Don't be sad, but a Far Cry 2 demo isn't happening

by Alexander Sliwinski { Jul 11th 2008 at 2:58PM }

Far Cry 2 will not have a pre-release demo according to Clint Hocking, the game's creative director. Hocking explains to Eurogamer that given the open-world nature of the game, that even if they put walls around a certain section, there could still potentially be hours worth of game in that space -- defeating the whole point of a demo being a teaser.

Hocking went on to say that Far Cry 2's features are all locked and now "100 guys" are sitting around picking out the bugs. We should certainly get some hands-on time with the game next week at E3 and we'll report back what we find from our jaunt through the savanna.

Tags: clint-hocking, e3-2008, far-cry, far-cry-2, ubisoft

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Mr.ESC @ Jul 11th 2008 3:01PM

Place a time limit like in RE demos nuff said.

Tez (PSN: Tezasaurus) @ Jul 11th 2008 3:07PM

Seriously.

t_m @ Jul 12th 2008 1:23AM

Hmm.. *remembers billions of "time limit removal" patches*

tmacairjordan87 @ Jul 11th 2008 3:04PM

If Crackdown and Saint's Row can pull off a demo, then Far Cry 2 can pull it off. By doing this they're pretty much screwing themselves out of the little PC sales they'd get because everyone's going to pirate this now like they did with Crysis to test it out and/or see how it is.

tmacairjordan87 @ Jul 11th 2008 3:06PM

Actually I just remembered that Crysis had a demo and it was still pirated like crazy. However, by not doing a far cry 2 demo they're only making their PC situation even worse only this time they're going to have the likely strong sales from the 360 and ps3 to back it up this time.

The_Punisher @ Jul 11th 2008 3:08PM

....or....and i am leaning this way....buy the f*king game and appreciate it w/o a demo.

Vcize @ Jul 11th 2008 3:23PM

That's the lamest excuse for not having a demo that I've ever seen.

And I believe the full quote was that there was no way they could make the demo shorter than 12 hours. LMAO.

Burritoclock @ Jul 11th 2008 3:31PM

Hmmm, I guess they forgot to place a "clock" into this engine, maybe they were afraid Konami would sue them, there was a timer in the first TMNT...

vikings8425 @ Jul 11th 2008 3:42PM

I wasn't impressed by the first..
so why would I even give this one a chance with no demo?

Dale Massey @ Jul 11th 2008 4:05PM

I played a demo of this at Wireless Festival in London last Friday.
Of course they can make a demo!

sinai @ Jul 11th 2008 3:50PM

the real reason why far cry 2 demo isn't happening:

you can pretty much experience the whole game in 5 minutes because Crytek games are nothing more than glorified tech demos

Red Leader @ Jul 11th 2008 4:16PM

Sounds about right.

Vidikron (FU) @ Jul 11th 2008 4:18PM

This isn't a Crytek game.

mundox @ Jul 11th 2008 5:09PM

It's Crytek game not done by crytek XD

Lenyu @ Jul 11th 2008 3:58PM

I had hours of fun in the Burnout Paradise demo - I was amazed at how big the small area was, and so much to do! It basically guilted me into buying the full game - and I'm happy I did.

Eh @ Jul 11th 2008 4:07PM

I dont buy modern PC games like this without a demo. My video card is not top end so I have no guarantee that it will run well and I am not going to take a chance buying a game that may or may not be playable at acceptable detail levels.

They dont understand that PC demos are important not just for gameplay but they allow people to see if the game will RUN on their computer. System requirements have never meant anything other than if you can install it or not, they have no bearing on actual gameplay.