So I tried going on Steam and downloading the Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning demo and trying it out. But I have to say, I'm horribly disappointed. I can only get about ten minutes into the demo(the part where you get the bow) and the game crashes, without fail, every time.
Now, demos are supposed to be shiny tidbits of awesome that get you so hyped up about the game you go out and pre-order, and then tell all of your friends about it so they do as well, hopefully propelling the game into the stratosphere in terms of sales numbers. So busted demos are definitely a bad thing.
Having a demo that crashes drops confidence in a game, and let me tell you, my is dropped. After sitting through all of the opening content twice, fighting the same three battles twice, only to have the demo crash, I'm not impressed. And it isn't like I can just download a new copy, its through Steam, and from everything I've ever heard, Steam is supposed to keep things like botched downloads from happening.
All-in-all, I'm disappointed, and I'm not really excited to be buying a game at a price tag of $59.99 when I can't even expect the demo to work. I think I'll be holding off on this one until I hear about through regular channels.
