Gamescom 2022
Gamescom 2022 is about to end and we can say that it has been an intense but certainly pleasant journey. The Opening Night Live 2022 allowed us to see a lot of games and the Future Games Show has increased the total number considerably. This year, however, the Cologne fair is not just digital events and has allowed the staff of geekinco to take a trip to Germany to meet developers, publishers and experience the show floor again.We know that most people have not been able to go beyond the Alps, but don't worry: we at geekinco bring Cologne to your home. Maybe not really, but for sure we bring a piece of Gamescom 2022 on your screens.
At the beginning of the news you can see our video dedicated to the fair, in which we show you the various sections of the fair, giving you some details on the various games shown.
+10 Above you can see a selection of the photographs of the Gamescom 2022 stands. You can see the space dedicated to Starfield, who was present at the fair with a statue of Vasco, one of the companions of our character. Staying in the Xbox home, we also saw a giant Grounded spider (be careful if you are arachnophobic!) And a space dedicated to Sea of Thieves and its pirates.
The fair was full of sculptures and sets they put on display characters and settings from many well-known games and others to come, such as One Piece Odyssey, Spongebob Squarepants The Cosmic Shake, Dying Light 2 Stay Human (which certainly did not scare our Pierpaolo!), System Shock and more.
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Most weeks, I only have one or two things about which to vomit my opinion in this column. But hell, a lot went down this week, so you’re all getting something above your quota, because it’s Friday and Mike and Dean have their backs turned.
We’ll start out with Gamescom, since that took up the bulk of the week. It’s been a rush of some interesting titles, with my favorite being the charmingly gothic Lies of P. The “biggest” announcement, arguably, is the reveal that Dead Island 2 is real and actually coming out. I’m ambivalent about this — frankly, the game was more amusing as a ghost than the real thing. But it’s also nice to definitively tick the box on such a legendary piece of vaporware. Also it isn’t Gamescom so much as Gamescom-adjacent, but I enjoyed the sneak peek at Harvestella, which might just be my new cozy game.
Meanwhile, Sony’s upping the price of the PlayStation 5 in several markets — like it wasn’t already hard enough to lay hands on them, what with all the scalpers and resellers doing the same thing. I’m of the opinion that Sony wouldn’t do this unless it was in dire straits, because the backlash just wouldn’t be worth it otherwise. I don’t approve, but I do see it as Sony flinging themselves on the upright sword, as it were. If anything, this news is making me eyeball Microsoft and Nintendo — who’ve both publicly stated they aren’t raising their console prices — and say, “. . . yet.”
And now, a short interlude…Just to clear my conscience, I’ll tell you all that, similar to Fire Emblem Warriors, there’s another game on my review slate that I spent too long playing and forgot I had to actually sit down and review: Two-Point Campus. I promise this isn’t going to become a thing. But at this point, it makes more sense to talk about it here than to give it a full-on review — mostly because it’s hard for me to think of anything to say that doesn’t also apply to Two-Point Hospital. That’s not a diss, by the way. Were I to give the game a score, it’d be a solid 3.5 out of 5. It’s a decent sim game with a distinctive, silly style.
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Register HereOne solid upgrade to the sequel is the summer break. So much of Two-Point’s modus operandi is the Tetris-like room arrangements, but Campus gives users the chance to take summers, when the students clear out, to arrange matters to their heart’s content. Campus’s humor is much the same as Hospital’s — largely harmless, but with a little bite of satire behind it. Whether higher education is as worthy of derision as the for-profit healthcare industry, I leave for the individual player to decide — I don’t find it quite as entertaining, but these things are subjective. This opinion might also be colored by the fact that the little B-grade pillbugs in my school kept getting hung up on points in empty hallways because their pathing failed.
Back to your showI was originally going to end the article with that mini-review, but after this morning, I feel the need to comment on the now-debunked story about Amazon putting in an offer for Electronic Arts. The supposed acquisition was due to be announced today, but it’s practically the weekend now and *crickets*. I’m not sure what it says about the current climate that this story sounds plausible — well, almost. I still put Embracer down as more likely than Amazon.
In personal news, I bought Saints Row and am currently playing it. I’m not sure whether or not I’ll review it, but I have to see whether or not the negative (and occasionally positive) chatter I’ve heard is justified. Also, I have too much history with the series to not play the new title. If nothing else, I’ll just rant about it here if I feel the need to vent my spleen a bit. I would also like to once again remind everyone that the Wii U and 3DS eShops will shortly cut off access to eShop cards — meaning after August 29, there’s no way to add money to your accounts. If nothing else, at least treat yourselves to Bravely Default. That was a wonderful game.
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