So, GamesCom isn’t the grandest affair to be spoken of in the gaming hemisphere, but nonetheless, we’ve had some interesting stuff come out of it thus far. The PS3 Slim was announced, a PS3 price cut was announced, and… uh… the PS3 slim was announced!
Anyway. A few quality trailers for some high-profile games have surfaced as well, and here are my top three. (Read: the only three I’ve watched. Granted, not many more have been shown, but still.)
Mass Effect 2. Man, I need to finish the first one, because everything I see for the upcoming sequel gives me chills. Especially odd considering how lukewarm I am about the original game. (Hence why it remains unfinished.)
Heavy Rain. Man, I need to finish Indigo Prophecy. I know the concept of a game composed largely of quick-time events is a major turn off to a lot of people, but Indigo Prophecy is such a unique, mind-blowing experience that it can hardly be judged for its use of quick-time sequences. And Heavy Rain looks to be upping the ante in every way. Can. Not. Wait.
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. Man, I need to finish the first game. Of course, I need a working PS3 to do that. Maybe if I finish the first one I’ll understand why Nathan is so strangely melodramatic in this trailer. Ah well, he’s a badass however you slice it.
Huh. I noticed a disturbing trend over those last three paragraphs. Did you?
Oh, and all of those trailers are courtesy of GameTrailers. You likely figured that out already, but I figured I should touch all my bases.
Tags: GamesCom 2009, Heavy Rain, Mass Effect 2, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
I inadvertantly watched 2/3 of the trailers you mention yesterday, I found both Uncharted and Heavy Rain to be surprisingly powerful. I like that the smooth talking rogueish character of Nate is recieving a little extra emotional depth this time around.
I watched 2/3 of the trailers as well, but I watched Mass Effect and Uncharted (For some reason Heavy Rain has never really interested me in the slightest.). Both look awesome, and ME1 and U1 were two of my favorite games in recent memory. I really hope they can balance Mass Effect better this time around between main/side stories and action/dialogue, but the trailer looks awesome so far.
Uncharted 2 looks frakking gorgeous, but at this point, isn’t that what we all expect from it? The real draw of the first one for me was the characters. It looks like they’re well preserved, so hopefully it will be another epic adventure.