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No demo - don't distract the man from the main goal - finish HoI2 for release! 
Doesn't it take time to release a demo? Or is it a simple thing that is easy to do?
A demo video might not work for HoI either?
Oh and will it be called HoI2? Is that the final title? I ask because ever since Police Academy 2, Die Hard 2, Starship Troopers 2... I have hated titles which are "Blah Blah 2". Any chance of calling it Hearts of Steel? Souls of Iron? Axis and Allies? Er, wait on...
Doesn't it take time to release a demo? Or is it a simple thing that is easy to do?
A demo video might not work for HoI either?
Oh and will it be called HoI2? Is that the final title? I ask because ever since Police Academy 2, Die Hard 2, Starship Troopers 2... I have hated titles which are "Blah Blah 2". Any chance of calling it Hearts of Steel? Souls of Iron? Axis and Allies? Er, wait on...
Ermmhh... About that DEMO.... NO!!!!
Anyone ever heard about Strategic Command... Well it made a "limited" demo... So the full game but only the .exe limited the game to 1940-41... Well you don`t have to ask twice if gazillion of cracked exes for unlimited time popped up like mushrooms when it rains the next day...
A video, a manual, screenies, AARs... That kinda thing, okay. But a demo... Naah...
The people who need the demo, ie. the "Wow 1337 Graphs and SFX!!!11" -folks, won`t buy even if they got the demo... And the rest of us, propably will buy the game in any event.
But that is just my most humble opinion.
Anyone ever heard about Strategic Command... Well it made a "limited" demo... So the full game but only the .exe limited the game to 1940-41... Well you don`t have to ask twice if gazillion of cracked exes for unlimited time popped up like mushrooms when it rains the next day...
A video, a manual, screenies, AARs... That kinda thing, okay. But a demo... Naah...
The people who need the demo, ie. the "Wow 1337 Graphs and SFX!!!11" -folks, won`t buy even if they got the demo... And the rest of us, propably will buy the game in any event.
But that is just my most humble opinion.
idealist said:
I happen to like demos
(and they are very useful in some cases (e.g. FPS, RTS).But obviously the majority of those that have played HOI (and liked) wont need any demos, wouldnt be that sure about the rest though (and dont agree completely with the "grapics wow" thingie
)herm said:I happen to like demos
Well don`t get me wrong, I like demos too. Especially in FPS and some RTS`s. (Commandos pops into mind, played that demo and that made me buy the game)
But for HOI-type a thing... Naah..
Sultan, it is very hard to make a demo of a paradox game without ruining the gaming experience.
Zuckergußgebäck said:
Yeah, and releasing a demo of the final product, as mentioned, is asking for people of finding was to bypass any time, tech, or play constraints and just use it as a full version.
Hey, is this one going to have a CD key or something or even check for the CD in the drive?
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mvsnconsolegene said:
I really, really, really, really hope not.
"CD not found" is the singlemost irritating line ever!
CDs dissapear, get eaten by babybrothers, shot down by neighbours, stolen by some random folks, crushed by anarchists, couped by fascists, burned down by revolutionaries, abducted by aliens AND that`s just to name a few!
For most of my games I have a no-CD crack, even if I do have the game CD. Fiddling around with CDs is not only time but also space consuming.
And that`s not even mentioning playing with two computers in a CO-OP-Multiplayer mode.
I've never had a cd break down, get lost or any problems with copy protection whatsoever and I do buy my games, don't use no-cd cracks and have never burned a single cd. You just have to know how to handle them and buy the right kind of drives
the only problem I really have with needing to use the CD is that I have to get it out of it's case and putting it in the drive. I often end up not even bothering to play the game if the CD isn't already in the drive
Imagine Pdox game at 1.00 version...
Now imagine you try a demo of it....
draw your own conclusion
Now imagine you try a demo of it....
draw your own conclusion
Grosshaus said:I've never had a cd break down, get lost or any problems with copy protection whatsoever and I do buy my games, don't use no-cd cracks and have never burned a single cd. You just have to know how to handle them and buy the right kind of drives
Obviously you haven't yet moved to abroad.
Nor have more than a few CDs.
Wait till you try to fit like 100CDs inside yor laptop bag, or roll towels around
them and fill your suitcase with these so-useful-packages.
I pretty much appreciate that my bits are in my laptop.
As for demo, Paradox could follow now so popular practice and release HOI 1 for free.
Though somewhow I don't see it happen.
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I just lost my CD key for NWN - SOU... for got to register it... now have to buy a new game... 30 bucks just for the CD key.... Thank God I registered NWN...
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for got to register it... now have to buy a new game... 30 bucks just for the CD key.... Thank God I registered NWN...F
Lint said:Obviously you haven't yet moved to abroad.
Nor have more than a few CDs.
Wait till you try to fit like 100CDs inside yor laptop bag, or roll towels around
them and fill your suitcase with these so-useful-packages.
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NOT having to have the CD in the drive with HoI is a VERY big plus for me as I travel with work and my CDs get damaged all the time.
Please continue with this practice Paradox.
Please.
Please.
Please.
More posts to follow if you don't...
Grosshaus said:I've never had a cd break down, get lost or any problems with copy protection whatsoever and I do buy my games, don't use no-cd cracks and have never burned a single cd. You just have to know how to handle them and buy the right kind of drives
Like mentioned, I also think it is most annoying to have to find and insert the actual cd in my computer. So I hope very much that paradox continues the "no cd required to play" practice. (Love it
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Well it would be nice if Paradox releases a demo in the form of a battlescenario. I'd vote for the German invasion of Poland
herm said:Like mentioned, I also think it is most annoying to have to find and insert the actual cd in my computer. So I hope very much that paradox continues the "no cd required to play" practice. (Love it
I love it too, but IF THEY WERE to implement a CD-copy-protection then I'm actually considering getting a second CD-drive in which I'd permanenty place the CD