Just played Munch demo... Boy, what a great idea to scare off customers, OWI!
I just played the Munch demo at Sam Goody and boy, is it suckalicious!
"Let's have the demo contain no action, no enemies, no fun, just a whole lot of running around and jumping and stuff! Everyone likes running and jumping and stuff!"
What were they thinking!? Ususally people like to play demos before they play the game to get a taste of the gameplay, and the gameplay they usually want to taste is the gameplay that everyone is talking about! For instance, a slig or two would've been nice. Maybe a puzzle, even... But, no. They decided to give us the boring ol' "Find x number of something-or-others" gameplay. People are gonna play this and think, "This game sucks. Better not buy that Oddworld game."
Go play the Devil May Cry and MGS2 demos. They are fun, give a good taste of the gameplay, and leave me WANTING the game so bad, without giving everything away. The Munch's Oddyssee demo left me thinking, "Just another boring, below average platformer made just to sit there and gather dust."
I'm sorry, but I was expecting some sligs, a puzzle or two, and maybe some kind of interaction between Abe and other mudokons, or between Munch and fuzzles.
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