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Went yesterday with a couple of mates and had a really good day. Got there at half 9, and there were already queue's as it didn't open 'til 10. When we got in we wen't straight to Halo 2.
The queue didn't seem that long, but it took us 2 1/2 hours before we got to play. I did a lot better than I thought - found the covenant sword thing and made 8 or 9 kills overall. We lost though, as they got the flag with 4 seconds to go...
All in all, it seemed like Halo 1, but you could duel wield. The 5 minutes wasn't really long enough to experience most of the stuff in the walkthrough that's playing out side. Didn't see any destruction on the vehicles, didn't even see a Ghost, which is a shame as I wanted to steal one...
All in all, not really worth waiting 2 1/2 hours for, but enjoyable nonetheless, if that makes sense...
Next up was lunch. We were all starving at this point - I'd had no breakfast as I'd been feeling a bit tender from the night before....
After lunch we had a wander about, I tried to find Juiced, but Acclaim weren't there at all, probably because they've gone bankrupt, but there you go.
We got some free stuff, and then wandered over to the EA section, had a go on NFS:U2. It was ok. Not a huge amount to do in the demo, but it seemed playable enough. I'm still keeping my hopes on Juiced...
Xbox section was next, and were pleasantly suprised to see Fable playable. Had a good long go on that, much to the annoyance of the people behind me. Really like this game, had wondered how the combat and controls would work, but it's all very intuitive and easy to pick up.
Next up was Outrun 2. Played this in the arcade a while back and loved it. Was worried how the controls would transfer over from full steering wheel and pedals to joypad, but it works quite well - will definitly keep an eye on this.
Burnout 3 came next. Disappointment. Did two player, and it felt a bit like Beetle Adventure Racing on the track we did. No huge sense of speed, and the cars seeemed glued to the track.
Forza Motorsport next. For all you people who like realism, you'll love it. Played Laguna Seca track and it seemed amazingly realistic. If you thought Toca 2 was accurate, wait 'til you play this...
While I'd been doing this, my mates had also tried out LotR: The Third Age, and another had played Snowblind, both of which had good reports, The Third Age, especially.
Another wander ensued, and we got some free stuff from UbiSoft, then we found the FlatOut stand. I'd got high hopes for this, as a modern kind of Destruction Derby. It was not to be. The sense of speed was non existent, and the gameply dull. We didn't even finish the race.
We played a couple of other games, Driven to Destruction on PS2, and Bet on Soldiers and Sunrise Racer (or something) on PC.
All in all it was a good day, and I'll definitely go again, if there is another one....
The queue didn't seem that long, but it took us 2 1/2 hours before we got to play. I did a lot better than I thought - found the covenant sword thing and made 8 or 9 kills overall. We lost though, as they got the flag with 4 seconds to go...
All in all, it seemed like Halo 1, but you could duel wield. The 5 minutes wasn't really long enough to experience most of the stuff in the walkthrough that's playing out side. Didn't see any destruction on the vehicles, didn't even see a Ghost, which is a shame as I wanted to steal one...
All in all, not really worth waiting 2 1/2 hours for, but enjoyable nonetheless, if that makes sense...
Next up was lunch. We were all starving at this point - I'd had no breakfast as I'd been feeling a bit tender from the night before....
After lunch we had a wander about, I tried to find Juiced, but Acclaim weren't there at all, probably because they've gone bankrupt, but there you go.
We got some free stuff, and then wandered over to the EA section, had a go on NFS:U2. It was ok. Not a huge amount to do in the demo, but it seemed playable enough. I'm still keeping my hopes on Juiced...
Xbox section was next, and were pleasantly suprised to see Fable playable. Had a good long go on that, much to the annoyance of the people behind me. Really like this game, had wondered how the combat and controls would work, but it's all very intuitive and easy to pick up.
Next up was Outrun 2. Played this in the arcade a while back and loved it. Was worried how the controls would transfer over from full steering wheel and pedals to joypad, but it works quite well - will definitly keep an eye on this.
Burnout 3 came next. Disappointment. Did two player, and it felt a bit like Beetle Adventure Racing on the track we did. No huge sense of speed, and the cars seeemed glued to the track.
Forza Motorsport next. For all you people who like realism, you'll love it. Played Laguna Seca track and it seemed amazingly realistic. If you thought Toca 2 was accurate, wait 'til you play this...
While I'd been doing this, my mates had also tried out LotR: The Third Age, and another had played Snowblind, both of which had good reports, The Third Age, especially.
Another wander ensued, and we got some free stuff from UbiSoft, then we found the FlatOut stand. I'd got high hopes for this, as a modern kind of Destruction Derby. It was not to be. The sense of speed was non existent, and the gameply dull. We didn't even finish the race.
We played a couple of other games, Driven to Destruction on PS2, and Bet on Soldiers and Sunrise Racer (or something) on PC.
All in all it was a good day, and I'll definitely go again, if there is another one....
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God Halo 2 was good. I kept dual wielding SMGS and murdering elite scum and then I nicked a warthog and drove about pressing the horn trying to get people to get in, so poison J (on my team) shot me with a rocket launcher -_-
Creepu's Approval. \o/
Creepu's Approval. \o/
Madden and all the EA 2005 games were in the big EA stadium overlooking the football nets. Madden was right up the top and you got to sit on the floor to play it. It was easily the most comfortable and most enjoyable way to play any game. I played PoP and all those others pretty much as soon as I got there, as I didn't queue for Halo (a wise decision as it turns out)
It only took me an hour of queueing for Halo 2 - there were some guys filming something and they said we could jump the queue if we said a few things for the camera - result!
Woah - Lot's of things to answer.
First up, free stuff just a couple of magazine type promo things and one DVD from the Ubi Soft stand with some video clips of forthcoming games. This could be because it was saturday aftenoon before we got to wander around, so a lot of places may have run out of stuff. I was definitely expecting to be given playable demos etc, but didn't get any!
Second up, games I missed we didn't spot Madden 2005, where was that? Also, there were some big queues for games like PoP2, with kids having three or more goes before moving on, and after waiting so long for Halo 2, we weren't really in the mood for anymore waiting. Splinter Cell 3 doesn't interest me much as I didn't like the others - too much thinking needed! :-)
Lastly, Halo 2's looks. It didn't look much better than the first. But this wasn't helped by the fact way were playing on LCD TV's, which don't have as good a resolution as a normal TV.
Also the controller position meant that you were standing too close to the screen for my liking (this was on every game, not just Halo 2).
However, the level, although not bigger, did seem to have more in than the multiplayer levels from the original. More rocks/building ruins/etc to hide behind and stuff.
First up, free stuff just a couple of magazine type promo things and one DVD from the Ubi Soft stand with some video clips of forthcoming games. This could be because it was saturday aftenoon before we got to wander around, so a lot of places may have run out of stuff. I was definitely expecting to be given playable demos etc, but didn't get any!
Second up, games I missed we didn't spot Madden 2005, where was that? Also, there were some big queues for games like PoP2, with kids having three or more goes before moving on, and after waiting so long for Halo 2, we weren't really in the mood for anymore waiting. Splinter Cell 3 doesn't interest me much as I didn't like the others - too much thinking needed! :-)
Lastly, Halo 2's looks. It didn't look much better than the first. But this wasn't helped by the fact way were playing on LCD TV's, which don't have as good a resolution as a normal TV.
Also the controller position meant that you were standing too close to the screen for my liking (this was on every game, not just Halo 2).
However, the level, although not bigger, did seem to have more in than the multiplayer levels from the original. More rocks/building ruins/etc to hide behind and stuff.
What free gifts did you get?
sPiKeCaSt wrote:
>Also did Halo 2 look much better than the first? As
> lots of people claim that they are almost identical to the first.
I haven't bene to Gamestars but the reason for this is that all the demos people have played, are from the E3 build.
>Also did Halo 2 look much better than the first? As
> lots of people claim that they are almost identical to the first.
I haven't bene to Gamestars but the reason for this is that all the demos people have played, are from the E3 build.
YH you missed out on all the best games! Prince of Persia 2, Splinter Cell 3, Pro Evo 4, Madden 2005, Metroid Prime 2, Donkey Konga, Ghost Recon 2, and some others. Did you not even visit the Ubi-Soft stand? It was the best one! And I got a lovely free DVD from them, and a nice XBM demo and a PS2 t-shirt.
I would have loved to have gone, just got a new Corsa so I wouldn't mind the drive down to London but it's a long drive from the North East, I'm gonna make sure I go next year, I'm starting my Games Design degree in September at Teesside Uni, so I'll make it a priority that I go to some of these shows, I would love to go to E3 sometime!
I went on the thursday and only had to wait overall 1 1/2 hours to play it twice and it wasent working properly in the morning so i was near the front of the queue and it took about 40 mins
Cool.
What free stuff did you get? Leaflets/promo CD's etc?
What free stuff did you get? Leaflets/promo CD's etc?
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