Warner Bros and Monolith have announced that a free demo for Middle-earth: Shadow of War is now available for download on Steam. This demo is based on the new microtransactions-free version of Shadow of War, and will give you an idea of what you can expect from it.
Players will be able to build an army of unique Orc followers and lead them in a fortress assault deep in the heart of Mordor. Players can take down the overlord and replace him with their own ally and their new overlord will follow them into the full version of the game once they purchase it.
Middle-earth: Shadow of War was released on October 2017 so this free demo is a bit… late. Moreover, the game uses the Denuvo anti-tamper tech.
Have fun!
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so the game didnt sell well nor the microtransactions worked?
FREE DEMO.
FREE DEMO.
FREEEEEEEEEEE DEMO ?
They got it WRONG. Demos come BEFORE ACTUAL LAUNCH omfg. Are they retarded ?
But didn’t DOOM 2016’s DEMO came out after some time when the full game version was released on STEAM, imo ?
Yeah, I know that. But my point was that the DEMO still came out after the full game was released on STEAM, which is kind of odd.
I think another factor at play here is DRM. It’s happened before that crackers were able to use the demo’s .exe to then circumvent DRM on the full game’s .exe
+1. Indeed. Exactly my thoughts, as I also wanted to convey this same issue before.
It’s quite possible for a DEMO to get cracked or bypassed, as was the case with DOOM, so more and more devs/publishers are reluctant to release a demo before the full game comes out.
It makes sense, as it can also give enough time to hackers to circumvent the DRM protection as well, if a DEMO is released beforehand.
since when demos come before launch? it is no rule ….
In very early days of PC gaming, there used to be demos before the actual launch. Not all games had a DEMO, but it was a common trend.
But things have changed now.
It is not a rule it is out of principle… if you’re going to « demo » your product, you might aswell do it BEFORE you launch it SO everybody can see for themselves if it runs well/fun. But this new trend is to not demo anything, pray everybody is going to pre order the game ro get that lvl2 item incentive and get them to pay the pass for cut from main story content.
I don’t like (i believe many) where this is going.
And then you see WB going for game as a SERVICE.
Omfg…
Where did it go wrong..
Maybe i’m too old school but when i was younger, demos used to come before launch which would give an incentive to the player to buy the game. Now they’re doing it the other way around because they just don’t care. I have to say though that with steam’s policies you can buy the game and refund it provided you didn’t play too much. Also some devs put out alphas or betas which are more or less demos but at least you can try the gane… before it actually launches.
+1.
Yeah, a demo post-launch, especially after announcing the removal of microtransactions, sounds like sales really slowed down. I wouldn’t be surprised if it gets bundled into a HB Monthly soon.
Indeed.
Demo is always free, also is nothing wrong with the name.
And it Demos something, in this case: Game.
Free Trial or Demo is OK.
1. a demonstration of a product or technique.
You misunderstood his reply, Lol.
Was going to say exactly that.
« Misunderstood »
Not everybody has english as a first language so it is understandable. Or maybe the point wasn’t clear enough.
At least we`ve got a free demo. Kudos to WB games.
No.
I like how much color there is right away compared to the last one.
Agreed. Demo or no I wouldn’t buy it with Denuvo.
I wasn’t sure if demos were a thing anymore. They should be, since all the big game review sites are hopelessly corrupt, and worthless as impartial sources of information. Even if they weren’t, twitch is a better way to see if you’d like a game than reading a review.
So,does this demo contain denuvo???
Obviously, Yes. I doubt they are going to release a totally DRM-free DEMO.
LMAO GTFO of here WD tooo late
They do away with the loot boxes because they were a “mistake” and finally listened to what gamers have been saying from the beginning about that and now we get a free demo?
I wonder what the sales are on this game. They probably are reacting to much less than expected sales.
I assume it’s the whole game(or a large section) but locked away, so you can unlock and carry on after reaching the end of the demo.
Respect to them for removing the micro-transactions. Obviously one could say they only did it because sales dried up…but still. I’ll pick this up someday down the road for real cheap because I want to punish Warner Bros but eventually support the developer.
So you want to punish WB as well, ouch ?
If it’s the same demo as last time (45GB lol), be aware that you have to allow them to analyse your system and use your data for marketing and stuff on launch, or you won’t be able to play the game.
Last good demo I can recall was Kingdoms of Amalur:Reckoning ….
It actually got me to buy the game. You got to play for around 2 hours.
Sad, not enough people played that game, plus mismanagement of the company led to the shut down of Big huge games and 38 studios. I was hoping E.A. or somebody would by the rights for this game and build off the lore….