[quote name='dmaul1114']I just don't get how people who liked the game off the demo and plan to buy it off of that can bash people who didn't like the demo and don't plan to buy it because of that. They're making they're decision off the demo just like the people who thought it sucked balls and won't buy it.
It's just a matter of different tastes, just like you said. There's nothing wrong with judging games based off of demos and/or reviews, especially for games you're on the fence about. Most of us don't have time to seek out and play full versions of every game that remotely interests us. Demos and reviews offer a way to prioritize our limited gaming time. That's what they are there for.
I don't think anyone has said it would flop, just that they thought it was a turd from the demo and the reviews are mostly reinforcing that. The camera sucked. The controls sucked. The cutscenes/story were lame. The menus were terrible. The only thing it had going for it was the diablo-esque loot system and even that apparently sucks from the reviews. So it's easy to see how people can be so negative since pretty much all the fundamentals of the game were flawed and reviews are showing that the same complaints hold true in the full game.
As for shortsighted write-offs. Who gives a
. These are video games we're talking about. Silly little time wasters we have fun with. Not some piece of fine art people miss out on buy not playing the full version.[/quote]
That's true it is just a game, but I mean we are on a video game forum; Isn't the point to talk about video games? If we don't then everything is semantics and no threads woud have any purpose.
I am fine with the demo and how people feel about it. The reviews, however, are not enforcing that. I just don't see it. A game that gets an 8 and a 7.8 is not a crappy game, ever. At worst it's average. Is an average game totally flawed? Is an average game crappy all around? That's what people seem to indicate, and then they back their own opinion with critics (as you just did). The scores don't seemt to indicate this at all. Further, the problem is compounded when playes give it a C- or a 5.5 but indicate it is average or mediocre. Does this imply all average games have all the previousely stated flaws? I don't think so.
If no one is claiming that by their relation to the demo the game will flop then that is great, that's where a problem lies, and if there is none of that then there is no problem.