Will there be a BIA demo?

halflifeguy · Mar 9, 2005

is there a talk of a demo before release on tuesday?

Sry if i led u in here thinking they did release a demo :rolling:

bliink · Mar 9, 2005

halflifeguy said:
Sry if i led u in here thinking they did release a demo :rolling:

Its ok, I fixed the title for you :thumbs:

Hazar · Mar 9, 2005

awww, I wanted one

Ikerous · Mar 9, 2005

Just outta curiosity... whats BIA?

Hazar · Mar 9, 2005

brothers in arms

bliink · Mar 9, 2005

Ikerous said:
Just outta curiosity... whats BIA?

"Brothers in Arms" - a WWII shooter by Gearbox, the guys who made blue shift and OP4, its apparently really good (even for a WWII game!)

CptStern · Mar 9, 2005

Brothers in arms

edit: doh! bliink ya beat me to it

LittleB · Mar 9, 2005

Boobified in Action.

Hazar · Mar 9, 2005

:E I win

think cod with more tactics (so it sounds, I haven't played it)

halflifeguy · Mar 9, 2005

nobody has answered my question though

bliink · Mar 9, 2005

halflifeguy said:
nobody has answered my question though

Because noone knows. Gearbox, and the publishers have said nothing in regard to a demo

pAiNtHeAsS · Mar 9, 2005

Actually, there WILL be a demo,

Randy said:
Posted March 2nd by DUVALMAGIC (RANDY? from Gearbox):

I don't have a date for you guys for a demo.

We do plan on doing one.

I don't know if it will come out before, during or just after the PC launch.

Obviously we didn't beat the North American Xbox launch.

On the upside, the reviews are starting to come in - these should help you guys get a sense about the quality of the game since it's hard to wait to make a buying decision.

I wish I could have more precise details about a demo for you, but we have a lot of things we're doing right now.

There is a ton of post launch work for us to do.

Things on our plates:

- A billion crazy foriegn language versions. Which of you are buying the Hungarian version?
- Mod kit / SDK discussions. You guys want this, right?
- Mac version. Halo was the best selling Mac game in the last five years or so. Let's see if BiA can beat that.
- Demo. Yes, it will happen.
- PC version update around launch time (real world test of the autoupdater and provide a few quickies people will want or need).
- Eat, sleep, etc.

These items are not in order of priority - except for "Eat, sleep, etc." That always seems to come last for us.

Found at the BIA forums.

bliink · Mar 9, 2005

pAiNtHeAsS said:
Actually, there WILL be a demo,

I knew my comment would attract someone with real information... :cheers:

halflifeguy · Mar 9, 2005

How many of you guys are actually gonna buy it?

Hazar · Mar 9, 2005

halflifeguy said:
How many of you guys are actually gonna buy it?

depends on how good the demo is

bliink · Mar 9, 2005

I might get it... it looks good

halflifeguy · Mar 9, 2005

Its comin out on tuesday right?
I might get it friday or saturday

halflifeguy · Mar 9, 2005

well thank you for your support

pAiNtHeAsS · Mar 9, 2005

It is comming out on a Thursday here in the U.S.

Axyon · Mar 9, 2005

Moved to General Gaming.

Lemonking · Mar 9, 2005

Im saving money for for an Island so I dont know if I will get it.

DigiQ8 · Mar 9, 2005

i played it on Xbox
and i will get it for PC
this game simply rocks !

Fishlore · Mar 9, 2005

I won't buy it. I won't buy any FPS games developed for consoles and then ported to PC. They don't feel right. Having said that though if the demo is high quality I'd rethink my position.

Javes · Mar 9, 2005

Fishlore said:
I won't buy it. I won't buy any FPS games developed for consoles and then ported to PC. They don't feel right. Having said that though if the demo is high quality I'd rethink my position.

Didn't know it was designed specifically for console? From the impression I got it's been simultaneously developed, hence why (In the UK at least) both PC and Xbox versions are out on the same day.

CptStern · Mar 9, 2005

pc version is DVD only, I'm probably one of the few this will affect

jondy · Mar 9, 2005

CptStern said:
pc version is DVD only, I'm probably one of the few this will affect

20 quid for a DVD drive now, no excuse

Unless like everyone else on this forum you're not loaded

CptStern · Mar 9, 2005

jondyfun said:
20 quid for a DVD drive now, no excuse

Unless like everyone else on this forum you're not loaded

hmmm food in my kids mouth or a dvd burner

..choice is pretty easy ..nah ..actually I havent been bothered to purchase one ..and now I cant justfy $75 for a burner AND $49 for a game when it could go to better uses ...like my kids university fund. I'm not really complaining ..I'm sick of installing 5 disks per game ..I welcome a move to dvd ..just havent gotten around to buying one yet

Fishlore · Mar 9, 2005

Javes said:
Didn't know it was designed specifically for console? From the impression I got it's been simultaneously developed, hence why (In the UK at least) both PC and Xbox versions are out on the same day.

If you want a game to be able to be played on three platforms you have to design the game to play well on the weakest system. Unfortunately you would be wasting features/hardware that the stronger systems could take advantage of.

If you design a cutting edge PC game and you want it to work on the consoles you have to make extreme changes to the game in order for it to run properly on the consoles. You have to remove features, texture quality and sound quality to bring it down to the console level.

You can't take one game and have it run well on each system while at the same time taking full advantage of all of the hardware unless you make very large and fundamental changes.

This isn't to say that this game can't be successfull and/or fun. If I had to guess though I'll bet this game just won't feel right on the PC. I'll be more than willing to try it before I make that final decision though.

Icarusintel · Mar 9, 2005

CptStern said:
hmmm food in my kids mouth or a dvd burner ..choice is pretty easy ..nah ..actually I havent been bothered to purchase one ..and now I cant justfy $75 for a burner AND $49 for a game when it could go to better uses ...like my kids university fund. I'm not really complaining ..I'm sick of installing 5 disks per game ..I welcome a move to dvd ..just havent gotten around to buying one yet

eh, just make sure they got scholarships and it's all good, this is more incentive to make sure they keep their grades up, and eating, who needs to do that?

CptStern · Mar 9, 2005

heh my son is 16 months old ..I cant tell if he'll be eligible for a scholarship just yet

Icarusintel · Mar 9, 2005

CptStern said:
heh my son is 16 months old ..I cant tell if he'll be eligible for a scholarship just yet

start feeding him books, then he can absorb the knowledge through his stomach

CptStern · Mar 9, 2005

ya but then he'll be fat AND a bookworm! besides, with a father like me, how can he NOT be a genius?

Icarusintel · Mar 9, 2005

CptStern said:
ya but then he'll be fat AND a bookworm! besides, with a father like me, how can he NOT be a genius?

right......

Dr. Freeman · Mar 9, 2005

CptStern said:
hmmm food in my kids mouth or a dvd burner ..choice is pretty easy ..nah ..actually I havent been bothered to purchase one ..and now I cant justfy $75 for a burner AND $49 for a game when it could go to better uses ...like my kids university fund. I'm not really complaining ..I'm sick of installing 5 disks per game ..I welcome a move to dvd ..just havent gotten around to buying one yet

get a DVD burner ya ol' coot

Bestbuy here in Brampton had cool deals on DVD burners during X-mas.. LG DVD burner for $69.99
had i known u were in need of one, i would have pointed u in the direction..or well, i coulda got it for u assuming u'd pay me back

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