GameTruth

A few weeks ago I got a chance to try a demo of Dark Athena at the NYCC.  I must admit that I was pleasantly impressed with the game, and since I loved the original I was probably being way too nice.  My good cheer came to an end today when I got a chance to download and suffer through the demo on XBOXLive.  It is totally unacceptable to release a demo to the public that is this frustrating.  The original Bioshock demo was what sold that game, it set records.  The most insufferable player in this forsaken shindig is that the demo I played at the NYCC was awesome.  Why the hell would they release a weak, difficult to understand, demo that had no foreshadowing of the story or what is to come in the full game?

Overall the gameplay does look solid, the same great melee, platforming and stealth components will all be included.  The surprised at the end of the demo is a video showing some multiplayer, and looking online it is obvious that there will be some interesting new modes to try out.  However, I still can’t shake the shotty showing by the demo, I hope that players do not shy away from the game based on this.

I am just mad because I know I will probably still cough up the dough to dice people with ulaks.