News

Bethesda "won't be doing a demo" for Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Posted: 14.07.2011 13:00 by Simon Priest Comments: 5
Sorry there RPG chums but Bethesda has ruled out a demo for Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim as it would be "gigantic", as otherwise you couldn't sample the 'true game'.

The sheer "size and complexity" of Skyrim means it's "really hard to do a demo", and so the team will skip it. QuakeCon is the next destination for Skyrim tasters.


"No, we won't be doing a demo," confirmed Bethesda producer Craig Lafferty. "For a game of this size and complexity it's really hard to do a demo the represents the game truly. And it would have to be a gigantic demo. So we won't be doing a demo."

QuakeCon takes place early next month and will play host to Bethesda's Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim as the parent company ZeniMax now owns id Software. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim releases on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC November 11th.
Source: Eurogamer

Comments

By nocutius (SI Elite) on Jul 14, 2011
nocutius
They could simply do a standalone benchmark. Like the Stalker one.
By djole381 (SI Elite) on Jul 14, 2011
djole381
Pretty much a standard practice for games nowadays. There are less and less demos every day which sucks big time.
By JonahFalcon (SI Elite) on Jul 14, 2011
JonahFalcon
Has there EVER been a demo for an Elder Scrolls game?
By nocutius (SI Elite) on Jul 14, 2011
nocutius
Not that i would know. And they are right, you can't make a demo of such a huge game, but there still room for making a benchmark so people see how the game will run on their computers.
By herodotus (SI Herodotus) on Jul 14, 2011
herodotus
Not really the sort of game that requires one any way. The Demo for "DA II" actually succeeded in making many wary of it (a good thing in the end), and that's all it did. Won't harm sales and anyone "on the fence" will just have to wait for vieo reviews to see how it looks and plays.