PC Gamer - October 2011

Conquer the world in a lunch break without spending a single cent.

In which a giant lion poops on a villager’s head.

BLACK & WHI TE 2
TREAT YOUR PET GIANT LION TO AN
ALL-IT-CAN-EAT VILLAGER BUFFET

Skip past the tutorial mission and Black & White 2 will set you and your lovable idiot creature loose on an island full of bored villagers just looking for a divine being to worship and/or be murdered by. The first playthrough is for winning by impressing the non-believers with a spectacular town until they convert. The second is for arming your people for military conquest and marching on the heathens. The remaining hours are spent terrorizing people with fireballs and lightning; slapping your creature silly; teaching it to eat people and poop on things; and of course, setting that poop on fire and flinging it around the island.

Game release date: October 2005

Download URL: http://bit.ly/bnw2demo File Size: 617MB

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RISE OF NATIONS INGLE-PLAYER A CIVILIZED WAY TO DO BAT TLE THROUGHOUT HISTORY

How appropriate that one of the most underrated games in the mold of Age of Empires and Civilization should also be one of the most amazing strategy demos ever. With four of the full game’s civilizations to choose from, four different map styles to see what they can do, and the complete technology tree at your disposal, it’s practically a whole game. Feel pride in your society as you build it up from a simple village into the ultimate warrior nation— without getting buried in the deep stats and turn-based economics of a full round of Civ 5. There’s no multiplayer action in the demo, unfortunately, but you can skirmish as much as you like against up to seven AIs at once.

Game release date: May 2003
Download URL: http://cnet.co/empRtI
File Size: 194MB

MOUN T & BLADE: WARBAND
SINGLE-PLAYER RIDE INTO BAT TLE IN SEARCH
OF THAT RPG DEPTH YOU CRAVE

Bored of simply following someone else’s story? Mount & Blade is an epic roleplaying sandbox, giving you enough scope to build an empire and run around on your own, playing with weapons modeled with full physics. It’s not the prettiest game, but you won’t find many that give you the same feeling of being in control. The trial version lets you get your character to Level 7—plenty of time to run amok in the world, pillaging and looting every town you come across. After all, you’ll be moving on to the next demo before you have to face the consequences ofyour actions.