Psychonauts demo is out

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"BuckFush" <notmyre@laddress.com> wrote in message
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> Thats the good news - the bad news being that it's a whopping 480mb
> download
> (but I'm sure will be worth every byte :)
>
> http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/psychonauts/index.html

It's incredible, but don't play with a keyboard-mouse. Use a controller.

Jonah Falcon
 
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BuckFush wrote in news:m9F6e.6716$n93.2516@twister.nyc.rr.com:

> Thats the good news - the bad news being that it's a whopping
> 480mb download (but I'm sure will be worth every byte :)
>
> http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/psychonauts/index.html

I couldn't get to the download on GameSpot without signing up, so I
went and looked for another place. I chose the BitTorrent download at:

http://www.filerush.com/download.php?
target=PsychonautsDemoInstaller.exe

(On one line, of course.) That gave me a good download speed, too.
Currently 134 KB/s!

Rikard
 
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undert0w wrote in news:425bc647$1@dnews.tpgi.com.au:

> Does anyone know the system requirements?
> Can't find them anywhere.
> I only have a Geforce2 mx and 1Ghz P3...

This is copied from the demo's readme:

1.1 MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Supported OS: Windows 98 SE/2000/XP (only)
Processor: 1.0 GHz Pentium(R) III and AMD Athlon(tm)
RAM: 256 MB of RAM
Video Card: 64 MB GeForce (tm) 3 or higher
or ATI(R) Radeon 8500 or higher (except GeForce 4 MX)
Sound Card: DirectX(R) 9.0c or higher compatible sound card
DirectX(R) version: 9.0c or higher
Hard Drive Space: 600 MB minimum hard drive space
Controls: Windows-compatible keyboard and mouse


1.2 RECOMMENDED SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Supported OS: Windows 2000/XP
Processor: 2.0 GHz Pentium(R) IV and AMD Athlon(tm)
RAM: 512 MB of RAM
Video Card: 128 MB GeForce FX 5600 or higher or
ATI(R) Radeon 9600 or higher
Sound Card: DirectX(R) 9.0c or higher
and EAX(R) 2.0 or higher compatible sound card
Controls: Game Pad (optional)


So you won't be able to play it until you've upgraded. (Sorry.) But
I've now played through the demo and I can report that it met my
expectations. Considering that I like good platformers (Rayman 2 & 3
are among my favourite games) I really think this is a game for me.
Judging by the demo, it looks good, sounds good, plays good and is
just as fun as you'd expect if you've been reading doublefine.com for
a while.

Rikard