this is the best timeline
Comment on Steam adds new "Trending Free" tab to hide demos from new & trending
PunchingWood@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
To imagine there was a ;pmg time games didn’t offer enough demos anymore, and now we get so much that they need to be filtered 😂
TheLongPrice@lemmy.one 5 weeks ago
Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 weeks ago
Shovelware demos are useless.
I remember the time I played the demo for farming sim and DOA:Dimensions to death on my 3DS. Those were actually good demos.
PunchingWood@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Yeah it doesn’t compare to old-school demos like stuff that came on discs with magazines, but at least it’s a lot better getting the option to try something instead of buying and refunding everything. And at least some bigger studios and indi games are picking up on this as well.
Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 weeks ago
For sure. But I hope they use the Steam Demo feature (same game page with a demo install button) instead of doing a free and premium type of publishing like they do with phone apps
RogueBanana@lemmy.zip 5 weeks ago
I am not sure what demos you mention in particular but the one I recently played is news tower and I am hooked. Just waiting for a good sale to snag the game and even stopped posting the demo mid way. I for one appreciate all the demos being put out even if it is short. Their only purpose is to showcase the full game and they do a decent job of that.
Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 weeks ago
I nevr said demos for actual decent games are baf. Just that trash games and asset swap games are and polluting the search results and library.