Tokyo Game Show – The Games, Joel

So I got talking to a guy called Joel. Not that exciting on the surface, but he was covering TGS for his newspaper and had seen a few things I hadn’t. Here is what I learned.

Resistance 2’s enemies impressed Joel not just by their scale but also their variety, the invisible ones being of particular note. They don’t sound like fun but Joel countered my doubts explaining how the visual and audio cues made it thrilling rather than frustrating.

He also talked about Saint’s Row 2. A GTA4 clone that he thinks is different enough in tone to be worth a look.

Joel also saw Biohazard Degeneration, the upcoming movie set to fill in gaps in the lore between Biohazard 4 and the main story. I’d seen clips; it looked like a hi-res PS2 cut-scene. My question to Joel, ‘Is it better than Lex?’ The long pause wasn’t reassuring.