Growing up I would download video game demos and play them over and over again because my parents wouldn't buy me many games. Most of my game library was just demos. Can anyone relate? 
Poorcel trait: you used to play demos as if they were full games
As a kid the only games my parents would buy for me were ps2 demos. I’d have whole stacks of discs like these
They didn’t know know anything and thought it was like buying multiple full games in one disc. When I tried to explain to them what demos were they told me to shut the fuck up and be grateful I even got anything
They didn’t know know anything and thought it was like buying multiple full games in one disc. When I tried to explain to them what demos were they told me to shut the fuck up and be grateful I even got anything
This is so relatable JFL
I have never buyied a game because I was so broke. The thought of even asking my parents for a game never crossed my mind.Growing up I would download video game demos and play them over and over again because my parents wouldn't buy me many games. Most of my game library was just demos. Can anyone relate?
Same
demos are boring lol how are you not bored playing demos all over again
i only played Minecraft demo survival with a starting chest and a 5 day limit
The Terraria demo got me hooked on the game
ngl I miss demo discs. I remember back in the late 90s early 2000s you'd get free demo discs that had several different game demos on them so I could spend hours playing them lol
This is why game companies more or less did away with demos: people got enough enjoyment out of them that they weren't buying games, so now you have to pay $60 to find out if you hate playing something or not
The brutal reality of having ethnic parents that don't give a fuck about you but still want you to make them proud by becoming doctor/lawyer/engineer/inventor/astronaut/cyborg
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I played the thief demo so many times lol
When you are a kid or a young teen with stingy parents, any kind of game you can get your hands on is fun
you never had a single full game of your life as a kid lol even we're poor as shit i had a pokemon FireRed for gba why play demos that lasts 10 minutes of the same shit repeating all over againWhen you are a kid or a young teen with stingy parents, any kind of game you can get your hands on is fun
I had a few full games. Something like 3 full games then like 20 demos. Funny that you mentioned the time because I remember doing a glitch for the Just Cause 2 demo that let you play it forever unless you died. You were still restricted to a tiny section of the map tho
DON'T WATCH VIDEO IF YOU ARE SENSITIVE TO FLASHING LIGHTS LMAO
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Me with the minecraft demo in 2013
I did that especially with fnaf games on my phone (until I discovered piracy), I had a demo for every entry in the series and I would replay the first 2 nights or something until I get bored, sadly most new games don't have demos these days (I think)
I remember buying PS1 magazines with demo discs from my pocket money and I'd play those demos like the were full games.Growing up I would download video game demos and play them over and over again because my parents wouldn't buy me many games. Most of my game library was just demos. Can anyone relate?
But tbh, I've been gifted a PS1 by an uncle of mine when I was 13.
It can read burned discs so my father bought me ten pirated games once.
I could chose whatever I wanted since they were cheap af.
Ended up going home with bangers like Resident Evil 3, GT2, the Spyro Trilogy, Tank Racer, some Test Drive game I think as well.
But back home I'd only once get a new game and that was G-Police Weapons of justice.
Gaming magazines used to come with DVD's and CD's full of demo games, it was awesome because internet was hard to get before 2000.
At least on Steam you can get a refund within two hours.
First game I've ever returned was Battlefield 4. jfl
Fuck EA for trying to force me to create several accounts for a game that I've bought on another platform.
I won't be using their shitty platform just because I want to play BF4.
Oh well, no BF4 for me and no money for them.
I remember one of my cousins would steal demo discs in store and leave the empty magazines behind.
In hondsight, it was a dickmove.
How he managed to do that?
Back then cameras in stores weren't as wide spread and the dude was incredibly low inhib.
He did it in front of me. I never took part in it. Never stole a single thing in my life. My conscience would not allow this.
Lol i used to hop on and play all day long cars one the game demo.
trove
I'm poor as fuck and never did that. Always pirate and if I can't then it is what it is but I'd never play any demos because what's the point?
Sail the seven seas
Not even that
That's how brutal my situation was
That's how brutal my situation was
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Relatable. I only was able to play games until i grew up and learnt to sail the seas for them
same
incels are always behind in everything just brutal
i used to play demos in block buster and game store back when those used to be a thing in store
I did this a lot. Many many demos. Until I discovered how to sail the seven seas
I wasn't poor at all, hell both my parents made six figures throughout most of my childhood, but for a while (early childhood to around 10-11 years old), for newer games that weren't on Nintendo consoles, I either had to do this or pirate my games.
My parents (especially my mom though) just didn't like buying me any newer games and was always hellbent on using the ESRB rating system to police what games I played until I was around 13-14. It kind of ruined my childhood a bit tbh, though I was able to play some of the OG Xbox/PS2 classics at friends' places and was able to pirate quite a lot of PC games. Interestingly enough though I have dozens of early gaming magazines they let me buy and actively had a subscription towards which showcased the M-rated games in graphic detail.
I had only a few physical games, and the majority of them were either on my DS or Wii or from the 80s and 90s. First time I went to my cousin's house when I was like 11 I was shocked that he had an entire wall of games, and his parents made much less than mine. Some of the only physical PC games I played before I knew how to pirate was like the RCT series and Doom and Wolfenstein, and I probably put at least 2k+ hours on RCT3 alone when I got it a bit after release.
Steam was a massive game changer early on because I was able to buy what I wanted around my birthday or the holidays without my mom policing me, my game collection jumped from like 30-ish physical games to a bit over 100 digital games in a year around when I created my Steam account. I just had to "promise" her that I wouldn't buy any M-rated PC games (I did).
Though it would have been nice to play GTA: SA and F.E.A.R and The Suffering back when they were new... if I was a parent I wouldn't ever do that kind of thing with my kids.
My parents (especially my mom though) just didn't like buying me any newer games and was always hellbent on using the ESRB rating system to police what games I played until I was around 13-14. It kind of ruined my childhood a bit tbh, though I was able to play some of the OG Xbox/PS2 classics at friends' places and was able to pirate quite a lot of PC games. Interestingly enough though I have dozens of early gaming magazines they let me buy and actively had a subscription towards which showcased the M-rated games in graphic detail.
I had only a few physical games, and the majority of them were either on my DS or Wii or from the 80s and 90s. First time I went to my cousin's house when I was like 11 I was shocked that he had an entire wall of games, and his parents made much less than mine. Some of the only physical PC games I played before I knew how to pirate was like the RCT series and Doom and Wolfenstein, and I probably put at least 2k+ hours on RCT3 alone when I got it a bit after release.
Steam was a massive game changer early on because I was able to buy what I wanted around my birthday or the holidays without my mom policing me, my game collection jumped from like 30-ish physical games to a bit over 100 digital games in a year around when I created my Steam account. I just had to "promise" her that I wouldn't buy any M-rated PC games (I did
).Though it would have been nice to play GTA: SA and F.E.A.R and The Suffering back when they were new... if I was a parent I wouldn't ever do that kind of thing with my kids.
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I can relate to this so muchGrowing up I would download video game demos and play them over and over again because my parents wouldn't buy me many games. Most of my game library was just demos. Can anyone relate?
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Yeah
Some demos are fantastic tbh.
Probably the best one I've ever played was for FEAR 2 ^_^
Probably the best one I've ever played was for FEAR 2 ^_^
I still do it to this day. If there's a game I don't want to pirate
I would just pirate all my shit. Still do.
I still do it to this day
Me before I discovered torrent sites
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