I noticed that a couple of people on another board mentioned trying the demo and feeling that it didn't represent the game well. Any opinions here?
Yes, true. The demo doesn't really represent the retail version anymore because of the reasons Kejero mentions. And also: this demo was released in May last year, so almost a year ago. Since then many bugs got solved and many improvements did happen. You may of course still play the demo, but I just wanted to stress this.
Hope this helps you.
And thank you, Tiffin, to mention <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/div.gif" alt="" /> at the Interplay forums.