"Demo will have 1 hour of gameplay"?

Spiralmind · 06-20-2006, 04:54 PM

Does this mean that it will have a timer and will expire after an hour of play-time?

avatar_58 · 06-20-2006, 04:56 PM

No, its an hour-length of gameplay and content....not restricted to an hour. In other words it should take the average player an hour to complete estimated.

Joe Siegler · 06-20-2006, 04:59 PM

This "hour" also depends on how you play. If you fly through it at warp speed and don't look for things, explore, etc.. It's likely to be less than an hour. Play it as it's supposed to be played (explore things, look for stuff), then you'll likely get more.

I ran through it in one of the final betas playing (or at least trying to) like I'd never played it before. It took me an hour 15 or so, and that's with me knowing all the puzzles and stuff. If I didn't know them, and I was looking around at things, and maybe wasting some time because I didn't know them, then it might be longer still.

Damien_Azreal · 06-20-2006, 05:03 PM

This makes me happy.

I'm sick of demos for games that are only about 15 to 20 minutes long. A demo with a possible playimte of an hour just really stands out.

Spiralmind · 06-20-2006, 05:53 PM

Cool. I'm glad it's not time-limited. I cannot wait for this!!!!

Phayzon · 06-20-2006, 06:05 PM

3DRealms does it again with decent demos! I got the Quake4 demo on my 360 and it took me 10 minutes as I was taking my time... An hour (for 2 systems) will be nice (Yes, I know they're both the same)

broodling57 · 06-20-2006, 06:58 PM

The quake and fear demos were like...5 minutes long! the quake demo at least had multiplayer which kept me playing for a while. This demo though...damn, 1 hour AND multiplayer? this is gonna be huge!

can't wait!

0marTheZealot · 06-20-2006, 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by broodling57

The quake and fear demos were like...5 minutes long! the quake demo at least had multiplayer which kept me playing for a while. This demo though...damn, 1 hour AND multiplayer? this is gonna be huge!

can't wait!

The FEAR demo was the worst. It was two firefights and that was it.

T-6000 · 06-20-2006, 07:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Damien_Azreal

This makes me happy.

I'm sick of demos for games that are only about 15 to 20 minutes long. A demo with a possible playimte of an hour just really stands out.

*AGREED*!!!!! And that vis *WHEN* we get a demo! And when we finally *DO*, it's a bloody post release demo!

Kudos to 3D Realms for giving us a large pre-release demo.

DekenFrost · 06-20-2006, 07:57 PM

you forget one more thing .. since it has a multiplayer level that means ..

dozens of hours of gravity flipping multiplayer madness !!

ZuljinRaynor · 06-20-2006, 07:59 PM

Will you be able to kill people by jumping on them like in ROTT? That be awesome, you jump off of a "ceiling" and your heads collide for a M-m-m-m-m-monster kill.

big fat lazy · 06-20-2006, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by 0marTheZealot

The FEAR demo was the worst. It was two firefights and that was it.

Did you play the TimeShift demo? It's not half as long as Fear and Q4 demos!

Tim Gerritsen · 06-20-2006, 09:01 PM

T, do we get some love too?

;P

ADM · 06-20-2006, 09:03 PM

How much love Tim?

ZuljinRaynor · 06-20-2006, 09:05 PM

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Originally Posted by 0marTheZealot

The FEAR demo was the worst. It was two firefights and that was it.

I counted around 5 or 6...

degicank dot comr · 06-20-2006, 10:18 PM

yeah 1 hour is pretty good, we'll find out tomorrow.

Water12356 · 06-20-2006, 11:58 PM

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Originally Posted by ZuljinRaynor

I counted around 5 or 6...

its 5. And an hour is good stuff! I hate short demos...

goombatommy · 06-21-2006, 12:01 AM

I counted about 5 in the FEAR demo.

Adabiviak · 06-21-2006, 12:35 AM

LOL @ the multi-game slot machine in the Jamma cabinet. 1-line video slot and "Rune Man". I also like the guy stepping up to you with the pipe wrench - he must be thoroughly wasted.

hell-angel · 06-21-2006, 12:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Tim Gerritsen

T, do we get some love too?

;P

Lot's of it.

KaiserSoze · 06-21-2006, 04:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Tim Gerritsen

T, do we get some love too?

;P

/me humps Tim's leg.....who else?

/humps Eli's leg...lvlmaster's leg....

/humps everybody's leg

Orochi Avlis · 06-21-2006, 06:30 AM

We'll show you our love through pain..... on the battlefield..... online.....in MultiPrey.
Best type of affection out there.

06-21-2006, 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Orochi Avlis

We'll show you our love through pain.....on the battlefield....online

I'll be sure to tell that to my girlfriend.

-Maniac

HiCZoK · 06-21-2006, 12:55 PM

1 hour but looking at the screens there is only wrench :\ and face of that thug in bar looks ....strange

Neptune · 06-21-2006, 02:25 PM

Has it been revealed yet how interactible the game will be? Is it like Doom 3, where onlya handful of things are interactive and everything else is glued down?

Joe Siegler · 06-21-2006, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Neptune

Has it been revealed yet how interactible the game will be? Is it like Doom 3, where onlya handful of things are interactive and everything else is glued down?

Keep in mind, interactivity doesn't mean "let's pick up every single object in the entire level and put it in one giant pile in one room and look at the mess".

There are limits, you know. It's not 100% anarchy.

FireFly · 06-21-2006, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by HiCZoK

1 hour but looking at the screens there is only wrench :\ and face of that thug in bar looks ....strange

It's a magic wrench.

Micki! · 06-21-2006, 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by FireFly

It's a magic wrench.

It can deform characters with just a swing...

Just like a magic wand, just that the wrench doesn't work as well with distances as a wand does, so you need to get up close...

FireFly · 06-21-2006, 02:59 PM

A magic wand would be pretty cool, as a method to carve out portals.

Micki! · 06-21-2006, 03:13 PM

Haha, yeah, like when you draw gestures in Black and White...

That would actually be very cool...

Neptune · 06-21-2006, 08:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Joe Siegler

There are limits, you know. It's not 100% anarchy.

Okie dokie. So it's 99.99% anarchy then?

the_fiery_king · 06-22-2006, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by FireFly

A magic wand would be pretty cool, as a method to carve out portals.

Hah, instead of a gravity gun you could have a portal gun. It'd be kind of hard to set a destination though...

Adabiviak · 06-23-2006, 11:23 PM

He's an auto mechanic, right? Odd that he's strapped with a pipe wrench.

avatar_58 · 06-23-2006, 11:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Joe Siegler

Keep in mind, interactivity doesn't mean "let's pick up every single object in the entire level and put it in one giant pile in one room and look at the mess".

Interactivity to me is basically letting the player touch and manipulate his environment. HL2 to me isn't interactive just because of the grav gun....its fun and interesting, but I don't call that a high degree of interaction.

The bar scene is perfect. It had more interaction than all of HL2, Doom 3 or FEAR. If more games would learn from this we'd have much more fun.

Its actually sad to me that the bar scene showed more promise in interactivity than the latest adventure games I've played. That shows you how low its getting in gaming. If DNF follows suit and piles on the interactions then I hope it tells developers to smarten up and quit making dead environments.

Nihilanth · 06-24-2006, 07:08 AM

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Originally Posted by avatar_58

Interactivity to me is basically letting the player touch and manipulate his environment. HL2 to me isn't interactive just because of the grav gun....its fun and interesting, but I don't call that a high degree of interaction.

The bar scene is perfect. It had more interaction than all of HL2, Doom 3 or FEAR. If more games would learn from this we'd have much more fun.

Its actually sad to me that the bar scene showed more promise in interactivity than the latest adventure games I've played. That shows you how low its getting in gaming. If DNF follows suit and piles on the interactions then I hope it tells developers to smarten up and quit making dead environments.

That's a 100% my point of view, too.

lonestar · 06-24-2006, 01:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Tim Gerritsen

T, do we get some love too?

;P

you're just coming along like that in the hope that we praise you, and bow down to you guys for a kick ass demo... well then, yes.. you can have a lot of that! hehe.

Pat1487 · 06-24-2006, 03:20 PM

I hope theres a way to make portals, like a mod or something.

06-20-2006, 04:59 PM	#3
Joe Siegler 3D Realms Staff	Re: "Demo will have 1 hour of gameplay"???? This "hour" also depends on how you play. If you fly through it at warp speed and don't look for things, explore, etc.. It's likely to be less than an hour. Play it as it's supposed to be played (explore things, look for stuff), then you'll likely get more. I ran through it in one of the final betas playing (or at least trying to) like I'd never played it before. It took me an hour 15 or so, and that's with me knowing all the puzzles and stuff. If I didn't know them, and I was looking around at things, and maybe wasting some time because I didn't know them, then it might be longer still. __________________ Apogee / 3D Realms Employee: Dec 14, 1992 - May 22, 2009, Oct 23, 2014 - current "Lifting up the Cross to the waiting lost" - Petra \| John 3:16 Last edited by Joe Siegler; 06-20-2006 at 07:04 PM.

06-20-2006, 05:03 PM	#4
Damien_Azreal Super Moderator	Re: "Demo will have 1 hour of gameplay"???? This makes me happy. I'm sick of demos for games that are only about 15 to 20 minutes long. A demo with a possible playimte of an hour just really stands out. __________________ Monolith Fanboy since 1997 Upcoming Anticipated Games: Doom, Shadow Warrior 2, Mafia III, DisHonored 2, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided

06-20-2006, 04:54 PM	#1
Spiralmind	"Demo will have 1 hour of gameplay"? Does this mean that it will have a timer and will expire after an hour of play-time?

06-20-2006, 04:56 PM	#2
avatar_58	Re: "Demo will have 1 hour of gameplay"???? No, its an hour-length of gameplay and content....not restricted to an hour. In other words it should take the average player an hour to complete estimated.

06-20-2006, 05:53 PM	#5
Spiralmind	Re: "Demo will have 1 hour of gameplay"???? Cool. I'm glad it's not time-limited. I cannot wait for this!!!!

06-20-2006, 06:05 PM	#6
Phayzon	Re: "Demo will have 1 hour of gameplay"???? 3DRealms does it again with decent demos! I got the Quake4 demo on my 360 and it took me 10 minutes as I was taking my time... An hour (for 2 systems) will be nice (Yes, I know they're both the same) __________________ I made the first post on the VB! "So I guess the news here is that not only is Australia the last to get anything new in regard to videogames, they're also the first to get them taken away." - LeadBullet "We're part-time internet superheros." - Hudson

06-20-2006, 06:58 PM	#7
broodling57	Re: "Demo will have 1 hour of gameplay"???? The quake and fear demos were like...5 minutes long! the quake demo at least had multiplayer which kept me playing for a while. This demo though...damn, 1 hour AND multiplayer? this is gonna be huge! can't wait!

06-20-2006, 07:57 PM	#10
DekenFrost	Re: "Demo will have 1 hour of gameplay"???? you forget one more thing .. since it has a multiplayer level that means .. dozens of hours of gravity flipping multiplayer madness !!

06-20-2006, 07:59 PM	#11
ZuljinRaynor	Re: "Demo will have 1 hour of gameplay"? Will you be able to kill people by jumping on them like in ROTT? That be awesome, you jump off of a "ceiling" and your heads collide for a M-m-m-m-m-monster kill. __________________ My vision is augmented.

06-20-2006, 09:01 PM	#13
Tim Gerritsen	Re: "Demo will have 1 hour of gameplay"? T, do we get some love too? ;P

06-20-2006, 09:03 PM	#14
ADM	Re: "Demo will have 1 hour of gameplay"? How much love Tim?

06-20-2006, 10:18 PM	#16
degicank dot comr	Re: "Demo will have 1 hour of gameplay"? yeah 1 hour is pretty good, we'll find out tomorrow. __________________ Free Prey Download here Degicank.com Free Music here Free Video's here

06-21-2006, 12:01 AM	#18
goombatommy	Re: "Demo will have 1 hour of gameplay"? I counted about 5 in the FEAR demo. __________________ Sleep... Those little slices of Death... How I loathe them...

06-21-2006, 12:35 AM	#19
Adabiviak	Re: "Demo will have 1 hour of gameplay"? LOL @ the multi-game slot machine in the Jamma cabinet. 1-line video slot and "Rune Man". I also like the guy stepping up to you with the pipe wrench - he must be thoroughly wasted.

06-21-2006, 06:30 AM	#22
Orochi Avlis	Re: "Demo will have 1 hour of gameplay"? We'll show you our love through pain..... on the battlefield..... online.....in MultiPrey. Best type of affection out there. __________________ PSN Handle: Orochi_Avlis 3DR Forums Steam Group My Steam Stats

06-21-2006, 12:55 PM	#24
HiCZoK	Re: "Demo will have 1 hour of gameplay"? 1 hour but looking at the screens there is only wrench :\ and face of that thug in bar looks ....strange

06-21-2006, 02:25 PM	#25
Neptune	Re: "Demo will have 1 hour of gameplay"? Has it been revealed yet how interactible the game will be? Is it like Doom 3, where onlya handful of things are interactive and everything else is glued down?

06-21-2006, 02:59 PM	#29
FireFly	Re: "Demo will have 1 hour of gameplay"? A magic wand would be pretty cool, as a method to carve out portals. __________________ "I think the push for people to innovate in gameplay - i'm not sure that I particularly agree with it" John Carmack

06-21-2006, 03:13 PM	#30
Micki!	Re: "Demo will have 1 hour of gameplay"? Haha, yeah, like when you draw gestures in Black and White... That would actually be very cool... __________________ A true genius does not need boundaries such as 'common sense'

06-23-2006, 11:23 PM	#33
Adabiviak	Re: "Demo will have 1 hour of gameplay"? He's an auto mechanic, right? Odd that he's strapped with a pipe wrench.

06-24-2006, 03:20 PM	#37
Pat1487	Re: "Demo will have 1 hour of gameplay"? I hope theres a way to make portals, like a mod or something.