Shack Impressions - Day 3

by Maarten Goldstein, May 15, 2006 1:53pm PDT

The latest impressions from last week's Electronic Entertainment Expo for you all

- Still Trucking: Company of Heroes, Prey, The Lord of the Rings Online, RUSH, Spy Hunter. - Day 3 Strikes Back: Spore, Crysis, Command & Conquer 3, Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin, Trauma Center: Second Opinion, Rule of Rose, Contact, Madden NFL 07 Wii, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance.

Final impressions will appear later this week.

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Marteen, did you get a chance to play Chromehounds? If so how was it?

May 15, 2006 1:59pm PDT

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Marteen, did you get a chance to play Chromehounds? If so how was it? : cell9song
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- sorry about the spelling.... : cell9song
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  nope, didnt play it. maybe chris, david or jake did : Maarten Goldstein
  - Unfortunately no. I thought I was going to be checking it out during my Sega meeting but as Maarten can ... : Chris Remo
  - Nope :( Paging David... : jake2000
- I got nothin for ya, menz. :( Sorry. : David Craddock
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  Here's what I had to say: Chromehounds is a new mech game for the Xbox 360. You are the pilot of a gia : notd665
  - thanks for the response. I'm a bit dubious about your take on the graphics though. Unless these are d... : cell9song
  - I played a 10 person team DM in the Sega booth. It was OK...once we figured out what we were supposed to... : tharger

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I know that the Wii hands on time was limited after my post in the previous Shack impressions thread... But I still haven't gotten an overall feel for what the Shack editors though of the Wii and its remote. Does it feel like a gimmick, everything Nintendo promised (and more?), or promising and still needing work?

Sorry to keep nagging but this is the only (home) console I've been really hyped about (and tempted to get on release) since the N64 days. I got very disheatened reading the Joystiq coverage (which seemed to hate everything to do with Wii); thankfully Matt over at IGN was far more positive which restored some of my faith. I really want to it not to suck :D

May 15, 2006 6:09pm PDT

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I know that the Wii hands on time was limited after my post in the previous Shack impressions thread... B... : lwells
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- I'd give you impressions if I could. The only game I really played was Sonic Wild Fire. The controls wo... : Chris Remo

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WTF!?!?

Still no Quake Wars impressions from the Shack? This is an outrage! At least give us some HD shakey cam footage of somebody playing on the 24 man LAN demo. The IGN footage was largely weaksauce :(

May 15, 2006 2:14pm PDT

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WTF!?!? Still no Quake Wars impressions from the Shack? This is an outrage! At least give us some HD... : PenicillinX57
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Did any of the shack crew see the Frontlines: Fuel of War that was going on behind closed doors in the THQ booth?

May 15, 2006 3:21pm PDT

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Did any of the shack crew see the Frontlines: Fuel of War that was going on behind closed doors in the TH... : tharger
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  It was about a 2 minute video clip. All pre-rendered. : David Craddock
  - There was a demo on PC and 360 showing off a few levels for press and VIPs. http://www.gamespot.com/xb... : tharger

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Whatever happened to the "More impressions and videos will go up tomorrow" promise?

May 15, 2006 2:24pm PDT

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Whatever happened to the "More impressions and videos will go up tomorrow" promise? : godhatingatheist
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- We got caught up in traveling and celebrating our moms. : David Craddock
- well, these are the impressions :P there would be videos too but the connection I have is not very happen... : Maarten Goldstein

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By: Prozium x Show Full Post

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So I see Chris and David writing some good impressions on games, but what did Steve and Maarten do during E3? was it all grunt work (recording and encoding HD footagehookers and blow?)?

May 15, 2006 2:47pm PDT

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So I see Chris and David writing some good impressions on games, but what did Steve and Maarten do during : Prozium
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- Pretty much : Maarten Goldstein

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Personally, Im not expecting spore to be much more than B&W meets the Sims. The hype building up around it, to me, is remarkably similar to the hype around B&W, and we all know how that turned out.

How many times do people replay a game like B&W? Now remove the story and ask yourselves are you more likely to play it again? The concept is cool, but there really is no incentive to go back once you have completed it.

May 15, 2006 2:18pm PDT

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REMO! thank you for looking @ portrait of ruin DS! :D

IGN had an interview with Iga and he said it will have coop over local and wifi connection. but not coop through the full singleplayer - just an additional adventure or stage or some shit. :(

still excited, regardless of coop :>

May 15, 2006 3:07pm PDT

REMO! thank you for looking @ portrait of ruin DS! :D IGN had an interview with Iga and he said it wil... : pyide

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David, you don't play many FPS these days? The minimized HUD in Prey has been standard for ages. Doom 3 had one and ever since then so does every other shooter.

May 15, 2006 2:12pm PDT

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David, you don't play many FPS these days? The minimized HUD in Prey has been standard for ages. Doom 3 h... : avatar_58
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  Correct, the small HUD is pretty much a standard, but what I was trying to relate (my apologies if I fail... : David Craddock
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    No apologies needed, I just wanted to know is all. :) You should see the videos on 3Drealms' website if y... : avatar_58
    - Awesome, I'll have to check those out! : David Craddock

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So is this the point where we insult Remo about being a nerd loser who knows nothing about the sport of football?

May 15, 2006 2:56pm PDT

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So is this the point where we insult Remo about being a nerd loser who knows nothing about the sport of f... : soggybagel
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- You'll have to insult me too. :( I think the sport is absolutely boring, but because of the Wii functio... : David Craddock
- Count me in the nerd loser category too. I doubt we're in the majority here, but there are certainly a... : jason bergman

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