London Eurogamer Expo, 22nd-25th

rooster

Hi guys, I'm travelling down to attend this and I thought I'd check if any polycounters are gonna be in the house

event details: http://www.eurogamer.net/expo/

Mongrelman

I think I'll be there with a couple of friends.

Habboi

Gonna be there with some friends too.

System

Is it worth being there for all 4 days? I can see my self skipping Sunday but I will almost definitely show my face.

Del

~ I might appear for a day. I usually check it out. Going all 4 days is a waste of time in my opinion

myles

I'll be there for atleast one day.

marks

I'm there on the Saturday, I'm on the "Careers in Games Art" Q&A panel session. Be cool to meet some polycounters

thatanimator

hey this looks cool!
I've been thinking about start going to expos.. TTT2 FUK YE! kick some nab ass!!

whats up with saturday being sold out? wonder whats scheduled for saturday....

Habboi

The logical answer is that people go on a Saturday when they don't have to go to work.

Torch

Gonna be there on the Sunday, should be good

Bart

Gonna be there Saturday and Sunday. We whould make a meeting

almighty_gir

i'm there on saturday, with quite a few friends.

it's my birthday that day, so i'll probably be getting sloshed at some point.

Ged

might travel on friday and be there saturday, if I can find somewhere good to stay. would be fun to meet some polycounters.

rooster

Awesome, gonna be a good turnout!

It's been announced now so I can say, the reason I'm going is because Pineapple Smash Crew: (thread over here: http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=86446&page=3 )

is being featured on the Indie Arcade! so help a guy out and come have a play if you get the chance I'll be watching the area like a hawk

or, well, a rooster. do they have good eyes?

Sharvo

Yep, i will be there on the Saturday, looking at all the great games, plus a new job, my contract with Rare finishes on the 23rd September! Going on me own though

Ged

aww all tickets are sold out for saturday now, so I cant go, dont think Ive got enough days of leave left off work anyway

marks

So this is coming up this weekend. If any polycounters want to meet up for a beer at some point during the Saturday, shoot me a PM and I'll try to organise something.

Habboi

Going on me own though

Well meet some Polycounters and you wont be alone

rooster

I'll be at the indie arcade most days :] hope folks will come say hi and play Pineapple Smash Crew!

also, on friday- rock paper shotgun guys are organising a drink: http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/09/19/friday-london-the-rps-meet-o-chat-2011/

might be good to hijack :]

rooster

w000t packin mah polycount tshirts (I'll probably be wearing my smash crew one I got made for the expo tho, (during the day that is, before the drinking!) look for a short beefy dude with long goatee and a cap, and thou shalt maybe have found me. Er, that probably describes many a nerd present at the expo, on reflection. The t-shirt will give it away..

imyj

No idea how I'll know who anyone is but I hope you all have a good weekend!

I'll be there on Saturday and Sunday as an industry nub for the panel / BAFTA workshops. I'll wear my NES buckle.

Fomori

I'll be there on the Saturday. Wish I had a Polycount T-shirt. Might be cool to meet some Polycounters.

Stinger88

London...Schmundon....Why do cool things never happen up here...

No, won't be there. Hopefully next year my game will be ready (...and good enough) ;P

Have fun Rich! Get loads of video footage and pics for the blog.

rolfness

baaaw wont be in the country.. bunch of arse.. soo woulda gone to this

Habboi

Man I can't wait till tomorrow. Already written down a plan and I found out we got early tickets so straight to Skyrim

Also gonna check out the indie games, possibly the Bioware dev session and the career fair.

Gonna be lots of fun. Been a while since I sat down and played some games for a long duration.

almighty_gir

so where are we meeting up?

marks

myself and imyj will be on the "Careers in Games: Art and Animation" Q&A panel at 1.30pm tomorrow, and I'll likely be hanging around the Sega / CA stand in the careers fair for a bit afterwards. We should definitely organise some drinks =]

Bart

Heading there tommorow Hope to see some of you there. Will try to meet up with you marks at the sega / ca stand after the talk.

Shiv

Aww shucks, couldnt afford to come down :c Enjoy the event guys

almighty_gir

cool, i'm about to go jump on a train, my number is:
07528014942

enjoy!

almighty_gir

Mark
i'm really sorry mate i literally just got your message, my phone died at the event cos i left the gps on by accident hahaha!

but you gave me some amazing advice and i intend to follow through on it after i finish drinking myself into a stupor tonight

marks

oh lol I forgot about that, no probs dude

Fomori

Hmmm. Well that was cool.
Gotta say I went away disappointed with SWTOR, Zelda a bit meh, 3DS stuff and Guild Wars 2 (whaaaaat!?) -- BUT -- thought Skyrim, Rage and ICO/SotC looked amazing. The indie section seemed constantly busy, interesting and sweaty (smelly) with Blocks That Matter standing out for me.

Disappointed I didn't find the Journey stand.

Although I didn't play it, I thought the 3D art of Joe Danger looked lovely in the cartoon styleee along with Rayman Origins (2D). And Bastion which I'm downloading now is beautiful - all art done by one talented lady apparently!?

I had some tired eyes and legs in the end.

Fomori

OH YEAH.

almighty_gir

one thing that surprised me and my friend joe:

onlive.
we were very sceptical of onlive and how it would perform but after sitting and playing with it for a couple of minutes it was responsive, load times were good, there was little if any lag between player input and the on screen reaction.

while i feel like their subscription model looks good on paper i also think it needs to have time to grow. the fact that i can rent a new release for £5 for the week is pretty good i guess, as most modern titles don't last longer than a few hours for me.

so it's all good from there! i think onlive is in it's infancy and if given time to grow it could be great

Habboi

You can read my thoughts here: http://blog.habboi.co.uk/2011/09/eurogamer-expo-2011.html

Yeah it was fun. Got there early before Skyrim had any lines and enjoyed the heck out of that. Tried out the 3D stuff and was disappointed with 3DS but PS3 3D was pretty good albeit a little blurry.

Indie section was cool. My favourite game was a simple ipad game where you form square jewels with your fingers and you can steal them from your enemies side. Came back twice to play it.

Anyone try the game where you drive a car with your eyes? My friend wanted to try it all day and when we finally found it he had trouble with the calibration due to a funny right eye but he still enjoyed it.

Battlefield 3 was alright. I went near the end so the lines were short but I wasn't that impressed with it. Granted we only got to run around a small city with guns instead of riding jets and tanks but meh.

Mass Effect 3, same as 2. Journey was gorgeous. Hitman was epic. SWTOR looked fantastic. Dark Souls was basically the same as Demon's Souls so I didn't need to play for long and I was disappointed with the career fair. I assumed the meet the recruiters bit was just a sit at table and talk to an adviser but it turns out it was a presentation so when we got there it was full. Mega lame.

Oh and I skipped the art presentation in favour of Hitman. I don't regret it.