I'd like to chime in as being against a pre-release demo; Rise of Legends' unbelieveably buggy and weak sauce demo has convinced me that they're generally bad ideas.
Yeah I agree on that Potatoman. Btw the Heroes V. demo will be released this week! ~1 month before the release of the game. I hope we can have the demo 1 month before the Doms 3. release! Argh its a pain to waaaaaait.
"Training is principally an act of faith. The athlete must believe in its efficacy: he must believe that through training he will become fitter and stronger, that by constant repetition of the same movements he will become more skillful."