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From: alan@alanyuen.demon.co.uk (Alan Yuen)
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Subject: Re: ECTS - impressions
Date: Sun, 06 Sep 1998 21:32:32 GMT
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I was walking around, checking out the freebies as well. You should
ask DEnnis about them, he got loads of them. And then there the free
coffee stand at the S3 bit. The best bit of the show for me was
meeting the people, the best game I thought was MechWarrior 3.
I am going again tomorrow, to take in more of the stuff. I noticed a
missing E.A., Bullfrog, Fraxis, Sega and some more other I cant think
of at the time.

On Sun, 06 Sep 1998 18:07:09 +0100, Philip Gooch
<philg@nospam.easynet.co.uk> wrote:

>Just got back from ECTS (Sunday). Thought I'd let people know what I
>thought.
>
>Good to meet Rob, John, Mike and DEnnis again, although was only
>briefly, before we all went our separate ways to check out the rest of
>the show (and Rob went home, probably to placate his girlfriend ;) )
>
>As computer trade shows go, the crowd was the expected mix of suits,
>geeks and glamorous women.
>
>I haven't been to ECTS before, but expected a few more freebies. Got
>hold of the Sony Press Pack (double-CD, haven't checked it out yet)
>because my badge said 'Press' on it (they didn't seem to want to give
>them to anyone else) but that was about it on the free stuff front.
>
>Most of the games on show all looked the same to me (lots of 3D action
>adventure games in the Tomb Raider mould, and lots of 'kiddie' games)
>However, was impressed by: Outcast (beautiful voxel-driven 3D engine),
>Zelda, Silent Hill, and most of the games on the Gremlin stand (can't
>remember their names apart from Body Harvest, but there was this really
>nice looking third-person 3D adventure set in a dungeon that had great
>lighting effects). Couldn't get to see Metal Gear Solid as there was
>always a huge queue to get into the heavily fortified Konami stand.
>
>Shame Sega weren't there demoing Dreamcast.
>
>Anyway, worth attending for a couple of hours but I can't imagine
>spending all three days there!
>
>Phil

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