Rumour regarding M2TW Demo

[Mikhal]

Well, I remember that there was a program called "Rodeo" for the RTW demo. It allowed you to play custom battles in the demo although the demo itself only had a tutorial and 2 historical battles. You could play the Julii, Gaul, Carthage and the Senate with that mod while the demo itself only allowed you to play as the Carthaginians, I thought.

So, when the demo hits, someone might make another program for M2TW and it might allow us to play the demo a lot more. :)

hmm, is that legal? i mean the original demo is what CA gives us as a try, if we then dig out more then what we were given isen't that a bit of stealing?

[Voigtkampf]

Demo will probably come very close to the actual release of the game. This time I hope the reactions will be more positive than the last.

I'm kind of afraid of the demo...

[Ignoramus]

I didn't see Rome's demo, but I'm guessing it wasn't very good.

I would like to see a demo that encourages me to buy the game, but I don't want to get a demo that encourages me to buy a game that isn't very good. If the game isn't very good, then the demo ought to reflect that. To put it simply, I want an honest demo, not a deceptive one.

[SpencerH]

I didn't see Rome's demo, but I'm guessing it wasn't very good.

I would like to see a demo that encourages me to buy the game, but I don't want to get a demo that encourages me to buy a game that isn't very good. If the game isn't very good, then the demo ought to reflect that. To put it simply, I want an honest demo, not a deceptive one.

The RTW demo was very limited in scope (which the modders bypassed to some degree) and was therefore pretty disappointing to the hordes of impatient fans. It wasn't deceptive though. IIRC many/most threads here were concerning how fast the units were, how fast the battle was over, etc. There were many calls for calm, that it was just a demo, that the real game could not be such a departure from the tactical skill of the previous games. Sadly, RTW was "just like the demo".

[Husar]

hmm, is that legal? i mean the original demo is what CA gives us as a try, if we then dig out more then what we were given isen't that a bit of stealing?

No, CA put certain units and files into the demo, so we use what we were given.