A Terrible Realization

[Psyco]

Limited pirating as a form of browsing before purchase

I'm not even browsing, I know that I won't like BI (it can't be that different than the original game), however I'm hoping to wrong. There's a chance (however slight) that the CA somehow turned the game around, and that I will like it. It's a longshot, but it's better than giving up on the game completely.

If you download it, I doubt you'll buy it. Why would you when you already have it?

Why buy all 5 Rammstein cds after downloading them all? I believe in supporting artists/companies that do good work. Thats why I download in the first place- so I can put my money into products that deserve it.

you can be sure that there will be copious amounts of community discussion on it. Enough to decide if it will change the game in a way that will make it more to your liking.

I doubt that many people sharing my views of the game will be spending the money on the expansion, so I'll be left with the oppinions of people who liked the game in the first place, which wont help my discision at all.

So get better at evaluating software by legitimate means.

If I did that, I wouldn't buy it. If I pirated it, I might buy it. Which has better odds for the company?

Well the whole problem with gaming industry is that most games have no proper demo.

By proper demo [I] mean something that is 90% same as final game, but limited so you want more.

I strongly agree with this. If this were to take place with any regularity, I would renounce piracy completely.
A good example of this is "Mount & Blade". The demo is the full game, with a level cap of 6. That way you get into the game and get see what it is about. You get to see the style, and just generally get a sence of the game. The level cap means that if you start to enjoy it, you will be tempted to buy it. On the flip side, most demos that are released now are highly deceptive. I played the demo for "Imperial Glory" and decided that it had potential, so I was prepared to buy it when school ended (around the release date). Luckily, in the store I saw Cossacks II, which I had been planning on getting, so I got that instead. A few weeks later I remembered "Imperial Glory", and checked it out online. Let's just say I made the right choice...

[wlesmana]

So if your employer thinks you're doing some work but it's not up to his full satisfaction but he still wants you to do the work, he can NOT pay you?


Btw, don't they ALWAYS released a demo? Just like you can borrow a friend's CD or listen to them at the store? So your argument of pirating for "testing" is moot. Lazyness or impatience is no excuse to break the law.

[Gaius Magnus]

If you don't like RTW, then don't play it and don't buy the expansion.