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...to try it. And just moments ago, I bought it.
Just showing you guys that download-to-try pirates do exist 
If I might just insert a thought here:
Doesn't the license agreement on the game specifically state that the game itself is actually 'licensed' to you rather than you owning the game itself? As such if you play the game without owning a license to play the game you are breaking the terms of installation and thus breaking the lawfully binding contract?
This is a major bone of contention with many people out there (including myself) who believe that if you purchased a game you have the absolute rights to do with it as you wish, provided you keep it within your own demesne. For example, I personally believe that if I buy the game I should be entitled to install it on my two home PCs and play against my brother when I choose without it stopping me. If he chooses to go home and play it then he should buy his own copy.
It's an argument that has been going on for decades, and yes, I mean decades.
Regardless. The plain and simple fact of the law is that if you download the game and play it without purchasing a license you are breaking the law. Just because you say it isn't illegal because you don't want it to be doesn't mean it isn't illegal. Your computer CAN be seized and you can be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
No-one is ever 'forced' to download a game from a P2P network or Usenet or anywhere else. If you do not like the ways the producers offer the game then you do not buy it, and you do not play it. That way they have to change their methods in the future. Things don't change unless you make them.
On a side note, there is a demo available of Demigod. I downloaded it... legally... and tried it, and I actually think the game is pretty cr*p. So much potential and they make it a no-economy no-talent rushfest. But I digress...
Breaking the law is breaking the law, regardless of how much you want it to not be.
Wrong. I hate to say this but I'll generally do what the OP did. I pirate the game, see if it works well on my system and if I enjoy it. Then I make a trip out to EBgames so I can enjoy the box art and the physical median.
What about cracked versions having more technical issues than the retail game? How do you know the pirated game is representative of the full one?
The 'try before you buy' mentality would be all well and good if thats how all piracy went, but it's not. It's an easy scapegoat for anyone who tries for 4 months, gets tired of the game, and decides not to buy.
demo is pointless this late on most people who pirated and have been reading the forum know that there is no insentive to buy the game there is no new content
so there is no point in a demo i didn't pirate demigod all though i wish i had seeing as the new content still hasn't came
Most pirated copies are not capable of online game-play due to valid serial numbers. I'd say that in some cases, pirated games are less prone to technical issues. However, Demigod without online play would be awful. I played long enough to confirm it worked well on my system, it was worth the price in-store and I could see myself playing for longer than a week. I don't claim that all pirates have this mentality but I try.
I too and a Pirate - Purchase person... Such as Red Alert 3.
I bought this game because my friend is coming home from basic, He and I love DoTA and we saw this game was mostly built upon the idea of DoTA as it's structure of gameplay. So far I enjoy this game, It also helps my friends that don't like DoTA too, they see this game and go "OMGZ" and they like it, but hated DoTA lol
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