Manisch Depressiv
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Was at the GC today as a trade visitor, some first impressions on selected games in short words:
Warhammer: Good booth but sadly graphics-wise WoW clone (really disappointed about this, but hey EA!) Played Shaman among others a bit, disappointed, what was set there as skills was DD, DoT, Heal, HoT, ranged Buffs, one AoE CC - stuff we all already have in other games - the moral stuff looked interesting though.
Age of Conan: Good booth too, got to talk to the Product Director and he was a pro and a level-headed guy but later when I played PvP in a mini arena (CTF) it became obvious that game still needs much work. At least there will be no super speed in the game with mach 10 inc and ganking. Stealth ganking will exist though. Plenty of glitches in movement, combat system and general graphics bugs in game, can't believe they really aimed for the 30th October.
Spellborne (MMORPG): Did not know the game before, but make a good impression on me, uses custom Unreal 2.5 engine, looked like the most finished product among those I already mentioned. Played also some PvP in a mini arena and it was quite nice, you actually could use WASD nicely to evade melee blows and spells and other ranged attacks. My favorite from those three, no release date yet but it looks very finished (play style and gfx/sound).
Speedball 2: Played it with a pad on PC against a french girl (staff member), looks promising if you want to kill some time in a console type manner but on a PC.
World in Conflict (RTS): Almost finished (tagged as 1.0.x), coming September. I didn't play an RTS since Warcraft II and I am going to buy it - says much, this game kicks ass - 20 multi player maps and a nice 8 vs 8 mode, awesome graphics and a well thought out troop distribution/class system.
Chicks: A lot of them with not much on and a few almost totally naked (no kidding, body painted). So if you don't like games but like good looking girls, go to there .
Blizzard: had WoW expansion lined up and obviously Starcraft II, but I skipped the booth.
If you want to know something, let me know, maybe I can remember it.
Warhammer: Good booth but sadly graphics-wise WoW clone (really disappointed about this, but hey EA!) Played Shaman among others a bit, disappointed, what was set there as skills was DD, DoT, Heal, HoT, ranged Buffs, one AoE CC - stuff we all already have in other games - the moral stuff looked interesting though.
Age of Conan: Good booth too, got to talk to the Product Director and he was a pro and a level-headed guy but later when I played PvP in a mini arena (CTF) it became obvious that game still needs much work. At least there will be no super speed in the game with mach 10 inc and ganking. Stealth ganking will exist though. Plenty of glitches in movement, combat system and general graphics bugs in game, can't believe they really aimed for the 30th October.
Spellborne (MMORPG): Did not know the game before, but make a good impression on me, uses custom Unreal 2.5 engine, looked like the most finished product among those I already mentioned. Played also some PvP in a mini arena and it was quite nice, you actually could use WASD nicely to evade melee blows and spells and other ranged attacks. My favorite from those three, no release date yet but it looks very finished (play style and gfx/sound).
Speedball 2: Played it with a pad on PC against a french girl (staff member), looks promising if you want to kill some time in a console type manner but on a PC.
World in Conflict (RTS): Almost finished (tagged as 1.0.x), coming September. I didn't play an RTS since Warcraft II and I am going to buy it - says much, this game kicks ass - 20 multi player maps and a nice 8 vs 8 mode, awesome graphics and a well thought out troop distribution/class system.
Chicks: A lot of them with not much on and a few almost totally naked (no kidding, body painted). So if you don't like games but like good looking girls, go to there .
Blizzard: had WoW expansion lined up and obviously Starcraft II, but I skipped the booth.
If you want to know something, let me know, maybe I can remember it.