Section 8 Demo Available Now

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Alan Pettit

If you're still unsure about this multiplayer-centric game (a la Shadowrun), give this demo a try and see if you dig it. If you prefer your shooters on the PC, there is a Beta available for that platform as well. Both versions of the game will have achievements, though there will be no cross-platform matchmaking.

Click here to queue the 360 demo online.

Click here to download the PC Beta.

Comments
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  • I'm about to check it out.
  • i will to
  • In my queue. :D
  • Its good, make sure to put more modules on weapon damage unless you want to get angry with it lol.
  • Fucking awesome.
  • dont have the HDD space LOL but meh good to know there is one if I ever feel like getting it in the future
  • im downloading it now
  • I want a slimline PS3..
  • Never heard of the Dev team, hopefully they've done well. May try the demo and see what it is like.
  • Demo is pretty good. I'm gonna wait 4 sum reviews first. September 1st is the release date
  • not great, definitely not a buy, ill add it to my rental queue
  • you said a la shadowrun ... well that was a selling point i Do REally miss my shadowrun days, i used to have friends in my list that only played shadowrun still imo the most underrated unrespected Shooter since the xbox360 hit the market
  • @8: I agree with you! Lol On topic, I'm downloading this even though i don't know much about it. Looks good though.
  • omfg .. you walk slower than in Halo 3.
  • Yea, um i dont like this demo, its cool how u run fast lol and like a jetpack but not for me, sucks.
  • Correct something, games fun, but takes like 200 shots to kill someone, but not a buy btw maybe a rental but thats even a ify
  • ^^^Really, u r probably using the pistol. I found killing easy in this game. Great to see another Battlefront esque game. Over all not bad. will check this out sometime next year.
  • not really impressed by this game, only a rental for me.
  • This game's meant for PC, I don't know why they're bothering with shitty console ports. Can you imagine Tribes 2 on console?
  • I cannot understand why LB is jump...
  • @20, Halo 3's Bumper Jumper layout has LB at jump, so maybe Halo pros will be decent at it. I will get around to the demo just as soon as I finish watching a movie. Super stoked about this game so let's see if it disappoints.
  • @20 Because the control layout isn't set in stone for every game.
  • Yeah I tried it earlier. Can't say I thought all that much of it if I'm honest.
  • Meh, it was ok i guess but its not my type of game : /
  • Is it me or are the controls really sluggish for this game? I find that I move slower than a Slowmobile slowing on over to Slowsville. :S
  • very slow, low weapon damage (even with a rocket launcher) and my framerate really screwed up and i was the host :S. not a first day buy
  • meh =/ don't really like the game controls, grafics and gamplay all kinda sucked =)
  • This is actually a pretty fun game, controls aren't bad once you get used to them. Graphics are good and gameplay is fun too, but i don't see many people getting this.
  • @19 I played the PC beta and it feels like a generic console port >_
  • i use bumber jumper on halo and find these controls decent at best. the game is too slow and that is why it will fail. nobody wants to play a game where you either walk 1MPH or run at 100MPH. also all you have to do is put armor % up and the ability to heal yourself and teammates on and you are unstoppable.
  • I played the PC beta as well and thought the game was terrible so if this feels like a console port of a terrible game then no thanks.
  • well, i felt that the demo was lackluster at best, maybe a rental at some point if it has singleplayer, otherwise, nooooo. cause i didnt have fun at all.
  • Canceling my pre-order after playing this. Glad they released the demo so I could find out I wouldn't like this game!
  • wasn't that impressed.
  • alright, needs vehicles and more abilities, not meant for stealth+needs to have 32 person in demo not 16
  • This game is 1 of 3 things 1. This devs version of Halo 2. Their competition against Resistance on the PS3 3. Their mix of Halo and Resistance! Either way, doesn't appeal to me
  • so thrilled for this game....a little disappointed....its brutal hard to kill people, 4 shotgun shells point blank and 5 rockets.....and all i did was take down his shield..i dunno hopefully final product is a little better
  • Wow, 360 controls suck for this game. I'm getting this for the PC, the keyboard controls are sooo much better.
  • The game has too many controls for the buttons, it has some nice ideas. Best spawning in a game EVER. Alot of issues in the demo, I.E shot rockets don't impact on players directly in front of me. You guys can attribute the difficulty of killing people to your Module setup. The customization is also pretty nice.
  • Also, it is very hard to STOP sprinting, the input lag is annoying.
  • i thought it was called district 9
  • How can you guys bash a game that isn't even out yet.... Its called a DEMO they fix things that testers report.... and why don't you play it for more than a hr so you can properly learn the controls and the proper modules to use
  • I played the beta on PC. It was terrible.
  • I like it a lot. It's fun with friends.
  • but don't compare this to shadowrun... SR is one of the best games on the 360. This game is not.
  • Yh I like this game played the demo non-stop against bots yesterday and will most likly play it again today. Don't know if I will get the full game though I might just stick with the demo that way I don't have to waste my money on a game hardly anyone will play.
  • @41 That's a movie that's just came out. I enjoyed it although the weapon damage is annoying. Unless the guns are supposed to be loaded with plastic pellets, the damage needs to be changed. The controls were sort of difficult to master as i found my self throwing grenades when trying to knife and knifing when trying to throw a grenade because they kept on swapping round. If they could change them before they release the game then i might change my mind, otherwise it's a no buy for me.
  • meh was a load of pish didnt like it at all
  • Did not like it.This game is a rip off of frontlines and star wars battlefront.Will not buy this.
  • I played and hated it. It's so annoying how you have to keep dropping in everytime you want to respawn.
  • @12 amen
  • Wow, I meant to download this last night, but got too caught up in Shadow Complex, like I have every night.
  • I found it reall good, drop in on top of a high building, set up a anti personal turret and get a sniper, and you can go all game without dying and rack up some serious kills.
  • @Sheriff W00dy - you've confused BETA with a DEMO. Beta's are used to get an idea of feedback from gamers, spot any problems and the like. Demos are there to build up interest. The game goes on sale in three weeks - too late for any changes to be made. Section 8'll already have gone gold, be printed and ready to sell. Personally, wasn't that impressed.
  • looks ok to me
  • @47 was a joke
  • wierd controls and it takes 80000 shots to kill someone. You have to stop moving to stop sprinting.needs some tweeks.
  • This game is shit.
  • A horrible game! Don't download this!!
  • What really turned me off was when it took like 10 shots from a sniper rifle to kill somebody. And that's hoping they just keep running in a straight line like an idiot. You know, you'd think these unheard of developers would want to put out something GREAT in order to get their name out there.
  • Yea, its JUST another FPS, nothing great...
  • new multiplayer, nice demo. Good break from the normal, but just doesn't seem like something that will stick around. The singleplayer sounds intriguing, but the multiplayer takes moon-jumping to a new level. Too bad there aren't a whole lot of people playing it online, it's worth it to download
  • wow trying to copy odst with the dropping from obit no just an epic fail
  • was very against this game until this demo. May consider it if i still have some money after buying ODST and operation flashpoint.
  • i found it disgustingly laggy.
  • This game is too slow and laggy. Don't even waste your time downloading it.
  • Anyone fancy playing pong instead?
  • lol at people complaining about taking to long to kill someone, I love that since people can't cheap kill you in one shot out of nowhere. One shot kills=cheap
  • Okay, wow. People are complaining about so many things that make sense. You are slow because you are in giant, heavy armor. Not every shooter has a bioengineered Master Chief in the suit of armor. That is why they gave you sprint + overdrive. Laggy? Yeah, the servers are hosted on people's Xboxes right now. Wait til dedicated servers/hosting your own server. THEN complain about lag. Taking too long to kill someone? Learn the effective BLEED ranges of the weapons. With the Assault Rifle in bleed range a person can go down in seconds and less than half a clip. You guys just suck at this game. Go play Tribes 2 and get a feel for a shooter like this (Think you are slow in this game? Put on heavy armor in T2).
  • Not to impressed with the 360 version, the pc is much better. It just sucks that for some reason the sound doesn't work on my pc. Iv been in the beta since it was still a closed beta and still the sound doesn't work, after 3 or 4 updates. so i cant play it on pc and not on bo oh well
  • if u hate the lag atm then just play with bots, u get 5 difficulties with them. but the gameplay, omfg, it is bloodly brilliant, wo cares about it taking ages to kill people, fuck its great
  • @69 it shouldn't take so many shots with a rocket launcher to kill someone in a mp game
  • To get people to shut up about weapon damages, read this: http://forums.timegate.com/showthread.php?t=14613 Tells you the best ways to use weapons.
  • kool hope the game is good
  • Ha. . .and those bastards I work with tried to get me to pre-order it. . . . assholes
  • Looks a bit like Halo, I thinkk.
  • Its not bad, games are all really laggy and you run so slow but its still good, the drop when you spawn is fun.
  • I find it funny that everyone always complains about the same two things..."it's just a copy of Halo" and "this game sucks because it's not like Halo". Hate to break it to you, but "drop ship troops" have been in Sci-Fi movies and books long before Halo ODST, so no one "stole" any ideas from there...it's a different game, with some original ideas, and should be decent.
  • @72 the rockets have no splash damage, u have to hit the person with them for a 1 hit kill
  • @79 i hit him four times point blank
  • thanks for that link...it explains y this game will fail so well...I hope it doesn't but i can't shakethefeeling...
  • Don't think i'll bother with this.
  • If people weren't so damn picky and had to compare EVERY sci-fi game to Halo, this game would do just fine.
  • Played it and it was awful.
  • I spent 45 minutes giving this game a chance. It was terrible. Time to never look back at this game. EVER.
  • I love the fact that most people who complain about this game never give reasons for why they think it is so bad...
  • Wow what a disappointment. 10 minutes trying to get into a match. Going through the damn drop thing over and over because I can't kill anything with a gun. And the match was already going long enough there was enemy mechs running around. You walk like you are underwater and when you do sprint you actually move at a reasonable pace until it switches perspectives. Then you go too fast. A shame really since I was looking forward to this game after folling some interviews and whatnot. Now I don't even think it is worth a rental since all it will do is screw up my ach % even more.
  • Haven't bothered with online, just played some instant action. It's fun but pretty samey. The drop pod just looks like it's been taken straight from BF2. So, yeah...
  • @#83 If the game didn't control so slow it would do fine. THe player feels like he is crouching the whole time when your walking. Regardless of how much the suit weighs that doesn't need to affect your movement in a "video game". Certain forms of realism need to be left of video games for obvious reasons. It makes manuvering in a fire fight a pain in the ass, the jetpack doesn't last long so its not much help at all
  • coouldnt keep my interest for 5 minutes
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