The Eurogamer TV Show - Episode 6

Published 15 January, 2007 Duration 24:56

On board HMS Belfast for an in-depth look at Eidos' ambitious war title, BattleStations Midway; Virtua Tennis 3 back on centre court; and sporting legend Steve Davis cues up for World Snooker Championship 2007.

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  • andromeda #1 5 years ago

    yay first!

    /bored, sorry

  • thinktank #2 5 years ago

    lol at credits

  • rashes #3 5 years ago

    I can't buffer this.. anyone else having problems. I really wish there was some way of just downloading this...

  • patlike #4 5 years ago

    We're going to be offering downloadable versions very soon, rashes.

  • waffle #5 5 years ago

    probably best to keep the frontperson someone that actually understands the industry.

  • stoopidgreg #6 5 years ago

    enjoyed the battlestations midway bit. that was about it.

  • Nickster #7 5 years ago

    Oi Fruit_Salad, Johnny Minkley is far from boring! Granted, he might want to check his inflections (they can get on one's nerves after a while), but I think he's funny, eloquent, and extremely sexy.

    Johnny Minkley FTW, baby!
    Edited by 1 at 15/01/07 @ 17:15

  • Hench #8 5 years ago

    That was a terrible shot at the snooker table Johnny lol

  • Donny #9 5 years ago

    Lost Planet advert at the beginning FTLose.

  • LeD #10 5 years ago

    Shut up Donny

  • Ceatlan #11 5 years ago

    I thought it was pretty telling how little VT3 seemed to have changed when compared to the clips of VT on the Dreamcast. Apart from being in higher resolution it didn't look any different at all, the animation looked identical.

    I was hoping they would have raised the bar in the animations of the players moving around the court. The players still look like they are spinning around the balls of there feet and don't look in any way natural when they change direction. The animations for actually hitting the ball are fine, but they were good before.

    It all looks like completely canned animations, no concept of procedural animation that works out how a player would actually get from one position to another.

    Edited by 1 at 15/01/07 @ 16:23

  • jmctavish #12 5 years ago

    Good show again. Streets ahead of anything on the T.V.

    I quite like Steve Davis' suggestion of the "unknown" game. There's way too much coverage of games. It's always more fun to play a game fresh, with next to no idea of what to expect.

    When you see the Dreamcast VT clip you realise that VT3 is just the same game but slightly smoother.
    Edited by 1 at 15/01/07 @ 16:35

  • Poorandugly #13 5 years ago

    It dragged on forever during the BattleStations Midway-bit. More like a really long commercial than anything else.

  • dsmx #14 5 years ago

    I like the idea of the unknown game as well, but who will have the balls to do that? Release a game with no coverage?

  • X201 #15 5 years ago

    "We're going to be offering downloadable versions very soon"
    Wahey!

    /Jaffas all around

  • waffle #16 5 years ago

    as for unknown games, no one would want to spend the dough unless they knew what they were getting but then turn round and say "there were no surprises". Seems to resemble a catch22 situation.

  • markypants #17 5 years ago

    Give Johnny Minkley some crack! Seriously, lovin the work and all that... But... Pace needs picking up quick smart. Spoken to 3 people today from my office who didn't even get passed the museum tour, I mean the preview of Midway: Battlestations. I appreciate the subject matter isn't exactly full speed ahead (see what I did there) but it all feels a little bit too 'flat'. Maybe Minkley should let somebody else have a go?

  • Fortissimo7777 #18 5 years ago

    Loved that lost planet ad at the start! Game looks great.

    More info on x360 virtua tennis plz.

  • rashes #19 5 years ago

    thanks patlike. Looking forward to it.
    Battlestations Midway looks very cool. Obviously won;t suit everyone. I was a big fan of Carrier Command back in the day.

  • ekko #20 5 years ago

    ....
    Edited by 1 at 16/01/07 @ 07:54

  • rauper Verified Managing Director, Eurogamer Network #21 5 years ago

    Uh oh... stalker alert... :p

  • Mr-Brett #22 5 years ago

    While i think EGTV is pretty professional and i really liked the earlier ones i have found the last 2 episodes too boring to actually watch, you're focusing on 1 or 2 games too much and especially when those games are a war simulator or a sports game you're gonna bore people.

  • krenzler #23 5 years ago

    Hideo Kojima should make the unknown game. He could be crazy enough to do it (just think Boktai - or his ideas about a game where game over really means game over).

    His name alone ("from the creator of Metal Gear Solid!";) should be enough to sell it. Publications & websites would have to accept not receiving a review copy. But keeping it under wraps these days? - Nearly impossible. Especially considering how large the dev. teams are. It would have to be a smaller select group.

    But upon the release word would spread quickly of course. From then on it would be up to each individual to cover his/her ears (unless it's bought on day 1).

    How about it Kojima?

    One developer who could never pull it off? Lionhead & Peter Molyneux of course!

  • thefjk #24 5 years ago

    Did't like this show much... the snooker part was the most interesting!

  • bdaggers #25 5 years ago

    Nice section on Midway

  • Paddy_tt #26 5 years ago

    wouldnt it be great if they realeased an unkown game and it turned out to be halo 3... at least then we could be spared the inevitably tiresome advertsing campaign preceding launch.

  • projectmayhem #27 5 years ago

    loving the egtv show, but my god were a snooker and tennis game the only options to go for? battlestations was interesting, because there's lots to talk about. what more can you say about snooker & tennis other then they look nice, and play pretty much as well as they did last time...

  • darshannon #28 5 years ago

    "There are already lots of tennis games on Wii"

    Uhh... Actually, there's only one, isn't there?

  • monklet #29 5 years ago

    i thought the show was great. the content can't please everyone, but i thought it was great. and johnny is fantastic. the guys clearly know what they are talking about. can't ask for much more. well, besides asking to make it downloadable! no complaints here!

  • Saii #30 5 years ago

    Not worth the buffering time

  • alithebull #31 5 years ago

    Midway: Carrier Command! What an ace game! God, I havent played that in years...

    VT3: Looked axactly the same as VT2 and who the hell cares if the players have sweat marks and stains..... they're tiny for pete's sake!

    Snooker Game: Yawn.......

  • alithebull #32 5 years ago

    sorry, did i just stray into the forum of some hypercritical TV website?

    can we please talk about games and not the quality of the broadcasting? its only 25 minutes long and if you can't even sit through about a minute and a half's tour of a museum (it was even speeded up in places!!) you have been playing way too many games and need to read a book!!

    calm down dearest!

  • bushwod #33 5 years ago

    You Sunk My Battleship!!!!!

    :-P

  • smellysula #34 5 years ago

    "sorry, did i just stray into the forum of some hypercritical TV website? "

    totally agree alithebull - why is everyone being so negative? finally we get a cool games show and everyone is bitching! :-S


  • squaylor #35 5 years ago

    ...and in Steve Davis we get a 'celebrity name' associated with a game that actually seems to know something about both the product in question, and gaming in general. He made some interesting points, I thought.

  • spongebob #36 5 years ago

    Sumo doing an original IP for PS3. Pretty nice, I'd say.

    And yeah, once again EG excels with the TV show. Minkley's comment on Sharapova made me laffo. Great host and classy ending credits tune.

  • turtlesbreath #37 5 years ago

    Since when has Blade been Sheffield based? Sloppy Eurogamer!

  • Ryze #38 5 years ago

    This is PSP material. where's the download?

    What do people around here use to turn .flv's into .mp4's?

    Cheers.

  • SeesThroughAll #39 5 years ago

    @ Ryze:

    Thinking the same thing. Keep with the times, EG. Even GameTrailers has been doing that for ages. A simple 320x240 AVC would run on both the iPod and the PSP.