thinga s a demo.
emotaku's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/04/2007 23:58
emotaku
no ass. creed demo? ]`:
Nick Chester's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/04/2007 23:58
Nick Chester
@ sbshootme:

Yeah, the PC version comes out next year, I believe.
Farktoid's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/05/2007 00:05
Farktoid
@ZeroTolo

Thread over. You win the internets.
Lord_Satorious's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/05/2007 00:24
Lord_Satorious
Can't release a demo my ass. An assassination mission or two, that's all we need, is that so hard to bundle up into a reasonably sized download?
Promagnum's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/05/2007 00:28
Promagnum
Bad idea.
Game already looks so linear, this may be the reason for the no demo, as they probably want you to regret buying it rather than regret downloading it.
- $
Promagnum's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/05/2007 00:30
Promagnum
And shit, I forgot to respond as if the interviewee would actually read it.
Here it goes;
"and I think that's the same reason games like GTA don't have a demo."
Uh, yeah. That's because GTA has a following, you don't.
- zinger.
TofuMonkey's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/05/2007 00:30
TofuMonkey
I didnt expect this game to have a demo in the first place. So I could care less. But this game better rock considering we should be playing it by now.
MAX452 AU's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/05/2007 00:56
MAX452 AU
crackdown demo anyone?
Boolean's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/05/2007 01:09
Boolean
Sounds like they are so busy trying to patch up the million and one bugs this game has, they don't have time to make a demo build.
Bas's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/05/2007 01:10
Bas
If they can't release a demo, what the heck were people playing at the E3 and Leipzig, or where ever it was they played it?

You can also do it the Dead Rising way, and have just one area where you can walk around, and you just put some dude somewhere to be killed.

Jade Raymond is overhyped.
vexed alex's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/05/2007 01:59
vexed alex
"Jade Raymond speaks, we listen: No Assassin's Creed demo"

Whore.
Mr Fahrenheit's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/05/2007 02:59
Mr Fahrenheit
Hmm, that's too bad. I wasn't really expecting one anyway, figured it would get in the way of the narrative in some way or another. I'll still be buying the hell out of that thing come November.
DOOM's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/05/2007 06:43
DOOM
I dont trrust games that dont release demos...
Maurice Tan's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/05/2007 07:17
Maurice Tan
Wasn't this an interview with french/canadian people that got uploaded by one of the GT users?
Twosixteen's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/05/2007 07:40
Twosixteen
This just went from "day one" to "wait and see".
mandlebaum123's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/05/2007 07:45
mandlebaum123
I dont care. She give me a nerd boner.
king3vbo's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/05/2007 10:09
king3vbo
NOOOO!

O well, its still gonna be an awesome game
Velt's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/05/2007 11:20
Velt
@ZeroTolo:
you said it first and you said it right.
Bob Muir's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/05/2007 14:00
Bob Muir
A shame, since new IPs need all the exposure they can get.
brosef's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/05/2007 15:02
brosef
@ZeroTolo

epic thread win. game over.

- Listen, whatever Jade "soft hands" Raymond says goes, and as long as there is still hope for a Jade Slowjackz demo, I'm content. In this humble gamer's heart, there is still hope...sweet sweet hope. mmmmmmmm
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