civ v demo release time announced: 10 AM eastcoast, 7 AM westcoast, 4 PM middle europ

[Maestro_Innit]

A friend of mine, also in the UK, is downloading it fine ...

 

[pixiejmcc]

Put "steam://install/65900" in run.exe. I've downloaded now but can't play. I keep getting told the installation is incomplete.

 

[happyturtle]

I'm in the UK, and the download just finished for me. It's installing now.

 

[Agent327]

Demos have always been marketing ploys to entice players into buying the full version. Give them a taste, but leave the good stuff out!

I just want to play the demo purely to see the graphical improvement because I think it's gonna be hard to judge much else in 150 turns. I wonder how many barbarians will spawn on the standard map size in that time?

Playing 150 is basically nothing at all. If I play WoW demo or BF2142 (to name just 2) I can play infinitely and have a full view of the game; I´m not playing some demo when I´m gettin´ the full game anyway.

 

[-PET-]

brb playing demo.

 

[Maestro_Innit]

Put "steam://install/65900" in run.exe.

From 3 posts up

Put this in your browser:

steam://install/65900

Although I can't get it to work in the UK yet Even from within the Steam client, the "Downoad Demo" button just does nothing

Believe me: I've tried EVERYTHING and it's just the Steam client does nothing. I've even installed Steam on my laptop and tried it there: same problem.

 

[JamesCivFan]

It just started working for me. Downloading it now

 

[aliatar]

I have already downloaded the demo no problem (from Spain). Played a couple of turns and looks fantastic on a 27" monitor.

 

[Rince]

I'm downloading too @ 1MB/sec. Should be done in a couple of minutes I guess.

 

[Echse]

So I played my first game with the demo but to form a real oppinion i have to play some more....

Has anyone any info about differences between the the demo and the actual game? I mean beside the obvious turn limitation?

 

[Resender]

Only 100 turns instead of the 150 stated, that the only downer so far

 

[-PET-]

Playing 150 is basically nothing at all. If I play WoW demo or BF2142 (to name just 2) I can play infinitely and have a full view of the game; I´m not playing some demo when I´m gettin´ the full game anyway.

Actually for me it was 100 turns

 

[happyturtle]

It has crashed on me three times, always when I'm in the strategic view.

 

[Potenzo]

2pm GMT. Britain is currently in BST which is GMT+1, so 3pm for Britain, 4pm for mainland Europe.

I HATE steam for this.

I'm moving house Friday, which means I'll lose broadband for a while. I was counting on a 00:00 unlock, so I could decrypt and switch steam into offline mode before the removal van turned up. Now I'm screwed!

Of course, if it was playable on integrated graphics I could have played it on my laptop instead, which I can carry to an internet connection.