Impressions from Gamefest 2011
A Little overdue. Here is what I played and what I thought of it.
Street Fighter X Tekken (PS3)
I find it difficult to judge a fighting game when I’m stuck on a normal pad. I use a fightpad and I can’t get to grips with only having the four buttons in the standard diamond. I enjoyed what I played, it has a nice pace and some cool new mechanics to master. I went straight for Chun Li and experimented with Cammy and Ibuki. I main as Chun Li in SSF4 so she was a natural choice. She feels different and I can’t tell if it’s the pad or the game.
Will no doubt pick this up at launch.
Sonic Generations (360)
Managed to get a play of City Escape, both Classic and Modern. Feels pretty much how I expected it to be.
Classic: Plays how I expected it to. Well polished with the opportunity to take other paths. What you want really.
Modern: Some nice improvements to the opening cityboarding section, offering new paths if you time your jumps right. The final chase is a bit more epic, the truck feels some much more of a threat now and the running alongside a building was a nice touch.
Best surprise? Seeing the bottomless pit warning from Sonic Colours make a reappearance. Such a simple yet effective addition.
Still really looking forward to this.
Sonic Generations (3DS)
Played both Green hill and Mushroom hill, both Classic and Modern. Classic is pretty much the same as the original games. Green hill in particular is very familiar. Modern is a little weird. Like the bastard son of Sonic 4 and Sonic Rush. There are some good elements, such as the dandelion things that go further and higher the faster you go through them (i.e. going further by boosting through them). Also really liked disappearing behind the scenery when using the pulleys. Good use of the 3D.
May wait for it to go down in price, rather than getting it straight away.
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Wii)
It’s 3D Zelda, It’s going to be good. I watched the presentation and played the demo. Shame they were the same thing. Really liked the different ways you defeated enemies. Some really well thought out enemies. I hope they are all like that. My fear though is because the enemies have a specific motion based method of beating them you will only fight one or two at a time, leaving the game enemy light but puzzle heavy.
Another game I’m really looking forward too, but I have some small doubts.
Rayman Origins (360)
Played some co-op with Party Hat and Gorblet. This was a lot of fun. Like New Super Mario Bros Wii just with the added bonus of Online Multiplayer. It’s looking very good and I’m probably going to buy this near launch.
Soul Calibur 5 (360)
No Kilik which was a shame. Feels a little different to 4, was playing as Ivy and I seem to have forgotten how to change to whip mode (or they may have changed it, if so why?). Felt a little easy. I’ll be keeping an eye on this one; I’ve always liked the series.
Super Mario Land 3D (3DS)
I was quite disappointed in this. The courses felt short and Mario seemed to move too slowly. I later learned there was a sprint button, but why have that when you have an analogue stick. Looks good but I feel there was more bad than good. May wait a while this time, might save until Christmas.
Journey (PS3)
This had a bit of an Ico/Shadow of the Colossus feel. Very simple yet effective. I found the way forward pretty easy without any hints, and all the moves became second nature. Not really a game you can judge playing at a booth in a convention. May pick this up when it’s cheap and I can commit some time to it.
Modern Warfare 3 (360)
The big one. Unfortunately after all that queuing it was a spec ops two played horde clone, rather than a full blown multiplayer game (would’ve preferred some 6 on 6 domination). The game engine feels very much like MW2, which to be fair isn’t a bad thing. IW already took out the nuke so MW3 already has a huge advantage over MW2, I hated the Nuke and the way it made people play. What I played didn’t really sway me either way, come on its COD, you’re going to get it, admit it, I have my preorder down. Although I will admit I’m not nearly as excited for this one as I was for MW2.
Street Fighter X Tekken (PS3)
I find it difficult to judge a fighting game when I’m stuck on a normal pad. I use a fightpad and I can’t get to grips with only having the four buttons in the standard diamond. I enjoyed what I played, it has a nice pace and some cool new mechanics to master. I went straight for Chun Li and experimented with Cammy and Ibuki. I main as Chun Li in SSF4 so she was a natural choice. She feels different and I can’t tell if it’s the pad or the game.
Will no doubt pick this up at launch.
Sonic Generations (360)
Managed to get a play of City Escape, both Classic and Modern. Feels pretty much how I expected it to be.
Classic: Plays how I expected it to. Well polished with the opportunity to take other paths. What you want really.
Modern: Some nice improvements to the opening cityboarding section, offering new paths if you time your jumps right. The final chase is a bit more epic, the truck feels some much more of a threat now and the running alongside a building was a nice touch.
Best surprise? Seeing the bottomless pit warning from Sonic Colours make a reappearance. Such a simple yet effective addition.
Still really looking forward to this.
Sonic Generations (3DS)
Played both Green hill and Mushroom hill, both Classic and Modern. Classic is pretty much the same as the original games. Green hill in particular is very familiar. Modern is a little weird. Like the bastard son of Sonic 4 and Sonic Rush. There are some good elements, such as the dandelion things that go further and higher the faster you go through them (i.e. going further by boosting through them). Also really liked disappearing behind the scenery when using the pulleys. Good use of the 3D.
May wait for it to go down in price, rather than getting it straight away.
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Wii)
It’s 3D Zelda, It’s going to be good. I watched the presentation and played the demo. Shame they were the same thing. Really liked the different ways you defeated enemies. Some really well thought out enemies. I hope they are all like that. My fear though is because the enemies have a specific motion based method of beating them you will only fight one or two at a time, leaving the game enemy light but puzzle heavy.
Another game I’m really looking forward too, but I have some small doubts.
Rayman Origins (360)
Played some co-op with Party Hat and Gorblet. This was a lot of fun. Like New Super Mario Bros Wii just with the added bonus of Online Multiplayer. It’s looking very good and I’m probably going to buy this near launch.
Soul Calibur 5 (360)
No Kilik which was a shame. Feels a little different to 4, was playing as Ivy and I seem to have forgotten how to change to whip mode (or they may have changed it, if so why?). Felt a little easy. I’ll be keeping an eye on this one; I’ve always liked the series.
Super Mario Land 3D (3DS)
I was quite disappointed in this. The courses felt short and Mario seemed to move too slowly. I later learned there was a sprint button, but why have that when you have an analogue stick. Looks good but I feel there was more bad than good. May wait a while this time, might save until Christmas.
Journey (PS3)
This had a bit of an Ico/Shadow of the Colossus feel. Very simple yet effective. I found the way forward pretty easy without any hints, and all the moves became second nature. Not really a game you can judge playing at a booth in a convention. May pick this up when it’s cheap and I can commit some time to it.
Modern Warfare 3 (360)
The big one. Unfortunately after all that queuing it was a spec ops two played horde clone, rather than a full blown multiplayer game (would’ve preferred some 6 on 6 domination). The game engine feels very much like MW2, which to be fair isn’t a bad thing. IW already took out the nuke so MW3 already has a huge advantage over MW2, I hated the Nuke and the way it made people play. What I played didn’t really sway me either way, come on its COD, you’re going to get it, admit it, I have my preorder down. Although I will admit I’m not nearly as excited for this one as I was for MW2.
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