Bethesda’s Hines: “I don’t see a demo for RAGE on the cards”

No demo? Sucks but, ok.

No multiplayer beta? Closed even? Really?

for a new ip? =s

I’m grumpy about this as well!

I’m not sure just how much the name “id” carries on its own in this day and age where the shooter genre seems synonymous with just two franchises – CoD and Halo – and the overall art design of Rage is bound to be compared to Borderlands.

My advice to id: get people familiar with your game. Trade show appearances, Game Informer covers and the fact that you developed Doom simply isn’t enough anymore…

this doesnt make a game when a dev comes out and says we wont make a demo, its like they dont want to let on that the game sucks or something.

Killzone 3 looks better.

I respectfully disagree. Other than Duke Nukem, this is the only FPS coming out this year that’s grabbed my interest.

Duke Nukem does look good and fun The graphics look insane and that was running on 360 hardware I believe. Rage to me seems like a cross between Fallout3 and Borderlands. Which isn’t a bad thing but come on now…wheres the originality?

Its going to be interesting to see these showdowns.

Killzone 3 VS Crysis 2
Rage VS Brink
Duke Nukem VS Modern Warfare 3
HALO HD remake VS New MOH?
Resistance 3 VS Bulletstorm

It seems like it’s a bit open-worldy with hubs linking it all together, so maybe a demo is impossible.

This game is going to take up ridiculously huge space, so it figures there’s no demo (people may not be so interested in downloading a 5-6gb demo).

The game is huge, but they could of maybe put together a small dungeon level & race to give you a feel for it surely? Still looking forward to this though, hope it delivers.

Who needs a demo for a game that’s going to be this hyped, and arguably reap the rewards from more than one or two overexcited reviewers?

If you create enough of a stir, there’s absolutely no reason to spend time and money on a demo.

Judging from the pictures, video, and developers history, this game is going to be fucking amazing.

No hype, demo, or over excited reviewer is going to change that simple fact.

That’s a shame. Consider: PC owners will want a demo in order to benchmark this to ensure it runs on their computer, since minimum requirements tend to be made from prime cuts of utter nonsense these days, don’t they?

The sad part of this is that it’s encouraging piracy. Many will have to pirate the game to see if it even works for them. I mean, it’s not like we can buy the game from Steam and then return it if it doesn’t work for us, is it?

I think that benchmarking demos at the very least are a total necessity for the PC.

theres no need for a demo. Its a AAA game

^TRUE
I’ve already pre-ordered, this is just one of those games I’m sure I will enjoy.