Xervantes at Gamescom-Day 1

Today I drove to Germany with one of my friends and my cousin. We arrived late but still had a couple of hours to enjoy some quality time at Gamescom. Our first day is traditionally reserved for merchandise and looking which games are worth waiting in line for.

Our favorite list

Dragonball Z fighter
2D fighter that plays a lot like a Capcom fighter
Cuphead
Original run 'n shooter that reminds me of Gunstar heroes. The game has a 50's cartoon style.
Assassin's Creed Origins
Monster Hunter World
Mario Odyssey
Fifa 18
PES 2018
Battlefront 2
Hidden Agenda
Biomutant

These are the games we are definitely going to check out tomorrow. We were able to play Dragonball Z fighter and Cuphead today.

First impressions:

Dragonball Z fighter

This game plays and feels just like Capcom fighter, this is not unsurprising because the game was made by Arc Systems who also made games like Guilty Gear and Blazblue.
The graphics are crisp and the action fluid. Gameplay is great, moves are easy to pull off and the game is easy to get into.

Cuphead

A very difficult run 'n gun side scrolling shooter that has some similarity with the genesis/megadrive classic Gunstar Heroes.
You can play co op in run mode or free fire mode and switch between weapons. The game has an unique 50's cartoon style in regards to graphics and music. The graphics are just beautiful and the gameplay is very solid. Get ready to die a lot because this game is hard even on the "simple"setting.

Microsoft still needs to optimize the game because during gameplay I noticed some lag. The game is expected to be released in 2018 so MS still has some time to work out the kinks.

The Pics

The arrival

On arrival we could see that the place was packed

one of the side entrances

The cosplay

There was some good cosplay - No weapons were allowed however

An very original costume indeed

Overwatch's Doomfist was also invited

A lot of cars
With Gran Turismo, Forza and Project Cars 2 struttin' their stuff you know that there would be a lot of cars on display.

Grand Turismo had an Audi on display

Forza is rockin' a nice Porsche

Perhaps the best looking car was brought Project cars, an absolutely stunning looking Mclaren.

PC Cases

We also found a stand with some unbelievable great looking PC Case mods.
Yes, the following pictures are really PC cases.

This PC case actually has moving parts

Familiar Characters
Destiny 2 was also available but since I already played the open beta and the game will be playable I will probably not get in line for Destiny this year (although you get a D2 t-shirt so I might change my mind just to get my hands on the free give away)
There were some nice looking guardians on display

The "merch" aka The Merchandise

The merchandise hall was moved, most likely because of the fact that the number of sellers of game and anime goods just keeps growing each year, much to the delight of the visitors willing to spend their money and buy the goodies offered.

As always the merchandise hall (or Fan shop arena as it is called) was packed

There are some nice looking figures for sale, here is a nice one of Street Fighter's Ibuki

Marvel's Dr Strange looking ominous

An impressive looking Alien, made out of different metal parts

In closing

It was a long day and we left Gamescom at 19:30. On leaving I was able to shoot some last pictures. As you can see it was still very busy until the end