Added some photos to the gallery:
http://cheapassgamer.com/forum/album_cat.php?cat_id=7
The highlight of the day for me was definitely the Half-Life 2 demonstration. Simply put, the game looks like a movie with a 100 million dollar budget. I was also suprised to hear that Counterstrike and Team Fortress will be ported over to the new engine and will be included with HL2. We got to see Counterstrike and it looks awesome.
We spent most of the day in Sony's and Nintendo's booth, but the line for the DS was too long. We will try and hit it up first thing tomorrow morning.
I was able to check out Sony's PSP and it looks pretty damn cool. This baby does it all and the game's graphics look very close to PS2 quality.
Some other notables:
*Star Wars: Republic Commando was a pleasant surprise. This squad based shooter looks and sounds great and your squads' AI seems sharp. Star Wars Battlefront, the Battlefield 1942 mixed with Star Wars game also looks like fun.
*I had a chance to play Killzone's multiplayer and single player modes. The game is far from complete but is looking great. The singleplayer mode had great gritty graphics which really help create a realistic atmosphere.
*Ratchet and Clank 3's online multiplayer mode is playable on the show floor and was pretty fun. On the level I played, you can drive a vehicle and have a teammate man the gun turret.
*God of War (Ps2) is like Rygar jacked up on steriods. There was a lot of interest in the game and for good reason.
*The new Mortal Kombat game is looking cool. All kinds of new ways to mutilate your opponent, including knocking them down multiple levels to a splattery death.
*Gran Turismo 4 has a new feature where you can create photo ops for you cars in different locations. You can hook up a printer with a USB port and print them out. I made one and it looks freakin' fantastic.
I'll scan it when I get back to NYC.
*Driver 3 was the only game that Atari had on display in their booth. The PS2 version was jaggietastic and the Xbox version looked much better. It has a cool feature called Thrill Cam which you can activate right before you do something dramatc (like cause a huge collision). You get a cinematic camera which looks really cool.
*EA's LOTR: Battle for Middle Earth (PC) RTS game looks hot! You LOTR fans who are into RTS games are going to cream yourselves.
I know I am leaving a lot out...any questions?
Oh, and still nobody has found me to claim a free CAG t-shirt.
http://cheapassgamer.com/forum/album_cat.php?cat_id=7
The highlight of the day for me was definitely the Half-Life 2 demonstration. Simply put, the game looks like a movie with a 100 million dollar budget. I was also suprised to hear that Counterstrike and Team Fortress will be ported over to the new engine and will be included with HL2. We got to see Counterstrike and it looks awesome.
We spent most of the day in Sony's and Nintendo's booth, but the line for the DS was too long. We will try and hit it up first thing tomorrow morning.
I was able to check out Sony's PSP and it looks pretty damn cool. This baby does it all and the game's graphics look very close to PS2 quality.
Some other notables:
*Star Wars: Republic Commando was a pleasant surprise. This squad based shooter looks and sounds great and your squads' AI seems sharp. Star Wars Battlefront, the Battlefield 1942 mixed with Star Wars game also looks like fun.
*I had a chance to play Killzone's multiplayer and single player modes. The game is far from complete but is looking great. The singleplayer mode had great gritty graphics which really help create a realistic atmosphere.
*Ratchet and Clank 3's online multiplayer mode is playable on the show floor and was pretty fun. On the level I played, you can drive a vehicle and have a teammate man the gun turret.
*God of War (Ps2) is like Rygar jacked up on steriods. There was a lot of interest in the game and for good reason.
*The new Mortal Kombat game is looking cool. All kinds of new ways to mutilate your opponent, including knocking them down multiple levels to a splattery death.
*Gran Turismo 4 has a new feature where you can create photo ops for you cars in different locations. You can hook up a printer with a USB port and print them out. I made one and it looks freakin' fantastic.
I'll scan it when I get back to NYC.
*Driver 3 was the only game that Atari had on display in their booth. The PS2 version was jaggietastic and the Xbox version looked much better. It has a cool feature called Thrill Cam which you can activate right before you do something dramatc (like cause a huge collision). You get a cinematic camera which looks really cool.
*EA's LOTR: Battle for Middle Earth (PC) RTS game looks hot! You LOTR fans who are into RTS games are going to cream yourselves.
I know I am leaving a lot out...any questions?
Oh, and still nobody has found me to claim a free CAG t-shirt.
