Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: ECTS: Viewpoint... Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1999 11:19:05 +0100 Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 34 Message-ID: <7r822b$23b15@chuka.playstation.co.uk> References: <936565931.1478197387@news.playstation.co.uk> <7r0m9o$768@chuka.playstation.co.uk> <7r53ko$23b8@chuka.playstation.co.uk> <7r6h9a$23b9@chuka.playstation.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: modem-5.holmium.dialup.pol.co.uk X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Well, it was my first ECTS, so I can't make any comparisons, but there were a few games that did grab me. Virgin had a few interseting games, if you could take the sauna-like heat for more than a few minutes. Messiah looks fantastic, if you're into 3rd person games. Evolva was interesting, but the levels looked a bit boring and samey. Earthworm Jim 3D finally finished, and looks as if it could be good. Sony's stand was ok. Not being into racing games, I found Crash Team Racing fun, better than Speed Freaks anyway. International Track and Field wasn't bad until you got to the Hammer, then it was impossible ( did anyone that played it qualify ?). Found I couldn't score in This is Football ( we ended up cycling right through the goalkeeper in taking penalties ! ), I guess more playtime would possibly cure that. I got pretty hooked on Unreal Tournament in the Aureal 3D stand, where there was 3 linked machines, it played much smoother than Unreal, and the weapons felt better. Might satisfy until Team Fortress 2. Neo Geo Pocket was cool, I love the stick controller, but I didn't really see any games for it that grabbed me, maybe I missed something, I'll wait a bit and see what else comes out for it. Nintendo left me cold a bit. Jet Force Gemini looks like it could get really playable, but the areas I played seemed empty. Perfect Dark was Goldeneye with a new set of clothes. Ramble over. There's lots more to talk about, but this will do for now. Big hello to all the NY folk I met, hope there weren't too many hangovers after the Sony party. Stuart.