EGX 2017

Aerindyr · 5 Sep 2017 at 22:41

How many of you guys are going to EGX 2017 at the end of September?

ocanisak · 6 Sep 2017 at 11:50

I am going got tickets and train tickets but i have a feeling the missus will want to do something and stop me from going lol

elh_2009 · 6 Sep 2017 at 16:30

i went to EGZ Rezzed and loved it, was thinking of going to this but cant be bothered to travel to Birmingham

insane200 · 7 Sep 2017 at 10:17

I'm going on the Sunday, would love to have done 2 days but work gets in the way.

Slowly building a list of what to play.

Assassins creed origins Xbox one X.
Player unkowns Battle grounds, Hopefully Xbox Build.
Forza 7
Strange Brigade.

then probably PUBG again.

Jamesyboyjim · 7 Sep 2017 at 11:58

I'll be going on the Thursday, hoping it will be the quietest of all the days. Usually go on Friday as its become a bit of a tradition for me and a few friends but I must admit, I find my interest has been dropping off the last year or so. Its the retro section that gets my attention the most, always fun playing Mario Kart 64 and Street Fighter II with randomers but its still cool to see whats new and coming out!

malachi · 7 Sep 2017 at 13:32

Will be missing it this year, for the first time ever since it started back 2002 (i think) Think I'm done with gaming expo's now apart from the odd retro gaming one.

elh_2009 · 7 Sep 2017 at 14:54

malachi said:
Will be missing it this year, for the first time ever since it started back 2002 (i think) Think I'm done with gaming expo's now apart from the odd retro gaming one.

any links to any Retro ones?

i am tempted to drive up for the Sunday but will probably give it a miss

malachi · 7 Sep 2017 at 15:34

elh_2009 said:
any links to any Retro ones?

i am tempted to drive up for the Sunday but will probably give it a miss

https://www.playexpoblackpool.com/

https://www.playexpomanchester.com/

These are to 2 upcoming ones. I went to one in Walsall back in May. Not sure when they are doing the next one.

https://www.revivalretroevents.co.uk/

Kainz · 15 Sep 2017 at 13:04

I want to go but may have too much on, and training to Birmingham I won't really enjoy. I wish it was still at Earls court.

ic1male · 22 Sep 2017 at 13:48

Nobody going to this to play with the X1X?

malachi · 22 Sep 2017 at 16:00

ic1male said:
Nobody going to this to play with the X1X?

Nah, I can wait. Nothing I haven't seen on my gaming PC before. If it was a Nintendo console then it would be a different story.

chris4652009 · 25 Sep 2017 at 10:20

The smell of body spray on stale sweat and dirty clothes was as pungent as it was in previous years.
Some great stuff on the show floor this year though after last year's disappointing show.

insane200 · 25 Sep 2017 at 10:35

ic1male said:
Nobody going to this to play with the X1X?

I played AC Origins on the One X, Watched people play Forza 7 as the queues were crazy long, AC looked really nice, great draw distance and ran really smooth on the One X XDk machine, Not so good on the Pc version on the Ubisoft stand.

Forza 7 looks amazing, 4k 60fps really does show of how good games can look on this machine, They had the One X console in glass cabinets for people to look at, and it's pretty small which is very impressive considering how much is inside.

Also played PUBG which was running on Pc but was the specific Xbox build so had all the menus designed for Xbox pad, this also looked good, the sound was fantastic as you could hear firefights in the distance, see pretty far ahead, and looting was fairly simple, Cant wait to sink some time into this one.

Not sure I'll go again though, it was so much busier than the days in London and some queues were insane, the queue for Sea of thieves was 4/5 hours long for a 30min play.

Jamesyboyjim · 26 Sep 2017 at 11:52

chris4652009 said:
The smell of body spray on stale sweat and dirty clothes was as pungent as it was in previous years.
Some great stuff on the show floor this year though after last year's disappointing show.

haha so true! I was looking at some of the retro games for sale and some guy pushed in next to me, I was nearly sick, how can people not realise they smell so bad?!

Was it just me who noticed there were tonnes of cross dressers / trannies this year?! No I'm not talking about the cosplay.

chris4652009 · 27 Sep 2017 at 08:15

Jamesyboyjim said:
haha so true! I was looking at some of the retro games for sale and some guy pushed in next to me, I was nearly sick, how can people not realise they smell so bad?!

Was it just me who noticed there were tonnes of cross dressers / trannies this year?! No I'm not talking about the cosplay.

No, I noticed them too..each to their own

gord · 27 Sep 2017 at 09:49

insane200 said:
Also played PUBG which was running on Pc but was the specific Xbox build so had all the menus designed for Xbox pad, this also looked good, the sound was fantastic as you could hear firefights in the distance, see pretty far ahead, and looting was fairly simple, Cant wait to sink some time into this one.

You just rocketed my mad hype-o-meter..

insane200 · 27 Sep 2017 at 09:58

gord said:
You just rocketed my mad hype-o-meter..

I'm extremely hype for it, watched quite a few hours worth of people playing and can't wait to get some proper hands on, Playing fortnite Battle Royal for now to scratch the itch.