Well, another PAX has come and gone and this one was longer than any before it at 4 days. I was lucky enough to attend all of them.
I thought of doing a full run down of my activities for each day but even I wouldn’t want to read all of that so we’ll just go over the highlights. Friday included a few panels and meandering about the show floor getting our bearings. Normally we would be rushing around trying to get as much done as possible but that fourth day added a sense of time and let us relax and explore a bit more getting a better feel for this year’s layout.
This year I attended a lot more panels. Including the Penny Arcade Q&A, Rooster Teeth Panel, Assassin’s Creed 4 and the Major Nelson Podcast panel (which comes out this coming Friday and you will be able to hear me ask the first ridiculous question) just to name a few.
Now, the games. With such a big year with the launch of the new Xbox One and PS4 there was an insane amount of things to get your hands on for the first time. Just a quick thing, I didn’t play any PS4 games, not because the lines were insane but nothing there really interested me. That being said, Titanfall, this is definitely a game to believe the hype about. It’s incredibly fun and dynamic but doesn’t really feel like a “Next Gen” game but more like a super polished end of a generation game. Which in all honesty we will probably be seeing for the next year and half to two years until developers have time to really delve into the hardware.
While in line for Titanfall Microsoft was running a demo of the new Kinect where they were taking people out of line to play some Kinect Rivals and I was more than happy to volunteer. I played a jet ski game which involved opening and closing your right hand, stomping your foot for a boost, leaning for turning, and pulling your arms back getting a boost off of a jump. Being an owner of the original Kinect it’s safe to say that this new iteration is a huge step up. The sensor recognized quickly when my hand opened and closed,which to me is the biggest test as it is focusing on such a small target than the original did.
There was so much to see this weekend that I really can’t go over everything without making this post super immense so I’m going to go ahead and end it. Sorry for the massive break in writing but I will be trying to write more now that the Next Gen is coming.
Zach
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