Well, I have not long got back from the Eurogamer Expo (in Leeds) and
thought I would share my experience as well as give you a chance to
check out and insane amount of good quality footage and pictures of the
great day!
My day started with a 6.30am wake up, a bus ride, train ride, and taxi
ride - to finally get me and a couple of friends there, the doors
opened for the general public at 11am, we were already there for around
9am,
and luckily pretty close to the front of the line, where I was lucky
enough to swag a few freebies (a WET T-shirt, and some random badges
and stuff)
The actual gaming floors where split up between two buildings, the
first included all the games up for playing as well as an 18+ only
section, the second building (which oddly got very little attention for
the first couple of hours) was home to the various gaming career
opportunity booths, and oh a little game called God of War III, of
course God of War III was one of the most popular games, and up close
it did look absolutely stunning, and I had a 10 minute play myself.
Speaking of popular games, perhaps a little surprisingly (well for me
anyway) Alien Vs. Predator was without a doubt the biggest game of the
expo (biggest as in the most people lining up to have a play!) and I
didn't get a chance on it.
The floor was generally easy to access, with waiting to get on games
being around 10-15 minutes at most (with the exception of God of War
III)
See below for many links to pretty high quality footage of many games, I filmed the biggest titles there.
It wasn't easy either, apparently none of them wanted their games being
filmed, and someone from Ubisoft even told me that they weren't even
suppose to have this build of Assassins Creed 2 on show, so although I
started to film that little gem, I only managed to snag a little bit.
A Few Game Impressions:
Assassin's Creed II: Everything about it has been changed, and
the Ubisoft dude told me they basicly looked at the first game, asked
themselves what they could improve on and then started from scratch,
Personaly..I think the visuals from the FIRST game are more impressive
than the visuals from the Second, But heck, My pre-order still stands!
God of War III:
Looks stunning of course, and has a constant epic feel to it too, this is a must get for the PS3!
Dante's Inferno:
I was expecting a lot from this game..but graphics wise, and gameplay
wise it was a big let down, although I'm sure it will be much more
polished by release date, it looks like just a rent for me.
Heavy Rain:
To me, this game still looks like nothing but a long cutscene with
quick time events and the odd slowly walking around..I got bored
playing this.
Hmm that's about all I can think of for now, My brain is frazzled!
The only game I wanted to get footage of, but couldn't was Mass Effect
2, a member of staff stood there the entire day making sure nothing
like that was going to happen...Ah well.
I was also pretty skyed because I got to meet someone I met over some
playstation forums about a year ago, and he turned out to be a great
guy and I spent most of my time there with him. (Oh Hai! Seedy!)
On other amusing topics, My friend was filmed by BBC Look North
(Semi-National TV) and I got filmed for a mini interview too, which is
apparently going to turn up on "Screen Yorkshire"
After around 4 or 5 hours it was a train ride home, and a Mcdonalds
dinner for me ;) it was an amazing day, and if you ever get a chance,
even if it means having to travel a little bit, check out a gaming
expo, its an amazing experience, I know I'll be going back next year! -
And Although I now feel exhausted, I can't think of a better way to
spend the a day if you're a big fan of gaming.
Don't forget to check out the links below, of videos I spent my time
filming so the ones who couldn't make it can still check out footage of
anticipated upcoming games, and Subscribe if you can :)
Now if you'll excuse me, my eary acess demo of Left 4 Dead 2 is calling
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Clicky - God of War III Footage
Clicky - Assassins Creed II Footage
Clicky - Heavy Rain Footage
Clicky - Dante's Inferno Footage
Clicky - Alien Vs. Predator Footage
Clicky - Saw: The Video Game Footage
Clicky - New Super Mario Bros. Wii Footage
Clicky - Avatar: The Game Footage
Clicky - Rogue Warrior Footage
Clicky - MAG Footage
Check out some Pictures from the event : TwitPic Uploads
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Boy the quality of that AC2 video sucks.. So blue. Was it why you felt the game doesn't look good, since from all the videos I have seen and previews I have read, all show that the game is really good looking than it's predecessor.
As far as GOW goes, what can I say... March 10 can't come soon enough.
Dante's Inferno... Well GOW still is 1st on my list, but hope this game doesn't get raped by reviewers for being a GOW rip off.
Crap no ME2 footage... But thanx for the other videos..
Was Serious Sam HD down there? Just curious. My trigger finger is twitching for that to be released on XBLA.
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i going 2moz with mates to london 1 can't wait to see God of War 3 and heavy rain and other stuff hopefully some goodies to take as well.
i found it funny that you used the rpg to kill someone. The RPG in MAG is meant to take out vehicles and turrents, not people. Thats why it wont do much damage against a person unless you hit them spot on. Also, the thing that had blue sparks come out of it was a repair kit, not a weapon.
Just wanted to let you know, im not trying to insult you or anything.