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Eurogamer's Best of E3 2009 Comments by Oli Welsh

8 June, 2009

Game of the Show, Best Tech, Best Publisher, more.

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Physically_Insane
08/06/09 @ 14:41
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Jesus, EG's lost it. Seriously, Mario!?
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Spydy
08/06/09 @ 14:42
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No Scribblenauts? Ouch.
DUFFKING
08/06/09 @ 14:43
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Was going to mention a lack of Scribblenauts. How the hell can you miss that out.
cyacomini
08/06/09 @ 14:43
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Ok so I got to the first entry then refused to read any more.

New Super Mario Bros. Wii - Game of the show??
liverpoolfc
08/06/09 @ 14:44
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New super mario bros

No way
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Freek
08/06/09 @ 14:44
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Best technology award for something you explain in the article isn't actually real? Odd choice.
Eraysor
08/06/09 @ 14:46
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What a dire selection.
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08/06/09 @ 14:47
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Have to agree with Freek, you can't give best technology award to an AI that is a scripted demo...

Good article though, great read - thanks.
CunningLinguist
08/06/09 @ 14:48
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I for one noticed that despite my initial doubtful reaction to EG reviews and impressions, in the long run I tend to agree with them. Yes inFamous is a 7, MGS 4 an 8 and Bioshock an 11/10. So who knows, maybe this new Mario will be great.
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Yossarian
08/06/09 @ 14:48
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What a bizarre, bizarre game of the show.

Also agree on missing Scribblenauts.

No mention of Alan Wake.

Otherwise good.
stevetuck
08/06/09 @ 14:50
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Opinons differ between various people, learn to live with it
rhubarbandcustard
08/06/09 @ 14:51
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Eurogamer are known for having, shall we say, a quirky stance on videogames. And one that is at odds with the other major gaming web sites.

Choosing yet another bloody Mario platformer as game of the show is a shocker.

Repeat after me, Eurogamer:

The wii is shite, and Mario is a racist Japanese caricature of an Italian male...
The wii is shite, and Mario is a racist Japanese caricature of an Italian male...
The wii is shite, and Mario is a racist Japanese caricature of an Italian male...
The wii is shite, and Mario is a racist Japanese caricature of an Italian male...
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Xerx3s
08/06/09 @ 14:52
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What a selection of weird choices.
Freek
08/06/09 @ 14:52
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But what is the comments sections for if not to give your personal opinion on the article? As long as it's expressed polity.
SleepyDeathFred
08/06/09 @ 14:54
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So... Arkham Asylum not looking good then?
smoothpete
08/06/09 @ 14:54
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Mario. For god's sake, when will the plumbing bastard just DIE.
Fixxxer
08/06/09 @ 14:55
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No, repeat after me:

Mario platformers are consistently hailed as being among the greatest games of all time
Mario platformers are consistently hailed as being among the greatest games of all time
Mario platformers are consistently hailed as being among the greatest games of all time
Mario platformers are consistently hailed as being among the greatest games of all time
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Domovoi
08/06/09 @ 14:55
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NSMB was one of the funner surprises of the show, but I can't really see it bridge that gap between hardcore/traditional and casual.

Lack of scribblenauts is unforgivable.
SleepyDeathFred
08/06/09 @ 14:56
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@ Fixxxer But surely it would be nice to get something actually new for once?
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08/06/09 @ 14:56
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lol@butthurt fanboys.
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08/06/09 @ 14:57
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New Super Mario Bros' Wii was probably the most yawnworthy announcement of the whole show. It'll probably be a decent game but it's certainly nothing to wet your pants about.
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08/06/09 @ 14:58
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Agreed on Milo being a bad choice for best tech. Project Natal itself yes fine, but with the 'tricks' and staged elements of Milo in particular it's an odd choice.
Quint2020
08/06/09 @ 14:59
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Mario?? Bloody hell you've got to be joking...
teabagger
08/06/09 @ 15:00
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Strong showing on both 360 and PS3 platforms this year. Particularly keen on the Sony motion control stuff. Now, if only someone would combine it with that psuedo-3D thing done with by head tracking with the EyeToy camera that would be marvellous.
Domovoi
08/06/09 @ 15:01
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I love how everybody calls Milo 'staged', when they have no proof that it's fake or real. Oh, except that it apparently also worked as advertised when Ellie played with it. Maybe Eurogamer reporters were part of the script too?
stevetuck
08/06/09 @ 15:01
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Yes the comments section is for voicing your opinion on the article...

But how many of the people making the negative comments about a game (seemingly mario) were even at E3 playing the games?
cyacomini
08/06/09 @ 15:02
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no mention of Assassins Creed 2 at all?

It's looking f*cking sweet if you ask me!
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Oli [staff]
08/06/09 @ 15:02
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We considered Scribblenauts along with Batman: Arkham Asylum, but we've covered both some time before E3 and didn't see anything that new from them at the show. We were looking for more "newness" from the Games of the Show, as explained in the intro.
Physically_Insane
08/06/09 @ 15:03
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@Domovoi

Actually a lot of games journalists have said that it's very scripted. You've got to do to the same routine in the trailer or it doesn't work.
SleepyDeathFred
08/06/09 @ 15:03
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Cheers Oli.
designerheadache
08/06/09 @ 15:05
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no mention of Dark Void?

Everytime i see another preview it looks more interesting to me :P
Yossarian
08/06/09 @ 15:07
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The lack of online in NSMB is just baffling to me. I was joking with a friend that it wouldn't be... and then it wasn't. The joke was real.

The joke was real.
Wastelander
08/06/09 @ 15:08
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Meh, just give me Just Cause 2 already!
UncleLou
08/06/09 @ 15:08
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No Scribblenauts indeed, for shame! :)
GreyBeard
08/06/09 @ 15:08
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Milo & Kate, best technology ?!?

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Seriously, applying the principles of cold-reading and the Forer effect to a piece of computer entertainment isn't big and clever. Its old-school charlatanism at its worst.
KILLA
08/06/09 @ 15:10
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Mario is great, what's the problem?
DrDamn
08/06/09 @ 15:10
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@Domovoi
If you watch the "official" vid then the demo lady isn't even standing in the right place for some of it. For example the playing in the water. She is standing right in front of the screen with her hand nearly touching it as she moves her arms. Yet the camera on top of the TV is picking up an image which it is putting on the screen it physically could not grab from that position.
Quint2020
08/06/09 @ 15:13
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I also love how Kojima and Bungie get the "Stuck in a Golden Rut Award" and yet a prettier version of a 20+ year old Mario game gets game of the show.....
JohnnyWashnGo
08/06/09 @ 15:13
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Why do people hate Mario so much?

Surely platform games are one of the biggest parts of videogame heritage and therefore Mario games, being some of the best examples of the platform game genre, are worthy of respect.

I was certainly excited to hear about a new mario bros game, especially since it looks to be very similar to new super mario bros on the DS.

Maybe its time for mario and luigi to go all first person and shoot the crap outta bowser and his henchmen?
monkeylite
08/06/09 @ 15:14
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Not reading. Am I correct in guessing that the game of the show has been awarded to a Nintendo game?
Fixxxer
08/06/09 @ 15:14
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@SleepyDeathFred Yes, and it wouldn't have been my choice but mainly I was just providing some balance to how the comments had gone up to that point.

But as a geniune surprise it is about as new as games get at E3. Hell, it even has 'new' in the title.
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08/06/09 @ 15:14
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haha you muppets_
now the always trying to be different serpent is going to come and bite you in the ass
you chose milo and its fake....
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chubster2010
08/06/09 @ 15:14
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re. 'The clamour to call Milo a fake when no-one ever claimed he was real - Molyneux himself admitting to "tricks"'

That's patently not true. Molyneux's words in the MS press conference were 'This works. Today. Now.'

Sure, he back-tracked in interviews after the conference - saying that there are tricks involved, but his actual presentation - and the thing that gets most attention, especially outside the specialist gaming press - told a different story.

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Physically_Insane
08/06/09 @ 15:16
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Yeah, it's weird that Oli said they were looking for 'newness' and yet they pick a Mario platformer as game of the show.
Domovoi
08/06/09 @ 15:20
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@DrDamn: So is Eurogamer's Ellie in on the conspiracy as well then, when she claimed that it worked for her in the hands on?
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08/06/09 @ 15:21
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I dunno, it may not have been my game of the show but I'm looking forward to that new Mario game.
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08/06/09 @ 15:21
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Mario is great as a character and Super Mario Galaxy was all kinds of super-awesome but, for whatever reason, I just cannot get excited about New Super Mario Bros. at all. Maybe I'm just dead inside but it looks like 2D retro update to me with added multiplayer and nothing new at all. Super Mario Galaxy 2 looks ten times more interesting...
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08/06/09 @ 15:22
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yeah well done eurogamer, you have done a good job of compiling a list of games I have no interest in.
Katsumoto
08/06/09 @ 15:24
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Damn them for not pandering to your interests in an exacting manner.

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