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Xbox 360 Demos
Death of Rats
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I just got a 360 yesterday, and I was wondering which demos are fun. My internet is kinda slow, so it takes a while to download the gig+ demos, so I was hoping someone could help me by telling me which ones are worth downloading.
No I don't.
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geomerty wars
skate, halo 3
skate, halo 3
edit: i'm not sure if there's a pun in this post, but if there is it isn't intended
(btw I liked Deus Ex 2)
Edit: and you can queue up a bunch of demos overnight, time should not be a factor.
skate, halo 3
Bioshock
Skate
Stuntman Ignition
Heavy Weapon (XBL Arcade)
Castlevania SOTN (XBL Arcade)
Sonic/2 (XBL Arcade)
Bolded for sheer awesome, the rest are great and are ones I'v played a lot/multiple times, but not as much as the bolded
Oh. All of those are driving games.
Edit: I think Project Sylpheed is pretty cool too.
I would get Bioshock, Crackdown, Stranglehold, Sega Rally Revo, Dead Rising.
on XBLA I would try out Geometry Wars, Marble Blast Ultra, Space Girrafe and Worms.
Also Bioshock, Rainbow Six Vegas, Hitman Blood Money, Eternal Sonata, Lost Planet, Viva Pinata.
edit: and what ranced said.
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skate, halo 3
Also, be sure to look at Eternal Sonata, Stranglehold, Skate, BioShock and Crackdown. I also enjoyed Tiger Woods '08, and the game now supports the Hot Shots Golf-esque three-button-click system for the old diehards.
There's a Proving Grounds demo out anyway.
Stranglehold
Bioshock
Skate
Timeshift
Ace Combat 6
Sega Rally Revo
There's also a TGS demo on the japanese marketplace (downloading it now)
I've learned to hate the auto download feature. I'll be playing a game and every few minutes it'll be like.
"Download Complete: Crappy port, remake or clone of some terrible game that no one likes."
Oh, thanks, 360.
Yeah, there's a lot of chaff to separate in order to get to the wheat. But it's worth it to leave your 360 for about a half-hour and let it download all of the hojillion XBLA trials, then delete the stuff you don't want because it'll already be marked as downloaded. That way when new stuff does come out, it'll be a nice surprise.
That demo was like "ready, set, go. Ok done." Wait, what? I just got started. It was good though.
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Stanglehold
skate
Stuntman
Bioshock
In that order.
Just buy it. Right now
And Heavy Weapon for that matter.
Avoid playing Arcade demos unless you want them time to your gamertag forever (annoying if you are an obsessive compulsive completionist, or don't want multiplayer invites to games you don't own).
Some oldies and goodies;
The Fight Night Round 3 demo is pretty good, delivers a lot of gameplay, I had it on my harddrive for months before playing through the full game.
Also, Condemned, a great game, can be found in the bargain bucket now too.
And as others have said, SEGA Rally, Eternal Sonata, Bioshock, Dead Rising, Crackdown. All great demos.
I really hope they make it so trials aren't in your played game list next update. That's a big thing to overlook.
just sign off then play the arcade demo
make another profile too since some games require you to be on one
I tried the demo.. Couldn't really get into it even though I wanted to. Seems extremely simplistic and not very much fun.
And i'm one of those that enjoyed the Timeshift demo, although i've not replayed it too much. It's not the best thing ever, but certainly a vast improvement over last year's demo, and good fun, of not original.
He speaks the truth. Throw Dead Rising in that too.
Also, no, Timeshift=Bad. Didn't enjoy it much myself, but, I would DL it if you want to try it.
Also, darley's right too, sort of. Crackdown and Flatout are good fun.
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skate, halo 3
we are a rare breed..
I can't think what other demos are out there. Fight Night is good, got my brother hooked on the game (which i then picked up for dirt cheap, and enjoyed).
The skate. demo is replayable and fun, though the timer is a tad irritating because it's rather short.
The first Need For Speed demo (I don't recall which title) had a surprising amount of content, something like three cars and three different races on differing courses. That was one I went back to a lot. Lots of stuff!
Test Drive Unlimited is also really good as far as wealth of content in a demo is concerned. I didn't car for the feel of the game overmuch, but DAMN did they put a lot of real estate in that demo.
The Bioshock demo is awesome, as is the game, but if you're looking for stuff that will give you lots of play time, this isn't it.
The multi-player shooter demos will give you some nice replay value.
Oh, and Lost Planet. Two super cool missions included in the demo, and the download is pretty small. Get this one.
Don't download this one. Fun game, yes, but the demo is a waste of your hard drive space. Three minutes of play and it turns off. Boo!
skate demo will keep you having fun for weeks
Other than that:
The Burnout Demo is a good time.
The Ninety-Nine Nights Demo is worth a play, and possibly more if you like it (sadly the game itself isn't all that worth-while. They tried to pull off somethings that would have been really impressive, but fell a little short. Hopefully the seemingly-in-the-works-but-as-of-yet-unannounced sequel will be better.)
I thought Amped was fun for a bit.
Monster Madness is another one where the demo is worth a try, but I wouldn't recommend buying the game.
Bioshock is good, as far as making you understand why you NEED to spend $60 on Bioshock right away.
Also, try anything at all on the Arcade that looks interesting to you, and set up your system to automatically download new arcade demos every week.
There are others that escape me, but those are a good start.
You know, if you replay the demo enough times consecutively, without exitting out of it completely, it starts you in different area of the map, and since you are small in areas where you were bigger earlier, there are different smaller items around to collect.