Capcom Extends Availability of Convoluted Resident Evil Village Demo

That's a bit better. I might grab it now.

obnoxious pile of burning garbage, why oh why would anyone greenlight this bizarre schedule

I hate all this timed rubbish but i know it just adds to the hype!

Will try and catch this latest time slot if i'm not busy.

Shouldn’t have to ‘check my schedule’ to play a demo. It’s not that bloody important.

I might have played it last weekend. Unfortunately, I missed the window so I’ll not bother now.

These companies really over think things sometimes.

I already bought my copy so I don't have to bother with all this nonsense, just put it on the store for everyone at all times like a normal human being.

Good, the previous slot time is stupid. I understand capcom didn't want people to download the demo and forget about it, but to put it in 8 hours rotation is stupid, not everyone can play at predetermined time, at least gave people 2 or 3 days to play it, 1 weeks like this is even better.

Such a dumb idea for a demo, glad it's been extended but I feel like I've seen enough. Can't wait to play on day one

Good. Wish they'd done this with the first one. I never got the chance to try it.

@Ralizah This upcoming demo combines both Village (Demo 1) and Castle (Demo 2) together so you still have a chance to play it!

Anyone remember when demos used to come on their own discs? Fun times 👍

@DonJorginho Oh, nice!

Yeah, I definitely want to get a feel for how the game plays on PS4.

Does anyone know if the demo is actually from the game, or something just showing off the engine and atmosphere?

If it's from the game itself then may as well wait to actually play the thing proper

I might try this as the time to download is much better

@Steel76 resident evil has always been about speed runs and cutting time so don't be surprised by the time limit

Aah, yes... now it also plays when the cock crows thrice!

Pre-downloaded the demo thing off the store hoping I’d have time to try it at the designated time but, well… you can guess what happened. Yep, both times.

Now I won’t bother with it. I’ll just wait until it’s RE:aady, RE:leased, and RE:viewed. 🤪😜

When I read about the limited time access for the demo, I wondered if Capcom was trying to tamp down the growing sport of demo bashing. Making it slightly more difficult to access means that the people willing to jump through a few hoops to play the demo are probably invested in the series. That might cut down on the number of insightful first impressions like "Trash game sux!" that seem to flood social media after every recent demo launch.

On the other hand, why even bother with a demo for RE? It seems like a popular and consistent enough series that the incremental sales generated from the demo aren't worth the potential social media headaches, but maybe that's just me.

I played the first and missed the second. I was a bit underwhelmed by what I played to be honest as a fan of the RE2 and 3 remakes, but I am on 'base' PS4 so frames dropped a fair bit. Will try again now there's a decent window.

That huge woman gives me an idea. Hook her up with Mr. X on a blind date. Maybe send over Nemesis to chaperone.

I decided to delete the demo and not play it. This convoluted time-limited, windows etc is a really stupid way to roll out the hype.

I happily pre-ordered as I do for every RE game. Happy to support Capcom as they almost always deliver great products and provide free DLC.

Excited to fire it up on day 1!!