I am not most people.
Most gamers are kids, they were not used to what we had in the 90s which was a different standard.
I dont just buy games when there is no demo or gameplay footage full stop if I Can help it. There is a few exceptions, eg. I will buy jrpg games but I will point out ff13-2 my purchased was pushed forward probably by several months because I stumbled across the demo on xbox live and it got me hooked otherwis eI probably would have got that game several months later. I have brought probably 4-5 games in the past 12 months I consider rubbish (even some jrpgs), the lack of a playable demo allows rubbish games to get sales.
tales of xillia I am actually dissapointed with, brought it without seeing gameplay footage or playing a demo, I brought it based on how good vesperia is, a mistake.
when I say gameplay footage I mean watching someone play a game for a decent period of time, probably at least 30 mins, not some short promotional clip.
reviews can point out things but they rarely completely honest. you dont bite the hand that feeds you. Amusingly gamers tried to get a reviewer sacked for not giving gta5 a 10/10, so seems young gamers now days actually expect bias in reviews. Also reviews tend to spend too much focus on things that arent that important to me such as graphics.
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