The general feeling around the Push Square office is that Gamescom 2019 has been pretty darn dull. Much like E3 earlier in the year, it feels like publishers are now holding back for next-gen -- the bottom line is that there just isn't much new stuff to show. In fact, you could say that things have felt muted 2019 in overall, even when it comes to the release schedule.
But every generation has these kinds of lulls -- and they usually occur as next-gen hardware looms large on the horizon. With all that said, did you enjoy Gamescom this year? Did it live up to expectations? Did you even have any expectations for the Cologne-based event? Have your say in our polls, and then give is an honest opinion in the comments section below.
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honestly i missed most of it, too busy doing my SIA training , which is now done so i'm just waiting on the results
It was imformative............. beats hanging round in W.H.Smiths eeking out the latest news on a newly released game.
Gamecom was never going to be big for news, it was too close to E3 for that. The Death Stranding stuff was cool with the actual gameplay loop coming into focus (even if some don't want to accept that's exactly what the game is). Bit disappointing that we aren't getting the full Cyberpunk demo though. But let's be honest the big story of the week came from a PlayStation tweet then anything at the actual event.
I prefer the studio focus of E3 and the different platforms having there time to show off. I prefer the bite size pieces approach. Gamescom throws so many games at you I will forget most of them were even shown.
The best news was a short tweet from PlayStation, so....
I don't know why but I was hoping for a lot more to be shown or at least a more interesting one.I guess that's why I managed to watch an hour and a half of it before,bitterly disappointed,turning it off in boredom.
The first rule of Gamescom 2019 is: You do not talk about Gamescom 2019.
This year's Gamescom really highlighted for me how uninterested I am in most of the big games coming out nowadays.
I never expect anything from Gamescom, so having a little bit of DS gameplay there was kinda nice.
I was expecting Gamescom to be alright, and it was alright. That doesn't really fit with the choices though, so I'll skip the vote.
It came out of nowhere and everyone was hyped up and then it really just dragged for 2 hours with games I really wasn’t into. At least DS looks incredible.
No WiLD announcement so a disappointment for me
@RBMango
I have lots of the big titles I got when they were on sale but I almost always get bored stiff so I go to the retro/arcade games when I actually want to have fun. Lots of new indies are sensational!
I wanted Sega to announce a western release for Yakuza 3-5, and they did! So that alone made it worthwhile for me!
The Nintendo indie thing was better than the big show for me. I'm not trying to be provocative knowing this is a PS site. It's just how I felt about it.
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