Gamescom 2014: Alien Isolation Preview

When Creative Assembly revealed Alien Isolation and told the Gamers around the World that it will feature a very Survial-Horror Atmosphere many Gamers was sceptical because of Segas last Alien Game: Aliens Colonial Marines. Colonial Marines disappointed many Gamers with their big Promises they had talk about before Launch. So Alien Isolation has alot to show to bring the Alien Franchise back to the Top of the Gaming-Industry. At my Week at Gamescom i was able to talk to a developer about their upcoming Game Alien Isolation and play it afterwards on a PS4 Console.

The Developer told me that they are trying to create something special for the original Alien Movie Fans and that they want to bring the Atmosphere of the first Movie to the Game.

Gameplay:

I was able to play the E3 Demo Level in which i had to activate a generator and escape from the Alien trough a door which would be open if the generator is activated. I also got 3 bonus-objectives. Don't use the motion tracker, close the maindoor at the End and find 2 ID-Cards. I was finding myself in a closed room and after walking in the room i found a flamethrower, a ID-Card. When a door opened after 30 seconds i crouched myself with pressing the Right Stick and moved behind a box. When i looked above the box i saw a terrifying monster. The Alien. I knew that i could'nt move forward so i moved into a vent on my left and cercumvented the Alien. Every Second i was near the Alien i've heard the typical sound of it. After getting to the end of the vent i was able to walk to the room where the generator was in and activate it. After activating it i was looking behind me and the following view scared the most out of me. Right behind me there was the Alien hissing in my Face. I took my foot and ran along the corridor to the maindoor in which the Demo ended.

So after playing this Demo i think i am able to give you my view of the Game. Alien Isolation has a close and dark atmosphere and for me it felt like a real good survial Game mixed with some horror-elements. Creative Assembly promised a Game in which you felt isolated and alone and this is exactly what i was felt trough the Demo. The Moment when i saw the Alien behind me was so terrifying that i really scared a second.

The only item i would love to see is a real map. At the beginning i was so confused where to go and where my objective is. So thats my only negative point i am making.

9/10

Visuals:

The Demo was very dark and the Contrast was adjusted very high i think. So i cant talk about the visuals when you adjust the brightness higher or the Contrast lower. The Demo looked very good and the Objects in the Demo like boxes, desks, the Alien or the walls looked very clear and detailled. I didnt recognize any Framerate or Technical Drops so the Demo was visually perfect adjusted.

8/10

End:

Alien Isolation is keeping its promises in the Demo i played. Alien Isolation looks like the Trailers and is really terrifying with its scares, sounds and the Atmosphere. I am looking forward to the Game and i had alot of fun with this Game. Great Game!

8.5/10

Alien Isolation is coming out on October 7th 2014 on PS4, PS3, Xbox One, Xbox360 and PC in US and EU.

Gamescom 2014: Dead Island 2 Preview

Ryan the Berseker using the Airstike

 

Introduction:

When Dead Island 2 was introduced at Playstation's E3 Press Conference 2014 with one of the best Trailer i've seen yet i was really interested in this Game. The Problem i got was that i was hyped for the original Dead Island too because of its trailer. So for me personally i had to play Dead Island 2 to see if it is the hype worth.

Two Days before Gamescom i got a Invitation for a Presentation for Dead Island 2 from Deep Silver/Kochmedia in which they told me to show the new Features of the Game and a first look at the Unreal Engine 4 ingame. So at Wendesday i was going to Gamescom 2014 and one of my first appointments was the Presentation of Dead Island 2 by the Brand Manager of Deep Silver Pete Brolly. He told me that Yager is developing the Game and they are proud to give a first look at the Game to the Public at Gamescom.

Demo:

In the 1 hour Presentation he told us that there will be 4 classes: Speeder, Berseker, Hunter and Bishop. The Speeder a female woman is really fast and is using a Machette to cut of parts of the Zombies Body. She's swift and fast in movement. She also got a Special Move to hit one Zombie in it's chin with her Machete. Ryan the Berseker is using a Fireman Axe and is dealing high damage to all kind of Zombies. Mr. Brolly told me that the Game will play in California, US and that they are targeting 1080P/60FPS on Consoles.

The Demo started in front of a Gate in the near of Hollywood. When i looked on my left side i saw 3 other Players so it was a Coop Match. All players of the Demo got 12 minutes to kill as many Zombies as possible. I opended the Gate and ran trough a Electonic-Store and took Electonic Stuff to power Up my Machete. After i got 500 Parts of it my Machete craftet into a Electronic one. Now i would deal more demage and it looked awesome.

So i was going outside of the Shop and killed some Zombies with the new crafted Weapon. After 4 minutes a Event happened. A building have to be protected by human players. So all of us ran to this point and killed some of the normal/small Zombies. Suddenly 2 Big Zombies attacked us from behind and one of Players tried to kill them himself but he died very fast. The other 3 Players, including me killed the two powerful Zombies and revieved the fourth player.

After the Event ended the Players got 1 minute to kill the last Zombies to get their Highscore.

Very good Demo and Presentation of Mr. Brolly.

10/10





Gameplay:

For me Dead Island 2 is the biggest Surprise of Gamescom 2014. The Gameplay felt so fluid and fun that i cant really tell you how much i like this. You have to play it yourself and maybe beat my Highscore. I didnt like Dead Island 1 and Dead Island Riptide but for me Dead Island 2 felt so fresh trough the new crafting System and the Events that i am really surprised about myself liking this Game so much. The new crafting System feels fresh and Yager is bringing Fun in this Game. The Weapons looked awesome and especially the new Enemy-Types like the Suicide Zombie which explodes when he got near you and the Heavy Zombie which you can't kill by yourself without Skill is bringing the Dead Island Franchise to the Top of the Zombie-Shooters especially if you compare it to Dying-Light by Techland.

10/10



Graphics and Technic:

Dead Island 2 is using the Unreal Engine 4 and it shows how powerful this Engine is. The World and the Zombies looked very detailled and i didnt recognize any Framerate Drops or any other Technical Problems. The only Problem i got was that my Right PS4 Controller Stick was broken for last 2 Minutes and that i cant look left or right with my Character. If this Problem had'nt happen my Highscore would he higher then 148 killed Zombies. If you compare Dead Island 2 to Dying-Light it looks much better than it. Dead Island 2 is very colorful like you can see in the Gameplay Trailer. I love Comic-Like Visuals and so i love the Visuals of Dead Island 2. For me one of the best looking Games at Gamescom 2014!

9/10



End:

Like i said in the beginning i was excided to see if there are improvements at Dead Island 2 if you Compare to Dead Island 1 or Riptide and like you see in my Preview there are big ones. Dead Island 2 is so much fun to play and when i talked to a developer from Yager about their upcoming Game he told that they want to bring as much fun in this game as possible. My Problem with the original Dead Island Game was that it feels like it wanted to be serious. But with Yager's new Direction of Fun in Dead Island 2 it feels so much better then ever before. For me the biggest Surprise of Gamescom 2014 and if you get the Chance to play it try it out and make you're own oppinion. Must-Have!

10/10

Dead Island 2 is coming out in Spring 2015 for PS4, Xbox One and PC. A Collectors Edition is going to revealed in the coming Months.

Gamescom 2014: Far Cry 4 Preview

When i first saw Far Cry 4 at the Ubisoft E3 Press Conference Livestream i felt like it could be one of the best Games of 2014. The new Villain Pagan Min is so symphatic on the one hand and so evil on the other hand. When i walked trough the Gamescom Booths and saw the Far Cry 4 Booth i had to visit it to see if it is really that Special. So after minutes i got entry to it and had the Chance to play it on my Way. The Demo which was shown also at E3 in which you have to conquer a Fortress gave me the choice to choose from stealth,riding a elefant or using the Gyrocopter.

Gameplay:

I used the Steath Gameplay. I started in front of the Fortress and walked along it with a crossbow in my hand and a sniper rifle and a binocular in my inventrory. So i walked along the Fortress looking for somewhere to climp at to get entry to it. When i got entry i used the binocular to tag enemys and shooted them with my crossbow.
Fortress conquered. The Enemies was really hard to kill and when they recognize me they were very smart and used cover to protect themselfs. They also recognized dead Enemies and called new Troops with a Helicopter. The Only Thing they have to work on is the Controls by using a Elephant or the Gyrocopter because both played like brick on my foot.

8/10

Visuals and Technic

The Visuals of Far Cry 4 looks really detailled and clear. I didnt recognize any Framerate Drops. I played the Game on a PS4 and used the Share Button to be sure if it is really the PS4 Version. The Nature and Faces of the Enemies looked clear too. The Visuals sure dont look as good as Assassins Creed Unity's because its cross-gen but in my oppinion it is one of the best looking Games in 2014.

8/10

End

For me Far Cry 4 was one of the best Games i played at Gamescom 2014 and i cant wait to get new informations about the Game and its villain. Sure it cant match Assassins Creed Unity by Visuals but the Gameplay is much more fluid than Unity. Far Cry 4 is one of Gamescom best Games and for sure it is one of the best Game in 2014.


8/10

Gamescom Special: Im at Gamescom 2014 for you

Hey Folks

Today i want to tell you that i got my Press Pass for Gamescom 2014 and that i will be there for you and live tweet and live Blog from the Show.

I am at Gamescom from August 13th to August 17th and got following invitations

EA: Preview Event, Dragon Age Inquisition

Deep Silver: Dead Island 2, Lords of the Fallen, Escape Dead Island

Bandai Namco: The Witcher 3

Activision: Call of Duty Advanced Warfighter

When i am finished with this Presentations i will have time to play Games for which i didnt i got a private invitation.

For sure i will play: Bloodborne, The Order 1886, Little Big Planet 3, Quantum Break (if its playable), Halo Master Chief Collection, Until Dawn (if it get a reveal), Mortal Kombat X and Battlefield Hardline.

If i missed one Title dont be shy and tell me in the Comments which Games you want to know more about. I will have enough time to play lots of Games and talk about them here.

I will do Pictures and Videos of the Show and of the Games.

Hellraid: First Preview on Youtube

First Preview from Hellraid published by PC-Games

Today i found the first Preview of the upcoming Action-Game Hellraid by Techland. The Preview is published by the German Gaming-Magazine PC-Games.

The Preview is speaked in german so you can mute the sound if you dont understand the language.

Yesterday Techland streamed the first Live Gameplay footage of their upcoming Game.

Here's the Preview:



Hellraid is coming to PS4, Xbox One in 2015 and as an Early-Access Game in 2014 on Steam for PC.

Source: Youtube PC-Games Channel

Hellraid (PS4/XboxOne/PC) first ever Public Gameplay live this Sunday

Techland announced today that they are going to Stream the first ever Hellraid Gameplay on their Twitch Channel on Sunday, August 3th at 0.00 GMT (which is 16:00 PST on Saturday, August 2). You will be able to ask the developers Questions on their Gameplay Stream.

Hellraid will arrive in 2015 on PS4, XboxOne and PC.

Here's a Trailer for you:



Source: Hellraid Blog

Shadow Warrior: New Trailer arrived

Shadow Warrior PS4/XboxOne

Today Bandai Namco revealed a new Trailer for their upcoming Game Shadow Warrior: The Trailer features explosive Weapons, Blade Battles and much Blood and Gore. The Game itself is a Remastered Version of Classic Shadow Warrior which arrived 1997 in US and Europe developed by 3D Realms.

If you want to play the Classic Game you can download it here to your PC for Free.

Shadow Warrior (Remastered) will launch on September 26th in US and Europe on PS4 and Xbox One in youre local Retail market for 39.99$/39.99€

Here's the Trailer. Lets enjoy the Trailer:

Mortal Kombat X: New Infos at Gamescom 2014

Mortal Kombat X Creator Ed Boon revealed today that we will get new Infos about Mortal Kombat X at this years Gamescom. What this Infos could be is unclear but we could get a Release Date and a new Trailer of the Introduction of the Story or a Announcement of an Character at this years Gamescom.

RT @MK_BigD @noobde When will we find .. new about MKX? Its been a while and no hints =( EB: I won't play GAMES or try to COMpete with you.
— Ed Boon (@noobde) 30. Juli 2014

Its also very likely that the Public will get its first hands-on the Game at this years Gamescom i believe.

The latest Trailer was the Reveal of the God of Thunder Raiden at this years EVO.

Here's the Trailer if you have'nt seen it yet:



Mortal Kombat X is coming to PS4, PS3, Xbox One and Xbox360 in 2015.

Gamescom 2014 will take place from August 13th 2014 to August 17th 2014. The Big Press Conferences will take place on August 12th 2014. For more Infos about the Press Conferences read this Special.

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Source: Ed Boon (Twitter)

Rumor: Watch Dogs Sequel Survey send to selected UPlay Members

Watch Dogs

Ubisoft could started the work on a Watch Dogs Sequel according to an Email which was send from Ubisoft to a Uplay Member. The UPlay Member has saved the Email as a Screenshot and uploaded it on Reddit. The Email invited the Member to a Survey in which he can write wishes and ideas for a Sequel of Watch Dogs.

Ubisofts senior vice president Tony Key told Gamespot.com at this years E3 that Watch Dogs is now a Franchise and that Watch Dogs Sequels are coming in the following years for sure.

Watch Dogs came out this May in US and Europe for PS4, Xbox One, PC, PS3 and Xbox360 with a WiiU Version to follow on Fall 2014.

This isnt offical yet so take this with a grain of salt.

What would you want to have in a Watch Dogs Sequel?

Tell me in the Comments.

Source: Reddit

Watch Dogs Survey

Special: DLC's One are Garbage!!

"Downloadble Contents (DLC's) are only beeing developed because Publishers want to earn more money for their Games". This sentence or something like this is said by many Gamers around the World. But are DLC's really only there because Publishers and Developers want to earn extra money?


Day One DLC's: Day-One DLC's are beeing sold on the day the Launch of the Game is arrived. Those DLC's can be Extra Costumes, Weapons, Levels etc or addiotional Specials for the Gamer like EXP Bonus.

Some of you think that those DLC's should be on the Disc when the Game launches. Right? but this isnt easy as you think. For showing you why im saying this im going to show you a graphic of Mass Effect 3 Production by Steve Melton

Day One DLC Developing Timeline

As you can see in the Graphic the development of Day One DLC's are coming in Pre-Production and Production after the full Game left Pre-Production and Production. So the Problem here is that after the Core-Game has left  Production its going to be in the testing Part (Alpha, Beta etc). At this Part there are testers who look for Problems at the Game. Even the Disc-Production is in this Testing Part so it isnt possible anymore to build in any Data on the Disc.

The Day One DLC is going to be produced after the Core-Game has left the Production and the Testing Part of this DLC is much shorter then the Core-Game itself because you dont have to produce Disc's for the DLC and the lenght of the Day One DLC is much shorter so the Testers need much less time to find Bugs, Freezes etc. In the Time the Core-Game is beeing send to Retailers and Online-Shops the Team can full concentrate on the Day One DLC or if it is going planed on the Post-DLC (I will talk about this on another Post).

The full Team are now working on the Day One DLC and try to fix all Bugs and try to polish the DLC as much as they can. After this they are sending the DLC Data to their Partners (PSN, Xbox Marketplace, Steam etc.) and they can upload it exactly at the Launch Day of the Core-Game because the DLC needs just a few Minutes/Hours to get uploaded.

The Day-One DLC can't be on Disc if the Core-Game has to been send to the Retailers in Launch Time. Because the Core-Game itself needs time to get certified and send to the Retailers need much time too.

Ok now i want to answer you the Question from the beggining about what i think about Day One DLC's:

I personally respect the hard work by developers who work on Day One DLC's and if i like the Core-Game i will buy the Day One DLC. And i think all Gamers around the World should respect the work on developing a Day One DLC especially when they give you much content like extra Levels (Ubisoft is developing extra Levels on much of their Games). If the Day One DLC is a Horse, Weapon or anything small like that and is beeing sold for more then 1$ then it isnt worth the money!

What about you? Do you buy Day-One DLC?

Tell me in the Comments.

Next week i want to tell you more about On-Disc DLC's like Streetfighter X Tekken additional Character DLC's and what i think about it.

Gamescom Competition (Win Rage for Steam)

 

Hey today i want to announce a Competition in which you can win 1 from 7 Rage Download Codes for Steam.

If you want to win tell me in the Comments in this Thread Big Plans for Driveclub at Gamescom 2014 if you think Sony will announce a Beta for Driveclub at Gamescom. I will choose 7 Winners with the right answer and send them the Steam Keys. As a Bonus i will give you a extra lottery ticket if you share this Competition on Twitter or Facebook.

You have to comment till the Playstation Press Conference starts! The Playstation Gamescom Press Conference starts on August 12th 2014 on 19pm CEST.

Take you're Chance to win a copy of Rage for free.

Here's one Trailer which shows you some Gameplay from the Game.

 Source: Video is from IGN and rights of the Game are at Bethesda Softworks

Week News Wrap-Up

Hey

This week i started my Blog with a Itroduction and first i want to say thank you for reading News, watching Gameplay and share my Blog trough the Web.

I will summary the 5 most important News this week on my Blog.

Lords of the Fallen Comic Con Trailer and Gameplay: On Wendesday CI-Games and Bandai Namco released a new Trailer for their upcoming Game Lords of the Fallen. Today we got a new Gameplay Video from the Game and it looks awesome for me even if its a Off-Screen Video it looks great and we got a Glimpse from the Games Bosses.
 
New Trailer for Alien Isolation: Yesterday Sega released a new Trailer for their upcoming Survial-Horror Game Alien Isolation. The Trailer features some old Footage and some New Footage. I think we didnt see the HUD yet so this is nice so see. The Graphics looks great to me and the Horror aspect when you see the Alien in the Trailer is very intense.

Evolves new Monster teased (Rumor): On Wendesday the official Xbox Twitter Account tweeted a Art Picture from the upcoming 2K Game Evolve.The Tweet features a Picture of a man who stands in front of a giant Spider look like Monster. Evolve will feature 3 Monsters at Launch: The Goliath, the Kraken and a not yet revealed one. So is this the new Monster?

Driveclub Beta announcement incoming (Rumor): On Thursday Chris Owen the official Community Manager at SCEE tweeted about Big Plans for Driveclub at this years Gamescom. He deleted the Tweet afterwards for some reasons we dont know. There was Rumors before that we will get a Beta for Driveclub before the Launch of the Game. So is a announcement incoming?
 
Bioware shares new Infos about the upcoming Mass Effect Game: At this weeks San Diego Comic Con Bioware had share some new Infos about the upcoming Mass Effect Game.


I also gave you some Infos if you want to visit Gamescom this year. Check it out if you want.

Thank you very much for helping my Blog to grow.

New Gameplay for Lords of the Fallen from Comic-Con

 

The Youtube User Game Trailer Screenshots uploaded a Gameplay from the upcoming Game Lords of the Fallen from the german development Studio CI Games (played on PS4) directly from San Diego Comic Con.

The Video features new Enemies, a First look at the Interface and awesome light- and Particle Effects. Plus a Bossfight against the Infiltrator at the end of the Gameplay.

For me the Framerate looks fluid and the Gameplay looks difficult but less difficult then Dark/Demon Souls from From Software.

The Gameplay is Pre-Beta so this isnt the final Product and the Game could get changes trough the Development.

Enjoy the Trailer:

Lords of the Fallen is coming out on October 28th 2014 in US and October 31th 2014 in Europe.

What do you think of the Gameplay? Tell me in the Comments.

Source: Youtube

Bioware shares new Information about the next Installment of the Mass Effect Franchise

At this weeks San Diego Comic Con Bioware had share some new Infos about the upcoming Mass Effect Game.

The most important Info first. Old known Characters from past Games of the Franchise "could" return in the next Mass Effect. So there is a possibility to see your favourite Character having a Comeback in the new Game in some kind.

The next Big thing is that the Mako is celebrating a Comeback so you can drive on your Mako trough the Landscape of the Planets you will travel via youre spaceship.

They also shown some unique Armors you can get and wear.

The new Mass Effect Game is more focused on exploration Planets and the Space. Thats why Bioware is bringing the Mako back. It gives you the option to travel fast accross the Planet and look for Resources or new Weapons.

Bioware didnt give any Release Window yet so stay tuned for more Infos at upcoming Events like Gamescom, VGA/VGX or the next E3. 

EA is holding its Gamescom Press Conference on August the 13th on 10am CEST. You can watch the Livestream at the official EA Gamescom Site

Mass Effect Armor 

Mako in Action

Mako Reveal

Source: Shinobi602 who addend the Pannel

New Gameplay Trailer for Alien Isolation released

At this weeks San Diego Comic Con Sega revealed a new Trailer for its upcoming Survival-Horror Game Alien Isolation.

The Trailer features some old Footage and some New Footage. I think we didnt see the HUD yet so this is nice so see. The Graphics looks great to me and the Horror aspect when you see the Alien in the Trailer is very intense.

It looks like this is the PS4 Version but it could be the PC Version played with a Playstation Controller also.

The Game will arrive on October the 7th in the US and Europe.

Enough said. Here's the Trailer.




What do you think of the Trailer? Tell me in the Comments.

New Game from Warhammer 40K: Space Hulk Developers Reveal at/before Gamescom

The Developers at the Full Control Studio who had their last Game with Warhammer 40K: Space Hulk are currently working on a new Game which is going to be revealed before Gamescom. This comes from a letter which has send to Press-Members. Warhammer 40: Space Hulk was a average Strategy Game so the new Game is very likely to be a Strategy Game too.

Gamescom takes place from 13th August 2014 to 17th August 2014.

The German Videogame Site Playm had written: "The Developers of the Strategygame Space Hulk Full Control, are currently working on another Project that is taking place in the Warhammer 40K Universe. It hasnt been revealed yet, but we got a Mail from the Developers in which they are talking about it. In this letter it is promising a Gamescom-Presentation of the new Game."

Source: Playm

Dragon Age Comic-Con 2014 Trailer leaked?

Theres a new Trailer for the upcoming Action-RPG Game Dragon Age Inquisition from the actual San Diego Comic-Con. The Game is in development at Bioware (Mass Effect Saga, Dragon Age 1-2, Star Wars KotoR) and will be published by EA. I cant say if its legal because EA's or Bioware's Twitter and Youtube Account doesnt have the Trailer on their Sites.

But you can see new Gameplay Scenes in the Trailer and it shows very good Graphics. The Game just got delayed a few days ago from 7th October 2014 to the 18th Novemeber 2014.

Now Relax and enjoy the Trailer and the nice Sountrack in the Trailer.

Evolves new Monster teased by Xbox Twitter Account?

Today the official Xbox Twitter Account posted a Picture from the Game Evolve at his Timeline showing a man who looks to relax and a big Monster which looks like a gigantic Spider on his left Site. That this could be a real Tease isnt 100% but the official 2K Twitter Page retweeted it. We should see the third and last Monster in the near future, Comic Con San Diego this week or Gamescom from the 13-17 of August.

Evolves new Monster/Spider?

The awesome Lords of the Fallen Comic Con Trailer

Theres a new Trailer from the german developed Game Lords of the Fallen and it looks very good. Nice Graphics, good Gameplay Scenes and a perfect soundtrack for the Trailer.

The Game is coming out this Fall for PS4, Xbox One and PC. No Last Gen or Wii U Version planned.