The highs & the lows of one of the biggest Gams Show.
Tokyo has been famous and has been quite active in the gaming industry during these recent years, and one of their notable events would be the Tokyo Game Show 2009. Disappointment was the preceding mood hanging in the air, as fewer games were exhibited this time round – probably a tattling result of the global recession. A total of 758 games were exhibited this year, but that wasn’t good enough, as it didn’t beat last year’s 879.
Gamers were also looking forward to more breathtaking and astonishing games, but in the end, not many were announced this year compared to the last. Even so, the Tokyo Game Show was still packed with fans and people from all over the world.
Sadly, many have voiced that it’s such a pity that E3, GamesCom and TGS are so closely related, because now it seems that it would be a tougher job impressing gamers who crave for fresh new games. That’s probably the reason why the Tokyo Game Show wasn’t as flashy or overwhelming like last year’s.
To other people, however, the Tokyo Game show 2009 was interesting enough as some new titles were released, like Halo 3: ODST, Heavy Rain: The Origami Killer and the intense thriller Left 4 Dead 2.
Project Natal, Microsoft’s controller-free technology was also impressively demonstrated to the people at the Game Show. Kudo Tsunoda introduced the basics of the 360’s motion-sensing Natal technology, and some gamers were eager to play the games specifically created for the technology.
It seems like they have exhibited quite a few interesting, new RPG games, including the all-time favorite Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep. Other new RPGs like Okamiden: Chisaki Taiyou, Lunar: Silver Star Harmony and Ninokuni were equally as impressive.
Besides that, TGS is well known for its hot and snazzy game displays, but a few strange ones also took centre stage. Like last year, some titles had their own unique personalities. There was a PC game which required you to hold a broom handle with a boxing glove attached to one end; while onscreen you had to punch the air above to hit ninjas. It is believed that the event lacked exhibitors, which led to the release of weird and quirky titles.
Another high-profile game demo release was Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker. Many couldn’t wait to get their hands on the demo, and some messed around with it at game booths for a few hours.
In addition, there were quite a few interesting appearances at the game show; many were Japanese and Western game developers, such as Jun Takeuchi, producer for Lost Planet 2 and James Cope from Crackdown 2.
Lastly, Capcom’s much anticipated Dead Rising 2 didn’t make it onto the show floor this year, but the producers did take the chance to give gamers an alternatively positive experience. Gamers got a quick glance as to what the single-player game would look like, and how delightful slaughtering zombies can be.