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HL2, Jump to Lightspeed Demos

Posted by Zonk on from the try-before-you-buy dept.

HomeLAN has details on newly available demos of two of the most interesting late-2004 releases. The folks over at Valve have released a Half-Life 2 demo, available where you download stuff, and FilePlanet has available a demo version of Star Wars Galaxies: Jump to Lightspeed should you want to try it out for 10 days.

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  1. Re:Steam by G-Spot · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I'd have to disagree. Sure, it takes some time to download the demo, but unless you have to sit in front of the computer and pedal it to make it go, this really isn't an arduous task. Why download the demo? Because the full game costs $50 or $60. Once people do this, however, they may see how simple the Steam process is and decide to buy the game. But that's a different story altogether than "You need to get a Steam account so you may as well buy the game, so the demo is a stupid idea."