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Games Convention Leipzig 2008
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GC: Day Three (AK 47s For Everyoneeee!) - News
By Emanuel Avram
Published: August 22, 2008
Print Day 3 was the Atari day for us, with a few important sidequests. We woke up early in the morning to get to the Bethesda booth, for none other than Fallout 3.
And they've had the most interesting, straight to the point presentation this year: after a brief moment where a nice young lady wearing the Vault 101 suit with high heels offered us some refreshments, you got free access to the game. Both PC and Xbox 360 versions could be tested, and there wasn't a big difference between them.
I won't bore you with the details… you'll have plenty of time to get bored when I publish the preview. Moving on, at Atari we moved from booth to booth and saw:
Heroes over Europe is (kind of) the sequel of Heroes of the Pacific, a more arcade flight game that takes place during - you guessed it - Word War II. It's actually pretty cool and cinematic, with some interesting innovations I'm looking forward to check out more.
RACE Pro was next on the list; the hardcore racing simulation game is making its way to the Xbox 360 this fall. Mr. Magnus Ling, Vice President of SimBin was very kind and even took a picture with us. Well, with Flaviu.
The second expansion pack for Neverwinter Nights 2 is coming this November as well, and we've been to that presentation as well.
Finally for Atari there was Codename Panzers: Cold War. Ivan Nicoara, Multiplayer Designer from InnoGlow guided us through a few missions in the upcoming RTS game.
We've moved on and passed the millionth time next to the forever joyful kitty-cat girls from SEGA's "Samba de Amigo". I should have a picture of them somewhere around… Hmm… SAMBAAAaaa! Hmmm... Can't find them, here's some Atari girls instead:
Monte Cristo games presented this exciting new project: Cities XL. A combination between Sim City, Transport Tycoon and Sims if I may say so… plus Google Earth. It looks very interesting and it plays well on the net too.
But probably the longest time we spent today was at the Frogster booth. They were presenting Runes of Magic, their upcoming Free to Play MMORPG in detail.
We ended the day in the glory of Vault 101, the Fallout 3 presentation place in Hall 5. There everyone could see the first minutes of the game played by a developer. Purified water and vault t-shirts were shared for the entire population.
When we left, the public places were very crowded, and a lot of "angry" packs of gamers were screaming louder and louder for a couple of free t-shirts a random announcer promised them. Bye!
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"A murder?...a suicide?...an accident?...a coincidence?... Follow the evidence and find the moment of truth. It's all about the evidence and more like the show than ever" We'll see...
The stellar "Sins of a Solar Empire" hits our PCs with a unique interesting new combination of game genres and a few cool ideas that should draw the attention of quite a few strategy fans. The newcomer Ironclad Games managed the impossible and created a competitive title indeed. But aside from all the prays and high marks this game received overall, its approach on RTS and the mix of elements it brings, one can find some things that will bother a few players and that will eventually influence the grades of this review. Ok, let's take it from the top.
Sherlock Holmes, the worlds` greatest detective, created by Arthur Conan Doyle is about to face his biggest challenge so far: Arsene Lupin, the worlds` greatest thief, created by Maurice Leblanc. Who is going to win this battle of wits? Who is going to be victorious, and, most importantly, who would you like to see as the winner?
I thought a bit about how to start this. While saying that Silent Hunter IV is the best submarine simulator out there is true, it doesn't mean much, especially for new players. Saying it is one of the best simulator games out there is again accurate, but again, a bit of an understatement. Why? Well because... despite the high complexity and realism involved, Ubisoft Romania managed to develop a game that is appealing to the beginners as well, in a certain degree.
Lineage II had it share of success. At the time the game was released, it was one of the most beautiful MMOG on the market. To take its place as the most beautiful MMOG, the Ragnarok Online (or RO) developers from imcGames created Sword of the New World: Granado Espada.
We were able to take part in 2 battles and what we saw pleased us. The transition to the 3D helped the game and gave it a better view on the battlefield. You can move the camera and this way you get a better look at the action. The units are amazing and their animations are clean and good looking. Same goes for spells and effects: you will love what you see.
Last week I began to search some new independent games. Suddenly I stumbled upon this interesting racing game called Nitro Stunt Racing. The title sounds non-original but the content tends to be if not original, at least interesting.
In a perfect world, everything is controlled by a balance between Chaos and Order. But what happens if things start to get messy and a great evil is about to unleash an epic conflict onto the universe? This is what NCsoft decided to unveil and also explain why Aion is a MMO bound to have success.
So here I am back on the road with a BMW. This time in Race 07 demo. The only racing-simulation game that really impressed me at GC. But only with the help of the Steam client which probably will become the "god" of online distribution! Anyway a big minus for this decision of playing the game only through Steam.
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| Games Convention Leipzig - 2008 August 19, 2008 Our Games32 reporters, Emanuel and Flaviu took the plane to Leipzig,
Germany to look for, assimilate and bring you the latest news about the
gaming industry from Game Convention 2008. Stay close and keep an eye for GC information as we update this article frequently. Enjoy!
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