November OXM demos

[Prince Planet]

Demos:

1. Prince of Persia (Played it quite a bit. A little rough still, but some brilliant animation, tons of cool moves, and it looks like there will be challenge a plenty. This one will get talked about.)

2. Conflict Desert Storm II - Back to Baghdad (Tried it. Ugh. Awkward controls, and not great looking, and dull combat. Frankly, I'd rather play Brute Force than this.)

3. NCAA Football 2004 (People who want this have already bought it, no?)

4. Freedom Fighters (One quick play. Very clean, but I confess I didn't try to figure much out. May well be better than I thought.)

5. Magic the Gathering: Battlegrounds

6. Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure (My oldest daughter liked it well enough. Heck, I even gave it a few tries. THUG for the younger set.)

7. NFL Fever 2004

8. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004 (If you like golf, this is where it's at.)

Video Features:
Full Spectrum Warrior, NFL Street, Sega GT Music. I only checked out FSW, and I must say, it's pretty damn impressive. It showed a walkthrough with one of the developers controlling 2 squads through a war-torn Middle Eastern/East African town. Tense.

Video Showcase:

Backyard Wrestling; Grabbed by the Ghoulies; Legacy of Kain: Defiance; Mission Impossible: Operation Surma. Checked out Ghoulies -- polished, but no thanks. Mission Impossible seemed like a very mediocre amalgam of every Medal of Honor-James Bond-Tom Clancy FPS that I've ever played.

There you have it.

[BioMechanic]

Damn, no Top Spin, huh? Bleah.....

[Captain Vegetable]

No imps on Magic the Gathering?

You disappoint me.

[Despair]

Hmm, Not very impressive demo selection

I got Prince of Persia PS2 demo, and the game is pretty good.

[Brisco Bold]

Did anyone find the Prince of Persia demo super-choppy?

[Prince Planet]

Did anyone find the Prince of Persia demo super-choppy?

The demo rev was a bit chunky -- "stuttering" may be more accurate. I'm optimistically attributing that to the purportedly early build. One thing I didn't care for: the (very) short spurts of action are broken up repeatedly by cut-scenes -- cut-scenes that you can't skip. Same thing for retries after an untimely death. Very irritating. Of course, that may well be changed in the final rev.

[sphere79]

Demos:
8. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004 (If you like golf, this is where it's at.)

I'm hearing that Links 2004 for the Xbox may give it a run for it's money, and it's definately superior in the online department.....

....also hearing really good things about Top Spin. Good, exclusive, 1st party Xbox games ( and there's more coming too.. mmmm Rallisport2 ), how 'bout that?!

[UndeadKing]

Wow, you mean they have more than 2 demos! Seems like the demo selection is improving. Six last month and now eight, not bad.

[Melf]

No downloads?

[Master]

I just wanted to say that i was putting my demos in slimline DVD cases before they all started coming that way.

That is all.

*retires to his nerdery with his calculator*