It appears as if Ubisoft won’t be rolling the dice for timid or curious consumers when it comes to Assassin’s Creed II. During a demo session of the game at Eurogamer Expo, Web site Connected Consoles (via Joystiq) obtained confirmation that the developer won’t be releasing a demo for the knife-happy sequel.
No explanation was recorded, so we’ve asked Ubisoft why a demo isn’t in the plans.
But this isn’t a new thing -- the first Assassin’s Creed didn’t have a demo either. In an interview with GameTrailers a billion years ago, AC producer Jade Raymond said the original title was too sandboxy and large for a demo.
“The game is a more sandbox-styled game where there's a lot [to do] and [there's] not [really] a linear mission for a demo," Raymond said, according to Gamer Node. Elaborating, she said "[the game is] huge, there's three cities and there's no way to say 'OK, we're going to cut up this square of the city and give that to you as a demo.' "
On the bright side, there is a workaround to this issue. Just pop in a copy of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves and stand on the edge of a high ledge while pretending that Drake has knives and a wicked accent. There are plenty of those opportunities -- the ledge stuff, at least -- sprinkled throughout the game, we promise.
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8:20 AM on 11.02.2009
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Sounds like a fucking demo to me.
They've already made it pretty clear that the main problems with the first game have been addressed, and frankly, I doubt a short demo would sway the jaded people anyways.
Imagine if the first game had a demo. You wouldn't have been able to see the repetitive structure of AC1 from a 15-minute snip anyways, so how would it have benefited you? A good demo might have only pissed those people off MORE...
Also,
Wow, that's a lot of avatarless trolls.
I can understand in this case because of what type of game it is, but a lot of games need demo's IMO because it helps you know what type of game it is, what it looks like, what the dialogue, soundtrack and basic storyline is.
For example, I doubt I would have bought the Watchmen game without the demo, as it's another movie game, but because I played the demo, it really helped justify my purchase and it's now one of my favourite games.
Also, just because they have no avatars does not make them trolls.
video-game-rentals have been outlawed here, so a demo is the only chance we have of testing a game without buying it!
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