From the outside...Earls Court
At the weekend I got to attend
the Euro Gamer Expo (now known as EGX) at Earls Court in London – what to say
about this event????...
I got to hang out with some
amazing Legacy of Kain/Nosgoth people :D – oh you all know who you are – who
were super! I got to play a fair few games...including queuing 30 mins to play
Nosgoth – man the wait was longer than the wait in a Lobby back in Alpha lol
View from
upstairs
Anyway onto the show – I managed
to attend both the Friday and Saturday. The atmopshere was great – the people
and design – layout and well just the whole thing was pretty awesome and what
you’d kind of expect from a convention if you’ve not been – loud noises –
cheering – matches on big screens – stalls – games – games and more
games...oh and not expecting overly priced food and drink – but it’s Earls
Court so you know what to expect.
Cosplay
stage
The only
thing I was hoping for and was a little disappointed about was the amount of
cosplayers – yes there were a few and the quality was great but
there weren't as many as I thought there would be...well
compared to MCM Comic Con there weren't many...but I
suppose they've only had cosplay there for a couple of years so
it takes a while to get going. They did though however have a cosplay stage –
and stuff there going on...such as the masquerade, games,
panels/guidance etc which was cool.
Winners
of the cosplay masquerade (Friday)
The Friday was the less busy of
the two days at the convention but it was still pretty manic – the queue to get
in the doors was pretty huge but they managed to get people in pretty quick
which was damn good...if it would have been raining it would have sucked. The
queue time for games though wasn’t as long on the Friday as the Saturday but
average waiting time for games was around 30 mins or so – so it was a lot of
standing about but it could have been way worse.
There was a little free evening
event at a local pub which was kinda cool to – it was free and you got a free
drink (I luv free stuff!) and could take part in a gaming quiz...it was great
to hang out with some people from the day and generally geek out about games
and stuff...I’d recommend popping down if they do one next year – it’s not a
banging party (like the Sony one) but a nice chilled out pub gathering.
Great
cosplay
Anyway back to games...I don’t
think I can remember all the games I went and played – but
I'll try to name some: Alien Isolation, Nosgoth, Mortal Kombat X, Lara Croft
and the Temple of Osiris, Lego Batman, Bayonetta 2, Lords of the Fallen, Super
Smash Bros (for WiiU), Hyrule Warriors...yeah that's all I can remember right
now – and they were all great in there own ways!
My three top
highly anticipated games are:
Lara Croft and the Temple of
Osiris
Bayonetta 2
Mortal Kombat X
...wait Lucinvampire – why isn’t
Nosgoth listed in the top three games???? Surely that’s just rude! Heh I’m only
not adding it because you all know it’d bump something else out of place – that
it’s great – and how much I love it – so thought I’d better be fair and give
chance to some other games for once.
Prophet and Alchemist @ Nosgoth
Well in round up – overall it was
a great convention – with great people – games and overall awesomeness :D I’d
highly recommend visiting it if you haven’t so far...the price is bargain to
get in – and if you like games you’ll LOVE it :D
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