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The embargo’s up on content from Capcom’s CAPTIVATE08 event, and Eurogamer’s done some work for once. We’ll just link to Tom’s stuff, as everyone else appears to be asleep.
Update: Some alarm clocks have gone off now. Links added.
- Resident Evil 5 preview (new screens) – Eurogamer
- First Resident Evil 5 gameplay impressions – Kotaku
- Resident Evil 5 impressions – 1UP
- Resident Evil 5 devs 60 percent done, aim for more than 20 hours – Joystiq
- Street Fighter IV hands-on – Eurogamer
- Street Fighter IV hands-on – 1UP
- New details on Street Fighter IV’s home versions – Kotaku
- Bionic Commando hands-on ( new screens) – Eurogamer
- Bionic Commando hands-on – Kotaku
- Dark Void preview (new screens) – Eurogamer
- Dark Void dev explains Capcom choice – the return of Ed Fries – Eurogamer
- SF IV to feature anime storytelling (and an example of how it looks) – Eurogamer
- Hands-on with new Puzzle Quest dev game, Neopets (screens) – Eurogamer
- Spyborgs announced for Wii (screens) – Eurogamer
- Bionic Commando Rearmed in July – Eurogamer
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Blerk said:
Resi 5 sounds… like Resi 4. Only bigger and better. Which is no bad thing, really.
I’m not convinced by any of the other stuff though. And I’m not surprised the Wii fanboys are wailing and gnashing their teeth.
patlike said:
Is it more badass, though?
I missed RE4, so I’m really looking forward to RE5. It really does look exciting, so I hope there’s no let-down.
absolutezero said:
As long as RE5 has some of those moments from 4 which made your jaw drop it’ll be fantastic.
RE4 was a conveyor belt of awesome that never stopped all the way to the end.
I really like the look of some of the other stuff aswell.
Blerk said:
Wait… you did what? Play it now! It’s better than at least half the stuff that’s come out in the last three years!
patlike said:
I keep meaning to play it and never do. I could get it for Wii. Should do, you’re right.
morriss said:
I bought it for the Wii yesterday as it happens.
Blerk said:
If you already have a Wii then you have no excuse whatsoever. Go and buy it right now.
morriss said:
I did. Yesterday.
patlike said:
Wii or PS2? It’s only a tenner on PS2.
Blerk said:
They’re functionally identical, but the Wii version is graphically a bit nicerer and uses the wobbly wand rather than the normal pad. I guess it depends on whether you’re a wagglephobe or not.
Edit: Oh yeah – the Wii version supports progressive scan too, which might be more important if you’re on a hi-def telly.
patlike said:
OK. I’ll get it on Wii.
Blerk said:
Good man.
Gamersyde, Kotaku, 1Up and Joystiq have a bundle of stuff up now too, by the way. Three more Resi 5 previews to get through and a load of media. It’s going to be a tough afternoon.
patlike said:
I’ll put some more links up.
Blerk said:
Bionic Commando and Dark Void look pretty similar to me. Fast-paced third-person shooters with little to set them apart from the crowd. Some of BC’s screenies look very nice, but the new trailer is super-meh. I was kind of hoping they might be a bit more “explorey/adventurey” but apparently not.
Street Fighter IV is Street Fighter 2 again. I’m sure everyone will love it, but I won’t.
Spyborgs is… er.. yes, let’s just leave it at that, shall we?
patlike said:
I’m excited about SFIV. That’s a guaranteed buy for me, especially with online play. That and RE5 are definites. But yeah, a little unsure of the rest.
Blerk said:
The Dark Void trailer looks awful.
patlike said:
Questionables aside, RE5 drop-in co-op keeps me awake at night.
Blerk said:
I wouldn’t have anyone to play with.
I MEAN THE GAME!
patlike said:
The only person I play online with is morriss. And we’ve only done that once.
Blerk said:
Co-op’s no fun unless you’re in the same room. You can’t shout at each other properly over microphones, and you always have to get your own drink.
morriss said:
Drop-in, drop-out co-op wins every time for me.
morriss said:
For someone like me though, Blerk, who lives in a different country to all his friends, online co-op is absolutely perfect.
Blerk said:
What about people like me who don’t have any friends?
I had to breed some clones in order to get someone to play with. And they’re not old enough for Resi yet.
morriss said:
Oh don’t get me wrong, Pat’s the only friend I’ve got and we’ve only played once together. But still, having the option is nice.
patlike said:
You can shout at each other, definitely. And the sound’s all crunchy and shit, so it makes you feel like you’re in Aliens, or something. Then you notice your wife shaking her head sadly in the corner as you scream “GET DOWN!” at a cartoon man on your television. And that pretty much sums up the entire online co-op experience.
Blerk said:
Actually you’re sort of selling it to me now. I haven’t had one of those looks in a while. I think the last one was when she discovered one of my characters in Digital Devil Saga had tits with teeth.
morriss said:
My wife just mimics my mouth movements as I’m trying to concentrate – laughing at me.
patlike said:
My wife gives me “that look” all the time. I’m clearly doing something right.
mart said:
RE4 Wii is one of the most proper uses of the Wii control system yet. Along with Boom Blox, I think. And Ghost Squad / House of the Dead.