Summer Games Fest was alright. Honestly, Iād be tempted to say itās a bit better than The Game Awards. No real highs, but also little meandering, with stuff like adverts and having to speed run the awards they donāt think we care about. At least SGF mostly sticks to just being a big game announcement fest.
Resident Evil 9 looks good. Iāve only really gotten into Resident Evil in the last few years, but good chance I will be buying this on launch.
Sonic Racing Crossworlds is looking promising, if only for the fact that Sega/Sonic Team seem to actually intend to support the game post-launch. The last Sonic racing, Team Sonic Racing, felt like it was made out of obligation. Like Sega told Sumo Digital to just make a Sonic racing game, gave them a tight budget and deadline, and it went out the door for $40 to be immedietly forgotten. Not a bad game but clearly had no support. Crossworlds looks like it has more money, and clearly is trying for a bigger impact. So Iām hopeful they can pull it off.
Lego Voyagers looks like a very cute co-op puzzle platformer. Any interest @TheChicken?
The other thing I wanted to talk about was Killer Inn. If you were watching the trailer, you might have gotten a sense of deja vu? āIsnāt this similar to another game?ā And indeed, this is very similar to Trouble in Terrorist Town gamemode in Garryās Mode, as well as other things Iām sure.
Basically, 24 players are on a map. 16 are put on the Sheep, the other 8 on the Wolves. Sheep do not know who is on the Wolves. Each team is tasked with eliminating the other. The Sheep can use clues on dead bodies to help identify Wolves who have killed. The Sheep can also try to win the game by triggering the escape boat.
I like this sortof thing. I do question the balance though, I feel like the Wolves have too many on their side. Even making it like 6 Wolves vs 18 Sheep would be better I feel. Wolves can just group together and take out a bunch of people in one area surely? I also question how long games are meant to last? Sounds like they want rounds to be at least over 10 minutes. I think it depends on how easy it is to access stuff like guns and bombs.
Iāve signed up for the open beta, so hopefully will get a chance to try this in the future. I think it does have potential.