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[-] conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works 41 points 1 month ago

Demos will also appear across Steam in various places, acting as if they're a free game. So you can expect to see them in charts like New & Trending and across all the tags

That sounds incredibly obnoxious.

[-] memfree@beehaw.org 22 points 1 month ago

Sweet! I like the idea of allowing for demos to have their own page instead of being part of the full/finished game page. Not sure if demos should have reviews. That seems kinda beside the point.

[-] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 month ago

If it’s an “early release” demo or something, like some games do with a limited time, partial access, demo? It should have its own reviews. When the game is fully released, I feel split. On the one hand, you’d be giving feedback for a small part of the game, but on the other you wouldn’t be seeing reviews about content not contained in the demo.

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago

isnt the point of demos to review those games before purchase?

[-] Zahille7@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

I mean if it makes demos easier to find, then I'm all for it.

I'm always down to try a game for free. I feel like I took that shit for granted when I was a kid.

[-] purplemonkeymad@programming.dev 4 points 1 month ago

Hopefully it also means they are more likely to stay up. During one of the next feats I downloaded a few demos to try later, but as soon as the fest ended I need to purchase to play some of them. I guess as the demo was just the main game, but set as a demo.

[-] Zahille7@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I hate that shit. The Paleo Pines demo is the first twelve days, which is about 3-6 hours of gameplay. You can save your game in the demo, and it'll carry over to the full game.

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