Quality Demo

[Alexander the Pretty Good]

A quality demo is what got me involved in this whole affair. I saw a brief preview of MTW in a gaming magazine, and decided to investigate the demo.

Some of my favorite MTW memories come from that demo. Probably because it was so new to me then, but still. Being introduced to your Chivalric Knights (and I didn't realize how uber they were...) and your first enemies, those Almohad Desert Archer scaliwags.

And then more entertaining training missions and then battles to test the skills you just picked up.

And the final battle (Acre? Jaffa) was just a great choice. Difficult, but possible, with some interesting unit selections and what appeared to be insurmountable odds.

Anyway, probably the best demo I've ever played.

Rome's demo didn't really measure up, though I've become jaded. And I had to update my videocard's drivers. But I like the multitude of smaller missions and battles instead of just... two. I also found the BI demo to be underwhelming. Just didn't have that "wow."

Anyway, I hope the MTW2 demo is good. Here's hoping.

EDIT: Jaffa, not Acre, thanks Doc Bean!