Ubisoft: no demo for Assassin's Creed

Nooooooooo I wanted to try it out

"Disappointing news to be sure, but then again, you probably already knew whether or not you were going to buy it anyway."

Correct on that though, I will get it no matter what.

Guess I'll be waiting for the reviews. Despite how good a games looks, not releasing a demo is a warning sign. Kind of like when they don't submit a game for early reviews, but not as bad.

In my case, new franchises normally merit a demo or rent first

Although sometimes you go in blind and get lucky...

I can understand. I'm assuming the game is meant to be EPIC, meaning it's a whole package deal. It's meant to blow you away. No demo. Only the whole thing. It'd be the equivalent to watching cuts of the best parts of the Godfather, you should watch it in its entirety.

For me, no demo means no buying, at least not full price.
If I can demo a game I may buy it. Otherwise it is a rental. Rentals are usually played to completion and returned, possibly bought if the price drops, but probably not.

Hmmm... No demo for such a popular game? Can only mean 1 thing.... IT'S GOING TO BE BORING OVER HYPED GARBAGE! This just fell into the rental catagory.

It's all about diving into a wagon full of hay...

There was no demo for GEARS OF WAR and that worked out well

To me, a game released without a demo is like a movie released without a trailer -- just bad marketing.

I won't buy it without trying it or reading extensive reviews. The walkthrough looked decent, but there were things I hated too. The gameplay seemed very jagged. I liked the acrobatics. I liked the concept of the fighting, though it looked kinda broken and the animations didn't line up.

Also, a big part is based on the difficulty of walking through a semi-crowded street? Er, that is only true if it is a crowded street of zombies.

Actually they just decided for me that I'm not buying the game. AC is one of those on the fence titles for me since I've already got half a dozen titles I'm definitely buying this winter. Too bad. I still love Jade.

So instead of trying out a free demo and then maybe going out and buying it I will be paying for a rental and then maybe after the price drops going out and buying it. Brilliant idea Ubisoft. IMHO a single decent demo is worth more than all the print ads that they will be running in magazines that nobody bothers to read anymore and all the lame banners that most of us won't be seeing because we use ad blockers put together.

WAY too many good titles I CAN try demo's for this fall are coming out for me to risk blowing $60 (still a ridiculous pricing scheme IMHO)on an UNPROVEN new franchise. I'm sorry UBI, but you guys have demonstrated over and over that you will throw anything out there to make a buck despite the triple-A titles that you guys occasionally release. They have just had their product relegated to the "wait till a price drop in the spring" category especially since there doesn't seem to be a multiplayer component fellow gamers on my friends list would use to compel me to buy early on. I was a little suspect about the game already, now this. It feels like a movie that doesn't have a Wednesday press screening prior to the Friday release.

This game is WAY more than an assasin during the crusades. They probably can't afford to give a demo at the risk of giving away the big surprise. It's got a sci-fi element to it that most people aren't aware of, and they're trying to keep it that way.

I dunno the game trailers and stuff looked cool. And the Prince of Persia games were cool.So i dunno guess I'll see how it is when it comes out. Sucks that there's no demo though.

Im going to buy it. It will be my third game for the X-box 360 but it truly looks good. But I always here about it running smoothly even in the demo there where no glithes that could catch my eye. Im sure it will be a big hit ^^

Ohhh sorry i dont want any misunderstandings. I mean the demonstration the showed at X06. Not a demo I played >