The Eurogamer TV Show - Episode 3

First?...

Nice wii ring next to toilet!

"Wii-ing in every room"

You just couldn't resist could you...

Honestly Motorstorm is really the first game I feel is providing a next gen experience.

Evolution's "Nigel" looks like he's on speed!

:-)

@Avaloner

How is this next gen?

Doesn't look like anything a high spec PC couldn't do.

Ace Grace: Plus they gave away the polygon counts... which have already been beaten by many many games.

Its not only the graphics. Its the physics and the AI coming together to offer something beyond what most racers offer at the moment.

loved the motorstorm feature, but johnny man, stop waving those hands around!

Doesn't look like anything a high spec PC couldn't do.

How is a high spec PC not "next gen"?

Besides, I haven't seen a game that good-looking on my PC yet.

Yeah, Motorstorm is impressing me on a number of levels - the sheer density of effects animation, scale of the courses and a sense of 'place'. If it can really feel like 'multiplayer' whether online or off then I'll be doubly impressed.

Can see £500 hole in bank account looming in the 2nd Qtr 2007.

@ psychotext

Do you think the 20,000 polygon racetracks is correct? I know with normal mapping etc. etc. a lot of detail can be generated from few polys but that still sounds a bit low. To me. Anyway.

WTF is all this Commando shit!

Great episode, Motorstorm looks excellent, they've certainly put alot of thought into it.

barchetta: Well, it's just my opinion but having seen it running now I don't think it looks great. Player reports (of the demo) have pretty much universally slated it (even ps3 fans) too. It's actually a shame cos I was quite excited about this one. I'll give this GAGS thing the benefit of the doubt for now but it doesn't sound like anything particularly new. I really think it's too early for people who haven't played it to start talking about the revolutionary AI.

I don't like hype, but I really want to like this game. = /

Oh, and UncleLou - You might not have seen a racing game look that good, but if you haven't seen any other games looking that good then you either haven't been playing the latest releases or you've had your res set to 800 x 600.

(Usual disclaimer, buying all next gen consoles yada yada)

Oh, I'll also say this. The demo isn't the finished game (it's pretty much what the Japanese get though) so I'm hoping for far more from the finished product.

Good show!

Was the fighting in the mosh pit pre-rendered, or in-game?

Just watched the 1Up show earlier, and this makes a refreshing change from the "Me! Me! Me!" 1Up journo's.

And no mention of Halo 3 or Gears of War!

great show ! Why not a video podcast?

http://www.playsyde.com/news_3764_en.html
http://www.playsyde.com/news_3750_en.html

There are some high quality vids for viewing pleasure. No sound though. It does look better than on EGTV though that's hardly a surprise. I liked the GAGS system idea, means things should remain exciting.

psychotext: My comments were in hope rather than from experience. Is it a general slating that has been brewing? - dameplay does beat graphics after all.

Agree on the hyping issue - though the fact we all frequent forums like this mean we do have an interest in upcoming titles. Am trying to minimise exposure to too much detail in the previews I read in the hope of preserving some surprises.

Lol @ the moshers!

People are gonna knock each other out in the heat of gaming!

barchetta: All I can say is that a lot of people seemed disappointed. Ignoring the frame rate issues a few said that it got kinda boring, but they couldn't explain why. Maybe it's a sensory overload thing.

great episode guys, the best one yet. loved the motorstorm bits - the game is looking far better than i expected. the in-car view especially makes it seem a lot faster and more realistic than other videos i've seen.

two things i'd like to point out about the show which i found highly amusing:

1) the girl in the pit got pwned

2) hilarious pogoing to guitar hero 2 :p

nice show, guys!

motorstorm looks nice

Erm, SAS my arse, for a start they're too tall.

Anyways, good episode.

"Wii-ing in every room"

You just couldn't resist could you...

That one made me cringe a little bit.

great show great show. looking forward to the next one. games tv is lovely stuff.

only criticism is the dialogue is read a bit woodenly, presuming because its only the 3rd eps though

its reasonable mapping poly's but then you add the number of polys from the vehicles and you've got lots and lots of polys, i liked the clever terrain mapping they showed...very swish.

They should have located Motorstorm in Hull. Think about it.... speeding around in VWs.

Can you try and use the words "post modernism", "paradigm shift" and "juxtaposition" (or "juxtaposed") in the next report?

What camera you guys using for this? I take it theres an external mic, right?

Motorstorm looks effin good though. Really looking forward to playing it. Had a look at the mud stuff and I really can't see what all the fuss is about. It's all done with clipping and small effects. Although very cool and innovating, not something that is mind blowing in terms of technology.

motorstorm looks awesome!

primal scream ftw!! \o/

Flatout in the desert with /\/\Ot0B1K3S!!!!111

Sucks the (Wii) competition was for UK residents only :(


Great show non the less.

Very enjoyable show - much more so than many other sites attempts at similar. I think it's due to a large amount of actual content versus the "I'm the real star" ethos of other journos.

Two things though:

"Tony Iommo" ?!? Jeez, you hoped nobody spotted that one, didn't you ! Blame the Stella all you want but that was poor. Did you realise you'd said it before editing ?

However, Ellie as a rock chick more than made up for that ! Yeah, ok, that paints me shallow but damn that made me smile ! Either be-wigged or not she was shredding for the pit !! ;o)

Overall then:-

Content + Rock-Ellie - Iommo = ftw !!

Great work, really enjoyed watching.

Nice content but the presenter is trying to hard (and some of the jokes are both unfunny and unnecessary).

Motorstorm doesn't remind me so much of either Flatout or Smuggler's Run but instead quite a lot of the races in GTA. Chaotic, destructive, spectacular, but not very good at actually being a racing game. Too chaotic, too destructive, too much bouncing around, slipping and sliding and having randomness being in control whilst the player is struggling to be heard amongst the carnage of onscreen effects.

Dude, I love this! Eurogamer video rocks, now Eurogamer is officially my favourite gaming site!!!!

Needs more Rob Fahey.....and is that competition open all European residents?

Where is this Wii house?

And can I visit?

@Solly: Well, in my case I can't really put my finger on it. It's just a feeling I get.

I'm just not brittish enough I s'pose. :)

@Cthulie: Did you play 1nsane when it was released (way back)? :)

I like Excite Truck, its going to be much better than Motor Storm.


LOOOOOOOOOOL!

Excite Truck looks unfinished and boring. Way below nintendo standards. I hope developers don't start using the Wii control scheme as a crutch to iad their horrible games. Nintendo should be setting an example and instead they release a game at launch which is banking on the wiimote to sell.

Damn while typing I dropped a jelly baby and I just cant find him anywere.

This show and show 1 were great.
Show 2 was quite immature and reminded me more of certain american sites.
Nice to see a return to form and no need to ape around too much.
I like games, that doesn't mean I am juvenile...so keep up the high standard of presentation.

I like the content of the show, but personally I'd like to see a little more debate from your staff on what everyone honestly thinks of the games that have been shown.
That's probably my favourite aspect of 1up's show, you get the impression the people are speaking from the gutt and its far more interesting watching people discuss games intelligently and passionately from their different perspectives rather than reading one guys rant... I think a section with your staff debating what they thought of the Wii games or Motorstorm would have greatly improved the show imo. (Not that its bad in any way in the first place).

Very good boys, you're getting the format down to pat. I even entered the compo.

ps Hello Ellie in her rock-chick-cheeky-rock outfit. We need more of this in future episodes to attract more females to gaming.

Nuke the moshers!

Motorstorm is the first PS3 game that's made me sit up and take notice. Yes, it's 'only a driving game', but in the same way that the incredible Gears of War is 'only a shooter'.