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ait...@ocean.com.au (J Aitken) wrote:
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>This is my big bugbear about software - there are many games out there
> that arent really copyable (7 cd games etc), yet theres no easy way to > find out if they are any good until you buy them.  This m=
eans that the
> old story of preventing piracy doesnt really wash when it comes to even > exchanging games let alone getting a refund.  

I have the same problem in the UK - despite the fact that I'm certain 
it's contrary to consumer law. Perhaps it needs a test case.

The US is way ahead of the rest of the world when it comes to refunds. 
When I'm over there I buy stuff from Best Buy and can take it back for a 
full, no questions asked, refund within 30 days. And I think that's the 
norm over there.

>Magazines are pretty tricky - I read five different reviews saying that > Ascendancy was great, and one that disagreed (I know it h=
ad a demo, but > I thought that there would be more to it when the game was released - > more fool I).

I was caught out by the Ascendancy reviews as well ! I've given up 
bothering with computer games magazines - they're rubbish and seem to be 
written by journalists, and second-rate ones at that, who don't play the 
games (and probably have never gotten beyond they're word processor). I 
go to the Web and the Usenet groups to find out "the truth".

>
>Jon (is there a demo for War II? I assume there isnt). 
>

Not yet but apparently Blizzard are going to release one.

-- 
Edward