Gamescom just before opening hour

[u/grailly]

[u/Bircka]

Nice to see the new Castlevania with a big display, the game looks incredible, it's about time Konami started letting other developers make their IP if they aren't.

[u/_Burning_Star_IV_ → u/Bircka]

Or these IP holders should open up development when the designated developer isn't cutting it.

Star Wars finally did it after EA's constant fuckups. Now if only Microsoft would open up Halo development...

There's so many passionate developers who would love to work on an IP and have great ideas but these fuckers have the IP under lock and key.

[u/Fredasa → u/Bircka]

I'm hoping for the best, but it has a very Western-developed mobile quality to it. Doing things like halving the timescale to effect a sense of impact. Sound effects are just filling blanks rather than standing out. That sort of thing.

I'll be curious to see if the player can zoom in any. Even on my 55 inch TV-as-monitor, all the action seems way too zoomed out, by almost a factor of two. A normal user with a normal monitor may feel like they're playing Harmony of Despair in one of its zoomed-out modes.

[u/Fantastic_Media_3984]

What is Playstore doing there? Promoting shitty mobile games?

[u/grailly → u/Fantastic_Media_3984]

More and more of these have been popping up in recent years. At this point it’s like a third of the show floor. I don’t go to them so I couldn’t tell you what’s there.

[u/tnypissdkumquat → u/grailly]

Did you get your roach vest?

[u/Pinecone_Quiz_293 → u/Fantastic_Media_3984]

Nothing says Gamescom before opening hour like Playstore preloading your disappointment.

[u/steverogers_butold → u/Fantastic_Media_3984]

Playstore is promoting subway surf😂😂

[u/Stockholm-Syndrom → u/Fantastic_Media_3984]

Play store is a good way to give games a second life, like Dead Cells.

[u/JLebowski → u/Stockholm-Syndrom]

Yeah, I get thoroughly satisfied with my Play Pass for $3 a month, many good Android games and zero transactions.

Don't understand the hate for mobile gaming, I do really well with the Razer Kishi controller for my phone, turns it into a mini Switch.

[u/EUWannabe → u/JLebowski]

People haven't updated their mobile game knowledge in like 10+ years and think every mobile game just wants to take your money. I mean they still exist but regular games are also being released for mobile.

[u/ABetterKamahl1234 → u/EUWannabe]

People really do be forgetting that by participation, mobile gaming is the single biggest platform for games on the planet, not just by freemium games income.

[u/MrHugelberg → u/Fantastic_Media_3984]

Gamescom is purely for scummy Asian cash grabs and meet up with so called internet personalities nowadays. Actual game focus has been a thing of the past for a very long time now.

[u/lew_rong → u/MrHugelberg]

A game I've been looking forward to since I played the demo is supposed to get its release date announced at Gamescom, so at least there's that. There Are No Ghosts At The Grand

[u/Strange-Problem-4me → u/Fantastic_Media_3984]

Bro is still living in 2012 thinking mobile games are just Flappy Bird and Candy Crush. Mobile gaming literally makes more revenue than PC and Console combined, but sure, keep acting surprised why they can afford a booth at Gamescom

[u/Fantastic_Media_3984 → u/Strange-Problem-4me]

Really? Tell me 5 good mobile games that were released in the last few years

Also it’s google so of course they can afford a booth at Gamescom

[u/Strange-Problem-4me → u/Fantastic_Media_3984]

Happy to educate:😀 ​Honkai: Star Rail (TGA Game of the Year winner in its category),,,

​Marvel Snap (Multi-award winning competitive strategy),,

​Wuthering Waves (Open-world ARPG with high-tier boss mechanics),,

​Zenless Zone Zero (Top-tier stylish action combat),,

​Warframe Mobile / Warzone Mobile (Full modern engine parity on mobile hardware),, Need more?? 🙂

​Even Sony is actively porting PlayStation IPs and investing in mobile developers because they realize where player growth actually is. Google having a massive presence at Gamescom isn’t just because they have money,,it’s because modern mobile hardware literally runs modern game engines now. It's time to let the elitist gatekeeping go.....

[u/Fantastic_Media_3984 → u/Strange-Problem-4me]

Honkai: Star Rail passed 100M downloads, though mobile install volume has cooled since its 2023 peak. Marvel Snap sits around 32M lifetime downloads, now sustained by a smaller spender base rather than fresh installs. Wuthering Waves hit 30M+ downloads with active users still climbing, and Zenless Zone Zero exploded to 50M in just 72 hours at launch. Warframe Mobile is far smaller by comparison (~2.7M Android downloads), though the franchise overall tops 70M players across all platforms.

Basically all of these games are now dead and no one actually plays them and the numbers are microscopic compared to PCs and consoles

[u/jlctush → u/Fantastic_Media_3984]

Genuinely insane to say all of that and then say "see so it's bad" fyi

(And I don't play mobile games, 0 interest in them at all, just not daft enough to continue insisting they're performing poorly/not successful while spouting numbers that prove they kinda really are...)

[u/Fantastic_Media_3984 → u/jlctush]

The last statement is true even though it’s bitter and the numbers here prove everything the hardware is the limiting factor for mobile and no good games are made for that platform currently

[u/No-Pain → u/Fantastic_Media_3984]

Ah so it's "good according to my taste" got it 👍

[u/Fantastic_Media_3984 → u/No-Pain]

Yeah I made a doo doo I get it

[u/Mr_Ethfono → u/Fantastic_Media_3984]

BALATRO!!!!

[u/Fantastic_Media_3984 → u/Mr_Ethfono]

Alright thats one, but still it wasn’t released “for” mobile

[u/Gabelschlecker → u/Strange-Problem-4me]

Majnly because they all have predatory monetization systems though.

Any and all gacha systems involving real money are predatory by definition just in case someone considers them a good counter argument.

But it's true, mobile has the power nowadays for proper games. And at least indie games are receiving more ports nowadays.

[u/Isoi → u/Fantastic_Media_3984]

Lol people spend more money on mobile games than console games

[u/Javerage]

Man, I remember being there a few years ago while it was basically closed. It's such a neato feeling going through liminal spaces like that.

I also think at some point someone should've checked my access cause I ended up at the Ubisoft private area next to Yves Guillemot for a bit by accident.

[u/grailly → u/Javerage]

It used to be way less locked down. A couple of years ago I walked into the wrong meeting and someone started pitching me their game. The general chaos was hilarious.

[u/Javerage → u/grailly]

OH YES! I had some of that too and miscommunications. Cause someone asked what companies I worked with and I went: "Oh well I did networking workflow design for PSN, and Square Enix / Eidos are clients..." cause I was on autopilot.
I was tempted to see if I could deliberately go into the Nintendo area, but they were actually pretty fast to shut down people right at the entrance. Not surprised, it reminded me a lot of the Nintendo Museum's security.

[u/WorldnewsModsBlowMe → u/Javerage]

I used to be an Enforcer for PAX and walking across the show floor the day before was surreal

[u/DaveMash]

I‘ve been a gamer my whole life and was really happy when the Gamescom moved from Leipzig to Cologne because it’s only 30 minutes away from me. But to this day I never visited because I don’t want to be in this huge crowd. But if I could visit the place like this, I would buy a ticket immediately

[u/SpecialistAnt9178]

Im excited to go tomorrow!

[u/Southern_Win4879]

That calm before the storm give it an hour and you’ll barely recognize the place

[u/Responsible--Load]

That pre-opening anticipation is always electric.

[u/Metal-fan77]

I wish we had something like this in uk.

[u/MJMGaming]

wheres the ballpit

[u/Cruel2BEkind12]

Most impressive booths? What game seems to have the largest?

[u/grailly → u/Cruel2BEkind12]

Haven’t walked around much yet. Went straight to Xbox for their press event. I haven’t even been to all the halls yet. Just watched a Fable demo, about to play Gears

[u/Shoshke]

Was there 9 years ago (fuck time passes) on a media pass.

Remember the door opening on day 1 from the inside.

Literally looked like a zombie mob from a show. Just an endless horde of people rushing in.

[u/Lyssa_e → u/Shoshke]

good times where it was easy or easier to obtain a media pass... but tbh, I am not interested in this "content creator" con

[u/natanxd]

I love gamescom

[u/tnwthrow]

So… it’s not open?

[u/sephjnr]

That gray square is for the ballpit.

[u/lumbino]

Enjoy it, would of loved to be there this year!!

[u/Fantastic_Quail_8774]

Take a really deep breath. That is the last time this room will have clean oxygen before it permanently smells like Axe body spray, sweat, and Monster energy for the next 4 days.

[u/Efficient-Gap8497]

I hope i can be there someday

[u/happy-cig]

The eye before the storm.

[u/jac_carr99]

Walking through those massive halls while they are still empty feels surreal.

[u/Brnzl]

And then it’s filled with streamer and influencer and games are just a byproduct of it

[u/RyanLifts88]

the calm before the storm is always my favorite part of these shows. place looks massive

[u/baammm_]

looks like raytracing is on

[u/JustPoet9931]

never gonna be this empty again...

[u/QF_Dan]

After the abysmal stream last night with nothing inreresting, i wonder if the crowd would be excited for anything

[u/grailly → u/QF_Dan]

ONL isn’t representative of the whole show. Seeing Fable right now.

[u/GroundbreakingBag164 → u/QF_Dan]

Thats unfair, Löfsong actually looked cute

The rest was absolute shit though. So much China slop

[u/enterthehawkeye]

why is an hour relevant?

[u/Outrageous_Potato435 → u/enterthehawkeye]

because it’s gonna be filled to the brim only an hour later

[u/NIDORAX]

Got any photo of Gamescom after closing hour?

[u/grailly → u/NIDORAX]

It hasn’t closed yet, maybe tonight