Now this is a nice move from Reakktor media (and a smart one, too): According to a newsbit on Neocron Online, there will be a playable offline demo of Neocron. Here's the sauce:
Something of a follow-up on the tutorial story, here goes. I've confirmed with Nemesis that the offline Tutorial will double for a Demo for Neocron.
The demo will be distibuted by the normal channels, such as magazine cover cds, download (if not by Reakktor, other sites will pick it up), and on the retail version of the game.
What does this mean? Well, it's a massmog with a demo! And that's a good thing from any perspective. Being an offline-demo, it will not demonstrate the "massively multiplayer" part, but it will demonstrate the graphics and game-systems that users will employ in the full game. Since it will be distributed on the retail disc(s), you may think of it as a spawning capability.
Update: Two more bits of information from Nemesis: The Tutorial/Demo is not on the shipping Beta 3 discs. Instead, Nemesis says that it will be released soon through the channels discussed above. Of course, this is Reakktor soon, so don't hold your breath. :D |