Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!debri From: debri@dds.nl (DEnnis Brinkhuis) Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: ECTS: Viewpoint... Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 07:36:29 +0200 Organization: DEbri Lines: 193 Message-ID: <1dxvwe6.1jts28e1ig9k74N@a1-88-102.a1.nl> References: <936565931.1478197387@news.playstation.co.uk> <7r817i$23b14@chuka.playstation.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: a1-88-102.a1.nl X-Newsreader: MacSOUP 2.3 Nick Ferguson wrote: > Hi all, > > God, Scotland's so much colder than London. Brrr! I hope my US Dreamcast > arrives before the weekend. What else? Oh yeah, ECTS... > > Highs: > > - Black and White preview and chat with Peter Molyneux I still can't believe it!! > - Meeting the NY "crew" by Westwood's stand. Big shout to the BOYZZZZZZZ! > (ahem) Same here... > - Dreamcast looking GREAT (esp. Soul Calibur and HOTD2) I disagree. Like last year, no Sega booth and most games (not all) were a bit disapointing. Most disapointing was Sega World! It turned shit!! It was not worth the Subway-fee. Half the macines were gone and replaced by cheap fair-stands. The other half was crap, out of order or really old. > - Perfect Dark, despite being the hoary old E3 demo You're kidding, not much new here. Although the Nintendo Press Pack gave the impression that they think they are god! > - Getting RESPECT as a semi-bonafide member of the press! Same here, but still rather disapointing what I had to do for Press-packs. > - People knowing Loonygames and saying "Hi!" etc :) YOU MAKE US KNOW!!!! > - Not meeting anyone from Rare ;) I'll keep shut ... > - Free food and drink (thanks, Sony) Same here, HEY NINTENDO WAKE UP!!!! > - Joytech girls, and those Union Jack "tops" - WOOO! Coumbawoumba.. have a look at my site later on to see what he's on about.. > - Seeing lots of "famous" industry people YEah! Peter, Demis.. I just missed the Nintendo-guy.. > - Interplay's piss-take video screening huh? > - Freebies (inc. Sony bag, t-shirts and demo CDs) Sorry I couldn't get you a FF8 shirt... > - Mr Frosty helping out a damsel (read: babe) in distress. The picture in > her wallet was her brother, man! huh 2 > Lows: > > - Hot, hot, hot Sony stand! If only the girls would undress... next year girls in swimming wear!! > - Not blagging a free Neo-Geo I brought a pair of pliers the last day, but it didn't do it. I'm actually against that. > - Tiredness (read: being an unfit geek) I'm still feeling dead.. I expected to get in trouble with my sexdrift, but I just was to tired. > - Spending too much $$$$ Not here, I spend less then expected.. > - Not being able to hear many of the games I couldn't see too much games either. I had to fight my way trough the brests at some stands.. > - Not as many fit/willing/drunk/matronly* women as last year Yeah, I must say that my faforite girl this year was the 3DO-girl (military blonde). > - Not getting enough pictures of the show (see above) I'll help you out ;-) > - Not getting to see GTA2 in action The CD is utter crap. The cover said "GTA2 Demo" but it wasn't even a demo. > - Getting up *gasp!* before 10am We were at 9.45 every day at the show.. I was killing myself.. > - Not seeing even a whisker of Miyamoto, the wily midget I missed him as well, but Peter M made that up. > - Too many pimple-faced kids getting in. Call security! YEAH! And having Nintendo-badges... boykot Nintendo next year.. > - No Get Bass or Shen Mue (indeed, no official Sega presence in general) I think that was a hudge error, no seek for publicity right before their launce in Europe.. > - Londoners (no offence) No problem there... > - DEnnis getting a letter in EDGE (it had to happen eventually) WHAT? You call that a LOW?!?!? > - Did anyone really WANT those PlayStation black plastic bags? Yeah, I didn't like them either but my girlfriend thought it was the best gimmick I had!! And I had a lot of gimmicks!! Airhostess always carry 2 pair of shoes, she will use the bag to put the shoes in wile they are in her proper bag. > SPECIAL ECTS WEIRDO AWARD: That malformed chick in the PlayStation ad (Bob > Shand's girlfriend!) Malformed? Hmm, I've seen a lot of malformed girls.. Remember the Empire girl? And the unionjack girls? That was mallformed as well, but that would not be any problem for me.... for one night.. > The lows seem to outnumber the highs, so it must have been a crap show. But > I enjoyed myself! Eh? It's still a nice show, but less than last years show... > Nick's Notable Games(tm): > > (good/interesting) > Rare's N64 trio (obviously) disagree > Gran Turismo 2 disagree > Giants, Resident Evil 3, Dino > Crisis, Wip3out, Soul Calibur, HOTD2, Trickstyle, Resident Evil GB, MDK 2, > Messiah (again), Prince of Persia 3D, Konami's "Bemani" things, 'Korea Game' > stand everyone (rightly) ignored, "kiddy software" (i.e. that PlayMobil > farming thing), Un Jammer Lammy, TOTAL SOCCER GB!!!, no comment > Super Smash Bros, agree > Shadowman, Rogue Spear, no comment > Micro Machines 4, agree, athoug it's still bugged!!! When 2 players leave the track, the one that stays on losses, that's still crapp!!! > Nassim Boxing, Mud n Blood 64, > plus a whole lot I forget no comment > (crap/boring/disappointing/obviously pre-alpha) > Titus' entire stand, a depressing number of racing games, Nintendo showing 3 > yr old games like Mario (WTF?), Turok Rage Wars, all the South Park games, > and all uninspired genre clones (excluding Resident Evil 3, which has > zombies), PC strategy/sim games i.e. Blue Byte Software, No Fear Racing, all > of EIDOS' games and GTA2 (they wouldn't let me see them), C&C: Renegade, > anything by the self-styled "Hex Heroes", and everything else. agree.. DEnnis..