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
The PC system requirements for Star Wars Galactic Racer are officially revealed. Check minimum and recommended specs to see if your PC can run the new Star Wars racing game.
The specs are really approachable for a lot of pc players. Hope the game turns out good.
Total sales for Nioh 3 have surpassed one million units worldwide, publisher Koei Tecmo and developer Team NINJA announced. It reached the one million mark faster than any previous Nioh game.
Sony Interactive Entertainment's next console, the PS6, will not be digital only, according to former PlayStation boss Shawn Layden.
Not trying to be rude, but I think Layden has absolutely nothing to do with Sony for almost a decade at this point.
I don't even know why people doubt its gonna support discs too. Of course it will. Once Sony realized they could sell it as an add on, the whole conversation is moot at this point. Because Money. I doubt they will ever stop supporting disc.
And their competition has no such add-on for their digital consoles, meaning if you got the cheap one for christmas, there's no hope of upgrading it to be able to play your old games. I'll gladly take the $100 add-on approach to that.
If this gen is any indication there will totally be a digital only PS5 model. Let's not kid ourselves here. There's going to be 2 SKU's again.
I think what he's saying is that there will still be options to upgrade the digital only model to include a disc drive, much like the current PS5 slim.
No I'm fairly certain they will do what they do now, 1 sku with an expansion slot for a drive. It simplifies production and gives people the option to get a drive later if they want.
I would be fine with a BD drive add-on they started with the slim if it means more power for a more affordable price. better yet, if they allow it to use the PS5 BD add-on by default. it's not like the games run from the disc anyway, and it's totally doable. would be a huge win-win situation for both Sony and gamers
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.