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Now you can test your skill in a real-time strategy game set in an alternate reality of 1920+ for free. The demo version of the Iron Harvest game is available to download from GOG.COM until the end of 2020.

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Wow, great news. Thanks!
What a trailer! :O
Thanks for the demo. Looks very interesting.
Nice. Thanks for the possibility to try a game before buying it.
That is great. But why is the Demo so huge?
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RPGler: ...
I guess the demo was made from full game; it's simpler for devs to lock some content or remove only some key files than analyse file by file which resources are needed and which are not.
14gb, yeesh.
Why demos can't be added to the account in the same way of giveaways, instead of having to "purchase" them?
Mmm, good chance to try it and if it GG, than buy.
time limited offer on a demo PogChamp
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I don't understand this recent trend for limited availability demos.

A demo is a promotional tool. It doesn't make sense to restrict its distribution. People would actually put in manual effort to look for and explore an advertisement for a product, and the company behind it actively tries to prevent them from doing so? I don't get it, I think someone somewhere flunked marketing school and now everybody is following this fad without thought.

When I'm unsure about which game to buy, those where I get to try a demo are also always clearly in the advantage. Removing demos simply hurts sales.
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Anamon: I don't understand this recent trend for limited availability demos.

A demo is a promotional tool. It doesn't make sense to restrict its distribution.
I can understand that when a game is still in development, as the devs might not want an older demo to represent their game. But when the title is sold as a finished product it really makes no sense.
That horrible music in the promo video is almost enough to make me pass on this. Doesn't seem to fit the vibe of the game at all.
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GOG.com: The demo version of the Iron Harvest game is available to download from GOG.COM until the end of 2020.
Wait, so it's timed availability demo version?
What will happen to obtained files after that? (if someone here gets the demo AKA adds to self games) Will our access get forfeit?
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ciemnogrodzianin: I guess the demo was made from full game; it's simpler for devs to lock some content or remove only some key files than analyse file by file which resources are needed and which are not.
If so then trainers would allow unlocking that "other" leftover content.
Situation like mining Resident Evil 2 Remake demo for "invisible" (normally unobtainable) items, just broader.
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Dogmaus: Why demos can't be added to the account in the same way of giveaways, instead of having to "purchase" them?
I guess the "people responsible cannot be bothered to overhaul storefront system from dark ages" is a big contender.

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Anamon: I don't understand this recent trend for limited availability demos.

A demo is a promotional tool. It doesn't make sense to restrict its distribution.
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Dogmaus: I can understand that when a game is still in development, as the devs might not want an older demo to represent their game. But when the title is sold as a finished product it really makes no sense.
Then just make them update the demo. What's the problem with that. It's a common sense kind of practise (also A common practise).
I don't understand the concept of "timed demo". How is this different from pirating a copy (even work in progress in development games often get pirated) for "testing purposes" and deleting it later?
Seriously. I don't know if it's ironic or not but this way they are kind of making sure people will do just that when the demo isn't available (there is plenty of people who literally pirate games just for "demo purposes").
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GOG.com: The demo version of the Iron Harvest game is available to download from GOG.COM until the end of 2020.
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B1tF1ghter: Wait, so it's timed availability demo version?
What will happen to obtained files after that? (if someone here gets the demo AKA adds to self games) Will our access get forfeit?
Afaik, stuff in your account stays there, including demos. And at least demos I got in here, including timed ones, are still downloadable in my account.
Post edited November 26, 2020 by _Auster_