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Absolutely agree.  There are now tons of ways of trying before buying.  There are
magazines, eg. PC Gamer and even CGW, that have demos on CD.  Try them out first.
Many companies have demos that you can ftp (not just screens shots, but playable
demos).  You can now rent from video stores.  Here in Toronto, Jumbo Video rents
IBM PC CD-ROMs such as Mechwarrior II, Full Throttle, etc.   Many stores have playing
demos that you can try before buying.  I have found these things to be absolutely
invaluable.  I've stayed away from real stinkers this way and found some real gems
that don't get advertised too much.  Oh, also check out usenet groups, usually you'll
get a review or two, although some people may get over-zealous but still quite 
informative.

Regards,

Lawell Kiing

In <42hrp6$c...@ixnews2.ix.netcom.com>, drea...@ix.netcom.com (We can always dream... ) writes:
>In <42fd2h$1...@utaipx02.uta.edu> JBB...@utarlg.uta.edu (Jay B
>Biggerstaff) writes: 
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>You know, I've heard more people bitch about how bad software companies
>are and how we should boycott this and boycott that and how they need
>to put out better products.  I'm getting quite sick of it!
>
>There is a very simple way to keep from wasting money on games that you
>don't like or ones that were different from what you thought.  Do what
>I do:  watch the newsgroups read what people say about the games and
>then decide from the praises or complaints if you want to buy it.  I've
>done this with several games:  NBA Live (when people started saying it
>was too easy, I decided I'd skip it), Tony Larussa 3 (first thing
>people complained about was the slow gameplay on normal machines, ie
>486DX2-66.  I even went a step further and went to Egghead to try it
>out.  The complaints were warranted!), FPS Baseball '95 (many hours to
>simulate a weeks worth of games is ridiculous!),  MechWarrior2 (this
>one was so hyped up, there was no way I was going to buy it the first
>day.  Sure enough, people are complaining about the need for patches).
>
>The list goes on and on!  There are enough people out there who buy
>games when they are released and are nice enough to post reviews on the
>games to make an intelligent decision on whether others should buy. 
>Another way to test the games is to go to a place that lets you try
>them out first (Egghead does in my area) and play around with it for a
>while.  Check the playability.  Check the utilities.  Shit, check
>everything humanly possible.  We're talking about $50+ here!  That's
>quite an investment when you purchase several games a year!
>
>So, quit your bitching about boycotting companies for crappy products. 
>There will always be games out there that are hyped up by them that you
>don't like and that aren't up to your expectations.  Instead of getting
>mad about it, check the games out first and then make an INTELLIGENT
>decision on whether the game is good for you!
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>My $.02.
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>Later,
>
>DreamerZ
>